Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-03-20
PERSONAL MENTION.

george L. Gates IS a visitor al Be-
lott.
D. H. Beurhaus returned from
Cleveland Saturday.
j. +. Davies, of the state university.
was home over Sunday.
Mrs Amos Baum visited relatives at
OconomOwoc last week.
Charles Wegemann. of Milwaukee,
spent Sunday in the city.
DR.. and Mrs. j. M. Sleicher visited
friends in Chicago last week.
Mrs: Lena Kniesel is spending the
week in Chicago on business.
j. ID. Perrionet, of Chicago. spent
Sunday with friends in the city.
Miss Emile Hansen, of Milwaukee,
is the guest of Miss Jennie Kusel.
Mr. and Mrs. A. c. Frohne were
out from Milwaukee to spend Sunday
with relatives
Mrs. Margaret Griffith entertained
Mrs. ID. G. Whyte and son, of La
Crosse, Friday.
The Misses Birdie and Hattie Hab-
hegger were guests of Milwaukee rel
atives last week.
Frank Weber, who has been spend
ing several months in the South, is
expected home tomorrow.
Miss Marion j. Craig, of Chicago,
was the guest of Mrs F. E. Woodard
on Saturday and Sunday.
Our former townsman, c. w. Rund-
lett, of Sharon, visited at the home of
A, E. Needham last week.
Rev. c. F. Mcbride, of Oconomowoc.
was in town Friday evening to witness
The Merchant of Venice"
w. S. Henry, of Jefferson, and
George G. Mansfield, of johnson
Creek, left last week for a tour of
Cuba and Porto Rico.
August Henze, for several years in
the employ of the Kunert Manufacture
ing company has gone to Fond du
Lac to work in foundry.
DR.. A. H. Hartwig attended the an
nual meeting of the State Veterinarian
association at Madison last Wedues-
day and was honored with an election
to the presidency.
John Thauer. of Juneau, was a VS.
itor in the city Friday. He announced
to his friends that he would seek the
Republican congressio al, nomination
providing Congressman Dahle with
draws from the field.
Fred Schmiedemann, who was fore
man of The REPUBLICAN Office during
the early SOS, and who since has seen
a very large part of North America,
surprised his many Watertown friends
by dropping in on them Friday last.
He recently returned from Alaska,
where he has been engaged in pros
pecting since the gold fever broke out
At first be was located in the Klondike
country, but gave up his claims there
in preference to becoming British
subject. Later he struck the Cape
Nome district and expects to again be
there when spring opens Fred is en-
thusiastic over the prospects of that
country and considers it a fine place
to make money. He has with him a
liberal supply of Alaskan gold dust,
Just as an evidence of the truth of his
convictions.
August Schiller and his daughters,
Mrs. A. Tory and Miss Pauline
Schiller, the former accompanied by
her daughter, Alice, take their depart
ure this week for Los Angeles, CAL,
where they will make their future
home. En- route they will visit Mr..
Schiffier's youngest daughter, Mrs.
Bertha Schmidt, at Phoenix, Arizona.
few months. Mr.. Schiller. who
was born in Germany October II,
1928. has been resident of this city
since April II, 1854, coming here
from New York City, whittier he emf
grated in January, 1847. Immediately
upon locating here he engaged in the
tailoring business, in which he con-
tinued up to a few years ago. Both
in his private and business life he
always commanded the highest respect
and confidence, and the departure OF
himself and daughters is generally re-
GREETED by their large acquaintance.