Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-20

preme court, provided for the placing OF
separate ballot boxes for the reception OF
the votes of the women.
Regular services will be held at the
congregational church tomorrow at II
a. N. The topic Of the sermon will be:
Our preparation for sympathetic service
through suffering" There will be no
evening service. Sunday school at 10 a.
N. Come and worship with us.
Owing to the shortage Of hay on their
farms, many farmers are buying grass
acreage ON HOrican marsh to splice out
their scant home supply. Horizon marsh
has come to the rescue several seasons
during past years, and will undoubtedly
be cut over again this season.
In match shoot at Waterloo Monday.
K. 5. Keel, Of this. city, defeated j. G..
Eckort, Of Waterloo. by score of II to
19 out Of a possible %. These gentle
men are two ''crack shots" and return
match at Washington Park, Sunday, July
IS, is anxioHsly waited for by some of
our young sportsmen.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Stone will head
the Wisconsin delegation who will at
tend the dedication of the Wisconsin
building at Buffalo, July 27. Governor
La Toilette will not be well enough to
make the trip and has asked Mr.. Stone
to act for bim at the ceremonies atten1
ant upon the dedication.
At a meeting of the board of education
held Wednesday evening, Miss Marie
Killian was transferred from Fifth grade
No. to the position Of High School
teacher at a salary of $40 a month, leav-
ing a vacancy in the Fifth grade in that
building which will be filled at the next
meeting of the school board. Gazette
Miss Ida Strauss, who has been So
jOurning at Lake Mills, was taken sick
with diphtheria Monday and is now con
fined to her room. Her many friends
wish for her a speedy recovery.
Later.-Mr. Strauss returned from Rock
Lake today friday and reports that his
daughter is almost entirely well again.
A party of Watertown people and their
friends, consisting of Mrs. James Spear,
Misses Florence and Maud Spear Miss
Margaret Burnham, of Emmet. Mr. Me
D0ugal, Cleveland, Ohio; Mr.. H. H.
Haney, of Milwaukee, and William
Spear, spent Saturday and Sunday last
outing on the shores Of Lake La Belle.
Gov. La Toilette has asked DR.. Scion
Marks, president Of the state beard Of
health, to call special meeting Of the
board, to be held in Madison next week
to decide upon some method Of stamping
out smallpox i'll northern Wisconsin.
The board will meet in the executive
chamber and the governor will be present.
Rev. W. Fritzemeier, pastor of the
First Congregational church will spend
his August vacation in Chicago attend
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ical manuscripts. Besides attending to
his various duties as pastor of one cf cur
large church congregations the pastor
utiizes much Of his leisure in the study
and review of the ancient classics.
Damage amounting to $4,000 was
caused by livery stable fire at Madison
Tuesday. The Keutzler Bros. livery
stable on East Doty street was totally
consumed. Seven horses were crealated
and several valuable carriages were
burned. The Fess House adjoining was
badly damaged as was also Riley e
Sons livery stable.
Sauk county will erect more school
houses the coming season than any other
county in the state. Aside from the
$4,000 high school in Barab0o, Reeds
burg has i}Ict voted to erect one costing
S3O,0O0' while Spring Green will build a
200 high school, Merrimac a 5000
one and Lyons a $1,000 structure, max
ing five fine buildings, costing about
$125,00O.
Rev. W. J. Houlihan, for the past five
years connected with ST. Bernard's
church in this city, as assistant pastor
left Monday for Notre Dame, Ind. Dur
ing his stay in this city Rev. HOuIi- |
han has made hosts Of friends among all
denominations and he leaves his work
here with the best wishes of all for sue
cess in whatever field to which he may
be assigned.
An ltinerant sewing machine repairer,
giving the name Of James Anderson, was
sentenced to thirty days in the county
jail by Justice Stacy Wednesday morning.
He did some work for c. f. Anger, North
Third street, and on his leaving Mr..
Anger missed gold watch. He followed
the man and secured the watch and
turned the thief over to Officer Pieritz.
Gov. DOckery, who has received many
requests to issue proclamation calling
upon people to observe a day of fasting
and prayer that the dr0uth might be
broken, today set apart Sunday, July u,
on which ''the people are requested
TO assemble at their usual places of Wor-
ship to invoke the blessings of Almighty
God" Little rain has fallen in Mis-
souri, since April II.
Michael, the 1G-year-old son Of Matthias
SteiHmetZ, OF the town of Polk, Washing
ton county was drowned in Cedar lake
while bathing Sunday morning. The
boys father, mother and sister were Oh
shore watching him and when he went
down and did not come up the mother
was Frustrated and had to be taken
away. The body was recovered half
hour after the accident occurred.
J. ". Ostrander, formerly a resident of
Jefferson, but now Of Knoxville, Tenn,
is to be presented with an honorable Odd
Fellows jewel by the Grand Ledge Of Odd
Fellows OF Wisconsin at Knoxville This
is the first presentation n Of the kind ever
made by the Grand Lodge and can be
presented only when the recipient has
been member for fifty years and there
are but four other Wisconsin men who
have been hon0red.
Senator Whiteman of App eton who is at
the head of the new KilbOurn waterpower
company was in Milwaukee Wednesday
and in an Interview said: "Our plant at
K1lbOurn, with the paper mill and the
cable to Portage and Madison for the
Transmission of power, will represent an
Investment Of about half a million
dollars. The cable line to Madison from
Kilborn will close $685. 200 alcne Our
dam viii! be about fifteen feet high
counting in the threesfoot splash boards
we are authorized to put ON it. The
present dam is seven feet high.
An arrangement has been made with
the Press Publishing association in
which Milwaukee Sentinel readers are
entitled to compete for the $4,000 in
cash prizes to be given away to those
making the nearest estimate on the COM
bined official vote Of iowa, Massachusetts
and Ohio for governor on November 5,
1901. Estimate tahe total vote in these
three states combined fer governor AMI
send NOnr eStimate and suhscrintinn Il