Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-07-19
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Under date of Thursday, July Is, 1866,
the Watertown Republican, j. II. Reyes
& Co., editors and prOprietOrs, contains
the business and professional cards and
advertisements of N. Humphrey, Livery
and Boarding Stable; DR.. w. c. Spald-
ing, examining surgeon for pensions.
office over Sprague's drug store; Will
Jams & Lovely, Gill & Barber, Gerrit L.
Thorn and Baird & Skinner were law
vers or law firms doing business here.
August WiggenhOrn, jeweler; Bangs &
Hall, practical photographers; H. H.
Shulze. successor to DR.. G. Stamburg
and G.. P. Southwell were surgeon dem
lists. La Bar & BOrtree, commission
merchants; Taylor e Wright, F. b.
Brooks, grOcers; Fred Gruelin, uphOlst-
erer. So much for the first page. The
second page contains an editorial on
the situation and opens with the start
ling announcement ''That Andrew John
son has cast his lot with the copper
heads and rebels, is now clear" and so
on at considerable length. The Tariff
bill is the subject Of another editorial;
From Europe" "a MurderOus Assault
Upon Governor Fairchild,' News Items, y
with ads, foreign and at home. W. L.
MOak wants to sell house and lot on
Second street; James E. Cook, successor
to Jones & Cook, has opened paint
shop; Woodland & Randall run agricul-
tural store; Gallup & Wood make milk
safes.
The local p0ge says: This section OF
the world was blessed with a fine shower
on Tuesday last. 1t will put an end, we
hope, to the heated term and the crOak-
ing about the drought" can adopted
son of Mr.. Smith, Lying about three
miles west of this city, was drowned in
the race in the east side of the river, on
Tuesday last. The lad was fourteen
years old and was bathing in the race
alone. 1t is a dangerous place" "The
weather was fearful last week. Oh, for
a lodge in some vast wilderness of snow
banks about three days. The idea Of a
thermometer at 100 degrees in the shade
is enough to make the blood boil. There
is some consolation, however, in the fact
that it is the finest thing in the world
for the crops" OF the condition of the
crops the editor says: "We are told by
good Judges that the prospect in Dodge
and jefferson counties for the wheat
crop is full as good, if not better, than
it was this time in 1860. while corn,
grass and potatoes, it is claimed, are de-
cidedly more promising. Should no cal
amity befall the crop, there is every rea-
son to believe that the labOrs OF the hus-
bandman will be most bOunteOusly
blessed in the coming harvest"
OF the special term of the Dodge
County Circuit court it says, that the
court is in session, Judge Mann presid-
ing. There is about fifty cases on the
calendar, majority OF them, however,
is composed Of farm mortgage fore
closures. The Dodge County League
has been dissolved and the farmers are
settling up now pretty fast-paylng
thousands of dollars to relieve them
selves from obligations which they
might have discharged few years since
for a nominal sum. Pick-pOckets had
been at work in town and The Republi-
can tells of it as follows: "Mr. Blair, of
the town of WatertOwn, had his pocket
picked of $50 on the circus ground on
Tuesday last. The light fingered gen
try have become quite partial to this
section of late" cat the junction on
Monday last Mr.. Godfrey, of juneau,
came near losing his wallet" Under the
head, Fires" reference is made to the
obstruction "Of the beautiful city of
Portland, on the 4th." Also records the
destruction by FIRE of fourteen buildings
at Portage and vast amount OF per-
sonal property, and concludes with,
with these warnings before us we
must raise our voice again upon the sub
ject Of our Fire department.. A city
possessing the commerce, population
and wealth of WatertOwn that can not,
or does not, raise and maintain in good
working order we'll trained and COM
petent fire company ought to abandon
its charter and be resolved back into its
original elements"
The WatertOwn market, corrected
weekly by J. sf0ultOn, -four and produce
dealer, quotes prices as follows: Wheat,
winter. per bu., $1.8O@$2.OO; wheat,
spring, $1.7O@$1.5O; oats, soc; rye, 5Oc@
55c; barley, 69c; corn, 4Oc@45c; flour,
winter, per bbl., 1890; flour, spring,
$1,000; rye, $500; wool, per h., 4Oc@5Oc.
"a Grand Rush at MOak's," is the head
line for double column ad for w. 7.
Moak. Augustus Schiller, merchant
tailor, used three and One-half inches of
advertising space, followed by E. W.
Sprague successor to G. c. Wainwright,
wholesale and retail druggist.
F. & H. Meyer, tanners and curriers'
and manufacturers of boots and shoes,
announce the receipt of goods from the
East at low prices. Furniture EmpO-
rum, John Keck, proprietor, is still at
his old stand on Second street. The
fourth page is rather dry reading made
up OF advertisement for sealed proposals
to do the public printing of the state,
the notice being signed by Lucius Fair
child, governor; ThOs. S. Allen, secretary
of state, and Chas. R. Gill, attorney gen
eral, board of commissioners for letting
contracts for the public printing. For
eign ads fill the balance of page in
which HelmbOld's fluid extract of buchu
occupies one column. Red Jacket Bitters
occupies good space.
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