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New High School
Watertown Daily Times, 08 16 1985
Purchase
of the Robert Stangler farm on the northeast corner of the city will be
considered by the board of education of the Watertown Unified School
District. The school board announced on
May 21 that it had signed an offer to purchase the Stangler site and that
closing would take place within 90 days.
The farm is to be used as a site for a future
high school. The land is located
between Highway 109 and the Watertown Memorial Hospital property. Major access points would be from Highway 109
on the north edge of the land and from an extension of Hospital Drive on the
south edge of the property.
Charles Stoppenback
Watertown Democrat, 08 24 1876
Chas.
Stoppenback, of the Woolen Manufacturing Co. at Jefferson, sold 15,000 pounds
of wool to a buyer from Cincinnati one day last week.
Sitting Bull
Watertown Democrat, 08 24 1876
Capt.
Keogh, who was killed with Gen. Custer, had his life insured for $10,000, while
several others of the officers kitted at the same time had policies of
$5,000. If Sitting Bull doesn't mind, he
will bust up somebody's insurance company the first thing he knows.
Watertown Democrat, 08 24 1876
"Can
you change this William for me ?" said a young man who presented a $50
bill at the counter of the Wisconsin
National Bank in this city, recently.
"Yes," said the cashier, "but why do you call it
William?" "Oh, I'm not
familiar enough with that kind of thing to call it Bill," was the quick
reply.
Watertown Republican, 08 23 1876
It may
not be generally known to those sad and lonely young men who farm out their
washing that Watertown boasts of a laundry [either Watertown Steam Laundry, 2 E Main or New Method Laundry, 218 S First]. But such is the fact, so we are informed, and
several women are employed therein, washing, ironing—and other work. Last Sunday while the proprietress of this establishment
was out riding she was thrown from a carriage and very seriously hurt. She was picked up for dead and although
injured every badly, she is now in a fair way of recovery.
Watertown Republican, 08 23 1876
The fall
term of Mrs. H. Gallup's private school,
begins Wednesday, September 6th, 1876.
Mrs. Gallup is a teacher of ability and experience, and her efforts in
building up a school in our midst, have been marked with success.
Watertown Republican, 08 23 1876
An
excursion train of seven coaches and a baggage car, filled with excursionists
came from Milwaukee on Sunday and enjoyed a picnic on Concordia
Island. The excursion was under the
auspices of the Milwaukee Turners.
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French and Nichols
Watertown Republican, 08 23 1876
Two boys
belonging to the Milwaukee excursion party last Sunday, named French and
Nichols, failed to return home.
Telegrams were received here Tuesday morning inquiring about the
truants, and again Tuesday afternoon, giving the intelligence that the lads had
turned up.
Threshing
Watertown Republican, 08 23 1876
Farmers
in this vicinity are busy these days with their threshing. The yield of wheat is discouraging
indeed. Occasionally a field turns out a
fair crop, but the general average is all the way from 2 to 10 bushels per
acre, and of a very poor quality at that.
There will be very little No. 1 wheat offered in this market this fall,
of this year's growth. While wheat is
almost a failure this season, other crops never promised better. Oats, corn, barley, potatoes and other
products of the farm were never better, and where the farmer has not depended
entirely on wheat, his prospects are not as bad as they might have been.
Falls into Privy
Watertown Democrat, 07 22 1875
Last
Thursday a resident of the village of Jefferson came to his death by falling
into a privy vault.. what a way to go
First Killing Frost,
1875
Watertown Republican, 08 23 1876
The first
killing frost last season, was on the 17th of August. It cut down the corn, the vines, and, as a
general thing, the grapes; it was very destructive. The next was just a month later, the 17th of
September. This finished off what
remained.
Watertown Republican, 08 23 1876
There was a
sudden fall of temperature Sunday night, from excessive heat to uncomfortable
chilliness. Slight frosts were reported
in some localities.
Watertown Republican, 10 12 1860
The subscriber
has opened a shop for manufacturing all kinds of work in his line.
Wanted
20,000 Round Hickory Hoops
100,000 Flat Ash Hoops
50,000 Pork Barrel Hoops
For
which the highest cash price will be paid.
Having
worked for the old settlers of Watertown and vicinity sixteen years since, and
being well known to the inhabitants, I feel the utmost confidence in once more
soliciting their patronage. I intend
making Watertown my permanent place of residence and hope to merit and receive
a liberal share of business. All work
done by me warranted to give satisfaction.
Shop 4
doors below Watertown House, 1st St. [First, S, 115]
D. S.
Gibbs
Watertown Republican, 09 28 1860
A
meeting of the "Grand Home League" will be held at Watertown on the
second Tuesday of October next. Each
subordinate League will be entitled to a representative in the Grand League for
every twenty members, and one for a fraction of over half that number. It is hoped that every league will be fully
represented as business of importance will come before the meeting. All railroad farm mortgagors who have not yet
joined any league are requested to do so immediately, that they may be
represented in Grand League.
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Home League Meeting
Watertown Democrat, 06 20 1861
Last
week a number of delegates, representing different Home League Lodges, held a
meeting in this city. No noise was made
about it, and its presence was scarcely observed. The mere fact that such an assemblage took
place is all outsiders are permitted to know of its proceedings [had to do with
railroad farm mortgagors (one who makes a mortgage)]
Republican Platform of
1860
Watertown Republican, 09 28 1860
Resolved,
that we, the delegated representatives of the Republican electors of the United
States, in convention assembled, in the discharge of the duty we owe to our
constituents and our country, unite in the following declarations:
First,
that the history of the nation during the last four years has fully established
the propriety and necessity of the organization and perpetuation of the
Republican Party, and in that the causes which called it into existence are
permanent in their nature, and now more than ever before demand its peaceful
and constitutional triumph.
Second,
that the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of
Independence, and embodied in the Federal Constitution, is essential to the
preservation of our republican institutions; that the Federal Constitution, the
rights of the states and the union of the states must and shall be preserved
and that we assert these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights;
that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are
instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the
governed."
Third, that
to the union of the states this nation owes its unprecedented increase in
population; it's surprising development of material resources; its rapid
augmentation of wealth; it's happiness at home and its honor abroad; and we
hold in abhorrence all schemes for dis-union, come from whatever source they
may; and we congratulate the country that no Republican member of Congress has
uttered or countenanced a threat of disunion, so often made by Democratic
members of Congress, without rebuke and with applause from their political
associates; and we denounce those threats of disunion in case of a popular
overthrow of their ascendancy, as denying the vital principles of a free
government and as an avowal of contemplated treason, which it is the imperative
duty of an indigent people strongly to rebuke and forever silence . . .
Fourth,
That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the states, and especially the
right of each state to order and control its own domestic institutions,
according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of
power on which the perfection and endurance of our political faith depends, and
we denounce the lawless invasion by armed forces of any state or territory, no
matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Our City Schools
Watertown Republican, 09 28 1860
The
Board of Education met on Friday evening last and made choice of the following
persons as teachers for the quarter commencing the first of next month. Mr. R. L. Reed, Miss O. A. Pease, first ward
high school. Mr. Theodore Bernhard, Mr.
W. H. Rohr, Miss H. M. Cooley, second ward high school. Miss F. I. DeGraff, Miss Augusta O. Vestey,
third ward. Mr. Alexander Koeplin,
fourth ward. Miss Mary Ann Collins,
fifth ward. Miss Susan E. Hadley, six
ward. Miss Sarah Forsyth, seventh
ward. Miss Ann Smith, Richards’
district. Miss Irene Merriman, first
ward primary school.
Some of
the teachers also named have been engaged in the schools here for some time
past and given good satisfaction. We
think the Board of Education did well in retaining them. With a competent corps of teachers, such as
the above, and an efficient board, seconded at all times by a thoroughgoing,
indefatigable worker as superintendent, we do not see why our city schools
should not continue to prosper. They
certainly will start off under favorable auspices, and we see nothing to
interfere with their prosperity and success.
Private School Opened
Watertown Republican, 10 12 1860
Private
School—We would call attention to the private
school opened this week by Miss Susan Perry, in the building formerly
occupied by the high school in the second Ward.
Miss
Perry is a teacher of long experience and has a heart for her important
work. We can safely say to those who may
place their children under her care, that no pains will be spared on her part
to make the school worthy of their patronage.
Those especially who have young children and do not wish to have them
come in contact with the contaminating influences that sometimes surround our
public schools, would do well to avail themselves of Miss Perry's school, where
the little ones will in a measure be kept away from those evil communications
which are always sure to corrupt good manners.
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Maple Grove Select School
Watertown Democrat, 05 02 1861
The
summer term of the Maple Grove Select School commences next Monday. It is under the charge of Miss S. Perry, who
is an accomplished and successful teacher.
Parents can not commit their children to the care of any one who will
take more pains to properly instruct them.
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Maple Grove Select School
Watertown Democrat, 12 05 1861
The
winter term of the Maple Grove Select School will commence on the 16th, under
the charge of Mr. R. L. Reed and Miss Susan Perry. Pupils of all classes will be admitted. Both of these teachers have well established
reputations as experienced and successful instructors of the young and parents
may rest assured that they will do the whole duty to all children committed to
their care.
Republican Meeting in
Cole's Hall
Watertown Republican, 09 28 1860
The
Republican meeting in Cole's Hall on Tuesday evening was well attended. Judge Sloan, our candidate for Congress, was present
and made a sensible and effective speech, in which he took occasion to show up
the absurdities of his friend Larabee, and review some of the positions that
gentleman took when here are a few nights ago.
He showed conclusively, we think, to the minds of all present, that it
is possible to stump the district for Congress and yet be a gentleman.
State Fair, 1860
Watertown Republican, 10 05 1860
We were
unable to attend the fair at Madison and therefore cannot give any views upon
it except such as we have gathered from outside sources. Newspaper accounts, so far as we have
noticed, are unanimous in the statement that the fair was a complete success,
and the exhibition in all its departments better than any the society has made
in a number of years. The officers of
the Society, of whom particular mention is made by the secretary, J. W. Hoyt,
are spoken of very highly for the admirable manner in which they discharged
their many duties.
In
another place a correspondent gives his impressions, which placed the matter in
a different light. We print his
communication, as we would any other, without wishing to be held responsible
for anything it contains. Our
correspondents speak for themselves.
Mr.
Editor: It was my privilege last week
for the first time since I have lived in this state to attend the fair at
Madison. Everybody, you know, expects to
see something wonderful, besides a great many people, on such occasions; so I,
like most everybody else, went with high expectations of seeing and hearing
many things that I could not of course see if I remained at home. The fair was a very good one considering the
unfavorable circumstances under which it was held. It may be unfair to say that the officers of
the Society did not do all in their power to make a fair show; still such an
impression has gone abroad, however just or unjust it may be. Its effects, however, were visible in the
meager display of articles on exhibition.
The general opinion expressed by everybody with whom I conversed was
that the fair was a humbug, attended with but little interest or practical
benefit to anyone except those who manage its financial affairs.
The
finest exhibition of grapes was from the famous vintage of Atwood & Company
of Lake Mills. A cheese from the dairy
of a farm near Madison, weighing 1625 pounds, loaded on a wagon, occupied a
conspicuous portion in the dairy department.
I was
disappointed in not seeing a larger amount in a greater variety of articles, as
I sincerely believe that if these exhibitions were properly conducted, so that
every branch of productive industry could be fairly represented, no state in
the union could make a more brilliant display than Wisconsin.
There
was a great variety of manufactured articles brought from other states, such as
threshing machines, reapers, fanning mills, pumps, corn drills, etc., but few
indeed from home shops. The exhibition
of blood horses and cattle was small, but good.
The
Temple of Art was tolerably well filled with a variety of articles, such as
sewing machines, musical instruments, bed quilts, mats, crotchet work,
paintings, drawings, shell and other fancy fixings, too numerous to mention.
There
was some fast driving, trotting and running on the course, and on Thursday the
largest crowd of human beings of every class, grade, shape and color, from the
lowest to the topmost round in the ladder of society. The rich, the poor, the lame, the halt, the
blind, the drunkard, the sober man, ladies in silk's and women in cotton,
nursing mothers and crying children, were there; all gathered to see —
what? Just about what might be seen at
any respectable county fair. I left the
grounds on the last day with the profound conviction that the state fair was of
but little account to anyone except the hotel keepers, livery men, omnibus
owners, saloons, whiskey shops, and officers of the society generally.
New Station House at
Clyman
Watertown Republican, 10 05 1860
New
station house has been erected at Clyman on the Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad and Mr. W. F. Foster appointed agent.
Life and Speeches of
Abraham Lincoln
Republican
Documents
Watertown Republican, 10 26 1860
The
authentic edition of the life and speeches of Abraham Lincoln, by D. W.
Bartlett. One large volume with fine
steel plate of "Honest Old Abe."
Price one dollar. Pamphlet
addition, without speeches, price twenty five cents. Agents, please read this! You can make more money in selling Bartlett's
life than any other edition published.
Because, first, it is authentic and reliable and will be considered as
standard authority during the campaign; second, it is a large and beautiful
book for the price and will be furnished as low, if not lower, than any other
edition published. – H Dayton, publisher, New York.
Off the Track
Watertown Republican, 10 05 1860
On
Saturday last the engine and some eight or ten cars belonging to the freight
train going east from here, on the Milwaukee, Watertown and Baraboo Valley
Railroad, ran off the track near Elm Grove, owing to the misplacement of a
switch. The damage, we understand, was
immaterial.
History of Watertown
Watertown Republican, 10 05 1860
Mr. John
C. Gillespy of the city of Berlin, author of the “History of the County of
Green Lake,” is now in town. He is about
publishing a history of Dodge County, and proposes, if sufficient encouragement
is offered, to add to the same the history of the city of Watertown, a sketch
of its earliest settlement, growth, population, business facilities and
advantages as a place of trade and commerce.
The book will contain a reliable history of Dodge County from its first
settlement, including biographical sketches, personal notes of travel,
anecdotes and general remarks. Mr.
Gillespy comes highly recommended by [all] the businessman of the city of
Berlin as an intelligent gentleman We
consider a work of this kind of much importance to this section of the country,
and trust our businessmen and citizens will give him encouragement sufficient
to warrant him in adding to the history of Dodge County, the rise and progress,
as well as the present facilities and advantages of our city. The costs of the work will be from 75c to one
dollar, according to the binding, containing about 200 pages. [Democrat]
A work
of such nature as the one mentioned in the foregoing extract would be valuable
as well as interesting and we hope Mr. Gillespy will meet with sufficient
encouragement to warrant him in undertaking its publication.
History
and Development of the Motel
Shady Nook
Watertown Daily Times,
09 18 2000
The
Watertown Historical Society will meet on Monday at 7 p.m. at the Watertown
Senior Center, 514 S. First St. The
speaker for the evening will be James Draeger who will talk on the history and
development of the motel. Draeger is
head of the Historic Preservation Office of the State Historical Society of
Wisconsin and a noted authority on the history of building types and
styles. He will be discussing the
development of motels, a movement which began in the early part of the 20th
century as automobile travel became more prevalent. One of the earliest motels to open in
Watertown was the Shady Nook, located on Highway 19. Other early motels in Watertown included
Abe's Tourist Camp and Slight's Cabins, which was located north of the city
along Highway 26.
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Shady Nook
Now Offers an Ideal
Spot for Outings
Watertown Daily Times, 06 18 1929
A
popular and well-suited tourist camp which also offers facilities for outings
and picnics is to be found on Highway 19 near the western limits of the
city. It is known as Shady Nook and is
being conducted by Frank Odgers and Gust Kirchhoff. The proprietors have recently completed the
addition of a large new portion to the main building on the grounds and the
camp itself boosts of cabins and other facilities to make the tourists feel
like staying. The property includes 3
acres of ground, ideal for camping and already tourists are arriving for
outings while enroute to more distant places.
A filling station is run in connection with the place. Shady Nook offers a soft drink establishment
and light lunches are served. There is
also a recreation room and music is provided by the latest dynamic method of
recording. Ideal in every way for a
place to enjoy a picnic or a prolonged outing.
Shady Nook is conveniently located on one of the main highways in this
vicinity and the proprietors take pride in making visitors feel glad to come
and invite those who plan a picnic or those who care to pitch their tent for an
outing to visit the place.
Cross
reference note:
Owner Steve Hepp has previously been part owner of 4 of a Kind on S.
Third Street and Aces & Eights (since torn down) on Highway 19.
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State Premiums
Watertown Republican, 10 05 1860
H. C.
Crandall, Esq., of Emmet, an enterprising gentleman well known to most of our
readers, under "Class 3, Horses for General Purposes" at the State
Fair last week, for best stallion four years old and over, obtained the premium
of $20 on his horse Green Mountain Morgan.
On the same animal he also took the first premium on the best Morgan
horse, at the Dodge County Fair, held a few days since.
An Extensive Establishment
Watertown Republican, 10 05 1860
We call attention
to the advertisement of T. McMahon in another column which contains
announcements of interest to all who have occasion to buy anything in the way
of dried goods, boots, shoes, etc. Mr.
McMahon, though not established in business here for a very great length of
time, has already succeeded in getting up an extensive trade and is known as
one of our most enterprising and successful merchants. He keeps a large stock of goods, and from the
amount of business he is doing, we judge he sells them at satisfactory
prices. Give him a call and see what
bargains he has to offer.
Watertown Republican, 10 05 1860
Complimentary—The
Fort Atkinson Standard, in its notice
of the late county fair at Lake Mills, alludes to a couple of our city
institutions in the following flattering terms:
"The
Watertown Brass Band was present and added much to the
enjoyment of the occasion with their music.
As good a band of musicians, for their numbers, as we have heard for
some time. The Pioneer Fire Company,
Watertown was also present with their engine and gave themselves credit by
their fine appearances."
We
pronounce the above "eminently sound" and as no more than a
compliment well deserved by the gentlemen upon whom it is bestowed.
Watertown Republican, 10 12 1860
David
Jenkins, painter and glazier, Watertown, Wisconsin, begs most respectfully to
inform the inhabitants of Watertown and its vicinity that he is carrying on the
above business and hopes by strict attention and good workmanship to secure a
share of their patronage. Graining done
in the latest and best London style.
A Stray
Watertown Republican, 10 12 1860
Estray
[A stray] broke into the enclosure of the subscriber, on or about the eighth, a
dark bay horse colt, three years old, high life and good size. The owner is requested to prove property, pay
charges, and take him away. H. D.
Bennett, Milford.
Sun’s Light and Heat
Watertown Republican, 10 12 1860
There
are now more spots on the sun then have been seen before for many years. Some of these are visible through a smoked
glass to the naked eye. Several
stars—some of them of great brilliancy, which from their ascertained distance,
must have been as large as our sun—have totally disappeared from the sky; and
the question has been raised among astronomers, whether the light and heat of
the sun are gradually fading away. As
this would be accompanied by the destruction of all the plants and animals on
the earth, it is rather an interesting question. The sun’s light and heat are diminished by
the dark spots at the present time about 1 percent—[Scientific American]
Good Grit
Watertown Republican, 11 16 1860
A German
woman, near Helin, Minnesota, whose husband was absent, on Wednesday last saw a
huge bear make his way into the hog pen cocked and primed for a mess of fresh
pork. The frau, having no idea of
parting with her fat hog, picked up a sled stake and made for the bear. Mr. Bruin, his mouth watering for the
breakfast before him, paid but little attention to the woman, but pitched into
the porker. A lucky blow from her hands
with the stake across the nose of the bear while he was engaged with the hog, laid
him out, dead as a herring. Such a woman
is worth having. She is worthy to be the
wife of a Daniel Boone—or any one else.
Glencoe (Minn) Register.
Watertown Republican, 10 12 1860
This
institution, we are glad to learn, is flourishing finely. Its meeting on Monday last was a sight
cheering to every well-wisher of the rising generation. Several clergymen from abroad being in the
city, showed their confidence in the objects for which the band is organized by
attending the meeting and making a number of short and effective speeches.
The
singing was lively and cheering and the faces of the children, while beaming
with happiness, glowed with hope, life and courage in their good work. Every friend of temperance and good morals
should encourage and cheer them on, until our city shall become purified, and
our youth saved.
We are
requested to state the next meeting will be held at the Congregational Church
on Monday, the 22nd.
Watertown Republican, 10 12 1860
We
understand that the Liberal Christian Society of this city have just purchased
the church edifice formerly occupied by St. Paul’s Church, and intend hereafter
to occupy the same as a house of worship.
The price paid was $400, which is very low.
Wholesale Lying
Watertown Republican, 10 12 1860
Douglas
takes along with him in his fruitless searches for his mother, a reporter, whose
employment is to report the demonstrations made at several stopping
places. The reports made by this
functionary had been the most enormous of lies, [mis]representing the number of
people at four times the actual number.
Because other journals will not credit these falsehoods as reliable
telegraphic reports, the worshipers of the Little Giant are filled with holy
horror.
In 1860,
the issues of states’ rights and slavery finally came to a head, fracturing the
formerly dominant Democratic Party into Southern and Northern factions and
bringing Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party to power without the support
of a single Southern state.
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Douglas at Watertown
Watertown Republican, 10 19 1860
Mr.
Douglas showed himself and spoke for a short time on Friday last, while a train
waited for him. He has been repeatedly
called a demijohn. We do not recollect
to have ever heard either Mr. Bell, Mr. Everett, or Mr. Johnson, called by this
euphonious term, and therefore conclude there must have been some reason for
giving it exclusively to the little giant.
A demijohn, as our readers are aware, is a liquid vessel [jug], and we
presume it is intended that the demijohn is in use. We learn from good authority, that Mr.
Douglas' appearance elsewhere, during his search for his mother, has frequently
suggested the idea of a demijohn, and truth compels us to say that such was his
appearance at this place. We have few harder
looking cases in our community, and we are not without individuals who have
long since "hung out signs of distress." It cannot be disguised, that Mr. Douglas has
long been and still is an excessively hard drinker—in common parlance, relating
to other men—a drunkard. What is well
known of him by his most intimate acquaintances proves that his looks do him no
injustice.
The most
illustrious Presidents of this Republic insisted upon the rule that no person
should be appointed to office under them who used intoxicating drink to
excess. But here we have a man who is a
candidate for President, appearing upon the stage and advocating his own
election, in a condition unerringly indicative of confirmed inebriety. Can it be that any amongst us are so lost to
propriety and national honor that we would place a drunkard in the Presidential
Chair? What a spectacle would that be
for the world to gaze upon! What sober,
honorable man, would not hide his face and blush for shame in view of it?
Stolen - $10 reward
Watertown Republican, 11 09 1860
Stolen, from
the subscriber, in the town of Farmington, on the night of the 8th of October,
a yoke of oxen. One a gray ox, seven
years old, long smooth horns spread out at the end. The other red and white, with a white spot on
the forehead; had three or four fresh cuts on each side, caused by being hooked
by another ox. Also a red yoke with four
iron bolts, the staple fastened in by nuts on the top, one large and the other
a small one. The above reward will be
paid for the recovery of the oxen or information that will lead to the
conviction of the thief. George Wright
Farm for Sale
Watertown Republican, 11 09 1860
The
subscriber offers for sale a farm consisting of 40 acres, situated near the
Hustis Rapids Road, about 7 miles from Watertown. About half of the land is under cultivation,
has a good young orchard, and a comfortable frame dwelling house. It is well watered, having an unfailing well
at the house and one in the field. The
part not cultivated consist of nice burr oak openings, and is enclosed. H. C. Crandall
A Great Fizzle
Watertown Republican, 10 19 1860
On Friday
evening last Hon. S. Park Coon of Milwaukee made a speech from the balcony of
the Planters Hotel to a small group of men and boys in which there were about
an equal sprinkling of Republicans and Democrats. The extinguished [sic?] Attorney General and
distinguished lawyer was noisy if not eloquent, and bombastic if not
convincing. His speech was a very
"moving" one, the crowd very soon dispersing after the speaker got
under headway. [It all] wound up with
what we believe was called a torchlight procession, in which boys from 8 to 10
years of age played the most conspicuous part.
Before they went home they hooted and yelled about town for a while,
tore down a sign belonging to Peter C. Berg, Esq., and committed other
depredations of that character, that none but Democrats know how to
perpetrate. Verily, isn't the Republican
Party a beautiful institution!
Watertown Republican, 10 19 1860
The body
of Miss Ellen Cullen, of this city, who was lost on the Lady Elgin, washed
ashore at Racine last Saturday and was brought here for final interment on
Wednesday night.
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Watertown Republican, 11 09 1860
The German
Young Men's Association of the city intend to give a ball at Cole’s Hall next
Thursday evening for the benefit of the surviving sufferers by the Lady Elgin
disaster. Tickets, including supper, one
dollar per couple. The object is a
commendable one and we hope to see a good attendance.
Watertown Republican, 10 26 1860
On
Sunday morning last S. F. Burroughs discovered in the race leading to the brick mill of H. W. Blanchard, in this
city, the body of a male infant which evidently had come to its death by foul
means. Mr. Burroughs called to some
gentlemen who happened to be passing near there at the time, and upon
examination by them it was found that there was wrapped up and fastened inside
of the clothing upon the body, a stone weighing some three or four pounds,
which it was supposed was sufficiently weighty to have sunk the body when
thrown in the water.
Police
Justice Hadley was immediately notified and a jury impaneled to investigate the
matter, but up to this time nothing has transpired which throws any light upon
the mysterious affair. The body was
fully attired with decent clothing, and we should judge was some three months
old at the time of its death. Its
appearance indicated that it had not lain in the water any great length of
time, probably but a few hours. The
water in the race had been drawn off the previous night which left the body
exposed on the embankment. We do not
hear that suspicion is entertained of anyone in particular, but it is to be
hoped that for the sake of humanity its perpetrators may be found out and
punished to the fullest extent of the law.
We can
hardly conceive what could have been the motive that led to the commission of
so terrible and inhumane a deed, nor can we imagine what must have been the
nature and feeling of the monster who was guilty of it. No effort should be spared on the part of the
proper authorities, to ferret the matter out and ascertain, if possible, if we
have a murderer in our midst, and if so, who it is. But we have little faith that the author of
the crime will be found to live here, if indeed his or her detection ever takes
place at all.
To Lovers of the Weed
Watertown Republican, 11 09 1860
Connoisseurs
will find their paradise at 111 S. Water St., Chicago, at the establishment of
Joseph Barton. Leaf and Manufactured Tobaccos,
Segar Maker's Stock, and every description of this coveted and extensively used
narcotic, may be here found in the greatest variety and of the best
quality. Those not already acquainted
with the superior advantages of dealing with this established house will do
well to become acquainted with it as soon as possible.
Counterfeit Coins
Watertown Republican, 10 26 1860
The
whole country is flooded with counterfeits of gold and silver coins, and unless
something is done to arrest the growing evil the rogues will have it all their
own way. Formerly a pair of scales and a
bottle of nitric acid was all that was necessary to enable the receiver of
money to detect the bogus coin, while an expert would separate the genuine from
the counterfeit by the very touch and ring of the piece. Science and skill have changed all that and
now the experts are themselves at fault while the common people are entirely at
the mercy of the manufacturers of bogus coin.
Up to a recent period the most dangerous fraud in circulation was made
from a genuine die, fitted to strike quarter eagles, which was stolen from the
mint at New Orleans. It bore the date of
1854, if we remember rightly, and the pieces were made of composition metal
handsomely plated and coined in this stolen die. That was followed by the practice of
splitting the gold dollar, taking out about $.60 of its value, and soldering
the shell together again. Then came the
sawing into the edge of the piece, generally a half or quarter eagle, cutting
two thirds of the way through, and afterwards filling up the coin, re-milling
and gilding the edge. The latest and
most successful of these frauds is perpetrated, as far as detected, with the
Eagle. The piece is split into three
parts, or at least the two outside shells containing the impression are
separated from the center area; the latter is forfeited to the operator and its
place supplied by filling of patina to which the outsides are fastened, the
edges being re-milled and handsomely plated.
This is so well done that very few experts outside of the two
accomplished testers of coin employed by the assistant treasurer can detect the
cheat.
Curious Will
Watertown Republican, 11 09 1860
The following
extraordinary story is in circulation.
An aged gentleman, a planter in one of the southern states, had just
died, leaving a fortune of $100,000, which is to be disposed of according to
the provisions of his will, and that document is as follows:
"I
bequeath all my effects to the children of my brother, on the following
conditions: desirous of marking my sense of the service of my Newfoundland dog
rendered me in saving my life one day while I was drowning, and wishing also to
provide for my housekeeper, I appoint my said housekeeper nurse, tutor, and
mother to my dog. My natural heirs
shall, on this account, pay to her, out of my entire fortune, a daily sum in
the following manner: the daily payment
shall continue as long as the dog shall live, but not one second longer. During
the first year after my decease, or for so much as the dog shall live, my
housekeeper shall receive five dollars a day; the second year she shall receive
$10 a day; the third year $15; and so on until the death of the dog. In the course of the month in which the dog
shall die, there shall be paid to my housekeeper for every day of the dog's
existence $125. On the day of his death she shall be paid per hour of the dog's
life $250. In the last hour of his life
she shall receive for every moment that he lives $375; and for every second of
the last-minute $500. My notary is
charged with superintending the carrying out of my will."
Cattle Dying by Scores
on Western Plains
Watertown Republican, 11 16 1860
From the Denver City News, October 20
From the
plains we hear of a terrible destruction of cattle because of the freight
trains enroute for this city. Their
death is sudden, and the best cattle in the herds are usually the first
victims. The season is now very dry, the
Platte River low, and the water, in consequence, along its course through the
alkali plains, more than usually impregnated with the poison; but it is
doubtless more attributable to the dust than anything else. The roads are exceedingly dusty and a moving
train is constantly enveloped in its clouds.
Cattle inhale it at every breath, and they eat it with every mouthful of
grass they take. The grass is said to be
thickly covered with it for three miles from the road. By this means, enough alkali is at length
introduced into the system to produce death, and the finest, largest, fattest
oxen are the first to fall victims, while the scrub will stand it for an indefinite
length of time. A good rain would
doubtless put a stop to the present bovine mortality; but as long as the weather
continues so dry, it will doubtlessly increase.
A Good and New
Invention
Watertown Republican, 11 16 1860
The agent,
Mr. E. S. Taylor, has shown us a model of what is called the "Pyramid or
Union Beehive," which strikes us as being all that can be desired in an
article of that kind. As its name
indicates, it is of pyramid shape, the hive being when ready for use, 16 inches
high, 16 inches in diameter at the bottom, and 8 inches at the top. Another box 16 inches high, which is used as
a chamber by the bees in which they deposit their honey in boxes prepared to
receive it, is fitted closely and held at the bottom to the inside box. The hive, when complete, combines several
advantages not possessed by any other of our acquaintance, and we have no doubt
will be found to answer all the purposes claimed for it by its inventor. We certainly regard it as the best planned
and most philosophical hive we have ever seen, and are confident that it need
only to be seen by those interested in such matters to secure their good
opinion. We cannot undertake to give
such an explanation of it in this article as to convey a full and correct idea
of its workings, and point out the advantages it possesses over the ordinary
hives now in use. Persons desirous of
seeing a model or learning further particulars concerning it, can do so upon
application to Mr. Taylor, who is now in town and stopping for a few days at
the Exchange.
Watertown Daily Times, 09 30 2000
Karla Mullen,
a literature and social studies teacher at Watertown High School, has received
the fourth annual Governor's Humanities Award for Excellence in K-12 Humanities
Education. The award is presented
annually by the Wisconsin Humanities Council.
The council said Mullen's American studies class is thematically
organized and has a strong community-based framework in which students
regularly participate in mentoring programs for middle and elementary schools
and interview local senior citizens.
Mullen also uses the latest technological methods to link her classroom
to an inner city school in Milwaukee to build bridges between students of
diverse backgrounds.
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Karla Mullen,
a retired teacher from the Watertown Unified School District, was among more
than 130 national board certified teachers selected to share insights and ideas
about the impact quality teaching has on education reform at a workshop in
Cincinnati, Ohio. The event was
sponsored by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. The conference, titled Teaching America About
Accomplished Teaching, provided these teachers with the skills to reach out to
policy-makers, business and community leaders and the media to advance the
quality of teaching and learning.
Watertown Republican, 11 02 1860
As Mr. G. A.
Hall was driving into town from his house on Tuesday evening, accompanied by
Mrs. C. Boynton and Mrs. C. A. Sprague, his horse took fright and becoming
unmanageable commenced running, all three of them were thrown from the buggy
and more or less injured, Mr. Hall faring the worst. We understand that two of his ribs and his
hip are broken, and that he received other injuries in the way of bruises of a
less serious character. It is also
thought that he must have been injured internally. At the time of writing this, we understand
that he is as comfortable as could be expected, though not by any means out of
danger. We hear that the ladies who were
riding with him at the time were not badly injured.
A Probable Swindle
Watertown Republican, 11 02 1860
A man calling
himself D. H. Henshaw was in town the other day soliciting subscriptions for
the Milwaukee Free Democrat. Quite a number of our citizens paid him money
on account of the same, but have not yet received any papers. We suspect they are "victims of
misplaced confidence."
The Great Decision
Watertown Republican, 11 09 1860
Probably never
during the world's history has there been so great a decision made as on last
Tuesday. The question decided was a
great one, and great was the nation of freemen who decided. Every decision of the human mind, according
to the motive which governs it, involves either the highest kind of good or the
worst kind of evil, and hence all human decisions are essentially alike; but
the relations, circumstances, and outward effects of conduct almost endlessly
very. Other nations often decide great
questions, but only a comparatively small portion of the people composing them
have a voice on public policy, while the reverse is the case in our
country. These national decisions are
extremely interesting, as showing the character of the whole nation, and also
of the various localities, according to their voices upon the great question at issue.
In our own country it is only once in four years that the whole people
so directly and almost exclusively relate to so great a moral and political
question—the most essential principle of human rights, as whether man ought to,
or shall, selfishly usurp to himself the sum total of his fellow man as is done
by slavery; in other words, whether God's law shall be abrogated, and the most
rampant and hateful and most unscrupulous type of ambition, lust, cruelty and
cupidity, such as the slaveholders, shall be universally inaugurated in its
stead.
Suggestion
Watertown Republican, 11 09 1860
We think the
Republicans of the city and county, in view of the result of the late election,
should get together and have a grand jollification. Such we understand is the general desire
among the Republicans throughout the county.
It has been suggested that Watertown is the proper place for it to be
held, and the Republicans of the city are requested to meet at the office of J.
A. Hadley, Esq., tomorrow evening to talk the matter over and make the
necessary arrangements. The Republicans
of Dodge and Jefferson counties are expected to participate in the festivities
of the occasion.
Our friend at the Democrat
Watertown Republican, 11 16 1860
Our friend at
the [Watertown] Democrat, in his last
week’s issue, undertook to be jolly over the result of the late election and
exultingly exclaimed that "the official returns show that the city of
Watertown, is still Democratic and gave Douglas a warm and hearty
support," just as though he were surprised and it were an unusual thing
for Watertown to vote in that way.
Anyone at all familiar with the politics of the city knows that it has
always been hopelessly Democratic and that the Republicans here have always
fought against great odds.
It looks to
us just as though democracy is getting unpopular here, as a general result of
the late election shows that it is elsewhere, and that the days of Democratic
victories in the city of Watertown are about numbered. We shall never be called upon to chronicle
another majority of 500 here for any Democratic candidate. We expect in two years from this time to see
the Republicans carry the city by a small majority and that in four years
Watertown will be reckoned upon as a Republican city just as surely and
unmistakably as Chicago is now. We do
not see how it can be otherwise. The
Democratic strength has been gradually, but none the less certainly, wasting
away for the last four years, and it will continue thus to decline until there
is nothing of it left.
Southern Bluster
Watertown Republican, 11 16 1860
That the
Southern Fire Eaters Should Make an extraordinary bluster over the election of
Mr. Lincoln is the most natural thing in the world. It is natural for men to repeat what they
have been doing for a score of years; and natural for blustering men to grow at
length to the greatest of blusterers.
Moreover, blusterers are expected, by both themselves and others, to
grade the degree of their blustering somewhat according to the greatness and
importance of the occasion on which it is put forth.
It is not
unusual for children to attempt to coerce their parents to gratify them, by
rendering themselves disagreeable, and the South are certainly not bad
imitators, or, it may be, continue practices which should have ceased with
their youth.
It is to be expected
that northern Democrats will, to a certain degree, sympathize with the South in
its bluster against Lincoln’s election, although few are so senseless as to
advocate disunion. It is to be expected
that men who oppose the Republican Party will attempt to magnify what they are
pleased to call the evils of this success; but the great mass of northern
Democrats decidedly repudiate and heartily despise Southern bluster.
Progress of Treason
Watertown Republican, 11 23 1860
Revolution is
upon us; it is useless to deny it. South
Carolina has taken the initiative and she will be sustained by most, and
ultimately by all, of her sister Southern States. She is now on the verge of a collision with
the General Government and she will push matters to that focus
immediately. Mark the prediction. The collision of the State and Federal
authorities is imminent—nay, inevitable.
By the shedding of the first drop of blood the grand purpose of the
disunionists will have been accomplished . . .
the disunion party in the South have never entertained a hope of a
peaceful separation—nor do they now.
Their policy was first to await a proper pretext, or more correctly a
strong incentive to disunion, and then, having obtained it, to push matters
forthwith to an extremity. The incentive
is furnished in the election of Lincoln.
[Correspondent
of the N. Y. Herald, Richmond, Va,
Nov. 8, 1860
The Pony Express
Watertown Republican 11 30 1860
The Pony
Express, which left San Francisco on the 14th, brings the gratifying
intelligence that California and Oregon have both gone Republican.
First Meeting of Lincoln and Hamlin
Watertown Republican 11 30 1860
The coming
together of the next president and vice president yesterday at the Tremont
House was the first time these two future "heads of the nation" were
ever formally introduced. They had known
each other merely as "passing acquaintances" while in Congress years
ago, but were then political opponents-the one a Wing, the other a Democrat.
But now they
meet for the first time as friends, personally and politically. This is a remarkable incident—especially
since, on meeting under the present extraordinary circumstances, they find that
they indeed "be brethren"--sympathizing with each other fully and
cordially in spirit and sentiment. They
are both men of the people, both spiritedly patriotic. Both truly conservative, devoted to the great
interest of the country, and fully sensible of the weight of responsibility
that rests upon them for the future.
Another
remarkable fact connected with these gentlemen is that the high honors that
have been conferred upon them, came entirely unexpectedly. Mr. Lincoln had no
expectation of being nominated for the presidency before he was actually
nominated and Mr. Hamlin never dreamed of being nominated for vice president
before the fact of his nomination was announced to him by telegraph, after he
was chosen. It must be in the highest
degree gratifying to both, that they have been taken up and elected to the
highest offices in the government, by the spontaneous action of the people,
without any effort, or even an aspiration on their own—and it is most proper
that their first meeting since their election should be here in Chicago where
they were nominated.
The Message
Watertown Democrat, 12 06 1860
Congress
met in the Capitol at the City of Washington last Monday. A quorum were present in both the Senate and
House. The President delivered his
message the following day. It will
probably reach here today or tomorrow, but [being a weekly paper] we shall not
be able to publish it until next week.
The President takes strong grounds against the right of secession and
expresses the hope that concession, conciliation, patriotism, common interests
and safety will yet avert the dangers and evils of separation. He calls upon the Northern States to repeal
their Personal Liberty bills, execute the Fugitive Slave Law, and make
provisions for the security of slave property in the territories. These are substantially the issues upon which
the last presidential election was based.
The South would not be satisfied with these concessions, nor would they
wholly arrest the steady progress of disunion in the Cotton States, for they
are not the sufferers from the existing condition of things. More will be demanded, and the moment the
Republicans grant the little the most liberal will consent to give, the moral
power of the party will be lost, the fruits of success, so far as principles
are involved, will be surrendered, certain defeat will overtake it and the
contest have to be fought over again.
The President’s Message
Watertown Democrat, 12 13 1860
We
surrender most of our paper today to the President’s Message. Seldom have we read an important public
document with so little satisfaction as we have the last annual communication
of President Buchanan to Congress. His
administration is drawing to a close in the midst of a perilous crisis and we
fear it must be admitted there is little prospect of his showing himself equal
to the resolute demands of his office.
In one part of his message he denies the right of secession, and then
tries to prove that he has no power to execute the laws within the limits of a
seceding state, though the Constitution declares that all acts passed in
pursuance of that instrument shall be the laws of the land, anything in the
state constitutions to the contrary notwithstanding. The message shows the dangers that surround
us are domestic and not foreign. We are
at peace with all nations and what unsettled questions we may have with two or
three can be easily adjusted. What turn
matters will finally take among ourselves cannot now be foreseen, but we hope
for the best. We shall soon know whether
we are to have but one or many confederacies within the limits of what is now
the Union. Out of the convulsions and
collisions of dissolution we believe the North and West have the least to fear
or suffer, but we would not on that account like to see a government which has
conferred so many and great benefits on the people overthrown and ruined,
especially when there is not the least excuse or necessity for such a mad
display of reckless folly and self destruction.
Because of the Difficulty
Watertown Republican 11 30 1860
“Lincoln's
election is taken as an occasion for action, but with us it is not the only
cause for action. We have delayed for
the last ten years for nothing but cooperation.
We thought it the best and wisest policy to remain in the Union with our
southern sisters, in order to arrange the time when and the manner how of going
out, and nothing else.”
The above
extract from the speech made in the South Carolina Legislature a few days ago
shows conclusively, if any proof is needed, that the election of Lincoln is
not, as is claimed by demagogues here in North, the cause of the present
bubbling in the southern political cauldron.
South Carolina has been in hot water for the last twenty-five years, and
has whined continually at what she has been pleased to call the aggressions of
the North upon her vested rights. She
has only been waiting for some favorable opportunity to get up another fuss
similar to the one raised by her in 1832, and has hit upon this is the most
favorable time for action. For our part
we hope she will be permitted to “sulk” just as long as she wants to. So long as she can content herself in
pouting, which we apprehend will be about the extent to which you will go, she
ought to be "let alone severely."
She will feel better when she gets over it, we have not the least doubt.
John Lowth
Watertown Republican, 11 09 1860
We learn that
in the town of Lowell, on the evening of election day, John Lowth, of Lowell,
had his leg broken above the ankle by being driven over while he lay upon a
bridge in a state of intoxication. This is the more unfortunate as he had but
one arm. We also learn that there were
several bruised heads and black faces, produced by stones thrown at Republicans
by persons exasperated against them by the Republican majorities in that place.
Watertown Republican, 11 16 1860
Kellogg, the
Artist, has returned from the Fair, where he took premium on pictures, and those
who have pictures which are covered with specks or streaks, or whom their
friends cannot recognize, will do well to call on Kellogg over the Bank of
Watertown and get them re-taken, as it will cost but a trifle. Having permanently located in the city and
fitted up rooms in the best style, he is prepared to wait on his numerous
customers in the best style of any in the city.
It will cost
nothing to sit for your picture if you are not suited, as I will let nothing go
except it be good and gives satisfaction.
J. D. Kellogg
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Home Again
Watertown
Democrat, 03 14 1861
Kellogg is
at home again and prepared to take pictures of every kind cheaper and better
than ever. Everything warranted not to
fade and give perfect satisfaction in every respect. Those having pictures taken at my room, which
do not suit, will please come and get them taken over again, as I shall attend
to the business myself for the present and until further notice.
Remember
the place, over the Bank of Watertown.
J. D. Kellogg.
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Democrat, 02 09 1865
Something
new and interesting for everybody at Kellogg’s Picture Gallery!
Having
spent a week in all the best rooms of Chicago and learned everything that is
new in the art and having an entire new set of instruments made expressly for
the new styles of pictures and new stock of all kinds and descriptions, I am prepared to do much better by
my customers than ever, both in price and quality. Largest stock and greatest variety in the
state, consisting of 200 dozen nice cases, 300 best gilt and rosewood frames,
300 albums of all styles and prices, varying from fifty cents to twenty
dollars. New instrument for taking
photographs and will now make 24 for one dollar, or six nice ambrotypes for one
dollar.
Thanksgiving
Proclamation
1860
Watertown Republican, 11 23 1860
The people of
Wisconsin have extraordinary reasons for thankfulness the present year. The peaceful labors of the husbandmen have
been blessed in a most remarkable degree, and their barns and storehouses are
overflowing with the abundance of the harvest.
Health has prevailed throughout our borders. Good order has everywhere reigned. The blessings of free education have been
extended. If afflictions have come upon,
or calamities overtaken us, the benign influences of Christian benevolence have
hastened to dry the tears and minister to the wants of the bereaved.
I recommend
that the people of the State, on that day, laying aside the cares of life,
gather together in their solemn assemblies and return their thanks to God for
His great Goodness to us as citizens of a country blest, beyond others, with
civil and religious liberty, educational institutions, peace and prosperity and
especially for His overflowing blessings to the people of this Commonwealth, in
abundant harvest, health, social comforts and privileges, and for all that
contributes to the happiness and well-being as communities and individuals.
Governor,
Alex. W. Randall
THE FAMINE IN KANSAS
Watertown Republican 11 30 1860
To the People
of Wisconsin: Since the issue of my
proclamation for the annual Thanksgiving, calling upon you, blessed in a
remarkable degree this year with an abundance of the fruits of the earth, to
render thanks to the Bountiful Giver, the details have come to us of
destitution and suffering in another portion of our country, where the rains
have not fallen, and a parched earth has borne no crops. In the midst of our abundance, it is very
difficult to realize the fact that but a few hundred miles from us, not less
than thirty or forty thousand of our fellow beings are at this moment suffering
greatly from the total failure of their crops.
Such a startling fact needs but to be brought to the knowledge of the
people who are overflowing with abundance, to cause speedy help to be sent to
the needy.
Citizens of
Wisconsin! The destitute, starving
conditions of thousands of the settlers of Kansas is a terrible fact,
thoroughly attested. Immediate and
liberal contributions of money, to buy provisions and clothing and pay freights
on donations forwarded, of grain, flour, and provisions of every kind are
imperatively needed to save the lives of men, women and children who have
literally nothing to eat, and nothing to sell, to raise means for the purpose
of food and clothing. In no better way
can you exhibit your thankfulness for blessings conferred by Providence then by
showing love and charity to the needy.
Alexander W
Randall, Governor
Cross Reference:
1860
The Declaration
of Causes of Secession, adopted on December 24, 1860, represented South
Carolina's statement to the South, the nation, and the world that it was
compelled to secede from the United States In a detailed explanation, South
Carolina presented the southern theory of the Union and the nature of the U.S.
Constitution, aired its grievances against the North, and justified its
decision to secede. The Declaration of Causes of Secession left no doubt that
the precipitating factor behind South Carolina's withdrawal from the Union was
the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency.
South
Carolina's decision to secede encouraged secessionists elsewhere to intensify
their opposition to the Union and, in rapid fashion, to persuade their states
to follow suit. The justifications for secession were grounded in the compact
theory of the Constitution, the view that sovereign states had created the
Union and, therefore, in the exercise of their sovereignty, could withdraw from
the Union at their pleasure. The declaration sought legitimacy, moreover,
through its reference to the causes that impelled the American colonists to
declare their independence from England: The rights of the people had been
violated by a government grown tyrannical. Those conditions in 1776 and 1860,
South Carolina argued, justified the right of the people to create their own
government. For South Carolinians, tyranny emerged in the form of Abraham
Lincoln, who, they declared, intended to destroy slavery, in violation of
southerners' property rights in their slaves. The arguments aroused the
passions of the lower southern states and soon
put the nation on a war footing. As a result, the United States would never be
the same.
Southern Secession
Convention
Watertown Democrat, 12 13 1860
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 17.
A heavy
and almost obscuring fog hangs like a pall over Columbia, creating a general
gloom. The small pox panic is intense among the citizens and strangers. Many members of the Legislature have gone
home. A strong effort will be made today
to adjourn the Legislature and Convention to Charleston. If not, then the Convention will probably
promptly pass an ordinance of secession and adjourn.
Mr. Miles
appealed to the convention not to adjourn to Charleston but to remain here,
regardless of the small pox, or other physical or moral causes, and discharge
the duties required by South Carolina.
He urged that
other states would jeer at the timidity in the present crisis and that the
moral power of the present movement would
be affected in other sympathizing states if we adjourn to Charleston.
Watertown Republican, 11 23 1860
A young man
named Regnor [Regner], employed in the machine shop of the Milwaukee, Watertown
and Baraboo Valley Railroad Co., met with a serious accident on Wednesday
morning last. It seems that he was
engaged in arranging the belt upon one of the shafts and in some way got
entangled therein so that he was carried around with it a number of times, with
each revolution coming in contact with some heavy pieces of lumber
overhead. The machinery was stopped as
soon as it could be, but not until Mr. Regner had been pretty badly hurt. He was removed at once to his father’s and
attended by Doctors Spaulding and Cody who did everything in their power to
alleviate his sufferings. Upon examination
it was found that one of his arms was broken in three places and that his leg
was also broken just above and below the knee.
He was otherwise injured and bruised, but the fractured bones, we
believe, constitute the most serious features of his case. He is a steady and industrious young man,
whose misfortune we regret to be called upon to announce.
Watertown Republican 11 30 1860
We may learn something
from our German citizens. They thrive on
the same income as a Yankee would starve on.
We know of a young German, whose capital, when he landed on our shores,
consisted of a singularly constructed suit of blue clothes and a long tail
pipe. Yet, in five years, he had a house
and lot, money at interest, a wife and two babies, a quantity of bliss and
pickled cabbage. During most of the time
our meritorious friend received a salary of six dollars a week. A Yankee might have received five times that
sum and come out head over heels in debt.
The fact is Germans have very sensible notions of life. They drink beer, and smoke pipes with
astonishing long stems. They are
industrious and economical. They know
how to lay up something for a rainy day, which is a great deal more than some
Americans know. Many Americans seem to
think that they will have no difficulty in borrowing umbrellas when the
financial rainy day comes, but they ascertain their mistake when the time
arrives and are often compelled to seek shelter in the poor house or go and
live with their parents. Meanwhile our
Teutonic goes pleasantly ahead, raising garden sauce and babies and constantly
waxing richer, fatter and jollier. We
repeat, that we may learn something from our German citizens.
Dr. Underwood
Watertown Democrat, 12 06 1860
Dr.
Underwood, of Chicago, the eminent and skillful operator on the eye and car,
whose reputation is so extensively known throughout the United Suites and
Canada, will arrive in Jefferson, Wis., Thursday, Dec. 20th , and may be
consulted at the first class hotel that day only. Dr. U., being a regularly educated physician
and surgeon of the old school, and having devoted his whole life to opthalmic
and aural surgery, will be found competent to perform any operation on the eye
and ear necessary to restore sight to the blind, or hearing to the deaf or by
other scientific means, remove any disease of those delicate organs, within the
reach of science and human skill. No
charge for examination or opinion.
Watertown Gazette, 04 29 1910
Last week the high school class honors for the year 1910 were distributed and Della Wilkowski led the class with an average, for the four years, of 95.32. Florence Foley was second with an average of 95.29. Esther Humphrey was next with an average of 93.9. Alvin Guitzlaff's average is 91.75 and Helen Schatz took fifth place with an average of 91.6. The first four will represent the class on the commencement program and Helen Schatz will give the alumni toast at the alumni banquet.
Watertown Republican, 11 23 1860
At a meeting
of the Common Council on the 12th inst., A. D. Harger was elected City Clerk,
to fill the vacancy occasioned in that office by the resignation of William H.
Bourne. Mr. Harger has the necessary
qualifications for a good Clerk and we have no doubt will discharge all the
duties devolving upon him in that capacity to the general satisfaction of the
public.
Body found
Watertown Republican 11 30 1860
The remains
of the body of Miss Elizabeth McLaughlin, one of the unfortunate victims of the
Lady Elgin disaster, were found in Michigan City, on the seventh, and brought
to this city last Monday for final interment.
History of Milwaukee, City and County,
Volume 2, William George Bruce, S. J. Clarke
Publishing Co, Chicago, 1922.
Lorenz
Maschauer who for many years was prominently connected with the hardware trade
of Milwaukee and during the last twenty four years of his life was president of
the Frankfurth Hardware Company was born in Wildstein near Eger Bohemia on the
31st of March, 1844, and was but ten years of age when in 1854 he was brought
by his parents to the new world. The
family settled in Watertown, Wisconsin, and there the father died soon
afterward. Lorenz Maschauer was the
youngest in a family of six children who accompanied their mother to Milwaukee
soon after the father's demise.
In the
schools of this city therefore Lorenz Maschauer pursued his education becoming
a student in the German English Academy.
After starting out in the business world he became identified with a
brass and machinery foundry but the work disagreed with him and in 1861 he
entered the employ of the Frankfurth
Hardware Company at Third and Chestnut streets.
When twenty one years of age owing to impaired health he gave up his
position and spent two years in touring Europe Rest and travel did much for him
and with health greatly improved he returned to Milwaukee . . .
1985
Renovation Plan
Watertown Daily Times, 09 20 1985
An ambitious
aesthetic renovation plan for Watertown’s downtown area is expected to be
unveiled today, one in which private funds would make up almost 50 percent of
the project’s estimated $340,000 cost.
Sidewalk renovation with sections of brick, new decorative street lights
and a substantial number of tree plantings are part of the plan, to be detailed
today at a noon meeting of downtown revitalization committee. Other aspects of the plan, developed by a
subcommittee of the revitalization panel, include benches and trash
receptacles, new curb and gutter and a 1/2-inch street overlay. The project is being proposed for East Main
Street from Sixth Street to First Street, First Street from Market Street to
Madison Street and Sixth Street from Market Street to Madison Street. All of the recommendations are being made in
an attempt to give Watertown a turn of the century look, a theme generally
agreed to by downtown merchants and architectural consultants to take advantage
of the city’s highly regarded historical features.
Watertown Daily Times, 09 20 2000
Barbara
“Bobby” Maas of Watertown has been named an Honorable Mention recipient of the
2000 Governor’s Awards in Support of the Arts.
The posthumous recognition with a commemorative plaque will take place
at a ceremony to be held at the Executive Residence in Madison on Friday, Oct.
27. Foundation Chairman Jeffrey Bartell
said Maas is being recognized for “extraordinary and continuous contributions
to the arts and cultural opportunities of Watertown and the surrounding
area.” He said, “Bobby Maas served as
president of the Watertown Arts Council for decades and was instrumental in
starting the local arts festival, as well as acquiring fine art for the
council’s rotating collection.”
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Writing Academy
Watertown Democrat, 12 13 1860
Prof. A. S.
Dantz of Fond du Lac proposes to open a Commercial College and Writing Academy
in this city on the 14th, inst. It will
be an evening as well as day school, thus affording apprentices and young
merchants an excellent opportunity to attain an elegant style of penmanship and
acquaint themselves with the best methods of doing business correctly. Prof. Dantz is an accomplished teacher and
will not fail to greatly benefit all who take a course of his valuable lessons.
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Watertown Democrat, 12 13 1860
The
undersigned takes this method in announcing to the citizens of Watertown and
vicinity that he will open his Commercial School on Monday, the 14th day of
Jan. next.
There will be
but one course taught in three months time, comprising the following studies,
to wit:
“Double Entry
Book-keeping, Commercial Calculations, Correspondence, the Executions of
Orders, Notes, Receipts in all its varied forms, Mortgages, Leases, Contracts
and Penmanship.”
Printed
editions are not used at my College, as each and every set will be made up by
the Instructor. The Professor’s
instructions are based upon his long experience as Book-keeper and as Teacher
of that science and introduces thus the practical method all at once.
Penmanship
both plain and ornamental will be taught in classes at the College rooms as
well as privately. Writing School for
ladies and gentlemen five evenings in the week from 6 to 7 o’clock.
Visiting and
Wedding Cards at $1.50 per pack of 50, written neatly. Sets of books opened, kept, closed or
examined balance sheets drawn or single entry account books converted into
double entry and with dispatch.
Terms: For a full commercial course, inclusive of
Penmanship, $27, without Penmanship, $25—half to be paid in advance, the
remainder after the sixth week or the whole amount by an approved bankable note
of 60 days.
For a full
course in Penmanship, both plain and ornamental, $5. A class for practical instruction in the
German Language will be taught upon the Professor’s much and everywhere
approved practical method if applications are made in time to him at the
Exchange Hotel between the 6th and 14th of January next.
A. D. Dantz,
Principal of Fond du Lac College and Professor of
Penmanship and Languages.
