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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26

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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-26


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The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03
DEATH OF MISS MCGUIRE E
Passed Away at the Home Of Her
Cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. M. j.
Flanagan

Miss Margaret Mcclure, one of Sauk
county's Oldest residents, and in point
of service probably the Oldest school
teacher died Friday evening at $50 at
the home of her cousins, Mr.. and Mrss
M. J. Flanagan, 304 Birch street. The
cause of death was complication in
VOlving heart failure. She formerly
resided on the Mcclure homestead in
Fairfield. She had not been in good
health for five months. The past two
months The ailment became more and
more serious.
She was we'll known and very high
ly respected and her passing is a sad
blow to her brother, w. d. Mcclure,
who is also the only near relative.
Besides her brother and many cOus-
ms, there are many Of her former pu-
pills scattered over the county and 9TH
er parts of the country, who will deep
ly mourn her departure, for her reput-
alton as a teacher was of quality su-
preme.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03
Miscellaneous Shower.

A miscellaneous shower was given
Friday evening by the members of the
Novelty Bunch at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. John Franklin, 502 Second
street, in honor of their daughter, Miss
lone, who is to be married soon. Miss
Franklin received a large number of
useful gifts among which were hand
painted china, silver and linen. There
were refreshments, music and pleas
ant social time. The young ladies who
participated in this pre-nuptial event
were: Misses Lura Battles, Martha
Metzke, Anna Rowland, Marcia Jones,
Iva Hackett, Louise Weber, Kathryn
J acobs, Edna Witwen, Wilma Teel,
Eva Tinkham, Julia Hoppe, Grace
Sheridan of Baraboo, and Irene Wal
Ter, of Dubuque, Iowa.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03
Going to Alabama.

Former County Treasurer and Mrs.
J. S. Hall are moving fromSauk coun-
ty to Livingston, Alabama. SinceMr.
Hall left the office of county treasurer
he has been superintendent of the
county farm until last May and since
resigning that position they have re-
81 led in North Freedom. Some
months ago their son and wife, Mr..
and Mrs. La Porte Hall, moved from
North Freedom to Livingston, where
he has fine position as manager of a
jewelry department. His proprietor
desired some one to manage planta-
tion and Mr.. Hall was summoned
some weeks ago to look over the pro-
posi- lon and was so favorably impressed
that he will take up the task. To say
that he will succeed is without ques-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hall are in Baraboo
visiting Mr.. Halls sister, Mrs. Mary.
Flint, his brother and other relatives
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03
COLLISION OCCURRED ABOUT
EIGHT MILES NORTH OF
GALENA, Ill.
ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT 8 A. M,
Passenger and Extra Freight Cause
Terrible Disaste er-No Passengers
Injured.
rFrom Thursdays Daily J

Engineer E. E. Thompson of Madi-
son, formerly of Baraboo, and his fire.
man, J. Gallagher, also of Madison on
passenger 1913, were killed this morn
ing in head end collision about eight
miles north of Galena a quarter of
mile north of the little station of Mill
brig, Ill.
Millbrig is small station without
a telegraph office.
Just the particulars of the accident
as to how it occurred will not be
known until after the investigation.
None of the passengers on 123, north
bound, were injured to any great ex-
tent. The freight was an extra. En-
gineer Frank Jaquish and Fireman
August Radtke, both of Baraboo, were
on its engine. Mr.. Jaquish's left leg
was broken in two places, while Mr..
Radtke sustained a sprained ankle.
Conductor J. E. Sweet of Baraboo was
on the freight, while Conductor Zein-
niger was on the passenger. Neither
of them were injured.
The accident occurred about eight
o'clock this morning. The engines
were piled into a confused mass of
broken iron and steel, with Engineer
Thompson and Fireman Gallagher be-
meath the wreckage.
Engineer @. G. Thompson, brother
of the engineer who was killed was
just about to start out with his engine
this morning when he was sent out
with the wrecker to the scene of the
Eaccident.He did not know at that time
that his brother had been killed, al-
though he knew he was III the ac-
cident.
Engineer Thompson and his family
lived in Baraboo until a year ago,
when they moved to Madison. Besides
his wife, there survive four children,
Mrs. Alice Dirks and the Misses Beu-
lah, Thayer and Bernice Thompson.
There are two brothers, Engineer G. g.
Thompson of Baraboo, and Samuel, of
Mauston. His sister, Mrs. Charles
Wing of Baraboo, is visiting in Mime
sofa.
DR.. and Mrs. Charles B. Dirks have
been spending their honeymoon at
Mirror lake, before going to their home
in Colorado. The past few days he
has been in Chicago. Upon hearing
of her fathers death Mrs. Dirks caught
the first train south.
The remains of Engineer Thompson
will be brought to Baraboo for inter-
ment.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03
A PLOT TO KILL
Carl Christensen of Dells T own Found
in Unconscious Condition.

Monday morning the Christensen n
home in the northe9s stern part of Kill :
boun was scene of excitement, when
Mr.. Christensen arose and found that
his son, Carl, was not at home, accord
ing to the Mirror Gazette. A hastY
search was made and it was found
that he had not been home since leav-
ing the night before. A searching
party was organized Of Kilbourn citi-
zenS and an endeavor to locate the
young man was commenced. After
searching several hours, the unfortunate
lad was discovered in the barn belong
ing to the d. F. Loomis estate, across
from the residence on Main street in
an unconscious condition. He had
been mauled with club or other blunt
weapon until his face and other parts
Of his body were badly mutlIat0d
A dent in the back of his head seems
to be the cause of his Inconsistencies
and it is believed by the doctors to be
Cau01uS a COuCuSSIOu VI GllC NIdlns LIZ
was hurriedly taken to his home and
doctors were Immediately summoned.
He was worked over for number of
hours but with no hope of his recovery.
A deep mystery surrounds the whole
affair and several theories have been
advanced .as to the cause of his bad
plight but none seems TO be wholly sat-
isfactory. 1t seems, however, that it
was the result of deep laid plot to
kill the young man, and after striking
him his assailant undoubtedly believed
him to be dead and carried him to the
barn where he was found to hide his
treacherous crime.
Carl is highly respected young man
of Kilbourn and nobody knows of any
reason whatever, that could lead to
what is believed to be his tragic end
ing. Every effort is being made by the
local police to find some cIew where
with to locate the guilty party, if it
was an intended murder.
He died later.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03
LOUIS ULR|CH
BARN BURNS
THE LOSS is A TOTAL ONE WITH
BUT a SMALL AMOUNT OF
INSURANCE

The barn belonging to Louis Ulrich,
who resides about two miles south of
the village of North Freedom, was
burned about noon on Thursday.
While the family was at dinner the
fire was discover and the property
went so quick that there was no time
to save the contents. The grain had
been thrashed about week ago and
the grain with all of the hay and i'm
plements burned. The bushels of
grain were about 400. The origin of
the fire is not known but a person
from that vicinity states that it was
probably from matches in the hands
of children. There was a small
amount of insurance in the mutual
company of which Charles Hengstlel
is the secretary.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03
Had a Hat Time.

Saturday morning when the way
freight arrived here it was discov-
cred that a car loaded with freight for
this station had been broken into and
several packages opened while some of
the contents were scattered over the
floor. A large box of hats was nearly
ruined. 1t is estimated that the loss
will be nearly 500. The hats were
consigned to one of the firms in this
city and on account of the damage
were not accepted. The hats were
then sold at retail by the railroad COM
pany. 1t is not known at what place
on the road the car was broken into,
but the fellows certainly had a big time
judging by the appearance ofthings.-
Reedsburg Free Press.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03

Jacobs and Hofstatter argued for fire
escapes on the high school building,
and Alderman McFetridge offered an
amendment recommending the con-
struction of two fire escapes on the
high school building. The resolution
and its amendmedt were passed.
A communication from the secretary
of the Municipal league was read. 1t
announced the annual meeting of the
league at OconomoWoc, Sept. 3, 4, and
5.
B. HI. Strong applied for sidewalk
grade on the north side of Ninth ave-
nue.. Referred.
The treasurer's quarterly report was
accepted and placed on file.
Victor Sanderson petitioned for the
establishing of sidewalk grade. Re-
ferred
Messrs. Simonds, Shultz and others
applied for standard sidewalk to be
built and maintained from corner of
Ninth and Summit to corner of Tenth
and Summit streets. Referred.
The sewer committee reported that
the inspection of the work on the
Eleventh street and Rosaline street
sewers showed the work to have been
satisfactorily done and the contracted
price be paid. The report was adopt
nH
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03
ROBERT RINGLING ENTERTAINS
Several of His Boy Friends Go to the
Lake and Enjoy the Day at the
Cottage.

About IS boy friends of Robert Ring
ling were invited by him to spend the
day at the lake Wednesday. Tickets
were furnished for the trip from Bara-
boo with the invitations.
Dinner and supper were served and
most pleasant time was enjoyed. The
time was spent in games, swimming
and climbing the bluffs. While try
ing to pull in a boat little Frederick
Stanley fell over backwards from the
pier, as the string which he held broke.
A slight wetting was the only conse-
Quence.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03
(From Fridays Daily.)

Frank Jaquish, the engineer of the
freight was taken to the hospital at
Platteville, where his left leg was am
putated. While his condition is criti-
cal his recovery is expected. He is a
son of Henry Jaquish of Madison,
where he also has four brothers resid-
ing, Jerome F., John B., Henry W.,
Charles A. Jaquish. He has been an
engineer for more than 10 years and
moved to Baraboo from Madison some
years ago. His friends in both towns
were panied to hear of his misfortune.
J. Gallagher of Galena was to have
married Madison lady this fall. He
was formerly an engineer, but since
the traffic has been light he had been
firing. He was forty years of age and
resided with his parents in Galena.
When in Madison, he made his home
with his brother, Thomas +. F.Gallagher,
also an engineer on the western.
He was favorably known for his good
heartedneSs and pleasant manner.
Mrs. E. e. Thompson and daughter,
Mrs. Charles B. Dirks, were visiting at
the home of G. F. Jeffreys, northwest
of Baraboo, when they received the
news of the accident. Miss Zoe
Thompson, niece of the engineer who
was killed, was telephoning to out of
town friends and Mrs. Thompson and
her daughter happened to be visiting
at one of the places. Otherwise they
would not have received word so
promptly, as their whereabouts was
not exactly known. They drove to
Baraboo as fast as possible, arriving
just In time to catch the 11:20 passen-
ger train south.
The exact cause of the accident is
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03
"OUISCONSlN" IN 1896
Chart Given by George Seaans of Reedsburg Showing
Conditions of Early Times.

and Louisiana. Of course, there was
oregon territory and Missouri territory
still west to the coast, with a claim on
some of Canada north of the 10th
parallel. Mexico was shown to be as
large as the whole of the states and the
claimed territories. That was ten
years before the Mexican war. Eng
land had no territory on the western
coast according to this chart. Russia
joined the United States claims on the
Pacific. That was long before certain
treaties and "Seward's Folly" had oc.
Cured.
Railroads in the United States.
The railroads on this chart can all
be counted in very short time. They
are shown as follows:
Boston was center then as now.
Trips could be made to Lowell, Wor-
cester, and Providence.
Utica and Albany, N. Y, were con-
nected. There was also branch line
from Schenectady to Saratoga.
The longest line in the country is
marked from Tappan, on the Hudson
across from Tarrytown, to Dunkirk on
Lake Erie. This extended across the
southern part of the state through
Owego. The trip from Tappan to New
York was probably made by boat on
the Hudson.
Long Island was bisected longitud-
inaIly by railroad.
One could go from New York to
Paterson by railroad.
Newark and Brunswick, n. j., were
connected.
A line is shown from opposite Staten
Island to Camden, N. J.
Philadelphia and Baltimore had ac-
comnodations, but Washington, the
capital of the United States was some
distance beyond, without the steam
improvements.
The only other line shown is from
Charleston, S. C.,to Hamburg, point
across the river to Augusta, Ga.
The states are shown as divided into
coui4Jies. The canals, and wagon
roads are also marked. The census of
the United States is given with separ-
ate statistics for the whites and slaves.
The population is given as 1886, ,O2O
and the slaves numbered 1909, ,O5O
New York, Pennsylvania and Vir-
ginia were the largest states, each num-
bering more than a million persons.
Virginia had the largest number of
slaves.
The map was purchased by Mr.. Sea-
mans in 1900 and given to the society
Aug. 7, 1908.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03
FUNERAL OF E. E. THOMPSON.
Held ftom the Masonic Temple-Ser.
vice by Joseph S. Briscoe and
Rev, Crowder.
(From SATURDAYS Daily.l

The funeral of Engineer E. .E.Thomp-
son, who was killed in the head-on
wreck near Millbrig, ILL.,, Thursday
forenoon, was held from the Masonic
Temple this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
There was large attendance of the
members of the order. The services
were in charge of Joseph S.Briscoe and
Rev. J. S. Crowder. The pail bearers
were, Charles Hull, John Fellows,
Charles Heiden, Enos Sherman, VIII.
Huffman and John Terbilcox.
Interment was in the Baraboo
cemetery.
Deceased was member of the B. o1
L. E. which attended the service al
the Temple.
He was SO years of age.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03
0utran the Storm.
(From Fridays Daily.)

Today when the passenger train ar
rived at the Chicago & Northwestern
station the cars were wet, but no rain
had fallen here. Passengers report
that it had been raining heavily for
five minutes before the train left North
Freedom and yet it arrived in Baraboo
ahead of the storm. The shower was
fine for corn, potatoes and pickles.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03
To Show the WAY.

A. M. Wells, the painter and paper
hanger, has provided some signs for
the road to the Man Mound and these
have been placed in position. In direct
ing people to the man mound have
them go about one mile east of the fair
grounds to the home of Benjamin
Simons, north one mile and east one
mile. Signs will be found at the turns
in the road.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03
New Assistant Superinte ndent

Mr.. George D. Villas of Milwaukee
has been appointed assistant superin-
tendent af the Madison division of the
Chicago and Northwestern to succeed
A. L.. Reiner, who was recently pro-
NOTED to the office of superintendent
at Fond du Lac. Mr.. Villas has been
trainmaster at Milwaukee and previ-
Gus to that was freight agent.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03
Needs More Room

In the matter of the building and
extending of the Birch street sewer
the 15-fOot strip on which A. II. Pratt
desires the contractors to work was not
considered enough, the contractors
claiming that they could not turn
around in that space. Mr.. Pratt gets
$500 from the city for the sewer right
of way. He also specifies that the
sewer must be built in 1908, that the
dirt in excess shall be dumped at a
point designated by himself, that the
ground shall be left level, and that it
shall be seeded and reseeded until the
ground is left in its original state of
7evelness, all sinkings that may occur
90 be reIeveled. The matter was left
with the sewer committee, and the
construction of the sewer will be de-
layed until it can be satisfactorily set
tied.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03
Twin Daughters Arrive

D1. Farnsworth returned from
North Freedom today and brought
the news that twin daughters had ar
rived at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Milton Holt.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03
On Bad Behavior.

Those in charge of the passenger sta
ton report that number of young
people aged from 10 to Is years are a
nuisance around the waiting room be-
cause they do not know how to behave
themselves. The persons in charge de
sire that the parents look after their
children. A passenger station is no
place for young people to loaf.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03
Free Copies.

Commissioner J. D. Beck has sent
to this office number of copies of the
report of the bureau and labor and in
dustrial statistics of Wisconsin which
will be gladly given to all who desire
COPIES. It deals with Wisconsin's re-
sources, industries an. opportunities
and is worth reading. A fine map
goes with the volume.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03
Out of the Mail Rag

One of our North Freedom readers
evidently does not agree with our cor
respondent from that village as to the
disturbances. In letter to this paper
it is inferred that there are Baraboo
disturbers to be considered. If that is
true the local officers at North Freedom
should get busy.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03
New Press.

A modern job press OF large size has
been added to the equipment of the
job department in connection with the
News office. It can do almost any
thing but talk and will be shown to
all visitors who may desire to see the
NJ achine.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03

Fl. E. Robinson has installed a fine
new Pearl lighting system in his
restaunt, The Gem, on Fourth Avenne
The several lights through the dining
hall and kitchen make the rooms gleam
like new day. w. B. Blaska Is the
proprietor of this up-so-date lighting
company.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-09-03

Auc Olu uHdp WHICH george y. sea
mans of Reedsburg recently gave
to the Sauk County Historical society
and which is hanging on the west
wall of the west room of the society in
the court house, is a most interesting
chart of the United States as known
and owned in 1885, the date of it's pub
lication.
In "Ouisconsin" were three counties.
Crawford county, the northwestern
section; Brown, the northeast around
Green Bay;and Iowa, the southwestern
section in the lead region. The south
east part is shown to be inhabited by
''Winnebagoes." The present state of
Wisconsin was also named the North
west territory and extend as far west
as the Mississippi river. The northern
portion extended into the northern
peninsula Of Michigan, but the country
about Lake Superior was doubtlessly
not very we'll known as it is not defin-
itely marked, the lake being shown
only on The smaller map of the North
America. Lake Michigan leaned too
much to the northeast. Only the south
ern peninsula of Michigan constituted
the state.
Where is the city of Milwaukee now
is "Pottawatomie Viii" The river is
"Milwalky, r."
Roads and Trails.
There were no railroads in Wisconsin
at that time. Even the wagon roads
were few. One seems to have been exist
ing between Dodgeville and Mineral
Point and west towards the Mississippi
river. The trails were not shown to be
many. One led from Ft. Crawford or
Prairie du Chen to Green Bay through
Dodgeville, via the Fox river and Lake
Winnebago. Another led to Chicago, or
Ft. Dearborn. A few others were noted.
The Baraboo River.
About where the Baraboo river be-
longs is creek named "Bonibaus C.u
South of where the Chippewa river
flows into the Mississippi is section
oficountry marked" Excellent Lands" p"
The lakes of northern Wisconsin are
not very correctly located or drawn.
"The Lake We Dive on"
In southern Wisconsin on the Rock
river is shown a lake named "The
Lake We Dive On" 1t is not far from
the southern boundary line.
North America.
The rest Of the United States is
shown to be east of the Mississippi
river, with the exception of Arkansas