Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-05-16


N[arshfield, are also here. On Sunday
Miss Mary Tinkham, who teaches near
Iseedsburg, was at home.
Mrs. Ida Logan is recovering from
the effects of an operation which she
underwent about a week ago at the
Mayo hospital in Rochester, Mime
sofa. She was ailing for months anG
physicians were abe to give her but
temporary relief. Finally she sub
mitted to 60 for an operation aft r
which the mystery was solved. 1t
was discovered that she had swallowed
a tooth which had lodged in her left
side.
An A. g. surprise in an M. E. par
sonage is an unusual occurrence but it
did happen last week in Muscotah.
When the editor and Mrs. Dunlap re-
turned from Atchison, last Friday
evening, they found the house full of
members and friends of the A. c..
church and the dining table loaded
with good things to eat. This was an
expression of welcome in general and
church work in particular, for which
we are truly grateful and will pleasant
| ly remember long time.-Muscot
Kansas, Record
Rev. Dunlap formerly resided at
| BsraboO.
There is persistent report current
that number of the higher officials
of the Chicago & Northwestern rail-
way are to go. 1t is stated that de\ ell
opments in connection with the recent
coal strike has thrown light into
obscure places which surprised the
owners of the road. This has resulted
in a number of designations being
solicited and it is said that several will
| be accepted. The Omaha branch has
experienced a shaking up and it is
rumored that the one in the main
office will be unprecedented.
The committee of fifteen of which A.
Ell. Christman is chairman, appointed
by Gov. McGovern to investigate the
condition of rural schools in Wiscon-
sin and recommend methods for their
| improvement, met in the assembly
! chamber of the capital last week. 1t
! has been decided to issue pamphlets
presenting comprehensive discussion
of the proposed consolidation of the
rural schools, which is favored by the
committee. According to the investi-
CATION on which reports were given
Friday, the average gross income of a
/ Wisconsin town is 500 year.
Among those from out of town to
attend the funeral of w. Nehs on
Saturday afternoon were Mr.. and Mrs.
M. A. Schmoyer and Mr.. and Mrs
J. L. Schlafer, Menomonee Falls; AS
sistant Attorney General ana Mrs. j.
lE. Me serschmidt, Madison; Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Schmidt, Necedah;
Miss Nina Nehs, Marshfield; and Mrs.
E. A. James, Richland Center. The
bearers were all nephews: Elmer Nehs,
Henry Nehs, Menononee Falls; DR..
Albert Nehs, Milwaukee; Charles
Nehs and B. F. Nehs, Waukesha; and
Victor Nehs, Madison.
A banker going nome to dinner saw
a $40 bill on the curbstone. He picked
it up and noticed the number and
went home to dinner. While at din
ner his wife remarked that the butcher
had sent a statement amounting 10
$40. The only money he had was the
bill he found, which he gave to her
and she paid the butcher. The
butcher paid farmer for a
calf, the farmer to merchant,
who paid it to a washer
woman, and she, owing the banker a
note for $40, went to the bank and
paid the note. The banker recognized
the bill as the one he found, and which
at the time had paid $50 worth of
debts. On careful examination he
found the bill to be counterfeit. Now
what was lost in the transaction and
by whom?