Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-05-08
Monday


Mrs. Henry Cowles of Chippews
Falls will remain in Baraboo for some
time to visit old friends and relatives
She will be the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
E. M. Hosg.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Stackhouse
and children leave this week for San
Francisco where Mr.. Stackhouse will
represent the local trainman lodge al
the national con Vertion. They viii
! be absent q month.
Attorney Thomas Ell. Ryan of Wau'
sau has declined the position of warden
of Fort Leavenworth prison rendered
him month ago by President Wilson
He does not wish to leave Wisconsin
The place has been offered to othel
Wisconsin Democrats who also re
fused. The position pays $4,000 yea
and keep.
Twenty Madison Scotchmen gather
ed last night in the statehouse and
organized the Madison Caledonian So
ciety, electing DR.. A. S. Alexander
president and w. Archibald Campbell
secretary. A committee consisting OF
Andrew Crown, William Owen,
Thomas M. Ferguson, E. T. Baillie
and Angus ID. Mcdonnell was named
to draft bylaws
w. d. Porter arrived ON Saturday
night from Kankakee, Illinois, where
he visited his daughter, Mrs. Cornelia
Porter Rowley, for a number of days.
Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Elizabeth Bloom
will not come to Baraboo for week or
more. Concerning California MI.
Porter said he was delighted with his
stay in that state. He liked the Gil
mate, the flowers, the oranges and the
people. The Williams family will
soon return from that state, coming to
Chicago over a northern route.
On Saturday evening after the work
of the week was done the rain began
to fall, There was steady down.
pour on Sunday and the steady fall OF
water is worth millions to the growing
crops and pasture fields. Every blade
of grass became brighter, the flowers
put on q more beautiful look and the
husbandman secs reward for his toll
in the days ahead.
The funeral of the late Henry
CowIes was held from the Presbyterian
church on Saturday afternoon at 2
O'Clock, Rev. E. g. Henke officiating.
The bearers were Willis and Wilbur
Cowles, Charles Lee, A. Fry, r. B.
Griggs and E. M. Hoag. The musical
numbers were furnished by Mrs. u. w.
Snyder and Miss Olga Reinking.
Those from out Ct town who atten led
the services were: William Eenwood
and Miss Emma Renwood, Madison;
Mrs. NJ. E. Haines, Milwaukee; Mr..
and Mrs. Ralf Cowles, Malett, s. Oak. !;
Mrs. Charles Hengstler, North Free
dom.
In all large schools there is fra
ternity made up of the members of the
senior class and only persons are eli
gible who have excellent records for
scholarship. The organization is
known as the Phi Beta Kappa and it
is &C ~idered favored honor to be
elected to its ranks. This year at the
state university at Madison twenty of
the thirty-two selected are young
women and twelve young men. Miss
Eleanor Wilmington of Baraboo is the
only one from this section.
Whtn Hugh O'Hagau returns to
his home in the state of New York he
will have new and novel adventure
to relate. He has been employed near
Oregon and C anne to Baraooo TO draw
his pay from the railway company.
It was raining on Monday and he
could not enjoy the beautiful scenery
about town so he decided he would
take on load of brandy. Afterwards
he acknowledged to the officers this
was a sad mistake. About noon be
went into saloon on Third street
commonly called the Dizzy where be
was overcome and fell to the floor.
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