Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-05-22

after Ine finger. Pae faLes are hang
log around this mill. Mr.. Thomas
believes. While working there some
months ago he was accidentally shot
By a citizen which laid him up for
some time, once he was arrested on the
charge of obstructing the street and a
little boy drowned in the race being
brought out by Mr.. Thomas. Other
slight Injuries might be included.
DR.. Gorst of Mendoza was in Bara-
boo today.
The man who wgs hurt at Kilbourn
while trying 10 board freight train,
died at the county hospital the dsy
after being taken from K ilbourn. He
carried receipt book of the Knights
of Columbus of Clinton, Iowa, in the
name of NJ. j, Sullivan. Inquiry to the
secretary led TO the reply that man
OF that name had unquestiona ably died
3 year ago, and the present holder was
an imposter. No word was obtained of
his relations.
The first of thu week a number Of
Reedsburg sports were touched by
! little modern high finance. A man
who called himself "Prof. Grant"
came to town and issued powers ad
Vertising a balloon ascension TO take
place here next Friday and Saturday
and then proceeded to pass around a
paper soliciting subscriptions to pay
the expenses. Various citizens SUB
scribed one or more dollars each until
it is said that something more than
sixty dollars had been pledged and
nearly all of it paid when the "Prot"
suddenly disappeared with his wealth
and instructed the hotel keeper 10
give the posters to some farmer. Most
of those who so freely contributed
their money to this scheme have paid
nothing 10 help get factory in
Reedsburg .-Reedsburg Free Press.
Mrs. Maude Root died quite sud-
denly Friday at Reedsburg at the
the home of her mother, Mrs. M. II.
Winckler, of stroke, aged about AZ
years. The deceased is survived by
her mother and one daughter, Mrs.
Spencer Smith, of Pendelton, Oregon,
who has been here caring for her
mother for the past two weeks. Mrs.
Root was we'll thought of IN Reeds
burg and will be missed by a large
circle of friends. She was great
worker in the Baptist church of which |
she has been member for many |
years. Mrs. Root was first taken i'll |
three weeks ago and at the time the
doctor pronounced it stroke of paral-
ysis. Her daughter, Mrs. Smith,
was sent for and came as soon
as possible. Before her daughter |
arrived she commenced to rally and |
steadily improved in health until she
was taken with another stroke and |
died soon after. The funeral will not |
be held until Wednesday awaiting |
the arrival of he= son-in-law. Spencer |
Smith, who is superintendent OF the
Indian government farm of Pendelton,
Oregon.
TIE following is taken from the
Wyeville correspondent of the Tomah
Journal: Several ladies of the society
here with husbands got up of a very
pleasant surprise for Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Donald April 80, it being sheir twenty
fifht wedding anniversary. The ladies'
brought refreshments and bountiful
lunch was served. Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Donald during their twenty years
of matrimonial bliss were blessed
with two sons, Roy and Henry, and
better preserved couple than they 1t
would be hard to find. Both are very |
we'll liked by all who know them and
as token of love and esteem the
ladies' presented them with beautiful
set of silver fruit knives. Mr.. Watson
made short speech as the little token |
was presented to them, after which |
Mr.. Mcdonald spoke, thanking their |
friends for remembering them on this
occasion and also for the present.
After eleven o'clock we departed to
our homes wishing Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Donald long, happy and prosperous
life and all declaring it a very nice
time. Those present were Messrs. and
Mesdames Wiess, VIM. Grimshaw, q.
Miscel, Nelson, h. German, b. Tro-
bridge, SWIMMING, Watson, Mr.. Han
son, Miss Quskush, and Mesdames
Miller, J. Wagner, Witzang, Steene
| and Jacobson.
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