Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-03-06


builds up the weak and sick. Atyou
drug store. ADVERTISEMENT
a. ID. Brown, proprietor of the |. \
Il. Fruit farm, reports that February
had more days below zero than all thu
rest Of the winter.
The Briggs house, an old hotel
burned at Lodi Sunday. It YVES in
sured for $4,000 and was the property
OF Mr.. Wessald. Recently II. Il
! Nelson bought the property but the
deed had not yet been made.
Mrs. William Vorlop was found
dead in bed in Reedsburg this morn
ing. She was nearly "a years of age
and has been ailing for some time.
She made her home with her sor,
Frederick. Mrs. Vorlop leaves four
sons and one daughter. Miss Edna
Vorlop, teacher in the First ward of
the Baraboo schools, is grand
daughter.
Edwin Keitel of Sumpter has six
COWS that are wonder. For the month
of January they brought the cwner
$3.50. SO or $14 AZ each. They are grade
Holsteins and yielding almost $500
daily may be considered almost a gold
mine.
Rev. g. S. Williams leaves this
week to resume his missionary labors
10 Bucaramanga, Colombia, South
America. He will go by the way OF
New Orleans and the Panama Canal.
Mr.. Williams has been at Baraboo
since last August on leave OF ab-
sence. Mrs. Williams, son and daugE-
ter " ill remain at the home of Mrs.
Williams parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W..
81. Newell, until next August swhen
they, too, expect to sail for Bucara-
manga.
1t begins to look like new opera
house. Plans and specifications made
year ago are again in the hands of
mason, carpenter, plumber and other
contractors for bids. 1t will be recalled
that it was planned to erect the build
in 1912, but it was decided to postpone
until some future time. The building
is greatly needed and with the erection
of playhouse Baraboo will have
about every attraction found in a city
of this size. The building will be
erected by Al Ringing and it is hoped
that the structure will be completed
before the year comes TO close.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Riley ar
rived in town on Sunday with the
zero weather and today resumed their
long journey. On wager Mrs.
Riley is walking from Pittsourg to
Seattle, from Seattle to New York
aud back to Plttsburg. The Rileys
are Irish and Mrs. RiIey's opponent
is Mrs. Thomas Williams, who is
English, so it is a race between tie
Irish and the English, Mrs. Williams
is also accompanied by her husband
and the last heard from Mr.. and
Mrs. Williams were about a week be-
hind so there is fair chance that the
Irish will come out ahead. The
money, 100000 goes to the winner
and " as put up by the Elks ciua OF
Pittsburg, according to statement by
Mr.. Riley. They LET Pittsburg
M arch 80, 1912 and reached Seattle on
October IA, 1912. They must reach
New York by July:4, and Pittsburgs
some weeks later. They have travels d
about 5,13O miles of the whole dis
lance, 6,575 miles.
According to their story they will
earn their money. On the way
across the mountains they were Ecom-
PEELED to sleep in the snow. They
carried two heavy blankets and when
night came curled up and dropped in
to dreamland. Mr.. Riley has worn
out about dozen pairs of shoes and
is wife has gone through about as
MANY pairs of kicks. Overshoes too
have become battered and gone to the
| bow-wows.
The Rileys are Swallowed by three
Englishmen, they sa, ,..and on Sunday
they were in sight three times, AThe
Englishnaen travel by team and
watch the travellers to see they do
not take advantage of friendly
wagon or car.
| inns. Riley, wins as no doubt she
will, Mr.. Williams and Mr.. Riley are
to engage in a walking trip from
capital to capital in the United States.
The Rileys are small of stature but
everv inch is sinew. They appear
rugged and happy and bubble with
satisfactionthat they are so far ahead