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

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j.. S. Van Orden is unable to be al
the bank on account of sprained
ankle.
Mrs. Pendergrast, Eight street,
anu Miss SibeTz, Greenfield, have r.
turned tot Chicago.
In the Third ward Hans Okern for
alderman and E. V. Alexander for
supervisor are being considered.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Clark have sold
two loads of furniture to Reedsburg
people and the goods were haule d
away today.
The first corporation election of the
village of Spring Green was held May
10, 1859. The following men, who
voted at that election are still living
there: E. w. Evans, Thomas Hill, b.
r. Pelton, Jacob Wi,zel, John
Thomas, D. D. Davies and George
Winters.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Inter County fair the following Off
GERS were elected: President, J. Ii.
Bear; vice. pres, A. w. Wilkinson;
treas, E. 6. Hood; sec, James E.
Barnard. The dates for the coming
fair were set for August 27, %, 20 and
30 at Spring Green.
r. w. Mcfarland, who resides north
of town, was in Barabuo Monday and
reports that he has orders for 500 eggs
from his fine birds. The year promises
to be fine one for the sale of eggs for
Matching.
Nearly all of the appointments re-
Gently made by Taft failed of con-
firmation. The name of q. A. Clark
of Reedsburg for postmaster of that
city is in the list. RtedSburg will
probably soon have Democrat for
postmaster.
The visiting nurse has completed
her work and gone to Appleton where
she will take up similar work.
While here she found number of
pupils who were not in healthy con-
dition and it is said that in nearly
every case the child has received
treatment for the trouble.
The case of Myrtle Eaton VS..
Timothy Dougherty was heard in
Justice II. T.. Halsted's court this
morning. Dougherty was charged with
assaulting the girl but the jury found
him not guilty. The jury was COM
posed of the following: 7. Rodwell,
A. A. Brownell, E. Sanderson, +.
Griggs, n. Farnsworth and w. g.
Odell.
A new nickel has been received at
the post office here. It has buffalo
on one side and an Indian head on
the other. On the head side Is the date
aud the one word, Liberty, while the
other side contains thelusual United
States of America at the top, E.
PIuribus Unum between the buffalo
and rim and at the bottom the words,
Five Cents. The engraving is not of
the best and one can readily believe
that one would experience some diff
Guilty in trying to pass them. 1t is
said that a reporter tried to pass one of
the first nickles on q street car and
failed. That at another time he paid
for his dinner with the bright new
pieces and the waiter referred to them
as cuff buttons and refused to take
Them. They are made in Denver and
small lot was recently sent to
Chicago where they were put into
circulation.
Officials and employees of the North
western road and many of his friends
Monday afternoon attended the flu
neral of Edward Thesis, the engineer
killed in collision at Galena last
Friday. The services were held at
the home, 1921 Jenifer street, Rev. E.
l.. Benson of Pilgrim church officia-
ting. Mrs. A. II. Vaas and Mrs. E. g.
DeMoe sang Lead Kindly Light and
Some Time Well Understand. TIE
pallbearers were Emil Scholdt, Martin
w. Comeford, o. w. Flint, 7. F.
Gallagher, Frank Purcell and George
McDormit, members OF the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers. Among
the railroad officials in attendance
were E. E. Nash, superintendent of
the Madison division: ]. r.. Hull,
trainmaster, and q. v. Axen, master
mechanic, all of Baraboo.
The Sank County Holstein Friesian
association held their second annual
meeting in Reedsburg Saturday,
March /. Owing to the bad weather
lorj q ora0 mary poootirU hoinU held at