Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-08-28

prospects are for splendi yield. The
corn is of excellent quality and with
present weather conditions there
will be big crop. Robert Hewitt
brought the first load to the factory
Two Fairfield parties were placed
under arrest Saturday by Chief Curry
charged with operating q passenger
bus to and fro from the fair grounds
without city license. AS no justices
were available at the time Chief
Curry took cash bond of $25 90 from
the accused for their appearance in
Justice court on Thursday of this
week.-Portage Register.
The winter quarters of the Ringing |
show is q busy place these days. !
While the animals are viewing the |
crowds and scenery along the Pacific |
coast, their homes for the winter are
being cleaned, whitewashed, repaired
and otherwise improved. The coal
bins are being heaped with fuel to
keep them warm and feed is being
looked after to make them happy.
The circus is expected to arrive at the
usual time this fall.
w. q. Kirchoffer, consulting en-
gineer of Madison and formerly city
engineer of Bareboo, sends an account
of eighteen persons contracting ty-
phoid fever near Philadelphia after
eating cress taken from pool which
was alive with coli IS the resultof be-
ing near house and barn where all
the filth was permitted to drain into
the small body OF water. The food
was eaten at wedding feast and as
the germs were not found on other
viands than the cress the trouble was
laid to the pool from which the plant
was taken. About one-haIf of the
9 guests were taken i'll.
!. The old Flynn farmhouse In the town
: of Delton now occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. las. Giftert was totally destroyed
by fire this m 0rning. There was a fire
in an oil stove and a range In the
house and when Mrs. Giffert came in
. to the kitchen from out of doors the
blaze was beyond control. There
was little furniture saved and g
; separator which was in the house was
burned. There was no insurance on
either the building or furniture. The
: barn and other farm buildings were
a saved from the flames by the wind
r which was in a favorable direction.
4 While Rev. and Mrs. E c. Henke
!, are at the Bible conference at Winona
Lake, Indiana, their sons are getting
> touch of rural life at River Dale
farm, the home of Mr. and Mrs. l.. II.
Palmer in Greenfield. Last evening
> Fred A. Nehs filled his automobile
with the friends of the two boys,
Eugene and Sam Henke, and hurried
them to tie farm down the river road.
There was ice cream, cake and fruit to
fill the capacity of every youngster
and the occasion was booked as a rare
event.
The following from the Cazenovia
? Reporter tells of an unusual experience
which befell B. F. Queerhammer, for
a number of years located at Witwen
and well known in this county. The
Reporter says: B. f. Queerhammer
put one over on himself last Saturday
in the following manner: The E. A.
Lee Co. got consignment of pocket
books with their advertisement in for
gratuitous distribution. He b adj bee n
handing them out right and left dur
ing the afternoon when the thought
occurred to him he would keep one for
his own special use, and accordingly
placed ten spot in it and little later
passed this out with the rest 1t fell
into the right hands, however, and it
was returned, and now Ben carries his
money loose in his pocket.
With three feet Of earth cavei in
over his head in IA #. cesspool he
was digging at the Herman Broker
residence in Portage, Reinhold PiepeT's
chances of reaching a ripe old age
didn't look very bright. Neighbors
rallied to the rescue and dug him
out not a moment too soon
to save his life. Before the volunteer
shovelers could heave away the
slumped tons of earth, they managed
to get piece of garden hose down to
the buried man which gave him a
chance to breathe. Great care had TO
be exercised to prevent further caving
of the ground, and this necessarily
limited the number of willing workers
who could assist in the rescue.
Pieper is said to have suffered no seri-
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