Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-06-18
Wednesday

Governor Nc Govern was taken to
the general hospital at Madison Tues
day morning as result of slight injur-
les sustained when he. was thrown from
his horse. His left leg was slightly in
ilred when he struck the pavement.
Mrs. A. I. Robinson, G. W. Wolford,
and ]. S. Griggs have returned from
Eau Claire where they attended
the high court meeting of the United
Order of Foresters. They report fine
m Getting.
Wednesday the Burden Sharers met
with Mrs. Sylvia Hacker. On account
of the busy season there was only
small attendance but good time was
enjoyed by all present. Four sheets
were made and lace sewed onto two
pairs of pillow slips At the usual
time refreshments were served by
Mrs. Alice Weidenkopf, Mrs. Flossle
Spaulding and Miss Ellen Hackett
The next meeting which is to be in
two weeks on June oath will be with
Miss Ellen Hackett.
Master Mechanic C. V. Axen, F. r.
Melcher, road foreman of engines, and
other officials of the Northwestern road
went to Kendall Monday to see whether
! it would be safe to run the large "E''
passenger engines through the tunnels
between Kendall and Sparta. They
state that the engines can pass through
with safety. This is the first expert
ment with the larger engines and mas
much they can pass through with safety,
they will undoubtedly be put to good
use in pulling the heavy trains over the
hills at that point.
A bicycle collision occurred Tuesday
evening on the wooden mill bridge on
Second avenue, the principals of which
were Clarence Pressing of Lyons and
Warren Brooks, Eighth avenue. The
boys were travelling at a fast rate of
speed and apparently did not see one
another until too late to avoid meeting
and came together with thud.
The Pressing lad received a deep cut
on his head above the right eye and the
cartilage of his nose was broken. He
was brought to a physicians office and
his injuries attended to- The wound above
the eye is severe one. Brooks was
stunned for several minutes but escaped
further injury. Both bicycles were
damaged.
Howard Murphy narrowly escaped
perhaps serious injury last evening
while carrying lunch basket to his
fathers caboose in the Northwestern
yards. As the boy approached his
father, Conductor R. D. Murphy, who
was standing on the platform of the
caboose, the boy was told to place the
lunch basket in the car. The next
moment Mr.. Murphy noticed box
car, which was being switched coming
at an unusual rate of speed toward him..
He called to the boy to lie fiat on the
floor of the caboose and had barely
time to jump when the cars collided.
The trucks were knocked loose below
the caboose, but no one was injured.
1t was necessary to get another ca
boose to go out on the freight train.
Engineer and Mrs. Arthur Argyle
and little daughter narrowly escaped
being seriously injured Monday in an &C.
cident that occurred on the west Sank
road about mile from town. They
were driving team of horses, which
became frightened at the sight of a
steam roller in the road ahead of them.
Mr.. Argyle was compelled to turn the
excited animals from the highway and
in doing so the buggy was capsized as
result of running off the edge of
small bridge which could not be seen he
cause of high grass. Mr.. Argyle sue
ceeded in stopping the horses, although
he was thrown to the ground and sus-
tanned bruised back. The family
was on their way to the home of Chris
topher Granger, near North Freedom,
who is seriously i'll.
For number of years it has been
the pleasure of the members of the
Twentieth Century club to visit the
home of Mr.. and Mrs H. G. Mertzke in
strawberry time and this year the event
was enjoyed on Tuesday afternoon.
What is better than ripe red berries
fresh from the vine and delicious cream
cold from the dairy? Added to these
were good farm chicken and other Gull
nary treasures found nowhere but
when rural hospitality is at its best.
During the short session of the club
money was voted to the suffrage work
to be done in Sank county and the Tower
Hill Congress was discussed. Mrs. F.
| G.. Fish and Mrs. Silas Hand of Reeds