Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-02-18
Friday

Near CrandOn some trapperS felled a
tree across hollow log and out rushed
mother bear. The men took to tall
trees and the bear vanished in the dis
lance. The next day a hunter visited
the scene, found the bear in the log and
killed her. There were also three cubs
which are now drinking cows milk on
the hunters farm. Those versed in
bearology say that for DR.. Stork to
bring cub bears in January is I'M
usual; the last of February or the first
of March is when he usually comes
along.
Postmaster Gen. Burleson at Wash
ington h. 9 suspended the 2-cent postage
rate on mail from the United States to
Germany. The new rate on letters is 5
cents for one ounce and 3 cents for
each additional ounce.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Kenyon, Adams,
formerly of Baraboo, have received a
letter from their son, George, who is
on the U. S. S. Washington, dated JAN
uary %, Cape Haytien, Haiti. Among
other things he says:
We left Hampton Roads, Va, Janu-
airy Is, and arrived here this morning.
You remember I spent last Fourth of
July at this place. We expect to stay
here a week, then we are going to
Porto Plata and Santo Domingo City.
From there we may go to Havana. The
Washington is cut on an inspection trip.
There are several gun boats around the
West Indies and the admiral is going
to inspect allof them. We are wearing
our whites again and it seems good to
get back into warmer climate. While
we are south this spring we are going
to have target practice. 1t will be the
first big gun practice for me as we did
not fire last spring.
After ten years pastorate the Rev.
FIR. John J. Morrissey of ST. Mary s
church in Portage will go to Milwau-
kee to assume the pastorship of st.
Patrick church, located on the corner
of Second and Washington streets. The
appointment has been made by Arch
bishop Messner and is to become eff
fective within ten days Rev. Morrissey
will succeed the Rev. Hiram Fairbanks.
who passed away few days ago.
DIR. M. J Rodermund at Madison was
fund guilty by jury of having failed
t. report to the health department a
case of diphtheria. His attorney moved
for dismissal of the case on the ground
that the state had failed to show that
the city adopted that section of the
state law which requires doctors to re-
port contagious cases to the health
board. The state maintain that tie
prosecution was begun under the
statute which makes cities automati-
cally amendable to it's provisions.
While in England John Ellington
bought pair of shoes which be forgot
to pack in his trunk Hehad them for
warded by parcel post and the charges
were only 35c. He expected to pay at
least one dollar.
Friday afternoon the Byrd Kennedy
car skidded while turning the corner
and precipitated over the embankment
into the Sloggy gulch fifteen feet be-
low highway, Carol Kellogg was at
the wheel and saved himself from SER
ious injury by jumping while the car
was doing the somersault act. He
wall d to the Fred Jones home where
it was found he suffered nothing more
than shock f ON the narrow escape.
Vern Evans, the passenger. jumpe
as soon az he saw the possibility of
the wheels skidding. The car was
damaged to the extent of about seven
ty-fve dollars. Ontario Headlight.
Edward and Andrew, two young sons
of John Holman of Appleton, had their
hands and fingers severely cut, it being
necessary to take Edward, who is only
2 years old, to the hospital, with hand
almost severed at the wrist. Edward
placed his hands on the feed cutter.
Andrew, aged 7. turned the crank
The many Baraboo friends and ar
dent admirers of Miss iona Gale viii
be delighted to hear of the honor that