Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-11-04

the residence of the wife seven months
out of the year for three years in or
der to hold the claim. A beautiful MEM
DRY pin with the initials F. N. I'll. en-
graved on the face of it was presented
Mrs. Harrison as token of loving re-
membrane and to which she responded
by saying that while she appreciated
the love expressed she needed no re-
hinder as each one by deeds of loving
kindness in her hours of greatest need
had formed and welded the links of
memory's chain never to be forgotten.
On Sunday afternoon Miss Charlotte
Achterberg and Miss Elva Wheeler
walked from Ableman to Barabeo.
They went to the village on the train
and after covering about mile of the
journey an elderly lady was met and from
whom they inquired the way. "Why, :"
exclaimed the one addressed, ''you do
not intend to walk all the way to
Baraboo, do you? 1t is nine miles!'
The pedestrians spurned all offers fer
ride and reached the city gates by
the time the stars came out.
Last evening when G. F. Post, coun-
ty road commissioner, returned from
Delton where he had gone on business,
he found party of friends assemble i
at the Wellington hotel, his Baraboo
boarding place. They were seated
around the table and fifty-elght candles
were lighted on the cake which desig-
mated the number of years Mr.. Post
has been on this sphere. He was well
pleased with his surprise. Those pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. E. Fl. Groth,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. FL. Ode and son, Har.
land, and Mrs. Harry English.
Last Saturday evening while return
ing from Plain in an lauto, S. A. Col
Inns, Elmer johnson and Palmer Smith
of Reedsburg saw strange objects run
ming back and forth across the road for
quite a distance and coon they discover
ed that there were three wolves The
animals kept quite close to the auto for
some distance and finally disappeared
though the fields. The men were quite
excited when they discovered they
were pursued by wolves and wondered
what they would Go if one of them
jumped into the auto as they had no
firearms with them. The men will 60
heavily loaded with firearms when they
set up monuments again in Plain.
Former Mayor E G. Marriott. while
coming horne from Devils Lake on pas
senger train number SIT Friday, pre-
sented a ticket which was dated some
time in September but had never been
used and the conductor refused to &C
cept it. Mr.. Marriott makes many
trips to the lake and usually buys a
ticket and rather resented the action
the conductor took. The conductor in
sisted on his paying his fare and the
additional ten cents required for cash
fares, which Mr.. Marriott refused to
do saying that he would get off and
walk. The train was Stopped and Mr..
Marriott was forcIbly elected which
the conductor had no right to do as
Mr.. Marriott was getting off 30 fast as
he could. The conductor called for the
brakeman to assist him but he refused
as he knew Mr.. Marriott. MIR. Marriott
hung into the rail in descending and
the conductor pounded his hand until it
afterward was quite badly swollen.
Tie former mayor carried lunch bas-
ket and during the scuffie in the car
the milk vas left along the way. No
legal action has yet been ta k en-.
Mrs. Minnie ITEM an, wife of F. II.
Tiemau Of Prairie du Sac, died recent
" aftsr long illness of sarcoma of the
thigh She had an operation perform
ed on her thigh last spring and has be en-
in failing health ever since. The sur
wing children are William of Prairie
du Sac, Henry of West Point and Miss
Marie at home. The brothers and is
ters are August Gastrow of Prairie du
Sac, Herman Gastrow of Roxbury,
Charles Gastrow of West Point and
Fred, Albert, Johanna and Bertha Gas
trow of Germany.
The marriage of Mrs Myrtice John
son and Mr.. Oliver c. Fits occurred in
Chicago Oct. 20 Both are prominent
Kilbourn people, the groom having for
several years been a successful builder
and contractor there and the bride be-
! ing member of one of the oldest ard
most prominent families of old New
port and Kilbourn. They have gone to
California where they will spend the
winter and possibly decide to reside
there permanently.
| At the home of the brides parents in
Mineral Point, October 10th, Miss Lulu
jackson was married to John Radlund.