Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-08-05

sixty pounds himself. He was in swim
ming and found his catfish marooned in
a shallow pool between the Mississippi
bank and sand bar. He grappled with
the giant fish and the bout went half
an hour before he finally dragged his
captive ashore and pinned him down.
Miss Lulu Spencer of Barron has
been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Alexander
Smith. Miss Spencer has spent more
than a year at the Augustana hospital
in Chicago where she is taking train
ing to be a trained nurse. She is a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. T. M. Spen-
Ger, formerly residents of Baraboo.
Miss Gladys Apker of LaValle has
: also been taking training at the same
institution and came from Chicago
with Miss Spencer.
Reverend and Mrs. w. w. Moore
and family OF Milwaukee have returned
after visiting the formers brother,
George Moore, at his home on Cheek 8
HILL
Mrs. Thomas Madden and Miss
Eleanor Holtz, of Barron are visiting
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Rodwell. Mrs. Madden is a daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Rowdell and will be
remembered as Miss DeEtte Rodwell.
w. B. Blaska of San Francisco ia
here for short visit. He has been at
| tending a meeting IN Philadelphia and
is on his way home. L. N. Burt of
Baraboo, who represents the same firm,
also attended the meeting and has re-
turned.
Mrs. William Barrett and children
have returned to their home in Free
port, Illinois, after visit at the home
of the formers parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Ritzenthaler. The Barretts
spent last week in Huebbing, Minnesota
Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Lewis have re-
turned from Ladysmith where they
visited Attorney and Mrs. George wv.
Carow, formerly residents of Baraboo.
The visitors report that Mr.. Carow
has a fine law practice and is prosper
ing.
Mrs. r. M. Dunlap and daughter,
Mary, formerly of Fairfield but now of
Muscotah, Kansas, are here visiting
Mrs. Dunlaps sister, Mrs. Ed. Schnel-
Ter. The Dunlaps moved to Kansas
five years ago. Mr.. Dunlap is editor of
the "Muscotah Record" They like
Kansas very much.
twenty-five years ago Chippewa
City was quite hamlet, says the Chip
pewa Falls Independent. The F. G. &
C. A. Stanley Co., formerly of Bara-
boo, had a saw mill and lumber yard
there and employed quite few people,
some of whom resided there the year
around, There was big store and no
tel and several dwellings, When Mr.
Michael Meagher bought up the prop
erty he Immediately began improving
and putting the old buildings out Of
the way, and now all that remains to
mark the old place is the store build
ing and that will be removed this week.
Charles Felix and his house moving
outfit went there yesterday afternoon
to move the building off the main street.
to some obscure place on. the premises.
Mr.. Meagher has made one of the most
beautiful farms in the country out of
the old city.
A spot six times the diameter Of the
earth has5been observed upon the sunby
astronomers at Christian Brothers col
lege in st. Louis. The spot appeared
on the edge of the disk and will be visi-
BILE until Aug. 10. 1t first appeared last
February and now is on it's seventh ro-
tation with the sun.
Few residents of the state of Wis
consin realize how fortunate they are
living in the midst of wealth even
greater than that of the gold produc
ing state of Alaska. The dairy pro