Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-10-14
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Lightning struck the big pine tree
which stands In the center of the Cas-
tie Rock, on the farm of Alton Nolop,
about two miles south of Hixton, DUR
ing a recent storm. On going there to
ascertain the damage done to the tree,
Mr. Nolop found that the tree was not
greatly Injured but that the lightning
bolt had played some queer FRANKS in
the loose white sand at it's base: It had
melted some Of the sand into glass,
making a tube about a half-inch in
diameter There were about three feet
Of this tubing, very thin, of course,
broken into small pieces, bat still
strong enough to h3Id its shape, and at
the same time afford good measure Of
the bolt which produced it. MT, Nolop
brought several pieces of this electri-
cally made glass To the Ournal office
where il has been regarded as 3 re-
markable curiosity by many. The
pieces have been sent to the high
school museu for preservation. Ii
electricity may be employed IN 30 prac-,
teal manner in manufacturing glass,
there are oppor tunities galore for glass
factories here. The electricity might
be obtained from our water powers and
the sandwich, enough of it could be
found to make considerable glass. -
Black River Falls Journal.
Mrs. Fannie Hill and children have
moved from the farm in the Skillet
Creek neighborhood to 40S Fifth ave-
nue., Baraboo. The farm is now oecup-
led by Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Shaefer.
Much old corn will no doubt be used
for seed next year. AS to what is go
ing on in South Dakota, N. G. Abbot a
paper, the Harrisburg Journal save:
alfred Haug shipped three cars of
old corn to the Jones Seed Co. at Siouy
Falls last week to be used for seed pur-
poses. There were about 3, 600 bushels
in the shipment, for which we under
st and he is to receive 80 cents per bu-
shell f. o. b. this station. Walt Brown,
we are informed, is to furnish to the
same company several hundred bushels
in sacks at 81. 90 per bu shell -
Under Sheriff F. w. Luethge of Por-
tage took to MENDOZA hospital,
Mrs Dora Leege of Kilbourn, who had
been committed to that institution by
Judge Kellogg of Portage. The patient
is 81 years of age.
Russell Williams Of Baraboo, son q
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Thomas Williams, W s
selected out of 100 candidates to be q
member of the glee club in the State
University at Madison. Mr.. Williams
spent Sunday in Baraboo,
Rumors in Statehouse circles at Mad
ison Saturday had it that former Speak
er Merlin Hull of Black River Falls will
soon make formal announcement of
his Granddaughter the republican nomina-
ton for governor = Madison Democrat.
On Friday County Highway Commits
sioner G. F. Post and Supervisor R. B.
Griggs, member of the highway COM
mittee, made flying trip of over 100
miles in order to visit certain places in
the county where the property owners
have turned the water into the road In
one place a citizen built driveway and
put in tile so small the water cannot
get through and runs over and down the
road causing much damage. In other
places bitches have been filled up and in
other ways the water has been diverted
to the road bed. Often the edge of the
highway is farmed, resulting in the
bitches being filled and the water run
ming wild The county has been buy
ing grass seed. sowing it and then hay-
ing the grass destroyed. The officials
state that action will be taken against
9 ONE of the offenders in order to put 3
stop to the violations
A note from Miss Eunice M. True
says that she is now hack at 1880 Ana
sterdam avenue, New York, and de-
sires to have the paper sent to the
above address. Miss True is a daughter
of John M. True, who is spending the
winter at Washington.