Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-11-02

the explosion took place a number of
window glasses in the home of Super
! 1rtendent A. G. Kingsford were shat
tered, and the family greatly fright
! ened. The boulder was broken into
many pieces. The side of the hill is
composed of material very difficult to
excavate.
Mrs. A. Tarney and Miss Cora Niles,
! who have been visiting in Kilbourn,
came to Baraboo today, the former
returning home and the latter remain
/ ing to visit her aunt, Mrs. F. N. Peck.
Sheriff H. L. Hale accompanied
Frank Stevens to Madison today, but
Judge E. Ray Stevens was ill and the
| case could not be heard. Stevens was
returned to Baraboo. Three other
young men, Joe Glossy, William Dona-
hue and Ray Carroll, all of Reedsburg,
have been bound over to circuit court
by Justice Sheldon at Reedsburg. The
young woman in the case was sent to
the home for the feeble minded at
Chippewa Falls some days ago.
In 1913 some of the citizens of
Reedsburg desired to improve Green
wood cemetery at that place, but the
officers of the association were not in
favor of the necessary expense. Paul
Riis of Rockford, landscape garden
er, offered to visit Reedsburg and
make suggestions for a nominal sum,
about SIS, and expenses. After he had
visited the cemetery he was paid a
sum less than thirty dollars and this
week in Justice IT. L. eHalsteds court
at Baraboo brought suit against the
cemetery association to recover SITS,
claiming that he had made blueprints
and rendered other services not in the
previous statement. R. P. Perry, Will
liam SchOephoerster, H. G. Clisbe
and S. A. Collins testified the associ-
alton did not employ him to render
any service other than had already
been paid. The case was dismissed
on the ground there was no cause of
action. Attorney F. r. Bentley of Bar
aboO appeared for the association and
Attorney J. W. Frenz for the plaintiff.
Sim |. Mould has returned to his
home at Dubuque after a short stay in
this city with relatives.
Mrs. John Pegtlow and three chill
dren are moving from their farm five
miles east of Reedsburg, to Emmetts-
burg, Iowa, where the family will re-
side. Mr.. Pegtlow preceded them a
few weeks ago.
Mr.. and Mrs Hardtmeyer, who
have been making trip to northern
Wisconsin and Milwaukee, spent Sun
day in BarabOO. Their home is in
Pittsburgh, and for about a year they
resided here. While in Baraboo this
time they were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. i
NJ. H. Mould and other friends.
The Bethany Girls circle met last
evening at the home of Rev. and Mrs.
E. G. Henke. The time was delight
fully spent in playing Halloween
games, after which delicious refresh
ments were served. The next meet
ing will be held at the home of Miss
Marcella Coates.
On Monday evening about thirty
young people of the Evangelical Sun
day-school were entertained by Miss
Esther Sigglekow at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. SigglekOW,
Gil Sixth street. Baskets were sOld
bringing about $500, and number
of Halloween diversions were enjoyed
during the evening.
Mrs. Louise O'Brien, who has been
visiting here the past three months
with her mother, Mrs. Henry Pigg, on
First street, and relatives at Merri-
mack, left Sunday night, accompanied
by her mother, for Huron, S. D., where
they will visit relatives. From there
Mrs. O'Brien will go to Kellogg, Ida,
where her husband has employment
and her mother will return to Baraboo
Miss Turner, librarian ana field
worker for the blind institution at
GAINESVILLE, was in BaraboO on Tues
day and while here visited number
of those who have been deprived of
their sight. There are about eight in
Baraboo who cannot see, and the
state is making an effort to teach all j,
who cannot do so to read by the new !
system. The state furnishes many j,
books on wide ranges of subjects. One
magazine is sent free to all who de-
sire it. Miss Turner says there are
from 1875 to $50 in the institution near
ly all of the time The children who !
go there are taught many things, to