Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-24

Mrs. Owen in Caledonia. The guests
were Mrs. Charles Prehn Of Portage,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bauer and
daughters of Chicago, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
F. Schulze and daughters of Daven-
port, Iowa, and Mr.. and Mrs. E. w.
Zamzow and family of Ada, Mimi,
and Miss Mary Zamzow of Chicago.
Captain William Thompson was "a
years old last Thursday. With char
acteristic gallantry he gave pleasant
boating trip and picnic to a number
of young ladies and little misses in
the Dells. Notwithstanding near
relationship with John Brown of Har-
per's Ferry fame, and his "a years,
Captain Thompson is yet hale and
hearty, Events.
Friends in Baraboo have received
word that Mrs j. M Kelley, who with
her children has been spending the
summer at the stock farm in Vermont
owned by Attorney John M. Kelley OF
this city, is at present seriously Ill Ia
the Mary Fletcher hospital at Burling-
ton, vt. Her many friends in Baraboo
will be sorry to learn of her sickness
Lyle Clarke, former resident of
! Baraboo and a recent graduate of the
university, left Madison yesterday for
short visit with his parents in Lodi.
From there he comes to Baraboo to-
day to remain over Sunday, and will
leave Monday morning for Wausau,
where he expects to be until the first
of the year, when he will go to SUI
perior. Mr.. Clark is connected with
the extension division of the universe
ty and will instruct classes in account
ing, advertising, commercial subjects
and others.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustave Schroeder
and family who have been camping at
Devils Lake, left today for their home
in Reedsburg. Mrs. Schroeder was
formerly Miss Hattie Hapeman,
daughter of the late Conductor Hape-
man, and the family resided in Bara-
boo twenty-five years ago, moving
from here to Necedah. Mr.. and Mrs.
Schroeder lived in Baraboo about sew
en- years ago for a short time.
One of the Ringing Brothers ele-
plant keepers had thrilling expert
ence at Appleton while loading the
elephants. The Appleton Post says:
Zone of the elephants hesitated about
entering the car and when the keeper
goaded him he gave vent to roar
that scattered the crowd and at the
same time he wound his trunk around
the keepers leg and shook him while
holding him in the air. Another keep
er came to the mans rescue and fore
ed the elephant to release him. The
man was more frightened than in
: jured."
! e. S. Erswells new auto hearse
made it's initial endurance trip yes
terday, and proved its ability to cope
with the difficulties of our cross
country roads Mr.. Scheible of the
Erswell undertaking establishment
started with the hearse at 8:15 a. m.
His first stop of few moments was
at Prairie du Sac, where he crossed
the river and made the remaining
three and one-half miles to the scene
of the funeral over roads past descrip-
ton, one and one-half miles being
through the worst sand, and two miles
through fields because the road was
closed for construction. Returning
over this same road the journey was
ntinued without a single stop,
through Black Hawk, Witwen and
Harrisburg, up the steep Spring Green
hill and through a last five-mile
stretch of untracked sand, reaching
the Spring Green cemetery at 11:40
a m. Mr. Scheible went on to the
town offspring Green, where he stop
ped an hour for dinner, gasoline, etc,
then retracing his course, he stopped
20 minutes for water at Black Hawk,
, As minutes at Prairie du Sac, and
reached Baraboo a 4:30 p M, the en-
tire distance of about 95 miles being
covered without mishap.