Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-31

to Beloit, thence to Rockford, return
ing to their home in this city.
The Baraboo river from Butterfield
bridge to the mouth is to be straight.
ened. G. w. Whitman of the city and
two men from Portage have been ap.
pointed commissioners land next year
they will have the river Strengthened.
In many places the river makes long,
meandering curves, and it is proposed
to eliminate these by digging connect
ing channels between the ends of the
curve. 1t is hoped that by straight
ening the channel the water will flow
faster and thereby draw the water
from adjacent marshes.
G. E. Palmer of Winona, Mimi, a
student at Northwestern university
at Evanston, ILL.,, is visiting at the
home of his uncle, James Bonham. He
will go to Chicago the latter part of
this week to take charge of the mu-
sic in one of the churches there.
Auroral phenomena, commonly as
ISOLATED with the northern lights of
the winter season, manifested them
selves in the northern heavens on
Saturday night According to U. s.
Weather Observer Eric Miuer. at
Madison, this aurora, which has been
quite common the present summer
season, is caused by the sun throwing
off electricity, and the manifestations
are especially brilliant when they
come in close proximity to storms.
Saturday night the auroral display
was quite brilliant at times In form
it resembled f1eecy clouds, which fad
ed away and then reappeared. At
times they looked like flashes from
gigantic fiashlight and darted hith-
er and thither across the sky. Peo-
pie out in the evening under the star
light sky, now that the moon is not
present to light the heavens, had a
fine opportunity to watch the display.
A press report from Chicago stated
that the Postal Telegraph company
said it's business was greatly handi-
capped by the electrical CURRENTS at
tributed to the meteoric display. This
condition obtained in all directions
for. hundreds of miles about Chicago.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany reported that it's east and north
wires in particular were affected.
At Baraboo L. A. Brown was one of
the first to notice the flashes come
up from the north and kindly notified
the News of the phenomenon.
(From Mondays daily.)
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stelter and Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Thoelke and son Har-
old of Prairie du Sac have gone to
Minneapolis to visit Mr.. Thoelke's
sister, Mrs. Fred Croft.
Mrs. e. Schulerbury of Madison,
who has been visiting her father,
Thomas Whistance, and her sister,
Miss Ethel, has gone to North Free
dom to visit her husbands parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Schulerbury.
Mrs. Anna Chambers, who resides
at SIC Sixth avenue, leaves tomorrow
for an extended visit with her niece
and husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Ona Cook.
in Broderick, Calf She will also visit
at points in Washington before re-
turning.
L. E. James and two sons with their
wives, Mr.. and Mrs. George James
and Mrs. Edward James, Of Richland
Center, visited yesterday at the home
of L. e. James sister, Mrs. f. A.
Nehs. They were very well pleased
with the Sank county roads over which
they travelled.
The following girls went ilto camp
at the north end of Devils Lake yes
terday: The Misses Este and Elzaida
Barrett, Lois Moran, Margaret Thomp-
son, Olive Frazer and Dorothy Mann.
Miss Belle Blanchett is chaperoning
the young ladies, and Miss Madge
Hoyt, niece of Miss Blanchet, is
expected to arrive from Kaukauna
With her aunt, Mrs. l.. ] Barrett who
have been visiting in the above city,
to join the party of campers
Doc Ralph Allen, convicted I've
years ago of Turing Lydia Paulson of
La Crosse for immoral purposes, and
sentenced to ten years in Waupun,
will not be released if James Thomp-
son, district attorney who conducted
the states case against him, and
Chief of Police John B. Weber can
prevent it. Both have written to Gov
ernor Philip, in strong terms, de-
the application for pardon
which Sanborn & Blake, Madison at
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