Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-06-08
THURSDAY

Hathaway, Mrs. o. E. Whitcomb, and
the Misses Libbie Freitag, Laura My
ers, Mae Devlin and A. Akenbrandt,
recently enjoyed a motor trip to Dur
wards Glen, PaIfrey-'s Gorge and
Merrimack. c. G. Cowles Vas the
chauffeur.
Miss Bertha Nieman has returned
to Madison after making short stay
at Loganyille. She made the trip from
Madison % accompany her brother,
Henry G. Nieman, who has been in q
Madison hospital for the past four
months. He underwent an operation
for ruptured appendix. His condition
was very serious for some time, but
he is now able to be about, though
still weak. He is mail carrier on a
rural route.
Mrs. A. E. Capener and grandsons,
Everett and Alvin went to Madison to-
day to visit the children smother, Mrs.
Howard Capener, at the sanitarium
where she is taking treatments. They
will remain a few days in the city.
E. w. Frazier has resumed work on
the road here after being laid off since
the twenty fifth, owing to work being
slack on the new line. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frazier have both been staying at
Adams, while he was employed there.
Miss Jessie Simpson, who was teach
ing near Ableman the past year, has
completed her school year and has
been a guest of her sister, Miss Mray
Simpson at Chenille. The Chenille
school closes on Friday. Both young
ladies will return to their respective
positions next year.
The Sunday-schoOl class of boys of
the M. E. church and their teacher,
V. w Deist, went to Devils Lake for
an outing Wednesday afternoon. They
were to tale the first swim, Tut found
! the water pretty cold and returned
with bathing suits perfectly dry. How
ever, all enjoyed the weiner roast
with sandwiches, fruit and cookies.
Sherm Luce, who conducts { livery
and feed barn near the Warre1- house,
has not heard from the stranger who
attempted to sell horse and buggy at
Merrimack He had been employed at
the barn for several days and was ex-
cellent help except when he thought
it was necessary to wet his whistle.
When he drove the horse and buggy
to Merrimack he had just ten cents
and asked to be carried over the ferry
| for all the money he had. When re-
fused passage on the ferry he hurried
to- the nearest saloon and disposed Of
ten cents worth of booze. In the
meantime Mr.. Luce had become anx-
ious about his property and telephoned
| the village The stranger was soon on
| the wire and promised to return to
| Baraboo at once. Instead of that he
| waited until the shades of night fell
and then quietly departed for parts
! unknown Mr.. Luce was under the ne
cessity Of bringing his property back
from the village, which becomes dry
| the first of next month.
! Wednesday, May 81, was the fiji
tieth wedding anniversary of the mar
| riage Of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. w. GULL,
fords of Reedsburg and in honor of the
occasion the members of the Metho.
dist church gave the couple a pleas
ant surprise by sending an auto after
them and bringing them to the par
lors of the church, where they were
greeted by about seventy of their
friends and relatives. After cOngrat
ulations were extended an elegant re-
past was served after which a pro
gram consisting of vocal music and
{. short addresses was listened to, at the
close of which Rev. Cooke presented
Mr.. and Mrs Gulliford a sum of gold
in memory of the occasion. The cou-
pie have long been residents of Reeds
burg and their friends unite in extend
ing to them their best wishes and
many more years of happiness.
Mrs. Joseph Moore Of Prairie du
Sac had the misfortune Wednesday to
fall, receiving a severe cut in the back
of her head, and it is feared her skull
is fractured.
H. E. Naffz of SauK City went Tues
day morning to Chicago to meet his
sister, Miss Thekla, who returned
from an extended visit at the home OF
her brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Bruening at Brooklyn
N. Y.