Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-22

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the building, having in mind the pos
sibility of using the place for hos
pital. 1t will be decided in the future
whether or not to accept the PROPOSE
ton.
Dr. J. G. Seidel of Warrens is visit
ing E. S. Erswen, Dr. c. w. Snyder,
and other BaraboO friends. DR.. Seidel
was formerly resident of Baraboo
moving from here a number of years
ago. He is on his way to the potato
show at Madison, and from there will
return home by way of Portage. DR..
Seidel has a farm near Warrens where
he produces choice berries and ex
cellent spuds.
The new auto hook and ladder truck
for the city is being unloaded today.
The car is unusually long, filling the
length Of a freight car The wheel
base of the new fire apparatus is about
nineteen feet, with the long ladders
hanging over for some distance.
There is also a chemical attachment.
Three children in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Sweeney at Reedsburg
are i'll with the smallpox. Many
have been vaccinated, are i'll from
! the virus.
"Reedsburg is all stirred up" is the
way citizen of that place expresses
the situation. For the past two weeks
some person has been running around
during the night. soaring adults and
children. as we'll as peeping in at the
windows. Some think the mysterious
person is a woman; others that it is
a man dressed in woman's clothes. A
large number Of young men have been
trying to capture the What is it," but
so far have failed. Part Of the time
the person is on the west side of town,
then on the east side. The affair is
causing considerable excitement.
Mrs. Fred Reubensall met with
severe accident Wednesday evening
while crossing a yard. She ran into
wire fence. cutting an eyelid and in
flicting a cash beneath the eye strik-
ing the wire with such force as to
cause her to fall backward, fracturing
an ankle. She was taken to her home
in Reedsburg and medical aid was
summoned Mr. Reubensall is building
a new house on his farm in Winfield,
and they were returning home when
the accident happened.
Herman Weinke and son Arthur of
North Freedom were in the city this
morning. They are making trip to
Portage and Ripon by auto and expect
to be gone three or four days.
Miss Alice Whitman has gone to
Florida, where she will spend the win
ter. While here she was a guest at
the c.. W. Whitman home.
The bazaar and supper given by the
Ladies Aid Society Of the South Side
NJ. E. church yesterday was a success,
the net proceeds being $58. The la
dies wish to thank the public for
their liberal patronage and to all who
contributed so generously.-Sec
Some trouble has arisen in the third
ward over the correct location Of the
poles being erected on Quarry street
by construction company for the
transmission of electricity. The city
council has decided that they were
placed too far into the highway and
ordered them put further to the side
of the road There was some objec-
ton by a property owner, but it is un-
derstoOd that the work is now going
ahead and that the whole matter may
be settled the first of the week.
The "Tll Try" band of the A. G.
church met Friday evening with Miss
TRerma Brandt on First street. After
the meeting a miscellaneous shower
was rendered Miss Brandt by the la
dies present. The evening was spent
in games and music and an enjoyable
time spent At the close of the even
ing refreshments were served by Mrs.
Brandt to about twenty guests. The
bride-to-be received may useful and
beautiful presents.
A. Dixon was in Madison Sunday
land states that Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Richards, former residents of Bara-
boo, who are i'll with diphtheria at the
contagious hospital, are both getting
along as we'll as could be expected.
They are both still very weak.
Ralph Compton, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Miles K. Compton, 124 First av-
enue, and Homer Hanson, son of Mr..
and Mrs. George P. Hanson, 321 Fifth
street, decided to join the navy. They
did not communicate the fact to their
parents they intended to leave, but
Ralph Compton was thoughtful and
left a note telling Of what was about
to happen Strange, but true, the note
was found before they got out of
town. A search was made, the youths
were located and returned to their
homes. They expected to leave on
one of the trains Saturday night. ,