Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-13
CIRCUIT COURT
NOW IN SESSION
(From Tuesdays daily.)

The circuit court for the September
term has opened with Judge James
O'Neill, Neillsville, presiding. F. ID.
Galway of Neillsville is the reporter,
James H. Hill, Baraboo, the district
attorney, g. H. Clark the clerk and
William Welk the sheriff. On account
of this being busy time OF the year
the jury cases may not last longer
than a week.
The order of the payment of alimony
was granted in the case OF Hulda Pc
koweky as guardian ad Item, VS..
Ewalt Berg.
In the case of Dennis Love VS.. Sam
nel P. Jennison, there was judgment
for the plaintiff The witnesses were
Dennis Love and David Davies.
There was also judgment for the
plaintiff in the case of Harry Clark VS..
Joseph Granvogth.
Judgment for the plaintiff was like
wise the verdict in the case Of Carl
Peterson VS.. Peter Bentley. John
Barnard was witness.
Judgment of foreclosure was grant
ed in the case of Henry Fov, ct al, VS..
Henry Plat This is the property
near Baraboo owned by the late Will
liam Fox.
The case of George Ferber, special
administrator in the estate of Herman
Meyer, VS.. the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railway, has been settled.
The following were admitted to cit
izenship:
Jenkin ]. Jenkin and Ben Oleson of
Spring Green.
Ernest Clarke, Merrimack.
Joseph Seidel and Joseph Winkler,
Winfield.
John Hardwick, Baraboo.
Divorce Granted
A divorce was granted in the case
of Mary Lenore Stage VS.. Edwin Lee
roy Stage. Mrs. Stage is at Prairie du
Sac, but the location of the husband is
not known. There are no children
and no alimony was granted. Mrs.
Florence e. Lested, mother of Mrs.
Stage, was a witness. 1t developed
that Mrs. Lested had loaned her SON.
in-law about $500 to go into business
and this debt had not been paid by the
Young man.
(From Wednesdays daily.)
There was an interesting case in cir
cult court on Tuesday evening. A
number of citizens in the town of
Reedsburg desire road iii the town
of Excelsior changed in order to re-
duce a grade. The road is almost OPP
posite the Greeney residence in the
Narrows Creek, west of Ableman.
The case was taken to the supreme
court, which ordered the town board
to lay out the highway. The board
has taken no action, hence the man
damus proceedings. The attorney
against the town board desired that
the board be fined for contempt Of
court, while the other attorney op-
posed. When it came to Judge O'Neil
he said it was a clear case of con-
tempt of court, but he did not like to
impose fine, because this would not
help the matter along. He was willing
to give the board another opportunity
and therefore held the matter in abey-
ance. The court said the supreme
court had decided the matter and that
some action must be taken. The town
board is composed of Henry Behnke,
Ferdinand Meyer and George Butter
field According to information gath
cred the proposed road would do the
people of the town of Excelsior little
good, for the road is in one corner of
the town. 1t also developed. accord
ing to a statement by one Of the at,
torneys, that citizens in the town OF
Reedsburg who are interested, are
willing to pay about $500 of the cost
of building the road.
There was judgment for the plain
tiff in the case of F. M. Duren VS.. T.
Kirk, ct al, E. L. Reynolds was
witness.
The case of the Ohio Welding &
Manufacturing Co.. foreign corpora
ton, VS., the Winona Oil Co., foreign
corporation, was continued.
There was also Judgment for the
plaintiff in the case Of Hugo Schuette,
ct al, VS.. Leonard Dickens, ct al
There was Judgment for the plain
tiff in the case of Caroline Bereman
VS.. Adolph andre, ct al The only
witness was Caroline Bereman.
There was also judgment for the
plaintiff in the case of Caroline Bere-
man VS.. J. P. Sprecher, ct al
Longley hats, the $3.50 kind, al