Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-15
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Lieutenant and Mrs Lyle C. Clarke
!. left this morning for Camp Joseph E.
Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla. They will
go by way of Milwaukee and visit
Mrs Clarke's father, Conductor j. w.
Frenz, and will also spend few days
at Chattanooga, Tenn, and Atlanta,
Ga.
Since John BartosZ, saloOnkeeper
at Oneida and Cass streets, f1Ourished
a gun in the faces of divers and sun
dry individuals Saturday night and
threatened them with bodily harm,
according to allegations made to the
police and District Attorney H. B..
Rogers, two legal proceedings have
been instituted.
Judge Kellogg today appointed Doc
tors Schloemilch and Roberts to ex
anime BartosZ as to his sanity.
A warrant has been sworn out for
the arrest of Bartosz for the gun cpl
sodes, which will introduce criminal
prosecution in case the county court
holds him sane.-Portage Democrat
The late Mrs. C. B. Alexander has
left the Presbyterian church Of Bara-
| boo the sum of $500. Mrs. Alexan-
| der was a faithful member Of this or
! ganization, and for number OF years
served as treasurer. Besides leaving
the $500 to the church, she left 500
to the Board of Foreign Missions of
the United States; 500 to the Board
Of Home Missions Of the United
> States, and 500 to the Home Mis-
sionary society of the State of Wis
| consin. The remainder Of the estate
goes to Mrs. Elizabeth Gillette, who
had resided with Mrs. Alexander for
number Of years, and to other rela-
/ tives.
! The case of Charles ClemmOns VS..
Charles Sanders was called Thursday
, morning before Justice c. L. Dering at
| Portage. Clemmons claimed that San
ders molested and carried off traps
which were the property of Clemmons
and which were set along the Fox
river at Ft. Winnebago.
The case was taken to Justice
Mitchells court on a change Of venue.
Sanders filed an affidavit of prejudice.
! Lieutenant Governor Dithmar will
be the progressive republican candi-
date to succeed the late Senator Hus-
ting, according to information received
from close friends of Dithmar. Dith-
mar claims to have enough votes to
assure his election to the senate
Portage Democrat.
On Monday afternoon the Sank
County Equality league held meet
ing in the lecture room Of the Carnegie
Free library and Miss Ethel S. Horton
gave a report of the address given in
Milwaukee by Miss Rankin, the only
woman member Of congress. 1t had
been announced that an election would
be held, but this will be the program
at another meeting. officers were
chosen, but they were either not there
to accept, or would not take the posi-
lions. Mrs. w. z. Baringer was re
elected.
The Sank county exemption board
: is in session for the remainder Of the
week. The members have been asked
. to make a report of those drafted to
the provost marshal general at Wash
ingtOn.
The Carpenter-Deppe Lumber COM
pany has been delivering material at
Devils Lake State park, and COntrac-
tor John Pugh is erecting sanitary
! building on the north shore, not
great way from the pavilion. The i'm,
prOvement includes septic tanks,
which are now used in many places
where running water is not available.
In septic tanks two kinds Of bacteria
are dominant the poisonous being de-
strOyed by the harmless. This leaves
the refuse so that it will not cOntami-
nate the surrounding land and water.
Superintendent Smith Of the park is
directing the work.
Cases Of smallpox have been report
ed in the Lund family at Reedsburg.
i The cases are not serious.
! At the University Of Wisconsin the
students are being given intensive
military drills. Ri1Ie practice has
been begun, unusually early for the
season. One Of the students reports
the drilling and other features excep-
tionally interesting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Lamport Of Hec-
! la, S. D., who have been, visiting here
with her sister, Mrs. Charles Jorg,
and other friends, went to North Free
dom, and from there they will go to
Neillsville to visit Mrs. Lamport's
nephew, Robert VOltz.
+ Use Zenzal for that itching eczema.
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