Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-01-23

George F. Hutter of Spring Green
died at Madison at o'clock Thursday
morning. For some time he had been
having trouble with his right foot, it
having given him more or less bother
since last August. Gangrene devel-
oped and his leg was amputated above
the knee Monday morning. Burial at
Spring Green. =
Mrs. George w. McCready of Bara-
boo writes from Chicago to the Spring
Green paper as follows: "The Home
News comes as a welcome caller here
at Wallace's although so many sad
notices are given in it. That is why
write you at this time. We received
the sad news from Kempton, N. D.,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison d.
Henry (nee Florence Douglas) died
December 26 after four weeks illness
from, influenza, pneumonia and heart
weakness. The parents are Franklin
people and we'll known there in Sank
character, graduate of the Dakota
university and taught in schools of
her home city, but where she will be-
mostly missed is in her home by her
father, invalid mother and only broth
Ell. They were all ill but Mr.. Henry,
but at present the others are gaining.
Mrs. L. D. Cronk of Superior, sister
of Mrs. Henry, was the only one OF
the family who could be there"
. The training school board met at
Reedsburg Saturday morning to select
an assistant to take the place Of Miss
Ohlmacher, who was compelled to re.
sign on account of i'll health. She ex-
poets to leave soon for her home at
Sheboygan. Miss ESsie Brooks OF
Reedsburg was chosen to fill the va
cancy in the teaching fore. She is a
graduate of the Reeedsburg high
school, Sank County training school
and the Milwaukee normal. She has
recently been acting as prime pal or
the Merrimack school and is well quail
flied for the place.
Miss Jessie Martiny, the new coun-
ty superintendent, and Frank A.
Cooper county Jerk, both members
of the board, were present.
While responding to an alarm Sum
day afternoon, the South Side tlre
wagon tipped over on the corner or
Walnut and Lynn streets, inJur1ng
two members of the crew, Charles
Rutland, who sustained cracked rib,
and w. j. Stortz, who suffered an in
jury to his leg. Others were slightly
hurt.
The blaze was at the corner OF
Grove and Blake streets, in the third
ward where the roof was burned
ST Chilly on house owned by w. T.
Marriott and rented by Clay Alley.
At the recent meeting of those in
terested in producing better cattle, 1T
was decided to give pure-bred calf
to the first district in Sank county
that becomes 100 per cent pure bred
as to sires and ewes. This is the be-
ginning of the war ON scrub bulls.
Clifford Capener of Baraboo and many
others in the county are interested in
the movemen.
This morning two cabooses and two
switch engines were slightly damaged
when they unexpectedly came together
in the Chicago & Northwestern yards.
Lyle Waters, a switchman was in one
of the cabooses and suffered Slight
injury on his head and internally in
the region of the stomach. He was
taken to the Baraboo hospital 1t is
stated it was intended for the moving
engine and caboose to run onto track
No. and by mistake the switch was
set for track No. which resulted in
the collision.
The Reedsburg Farmers Fire Insur-
ance company suffered % losses dur
ing the past year, the total being S5,-
42750.
The old officers were reelected az
follows President, W. Halbersleben;
secretary, A. e. Geffert;- treasurer,
Henry Lueders; assessors, Albert Sef-
'-ar, Henry Behnke, A. L. Foss, Alb.
Gade, VIM. j. Hamburg; finance COM
mdttee, WIN. G. Holtz, Albert Prick
VIM. Won der Ohe.