Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-03-25
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Reedsburg had a fire scare Tues
day morning about eight o'clock.
During the morning high wind, the
fire alarm sounded and the company
quickly responded to call to Water
street. q ~
a chimney on the Ed. Luhrsen
mouse bdrhd out but further
damage was prevented when the fire
men arrived on the scene.
lOrrint Abbey, who had his leg brok-
en- recehtfy' While sliding down hill,
is getting along nicely at the home
IT his sister, Mrs B. J. Higgins,
where he makes his home. The injur-
ed member was set soon after the ac-
seident which was caused by the sled
:sioughing ana hitting an iron hitch
ing post,
Edward Fisher, So years old, bro
fher Of Mrs: George Beattie of Port
age, was Killed Monday in rail-
road accident at Everett, Wash, ac-
cording to word received by his sis
ire Tuesday. The message telling of
his dealt" said that he died two
hours after The accident but gave no
Kurther particulars.
Howard :Briscoe has gone to Mer-
rimack where he has purchased a
lot on" the wisconsin river bank and
viii soon have a cottage erected on
fEe newly ff''rIcraeed site
Mrs A: l.. Markham of Milwaukee
dis spending a. few days in Baraboo
visiting friends She formerly resid-
ed in this city and moved to the pre-
sent place a few months ago.
Mrs Fred Baumgarten was taken
10 a Madison hospital this morning
aas result of being stricken with ap-
spendicitis. It was necessary to take
"tbe lady over to the noon train by
eantonRobile.fs lt."
Justice AdOlph andre has purchas-
ed the: residence of Mrs. Mary Hart
well on SECOND avenue and will start
TO remodel the house Immediately
Mrs Hartwell resides in Markesan,
Wis. The residence is now occupied
by Charles r. Catlin and family.
FL. H. Hubert has returned from a
grip to Madison and while there
saw ripe Strawberries on the market.
He says they were selling for so
cents quart but did not attempt to
locate the bottom of the box. He
says an .oIilooker remarked the boxes
were so made it, made little diffe-
renee which part was filled with fruit.
r. w Prothero,. Glen Simonds and
Emmett Dwyer left this morning for
Milwaukee where they left several
buick automobiles until weather con-
ditions improved enough to bring
Them here The autos were driven
from Flint, Mich, to Milwaukee
sometime ago They expect to come
through ito Baraboo with them with
out any trouble
Mrs, John TOOle has returned to
Chicago: after a visit at the home of
Mr.. and > Mrs. Franklin Johnson and
with other friends. The Toole fam
lily formerly resided in Woodstock but
are now in Chicago. Miss Bernice
Glazier accompanied Mrs. Toole as
FAR as Madison, spending the day
there
j. T. Hinton, highway commission
er Of Columbia county, was in Bara-
boo today on his way to Kilbourn.
He says Columbia county has con-
siderable money to build roads, pro-
badly more than will be used on ac-
count of the high cost of labor and
material. He doubts if much paving
will be done on the Baraboo- Port
age road this season.
Miss Agnes Zeimet, West DAYTON
street, was hostess to group of high
school classmates. at 6 o'clock din
ner Tuesday, the guests being the
Misses Anna Fox, Mary Devine, Eliz-
abeth Mason, Martha Kellar, Doris
Baldwin. Adeline Pepper, Laura Aus
termann, Dorothy Burns, Violet
@6charitt and Mrs. II. K. Page of
Baraboo, who is a guest at the lei
met home.-Madison Democrat.
The high bridge over the Bara-
boo river is undergoing few
changes. The planking is being taken
out and new ones put in. The iron
construction where the planks are
attached is also receiving coat of
paint. The. bridge was huilt in 1890
by the Clinton Iron works. John H.
Hull was. mayor of the city at the
time and the bridge committee con-
sisted of Henry Marriott, H. H. HUI
bert and William Moore.
Former Assemblyman George Car
pehter has not fully recovered from