Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-06-17

visited his sister, Mrs. Josephine Nc
and members of the family. He is
member of the S. o. v. of the Milw
kee camp.
Mrs. Belle Murdick and Mrs. Nil.
Carey of Kenosha were entertaiT
by Miss Ada Burnham during the {
campment. Mrs. Murdick is the pr
ident of the Chaplin McCabe circle
the Ladies of the G, A. R. at Ker
sha. %
The attendance was far from
pectations. Thevhot weather and> &
rain may have kept some at home
death and feebleness prevented me
from coming. It is stated that sin
year ago nineteen have died in t
Wolcott post in Milwaukee, IL in 6
other, and since the first of the We
ten in the Baraboo organization.
one time there were $4,000 G.. A.
men in the state, now there are S,6t~
Several posts Merrimack among thel
have but one member. 1t will be sc
the ranks are thinning.
s. 81 *
J. Fl. Chamberlain of Kaukauna w;
introduced to many local people
G. S. Blanchett of Baraboo who spend
some of his time in the city on Il
bank of the Fox. Mr. Chamberla,
was commander of the Paul H. Bea
lieu post at Kaukauna for twenty-oI
years. He has written much fl
newspapers and is keenly interes
ed in public affairs. Mr.. Chamberlai
says he never saw courthouse in
rural city so nearly surrounded /
business houses. He was delighte
with the appearance of Baraboo.
s. s. s.
Following is a list of post con
manders of the state G.. A. R. now a;
tending the encampment here:
George D. Breed, Chiffon
w. A. Wyse, Reedsburg
J. A. Watrous, commandant of vet
Grams home at Waupaca.
J. w. Canes, Ripon
Hiram Smith, Racine.
w. H. Grinnell, Beloit
G. w. Spratt, Sheboygan Falls.
D. G.. James, Richland Center
Robert Lang, Racine
w. j. Mckay and John G. Martin,
Madison.
Robert Campbell of Green Bay, the
retiring commander
* 81 s.
] Clark Seeley came all the way from
West Brook, Mimi. to attend the en-
campment. He is one of the few liv-
ing who received portion of the
! 100000 reward when Jefferson Da-
Wis was captured, and was wounded
in the skirmish between the Michigan
and Wisconsin troops. In the very
early morning the Michigan men cap
tured Davis and while surrounding
him until the break of day the Wis
cOnsin soldiers came along and were
fired upon. Two were killed and a
few wounded, Mr. Seeley being one
of them. The reward was divided be-
tween the soldiers from the tw
states.
Comrades G. J. Clark, Charles r.
Henderson, Michael Lehner, and Char
ence L. Powers formed a quartette OF
veterans who drove from Mayville in
a car owned by the first named and at
tended the encampment Dr. Clark is
a dentist, Mr. Henderson, a sewing
machine agent, Mr.. Lehner the under
sheriff of Dodge county, and Mr.
Powers, a newspaper man. Mr.. Powers
for more than 20 years, was official
reporter for the encampment. While
in Baraboo all were guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. G.. Payne.
y X y:
The survivors of the First Wiscon-
sin Cavalry held their thirty-seventh
annual reunion during the G. A. r. en-
campment here. Members present
were E. S. Miner of Bethany, Mo-; F.
w Board, Phil Dolan and George May
nard of Union Center, Wis; Phil Duer
and H. Elliot Of Soldiers Home, Wau-
paca, Wis. H. F. Colburn of Wone-
voc; B. F. Ellis Of Windsor; J. w.
Ganesant; L. Mowers of Ripon; W..
Gilman and M Johnson of Baraboo;
L. D. Wyatt of Tomah; S. E. Lathrop
of Madison and Clark Seeley of West
brook, MINI.