Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-08-11
Baraboo II, 1877
Gleanings From Local Newsp aper of "A Years Ago
BY o. D. BRANoENRuRo

William Schroeder fled the city
following fire which destroyed F..
Longley's building in which Schroeder
was a tenant An insurance adjuster
charged Schroeder with going to Able
man on an evening train, hiring q
team there, coming to Baraboo dur
ing the night, leaving the team in the
west end Of town, coming to the Long
ley building, in which he operated a
bakery, pouring kerosene oil on the
floor, and setting it on fire, then re-
turning to Ableman just before sun
rise, Schroeder, as soon as he was
free from the agent decamped, never
to return. *
He claimed his loss was $3.50. The
insurance company saved it. Mr.. Hire,
contractor for the Sumner block, now
the Warren hotel engaged to build for
Jacob Hirschinger a store 22x44 feet
on the southeast corner of First and
Walnut streets.
During the first week of September
hop picking was in active progress and
buyers were paying from to 1Oc a
pound. w. S. Grub, leading buyer,
warned farmers that they were pick
ing too early.
Mrs. S. P. hawes purchased the
"fine stock Of millinery and ladies fur
nishing goods of Mrs. Mansfield" near
the north end of the bridge. That
meant the lower bridge, the high one
not having been built.
Wackler's Iron Works were 'get-
ting up printing press" for Rev.
Prouty. editor of the Temperance
Waterman of Boscobel. Later many
Prouty printing presses were made
and long used in Wisconsin print
cries.
Prof J. S. Kimballs house was en-
tered of an afternoon and one Of the
burglars, Charles Hardwick, was run
down near North Freedom. He was
jailed. He afterwards got out though
a rectangular hole in the ceiling, tx
x 9h inches used for ventilation. It
was stated that Sheriff Wheeler was
not Sin the slightest degree RESPONSE
BILE" Unique doctrine, that sheriff is
not responsible for the retention of
prisoners in his charge.
Baraboo beat Lodi at baseball. "a
to 18 and we are informed "Mr. Cor
win Thomas umpired the game with
the full acquaintance Of the rules
and perfect fairness for which he is
celebrated in that capacity"
The leans" challenged the fats
to a game and it was intimated that
if Supt. Swineford, DR.. Hall John Hull
Col. Vittum, Herman Albrecht, Levi
Crouch, M. Hire and Frank Miller
should accept 'those lean fellows will
go out on the first fly, fair or FOUL.
DR.. J. F.. Sneathen, who had been
practicing dentistry at Reedsburg
for eight months, succeeded DR.. Pier
pont in Baraboo.
D. Newell entered upon the manu-
facture "of bed spring of improved
form" He promised to provide 'a
luxurious bed at moderate expense"
Winter wheat sold at Csc, shelled
corn As to so, oats Is to "a, new po-
tates 25 to 80, butter II, eggs 10 per
dozen. green hides &C the pound
"a grand instrumental cocncert
was given at Prairie du Sac," the
Spirit Lake Band of Baraboo particf-
pated. Spencer Kimball sold his mer-
camille business to Moore, burlington
& Co.. who operated store under the
hill
Summers new block late in Sept
ember Of 1877 had already reached
magnificent proportions = A
Frank Kartack and A, w. Sallade
caught a fine string Of fish, pickerel.
pike and blackbass, below the local
water power" One of .Kartack''s pick
eral weighed 13 pounds lgr.. as
District Clerk Halsted announced
that there were in Baraboo village
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