Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-09-15


Saeen educated at the old Indian vii
3age here.
IRON Wedding
Mr.. Clark did not say so on this oc-
eSsas5oH but as a matter of fact he
was sutler at Fort Winnebago as early
as 1880 by appointment of President
jackson. He and Pierre Pauquette
w@rs scouts during the Black Hawk
vxzr Clark died in 1862.
He read short communication
Tr0m Mrs. Peck in which she said she
came TO Madison in 1897 and to
Baraboo in 1910, the first white wo-
man in either place, $50 you well may
call me the mother of both" 1t re-
TTWired Ave days then to come with
&hree teams from Madison to Baraboo
two days to the bluffs, three to scale
che heights @Ad cut our way through
amid tine ne0kS. snakes and trees, via
g}avils lake hOlIow to Baraboo.. She
presumed me completion of this rail
road might well be designated as the
iron wedding in reality" of Madison
and BaEabS0
Foruner Attorney Gen. Chas. R. Gill,
s. u. FinEeWs Gen David Atwood and
WILLIAM Meach of Madison, w. P
Flanders Of milwaukee and Col. A. S.
Van Mesanas. chief engineer of the
,E3sFsbso extension, also spoke.
Guests Depart
The special train which had left
Madison ut $50 in the morning de-
parted at in the afternoon, with
mutual cheers and adieus", reaching
Madison at T:30 1t was composed of
twelve pawenger coaches, four ca
oooses. ana four platform oars, it
Drought 6fteen hundred passengers,
eBhiie the crowd at the celebration was
estimated at from 5000 to 100000.
\ military ball at night in Taylor's
nall attended by eighty couples con-
>cluded the great demonstration
Notable VISITORS
Never before had BarabOO entertain
fI1 SO many notables, among them be-
5GMg Gen DANES H. Howe, general
manager Of che Northwestern, George
IT, Dunlap, previous general manager,
j. ", GaulG general superintendent, A.
a Hobart. superintendent of the Wis
tz11nsin division, FL. p Stanwood, gen
rarTs1 ticket agent, w. F. Ferry and H.
I'll Porter OF Chicago, directors, Perry
III Smith. for some years vice presi-
~9eat, Col. c.. M Seymour, chief en-
2Eineer, Harry Fox and w. Howard, con-
tractors on the extention, G.. Lipe, an
assistant, Congressman G. B. Farwell
~of the Chicago district, Gen. Arson
&Stager, superintendent Of the West
e2rn Union Telegraph Co., Samuel
Keith of the Chicago & Alton, Col. E.
$ Goodrich of St Paul, Joseph Ritter,
fEhiCagO bank president, Samuel Nc
93CGrd, Milwaukee banker, President
Campbell of the Madison-P Portage
read, David Mcbride of the Sparta
EFerald, O. F. Wait of New Hamp-
2SGIre, historian, and from Madison,
besides the speakers, Col. Thomas
$3eynolds, pension agent and intimate
Vsf General w. T. Sherman General
Henry Harnden, who personally par
1IcTated in the capture of Jefferson
D0vis, H M. Lewis, revenue collector,
YEgdge OrsanAus Cole, State Treasur-
ter Henry Baetz DR.. J. B. Bowen, may
Ter 08f Madison, ex-Mayor Andrew
ProGHdfit, S. d. Hastings, wartime
state treasurer and earliest of Wis
rc0nsin prohibitiOrists, Gen. Simeon
Mills, who settled at Madison in 1887,
FGhe very year that the Eben Pecks
came though later, Gen. N. F. Lund,
Judge j. G.. Knapp, James Ross, Capt.
Az C. Pitman, Captain Robert Bird,
'EFartan M. Page. representing the
State Journal, r. M. BashfoTd, later
~ supreme court judge and sOn-in-law
v1f Gov Taylor, for the Madison Dem
socTat, w. G. Roberts for the Milwau-
s2e Sentinel. F. A. Moore for the
Evening Wisconsin and c. Helm for
1she Chicago Times.
An Historic Committee
The committee on arrangements
consisted of Terrill Thomas, presi-
S2zeat, and vice presidents as follows:
>,yol- Stephen Van Rensselaer, Able
snan, Jonas Narracong, John B. OWN
s6sII, j. F. Sanford, Joseph Mackey,
Moses Young, J. F. Smith, c. D.
&4uff, j. r. Hall, T. D. Lang. o. H.
Cook, B. F. Mills, Norman Stewart,
e. N. Strong, C. H. Williams, w. P.
Noyes, ]. G. Lamb, E. Walbridge and
Jesse Cottington. with H. H. Potter
las marshal and J. B. Crawford, A. K.
Camp and Henry Cowles as his assis-
Giants.
First Regular Train
The first regular train arrived in
BaraDoo Saturday evening, Septem-
her 16, and departed on the Monday
forenoon following. Between 80 and
wv L,n