Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-03-05
Monday

M UhaGuy
The Erwin Plummer farm prop
erty, consisting of S0t acres in the
town of Fairfield was sold by
Sheriff H. H. Neitzel at the front
steps of the courthouse on Satur-
day afternoon. William Welk was
the highest bidder, his bid being
$4,000. mi nst
Mrs. Fl. L. Schuette} 5l4e Second
avenue, returned on Saturday from
the Grand View hospital, where she
has spent the past eight weeks. Sh3
was accompanied homesIaby her
mother, Mrs. William Breitzke, OF
Devils lake who has espept the past
two weeks in the hospital recover
ing from a surgical operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. HAROLD Boyd went
to Reedsburg this afternoon to see
Mr.. Boyd's brother Glen who was
badly injured in a thirty foot fall
last Thursday. Mr., Boyd was
engaged in telephone line work
when his safety belt broke, per-
hitting him to fall thirty feet to
the ground. tits thought that his
spine is fractured, his hip is brok-
en-, and he has probable skull
fracture. Mr.. and Mrs, BOYD, were
in Reedsburg to see The injured
man yesterday and at that time he
seemed very restless. In spite of
his serious injuries, The ATTENDING
physicians think he has a chance
for recovery.
Alfred Baer, who spent several
months here with his brother, Otto
Baer, and other relatives, has e
turned to St Paul, MINI. Mr.. Baer
will be remembered by the older
residents as the owner Of a photo
graph gallery which stood where
the postoffice is now located.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Schadde and
Mr.. and Mrs. c. R. Compton have
arrived home after a stay Of several
weeks in Sunny California Thoy
spent considerable timeAin Los
Angeles and San FraheGsed and Wis
tied various places of interest az
their way home They Export an
enjoyable trip and liked California
very much. ~
Rev. Henry Harris Of the Con
gregational church, who, with his
family is moving to Green Lake,
Michigan, stopped at, Madison to-
day to attend a farewell, meeting
at the. Y. NJ. C. A. ~ Rev Harris
was instrumental in establishing
this institution down town ard
from the beginning has been, a
great success. He is still deeply
interested in the organization. Be
fore he went to Madison, almost
fifteen years ago, there had been 4
city Y. M. c.. A. but this had not
survived the tide Of competition.
The new one established is flourish
ing. F.. O. Lesser, formerly Of Bara-
boo, is the general secretary.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Boehm, who
have spent the past few weeks in
San Diego, Calf, expected to leave
that city on Sunday for a few
weeks stay in Los Angeles before
returning home to Baraboo. Mr..
Boehm writes that they haye enjoy
ed their stay in San Diego very
much and the weather has been
nice, with the exception of one Of
two days that it rained. !
f. N. Wright, father Of p. 2.
Wright of Baraboo, passed away in
Chicago on Saturday night about
seven O'Clock. Mr. Wright had
spent several days in Chicago WI =
his father and returned1to that city
on Sunday morning. Funeral
services are to be held on Wednes-
day morning. The deceased had
been i'll for but a week, heart dis
ease causing his death. : He is sun
vived by his wife and eight chill.
dren i.e' 90
Sanford Wicks, III First street.
has received fine live opossum
from relatives at hise dia home III
South Carolina. Few in this To-
cality have. seen an 4posspm' and
they are much Interested III seeing
the animal which lis considered
quite delicacy by coiored folk.