Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-04-16

! Gypsies and Indians making short
stays here. No disturbance of
any sort during their visits have
been reported to Chief of Police
Otto Harmed. 1t is believed that
the group of gypsies are the same
which visited Middleton on Satur-
day A Madison attorney who was
in that village on business was
approached with an offer to tell
his fortune and five minutes later
he discovered that he had had the
misfortune to lose a purse con-
tanning $3S. The fortune telling
gypsie was hailed into court and
the money was restored to the
Madison lawyer.
The Misses Mary Kelley and
Agnes Zeimet of Madison arrived
on Saturday for a short visit at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. X
Page. Miss Kelley being a sister
/ of Mrs. Page and Miss zeimet a
niece. The latter graduates with
honors from the University of
Wisconsin this June and is al
ready employed as bacteriologist
in the office of Dr., F. B. ,Brandley,
professor CT veterinary science at
the university. ,
NJ c. Crandall and II. E. Cole,
Baraboo; Charles E., Brown, chief
of the museum, Madison; and q.
A. Gilman, Portage have returned
from Oshkosh where they attend
ed the annual meeting of the Wis
consin Academy Of Sciences, Arts
and Letters, The Archaeological So
ciety and other organizations. One
of the attractions was the new
museum in the palatial home of
the late Philetus Sawyer. The
residence was given to the city Of
Oshkosh and is now filled with
relics of all kinds. Visitors and
| speakers were present from Green
Bay, Milwaukee, Chicago. Madison,
and many other places A paper
on the "Old Military Road was
given by H. E. Cole Another of
the speakers was Professor r. c.,
Mullenix, Appleton, whose home in
his youth was at Ir6nton. He re-
calls seeing the molten metal pour
ing from the furnaces at IRON
| ton. +" Ffht
DR.. F. H. Powers motored to
BaraboG from Christopher, Ill.,, for
a weeks end visit with his wife,
who has been spending some time
here with her mother. Mrs. Lena
Sprecher Enroute to Baraboo, DR..
Powers visited in Beaver Dam,
where he was formerly located and
where his daughter Margaret is
attending school. DR.. F. B. Winslow
and DR.. Powers at one time con-
Quoted hospital II, BBaraboo and
the latter has been located IN
Christopher since the first of the
year, having purchased a hospital
at that place. His new location is
near the cyclone devastated region
of southern Illinois and DR.. Powers
was one of the first outside sur
geons to reach the stricken area.
Although the cyclone had passed
when DR.. Powers drove into the
district, his car rocked in the
wind which had been stirred UP
by the twister. The physician states
that only those who have actually
seen the terrible injuries inflicted
on those in the devastated region
can realize the horror Of that tragic
event
Mrs. B. N. Webster of Rice Lake
has returned to Baraboo after
spending number Of weeks in
Florida. She was accompanied by
Mrs. H. A. Fisher of Baraboo, who
is visiting in West Franfort, Ill,
with her son Karl before returning
to Barabco. While in the south
they met Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wild
of Beloit, formerly OF Baraboo, and
many other persons from this sec
ton. On the way home Mrs. Web
ster stopped at a number of places
in the south for sight Seeing pur-
poses. She is new the guest Of
her mother, Mrs. w. D. Porter.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. ]. Sleeps and
family were Sunday visitors in
Spring Green, attending a family
gathering at the home of Mrs
Sleeps mother, Mrs E. w. Ey-
ans.
Ebert Searles was suddenly tax
en- i'll with a nervous breakdown a
few days ago and is confined to
his bed. With care, his condition
which was serious is rapidly i'm
proving and he win soon be able
to take charge of his new store,