The Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1905, 1905-03-18
Badger
Briefs.

Edward Knapp's left hand was COM
pletely shot off while he was hunting
near Wausaukee.
Charles wager of Oshkosh has been
placed under arrest at Salida, Colo, on
the charge of larceny.
There is some talk of erecting peat
briquette factory near GAINESVILLE, on
the Koshkonong marsh.
The residence of Walter Barlow Of
Kenosha was robbed of $500 worth OF
valuables while the family was at sup
per.
The Potter school district, three
miles north of Pewaukee, closed school
owing to the appearance of case of
smallpox.
William KEELING of Neenah beat his
divorced wife because she refused to
marry him again. She is in precari-
Gus condition and KEELING has been ar
rested.
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James Hebbelthwaite, shot through
the thigh while attempting to escape
from the Racine chief of police, suffers
from his wound and blood poisoning is
feared.
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First Lieut.. A. S. Ralph of Company
B, Second regiment, .hGs resigned. He
will probably be succeeded by John S.
Laabs, now battalion quartermaster
and comissary.
There is an epidemic Of dog poison
ing in GAINESVILLE and indignant dog
owners are combining together to offer
a reward for the arrest and conviction
Of the pOisOner.
A number of Green Bay aldermen
and property owners are in ST. Louis
for the purpose of inspecting bithulit-
ic pavements. They are guests of a
Boston company.
A determined fight against the sale
of liquor at the Rapids, near Racine,
during the present year will be made.
In case liquor is sold half the summer
campers will leave the place.
Michael Maher, unmarried, aged 46,
was killed in the Wausau paper mills
at Wausau His clothes caught in a
shaft and he was whilrel to death be-
fore the machinery could be stopped.
E. H. Schwartz & CO. Of Marinette
has been served with papers in a S.
900 damage suit brought by z. Fortier,
a former butcher, who cut his hand in
the company's sausage cutter and al
leges negligence.
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The annual n lsquerade Of the Ra-
cine Firemen's Relief association was
held at Lakeside auditorium. Over g.
900 people were present, and 1000
maskers were on the floor, many being
from Kenosha and Milwaukee.
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Max Loeb of Appleton won the final
oratorical contest of the University Of
Wisconsin with an grafton entitled
ideals and Idols" He will represent
Wisconsin university in the Northern
OratoricAl league contest at Evanston.
Burglaries continue in Racine. The
home. of Frank D. Case was entered
and $500 worth of jewelry stolen. This
is the eighth burglary within week
and perhaps $1,000 worth of jewelry
and silverware has been carried away.
Will Bertleson of Green Bay cut his
foot with an axe while hunting squir-
rels with companions, and was saved
from bleeding to death by being car
friends and brought to a local hospi-
tai.
Louis Cowan, half-breed who has
made his home at Winneconne and on
the Oneida reservation, is in the Win
nebago county jail, charged with rob-
bling the saloon of S. M. Gavin at Win
neconne. By means of skeleton keys,
it is charged, Cowan has entered a
number of stores at Winneconne and
rifed cash registers.
Farmers in the town of Avon. near
GAINESVILLE, are DESTROYS Of having a
drainage canal dug through the town
ship to connect with system to be
dug in northern Illinois. 1t is claimed
that if this plan goes through several
thousand acres of valuable lands will
be reclaimed from the marshes.
At the home of Andrew Schultz,
three miles south of Racine, gasoline
stove caught fire., When it was being
carried out of the house there was an
explosion and the dress Of little
daughter caught fire. Mrs. Schultz and
a second daughter fought to save the
child and in so doing were burned seri-
ously.
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After fifty-five years of service, the
First Presbyterian church Of Beloit has
dissolved it's old organization and form
ed a new one under the state laws OF
incorporation. This was the prelimin-