The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-07-08

Badger
Briefs.

Neenah public library.
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The Wisconsin supreme court ad-
mitted to practice forey-seven gradu-
ates of the university law school.
Fire destroyed the Waunakee Cream
cry company's creamery, ice houses,
and all machinery. The loss is $4,000.
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Through drinking lemonade left
standing over night in a tin water
tank at the Neenah city hall, eight per
sons were made violently i'll.
Some unknown person broke into O.
H. Osmundsons clubhouse on Round
lake at Hayward and stole all the sill
verware and valuable violin.
At the graduating exercises of the
Chiffon high school, Prof. McKenny,
president of the state normal school
of Milwaukee, delivered the address.
The village board of OSceola decided
to raise the license from $500 to $500.
Osceola has three saloons, and each Of
it's proprietors say they do not under
stand the action of the board and will
not pay such high license.
Fire at Racine nearly destroyed the
handsome fiat building of Mrs Martha
Williams, occupied by the families OF
William Stanley and Harry Roth.
Damage to the building will amount
to $4,000 loss on furniture is $4,000.
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Arrangements have been made to
hold this summers reunion of the "Old
Twelfth in Madison, Tuesday and
Wednesday, July % and 26. Capt.
Giles Stevens, Company B, and Lieut..
Harlan Bird, Company G, will read pa
pers on the part the Twelfth took in
the siege of Vicksburg.
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A herd of twenty Galloway cattle,
while being driven to market, ran wild
in the western part of Jackson. Three
of the steers became craZed and charg-
ed on pedestrians. Six men were
chased by the maddened animals and
saved their lives by climbing trees
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Frank Stepke, a South Milwaukee
man who has wife in Minnesota, but
lived with another woman twenty
years, seven children being born, and
when confronted with the facts in
court fed from the room hatless, did
not commit suicide as believed. He
has made an effort to get possession of
the children instead.
Elizabeth White, Chippewa squaw,
began suit at Ashland against Indian
Agent Campbell for money due ner
for the sale of pine. This is the fore
runner of suits aggregating S25O,OOO,
which will be brought by Wisconsin
Chippewas, following the decision OF
the federal supreme court, which holds
that allotted Indians are full-fedged
citizens.
The fftieth anniversary of the mar
riage of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Chloupek
of Manitowoc was celebrated, the
event being marked by a surprise that
was arranged by children of the couple.
Four of six children, large number
of grandchildren and two great-grand-
children were present for the day S
reunion, and the arrival of the party
aOrnnlptp SUNRISE
Sylvester Thomas. colored, was ar
rested at Green Bay and taken back to
Iron Mountain, where he will answer a
charge of attempted murder. Thomas
was a porter on a Milwaukee road
train and had trouble with another col
cred employee. When the latter with
three others was seated at table
Thomas is said to have returned and
fired four times into the party, injuring
one.
AS the result of the state convention
of Eagles held at Green Bay recently,
the Green Bay aerie is facing deficit
of about $4,000 Thre is talk OF. ask
ing assistance from the merchants. 1t
is estimated that the convention cost
Green Bay about $4,000. The execu-
tive committee claims that the attempt
to prohibit the boxing bouts cost the
aerie about $1,000, and is largely re-
sponsible for the deficit.
"The mean things stole all our cloth |
ing" said the diminutive bride Of }.
Mecklenberg of Sheboygan, as she
stood in the office OF an Appleton hotel,
and pointing at a small parcel on the
floor concluded her lamentations, by
saying, "and that is all the clothing we
were allowed to take with us on our
wedding trip through the Eastern
states" The couple, however, stopped
in Appleton long enough to purchase
clothing enough to last for a three
weeks trip.
Thomas Thompson, an engineer on
one OF the hosting derricks on the
dam at ST. Croix Falls, met with pain
full if not fatal accident The engine |
fell upon him and some of the steam
pipes broke, scalding him with water
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