The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-09-30
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The special election at Kilbourn on
a saloon license issue resulted in a
small majority for 5000 license.
DR.. Henry Day, former mayor of
Eau Claire, died after an illness of a
month. His wife survives him.
John Mitchell, a farmer fifty years
of age, living near Cedarburg, fell from
a stack of grain and was killed.
The Dunn county fair opened with
an attendance Of 5000, the largest first
day in the history of the society.
The sixth annual New Richmond fair
opened this week with the biggest list
Of entries in the history of the organi-
cation.
Attendance on the closing day of
the Washington county fair was a rec
ord breaker, 5000 people being on the
grounds.
Saloon licenses, hitherto placed at
5000, were fixed at $500 a year for
three years by the election at Eau
Claire by 308 majority.
Two patients have escaped from the
Racine county insane asylum. They
are George Walsh, former railroad
man, and Mirk Foskari.
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Frank Bebo, aged eighty-nine years,
of Bay Settlement, near Green Bay,
killed himself with a charge from a
shotgun. No cause is known for the
act.
Adolph Lehman, a fisherman who
has been camping on Pewaukee lake,
when walking on the railroad track,
was run over and killed by fast mail
train.
W. C. Leitsch of Columbus, chair
man of the Columbia Republican coun-
ty committee, has resigned, and F. r.
Snyder of Kilbourn elected in his
place.
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Charles Conrad, one of the leaders
of the La Toilette forces in Rock
county, has suffered a stroke of apo
plexy which left him in a serious con-
dition.
Rudolph Weckwert, one of the pro-
prietors of the Jefferson, Wis, Brew
ing company, was kicked by horse
and so seriously injured that he may
not recover.
While attempting to extract rusty
nail from a board with clawhammer
the head Of the nail flew into the eye
of Miss Sybelle Downs of La Crosse,
it.
Wilbur Dropp, an eleven-year-old boy
at Middle Inlet, received a rifle bullet
the face while examiRing his
rife with a companion to see if it was
loaded His wound is not fatal.
Burglars raided several business
places at Pardeeville. About $40 was
stolen from the cash register at the
Central hotel and at Jensens meat
market the burglars carried away the
cash register.
While digging trench for sewer
in the heart of La Crosse the workmen
unearthed a skeleton of Whist appears
to have been a giant eight feet tall.
1t is thought that the bones are those
Of an Indian.
Christopher Luecker, aged seventy
four years, while picking plums on the
farm of his daughter near Sheboygan,
met with probably fatal accident. He
fell from the tree and was found some
time afterward in an unconscious con-
1ition.
:
A. D. Randall of Neenah has re-
ceived a letter from his son, stating
that the latter is with circus in
Kansas. Recently body was found in
he Ohio river near Cincinnati, which
was believed to be that of young Ran
lall from descriptions given by the po-
ice of that city was was buried at
Randall's expense.
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Lawrence university has received
notification that Iowa college has
withdrawn from the Intercollege De-
oating association, comprising Law
,ence, Lake Forest, Wabash and iowa.
lawrence and Iowa were scheduled to
meet in debate early next winter. Eff |
,orts will be made to secure an Illinois
school to fill the vacancy.
To secure the enforcement of the |
state law, which requires the attend
.nce at some school of all children be-
,ween the ages of seven and fourteen
years during the school year, Supt.
1andfraf, Father Tully, Father Caron,
Father Setter and the several Luther
IN roipicterc of Marinette have agreed |