The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-16
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Crosse charged with larceny from
sohn 7. Johnson, travelling man.
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1t is now believed that no less than
half dozen Appleton people have
been caught by the alleged fraudulent
land operations of S. A. d. Puter in
Oregon
The large double store building at
Emerals, occupied by Fl. c. Pott & Co.,
dry goods and groceries, and Lauer &
Peters, hardware, burned, entailing a
loss of $4,000.
President c. r. Van Hise of the
University of Wisconsin is carrying
his left arm in sling, the result OF
being thrown from his horse while out
riding west of Madison with Architect
Peabody. The presidents left Shout
der was also sprained.
The Methodist Episcopal church OF
Dodgeville will celebrate the sixty-fifth
anniversary of it's organization. All
the living former pastors and presid-
ing elders will be present. 1t is also
expected that many former members
who now live elsewhere will be pres
ent.
The site offered by L. F. Easton for
the La Crosse normal school not hav.
ing proved acceptable to the state
board of regents, the city is negotiat-
ing for a new site of seven acres Of
fered by Mrs. Mary Schneider. The
site will probably be accepted by the
regents
The signature of Mayor Curtis OF
Madison has been withdrawn from
the return in the mandamus case
against the CITY council regarding the
revocation of a saloon license after
the dealer pleaded guilty in court. He
signed the document, he said, on the
strength of misleading information.
Mary Artz, aged 16 years, of Mari
nette. will lose her eyesight and was
frightfully scalded by an explosion OF
steam which generated in a closed pail
containing solution OF water and
ashes The girl had been cleaning
lamp burners and had placed the COW
er on the pail tightly When she re-
moved it from the stove an explosion
took place.
Aid. A. H. Hartwig of Watertown
was suspended fro NOTICE for pc
Rod of sixty days by the city council.
Charges had been preferred against
| him by a special committee OF the
council, owing to certain statements
he made at a meeting of that body last
June relating to the conduct of his as
sociates.
The body of Frank Zelensky Of
Wheatland, Kenosha county, was
found dead at the edge of a marsh
near Kanesville, Racine county
Whether he was murdered by a gang
OF railroad labOring men whose COM
pany he was in, and robbed Of money,
or wandered to the place. fell and died
of exposure, has not been fully deter
mined
The University of Wisconsin may
not be represented in the annual Ham
iltOn oratorical contest soon to be held
at Chicago. Eugene J. Marshall OF De-
oil
resent the college, has been protested
under the rule that does not allow any
one to enter two Hamilton contests.
Marshall represented the University
of Michigan last year, but failed to Sc
cure a place in the final.
Three hundred and fifty depositors
of the late Security Savings bank OF
Ashland which went out of existence
a year ago, have signed petitions for
a grand jury to investigate the affairs
of the institution. The affairs of the
oank are now in the hands of two re-
cseivers, Dr. F. X. Schlecht and j. A.
Paulson. Many of the depOsitors are
said to be dissatisfied with the amount
of assets turned over by the former
stockholders.
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After making desperate attempt
on her life, Mrs. Lewis FanyOn, wife
of a Star Prairie farmer, has been
taken to the state insane asylum at
Mendoza. Mrs. Fanyon has in the last
six months shown symptoms OF insan-
itv and she was intensely jealous OF
her husband She was examined as
to her sanity by Doctors F. S. Wade
and P. McKeon of New Richmond, and
within an hour after the doctors left
the house she locked herself in the
bedroom, partly undressed herself, got
into bed and then set fire to herself
Her Oldest son smelled the smoke and
suspected what had happened. He Sc
cured an axe and broke in the door
and succeeded in quenching the flames
before his mother had been much hurt
and before any damage of conse-
quence was done.
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Railroad Commissioners Thomas has