The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-07-29

voted to build a new $4,000 school
house.
Several GAINESVILLE firms have been
yictimized by forged checks bearing
the name of horse dealer.
The body of John Fahy, who was
drowned at Mud creek, near Fond du
Lac, has been recovered.
There is movement on foot among
Fond du Lac business men to erect
new theater to cost about $4,000.
Earl, the eleven-year-old son of J.
F. Redner, of Kilbourn, was kicked by
a horse and his recovery is doubtful
The corner stone of the new $4,000
German Lutheran church was laid
with impressive services at Poynette.
Halvor Moen, and old resident of
Black River Falls, is dead, following
a surgical operation for cancer. He
leaves family.
Edwin Sellick of Baraboo has been
appointed grand scribe of the Wiscon-
sin Encampment l. o. o. F., to sue
ceed the late L. o. Holmes.
Josephine Liptak, aged twelve years,
| who disappeared from Marinette on
| July II, was found in destitute con-
dition in Menominee, having been to
| Green Bay.
| George Handles, aged seventy-one,
who was cutting a stone for the new
poorhouse at Black River Falls, was
struck in the eye by piece of stone.
The eye was destroyed.
The Beaver Dam lake case, involv-
ing the ownership of five little islands,
has been decided in favor of the
Beaver Dam Cotton Mills company
and the city of Beaver Dam.
The Rockford, Beloit, Evansville,
Sharon and Clinton posts of the G. A.
R. will hold their annual picnic at
Ho-no-ne-gah park, GAINESVILLE. Phil
Cheek of Baraboo will be the orator
of the day.
Ralph Parkinson, married, aged 90
years, fireman on way freight on
the Wisconsin Valley railroad, was
i r
He lived at Wausau, and was the sole
support of widowed mother.
The families of Robert Klopfer and
Paul Deninger, consisting of seven
members, are suffering from ptomaine
poisoning as the result of eating
corned beef purchased from a Racine
butcher. None of them is in danger.
Supt' Philip A. Kolb of Prairie du
Chen has been elected superintendent
of the Oconomowoc schools for the
coming year in place of William Kit
tie, who resigned recently to become
secretary of the board of normal reg
ents.
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Mathew Malovinowitch, fifty years
old, employed on the dam at ST. Croix
Falls, who suffered a sunstroke re-
Gently. died from it's effects. A wife
and five children survive him in Aus
tria. This is the first death from
sunstroke in the history of Polk
county.
Eva, the five-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kuss of Fond du
Lac had narrow escape from death
while playing with parlor matches.
The child's dress caught fire and the
blaze would probably have inflicted
serious burns had not neighbors heard
her cries.
Six boys from Chicago and Milwau-
kee have been arrested on a charge
of Tipping" trains, and were SEN
fenced to jail for five days each. Of
ficers of the Milwaukee road have
given orders to their detectives to ar
rest all boys and tramps caught get
ting on and off trains.
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The farm home Of John Zwankow-
ski, near Stevens Point, was destroyed
by fire. Two children were burned
to death. boy of eight years and
girl of six years. The parents were in
the field after hay, leaving four chill
dren at home. The two that were
burned were asleep upstairs.
w. D. Stevens of Minneapolis,
lineman for the Northwestern Tele-
phone company, was nearly electro
cuted at Hudson by falling across
electric light wires carrying 5000
volts. He was suspended on the wires
until one burned in two, and then
fell forty feet. He is frightfully
burned.
After a broken engagement of seven
years Jay Armstrong of Denver, Col,
and Miss Lydia De Schmidt, daughter
Of A. B. De Schmidt, residing on a
nm hout milo cOI1th Of Ghnhovoap