The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-01-20

of $4,000 in the plant of the North
western Manufacturing company and
threatened the business section of the
city.
State Banking Commissioners Bergh
has issued a charter to the Farmers
State Bank of Sullivan, Jefferson coun-
ty The capital of the new bank is
$4,000
The supreme court in the case of
Emily Sturner VS.. Emile Weitmeyer
! decided that children of illegitimates
are blood relations of relatives of the
| illegitimate parents and can inherit
| property.
Martin Culberson, twenty years old,
| of Dubuque, was caught by Detective
Merrill in the act of burglarizing a
| residence at Prairie du Chen. He
pleaded guilty and will be sent to
Green Bay reformatory.
| :
Nicholas Yost, a retired business
man, and George A. Yost, clothing
merchant, father and son, were taken
| suddenly ill at La Crosse and died
| within few hours of each other with
| out either being aware that the other
was i'll.
| E. Olson, an employe Of the Hines
Lumber company, was severely in
| jured while telling tree near Camp
No 20 at Iron River. The injured man
has family in Sweden.
| Fire at PIainfield destroyed Merry
mans building in a long frame row,
! occupied by Ostrander as a saloon.
Loss, $4,000.
Axel Anderson, about twenty-four
| years old, employed at the loading
works of the Robbins Lumber com
pany at Rhinelander, had his skull
crushed by a pole while at work and
| died on the way to the hospital. He
had been with the company but two
weeks.
The Chicago & Northwestern rail-
way is making preparations to build a
large 100000 passenger depot at Fort
Atkinson. Plans have been drawn and
work of tearing down the old building
will commence soon. The coal sheds
and warehouses west of the tracks are
to be removed, and a large number of
new side tracks will be built.
After taking a systematic canvass of
the people in all the saloons and
churches of La Crosse at a certain
hour, the Rev J.. w. Irish, pastor of
the First Methodist church, has de-
clared that the people of this city are
twice as fond of liquor as they are of
religion. There were 1,O87 men in the
saloons at certain times on Sunday
and only 665 in the churches.
The Francis Beidler company OF
Chicago purchased the 1906 cut of lum-
Der of the two mills of the Hamilton
& Merryman company at Marinette.
The consideration was about $750,000,
and includes 35,000,000 feet of lumber,
100000 lath, 100000 shingles and
10000 pieces of ties. 1t is one of the
largest deals that will be made in ium-
Der circles this year.
Marinette parties have closed deal
for the purchase of several thousand
acres of coal and timber land in the
state of Washington. The estimated
value of the land is $10,000,0O0. The
deal was made for a consideration that
was small compared with the esti-
mated value Of the land. The land has
100000,000 feet of timber and eleven
prospective coal mines on it.
According to L. J. Bischel, an attor-
ney of Ladysmith, the contractors on
the Lake Superior & Southeastern and
the Owen & Northern railroads will
begin laying steel this week and will
push the work forward as rapidly as
possible. The two lines are part of
the Wisconsin Central's Head of the
Lakes line Ladysmith being the south
ern terminus of one and the northerN
terminus of the other.
: :
Mollie Richards, who disappeared
from Kenosha some four years ago,
has been located at Kansas City, Mo.
Miss Richards was supposed to have
eloped with Herman Reidenbach, a
well known Kenosha musician, who
was charged with DESERVING his wife
and family to marry the girl. Later
Mrs Reidenbach secured a divorce. It
is now formally announced that the
Richards girl and Reidenbach have
been married, and they are residing in
Missouri city.
The Waupaca police department are
greatly puzzled over some burglaries
which have been committed there
within the last three weeks. Several
suspects have been arrested and close
ly watched and search warrants issued,
but without avail. The burglars make
entrance nv c11ttino oft 2 small niece