The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-03
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An explosion at the smelter at Spring
Valley wrecked the plant and serious
| ly injured one workman
Miss Mabel Fletcher of Portage, a
teacher in the high school, will be
married to Fred S. Sheldon,
The Pewaukee creamery, owned by
A. B. Hoyt, was destroyed by fire, with
a loss Of $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
The Frederic improvement associa.
ton has appointed committee to or
ganize creamery to be located in the
village.
A number Of students at The univer-
sity interested in the profession of
| journalism will meet to organize uni.
versity press club.
The date for the trial of Wenzel E.
Kabat, the man accused of the muir
| der of Michael Mccarthy has been set
for March 6, at Appleton
The Frederic hoop mill has opened
mill of the kind in Polk county, and
| employs twenty-five men.
Joseph Needham, aged forty years,
formerly of Beloit, was killed by the
cars at Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he
worked in a railway yard.
The charges filed against Chief of
Police Pf1ster of Racine by Rev. A. G..
| Greer will be investigated by the po-
| lice and fire commission on March 3.
Rev. John S. Lowe, pastor of St.
Paul's Universalist church at La
| Crosse has declined call from the
| futile Memorial church of Minneapo-
| lis.
The Fond du Lac grand jury con-
vened to resume the investigation Of
city and county affairs, after weeks
vacation Only few witnesses were
called.
Fred Balch, until recently a promi-
nent young business man in Evansville,
has been adjudged insane by physi-
clans and committed to the asylum at
| Mendoza.
The Mitchell house at Plainfield,
one of the popular hotels in central
Wisconsin, has been sold to Horace
Hawkins of Colona, Waushara county,
for $4,000.
Andrew Oleson, a farmer, was found
unconscious in a room at the Fisher
| hotel at Kenosha. He was overcome
| by gas and was near to death when
| discovered.
The common council Of Beloit voted
a saloon license. on Fourth street in
the building occupied by the Knights
| of Columbus, and the members are
great Unlicensed.
Gen. Charles King of Milwaukee was
| the guest of honor at a dinner given
by the Mems club of the First Congre-
gational church at Kenosha. Covers
were laid for 200 guests.
A Beloit college student found guilty
of violating the honor system at the re-
cent examinations was fined SIS by the
| honor committee. The question will
not go before the faculty.
William Kindrick, colored, who was
arrested in Milwaukee on the charge
of stealing a watch from William F.
| Basch, has been bound over to the cir.
cult court at Fond du Lac.
The city council of Kenosha has Or
| dered the purchase of six voting ma
chimes and they will be installed in
the different voting places in the city
before the coming city election.
II fT7O NfT a
Wisconsin Library association opened
at Madison with 200 delegates present.
The meeting was in the nature of a
dedication of the $4,000 Carnegie Ii
brary.
Herbert Farr, aged forty years and
at one time a famous Beloit college
pitcher. met death in mine accident
at Angel point, Cal Deceased had
been a mining engineer for many
years.
At the first election of Waterford,
Racine county, as a village, William
Shenkenberg was elected president,
John T. Rice supervisor, William Car
penter treasurer and Henry Halbach
assessor.
Judge E. Ray Stevens Of Madison
will not try the case of Otto B. Schulz
against members of union labor orga-
nizations for $4,000 alleged damages
to his business. An affidavit of preju-
dice was filed.
John Blohm, ST., of Seymour, was
nearly decapitated while saving WOOD
with steam saw He slipped and fell,
and before his companions could reach
him the circular saw had nearly sew
cred his head. He died instantly.
Judge Stevens of Portage decided
the case of Eliza Merrill VS. E. S. Pur-
DIV and his wife, Helen M. Purdy, for
the defense The suit was to make
Mr.. and Mrs. Purdy Jointly responsible
for payment of $4,000 The court holds
Mrs. Purdy not responsible, because
she received no benefit to her sepa-
rate estate, although her signature is
on the note.
Chief of Police Cook of Marinette
confiscated an expensive slot machine
found operating in a saloon. Mayor