The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-07
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keaton, succeeding A. A. Cramer, who
has resigned.
Congressman H A. Cooper has ac-
copied an invitation to deliver an adj
dress at the graduation exercises OF
Milton college in June.
The Racine police have been asked
to locate Miss T. Lyons, aged sixteen
years, and ]. Flint, twenty-one years
old, who left Delayan together recent
~.
While showing his mother AN old
shotgun he had found, Clayton Nc
Knit of Jordan Prairie shot her in the
face, infiicting wounds from which she
may die.
Nicholas Maher, a farmer near
GAINESVILLE, has received word that he
is heir to 100000, left him by an uncle
he had never seen who died recently
ter share in the estate.
f. c. Johnson, a Milwaukee travel
ing man, died suddenly at GAINESVILLE
| hotel of acute pneumonia after an ill
ness of half an hour. Johnson was in
iured in a runaway last week and left
hthe hospital on Monday, but took cold,
Rock River is to have a colony OF
households. George Mickey and others
last year perfected a wheeled transfer
| for carrying launches around Indian
Ford dam to Lake Koshhonong. This
road will be used for the households
| also.
Aid. Becker has received letters OF
congratulation from numerous points
in the state One letter came from G.
| J. Becker of Detroit, no relation to the
candidate, and others have come from
| w. H. Andrae, II. J. Brogeman and r.
P. Kruger.
The Chicago & Milwaukee Electric
| Railway company has completed the
work of securing right OF way
through Kenosha county. All but four
farmers settled with the company out
of court, and these four received dam
ages to the amount of 1920.
Beloit college closed for the spring
vacation and the musical clubs started
on their annual tour. Concerts will be
given at Lake Geneva, Lancaster and
Dodgeville, Wis, and Aurora, Oak
Park and Hinsdale, III. Hereafter the
tour will be during the winter holiday
Vacation.
A floating brodge at Kimberly, built
by the Kimberly & Clark Paper com
pany last fall after working two
months to get permission from the
state. legislature to- build across the
Fox river, gave way under the heavy
strain of ice and water and four men
narrowly escaped drowning.
| Fred Augusteen, a Russian labOrer
in the town of Pleasant Prairie, has
| growing on his body skin taken from
more than forty of his fellow men. The
man was terribly burned in a powder
mill fire some time ago, and the ply
sicians have been forced to grating
of skin to save his life.
E. r. Mcintyre, wanted at Marinette
on charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses, $3.50 being involved,
was arrested at Green Bay by the local
|
He recently settled one case when ac-
cused by a girl, who swore that she
had given him her money under his
promise to marry her.
Father Hearst, rector of st. Marks
Episcopal church of Waupaca, has cir
culated a petition among the business
men and saloonkeepers of the city TO
close all stores and saloons on Good
Friday next and have q dry Friday.
The petition has been signed by al
most every business man. The church
es will hold Good Friday services.
| The Mitchell & Lewis company Of
Racine, the largest wagon manufacture
ers in the country, have ordered plans
for an immense new factory building.
It will be five stories high, of brick
and steel, 251 feet long and 100 feet
wide, and cost between 100000 and
| 100000. The improvement will in
crease the output from 5000 to 5000
wagons.
James McCreary of Appleton was
| arrested at Neenah after long chase
by Officer Sefenski, who was assaulted
| by McCreary, but pluckily ran down
his man McCreary is wanted at Me-
nasha for completely in the robbery OF
the John Schneider store three years
ago; at Oshkosh for participation in
the holdup at the old Mamie Seymour
| resort last fall, and at New London for
| breaking Jail.
Two house boats for GAINESVILLE peO-
ple are being built for use on the Rock
river at GAINESVILLE. This will be the
| initial house boat colony on the riv-
err The Indian Ford Transportation
company, of which George Mickey OF
GAINESVILLE is president, will begin
work at once to make their tracks
ready around Indian Ford dam so that
launches and house boats on the river
can be taken through to Lake Kosh-
gonong.
Leon Piper, aged fifty-two years,
applied for special permit a. the
county judges office at Manitowoc to
marry a twelve-year-old Cato girl. Fl
ner was refused the license first at