Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-07
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receiver for L. Gilbertson of La Crosse,
who failed with $4,000 liabilities and
$4,000 assets.
William Taylor, the veteran door,
keeper at the circuit court at La
Crosse, has celebrated his one hun
dredth birthday.
A rock sturgeon weighing thirty-fve
pounds was landed at st. Croix Falls
by G. r. Graves Bass and pickerel
fishing is also excellent.
The five-year-old daughter of John
Leadholm Of Eau Claire, while pick
ing flowers, was struck by train near
Lake HALLS and soon died.
E. w. Bruce of Minneapolis has
taken up the task of reorganizing the
Hudson Cornet band, which went to
pieces a few weeks ago, with the de-
parture from Hudson of the former
leader.
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The forty-sixth annual commence
ment of the Kenosha high school was
held at the Rhode opera house there.
There were forty students graduated,
the largest class in the history of the
school
DR.. G. T. Dawley of New London,
who is charged with performing a
criminal operation on Lena Kluth, a
dressmaker, and who has been miss
ing, has returned and has been ar
rested and released under $4,000
bonds.
A vigorous protest is being made
against the action Of the Racine Coun-
ty Old Settlers society, to charge an
admission fee of ten cents to the
grounds. If it is carried out the opin-
ion prevails that the society will be
disrupted.
Judge Fruit in the La Cross circuit
court, has refused a new trial in the
case of Joseph Hayes against the Chi
cago Milwaukee & ST. Paul railway.
Hayes was awarded damages of So, 500
for the death Of his son in a railway
accident.
Unless the defective sewerage system
of the Racine county insane asylum is
quickly remedied, in functional suit
will soon be commenced by farmers
who own adjoining land 1t is claimed
that the sewage causes sickness among
the cattle.
A fourteen-year-o1 son Of Chris
Sorenson of Racine, climbed a tele-
phone pole and attempted to slide
down guy wire, but he lost his hold
and fell, breaking both arms at the
wrist, breaking his nose, and was in
jured internally.
The four ear-old son of Ole Lundly.
living six miles south of Amery, was
stepped on and almost instantly killed
by horse. The boy was playing
about the stall when in some way the
horse slipped and in getting up
stepped on the boys side.
The case of Christian Christianson,
who was injured in the 500 wreck re-
Gently, and later died in a st. Paul
hospital, has been settled at Osceola,
the 500 company paying his heirs ST.
000. Miss Mabel Montgomery received
$3.50 Several cases yet remain to be
settled
Postmaster Franc A. r. Van Meter
of New Richmond, is advised by Con-
gresham John J. Jenkins that st.
Croix county's promised system Of
rural free delivery of mails will be
started August Is. This will be COM
plete county system and the first in
this part of the state.
OmallpOX mas broken OUT among the
Indians at White Rapids, a small set
Element twelve miles northeast of
Wausaukee, where about forty Indians
make their home. Seventeen Indians
are down with the malady. They con-
tracted the disease from an Indian who
recently returned from one of the river
drives He left White Rapids several
days ago and is said to be visiting at
some of the nearby reservations.
Mrs. Ida Roosevelt of Eau Claire,
whose husband is said to be a first
cousin of the president of the United
States, has on exhibition here bottle
containing forty-fve pearls, all of
which she says she found in the Eau
Claire river. She declines to say at
what particular spot in the river she
found them. The pearls are all good
size and very beautiful in appearance
One of them appears to be of much
value, although it's exact worth has
not been ascertained.