Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-18
BADGER BRIEFS.
Wisconsin News from All Parts
of tho State.

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| mosquito bite.
A proposition to bond Spooner for
$500 to extend the water works was
carried by vote of 80 to 81.
Miss Ruth MacCumber of Beloit.
aged twenty-five years, was drowned
in Lake Geneva while bathing.
The biennial convention of the state
council of the FraterDal Reserve asso-
citation will be held in Appleton ON
Sept. S.
; June Is to II are the dates fixed for
the annual reunion and convention of
the Wisconsin Kreiger verein, which
Is to assemble in Manitowoc next year.
Edward Knight, twelve years old,
was drowned while swimming in the
river at GAINESVILLE. He was washed
into deep water by passing steamers
wake.
BY falling off a freight train near
Woodville Fred Marsh, a brakeman
on the Omaha, was seriously injured.
His limbs were paralyzed by the
fall and he sustained painful injuries.
Formal notification of his election to
a fellowship at the University of Penn
sylvania has been received by Grover
Heubener of Manitowoc. Mr.. Heuben-
er is a graduate of the University of
Wisconsin.
James Oclaire. laborer of Mari
nette, suffered fractured skull by be-
ing struck by trolley car and thrown
twenty feet while he was working on
a pavement in Menomonie He is eX-
pected to die.
Charles Jackson was killed and
Louis Mueller badly injured near
Sweden The men were riding on a
railroad velocipede and were struck
by freight train which came upon
them suddenly.
Clan Saragusa and Clan Temma,
two of the twenty-one Italians charged
with the murder of John Isaac on
July IS, were taken from the Ellsworth
Jail to Hudson and placed in the st.
Croix county jail
While climbing down from hay
loft on his farm, Henry Davis of Down
ing fell upon a pitchfork, tie handle
of which penetrated his body to the
depth of eight inches. His condition
is considered serious
While arranging wires up in a tree
at Green Bay Edward Schumacher, an
employe of the Wisconsin Telephone
company, fell twenty-five feet, land
ing on his head and received serious
if not fatal injuries.
Visitors from all parts of the state
were in attendance at the picnic of the
employees of the Northern Wisconsin
division of the North Western road,
given in the grove in the companys
yards at North Fond du Lac.
Walter Lord, aged seventeen years,
was killed at the Pewabic mine. at
Iron Mountain, Mich, while working
in the rock pile. He was struck by a
tram car, which jumped the track on
the trestle above, knocking him down
the embankment.
Margaret Hoppe, two-year-old girl
home, found twO-ounce bottle OF
choral and drank more than half OF
the contents. She was unconscious
for more than four hours, but it is
thought that she will survive.
William Elser of townsville killed
his seven-year-o daughter by strik-
ing her over the head with gallon
Jug. He says he killed the child be-
cause the mother did not want 1t. Be-
fore killing the child Esler chased his
wife with an ak. Esler was arrested.
Despite petition with over 400 sig
natures, the addresses of two clergy
men who have their churches within
stones throw of the site, the COM
mon council has refused to deny Chas.
McDowner a saloon license in the
swell North side district Of Manito-
woo.
Richard Crandall. thirteen years
old, accidentally shot and probably
fatally wounded Edward Harvey, aged
eight years, at Kenosha. The Chan
dali boy was showing Harvey revol-
yer, when the weapon was discharged,
the charge tearing a great hole in the
younger boys face.
E. B. Simpson, material man for the
Columbia Improvement company, met
with a fatal accident at st. Croix Falls
by falling from the top Of the dam,
into No. gate slot opening to a solid
concrete floor below, a distance OF
thirty feet. He received internal in
iuries, which caused such a loss of
blood that he died.
In behalf of the state Gov. Davidson
has offered a reward of $500 for the
apprehension and conviction Of the
murderer of Joseph Banderheier, the
Madison jeweler, who was found killed
In the woods northwest of Madison
last week. The city has offered re-
ward of 5000 and the sheriff 500, max
ing total of 5000.
Stockholders of the big American
Skein and Foundry company near RAJ
o;no oIootnd +ho CANA directors as last