The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-06-02
BADGER BRIEFS.
Wisconsin News from All Parts
of the State.


Capt. Archibald Clark, seventy-seven
years old, suddenly became insane at
Racine.
Robbers forced an entrance to the
Carnegie library building at Manitowoc
and secured Sc.
Harry H. Creswell, a law graduate of
the University of Minnesota, has
opened an Office at Prescott.
The town hall at Holmen was de-
stroyed by fire. The origin is not
known. Loss partly covered by insur-
ance.
G. F. LOOMS, superintendent OF
schools at Waupun, has been elected to
a similar position in the schools OF
Oconto.
Mayor Minahan of Green Bay has
ordered all cigar slot machines taken
out and has prohibited shaking dice
for cigars.
Representatives of the United States
Fuel company OF Chicago are making
an investigation of the peat field in
the western part Of Racine county.
Sunday baseball was the topic for
sermons in four GAINESVILLE churches on
Sunday while six local teams were
playing ball in different portions of the
city.
John Beck, Kaukana teamster, was
thrown violently from his seat on the
high tank of the city water wagon IN
runaway. Both of his legs were
broken.
Gov Davidson has refused to pardon
Edward Ontko, Racine, who broke into
cars of the Chicago & Northwestern
railway, securing several tons or
freight
The state fish commission is intro
ducing m uskellunge into Southern
Wisconsin. Supt James Nevin has
planted 10000 muskellunge fry in Lake
Mendoza.
James Quin, fourteen years old, son
of Mrs. Catherine Quin, drowned in the
Pecatonica river at Darlington. While
wading with other boys he got beyond
his depth.
Malcolm G. Jeffris of GAINESVILLE has
ben named by the Manitowoc Water
works company to represent it in the
appraisement of the plant by the city
for purchase.
Adrian Tilton, a painter Of Fond du
Lac, suffered the loss of both feet by
being run over by a Northwestern
train. He was crossing the tracks ana
did not see the train.
One of the features of Kemper hall
graduation at Kenosha this year Will
be the presentation of Sophocles' Greek
play "Antigone," under the direction
of Miss Ryan, the English teacher.
J. o. Anders, for years a leading
figure in the lumber industry at La
Crosse. died of heart failure at Hood
River, Ore, aged fifty. The funeral
will be held at Onalaska, Wis, his for
mer home.
Charles Flick, a mail carrier at
'Wrightstown, was struck and killed by
a Northwestern train while attempting
to transfer a pouch to mail car He
was seventy-seven years of age.
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Cutting of classes at the University
of Wisconsin seems to be meeting with
more disfavor now than ever before,
and some rigorous measures are 10 De
used to prevent it in the future.
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The strike of the mill operatives at
Weston, Dunn county, for a ten-hour
day and wages to be paid in cash has
been granted, but the extra hours pay
has been deducted from the former
scale.
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Bohemian societies of Manitowoc,
which organized a federation a year
ago. will gather at Manitowoc on Sum
day, June 8, for picnic and conVen-
ton. Twenty societies with more than
a thousand members will attend.
The Cumberland Telephone COM
pany has commenced the construction
of rural telephone lines from it's local
exchange. The first line was run out
Saturday. and will extend six miles
east of the city. Later on other lines
will be built.
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Alleging that the water works COM
pany has not been giving service &C
cording to its franchise Mayor Henry
Stole of Manitowoc has vetoed the
allowance of a bill for city water serv-
ice of s2,84O.23, which is portion or
the whole bill rendered.
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The state Sunday school convention
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