Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-24

of supervisors.
John Chamberlain, brakeman, was
run over by the engine on the Foster
Latimer log road, near Mellen, and his
leg was broken.
Burglars pried~open the rear door to
a saloon at Eleva blew the safe with
nitroglycerin and secured money
amounting to more than $500.
Henry III. Shufeldt, seventy-two
years old and millionaire, died at
Oconomowoc at his country residence.
Mr. Shufeldt was one of the best
known and richest distiller sin the
country.
Quite a large number of the follow
ers of the religion known as the So
ciety of the Behaists gathered in Ke-
nosha to celebrate the anniversary OF
the birth of the Beha Ullah, "the Man
Hesitation"
A party of eighteen Japanese from
San Francisco has arrived in Bay
City. 1t is their intention to make
the place a summer resort. They pro-
pose to have a large colony of Japan
csc settle there.
The left hand of the seven-year-old
son of John Solmon, at Turtle Creek,
hoI mo 01nJ q G Tho rnSn1t Of the
explosion of a dynamite cap. The
boy found the cap and undertook to
drive a nail into it.
One of the large interurban cars OF
the Milwaukee Electric Railway and
Light company left the track at the
Durand curve, south of Racine. NO
one was seriously injured, and the
damage was slight.
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It was announced at the opening or
the fall term of the circuit court at
Racine that the breach of promise case
of Mary Howarth against James
Birchell would not be tried, settle
ment having been decided. upon.
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Humane AGENT Wilkie was in APP
pleton recently and ordered the dea-
cons of the Methodist church to see
to it that every hitching post around
the edifice be removed before the cold
weather sets in. A complaint has
been made that worshippers frequently
left their horses tied for hours on cold
Sundays.
The Steel Ball company, which has
been brought into the examination OF
the failure of the Milwaukee Avenue
bank in Chicago, is a Wisconsin COM
pany. 1t was organized at Kenosha IN
the fall of 1897 with capital stock OF
100000. The incorpOratOrs were all
Kenosha men, but it is said the COM
pany never did any business in Re
noSha.
John Scholtz was accidentally snot
while hunting in Stankey valley near
Chippewa Falls. He was standing on
a log and at the same time his gun
was resting with the breech On the
log. In some manner the gun slipped
off the log and the hammer struck an
obstruction, discharging it. Mr.. Scnoltz
was hit in the left side and he is IN a
critical condition.
No efforts will be spared to find the
men who blew up the dredging ma
chine few miles east of Black River
Falls. 1t is reported that a gooo
clew has been found and that arrests
NAV follow very soon. Some OF the
farmers through whose land the ditch
will run say the cost will be so heavy
that it will be impossible for them to
stand their share of the taxes.
Matt Fargo. who has probably spent
more time in the Fond du Lac county
iail than any other man, the sherlf
alone excepted, has had anotner honor
thrust upon him. He is the f1rst Inah
to occupy cell in the new jail, winch
was recently completed Fargo en-
loved the first ride in Fond du Lac
natrol wagon years ago, but now walks
to the Jail unaccompanled ny al VI
icer. after receiving his sentence.
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Through the efforts of Congressman
John J. Jenkins of Chippewa Fails the
nostoffice department has sent TOUR
nostoffice inspectors into the eleVenCS
congressional district to organize coun-
tv rural mail systems. The 1olloWlns
are the inspectors and the counties ID
which they are working: 5. A. MIC
Swain, Chippewa county; Chauncy p
Welton, Pierce county; William EScll'
Washburn county; H. J. Ormsby, Dunn
county.
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At the hearing before the state tax
commission at Madison Judge George
H. Noyes, appearing for the North'
western Mutual Life Insurance COIN
nanv. denounced the Wisconsin lnsur'
ance law of 1905 as leading to retaila-
tory laws in other states. He declared