Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
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All Parts of
the State.

Tenth Wisconsin Volunteer infantry
will be held at Tomah Oct. 10.
The fiftieth anniversary jubilee OF
ST. Patrick's church at Racine was at
tended by several thousand people.
Peter Erpelding Of Ell Paso, was
found dead in his blacksmith shop
Heart failure, induced by alcoholism
was the cause of death.
The city and school commissioners
of Amigo have completed arrange.
ments for day school for the deaf
which will be opened Sept. IL.
Mrs. M. G. Metzen, a nurse in the
county insane asylum at Jefferson, is
in a serious condition as a result OF
being attacked by a lunatic.
The sixteenth annual reunion Of the
Third Wisconsin Infantry Veteran as
sociation ('Hamilton's Badger BOys'')
will be held at GAINESVILLE on Sept. 1e
and 20.
Agents Of the state dairy and food
commission have arrested and con.
victed several Beloit milkmen for sell
ing milk below the required standard
of merit.
Mary Reithard, ten years of age
was struck by a south-bound North
western freight train at the Rapids
road at Racine, and she died shortly
after. She was deaf.
B. P. Allen of the Allen B. B. Z. Mill
ing company, San Jose, Cal, has pur-
chased the flour mills at Little Wolf
and will improve the property an6
enter into the manufacture of fou1
for Eastern trade.
w. w Dingee, mechanical engineer
of the J. I. Case company of Racine
since 1878, resigned, and will hereafter
make Chicago his home. Mr.. Dingee
is one of the best known mechanical
engineers in the state.
Fire destroyed the buildings on the
James Fallin farm in Eastman. The
| loss is $4,000. The charred bones OF
an unknown man were found in the
ruins, and it is believed that he start
ed the fire with his pipe.
St. James Catholic church of Wau
sau has just passed the first anniver-
sary of it's dedication. The congrega-
ton now owns approximately $4,000
worth of property with an incum
brance of less than $4,000
The Northwestern Produce. com
pany of Waupaca, composed of about
200 farmers, has purchased one of the
largest warehouses here and intends
| to ship and market it's own potatoes
instead of selling them to commission
men.
Efforts are being made to find some
trace Of Ivers Johnson Of Kenosha
who has been missing since last Sun
day. He left his home Sunday morn
ing, stating that he was going fishing
and this was the last seen or heard OF
| him.
Robert O'Connor, fourteen years old
of Racine, fell from a tree thirty feet
high. His spine was injured and whole
body paralyzed After being taken tc
hospital he sank into unconscious
ness, and it is not believed he can re-
cover.
More than 5000 people attended the
annual reunion of the Old Settlers
club Of Kenosha county at the club
grounds at Paddocks lake. The prin-
cipal speaker Of the day was the Rev.
J. L. Sizer, pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church at Bristol.
George Reynolds of Rice Lake, who
owns 1900 acres Of meadow lands, is
building dyke along the waters edge
to prevent the tract from being food
ed, and will start peppermint farm.
AS high as $3.50 has been realized
from the oil taken from an acre of the
plant.
The milk famine, which has caused
dealers at Sheboygan to raise the price
of the product, is growing worse and
the scarcity, if continued, will cause
another raise Agents from Elgin, Chi
cago and Milwaukee are in the coun-
try buying up the milk and cream
from the farmers, with the result that
the local supply has become short to
the point of absolute famine.
Clarence Hurtgen of Ell Paso is I'M
der arrest charged with brutally treat
ing small boy that he recently took
from a Milwaukee orphans home. The
boy is not over six years old, and pho
tOgraphs now in possession of the au-
thorities show his body to be a mass
of bruises. An agent Of the humane
society from Eau Claire declares it
the worst case he has ever known.
Warrants have been issued at Ken
osha for the arrest of J. w. Wade and
J. De FRANC, who are charged with the
robbery of John SZmmanski, Polish
saloonkeeper. Szmmanski reported to
the police that he was held up and
robbed just as he was leaving his sa-
loon at midnight last night. 1t is
thought that the two men were Joking,
but the saloon man refused to accept
it that way, and swore out warrant
for their arrest