Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-13

the track between Altoona and Eau
Claire, was struck by train and in
stantly killed. His relatives are sup
posed to live at Montreal Canada.
William Grannis, who stabbed F.
Paris in the railway yards at La
Crosse in a quarrel over a can of beer,
pleaded guilty to assault with intent
to kill, and was sentenced to Waupun
for eighteen months.
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were brought into court to plead gull
ty to violations Of the pure food law
by selling impure pepper. The fines,
$25 and costs in each case, were paid
by Representatives of the Chicago
houses.
William Woodward, young bust
ness man of Pardeeville, is dead of
lockjaw. While assisting in placing
a pane of plate glass in the front of
his store building Woodward's hand
was cut. Blood poison ensued.
The Superior city assessor has COM
pleted the assessment rolls for the
coming year, and they show an in
crease of $1,2SO,000 over the assess
ment Of last year The total amount
for this year is $15,339,681. Of this
amount $13,200,961 is assessed against
the real estate, while $2,138,720 is
CT Tho Yoorcopo1 YrOnlrtv
To settle an argument as to the
relative efficiency of gas stoves, Mrs.
Michael Sandusky of Manitowoc con-
Quoted an expensive demonstration
for the benefit of neighbors. In ex-
planning the workings Of the stove
the women burned $500 in bills and
checks for $21C which she had hid
den in the oven and forgot to remove.
Fire at Ripon which started in the
store of William Meisenberg de-
stroyed the opera house, the MethO-
dist church and several smaller build
ings, the loss being $4,000 in all, half
of which is on the church and the
alter. The students of Ripon college
assisted the fire department and
stopped the spread of the fire to the
college buildings.
Little booty was obtained by
cracksmen who entered the general
store of w. G. Zachow & Co. at Cecil
60 of nj
was sleeping in room over the
store and was aroused by the noise
of the explosion. He crept down
stairs and fired one shot at the bur-
glars, frightening them away. They
took with them $245, all the money
the safe contained.
President Charles r. Van Hise of
Wisconsin university has proposed to
a gathering of freshmen and sopho-
more students that the system of haz-
ing be abolished and an orderly meth
cd of student discipline be substituted.
He suggested that all cases of ex-
treme freshness be reported to the
student advisory committee, a sub
committee of which would act as a
discipline board for freshmen and
sophomores.
The National Manufacturers Insur-
ance company elected the following
officers at GAINESVILLE: President, E.
J. Kress, Pittsburg; vice president,
B. F. Master, Chicago; secretary, H.
J. Cunningham, Janesville; treasurer,
A. E. Bingham, GAINESVILLE; directors,
j. P Hankey, Chicago; B. w Porter,
Greencastle, Mass; w. F. Brown,
Jersey City; George Kimball, James
vile.
The jury in the United States court
at La Crosse returned a special YER
dict in the case of Shea VS.. O'Shea
of Hammond, Ind, VS.. the City of La
Crosse, brought to recover $8,942.12
on sewer contract. The verdict
gives the plaintiffs $3,675 and allows
the city $1,000 as penalty against
the contractors, who were seven days
behind time in completing the con-
tract. The action was brought to re-
cover for the relaying of portion of
a sewer which had been damaged
J. Pearson, evidently a laboring
man, was found on the Omaha tracks
near Altoona in dying condition,
and expired few moments after be-
ing picked up. 1t is not known what
train struck him. He was not man
gled, but several Of his ribs were
crushed in, and there was long
cash in his head. It is supposed that
Pearson, who was somewhat deaf,
was walking along the track and did
not hear the noise of the approaching
train
The Superior city council in special
session voted down Mayor Linley's
proposed ordinance for the erection
of a municipal lighting plant. The
principal objection to it was due to
the fact that it provided for municipal
only and not commercial, and
that it provided for the putting on the
next tax lew of the amount npcaS-