The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-01-06

Pleasant Prairie, was held up and
robbed CT $50 in her home
The Plainfield house, the largest
hotel in that city, burned, the loss be-
ing $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Carl Schultz, aged seventy-five
years, a resident of Marinette county
for forty years, dropped dead while
going to church at Porterfield.
Joseph Yunck was brought to Fer
gus Falls from Bluffton on a charge of
elnbezzling school funds. A shortage
OF $500 is alleged in his accounts.
Holstein cattle from Wisconsin have
found a ready market in Mexico, &C
cording to l. c.. Stewart OF Iowa, who
is in Outgamie county, buying up all
he can procure.
The Kenosha council of the Knights
of Columbus has begun the work of
raising a fund for the erection of a
home for the order. 1t is planned that
the building will cost 100000.
Frank Hartman, a resident of the
town of Salem, Kenosha county, was
badly burned while impersonating
Santa Claus. A lamp exploded and
set fire to the fur coat he wore.
The saloon men at Oconto threaten
to close bakeries and all stores on
Sunday if Mayor Holt persists in en-
forcing the Sunday saloon law. Last
Sunday not drop of liquor was to be
bought in Oconto.
After battering in all the doors and
smashing in all the windows and max
ing murderous threats to those on the
inside, an unknown man made his es
cape at the home of Gustave White
foot before the arrival of the police.
Because he did not like his Christ.
mas presents, it is said that Henry
Schirr of Appleton started survival
Of the fittest experiment, but met with
overpowering resistance on the part
of his son, receiving a severe cash on
the head.
The Marinette chamber of com
merce has paid 100000 for the H. Viii,
beck company's property from the
funds obtained by the recent bond
sale by the city, and valuable water
frontage will be offered as bonuses for
incoming factories.
A man named August Brown was
brought to Fergus Falls from the vii
lage of Richvile and information OF
insanity was filed against him in the
probate court. He wished to become
barber and attempted to take forcl
Bile possession Of the Richville barber
shop.
Mrs. A. Heried, who owns large
farm between Edgerton and Stebbins
Vile, suffered a loss of forty head o.
cattle from tuberculosis. They were
condemned by the state veterinarian
killed, and the carcasses shipped tc
Milwaukee, where they were cremat
ed.
No business of Importance was
transacted in any of the annual meet
ings of the Marinette corporations
officers being reelected except the
filling of the vacancy created by the
death of Andrew C. Merryman. The
boom company reported a total OF logs
scaled of 100000 feet.
Mrs. Felix McSorley who died on
Christmas day, bequeathed to the 81
James church of La Crosse her resi-
dence property, valued at $4,000. The
gift is the largest made to any 81
James church in many years. Inc
property is considered one of the mos
valuable on the North side.
While skating on a Fond du Lac Ia
COON. Ben Makesxi, fourteen years old
was run down by an ice yacht and sus
tanned injuries of a serious nature
The owner Of the yacht, Roy Johnson
attempted to get around the lad, but
turned his boat in the same direction
as that taken by the boy in trying &c
get out of the way. The victims rlgn'
arm was broken and he was cut about
the head.
While coasting with her sister ano
another little girl, Grace Peterson, the
eight-year-old daughter Of Charles Pc
terson of the town of Union, ROCK
county, ran into fence post and re
ceived such injuries that she died i've
hours later. Her sister was slightly
bruised. The children were using a
sled for the first time which had been
a Christmas present.
Mrs. q. G. Simmons, Jr., the wife OF
the well-known Kenosha manutactur
err. who was injured in an automobile
accident on July 81 last, returned IRON
the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago
Mrs. Simmons looks the perfect PIC
ture of health, but has not yet regain
ed the use of her leg which was. DroK-
on in the accident She is forced TO
walk on crutches, and the doctors