The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-17
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| Hans Jensen of Brookville is in a
hopeless condition from blood poison
ling following a cut in his hand.
Gilbert King of Waupaca, who es-
lIcaped from Sheriff Hess, was recap
ltured by the marshal at Weyauwega.
| River Falls will submit the question
of municipal ownership Of the electric
and water plants to the voters this
|spring.
| Four horses and large amount of
farm produce were burned in the de-
struction of barn by fire on the Al
fred Mexican farm near Beloit.
Carl Stewart of GAINESVILLE, who was
injured in a log jam near Cameron
Junction three weeks ago, died in the
Sacred Heart hospital at Eau Claire.
District Attorney Otto Bosshard
Aid Harry Palmer and other pedes-
|trians were attacked by a mad dog at
La Crosse The dog was corralled and
killed
Willie Matson of Leon, Monroe
county, was killed at Shepards, five
miles below Black River Falls, by an
Omaha train, while sleeping on the
railroad track.
:
Journeymen plumbers OF Racine
have served notice that beginning On
April / they will demand 81 per day
instead of $3.50, eight hours to con-
stitute days work.
Louis Benedict, molder at the Belle
City Malleable Iron company, Racine,
crisp, molten iron from ladle acct
|dentally being poured into his shoe.
G. A. Sterling, proprietor Of the Ho-
tel Law at La Crosse, was fined for
permitting the buffet in his hotel to
run after midnight. The city authori-
ties have started a crusade against the
saloons.
:
/ AS the result of Secretary Houser's
decision that fairs cannot get state re-
lief on special attractions, the La
Crosse county fair at West Salem will
lose $1,000, putting it $4,000 in debt.
officers of the fair say it probably will
be abandoned.
The Fond du Lac county board has
awarded the contract for remodeling
the county jail to the Champion Iron
works of Kenton, Ohio, for $13,16O.
All of the old iron cells will be torn
out and there will be two tiers of mod
ern steel cells.
In the circuit court at Racine there
was a hearing on an application sign
ed by 100 residents of Dover and
Rochester for the organization of a
drainage district, to finish system
commenced fifteen years ago, when
Wind Lake canal was started.
The Fond du Lac gland jury is APP
parently still working on the investiga-
ton of the affairs at the county in
sane asylum. An expert Milwaukee
accountant has gone over all the books
and papers of that institution, and he
was in the grand jury room for several
hours.
A rumor is current in cities near
Ripon that some of Ripon's scarlet fe-
yer cases have been diagnosed by out
side physicians as diphtheria. DR.. M.
E. Corbett of Oshkosh, who was in con
sultation with Ripon physicians, how
ever, says he found no indications
whatever of diphtheria.
Peter Brazil, farmer residing about
three miles north of Waupun, narrow
ly escaped being burned alive in his
burning barn. He tried to free the
stock and the roof fell in, covering
him with the burning debris. Mr.. Bra
I'll managed to eXtrjcate himself, but
was badly burned and is in a precari-
Gus condition.
Bids were received by the Racine
board of public works for the building
of a new swing bridge as follows
Strobel Steel Construction company,
Chicago, $72. 800; Modern Steel Struc-
tural company, Waullesha, $4,000; Ed
ward Gillen Dock and Dredge COM
pany, Racine, $70,852; American
Bridge company, New York, $71,650;
Milwaukee Bridge company, $69,800.
The structure must be completed in
225 days.
/: :
Plans are rapidly maturing for the
the formation of university club at
Madison The matter was preached by
President Van Hise some days ago,
and things are moving rapidly. It is
expected that the club will include fac
ulty men and Madison alumni of the
university 1t is proposed to purchase
some property to build a clubhouse,
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