The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-24
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to minors,
Geraldine Flynn, aged six years, of
Ishpeming, Mich, burned to death
while playing with matches.
A non-partisan mass meeting at Ma
rinette decided to reform the city, es-
pecially relating to saloon laws.
Andrew Mortensen, a farmer, was
frozen to death on the lake near Cum
berland while walking to his home.
Julius Marse of New York city pur-
chased 2,100 cases of 1904 tobacco
crop at GAINESVILLE. The deal is esti-
mated at $4,000.
The manager of the Western Union
company at GAINESVILLE has been fined
$40 and costs for employing a messen-
ger under fourteen years of age.
Charles F. Frantz, manager Of the
A. Booth Packing company at Ash
land, is dead from peritonitis, follow
ing an operation for appendicitis two
weeks ago.
| The sawmill of Charles Olson 1T
Deer Lake was destroyed by fire.
There was quite stock of logs at the
mill, and the loss will be heavy, as
there is no insurance.
The J. I. Case Threshing Machine
company Of Racine will soon begin
the erection of a new Office building
at Minneapolis, Mimi, to cost between
$4,000 and 100000.
The Rev. John Mccoy, who recently
resigned the pastorate of the Apple
| ton Presbyterian church, has accept
ed a call from the First Presbyterian
church at Eau Claire.
W. S. Champney and E. S. Cook of
Cleveland, Ohio, are at Racine, closing
the deal for the purchase of the Ra-
cine Malleable and Wrought Iron com
pany plant at Lakeside.
All the ice in Green Bay north of
Menominee went out recently, and
with it went thousands of dollars
worth of nets belonging to Marinette
and Menominee fishermen.
GAINESVILLE tobacco dealers have
passed even more stringent resolu-
lions condemning the Philippine tariff
bill than the Madison meeting did
Several individuals may go to Wash
ingtop
There was a panic on a South Mil
waukee interurban electric car at the
Kinnicldnnic avenue crossing, when a
freight train backed into the car.
Women tainted, and two or three were
slightly hurt.
John Sickles and George Seymour
of De Pere pleaded guilty at Green
Bay to the charge of robbing North
western freight cars of meat and a
key of wine, and were sentenced to
the reformatory.
Positions on the police force of Ken
osha are going begging, and the mem
beers of the police and fire commits
sion have been forced to advertise
for men to make application for
places on the force.
Frank Jacobs was robbed at PeSh-
tigo by two men who attacked him
early in the evening. They held re-
volvers to his head while they took
$39 from his pockets, and then disap-
peared down an alley.
Chicago detectives are in Racine
looking for witnesses to the killing Of
Arthur Ritter, thirteen years old, at
Chicago by an automobile in charge of
Roscoe Pennock. 1t is said that two
leading society people were witnesses.
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tage has extended q call to the Rev.
II. F. Rockstroh of Nashotah to sue
coed DR.. A. P. Jones, who recently &C
cepted call to Trinity church at Bar
aboo.
The United States senate confirmed
the appointment of Allen Beggs as
postmaster at Hudson for another
term Mr.. Beggs has served for eight
years, and the office has attained an
excellent reputation for efficiency dur
ing his tenure.
An organization, including three
quarters of the school children in the
city, has been formed to clean up the
city at Sheboygan. At present the
children are cleaning up about their
own homes, but on a given day the
entire league will start at given
point ana practically sweep the city.
A somewhat peculiar state Of affairs
exists in Radisson and the town OF
Winter, which has resulted in the re-
fusal of citizens to pay their taxes,
Both of these towns are new, having
been created by the legislature of
year ago. The traasurers or the towns
are said to have failed to file proper
bonds with the county treasurer, and,
as a result, Sheriff Gylland obtained
from Judge Parish an injunction re-
straining them from collecting the
taxes. Treasurers Racette Of Winter
and McCluskey of Radisson retalliated
by obtaining an order forbidding the
sheriff to collect the taxes, and as
result none are being paid, citizens
fearing that they would have to pay
twice.
A fourteen-yearol boy, John Lasch-
niger, is under arrest at Sheboygan,
charged with holding up A. P. Rich
ards, business man of Randolph,
WIG ord relieving him of 81 200