Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-09
BADGER BRIEFS.
Wisconsin News from All Parts
of the State.

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Miss Nav Douglas of Winona, Mimi,
a senior in the University of W1scon-
sin, died at Madison as the result OF
q fail from fire escape.
John Downs, until recently employed
in a GAINESVILLE greenhouse, has been
sent to Switzerland to search for rare
bulbs for the American market.
Mrs. George Brink of GAINESVILLE mis-
took a can of gasoline for kerosene.
The can exploded, burning her so Sc
vereIy that she will probably die.
While hunting ducks near Prescott
William Harwell was accidentally
shot and seriously injured. He is ID
a critical condition, but may recover.
City Fire Marshal Henry G. Klein of
GAINESVILLE stole a march upon his
friends, and was united in marriage
to Miss Vina Kerben in Woodstock,
ILL.,
After rescuing two boys who had
fallen into the Pecatonic ariver at
Darlington, Will Riley, a printer, be-
came exhausted, and the third boy was
drowned.
Mai. William Gillette, aged siXty-nine
years, a veteran of the Civil war, died
at Madison He was a famous f1fer
and frequently enliyened old soldiers
reunions
Mrs August Ringing, mother OF
the Ringing brothers, was stricken
with paralysis while entertaining
friends at supper at Baraboo, and ex-
pired soon after.
Rev. Cornelius Hill, an old Oneida
Indian sachem, is dead on the reserva-
ton at Green Bay, at the age of seven
ty-fve years. He was the oldest OF
the Oneida Indian chiefs.
The Eau Claire Commercial situation
appointed a committee to investigate
and report on freight rates affecting
Eau Claire, with a view to securing
better rates from Eastern points.
Rushing up stairs in a burning farm
house near Appleton to save the pic
ture of his dead mother, Perley Baker
was carried down by the falling in of
the burning roof and was cremated.
Jacob Garner, a former emplOye of
the Laf1in-Rand Powder company in
the town of Pleasant Prairie, was
killed in the explosion of the mill
owned by the same company at Fon-
tainet, Ind.
Gov. Davidson has reappointed Mag
aus Swenson Of Madison member Of
he board of regents of the university.
He also appointed Former Attorney
General L. NJ Sturdevant, state claim
agent. Mr.. Sturdevant succeeds Judge
H. S. Comstock, who resigned last
September.
A. L. Seager died suddenly at Maus-
ton while joking with his family. Apo
plexy was the cause of his death Mr.
Seager was sixty-two years of age. At
the time of his death Mr. Seager
weighed over 800 pounds, and it is
thought that this fatty condition had
affected his heart
John F. Dietz. the alleged outlaw of
Camden dam, has proved himself a
very good hunter. He has shot a
number of wolves and other bounty
animals this winter. The most valua-
bic animal to fall before his rife was
silver gray fox The fur of this
species OF fox is valuable, being listed
at from $3.50 to $500.
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The car shortage is causing famine
in ice which promises to have a serious
effect over a large section of country
next summer On the Mississippi river
between La Crosse and Lake Pepin,
millions of tons of ice are harvested
each winter to supply half a dozen
Northwestern and Middle states This
year the dealers are unable to get cars,
and, as there are not sufficient storage
facilities on the ground, the harvesting
. Of ice for shipment has stopped.
G. M. Clawater of Viroqua has
brought suit in the circuit court
against Chief Of Police Hugh H. Byrne
of La Crosse for $4,000 damages, al
Ieging false Imprisonment Clawater
drew a check for $50 on the Vernon
County bank and cashed it. Later the
payer, becoming alarmed, notified Chief
Byrne, who is alleged to have held
ClawaIer in Jail for thirty-eight hours
The check was not presented to the
bank, but the officers informed the DO
lice over the telephone that Clawate1
had no deposit. Later the cashier an
nOunced that the check would have
been paid if presented.
Coroner Jonas HOyle of Racine held
an inquest in the case of Miss MagnelC
Sengrud, whose funeral was stopped
on a complaint made by her brother tc