Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-24
Wisconsin
News From
All Parts of
the State.
Badger
Briefs.

Danish Lutheran churches was held
at Racine last week
The county convention of the Wom-
ems Christian Temperance union was
held at Evansville last week.
The barn of George Sherwood, six
miles north of Edgerton, was struck
by lightning and burned to the
ground.
The residence of DR.. d. B. Terry of
Beaber Dam was burglarized recently
and a coat and vest and a valuable
gold watch stolen.
Nick Helm of Chiffon, aged seventy
years, was married a month ago to
woman much his junior and has now
filed an application for divorce.
Volmer & Below of Marshfield have
purchased about 100000 feet of
standing timber, located in the town
Of Edison, and will log it this winter.
Work has been commenced on the
new 100000 high school at Beloit.
The foundations will be laid this fall
and the building finished next year.
Everett Brown was drowned in
Lake Keesus, near Waukesha, follow
ing an attach of epilepsy which came
as Brown was standing in a rowboat,
Mrs Mary E. Tibbetts, aged seven
ty-six years, was assaulted at her
home in Eau Claire by man who is
said to have been drunk at the time.
John Donovan of Tomah was in
stantly killed while switching on
Milwaukee road train. His foot
caught in a frog and he was cut in
two.
John DEBORAH, son Of the late Jim
DEBORAH, chief of the Winnebago In
dams in Juneau county, died at his
wigwam on the Indian land Friday
night.
The state assessment, made public
by the tax commission, shows the val
lie Of all property in Wisconsin to be
S2,225, 100000, an increase of S131,-
100000 over last year
George Smith and Charles Culver
were caught under a heavy traction
engine as it crushed drought a bridge
four miles south of Spring Green and
were crushed to death.
William Murphy, an unknown
stranger identified by an employment
agency check from Chicago, was kill
ed on the Wisconsin Central, near
Grand Rapids, under circumstances in
dicating suicide.
An autopsy held on the remains of
the child who died at the w. G. T. U.
maternity home at Eau Claire, con-
vinced the examining physicians that
it died of starvation. No one has as
yet been prosecuted.
After working about in her garden
during the morning, Mrs. Josephine
Schenck of La Crosse, ninety-two
years old, went into the house to rest
and, sitting down in her customary
easy chair, expired.
Mrs. Adam Long, seventy-two years
old, a resident of Marshfield for near
ly thirty years, fell down stairs while
carrying a pail of water and ruptured
a blood vessel in her temple, death re-
sulting almost instantly.
Four strangers attempted to rob
Steve Quale, landlord of the CONNER
cial hotel at Hudson. Quale was
struck, but not seriously injured.
Quale knocked one down. Help ar
rived, and the four were jailed.
Harry Smith, thirteen years old, of
Chippewa Falls, playfully pointed
rifle at Hannah Jackson and the weap-
ON was unexpectedly discharged, the
bullet striking the girl in the Shout
der. The girl was quite badly wound
ed but her condition is not dangerous.
Rev. S. P. Spreng of Cleveland,
Ohio, editor of the Evangelical Mes
5enger, was elected bishop at the
Evangelical conference at Milwaukee.
5. c. Broyfogle of Reading, Pa, and
William Holm of Cleveland were re
elected bishops There were 125 votes
cast.
One of the big engines in the paper
mill of the Menasha Paper company
at Ladysmith was badly wrecked last
week. Fortunately no one was in
jured. The governor belt ran off, al
lowing the engine to attain great
speed and the big fly-wheel flew to
pieces
The Chippewa county American So
niety of Equity has decided to incor-
Dorate and build an elevator and ware
house at Chippewa Falls. Substations
will be provided in all parts of the
for the temporary storing of
farm produce, but the main station
will be in Chippewa Falls.
The Methodist congregation at
Knapp, at the eastern part of ST.
Croix county, has decided to abolish
the old custom of having ice cream
socials and similar functions to raise
money for the preachers salary. At
meeting in the church it was unanf
agreed that hereafter the
funds must be raised from other
sources.
City officials of La Crosse and Off
GERS of the 1908 German Saengerfest
are expected TO reacn compromise
following the refusal of the city to
)uild an auditorium. Some sort OF
suitable building is to be constructed
IN the fair grounds which will after.
ward serve as an exposition building.
Jacob Gerbovitz, who was tried at
xenosha in March for the attempted
murder of his wife, and sent to the
state hospital at Winnebago as in
sane. has been released by the off.
Gals of the institution as entirely