Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-11-14

mofed that prospecting for iron will
be carried on.
The Young Peoples Guild of Grace
Episcopal Church of Menomonie has
let the contract for building an enter
tainment hall in connection with the
church, to cost $1,000 Construction
already has been begun.
Max Reinholdt, former supervisor
from the Nineteenth ward of Milwau
accepting bride of $50 in connection
with a county hospital contract sever
al years ago. He was fined 5000.
Jarvis Willett, a pioneer aged sixty
three years, dropped dead at Fox Lake
while taking from lis wagon some
wire fencing whiC boys as Hal
loween prank had placed there. Heart
trouble was the cause of death.
Homer French, manager of a hard
ware store at Milton, who mysterious
ly disappeared week ago, has written
his wife that he would drown himself
in Lake Michigan. A search for the
man has been started. He is believed
still to be alive.
Edward l.. Bump, better known as
Judge" a pioneer resident of the
town of Mcmillan, died at st. Joseph's
hospital in Marshfield. He was seven
ty years old, and last week was taken
with an illness which rapidly devel-
oped into lockjaw.
Carriagemakers, blacksmiths and
machinists of Menomonie have raised
prices on all kinds of repair work to
correspond with the increased prices
of material and labor. The Menomo-
ME BARRIERS association has raised the
price of shaving from 10 to Is cents.
An Internal machine was discovered
by Walker Russell at his home in
Eau Claire. Mr.. Russell is chair
manufacturer and it is not known who
attempted to take his life. The police
are sparing no efforts to run down the
guilty person.
A wreck at Bridgeport on the Mil
waukee road ditched six cars and
smashed into two warehouses, demol-
ishing them. John Schwartz, who
stood on the depot platform jumped
into the Wisconsin river, followed by
two cars. but he was rescued uninjur
ed.
Because William Belle of Grand
Chute pointed revolver at three boys
who were tearing down his fence Ill
the country Halloween night he was
fined 81 and costs in the municipal
court at Appleton. The year before
the same boys ran off with his barn
door
Official notice was sent out by the
J. |. Case Threshing Machine company
that the big plant at Racine, which has
been closed for a month, will reopen at
once with a full force of men. The
shops will operate all winter, says the
notice, and 1000 men will be given
employment.
Judge Jenkins, in the municipal
court at Chippewa Falls, declared IL
legal the city ordinance providing for
the payment of So per day by persons
who carried on the business of ped
ding or canvassing in the city. He
took as his ground that the provisions
of the ordinance were excessive and
prohibitory.
The Pittsburg Coal company has let
contracts to the Barnett-RecOrd COON
pany and the Great Lakes Dredging
company for work on it's big coal dock
at Allouez bay, Superior, preparatory
to the enlargement and rebuilding OF
that structure. A total of 100000 will
be expended. Complete new steel MAJ
chinery is to be one of the improve.
ments
A convention Of Dunn county school
boards will be held in MenOmOnie Nov.
20 at which school matters of the coun'
ty will be considered. l.. w. Wood.
state inspector of rural schools, will
deliver an address at the meeting.
There are 500 members of school,
boards in the county, nearly all of
whom have signified their intention to
attend this convention
Principal James A. Wilson of the,
Dunn county school of agriculture has
received a letter from State Superin>
tendent C. p. Cary officially indorsing1
the creamery recently established in
connection with the school, which has
aroused so much bitter opposition
among some of the county creamery
men. He says the creamery should be
continued to make the school work
more effective.
One man dead and one dangerously
i'll in a Milwaukee hospital from taKN
ing care of a sick horse has resulted
in State Veterinarian David Roberts
making an investigation on the Ryan
farm near Richland Center, where he
found CHAMBERS in pronounced form
and ordered four horses killed immedl1
ately and quarantine of 100 days put
on the animals in the entire neighbor~
hood.
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