Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-19
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"a Crosse has been elected president
# the La Crosse County Medical So
ciety.
La Crosse police are trying to find
The firebug who in two succeeding
nights fired barns, causing a loss of
$4,000.
Henry Hanson, a blacksmith, drank
carbolic acid at Eau Claire, presuma-
bly, installing it for something else,
and died.
P. J. Hoffman of Black River Falls
was struck in the eye by flying piece
of steel while drilling rock, and may
lose the sight of the eye.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hoffman of Black
River Falls lost all their valuables, in
Guiding a sum of money, and barely
escaped with their lives, when fire de-
stroyed their home.
Congressman John j. Esch writes
friends in La Crosse that he expects
the early passage Of his bill appropri-
ating $4,000 for a large addition to
the La Crosse postoffice building.
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Through the accidental discharge of
shotgun Mrs. A. H. Button of the
town of Buena Vista was instantly
killed by her husband, who was just
leaving the house in quest of game
Mrs. Gerry Emerson of the town of
Stanton claims to own a hen which
lays larger eggs than any other hen in
America. This hen lays eggs which
measure nine inches on the maximum
circumference and seven inches on the
minimum and weigh little over one
quarter of pound each.
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Gov. Davidson has offered a reward
of $500 for the arrest and conviction Of
John Baker, who is charged with the
murder of Eugene Courtney, near
Waukesha. Courtney was murdered in
a brutal manner in his barn few
days ago. Baker, who formerly work
ed for Courtney, has disappeared
Gustav Asp, aged eighteen years, re-
siding near Chaseburg, was fatally
injured by the discharge of a shotgun.
The boy was preparing to go hunting
and was leaving the house when the
gun he carried caught on the screen
door in such manner that it was
discharged, the shot entering his head
above the eye.
A Frenchman named Wheeler got
on a spree at Almena and hauled down
an American flag flying from the flag
staff of the Almena hotel and run up a
miniature French flag in it's place. He
was promptly knocked down by Emil
Meskow, a German, who replaced the
Stars and Stripes. Meskow has been
over but a short time.
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Hudson is likely to be without a
mayor until the spring election. The
death of Mayor Mcguire has made that
office vacant, and up to the present
time no petitions have been filed to
place any one in nomination. The
council recently met but failed to or
der a special election owing to the
fact that no petitions were filed
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Emil Erickson was caught in the
shafting in the basement of SCOTS
Touring mill at Prairie Farm and was
literally torn to pieces. He was in
the mill alone at the time, and it is
supposed he went to the basement to
adjust a belt, and in doing so was
caught in the shaft. His body was
found wound on the shaft.
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Equipped with Masonic, Elk, K. of P.
and Woodmen emblems, William A.
Martin, claiming to live in Plttsburg,
was arrested at La Crosse for obtain
ing money under false pretenses. 1t
is claimed there that he has worked
the game in nearly all the larger cities
of the Northwest. He was given forty
five days in the county jail.
George Russell, aged fifteen years,
rescued Lille Pooler and Oscar Peter
son from drowning in a pond near
Albertville, where they were skating.
Lille first broke through the ice, and
when Oscar tried to rescue her, he,
too, fell in. When George arrived Os-
car was unconscious and Lille was
going down for the third time
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The loss of many chickens in the
south end of Menomonie prompted an
investigation by Chief of Police Tile
son. He raided a hut built by boys
for a rendezvous and found it packed
with youngsters--some with guns and
others playing cards. The place was
promptly cleared and a check will be
placed upon the future Indulgence of
Wild West tendencies on the part of
the lads.
Max Millimore, law student at the
University of Wisconsin, was fined $50
and costs in the municipal court at
Madison for assault upon R. E. knott,
local newspaper man. Millimore was
expelled from the university because
Of his conviction in court.
Evidently the committee on police
believes that Chief of Police John
Weber of La Crosse is well worth his
salary, for it has turned down rec
ommendation of the police and fire
commission that the pay Of the Office
be cut from $4,000 to $1,000 per year.