Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-03
BADGER BRIEFS.
Wisconsin News from All Parts
OF the State.

w dAIcT SCOLtI TREAT NOrJn0TU
fireman. was scalded to death In a
wreck on that road near Boylston.
William Gust, whose home is at
Fern, was killed by lightning while
seated in q school house near that
place.
Mrs. Naomi o. Croker, a well
known La Crosse woman, was run
down by an automobile. Her injuries
proved trifling.
Alexander Kuz, a Russian, was run
down by an Omaha locomotive in the
freight yards in New Richmond, and
instantly killed The remains were
frightfully mangled.
An epidemic of rabies prevails in
Madison. The board of health will
order the muzzling of all dogs. Mar
garet Coniff, fourteen years old, was
bitten by mad dog.
Rev. Henry Burns of the First Pres
| byterian Church of Albert Lea, Mimi,
has changed denominations to accept
call to the First Holland Reformed
church at Milwaukee.
On Oct - the GAINESVILLE chapter of
the Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton will entertain members of the
Rockford chapter at the home of Mrs.
M. G. Jeffris in GAINESVILLE.
William Larson, contractor and fore
man of construction crew ON the
| Wisconsin & Northern railway south
of Crandon, died as a result of drink
ing wood alcohol by mistake.
George Mayer an exsoldier who
stole a roll of money from a jewelers.
counter several weeks ago, pleaded
guilty at Eau Claire and was sentenced
to six months in the county Jail.
The business done through the post
Office at Burlington is sufficient to en-
title the city to a mail delivery, and
Postofice Inspector Ralph w. Bird is
making arrangements to that end
After stealing a tray of knives while
girl clerk was watching him, and
running from the store, John Clark
was arrested at La Crosse and SEN
fenced to the work house for larceny.
Because of the large number of va
grants and hobos that is now annoying
the people of Grand Rapids and Ne
koosa the county authorities have been
asked to establish county work
| house.
J. Boeiter is suing Anton Koket,
both of Laona, to recover SIS which
he alleges is due him for procuring a
wife for Koket. Boelter asserted that
he induced an Amigo widow to marry
Koket.
Richard O,Brien, known in criminal
circles as "Reddy" O'Brien, was SEN
fenced to states prison at Waupun for
two and half years for burglarizing
the saloon of G. A Meyer in Madison
| last fall.
The barn Of Hans Hansen of Brill
ion was struck by lightning and burn
ed, together with the seasons crop of
grain and hay. Lightning killed a
blooded cow on the farm Of John
| Kleiber.
Theodore Wietzorice of Milwaukee,
aged twenty-one years, was found
dead in tent on a farm near Oxford
vile. He asked permission Of farm
sr to put up tent, and was later found
dead in it.
F. ]. Mclean, G.. J. Borum and G.. r.
BOrum of Barron, and G. E. Scott of
Prairie Farm have secured charter
to operate the State Bank Of Prairie
Farm, in the village of Prairie Farm.
The capital is 10000
The receipts of the insurance de-
partment of Wisconsin are more than
$40, 900 this year in excess of the great
est sum ever before taken in in a
single year. Up to date the receipts
for 1907 have been 1861, 1929.
William E. Williams, scion of a
we'll known Chicago family, was SEN
fenced to a year In the state prison at
Waupun after he had entered plea of
guilty to the charge of having obtain
ed $50 under false pretenses from q.
G. Simmons, the we'll known Kenosha
philanthropist.
Safeblowers robbed the postoffice
and feed mill Mt the village of Mindora,
escaping with 5000 in money and jew
elry and leaving no clue as to their
identity The postoffice safe, located
in one end of the general store of F.
J. Rutland, postmaster, was dynamited,
the frst charge being of such strength
as to blow out the entire end Of the
building. From this store $170 worth
of jewelry was taken.
After suffering in terrible agony for
thirty-six hours, Carl Knoll died at his
home In Deer Park as the result of a
gunshot wound inflicted through the
accidental discharge of gun in the
hands Of one of his companions, Thorn
as Lamb. The boys were out hunting
on Sunday and were trying some ex-
periments with Lambs gun, which
was not thought to be loaded. The
gun was discharged and young Knoll
fatally wounded.
Nose Kitson, a half-breed from the
Stockbridge Indian reservation, was
sentenced at Shawano to serve term
of three years in the state prison. He
was charged with having committed
an assault upon crippled white girl
and pleaded guilty.
The second week in October has
been set aside as park week at Grand
Rapids. One year ago Grand Rapids
was without park. but. owing TO the
efforts of the Federation of Women's
climbs two marks have been completed