Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-09-19
NORTH WISCONSIN NEWS ITEMS

The Langlade County Fair is to
be held at Amigo next week.
Eau Claire is to have public park
extending along the Chippewa river.
John S. Owen is to help furnish the
necessary funds.
Mrs. Conrad Seyberth, wife of a
butcher at Eau Claire, committed
suicide Friday, Sept. 6, by shooting
herself at her home.
George c. Bowen, time keeper / r
a construction gang, as killed
| Thursday evening half mile west
of his home at Fall Greek by a pass
enger train.
Work on the new gas plant at
Rhinelander has begun The con-
tract has been let to Warren & Pet
tigrew and the plant will be com
pleted by June 1st.
Public announcement is made OF
the failure of the Western Wall Pa
per Co. at Stevens Point, the con-
Germ having decided to go into vol
untary bankruptcy.
John De Faro, aged 90, was seri-
ously injured Monday, the 9th, while
attempting to board moving street
car at Hny 1t was found neces-
sdry to aflputate the left arm.
The Excelsior Co. Of Barron are
erecting a large shed for storing
wood in wet weather. Now that
night crew is working, they turn out
three car loads of excelsior every "A
hours.
Clarence Anderson of Fan Claire,
aged seven. was badly bruised Mon
day, Sept. 8, by the wheel OF gravel
wagon passing over his head. While
trying to climb on the wagon he fell
under the wheels.
Besides the street fair which Is to
be held at Barron next week, the
fifth session of District No. 4, Rebek-
all Degree, I. O. O. F. will be held
there Tuesday. One hundred dele
gates are expected.
The general store OF NJ. McNaugh-
ton at New Auburn was entered by
thieves Sunday night, the Sth, and
money and articles taken. James
and Joseph Taylor were arrested
and the stolen property found upon
them.
Thirteen consecutive minutes I'M
der water and still alive Is the record
made by Edward Smith at Lake
Halle near Chippewa Falls. When
rescued he looked like corpse and
it took some time to restore him to
consciousness. Smith volunteered
to dive after money and became en-
tangled in some rubbish.
Friday, the 18th, was an unlucky
day for J E. Dunn and grand-daugh-
ter of Arson. The horses they were
driving acknowledgement at a freight
train and rushed across the track
Just In front of the engine. Mr.. Dunn
and the child were hurled about six
feet from the track and received bad
injuries about their heads.
Gilbert Shock was shot and in
stantly killed by his neighbor An
drew Peterson at six O'Clock Satur-
day night In quarrel near their
homes four miles west of Deronda.
MIR. Shock and son were returning
from Amery when they met Peterson.
Peterson has been arrested a d
bound over to the circuit court.
The store owned by c. L. Johnson
of Poskin was burglarized for the
second time Saturday night, Sept.
8. The robbers blew off the safe and
secured the cash drawer but finding
no money In it dropped it outside
the door. The proprieters kept no
money in the safe. but it was hidden
about he store in vario s places.
The~village council at Prentice have
passed an ordinance granting fran
chise to the Prentice Light, Water &
Power Co. for lighting the village
and furnishing pressure on the wafer
mains for fire fighting purposes. A.
F. Zeigler, president of the company,
states that work will be commenced
at once. The plant will be located
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