Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-06-20
BADGER BRIEFS.
Wisconsin News from All Parts
of the State.

The residence of Assemblyman Pal
vey OF Crivitz was destroyed by fire
with loss of $4,000.
Burglars broke into the H. L.
Morgan store at Clyman and carried
away lot of goods to the value of
SIPS.
Russell Bedford Cameron. former
leader of Dowie's work at Zion City,
died at his home in Kenosha after a
long illness.
The Racine police department is to
organize relief association on the
same lines as those of Chicago, Mil
waukee and other cities.
A water carnival in Lakeside Park
and an automobile parade are to be
the leading features of the Fourth of
July celebration at Fond du Lac.
While on his way to a revival meet
ing at GAINESVILLE, George Miller was
knocked down by a runaway team. He
died shortly after from his injuries.
AS the result of the bite of a mad
dog or incubation in some other man
ner one horse, three pigs and four
COWS died on the farm of Mrs. Joseph
Wheeler at Arlington.
Many defects have been found in
the new $4,000 steel bridge crossing
the river at Main street, Racine, and
the city has refused to accept the
bridge until they are remedied.
The four-year-old son of the Rev.
M. H. Holman of Pleasant Valley was
killed by being kicked by a horse
while he was picking flowers in a pas
ture.
Albert Stanley, alias J. Smith, who
was employed in button factory at
Prairie du Chen, was arrested on a
charge of forgery and bound over to
the grand jury.
An effort is to be made to rid Lake
Winnebago of carp, buffalo and other
rough fish. The undertaking is by
private parties-not by the state-so
unless it is successful it will be dis
continued.
The officials of the Kenosha Civic
federation have planned to make war
on the Sunday saloon evil. 1t is the
purpose of the federation to demand
the closing of every saloon in Kenosha
on Sunday.
In the circuit court at Kenosha Mrs.
Jennie Terrell was granted divorce
from her husband on the ground of
cruel and inhuman treatment. me
parties are said to be widely known in
Walworth county.
John A. Heating, widely known as
sportsman and politician, and men,
Der of the Kenosha fire and police
commission, pleaded guilty to charge
of leasing building for gambling pur-
poses and was fined $10v and costs
Minnie Rendy, twenty-three years
DID, was drowned in the Chippewa riv-
er at Chetek through a companion
rocking the boat in which they were
crossing the stream on their way to
early mass. A younger sister was
saved by brother of the two girls.
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Peter Crap, employed at the Mitch
ell Motor company at Racine, will lose
the sight of both eyes as the result of
an accident. ne was engaged in pour
ing molten metal, when it splashed up
and struck his face, eyes and head,
burning his eyes in a terrible manner.
1t is believed that firebug is at
work in Racine setting fire to vacant
barns. The barn of DR.. Kragelund,
containing furniture and household
goods valued at $4,000 was set on
fire. Later the barn of Alfred Wier'
naz was fired and a horse was burned
to death.
The "dope house" at the plant of
the Eastern Dynamite company, four
miles from Washburn, was destroyed
by fire, the fire being caused by COM
bustion. The house was used for the
of sulphur, soda and pulpwood
which is used in the manufacture Of
dynamite.
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Judge Belden of Kenosha named
Frank SIosson, Walter J. Frost and
James Pennefeather as a board of
to award damages in
the condemnation of land for the right
of way of the Chicago, KenOsha &
Electric railway through
the city of Kenosha.
The results of the first of the new
series of scoring contests for Wiscon'
sin cheesemakers conducted by the
dairy school of the University of Wis.
consin, just announced, show seventy
six entries of various kinds of cheese,
the general makeup, style and quality
of which were excellent.
While the Rice Lake Lumber COM
pany's man who watches their log roll
ways at Bundy Spur twenty-five miles
east of Couderay, was burning brush
around some logs the fire got away
and caught in the logs and burned
fiercely for ten hours. About 125,000
feet of logs were burned.