Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-26
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e. +. Hill, former chairman of the
town of Clinton, has been arrested on
charge of malfeasance in Office.
The third annual show of the South
western Wisconsin Poultry associa-
ton will be held in Dodgeville Jan 90
to 25.
Mrs Oscar Carter of Kenosha, who
was terribly burned two weeks ago by
the explosion of a gasoline stove, died
at the Kenosha hospital
The clothing store of F. G. May at
Ashland was entered by burglar and
several articles stolen. Three sus-
poets are being held by the police.
John Sorley of the town of Wheaton
was seriously injured by falling from
the hayloft of his barn and striking
his head against the wheel OF a wagon.
William Bosser of Appleton was
fined the costs for stealing wood from
Louis Hob, and was compelled to pay
$3.50 cord for the wood. Between
seven and eight cords were stolen.
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Mrs. J. M. Thomas, wife of Former
Insurance Commissioner Thomas, was
thrown from buggy in a runaway at
Chippewa Falls and sustained brok-
en- elbow, bruises and internal in
juries.
Mrs. J. J. Hoyt sent check for $500
to the secretary of the KenoSha Hos
pital association as her Christmas
contribution for the patients. Smaller
checks were received from other wom-
en- of the city.
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Wenzel Proachinger, aged fifty-tive,
while walking east on the spur of the
North Western railway at Port Wash
ington, was run down by car and an
engine and instantly killed. The en-
CINE and car were backing.
The Superior conference of the
Lutheran church will be held at Our
Sayiors Lutheran church at Chippewa
Falls on Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day, Jan. 14-16, 1908. About forty
, churches will be represented.
The Rev. Hermann Joseph Untruat
has been selected as pastor of the
Sacred Heart church Of Eau Claire in
the place Nof Rev. Joseph Wiedmann,
who has been appointed chaplain of
st. Joseph's hospital, Chippewa Falls.
The superior local officials of the
Superior Shipbuilding company have
received orders to resume work on
one of the two boats for which keels
were laid early in the fall. The yards
now have $50 men at work on repair
Jobs, and the new work will increase
this to $50 men at once, with more to
be added later.
President Edwards of the La Crosse
City Railway company announced
that the company will oppose the petit
Thomas Morris asking a reduction of
street railway fares in La Crosse from
5 to cents Mr. Edwards said the
actual cost of carrying passengers was
about 4 cents.
Protests against the new schedule
of trains on the La Crosse division of
the Milwaukee road which went into
effect on Dec. / are being made from
nearly all of the small towns along
the line between La Crosse and Port
age. Since the change the people of
the smaller towns are given but two
local passenger trains in twenty-four
hours.
|, Thomas Berngaard, aged fifty-five
wears. was found dead in the stall Of a
horse which had broken loose in the
plant of the John Kaiser Lumber COM
pany at Eau Claire, where he was
night watchman 1t is thought that
excitement brought on by the noise
and catching the animal induced an
attack of heart failure that resulted
in death.
A Milwaukee road freight engine
blew up while making the grade not
far from Monroe The water got low
and the safety plug was melted out.
Engineer Falter and Firman Fred
Whalen, both of GAINESVILLE, jumped
from the cab as the steam and smoke
enveloped the engine. Falter struck
whistling post and Whalen landed
in wire fence.
An auditorium will be erected at
La Crosse and in readiness to accom-
modate the big saengerfest to be held
there next summer. The common
council has authorized the board of
pubilc works to advertise for bids and
let the contract for the construction of
the building at Fourth and King
streets, the structure not to exceed
10000. The central saengerfest So
siety will contribute $4,000 toward the
building.
Eugene Quinell, wood and coal
dealer of Grand Rapids, was arrested
by competitor, Ira Bassett for steal
ing cordwood from his yard and car
rying it to his own. He pleaded
guilty and was fined by local justice.
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The palatial new Eau Claire club
house. said to be one of the finest of
it's kind outside of Milwaukee, was
dedicated with a musical concert last
week. The new club house was erect