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

old and married, shot herSeif through
the heart with a revolver at Eau
Claire. I'll health was the cause.
The large sale barn of Joseph Bauer
at Medford was completely destroyed
by fire. The loss is about $4,000. 1t
is thought the fire was of incendiary
origin.
County superintendent and city
superintendents are having great
deal of difficulty this year in finding
enough teachers for the schools of
Northern Wisconsin
Two men were drowned and several
others narrowly escaped death when
the sand sucker H. A. Root turned
turtle in the harbor at Keiosha and
sank in twenty-six feet of water.
Charles FAIRIES of Decatur, H.,
threw himself under big steam roller
on exhibition at the state fail at Mil
waukee. Death was instantaneous.
Mr.. FAIRIES was an inmate Of Mil
waukee sanitarium.
Mrs. Melissa Howard, who lives
near Durand, had the misfortune to
lose eighteen half-grown hogs by the
heat The hogs were in the field
without shade and were overcome and
died in the early evening.
Capitalists of Mount Horeb and
Madison, headed by Herman B. Dahle
of the former place, have leased the
old Lienlokken building at La Crosse
and within a week will organize new
state bank with $4,000 capital
Fred Rathbun ran amuck at Prairie
du CHEN, stabbed his wife three
times, twice in the arm and once in
the breast and dislocated his fathers
arm. He was taken before Judge Cur
ran and committed to the Mendoza
asylum.
William Cummings, former town
ship clerk in Grand Rapids, has been
arrested on charges of malfeasance in
office, and his brother, Thomas Cum
mings, has also been taken into custo-
dy on a complaint in connection with
the alleged offense.
Mrs. Walter Stern of Milwaukee,
who was with a party involved in an
automobile accident while returning
from Elkhart lake, and who was badly
burned when the machine was over
turned. is dead Mrs. Stern was
bride of five months and prominent i'll
German society.
The Menominee Falls Telephone
company has acquired by purchase the
Richfield, Menominee & Holy Hill Tel
ephone companys lines This extends
the local company's lines into new and
desirable territory, including Golden
thai, Richfield, Platt, Hubertus and
other rural points.
Fire broke out in the OcOnto court
house and caused damage to the eX
tent of $4,000; fully covered by in
surance All one side of the building
is destroyed 1t is thought that the
fire was caused by the upsetting of
lamp in the tower, where a workman
was repairing the clock.
PAPERS have been served on the big
Horlick Food company in a suit
brought by Lars c. Anderson, form
er employee, for $4,000 personal dam
ages. 1t is said to be the largest dam
age suit ever brought in the history of
Racine county. He says he fell into
All unprotected elevator shaft.
There is no let up in the fight being
saloons in Superior and the Civic
league is trying to educate the liquor
men to the fact that the mayors order
for a closed town on Sunday must be
obeyed. Several licenses have already
been revoked for failure to obey the
order.
DR.. Rudolph Silverston is complet-
ing an airship at a Milwaukee factory
and great things are expected of it.
The flyer has propeller eight feet in
diameter and will, it is expected, send
it through the air with the speed of a
rife bullet and carry the navigator
from Milwaukee to Europe in a few
hours.
The railroad rate commission
granted a certificate of public cOnven
fence and necessity" to the Interstate
Transfer railway to build line from
Superior to the Minnesota State line,
near Duluth. 1t is said the road is be-
ing built by the Steel trust, which is
seeking an avenue to connect with all
it's different lines to facilitate traffic.
Supt. Philbin Of the Great Northern
railroad announces that the interstate |
bridge at Superior wrecked a year
ago by the steamer Troy will be ready
for use in five months. The Great
Northern will lay double tracks on
the bridge and build an elevated ap-
proach over half mile long on the
Superior side. The Great Northern |
and Northern Pacific will use the
bridge
SWiTCHMAN KILLED.
Eau Claire, Wis, Sept. II. = G. r.
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