Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-02
BADGER BRIEFS.
Wisconsin News from All Parts
of the State.


Fire at La Crosse that threatened
the John Gund Brewing company
plant caused 100000 loss.
Will Harwell of Prescott accidental
ly discharged both barrels of his gun
through his left hand and had to sub
NIT to amputation.
William Duggan, a labOrer in a
lumber camp near Radisson, was found
! dead in the snow He had been drink
ing heavily and no doubt froze to
death.
Prof Banting, superintendent Of the
public schools at Stoughton, at a meet
ing of parents, warned them to keep
their daughters away from public
dances.
Frank Simonton was badly injured
while loading logs on the cars a few
miles north Of Hayward. He was
thrown from the car, receiving inter
nal injuries.
The post and village, sixteen miles
from Hayward on the Cour dOreilles
reservation, was quarantined on ac-
count of several Indian families having
the smallpox.
After ten days Of ice breaking and
70 oO+ tho c+o Jro1and into
dry dock at Superior, she has got half
way in and sunk, grounding amidships
in transit at the dock.
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William H. Humphrey, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Ashland
and coadjutor of the Presbyterian syn
Cd of Wisconsin, died of typhoid fever.
He leaves a wife and one child.
Louis Seeing has shot a russell sill
yer gray fox on a farm near Oconto
Falls. The silver gray is one of the
rarest species of fox. It's skin is
quoted in the market reports as being
worth $3.50
Mrs. Rose Sampson Of Blair on
learning of her fathers serious illness
started to walk to his home to attend
him. Her frozen body was found
about mile from her fathers home.
Fer father died also.
The residence and other property OF
J. R. Clements of La Crosse, who is
now in the Saltwater states prison,
serving a long term for wrecking the
Preston (Minn.) bank, has been SOLD
to pay claims Of creditors.
An effort is being made to increase
the endowment of Carroll college at
Waukesha to 100000. Of this amount
Andrew Carnegie has promised S25,OoO
and 5000 more is available as soon
as the first $4,000 is completed.
RAYMOND Harsh of Cedar Falls COM
mitted suicide in a hotel at Superior
by taking carbolic acid. Relatives can
not account for the action, as HARSH
had always been an ambitious young
man. About 5000 was found on his
person.
Fire did great damage in the bust
ness section of Viroqua. The Vernon
County bank and the buildings occu-
pied by the Bell Wisconsin Telephone
company and the La Crosse and Inter
urban Telephone company were the
principal buildings.
DR.. F. E. Donaldson Of kaukauna
had a narrow escape from death. In
STOPPING over, a lancet which he car
ried in his breast pocket was thrust
into his side, penetrating within
quarter of an inch of his heart. lie
lost much blood but is expected 10
recover.
The frame warehouse occupied by
the Union Transfer and Storeroom
company at Madison was destroyed
by fire. 1t is believed that tramps,
seeking protection from the cold ana
snow, accidentally started the ire.
The loss is $4,000.
The non-appearance of one OF his
boarders, w. Raymond Harsh, aroused
the fears of Landlord J. A. Jennings
of the Merchants hotel at Superior,
and upon investigating the cause he
found Harsh's dead body upon the
floor Of the latter's room. while hall"
empty bottle of carbolic acid on the
stand indicated the cause o. death. Nc
reason is known for the act
A remarkable act Of hero1sm was
performed at La Crosse when the res
idence of J. F. Schrank caught fire.
Mr.. Schrank's two children, boy
of three years and an infant in the
cradle, were alone in the house. IN
aided, the elder child dragged the otn-
err from the burning room and out OF
the burning house. Assistance would
have arrived too late to save the chill
dren.