Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-01
BADGER BRIEFS.
Wisconsin News from All Parts
of the State.

The eight-year-old son of farmer
by the name of Winller, who resides
two miles north of Brillion, was in
stantly killed by lightning.
Burglars broke into the hardware
store of J. P. Schneider at Spooner and
secured about SIS worth of goods, in
Guiding knives, revolvers, etc.
Frank Stroebel, seventeen years old,
machine tender\at the Appleton pa
per mill, was fatally injured as a result
of being drawn into the machine.
Louis Nelson, son of Lars Nelson,
treasurer of the town of Clam Falls,
Polk county, was drowned while swim
ming in the mill pond at that place.
E. Mailer of Ableman set fire to his
house and went to the barn and hang
ed himself The house was destroyed.
His family was away at the time of
the tragedy.
William Raiser, a farmer, was
drowned in Golden lake, near Wauke-
sha He was fishing alone and no
one witnessed the accident. He was
81 years old.
The creameries of Dunn county are
taking a step in advance of other To-
calities by the Introduction of septic
tanks, recommended by the state ag-
ricultural department
John Kneas, seven years old, of
Chippewa Falls, was accidentally kill
ed by a companion, who fractured his
skull with a piece of iron tied to
string, which he was whirling in the
air.
Survivors of Companies H and | of
the Thirty-third Wisconsin infantry in
the Civil war met in annual reunion
at Kenosha with T. H. Bishop of
Pleasant Dale, Neb., as the guest of
honor.
Attorney General Gilbert has ap-
pointed Russell Jackson, his law part
ner, deputy attorney general, an office
created by the last legislature. His
salary is $4,000, which is $500 more
than Mr. Gilbert gets.
George w. Swartz of Monroe has
been elected superintendent Of the
Chippewa Falls schools in place of E.
D. Martin, who resigned. The new
superintendent is a graduate of the
University of Wisconsin. ~ ,aa.t
The Stout summer school opened at
Menomonie with large attendance.
Teachers of manual training from all
parts of the country are taking advant-
age of this school, as it is the only one
of the kind in the West.
Martha Rach aged twenty-four, at
tempted suicide in the Milwaukee sta
ton at La Crosse, swallowing carbOlic
acid. She is now in a serious cOndi-
ton in the hospital and may die. Dis
appointment in love is supposed to be
the cause.
Racine county farmers are expert
encing a hardship equal to the far
famed endeavors of Kansas agricultur-
lists in securing help for harvesting.
The season is several weeks back
ward Farmers are Offering 81 a
day, with board
The school census of Hudson, just
taken, shows a total of 992 children
between the ages of four and twenty.
Of this number sos are girls and Asa
boys Each year shows a small de-
crease. In 1905 there was a total of
1031.
Iron River, in Bayfield, county, the
town that always has rtIo wide open,
went into the hands of the members
of the Iron River Civic league on Sun
day and every saloon in the place was
closed. The saloon men, bound not to
be outdone, had every other place
closed up tight.
The body of man was found in a
patch of bushes south of Port Towns
end. The face had been eaten away by
rodents so that Identification was I'M
possible There was a bullet hole
through the head, but whether death
was due to suicide or foul play has
not been determined "a, y..t,.!
The Wisconsin grand lodge of the
International Order of Good Templars
has inaugurated campaign of educa-
ton in connection with it's temperance
work in this state, A series of Chau-
tauqua assemblies are to be held in
various Wisconsin cities, lasting for
one week in each place visited. ,sl
While making coupling in Slough
ton James Crowley of Madison, a
brakeman on the st. Paul road, fell
from the train and crushed his left
leg below the knee. The injured limb
had to be amputated Crowley dis
played wonderful nerve by smoking a
pipe while the operation was being
performed.
Going into cistern to ascertain the
depth of water, H. o. Bigelow, a gro
GER of Madison, struck match. Cos
Oline in some manner had leaked into
the cistern, and when the match was
struck there was terrific explosion.
Bigelow was terribly burned about the
face, and it is believed that his eye
sight may have been destroyed.
Diving from a springboard into a
oWiinLuiH5 AOlC III IlC upper IlNCA'
near Appleton, Edward Butler, Is
years old, struck a post under the
water and sank to the bottom Of the
river unconscious. Some fishermen
saw him dive, and when he did not
come up they pulled him out in time
10 save his life.
Judge Orren T. Williams has certi-
led to the secretary of state that he