Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-19


and Hurley to Ashland.
The annual convention of the State
Horticultural society will be held in
Madison, Jan. IL, Is, IA.
Louis Boyle, fifty years old, of
Prentice, was killed by a freight
while walking on the tracks on his
way to a lumber camp.
c. E. Gray Of Whitewater was the
purchaser of the plant of the Monroe
Gas company which was sold at bank
ruptcy sale at bid of $4,000.
For the first time in several months
the mills at Appleton are now receiv-
ing % per cent of the normal flow
of water. A few weeks ago the water
was shut off entirely.
The Dunn County Poultry Growers
association is arranging for a mid
winter show to be held at Menomonie
in January. Poultrymen from adjacent
counties will cooperate.
The stockholders of the university
club at their annual meeting elected
r. G. Thwaites superintendent of the
state historical library, to succeed
Prof. H. L. Smith.
The damage case against Harry L.
Colman. La Crosse millionaire, is
on trial. In September, 1907, Mrs.
Naomi Croker was struck by Mr..
Colman's auto, and she is now seeking
$4,000 damages.
B. L. Thompson of the Ohio State
University Agricultural college, will
take charge of the creamery at the
Dunn county agricultural school Mr..
Thompson will also act as inspector
in animal husbandry.
State Banking Commissioner Bergh
has issued a charter to the Farmers
and Merchants State bank of Gales
vile. The new institution has capt.
tai of $4,000. A o. Nelson is its
president and J. A. Berg its cashier.
Because under the ruling of the
state rate commission the Home Tele-
phone company refuses to give any
further free service to the city of
Ashland, telephones In various NUM-
cipal departments will be dispensed
with.
Frank Dabis, a negro, and John
King, his white companion, who al
most succeeded in escaping from the
county jail at La Crosse, were SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for one
year on conviction of carrying burglar
tools.
The proposed skating and hockey
rink to be built at Mohawk has been
planned along the lines of the big
Amphidrome at Houghton, the first
mammonth skating rink to be built
in the northwestern portion of the
United States.
A disastrous confagration was mar
rowly averted in the new $4,000
schoolhouse at Boscobel, after the
explosion of a kerosene stove in the
laboratory. All the window lights
were broken, chemicals exploded and
the interior of the room charred.
John Semon, who was charged with
picking the pocket of G. A. Hendry OF
Rogersville while returning from the
fair grounds on a street car during
fair time at Fond du Lac, was found
guilty. Chief of Police Nolan caught
Semon before Hendry discovered he
had been touched.
Erlanson's dry goods store at SUI
perior was entered and over $500 of
valuable silks and furs were carried
off, the till was smashed open and
about SO in change was taken. The
robbers did not touch the safe, which
stood near the till, which contained
several hundred dollars.
Peter Christensen, who lives neal
Sister Bay, met with a serious acct
dent while working around the feed
up into the mill to adjust it, when he
slipped and fell about ten feet to the
barn floor, where he lay unconscious.
His kidney was torn in two.
Orders of the mayor of La Crosse
closing two saloons where the pro-
prietors were charged with conduct
ing disorderly places have been ignor-
ed, and have been rescinded by Mayor
Anderson upon it's appearing that he
has no authority to close Saloon
without orders from the council.
\The question of abolishing the coun-
ty workhouse at Fond du Lac will soon
come up for consideration before the
county board. Those who are in favor
of abolishing the workhouse, claim
that it is extravaganza for the county
to maintain two institutions which ap-
parently serve the same purpose.
Just after the lime kilns and plant
of the Standard Lime & Stone COM
pany at Quarry, had been rebuilt,
after a fire, and when the plant was
ready to resume operations, fire again
broke out and completely destroyed
the plant, entailing a loss of from
$4,000 to $4,000 with little insurance.
The campaign of the Wisconsin
grain and warehouse commission in
regard to putting leaky grain cars
out of business is bearing fruit. Since
the commission at Superior has taken
I'D this matter the same has been
done in other places, and thousands
of dollars will have been saved to
shippers.
A three cornered fight for the ap-
pointment to the Office of postmaster
is on at Monroe since r. A. Etter de-
cided that he would accept another