Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-07-02
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granted by the city council of Menom-
onie.
Henry Land, the sixteen-year-old
son of farmer near Sparta, drowned
while bathing.
Stevens Point normal school began
it's first summer session with an en-
rollment of 131.
The new Door Kewaunee Training
school for teachers will be opened at
Algoma in September.
:
o. P. Peck, a well-to-do farmer Of
Boydtown, dropped dead On the
streets of Wauzeka of heart disease.
The state railroad commission
heard a number of minor complaints
against railroads, telephone and light.
ing companies, and took them under
advisement.
:
A branch of the German-American
alliance has been organized at Mon
roe with membership of 800 Leo
Stern of Milwaukee addressed the
mass meeting.
After long and at times bitter
fight, the saloon men of Ashland have
won partial victory, and on Sunday,
for the first time in six months, were
open half a day.
Precipitated to the ground by the
breaking of a wagon loaded with
sand, the six-year-old son of John
Dyer of Norfolk was instantly killed.
The little fellows neck was broken.
A sword fish was caught in the Eau
Claire river at Eau Claire just below
the linen mill dam by James J. Ray
mond. 1t measured three feet in
length and had a sword six inches
long.
The large barn of George Benjamin,
near Bancroft. was struck by light.
ming and entirely destroyed, also three
horses, two cows, grain, hay and farm
ing tools. The loss is $1,000; partly
insured.
Small boys stole a freezer of ice
cream during the wedding of Miss
Corinne Stone and r. F. Parry at Eau
Claire. Boys have broken fifty panes
of glass in the Pioneer Furniture COM
pany's plant.
Lightning struck a store adjoining
the McAllister hotel in Eau Claire and
set fire to the former building. There
was a panicky exodus from the hotel,
but luckily no one was injured. The
loss was about $1,000
During a heavy downpour of rain
burglars tried to break into and rob
Albert Schwahn's meat market at Eau
Claire, but when one fell through the
window which they were trying to
raise, they fed in fright.
An unsuccessful attempt to set fire
to some box cars in the Milwaukee
yards in Eau Claire was made during
the night. A policeman saw the fire
before any damage was done. The
matter is being investigated.
A decrease of 100000 in Menomo-
MES assessment roll for 1908 has been
occasioned by the exemption of prop
erty belonging to the Chippewa Valley
Electric light and Power company and
property used for school purposes.
With few exceptions the citizens Of
Prairie du Chen strongly favor the
building of a dam at that point similar
to that at Kilbourn, with capacity to
develop 5,000-horsepower The cost
of the improvement will be about ST.
100000.
:
Under the direction of two invent
featuring concern is making expert
ments on an automobile road buggy
for country use. If the experiments
are satisfactory a company for the
manufacture of the buggies will be
started.
Peter allen, a fireman in the Mil
waukee railroad yards, narrowly es-
capped being killed at La Crosse as a
result of being struck by an engine
while looking into the ash pan. He
was struck on the hip by the tender
and thrown onto the track in front Of
his own engine, escaping with bad
bruises.
At the next meeting of the Eau
Claire city council a curfew ordinance
for dogs will be passed. The ordinance
provides that dogs shall be locked up
after 6 o'clock at night Five dollars
fine for violation is provided. The Or
dinance is to be enacted because of
numerous canine attacks on pedess-
trians after nightfall
The Danish Lutheran convention,
attended by about IS pastors and so
delegates, has closed at ,Waupaca. A
missionary was added to the force in
Japan, four candidates for the minis
try were ordained, and ten congrega-
tionS were admitted
Suffering from conclusion Of the
brain and numerous bruises, Mrs. F.