Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-17
BADGER BRIEFS.
Wisconsin News from All Parts
Of the State.

A<OoSS YosoOV'
For the first time in the history of
Tomahawk that city will have an ice
skating rink this season.
The States Bank of Plymouth last
week celebrated the thirty-fifth ami
versary of its establishment
The annual convention of the Wis
consin State Osteopathic association
will be held in Eau Claire Dec 30-31.
Joseph Meinck, a woodman, was
struck by a falling branch of tree
while working near Odanah, suffering
fatal injuries.
Sam Anderson of the Superior Rock
Crushing company has left for an ex-
tended trip to Europe and his native
country. Norway.
Louis Westphal, forty-five years
old, was found dead in bed at the
home of Peter Carlson, in the village
of Union Grove.
e. A. Weckline and r. V. Graves
have made a definite proposition to
erect a $250,OOO hotel in Madison on
condition that $4,000 cash bonus be
granted.
Sheboygan's three banks have
grand total of $5,135,925.8 in deposits
at the present time. The figures ex-
coed all previous ones in the history
Of the city.
The German Benevolent society has
decided to build new hall at Chippe-
wa Falls on the site of the present
building, which was erected about
thirty-eight years ago.
Edward H. Lyons of Fond du Lac,
Republican state senator-elect in the
Eighteen district filed a statement in
the office of the secretary of state,
declaring that he spent $500 for cam
paign purposes.
Steps have been taken at New Lon
don looking to the dredging and
Strengthening of Black creek to per-
nit the draining of lands tributary to
it. The work will result in the re-
clamation of 10000 acres of marsh
land.
Albert Olson, a Florence saloon
keeper, was arrested on a charge of
keeping his place of business open on
Sunday. The warrant was issued
upon complaint of Rev. J. B. Petite,
rector of the GAINESVILLE local Catholic
church.
The University of Wisconsin has re-
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library for the study of the labor
movement by the gift of the extensive
library collected during lifetime by
Henry Demarest Lloyd noted writer
and reformer
A strong movement is On foot for
the extension of the capitol park at
Madison to Lake Mendoza, wiping out
about six blocks of residences. This
would interfere with the building of
the proposed $250,000 hotel on the site
tentatively selected.
There is some probability of the
large brown stone quarries just north
of Washburn being opened up to run
full blast during the coming season.
This would mean the employment of
300 or 400 additional men during the
summer months at least.
The fact that navigation is drawing
to a close is becoming evident to the
men that are employed on the water
front industries at Superior. The
docks have already started to reduce
their crews to the winter force, and
the elevators will be doing the same
thing in the near future.
At a meeting of the fire and police
commission at Racine resolution
was passed instructing the president
of the commission to commence &C
ton against Dane county for $1,000
for state fees which, it is claimed,
should have been turned into the fire
and police commission fund.
The Waukesha Poultry association
has been organized, and will give
poultry show here in January. The
officers are: President, Roy l.. Ben
jamin; vice president, Col. H. M.
Enos; secretary, ]. r. Love; treas
urer, Lewis w. Richardson; show SUI
perintendent, William w. Brisk
Ice dealers who are in the habit of
filling their storehouses with the
product from Black river each winter
are facing the prospect of not being
able to gather this seasons crop of
ice from that stream on account of
the low state of the water, and most
of the dealers will be compelled to
harvest the ice from the Mississippi
river Or from the sloughs.
Frederick TENTS, mechanic, has
applied to the Racine police depart
ment for help in finding his wife and
two children. TENTS says that Satur-
day morning his better half served
his breakfast, put up his dinner, and
babe him goodby as he departed for
work. In the evening when he came
home the house was dark, every piece
of furniture missing, and wife and
children gone.
DR.. John Baird has been elected
president of the Douglas County Medi-
cal society. DR.. Lewis Moody was
elected vice-president; DR.. T. J.
O'Leary, secretary-treasurer, and DR..
L. B. Sheehan, censor.
George Snidevin of the town of
Waterford was fined 800 and SEN
fenced to three months in the county
jail for running a blind pig, or selling
without license, the double penalty
being inflicted because it is the Sec
ond time Snidevin has been up On the
same charge within one year. Snide-
win annealed to the circuit court.