Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-06-18
President Godding OF the Eau Glars
school board was reelected.


The Burlington city council will ad.
vertise for bids for a sewerage sys.
tenn. Four miles are to be laid this
year. l.
|
| The Ashland Lighting company
voted $4,000 bonds to extend it's
! street car lines, build new gas plant
and buy new cars.
The police and fire commission of
Eau Claire has dismissed the charges
filed against Chief of Police O'Brien
by Judge Singleton.
The Chippewa Falls park commits
sioners are overwhelmed with gifts
for the zoo, and lack accommodations
for all the animals offered.
J. P. Walsh, hotel man at Spring
Valley, has bought the Hotel Tourist,
which has been conducted for eight
years by w. N. Daniels, for $4,000.
Burglars entered the saloon of
Christ Jensen at Coleman and rifled
the cash drawer, securing $11. They
also took 100 cigars and some whisky.
| Antoine Bourgoise, seven years old,
while visiting on the Buckley farm in
| Kenosha county, was attacked by
savage dog, her face being terribly
| torn.
On a charge of abandonment, Abe
| Sanford of Spirit Falls was sentenced
! to eleven months at Waupun prison.
He has a wife and four minor chill
dren.
James Howard was sentenced to
six years in Waupun on charge of
stealing an overcoat from a school
teacher in a village north Of La
Crosse.
Louis lie Clair, formerly city cleo
trician and engineer of Cumberland,
rested by the state fire warden, charg-
| ed with arson.
:
According to plans drawn by the
| Frazier company of Milwaukee the
Lincoln Mill and Elevator company
of Merrill will build a 100-barrel -four
mill, feed mill and elevator.
Congressman Esch says the $4,000
addition to the La Crosse postoff1ce
will be built next spring. He says
La Crosse stands a chance Of getting
government mussel hatchery.
The body of a young man named
| Shaker was found in the barn yard at
the William Mahr farm in the town of
| Otter Creek, west of Augusta. He had
been dead some time and foul play is
suspected.
Spontaneous combustion among a
| pile of rags in the engine room of the
Higgins Spring and Axel company at
| Racine caused a $4,000 loss, and
| threw 300 men out of employment for
at least ten days.
The Schroeder Lumber Company
| of Ashland has sent crews of men to
| the north shore of Lake Superior to
get the timber products in readiness
to be towed to Ashland and shipped
to Central Wisconsin pulp mills.
ri xyhn olaf
to be the oldest in the world, cele-
brated their birthday at Byron, being
sixty-four years old. Sidney lives at
Fond du Lac, Sylvester at Byron, and
Sedate (Mrs. George M. Pier) at Wau-
| sau.
|
The Dunn County Dairymen's and
! Stock Breeders association is doing
good work along the line of organic
ing local COW testing associations in
Dunn county. On only three routes or
a creamery company 361 COWS have
been listed for testing.
Miss Florence Finn of Superior,
| winner of the state high school
declamatory contest, was given an
| enthusiastic reception at the Blaine
high school, which she represented at
| Wausau, upon the converting or
school. Members Of the local school
will provide a gold medal for their
representative.
The mystery Of the robbery of
Browns candy store and of numerous
petty robberies about Eau Claire has
been cleared up by the confession OF
one of the gang of young bandits Oh
9 to Is years of age. Matthias Haug,
10 wears Of age, told the story and
all the boys have been taken to the
citv detention station and will be ar
raigned.
Judge Grimm Of Fort Atkinson has
sentenced Alexander Gee was arrest
ed for stealing 500 from a farmer
near Sullivan, who was giving him
ride to that place from Oconomowoc.
Thomas Kelley was sentenced to the
jefferson county jail for ninety days.
He secured an order for go cents
worth of bandages from District At
torney Kading recently, and then at
tempted to sell the goods
WV
George Morgan, wanted at CHS
holm. Mimi, on a charge of embez-
zling 5000 from brewery for which
he was collector, was arrested at La
Crosse in hospital where he was
being cared for after losing two toes
a..r;ro q trim from st. Paul.