Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-03
Wisconsin
News From
All Parts of
the State.
Badger
Briefs.


Ira Faulds has been appointed post
master at Arcadia vice George FL.
Dodge, deceased.
Edward Ford of Chippewa Falls was
crushed between threshing machine
and an engine and badly injured.
A second Catholic church will be
formed in Burlington with the Rev,
Philip Dreis of Caledonia as pastor
While preparing supper, Ella Hirsch-
| field. Is years of age, OF La Crosse,
was badly burned when her dress
caught fire.
| Andrew Renehardt, a farmer, was
killed by a freight train on the Mil
| waukee road while asleep along the
track near Monroe.
The fiftieth anniversary of the or
ganization of Plymouth Congregation
al church of Burlington will be OBJ
served Sept Is to Is.
Sneak thieves stole large bolt of
cloth from the store of Herbert Holme
at GAINESVILLE while the clerk was wait
ing on another customer.
The Rev. Father George Casey, as
sistant rector Of st. Mary's church at
Appleton has been appointed rector
of ST Patrick's church, Lebanon, Wis
The largest amount of anthracite
ever collected outside of Pennsylvania,
100000 tons, is stored in the sheds of
the Northwestern dock No. /. at SUI
perior.
The teachers summer school open
ed at Eau claire with an attendance
OF eighty. Prof. c. e. Patzer of Mil
waukee is in charge of the work in
languages.
The Catholic congregation at Scion
Springs bid an affectionate farewell
to Father Gagnon, who has been ap-
pointed to take charge OF the st, Louis
church in Superior.
La Crosse merchants and manufac-
turers are being interested in a
scheme to operate barges on the river
to be propelled by electric power pro
duced by gas engines.
Word has been received at James
vile of the murder of James H. Skel
~. a former resident of GAINESVILLE, al
Lake Providence, La. He was employ
ed On a large contract at Millicent
near Lake Providence
Two automobiles were wrecked in a
rather unusual manner in front of the
home of Chester Allen at Kenosha
The cars had been left standing and
il is supposed that some one releas
ed the switch on the electric car. II
plunged forward, and both of the cars
were wrecked.
+,
Fire on the farm of James Laffey
town of Clyman, destroyed his barn
| and other buildings. About 1926
bushels OF grain belonging to a neigh
Dor, Mrs Dolan, which was stored
in the granary was destroyed. 1t is
said that the fire started from {
; threshing machine engine.
The Mitchell-Vance Electric com
pany of New York City has been giver
the contract for the electrical fixtures
for the new capitol. The contrac
carries about 100000 for each of the
four wings. There were half dozer
bidders, whose offers ranged from
$4,000 to $4,000 per wing.
In the hearing before the rate com
mission on the petition of the Grea
! Northern for a permit to build a line
over the 500 right of way and III
! Connor's Point, at Superior, it was
, brought out that the road had pur
r chased considerable bay front prop
! erty with an idea of locating large in
; dustries thereon to be served by it!
spur lines.
Prof. Johnson, a graduate of the
l agricultural colleges of the Universe
: ties of Wisconsin and Dakota, will
> have charge of the agricultural de
l partment of the county training schoo
1 at Marinette. Prof. Handschein, tn,
L present incumbent, will go to Mime
apolis to take charge of the depart
ment of stock breeding at the substa
ton of the Minnesota agricultural col
;. lege.
a Ruegg wicker, son of Charles
: Zwicker of Milwaukee, who has beer
staying with his grandfather, Michae
wicker at Stoughton, had a marrow
escape from serious accident at thu
n depot He jumped on the. steps be
'. tween the baggage car and thu
u smoker. but struck the baggage trucl
/ as the train carried him past, and wa
L thrown to the ground in close proxim
ity to the moving car.
Rose Kingston, the Milwaukee WON
n an arrested a week ago on charg,
e of arson, was arraigned before Justic,
d McCarron at Kenosha. She pleaded
l. not guilty. and after hearing the evi