Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-07-09

imported twenty-seven head of cattle.
William Anton, an old man living
near Footyille, was found dead, hav-
ing hung himself in a barn while
Respondent
William Mau, resident of Spring
Grove, died from injuries received by
falling on a pitchfork while sliding
| down a haymow
Zona and Iona, aged four and six
| years, respectively, sons of George
Robarge, were burned to death in a
shed fire at Rice Lake.
Lester Cults, aged eighteen years,
son of Fren Cults, wealthy farmer,
was drowned in Higgins pond, just
north of GAINESVILLE, while bathing
The Cameron Septic Tank company
| has offered to settle it's claim against
the city of Fond du Lac for the use Of
it's filtration bed patents for $1,575.
Sufficient money having been col
lected to pay off the creditors, the re-
Ownership for the Barnes China Com
pany of Eau Claire has been dissolved.
William Denoyer, wealthy grist-
mill owner at Alton, who also con-
ducts small sawmill, caught his
arm in a large circular saw and had
it completely severed.
The Sisters of ST. Mary have open
ed their summer home for children in
Kenosha and more than 100 children
nj
to spend the summer in KenOsha.
For assaulting Ernest Eichstedt, a
driver of livery at Monroe, who, he
said, did not whip up the horses fast
enough, Fred Blumer was fined after
making a settlement with the driver.
For the first time in the history of
the city of Chippewa Falls the saloons
were closed, screens and curtains re-
moved from 2 o'clock Sunday morning
till noon. There are fifty saloons
there
A meeting of all the poultry men of
Fond du Lac county is to be held some
time in August to talk over the an
nual show in January and the ques-
ton of making exhibits at the several
county fairs.
State Senator Henry HagCmeister,
of Green Bay, arrested on a charge of
selling liquor to minor, interposed
special plea of abatement setting Up
the defense that he is exempt from
arrest Judge Monanan discharged lie
defendant
Aid George B. Marvin of La Crosse
says he has sounded the doom of dogs
in an ordinance before the council
to increase the tax from 81 and So to
So and S.. Aid. Marvin is anxious to
rid the city of what he terms the
"superfuous cur
The Barron Volunteer Fire com
pany has returned from the state
tournament at Lake Mills with $140
in prizes. Barron has one of the best
volunteer fire companies in the state.
The state tournament will be held at
Ladysmith next year.
The Chippewa Falls Water Works
and Lighting company has surrender
ed it's franchise to the state railroad
commission. The action is voluntary
and has the effect of bringing any diff
flculty which may arise between the
city or individuals and the company
directly before the commission for
settlement
August Neuman, a laborer in the
Beaver Dam Lumber company's saw
mill at Cumberland, was seriously
and probably fatally stabbed in
drunken brawl on the streets. Frank
Capra, young Italian who was in
the mix-up, was arrested and stilet-
to was found on his person He de-
MES stabbing Neuman, however.
Word reached Grantsburg that the
body Of Zach Kessler twenty-eight
years old, living forty-five miles north
east of there, whose supposed drown
ing was reported a few days ago, had
been found in the ST. Croix river near
the Indian village at the mouth of the
Yellow. The verdict of the coroners
jury was that the man came to his
death by accidental drowning The
body was found under a log jam.
1t took seven big burly farmers, as
sisting Constable Joseph Wavra of the
town of Washington to serve an exc
cutiOn and secure possession of a
horse and colt at the farm house, of
Frank Kiblitz, near La Crosse. Mrs.
Kiblitz and a sister of her husband
repealed the officers with pitchforks,
shovels and other farm implements,
and it was only by strategy that the
constable finally succeeded in enforc-
ing the courts order
Mrs. Joseph Artishoe, a full-blooded
Chippewa Indian whose maiden name
was Minasinosesith, is dead at Red
Cliff. She was probably 100 years of
age, though little is known of her
childhood history. She married at
LaPointe in 1871 and was said then to
have been 80 years old. When the
Civil war broke out one of her sons
Joined the union forces and was
killed. Five other children survive
her.
AS result of the crusade to clear
the city of GAINESVILLE of disorderly |
characters and resorts, Mrs. Janet !
Rice was sentenced to one year in
Waupun on the charge of owning and
operating disorderly house, and two |
inmates, Florence Starr and Fay OAR
ling, paid fines of SIS and costs.
ton will hold it's annual reunion at |