Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-30
WISCONSIN BRIEFS
Epitomized History of the Week
in the State.
in the State.

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pretext of wanting to look at some
candy goods in an adjoining roomJ
made their way to the safe and stole
$500 The men escaped. ;
Eau Claire.-While blowing on his.
farm at Lima, west. of here, John L.
Bauer, uncovered forty bull snakes
large and small, in one section of the
field. Grabbing a club he killed the.
entire bunch, the snakes appearing to-!
be in semi-lethargic state.
Appleton. Wallace H. Hopkins, of
the former Wallace HI. Hopkins Com
pany, is under arrest in this city
charged by Mayor julius Martens, of
Kaukauna, with non-delivery of 300
shares of mining stock which were
paid for by the complainant. The
stock is valued at $1,000.
La Crosse-The offer of the La
Crosse Water Power Company to buy
the La Crosse city railway system at
the directors own figures, provided
payment was taken in bonds of the
Consolidated Winona and La Crosse
properties was turned down by the di-
cectors after consultation. Both sides
say the deal is now off.
Monico.-As the result of a peculiar
accident John w. Durkee, passenger
conductor on the Northwestern road,
IS dead at his home at Ironwood. AS
sisting in unloading baggage, he was
struck in the breast by heavy trunk
which fell upon him as it was being re-
moved from the car. Hemorrhage of
The lungs was caused.
Oshkosh. The public library is
about to receive two more works of
art. A marble bust of James G.. Blaine
and one of the late Matt H. Carpenter
nave been received from Florence and
will be presented to the library The
GUSTS are life size and will be mounted
On granite pedestals. They are the
work of Gaetano Trentanove.
Madison.-C. w. Rhodes, secretary
IF the special legislative committee on
insurance of bank deposits, left for
Oklahoma City, Okla, to make ar
engagements for the meeting of the
committee next week. The members
Of the committee are Senators Owen,
Wright and Martin, and Assemblymen
Whittet, Whitman, Crowell and Read
er.
Ripon.-The cornerstone of the new
Evangelical church at Ripon was laid
Sunday afternoon with addresses in
English and German and a special mu
steal programme. The Rev. John
Nickel, presiding elder of the Fond
iu Lac district, and the Rev. l.. M
Emmert, pastor of the Salem Evan
gelical church, Of Fond du Lac, par.
;icipated.
Madison.-The report sent out from
Marinette to the effect that the rail
'oad rate commission had notified
Marinette officials that modification
had been made in the recent decision
IF that body regarding light and power
rates proves to be without founda.
ion. No modification has been made
oy the commission, and it's original
decision still stands.
Madison-H. A. Taylor was here on
mis- way from Seattle to his home in
Washington. Mr. Taylor has spent
most of the summer on the Pacific
coast. While in Seattle Mr.. Taylor
organized the taxicab business in that
city. He formed a $4,000 company
and installed sixteen steam and gas
oline taxicabs, costing all the way
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Hartford.-Three buildings of the
Hartford Pillow Company, one power
plant and shop for the manufacture OF
automobile bodies, and the others
warehouses in which there were stor.
ed farm implements and about 10C
motor car bodies, were destroyed by
fire. The fire which caused a damage
estimated at $4,000, threatened the
entire great plant of the Kissel Kar
Company, valued at 100000. The loss
is practically covered by insurance.
Black River Falls. The United
States subcommittee of the committee
on Indian affairs which is investigat
ing the conditions among Wisconsin
Indians will arrive here about Oct. 6
and will inquire into the affairs OF
the Winnebagos to discover what form
of legislation will best promote their
future welfare. Word has been sent
out among the Indians, and it is ex
pected that they will gather here in
10 MI fn Tor
Stevens Point.-Mrs. e. H. Joy
prominent in society here, and wife OF
the secretary of the Stevens Point
Box Company, was badly cut and
bruised when her automobile ran into
an electric light pole, running the ma
chine and breaking the pole about mid
way. Mrs. Joy was speeding her car
to avoid a shower when the slippery
pavement caused it to swerYe into
curbing and squarely strike lighting
pole. She was hurled to the sidewalk
Her face and head was badly cut and
her legs bruised.
Green Bay.-Pastors of the Morav
ian churches of Green Bay, Depere
Sturgeon Bay, Ephriam, Freedom and
other cities in this vicinity met in
this city at the parsonage of the East
Side Moravian church in their annual
conference over church matters.
Kenosha-Kenoshai is to have a new
metropolitan hotel if the plans of M
G. Mcclellan, owner of the Eichel.
man hotel, are carried out. Mr.. Nc
Geehan has already rented the two
buildings next to the hotel, for long
term and will in the near future start
the work of remodeling.