Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-10-28
WISCONSIN BRIEFS
Epitonaized History of the Week
in the State.


Western Railroad Company has men
n this vicinity purchasing the right
of-way for their Milwaukee, Clyman
and Sparta division. All the land has
been bought within a mile from this
place.
Racine.-John Gootz, ten years ago
a policeman in the Racine depart
ment, has requested the city to pay
him $500 because of having been IL
| legally suspended by the chief of po
| lice at the time of his discharge, ten
years ago.
Gillett.--Dr. Dane Perry, of Prem
ice, aged SO years, died at st. Mary's
hospital in Rhinelander. He was q
brother to S. l.. Perry, of the Marion
Advertiser, Postmaster Perry, of Sha
wano, and Editor L. P. Perry, Of the
Gillett Times.
Manitowoc.-Bank robbers, believed
to number three, robbed the Reeds
vile State bank, and secured $4,000
in cash and negotiable papers. After
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horse and carriage from farmer and
made their escape.
| Watertown.-John Sanger of Wauk
esha, employed by the Milwaukee
Electric Railway and Light company
as a painter, was electrocuted while
at work on a bridge five miles east OF
this city. He is As years old and
leaves a wife and family.
! New Richmond-Hugh Mcmahon
aged thirty years, an extra conductor
Oh the Omaha railroad, was run
over and killed at Spooner, while
making an air brake coupling. He
was a son of Michael Mcmahon, OF
Three Lakes, near this city.
Oconomowoc.-Renry Bliss, second
engineer at the power plant here
while shutting off the arc lights took
tvo plugs in his hands at once and
touched live wire. a voltage of 2,20C
passing through his body. His
clothes took fire and only the prompt
assistance Of Gustav Schroeder saved
his life.
arinette.-Edward Miller, attor
ney for Mrs. Albert Carvenough in
the prosecution of her criminal charge
against her husband, Albert Carven
ough, has filed an affidavit of pre-
iudice against District Attorney AL
bert E. Schwittay with Judge Hast
inc aCIZsrCr 17nf hnr
be appointed.
La Crosse.-Falling down while
sweeping the porch at her home in
La Crescent, Tuesday evening, Mrs
Katherine Kunickt's body lay out OF
doors all night. In the morning the
girl who is in the habit of delivering
milk at the house mounted the steps
Of the porch and beheld the lifeless
body stretched at full length on the
floor Mrs Kunickts was IS years
old and had been in apparently the
best of health.
Kenosha-The police Of the city
had the most unusual proposition in
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man by the name Of Gustav Schultz
asked to be permitted to pay his dog
tax on the installment plan. Schultz
declared that he wanted to keep a
dog, but that he was too poor to pay
the 81 license demanded by the city
He offered to pay dollar down, and
the remainder at the rate of 25 cents
week for three months. The police
declined to accept the proposition and
the dog was killed.
La Crosse-A smallpox scare fol.
lowing corn shredding bee in which
members of fifteen families were re-
peatedly exposed to the disease is
prevalent in Lewis Valley, where
three children and a hired man of
Thomas Davis are afflicted with the
malady. incidentally, the health de.
partment was called upon to take
action, interference which alone pre-.
vented the exposure of more people
to the plague. The Davis family had
broken out with the eruptions when
the shredders arrived, but as the dis.
ease manifested itself in mild form,
Mr.. Davis secured no medical attend.
ance. For several days the neigh.
bors were about the place, eating and
sleeping in the house with the afflict.
ed members.
Washington, D. C.-The much dis.
cussed question whether there is eff
fciency under the present system OF
examining national banks has been re.
gived by the failure of the First Ma.
tional bank of Mineral Point, Wis,
Controller Of the Currency hurry is
determined to find out whether the ex
aminations of that bank for the past
two years have been thorough and if
1t is found they have not been, he
purposes to discipline those response
BILE for the failure to disclose the de-
falcation of Vice-President Allen. Mr.
Murray has directed John w. Soho
field, receiver of the bank, Ito make
full and complete investigation of the
books of the bank and compare the
books as he finds them, with reports
which examiners have made from time
TO time to the controller"
Madison-The primary election OF
the senior class resulted in the nom.
nation of but one ticket, this being
one of the few times that senior
election has not been bitterly con.
tested. Harry Culver of Appleton,
left halfback on the football team
was nominated for president; Grace,
Griffin of Madison, vice president;