Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-27
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Parts of the State.


at kewaunee by falling off the rear
end of his boat.
The Beloit common council has pro-
hibited the peddling of ice cream
about the city on Sundays.
August Heisler, aged fifty-one, COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself in
an Oshkosh boarding house.
The annual meeting of Group No. 8
of the Wisconsin Bankers association
will be held at Appleton on June 3.
Webster w. Collins, an insurance
man, formerly of Madison and James
vile, is dead at La Crosse, aged fifty
four years.
Ernest Kohler, buttermaker en-
ployed in a Hartford creamery, is re-
ported heir to $150,OO0 estate in
Switzerland.
Charles Spencer, formerly well
known in the state as a bowler, who
left Kenosha four years ago, commit
ted suicide at st. Louis.
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A barn owned by Max Mertz at Nee
nah was struck by lightning, destroy
ing it, together with several head of
cattle, horses and chickens.
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A. w. Langford, the oldest member
of the I. o. o. F. residing at the Odd
Fellows home in Green Bay is dead
at the age of eighty-six years.
The body of Eugene Hatch. son of
E. H. Hatch, was found in the woods
eight miles south of Sparta He dis
appeared from home three weeks ago.
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Sherman Lewis, farmer living near
Whitewater, died of black diphtheria.
1t is feared that many have been ex-
posed, and considerable alarm is felt.
To be buried in a shroud which was
intended for her graduating dress is
the unusual circumstances in the
death of Miss Janet Strate of Nee
nah
Wausau traveing men are after the
convention in 1910 of the United Tray
elers' association, and a delegation of
sixty will invade Madison to boost for
Wausau.
Deputy Game Warden Otto Zuehlke
of Appleton was shot at while drag
ging for gill nets in Lake Winnebago,
but kept at his work and found 5000
feet of nets.
A Burlington way freight, south
bound, struck a handcar on a curve
north of Prairie du Chen. No one
was killed, but several were slightly
hurt. The car was badly shattered.
T. j. Janecky of Racine walked off
moving Milwaukee, Racine and Ken
osha electric car. A cash was cut
over his right eye, teeth were knock
ed out, legs and arms cut and
bruised.
Matthias Fischer, fifty-fve years of
age, one of the best known Of the Ger
man pioneer residents of Kenosha, at
tempted suicide by drinking a mix
ture of paris green and water
While he was unloading bottles
filled with muriatic acid from a car at
Racine one of them broke and the
acid flew into the face of John Perez.
He may lose one of his eyes.
Miss Emma Shoemaker, who had
cayenne pepper thrown in her eyes
during stacking at the girls dormi
tory of Beloit college, will not lose
her sight, although she will not have
the use of her eyes for weeks.
Gov. Davidson has reappointed
Capt. H. w. Rood as custodian of the
G. A. r. Memorial hall in the state
capitol for term of four years. The
salary is $1,000 a year. Capt Rood
has held the position several years.
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The Chippewa Valley Railway,
Light and Power company has en-
tered into a contract with Menomo-
ME power company at Red Wing,
Mimi, by which the former company
will supply from it's plant in Menomo-
ME electric power for lighting and
purposes at Red Wing.
The body of an unknown man was
found horribly mangled on the rail
road track in Milwaukee, and it is be-
lieved by the police that he was
killed and his body thrown on the
track. The man wore first-class
ready-made clothing, and there was
not a cent in his pockets. A watch
had been torn off, for
there was a bit of chain remaining
attached to a vest button.
After a spirited debate the lower
house of the Wisconsin legislature
killed a bill providing for the sterili-
zation of feeble minded and chronic
insane inmates Of state institutions.
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The annual convention of the Ash
and district Epworth league convened |
at Bruce for three-day session. |
About eighty delegates were in attend
ance. Miss Emma Robinson OF Chi |
,ago has charge of the junior league
work and Rev. Irish of Chippewa
Falls IS conducting the work of the |