Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-03-04
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David G, Mckee, prominent set
tier of Newry, died there, aged eighty
three.
The Merchants Association of APP
pleton has asked the Wisconsin Tele-
phone company not to accept any out
side advertising in its local phone
directory.
Farmers of Lima Center, in the
town of Lima, have organized a tele-
phone company, and plans are now
under way for the installing of about
100 phones.
Charged with selling liquor to mi
nors, to which he pleaded guilty, the
saloon license of Make Bruette of
La Crosse was revoked by the COM
mon council.
AS a result of a rebellion of the
prisoners at the county jail at She
boygan against pounding stone, Sher-
iff A. A. Hoehne consigned all of them
to bread and water diet.
Initial sterS toward holding home
coming feswJal at Kenosha this sum-
mer have been taken by several or
CARNATIONS. The date has as yet not
been definitely decided upon.
barns in Oconto were totally de-
stroyed by fire, with a loss of about
$1,000, covered by insurance. About
100 tons of hay were burned.
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The members of the Presbyterian
church of Chippewa Falls have de-
cided to purchase a memorial in hon.
or of the late Rev. S. Brown, in the
form of residence for his family.
A Polish laborer employed by the
Hines Lumber company at Cussen
was killed when the tree which he
and a companion were saving down
swung around on the stump and land
ed on his body.
Fred Albrecht, well known farm
er of Chippewa Falls, was found dead
| in his barn by his wife. He had been
kicked in the head by horse. He
was fifty years old, and is survived
by wife and nine children.
The four-story tanning plant of the
Albert Trostel & Sons tannery at Mil
waukee, together with another four
story structure adjoining, was de-
stroyed by fire, entailing a loss of
$4,000, fully covered by insurance.
Eaner Hansen and Ben Peterson,
who pleaded guilty to the charge of
robbing the saloon of Pete Kissel-
back at La Crosse, were sentenced to
one year in Waupun. Both had pre-
viously served terms in the peniten-
tiary.
The will of Rev. w. w. Stevens,
formerly pastor of Park Avenue
Methodist Episcopal church in Ken
osha, leaves an estate of $4,000, all
personal property, to his widow Kate
V. Stevens, who is named as eXecu-
trix of the will.
Michael Cronin, the widow of the
stone mason who was murdered a
month ago, and whose death still re-
mains a mystery, is critically i'll at
GAINESVILLE Part of the time she is
delirious, and raves over the death of
her husband.
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Because August Mueske, aged sixty
years, found his affinity in Anna Win
ters, young woman who was en-
ployed as a servant at his home, Mrs.
Minnie Mueske of Clifton, Monroe
county, was granted a divorce. The
couple had been married twenty-five
years.
Emil Pfiester, a resident of Merrill,
was instantly killed at Glandon,
small station in the southeastern part
of the county He is a fireman en-
ployed by the Milwaukee road and
was cleaning the flues under the en-
CINE when a train of runaway cars
struck the engine, breaking Pfster's
neck.
Quite a little stir was caused in
Kenosha by the announcement of the
marriage of William Meredith and
Miss Nellie La Voy. They left Ken
osha, stating that they were going to
Chicago to visit friends. A telephone
message announced that they had
been married at Crown Point, Ind.
The question whether chief of po-
lice is allowed to accept fees for
serving papers Or acting as private
detective is being investigated by a
council committee at Chippewa Falls,
Thomas Rowan being the complain
ant against Chief of Police Wands.
Wands admits receiving fees for serv-
ing papers, but says he acted in the
capacity of deputy sheriff at the time.
A new south-bound paper train"
has been put On by the Northwest
ern road, leaving the Menasha daily,
except Sunday, carrying only paper
and perishable stock, and will make
the run from Menasha to Chicago in
a little less than ten hours.
1t is quite possible that the water