Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-08
Badger Briefs
Wisconsin News From All
Parts of the State.

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| The annual university naval ball
will be held at the gym" Madison,
| April "a.
A 100000 freight and passenger
| steamer will be built in Manitowoc
for the Goodrich line.
The Astoria Hotel company, incor-
porated for 100000, will build a six
story hotel in Green Bay.
|
Lee e Radtke's hardware store was
burglarized at Baraboo of $500 worth
of cutlery and revolvers. There is no
clue.
The assessment roll of the town of
Wausaukee is said to have been stolen
from the vault of County Treasurer
r. c. Hayling of Marinette.
|
A masked highwayman held up and
robbed Conductor John Allen at Mil
waukee. Both motorman and con-
ductor were inside the car at the
time.
C. r. Johnston, Marinette, against
whom former District Attorney
Schwittay made charges, will not be
candidate for reelection as super
visor.
Robert Tomcyzk aged fifteen years,
was instantly killed in the Wisconsin
Central yards at Grand Rapids, while
trying to catch a ride on a moving
freight train.
| A North Western road derrick and
engine employed on the Root river
railroad bridge al Racine fell into the
river, a distance of nearly 100 feet,
injuring two men.
| County option in Wisconsin receiv-
ed it's death blow in the senate branch
of the legislature when, after a
| lengthy debate the measure was de.
feated by vote of II to IL.
Five prominent grocers of Superior
were arrested on complaint of City
Weighmaster Joseph Morriste and
fined So each for giving short weights
in selling potatoes by the sack.
During a fire which destroyed the
home of Henry Jakelen at Glenwood
his siX-year-old son was icremated,
while three other children were saved
| by being thrown from an upper win
dow.
Paul Mite of Sheboygan has
brought suit against the Northwest
ern for SIS 900 damages for injuries al
legged to have been sustained in being
struck by the companys crossing
gates.
H. H. Manson of Wausau, chairman
of the Democratic state central com
mittee, has formed a law partnership
with former District Attorney Frank
| lin T. Bump under the name of Bump
& Manson.
Police are searching at La Crosse
for a negro who piled rails and debris
| upon the Burlington track near De-
soto in an effort to wreck train.
Farmers discovered the attempted
crime and pursued the negro, who es-
capped. The north-bound passenger
was due to pass the spot in an hour.
The logging camps all through the
northern section are being closed up
| now and lumberjacks by the hundreds
are moving out each day. 1t has been
| successful winter for the loggers on
account of the steady weather and lit
| tie snow. For the first time there will
be much summer logging done
| through COuderay this summer.
Ole StrOmberg section foreman for
the Green Bay & Western railway at
New London found in pile of ties a
purse containing $4,000 in checks and
notes which was stolen from the
Graef store at Hortonville several
months ago. The identity of the rob
bers of the Graef store has been a
mystery since the robbery early last
year
Stockholders Of the Grand Rapids
Street Railway company have elect
ed: President, Neal Brown, Wausau
vice president, L. M. Nash, Grand
Rapids; secretary, George HILL Grand
Rapids; treasurer F. j. Wood, Grand
Rapids. Building operations are to
begin in May. The line will run from
Grand Rapids to Nekoosa, seven and
a half miles.
The La Crosse WaterpOwer compa-
ny, which has all eady spent $1,500,O00
improving the water power at Hat
field, on the Black river, is about to
employ 500 men to reconstruct the
Dells DAM near Neillsville, on the
same river, to increase the power
available. The company will supply
practically all til electricity used at
La Crosse and Winona, besides fur
nishing power for two projected troll
ley roads.
The fishing season on Lake Pepin
is now drawing to a close, and be-
cause of the poor condition of the ice
the fishermen are beginning to take
out their nets. Altogether sixty car
loads have been shipped from Pepin
this winter.