Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-08-26
BITS FROM BADGERDOM
Wisconsin News of the Week in
Condensed Form.

Sheb0ygan.- Theodore Dieckman,
mayor of Sheboygan, has been reap
/ pointed jury commissioner by Judge
Michael Kirwan.
| BelOit.-Three persons, James Nc
Donald, his wife and their 8-year-old
son, were drowned in Rock river here
They went out in boat which was
found later upside down.
Chippewa Falls.-Burglars entered
the store of Theodore Botscher, at
Boyd, and carried off loot to the value
of about fifty dollars A section hand
who has disappeared is suspected
| observation-disclosures Buck, former
hotel fire in Libby, Mont, left val
liable mine which has been sold for
a large amount, which his brothers
here will inherit.
Madison.-The supreme court will
meet Sept H. Justice Winslow and
Justice Siebecker are in Europe, JUS
tice Dodge is at home in Massachu-
sets and Justices Timlin, Marshall,
Kerwin and Barnes are at their farm
| homes.
| Wausau.-Burt Clifford, formerly OF
| WauSau who was ordained into the
foreign missionary field by the Rev.
Mr.. Carrier. April IA, in this city,
will leave Boston on Friday, for Bel
rut, Syria to teach in the Syrian Prot
estant college.
1 Ioir
35, formerly coroner of Eau Claire
county, was drowned while bathing
in Log pond. 1t is believed he
was stricken by heart disease. Pro-
| longed efforts to resuscitate him fail
ed. He is survived by a family.
| New Richmond.-That farmers,
some OF them, are just as progressive
is their city neighbors, is shown at
| Deer Park, near here, where Ole B.
| Solumn, a farmer living in Black
Brook, delivers his mornings cream
at the creamery in an automobile.
New Richmond-Miss Nora Murley,
of Menomonie, who conducted the
two weeks religious day school just
closed here, has accepted the assist
ant principalship of the new Green
county training school at Brodhead.
For three years she has been one of
the teachers in the Dunn county nor
NAL school.
Manitowoc.-After feeding the city
on promises for two months, the 500
line has finally made good on a new
I111a bo
| Neenah branch and the city will get
more than it asked for in service.
| The new schedule will go into effect
| Aug. 20 and will provide excellent
accommodations.
Wausau = The Wisconsin Valley
Pastoral and Teachers Association
will meet here Sept. 81, % and %.
About thirty pastors and teachers
will be present at this meeting. The
cities of Merrill, Tomahawk, Wausau,
Mosinee, Grand Rapids, Stevens Point,
Nekoosa, Tomah and New Lisbon
form this organization.
Westinghouse were ap-
proved as follows: Bennett, Douglas
county, Effie M. Bowen, vice E. p.
Efaw, resigned; Gilman, Taylor coun-
ty, Joseph Fleishman, vice A. r. Hea-
gle, resigned; Lakewood, Oconto
county, Albert o. Anderson, vice j.
| G. Anderson; Web Lake, Burnett
county, Carl A Johnson, vice c..
Marsh, resigned
La Crosse.-B. E. Edwards has re-
signed as president of the La Crosse
City Railway company. Peter Valier
formerly superintendent of the city
lines and now superintendent of the
La Crosse & Southeastern railroad,
has been named general manager, a
new office created by the board Of d.
rectors. Waller will retain his posi-
ton with the Southeastern.
Wausau-The annual teachers in
stitute for Marathon county closed
last week The institute has had the
largest enrolment in the state, reach
ing a total of 201, and has been a
great success. The instructors are:
Superintendents H. C. Buell., of James
Vile; D. L. Hennessey, of Black River
Falls; G. F. Bergen, of Oconto, and
Miss Martha Dockery, of Richland
Center.
Ashland.-Marine men. report that
they encounter Ashland county red
clay as far out as the eastern ex-
tremity of the Apostle islands, like
wise driftwood, trees, stumps, scant-
lings, hencoops and what not. This
fotsam was caused by the recent
heavy rains. Vesselmen express sur
prise, however, at the great distance
at which the lake was affected and
say the water is very bad.
Superior.-A big meeting of the Ca
tholic Order of Foresters of this city
is planned for Sept. 49, when the
state court officers are to be here to
hold their regular quarterly meeting
and initiate a class of seventy-five
candidates. Monday the state court
will hold an important business ses-
sion. Among the business to be trans
acted will be the election of sue
ccssor to State Secretary Keller, who
at the recent international meeting at
Montreal was elected high treasurer
of the order.
La Crosse.-L. p. Johnsrud, OF
Spring Grove, Mimi, has been selected
to have charge of the manual train
ing department Of the new La Crosse
county agriculture and manual train
ing school He is a graduate of the
University of Minnesota.
Grand Rapids.-A gold mining COM
pany was organized in this city to