Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-06-24
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Wisconsin News From All
Parts Of the State.

Wisconsin, is dead
The Modern Woodman Building as
ISOLATION of Markesan, capital $4,000,
; fled notice of dissolution.
The thirty-eighth annual session of
the Wisconsin grand lodge, Knights of
Pythias, was held in La Crosse.
While attempting to escape from
Sheriff McInnis, Max Branski of La
ona dropped dead in the woods.
Ferdinand Schultz of Grand Rapids,
found guilty of criminal assault upon
a nine-year-old girl, was sentenced to
twenty years at the state penitentiary.
Miss Jennie Backus, general secre-
tary of the La Crosse Young Women's
Christian association, has rendered
her resignation, to take effect July 1.
Winfield Ray, an old resident of
Platteville, died suddenly from heart
disease Immediately upon landing at
the bottom of a fifty-foot shaft where
he was mining.
Moses Heathcote, aged thirty-three
years, was found dead at his home in
Monterey. At the post-mortem exami-
suited from apoplexy.
The two-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. o. e. O'Dell of Grand Rap
ids was seriously burned. She had
scratched a match with which she set
fire to her clothes.
AS provided for in special bond
issue of nearly 100000, the Ashland
street car company was given permits
sion to extend it's trackage through
the city three miles.
Miss Martha Aldrich, while crossing
the railroad tracks at Evansville, was
struck by a south-bound passenger
train and hurled several feet. She
was not seriously hurt.
Complying with new law for the
investigation of divorce cases, Judge
Higbee of La Crosse has appointed the
district attorneys in all counties in
the Sixth district to act.
Charles Ainsworth, convicted at
Madison of theft and sentenced to one
year in the state prison, had the novel
experience last week of being taken
to Waupun in an automobile.
Ole Johnson Star Prairie farmer,
has received notice from Madison that
he stood first iii the civil service ex.
animation and that he will be appoint.
ed deputy game warden for St. CroiX
county.
The home of Samuel Briscoe at Bar.
aboo was entered by burglar
through the rear door and about
5000 worth of jewelry taken. Mrs,
Briscoe was sitting on the front porch
when the burglary was committed.
Lightning struck the steeple of Holy
Cross Catholic church at Bay Settle
ment, north of Green Bay, killed one
man and shocked and injured sixteen
others, two of whom may not survive,
while mass was being sung.
Jimmie Fitzpatrick, aged twelve
years, residing at Brownsville, fell on
the point of an umbrella, and as re-
suit is dead. He vas running along
carrying the umbrella, and stumbling
it's pointed end ran through his eye
into the brain.
Olaf Paulson of Neenah had his
right hand and part of his arm terri
bly, crushed in machine in paper
mill and but for the fact that the
belts on the machine fell out his en-
tire body would have been pulled
through the rollers
John Paul, aged seventy-fve, for g
generation one of the leading lumber
men of Wisconsin and more recently
operating in Florida, where he was
the head of the largest lumber com
pany in that state, died at Watertown
Fla He was several times million
aire.
Mrs. Joel F Mason of ST. Croix Falls
has presented to Barron county per
trait of Henry D. Barron, who died
while in Office as judge of that judi
cial circuit The name first given tel
the county was Dallas, but it was later
changed to that of Barron, in honor OF
the Judge.
Following a conference between the
officials of the La Crosse street rail
way company, a committee represent
ing the employees of the company and
John Humphrey of Milwaukee, secre
tary of the state board of arbitration
it was decided that no changes could
be made in the present condition OF
things until Sept. /.
AS a result of refusing a glass OF
beer to c. G. Carter, a stoker, who
came, begrimed, from below, capt
Harry Wilcox Of the steamer La
Crosse was stabbed in the chest, slash
ed across the wrist and the palm oil
the hand was cut out by large knife
welded by TIE fireman. Wilcox is I'M
der physicians care and Will re
cover.
The body of John Nets the negro
who drowned at La Crosse when the
gangplank on the Diamond 10 packer
St. Paul broke, throwing him into the
river. was found in the Mississippi
river a block from where the body
sank
Probably the Oldest woman 1nl
Southern Wisconsin, if not in the
state. Is Mrs. Betsy Sykes OF Roches'
ter, who celebrated her one hundred
and fourth birthday on June p
Though her eyesight and hearing arel