Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-30
WISCONSIN BRIEFS
Epitomized History of the Week
in the State.
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Racine.-The Standard Electric 20
has been sold to an eastern syndlca'e
which will increase the capacity u
the Racine plant.
Eau Claire-Mayor Frawley mas IS
sued proclamation designating rep
as the date of the special election
on the question of adopting com
mission form of city government.
GAINESVILLE. - oliver Babcock shol
and probably fatally wounded }. h
Kennedy and then ended MS OWL
life in a quarrel over real estate
transaction.
Fan Claire.-The city of Eau Clare
will commence suit against the WIS
consin Telephone company 10 compel
free service to city offices as PROVIDED
in a contract upheld by the supreme
court.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF Banking
M r. Rergh has issued a charter au
the State Bank OF ForestVlile
Door county. The capital OF the new
institution is $4,000, H. j. Feske Is
nresident and w. II. Buster cashier.
Stanley.-The Hotel West caught
fire from a defective chimney an4 con
siderable damage was done to building
and furnishings before the fire was
gotten under control. The loss VII
he about $4,000, fully covered by in
surance.
Medford. -John Johnson, the alleged
murderer of Mrs Shirley, at Hannibal
Taylor county, changed his plea from
guilty to not guilty before Judge Par
ish at Ashland, and was brought here
today by Sheriff Winters and lodged
in Jail awaiting his trial, which vii
be held in January.
Chicago. Illinois.-Charles B. With
ington, inventor of the first automatic
grain binder, and known as the faith
er of grain binding industry" died
at his residence in GAINESVILLE, Wis
He was born in Middlebury, now Ak
ron. Ohio, in 1880, and settled in
GAINESVILLE 62 year ago.
Appleton.-H. Stanly Bristol, assis'
eminent forest products experimental
laboratory at the University of Wis
consin, conferred with paper and pulp
here over the probable
location of a pulpwood experimental
station in connection with one of the
large pulp mills in Appleton.
Stanley.-The headquarters of the
Lumber company Will
be moved from Eau Claire to Stanley
Jan. /. >This is the result of the clos
ing I'D of the operations of the com
pany elsewhere, so that it's interests
are largely centered here. The office
building here was constructed with a
view to these needs several years ago.
Racine. Members of a theatrical
company which presented the play,
Sweet Clover" at the Racine theatre
Christmas day, were left stranded by
heir manager, Russell Heldman. The
police were notified and Heldman was
stopped as he was boarding a Chi
eago e Milwaukee electric car. He
vas brought to the city and compelled
20 pay salaries to the company.
Scion Springs-The glass trust,
through the Illinois Steel company, a
subsidiary company, has acquired pro
perty at Scion Springs. 1t is said
that the intention Of the trust is to
erect a glass factory at which the
sand which is so abundant in the vi
entity, will be used for raw material
Experts who examined the soil here
several years ago pronounced it to be
a basaltic sand, composed of almost
Chicago. Wisconsin residents who
received degrees at the convocation OF
the University of Chicago are: Paul
Frederick Swain associate in philos,
ophy, Grand Rapids; Cyrus LIE Roy
Baldridge associate in literature)
Janesville; Marguerite Christensen
associate in literature), ManitowOc
Lena Beerman Shepherd (Mrs.) (Ph
b, Milwaukee; Hume Clifton Young
associate in literature), Stevens
Point.
Eau Claire.-Finch, Wirth & Com
pany, who have operated a big flour
and feed mill at Augusta for many
many years, have been adjudged
bankrupt in the bankruptcy court at
Madison on their own application. w
E. Johnson, of Augusta was named re-
ceiver. The company has suffered a
series of reverses in late years, and
the burden finally became too heavy
The washing out of their dam few
years ago by flood was the heaviest
blow.
Women Fined for Illegal Fishing.
Wausau.-Game Warden John Fost
er, of this city, reports the arrest OF
Mrs. Charles AndrOwschke and Mrs
Joseph Androwschke, of Aniwa, sis
ters-in-law, at Aniwa, for violations OF
the game laws. According to his rec
objections they are the first of the
gentler sex to become entangled in
the meshes of the game laws since
in force. They were charged with
having trout in their possession out
'uOSg9S 10
Green Bay.-The ice having become
thick enough to allow fishermen to
venture upon it, the winter fishing sea-
son has opened in this vicinity Large
quantities of fish will be shipped from
here daily from now until spring.
Green Bay-Ice cutting will be be-
gun on the Fox river here within a
week
Racine-The Racine Manufacturing
company's plant which burned recent
IV will again be in nnpratinn soon