Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-01-07

FRANK Terrell shot and killed his
| father when the father was asleep in
! his room at Hurley. The murder was
| committed because the son hated his
| father, he said.
Robert Armstrong, who forged and
| cashed two checks at Hudson stores
| recently, confessed his guilt to Judge
| E. w. Helms and was given two years
in the state prison.
The Wisconsin Central will begin
running trains over it's new line be-
tween Owen and Superior Jan. 5, ac-
cording to information received from
the headquarters of the company.
Barney Reynolds, seventy-two
years old, comedian and Snowman of
| the old school, was found dead in his
room in a hotel at Cleveland Heart
disease was the supposed cause of
death.
Peter Reichert, who lived alone and
had not been seen by his neighbors
for ten days, was found dead in his
home at Mondovi. He was sixty years
old, and is survived by several adult
children
Peter st. German, a Chippewa coun-
| ty pioneer, was killed in the woods
near Fifield. He was engaged in saw
ing down a. tree when a limb fell and
struck him on the head, breaking his
neck. He was fifCy-ive years old
Owing to an outbreak of diphtheria
in the village of Mount Horeb, near
placed under quarantine, and the vii
| lage board of health has prohibited
all public and private gatherings for
| twenty days.
Theodore Papahalohore, also known
| as Pappas, a tanner, was shot down
and probably fatally wounded in front
| of Nick Stevens coffee house at Mil
| waukee by Jaces Kucheras. The
tragedy is the elimination of feud
Of long standing
The people of Gilmanton and yicin-
| ity have raised $4,000 toward the pro-
posed railway between that village
and Mondovi. At a recent meeting
they decided to raise $4,000 to carry
out the project, and a stock company
| has been formed.
According to it's report just issued
| the railroad commission, which super
vises not only railroads, but public
| utilities as we'll, cost the State of
Wisconsin $48,169.77 in 1905. Com
pared with other like commissions in
the country, the cost is less than most
of them, while the work accomplished
was in most cases greater. The
largest item was the expense Of the
engineering department, $4,000. The
salaries of the three commissioners
were $4,000 a year.
A gift of $4,000 in land was the
| Christmas present that A. P. Jones,
| former agent for the Winnebago In
dams, has made to a squaW more than
| eighty years old Mr. Jones cleared
up twenty-five heirship cases while on
his visit to Nebraska to pay money
| due the Winnebagoes in that state.
The aged squaw, who lives near Black
! River Falls, gets clear title to an i'm
proved eighty-acre farm and a half
| interest in $50 acres.
A movement was launched at Madi-
| so to save the dome Of the old state
capitol from destruction and place it
on Main hall, one of the oldest of the
state university buildings, which
stands on the top of University hill.
| The movement has the enthusiastic
sanction of Magnus SwensOn, chair
man of the university regents, and is
| being championed by many influential
men. Arthur Peabody, the university
architect, declares the plan is entire
Iy feasible The old capitol dome was
| constructed entirely separate from
| the four wings, two of which have
| been torn down and are being sup
planted by new ones. The dome is
of steel. Placed on the top of Main
hall, it would be fifty or more feet
higher than any other tower in the
city, and could be seen for miles
around.