Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-10-21
WISCONSIN BRIEFS
Epitomizsd History of the Week
in the State.

i NASoOAoNN
| al snake hunter, who operates prin.
;ipally in La Crosse county, collected
;123 bounty on 246 rattlesnakes, the
esult of less than one months work
La Crosse.-John H. Roemer, of the
Wisconsin rate commission, who was
n the city, made the statement that
10 action will be taken for some time
Upon Senator Thomas Morris applica-
| ion for Scent fare in La Crosse.
Sheboygan.-The jury in the 5000
lamage suit OF Game Warden Henry
4ruebner against Walter j. Kohler re-
turned verdict answering all the
questions in favor of the plaintiff and
placing the damages to be levied by
he court at $3.50.
| Eau Claire.-Farmers and dealers
lere declare that there will be plenty
| If turkeys this season for the IhankS-
giving feast, the present year being
suitable for the raising of this bird.
Prices will remain about the same as
asst year, ranging from Is to Is cents
q pound.
Wausau.-Peter Gorski and Stanls-
laus Schmit, who attacked, beat and
robbed Joseph Norys near knowlton,
pleaded guilty and were sentenced, the
ormer to the state reformatory in
Green Bay for a term Of four years,
and the latter to the state prison in
Waupun for four years.
| or
| slave who came to Neenah soon after
he civil war and started barber
| shop and who is believed to be the
oldest living barber in the state, was
ound dead in his chair, death having
come suddenly while he was taking
uneral on Sunday with Milwaukee col
ored Masons in charge.
| Sheboygan.-All traffic on the North
| Western road in this vicinity is at a
standstill because of the wreck of
| reight train No. 2S9, nOrthbound,
abount four miles south of the city
IN Wednesday morning. North and
south bound passengers are being
transferred, 10 trains being able to so
through until the wreckage has been
| 'emoVed. The loss is estimated at
$4,000.
| Fond du Lac-Judge Fowler denied
The motion to quash the alternative
writ of mandamus in the Doty street
paving matter, thus finding for the
| plaintiff, ]. Rasmussen & Sons Co., of
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mayor and other city officials who re-
| used to approve contract for paving
work made by the board OF public
works The mayor has until Oct. Fl
| % show cause why he should not
sign the contract.
| Sheboygan.-Sheboy organized
building trades workmen, comprising
over 800 members, have just taken an
| important step in the election OF a
salaried business agent, who will here
after devote all of his time to the
| !nions' affairs and whose salary will
BE paid by the unions jointly. The
| aew business agent is John Meyer,
| resident and organizer of the local
| rasons' and Bricklayers' union. His
| appointment holds until Jan. /.
| Merrill-A large bear came TO the
| arm of Albert Wiedenheaft and took
:. pig which weighed 125 pounds from
| he pen and carried it into the woods
or about one-Quarter Of mile, where
t was found, the bear having eaten
| bout one-half of it. On the next
/ IN
low in the sheep barn, belonging to
| he same man, and took large sheep.
t carried it off about thirty rods from
he barn and ate it. Mr.. Wiedenheaft
saw the bear at a distance, but was
unable to get a shot at it.
Eau Claire.-Milk has been a scarce
article in Eau Claire during the last
few days, conditions, in fact, almost
amounting to a famine in the tactical
| luid The price Of cream has recent,
iy gone up from 70 cents gallon to
80 cents. Milk is retailing at cents
quart The primary cause of the
near milk famine is the early drying
up of the pastures. 1t is about four
| weeks since the meadows gave out
qnd most of the farmers have had
| their cows on feed for four and even
i've weeks.
| Ashland.-The sixty-secOnd annual
session of the grand encampment OF
| Wisconsin, 0. @. f., has closed tC
| meet next October at Fond du Lac
| The officers elected for the ensuing
| year were: J. w. Salter, unity grand
| patriarch; A. J. Caldwell, OcontO,
grand high priest; T. c. Longwell:
Sparta, grand senior warden; J. A
Fathers, GAINESVILLE, grand scribe; L
e. Thiesen, Oshkosh, grand treasurer;
| Charles Barker, Milwaukee, grand rep,
resentative; II. S. Sherman, Beaver
Dam, grand representative; w. H.
Rogers, Appleton, grand junior ward
| IN: John Clark, Superior, grand mar
| shall; w. G. North, Fox Lake, grand
sentinel; A. Karras, Hudson, grand
outside sentinel.
| Manufactured bennett, Sheboy.
gan, continues his work of improve
ment on Chambers island this fall
| The island has all the natural ad
vantages for game preserve as well
as summer resort and being pri'
yately owned all necessary restrictions
| 3an be made to conserve it's advan
ages.
Hartford.-Harvey Swanton, of the
town of Ashippun, was arrested by
| George F. Hall, deputy game warden
| for hunting without a license. He was
required to pay fine of $25 and costs
1 nn,ountino in all tn $40 40