Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-09-30
WISCONSIN News
Brief Bits of News From the
Badger State.

crease of Ats or 1913 per CENT oFei
28.264 in 1900.
Rara boo-William Eliot has begun
picking a second crop of strawoerrles.
The berries are larger than those Oh
tho first crop and equal in flavor.
PIainsfield. A number OF cattle
have died in this vicinity from d
cause which the farmers do not KNOW
The state authorities will investigate.
Richland Center.-The 16 months
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald flu
gerald, Twin Bluffs, was drowned III d
cheese vat. The little fellow had Deen
dead for some time when found
Oconomowoc. The summer hotei'
recently built at OconomoWoc lake
by William H. Perthesius, Mll"au-
kee. with practically all contents'
burned The loss is about $6,OO0.
Superior.-Sunday, Oct. Is, has been
fixed as the date for the dedlcatloh ol
the First Methodist church OF the east
end. An effort is being made TO Sc
cure Bishop Hamilton, Boston, 10 give
the dedicatory address.
Milwaukee-The case OF catherine
Heisdorf against DR.. William Colby
Rucker. health commissioner OF Mil
waukee, in which Rucker was charged
with committing a statutory ofense,
was dismissed in civil court on mo-
ton of District Attorney c. A. A. Nc
Gee
Ester" as good a brickmason as
this town has ever had has thrown
aside his trowel and gone back to
Stoughton. Wis, to again become
George Becker, ex-mayor, grocer and
contractor, whom he was before he
suffered a lapse of memory two years
ago and wandered away.
Highland.- Gertrude Stake, 10 year
old daughter of John Stake, farmer
residing near here, was accidentally
shot and killed by the 8 year old sob
of John Thomas, a neighbor. A re-
peating rifle was Dlayfully picked up
by the boy and he pressed the trigger.
The bullet entered the girls forehead.
Chippewa Falls.-A stranger at the
Northern Wisconsin state fair, held
here last week, passed $40 state
bank bill at the Hotel Cardinal, buy
ing a 1G-cent cigar and getting $3.50
in change. The bill was issued by the
Bank of Commerce, State of GeOr-
gia. in 1856 The police failed to locate
the swindler.
Milwaukee - The Milwaukee do
cese of the Episcopal church will
in all probability be divided and
a new diocese established to be known
as the diocese of La Crosse. At the
diocesan council a resolution was in
troduced for the division of the Mil
waukee diocese and if this is approved
by the coming council at La Crosse,
the change will go into effect within
year.
Ashland-Messrs J. Y. Smeaton, of
Marshfield, Ore, and Con W. Lloyd,
of Ashland, were arrested on complaint
of Assistant State Fire Marshal Flarin,
charged with conspiring to defraud fire
insurance companies. Their bonds
were fixed at $4,000 each. Lloyd is an
insurance agent and SmeatOn was man
ager of the Lake Superior Lumber &
Box company which burned a year
ago. The two men are accused of fix
ing up a $4,000 policy after the fire
from which they obtaine $11,676.
Madison.-The will of Halle Stems
land, president of the Madison Saw
ings, Loan and Trust company, who
died several weeks ago, was filed for
probate. The estate consists Of $780,
900 in personal property. A score of
requests to the city of Madison and
charitable and religious institutions
are made. Steensland held q number
of public offices in Madison and sew
eral years ago was knighted by the
king of Norway for distinguished ser
vices to his native country.
Chippewa Falls.-On Sunday the
new federal building here was oc-
cupied and formally opened to the
public. It cost almost $4,000, with
site costing $4,000, being on the main
business street of the city. The in
terror is finished in Italian marble
and bronze. The upper floor is oc-
cupied by the internal revenue collect
ors office, room for civil service ex-
arainations, and a postoffice inspect
ors office. The main floor is used
for a postoffice. The building has
been two years in construction.
POrtage-E. F. Potter, general sup
erintendent of the Wisconsin division
of the 500 line, accompanied by Gen
eral Manager w. S. Stout, Gen. Supt
T. E. Mcdonnell, and Supt. S. A. Davis
of the Western Express company, are
touring the 500 line route on special
train inspecting offices preparatory to
the change in management of the ex-
press business on the 500 line which
will be made on Jan 1. The National
Express company is to be succeeded
by the Western Express company,
which is operated under the direction
of the 500 road.
WatertowR.-Dr. William Hecker,
accused of the murder of his wife, who
was drowned in Fox lake, Aug. 20, will
come to WATERFOWL for trial, without