Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-06-10
Wisconsin News
Brief Bits of News From the
Badger State.


years old, a wealthy pioneer lum-
herman, died suddenly of heart dis
ease. He was large owner of West
ern timber lands.
Beloit.-Mrs. Maria Smith, who
broke her hip in a fall from her bed.
died as a result of the injury in the
home of her daughter, Mrs. A. A.
Phelps She was 83 years old.
observation-disclosures Fredericksen,
73 years old, pioneer brewer of this
country and postmaster in North Lake
for the last thirty-five years, was
found dead in the North Lake mill
pond.
Sturgeon Bay.-Ralph w. Crazy of
this city is the inventor of savings
bank which he has been granted a
patent. The bank is made of alumni
mum and the principal feature is re-
minder to make a deposit every day.
Madison. - The State Journal an
nounces that. the Dane county's con-
vention in Milwaukee June s, will
support Gov. Davidson for the NOM
ination, regardless of any desire on
his part to remain out of the contest.
Madison.-First Assistant Attorney
General A. G. Titus suffered a stroke
of paralysis. Mr.. Titus had announced
himself a candidate for the republican
nomination for attorney general to sue
coed Frank l.. Gilbert. The condition
of Mr. TituC imDrOvad 1afnr
Trempealeau. No Sunday ball
games is to be the rule here this sum-
mer. The game between the locals
and Midway was called off at the last
moment because the village board re-
fused to permit it. The board is de-
termined to maintain this stand,
Stoughton-Fire in the F. B. Hyland
department store, the largest in the
city, caused a loss of $4,000 to the
stock and $4,000 to the building, fully
covered by insurance. The fire start
ed in the ceiling of the fourth floor
and was fought by the volunteer fire
department. 1t was caused by crossed
wires.
Madison.-Thomas J. Cunningham,
Chippewa Falls, member of the Wis
consin state civil service commission,
on Monday telegraphed Secretary F.
i. Doty of the commission from Al
bany, n Y, that the national associa-
ton of civil service commissioners
had decided to hold it's annual meet
ing next year in Madison.
Superior board of health de-
cided to recommend to the council the
purchase of a crematory for the burn
ing of refuse and rubbish collected by
the scavengers. A committee was ap-
pointed to bring the matter before
the aldermen and to make arrange
ments for the necessary levy. The
crematory will cost about $4,000 If
a fifty-ton receptacle is purchased.
Sheboygan.-Summo from his
home, where his mother, Hannah
Braun, was lying dead, Charles Braun
went into the field at Sheboygan and
pitched a twenty-one innings game to
victory over Port Washington, Sunday
afternoon. The score was to 1.
Mrs. Braun was tricken with paralysis
ten days ago while holding lamp
and at the same time was severely
burned.
Racine-Thomas Burns, former con-
stable in Corliss, convicted of taking
money from the person of Paul Adam
ski, Two Rivers, whom he was arrest
ing in an alleged demented condition,
TO in no tot n
prison in Waupun. He was granted a
stay of execution of sentence for thirty
days to give time to prepare an appeal
to the supreme court, and was re-
leased on $4,000 bond.
Marinette.-Joseph Garon, ~ years
of this region, died at his home in
Menominee after an illness of three
months, due to advanced age. Garon
worked in the first saw mill on the
Menominee river and patented the
first device for the manufacture of
lived in Menominee fifty-three years.
Surviving him are his widow and eight
children.
Chippewa Falls. - Frank Watson,
aged 47, a druggist, was found dead
in his apartments over his drug store.
It is supposed he had been dead about
two days. He said that he was gong
to visit st. Paul, and he had not been
seen since. Death is supposed to have
been due to heart nature. Watson
was prominent in Masonic circles in
the state. He was a son of James
Watson, the oldest locomotive engi-
neer on the Chicago division of the
500 line.
Madison. - The Wisconsin Associa-
ton of Assistant Postmasters met in
annual convention to seek improve
ment of the postal service through the
exchange of ideas and to urge the pla-
cling of assistant postmasters in the
non-excepted class of civil service
employees. President w. A. Devine
of Madison called the assemblage to
order and delivered his address, after
which the reports of officers and COM
mittees were heard. Fred w. Graft
of Sheboygan then spoke on the i'm
movement of the SDecial delivery