Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-02
Wisconsin News
Brief Bits of News From the
Badger State.

ketDall team.
adysmith.-Walter Osterhout and
Johnny Tapfer, 10 and s years old,
were drowned here while stalking on
thin ice on the Flambeau river. Both
bodies were recovered.
Cumberland. - Lambert Brost, of
this city, received word today that his
son, Bert Brost, was accidentally killed
at Beach, n. d. Young Brost was q
years old, and was to be married
Christmas.
Madison.-Dairy and Food Commits
sioner j. Q. Emery has left for New
Orleans to attend the meeting of the
Association of National and State
Dairy and Food Commissioners On
Nov. 20 to Dec. 2.
Racine.-Manager of three Racine
theaters were arrested on complaint
of Deputy State Factory Inspector
David Evans, charged with violating
state law which prohibits the en-
ploying of boys under 16 years old.
Hurley.-M. S. Klauber, a wealthy
S. Watrous, of Austin, H., suburb
of Chicago, were drowned in McDer-
motifs lake near Emerson, while cross
ing the lake on the ice. The bodies
were recovered.
nelander.-William Cleveland of
this city was accidentally shot while
hunting deer near Eagle River. Paul
Ziedler of Lomira, Wis, a companion,
fired at deer and wounded it. The
same bullet struck Cleveland in the
leg below the knee.
GAINESVILLE - George Schaffner,
farmer near Hanover, was feeding
bull when the animal became enraged
and tossed him, breaking both legs
below the knee and inflicting other
serious injuries. Schaffner was bare
ly able to crawl through fence.
La Crosse.-Claiming the state foot
ball championship the La Crosse high
school, under Coach Jack Wilce of the
University of Wisconsin, is organizing
a basketball team with which they
expect to win this state title, also.
Many last year stars will be On the
lineup.
Madison.-On account of the dates
first decided upon conflicting with
those of the Automobile show, the
dates of the tenth annual show of the
Wisconsin Feathered Stock Associa-
ton have been changed to Jan. $40
at the Auditorium. Entries will close
Dec. 90
Racine.-Rev. Stephen Trant, pastor
of st. Patrick's Catholic church here
for almost forty years, is at st. Marks
hospital in a critical condition as the
result of injuries sustained by falling
down a stairway in the church. He
was found unconscious and with a
deep cash in his head.
Pine River - Finding her four
year-old son dead in her arms
was the experience of Mrs. Andrew
Ford of Longville, who came down
by stage to consult doctor The
child had been i'll a month with ty-
phoid fever and was alive few miles
from town but was dead when I'M
wrapped.
Ladysmith- r. H. Patno, who
lives near Ladysmith looked out of the
back door and saw big buck worry
ing the livestock. She took down
rifle, fired one shot at the deer, saw
it drop, and then went about her house
hold duties. When her husband re-
turned home she told him to go into
the barnyard and get his winters pro-
vender, and he did.
Madison-John Ringle, Democratic
candidate, files statements showing
that he spent 1862 in the primary and
general election campaigns, $262 for
the former and 800 for the latter
w. M. Perry, successful candidate for
state senator in the first district, spent
$984.35 in the two campaigns. L. n.
Hanna, Democratic candidate for state
senator in the tWenty-first district,
spent $165.54.
La Crosse. - The claim of Mrs.
Matte A. Weston, of An Sable,
Mich, to the estate of Clinton n. IVES
ton, a wealthy lumberman OF this city,
who died several years ago, was dis
posed of when record was discoV-
cred in the office of the clerk of court
of this county, showing that Weston
had obtained divorce from his wife
in 1879. Mrs. Weston declared it was
the first knowledge she had of di-
vorce, although she and her husband
had been living apart number OF
years.
Eau Claire-Mrs. IngWald Madison,
who lives on a farm several miles
west of here, was accidentally shot in
the side by her son on his return home
from a hunting trip, but it is expected
that she will recover. When her son
Melvin drove into the yard one OF
the horses stumbled and fell. Jump
ing to the ground with his rifle in his
hand, Melvin assisted the horse to its
feet. and while so doing the gun went
off. The bullet struck a board and
glanced off, striking Mrs. Mattison in
the side, the bullet lodging in the left
hip.
Rice Lake.--A double funeral was
held in the Catholic church for the