Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-04-15
Wisconsin News
Brief Bits of News From the
Badger State.


80 majority.
Wausau.-Scarlet fever has claimed
the lives of five children in the rurai
districts Immediately surrounding this
city.
La Crosse. - George, small son OF
Gill Post, La Crescent, was accident
ally shot while hunting. His injuries
are not expected to be fatal.
Grand Rapids. - Twenty-four pas
tors, representing the German Luth-
eran congregations of Wisconsin val
ley, met in annual session here.
Hudson. - Preparations are being
made to establish free mail delivery IN
Hudson. The postal receipts this year
were $4,000 greater than last year.
La Crosse.-Executors of the John
Paul estate, worth millions, located
mostly in Florida, have paid $1O,6I9-6O,
being the / per cent inheritance tax.
Marinette.-Alth ugh the family lost
everything else, Mrs. John TWeedle
saved her four sleeping children from
death when their home burnt down,
near here.
La Crosse -Nieces, charging undue
influence, are contesting the Will OF
Ouden Everson, farmer, who lett SlS,-
900 to Lutheran churches and $4,000
to his nieces.
La Crosse. - Hailed into court for
selling property when judgment was
held against him, Theodore Schmltz
was forced to draw the sale money in
big roll from his bullying, telltale
pocket.
Frederic.-Frederic formerly dry,
voted wet by 48 majority; Luck re-
mains dry by 4 majority; Centuria,
wet by s majority; st. Croix Falls,
wet for many years, votes dry; Bal
sam Lake votes dry.
New Richmond.-John Charles Dono-
hue, second son of Mayor Donohue,
died very suddenly in Glendive, Mont,
of pneumonia He was born here thir-
ty-two years ago. He was engaged in
horse raising in the west.
New York, N. Y. Ex-senator
John c. Spooner of Wisconsin, now
practicing lawyer in this city appeared
in the Harlem police court with his
chauffeur, who had been arrested for
speeding. The chauffeur was held in
500 hail.
Wausau.-Two alleged clever swim
dlers are being sought by the police
on a charge of passing Confederate
money for $40 bills. Their victims
here have been Mrs. Charles Davidson
of the Electric theater and Mrs. Jules
Sternberg.
Eau Claire.-The Standard Oil Com
pany's barrel sheds at the Omaha rail-
way depot were partially destroyed by
fire. The blaze was probably started
by hoboes. The damage may not ex-
coed $4,000. Oil tanks and other near
by property were saved by hard work.
Medford John O. Coin, 20 years
old, of Chippewa Falls, was drowned
at the north fork dam on Yellow river
while working on the drive. He had
been employed only eight days by the
Yellow River Lumber Company, of
saltwater, Mimi. He was not married.
His parents live in Canada.
Racine-That Charles Mcintosh of
the J. l. Case Company of this city,
who is i'll at Naples, Italy, cannot live
Sc, nf n
received by the company this after
noon. Mr.. Mcintosh was stricken
about a week ago with intestinal
trouble while travelling in that coun-
try.
La Crosse-H. j. Roth, member of
The La Crosse Motor Boat Club, was
saved by w. j. Grupp, who happended
TO be on the river in skiff, when
Roth's launch, out for it's initial spin
of the season, struck piling con-
cealed by the high water, and rapidly
filed. Roth was taken off the power
boat by Grupp, and between them re-
covered the launch, which had sunk
to the bottom
New Richmond.-John ]. Clark, of
this city, appears to be pursued by
grim disaster. His residence was all
but totally destroyed by fire, together
with the most of the contents. Thir-
teen years ago his first house on that
same site was destroyed by fire with
practically all of the contents. Two
years later his home was swept away
by the cyclone, which took all of the
family's possessions save the clothing
on their backs.
Madison. - John Gartnoe, half
breed Indian was sentenced to one
year in the house of correction at Mil
waukee and to pay fine of 500 by
Federal Judge Sanborn. He had been
indicted three times for introducing
liquor on the Red Cliff Indian reserva-
ton, but had escaped to Minnesota.
He returned three days ago, and the
court remarked that he would impose
a heavier sentence because of the at.
tempt to avoid punishment. Two 9TH
er Indians were sentenced to the Dane
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