Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-08-26
Wisconsin News
Brief Bits of News From the
Badger State.


Sawyer county, was sentenced to six
ty days in Jail today for selling Liquor
to Indians.
Washington, d. C. The popula
ton of Milwaukee is 373,857, an in
crease of SS,542, or 81 per cent as com
pared with 2S5,315 in 1900.
Ferdinand Schumacher OF
Cohasset, Mimi, has been engaged as
manual training teacher of the Mara
thon county agricultural school in this
city.
Madison-Captain James c. Spen
Ger. for the past generation a We'll
known hotel clerk at Madison, dice
aged 6S. He saw service as an officer
in the Eleventh Wisconsin regiment
in the Civil War.
Eau Claire.-During the past few
days the vicinity of Elk Mound has
become infested with wolves, anC
many sheep have been reported lost
The farmers are making preparations
to exterminate the pests.
Eau Claire-During the past few
days the vicinity of Elk Mound has
become infested with wolves and
many sheep have been reported lost
The farmers are making preparations
to exterminate the pests.
La Crosse.-Oficial propagation OF
CLANS is to be carried on at the sub
fish hatcheries here by Prof. Lewis
AthertOn of the La Crosse state nor
NAL. Authority to use the substatlon
for the work has been granted by the
government.
Wausau.-Charles Gramer has been
assigned to the county insane asylum
as a result of a startling awakening
last week in local cemetery. Gramer
was walking about the city late at
night and lay down on grave. When
he was walked in the early morning
he saw the tOmbstoneS and ran Shrek
ing to the city.
Madison.-Captain James C. Spen-
Ger, for the past generation we'll
known hotel clerk at Madison, is dead,
aged 68. He saw service as an officer
in the Eleventh Wisconsin regiment in
the Civil war. There are four children,
Genevieve, Washington, D. c., Rather
inc, Madison; James, MankatO, Mimi. +;
Lex, st. Paul, Mimi.
Marinette.-A petition will be pre-
scented to Judge E. Ray Stevens of
Madison by Albert E. Schwittay, whose
disbarment he announced, to make
more definite the cause OF his decl-
sion. Mr.. Schwittay will then carry
an appeal to the supreme court. In
the meantime he is candidate for
sheriff of Marinette county on the Re-
publican ticket.
Eau Claire.-A. J. Cheesbro, a vet
eran of the Civil war, was stricken by
paralysis and his recovery is not
looked for. Mr. Cheesbro had gone
to the barn to water his horse, and
when he did not return after long
absence his wife became alarmed, and
went to the barn to look for him. She
found him lying in the manger beside
the horse in an unconscious condition.
Eau Claire.-A. J. Cheesbro, a vet
eran of the civil war, was stricken by
paralysis Sunday, and his recovery is
not looked for Mr. Cheesbro had
gone to the barn to water his horse,
and when he did not return after a
long absence his wife became alarmed,
and went to the barn to look for him.
She found him lying in the manger
beside the horse in an unconscious
condition.
La Crosse.-Benjamin B. Bryant,
Taft Republican candidate for the as
sembly in the First La Crosse county
district, has challenged John E. Nc
Cornell, progressive, to a debate on
the issues of the present campaign.
The La Toilette men have charged
Judge Bryant was one of those who
helped dispense Uncle Ike Stephen
sons campaign funds in the senator
ial contest
La Crosse.-Returning home late at
night, Claud STANCE met two strangers
in a lonely road who set upon him,
choked him almost senseless, filled
his mouth with sand to prevent an
cutlery, and robbed him of his pay en-
velope, containing $3.50. Neither of
the robbers uttered a sound during the
robbery, says STANCE, who is now I'M
der doctors care, indicating it was
carefully prearranged.
Beloit.-Governor Carroll of Iowa,
and party of five, were in Beloit a
short time en- route by automobile
from Des Moines, Iowa, to Sparta.
Wis, where three regiments of the
Iowa national guard are now en-
camped with party of the regular
army. The others in the party were:
Guy E. Logan, adjutant general of the
State of Iowa, and Colonel Fairchild,
Colonel Trustworthy and Colonel Gar
ton, aides to the governor.
Madison.-Halle Steensland, donor
of library building of st. Olaf college
at Northfield and one of the best