Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-10-21
Wisconsin News
Brief Bits of News From the
Badger State.

er, aged 8, and Fred Webb, aged 6, are
under arrest, the charge being bur
glary.
Eue Claire.-Allen Wachute, age 13,
while out shooting sparrows with
Walter Tilleson, near Elk Mound, was
accidentally shot and killed by the
| latter, the bullet passing through the
| heart
Eau Claire-The claim of w. E.
Smith Lumber company of Tennessee,
involving 100000, against the estate
of Daniel Fitzhugh, was heard in pro
bate court. A number of prominent
| lawyers are attending.
La Crosse,-A local pearl hunter
named William Scherrer, has found in
clam shell a pearl-slug which is an
exact reproduction of a woman's foot.
showing five well-formed toes, and ev'
en- a small corn on the little toe.
Green Bay.-Thomas McMullep
Camm, the first white child born in
Green Bay, and said to be the Oldest
native OF Wisconsin, died at his home
here at the age of S2 Mr. Camm
was born in Fort Howard in 1928.
Beaver Dam.-The ceremonies at,
tendant to the laying of the corner
stone of the new $4,000 Masonic tenn.
pie were performed under the direc,
ton of the grand lodge of Wisconsin
Past Master w. w. Perry, Milwaukee,
presided and made the principal ad,
dress.
Green Bay-F'red Modersen, 4C
years old, died as a result OF being run
over by wagon load of grain
Thrown from the wagon, he became
tangled with the harness. The horses
stopped with a wheel resting on the
mans chest. 1t was necessary to I'M
load the wagon before the man could
be taken from under the wheel.
Milwaukee. - Hon. William B
Rubin has left for Hayward to take ul
the defense of John F. DeitZ and fam
lily. Asked whether he will attempt tc
have the trial held in Milwaukee, Mr.
Rubin said that this could not be set
tied until after Tuesdays preliminary
hearing. Deitz had hoped to secure
the services of Clarence Darrow. the
noted criminal lawyer of Chicago, blu.
it is said insufficient funds were forth
coming and Rubin of Milwaukee WA
engaged.
Plainfield--In the western part o.
this town cattle are dying off in {
very unusual manner and people can
not account for it. A. J. Walker has
had four COWS die, Gene Tibbetts lost
three and Frank Bound one VIII
Willis, Clarence Weldon and Ed Corn
well have all had their COWS sick, bu
saved them by calling veterinarian
in time. The authorities are some
what baffled, but think the deaths
are caused by the COWS eating leaves
Of cherry trees. Others think the
trouble is dry murran.
La Crosse.-ShOt in the heaC
by stray bullet from the rife
of an unknown hunter at Genoa, Wis
40 miles south of here, Alfred Foster
engineer of the Oriental limited, the
finest passenger train on the Burling
ton-Great Northern system, fell ovel
in his cab, but revived, grasped the
throttle and brought his train to La
Crosse When he arrived he was GOV
cred with blood and very weak. HI
was Immediately taken to the office
of medical examiner, who pro
nounced his injury serious.
La cresse-That short weights ant
measures have been practiced fol
years on grocerS by creameries ant
farmers, is the charge of the La
Crosse Retail Grocers' Association
which comes simultaneously with the
announcement that the perpetrators
are to be prosecuted. The associa
ton alleges butter cartoons were IN
der sized and that each brick o.
creamery butter weighed less than {
pound, while short measures were
used by farmers in selling potatoes
They will hereafter buy potatoes BY
the pound.
Chippewa Falls.-The death O.
Charles LIE Febvre at the age of 81
years occurred at his home north Of
this city. He was the Oldest man il
Chippewa county, having been borf
near Quebec Canada, in 1916. He
came to this country in 1855, and lived
ON his homestead which he located in
the SIXTIES" until his death. He haG
no rules of health. He smoked home
grown tobacco in large quantities
since youth, and he is reputed to have
consumed large quantities of frontier
Whistles, even calling for a drink q
few hours prior to his death.
/ Milwaukee.-F. E. McGevern, candi
date for governor on the republican
ticket. with two other state candidates
and Ave members of the state centra
committee, narrowly escaped death
when an elevator in which they were
riding fell three stories in an office
building.
Milwaukee.-The Wisconsin Repub
lican state central committee, after an
all-night session, failed to reach a
conclusion regarding the placing Of an
independent candidate On the ballot al
the coming election in opposition to
Levi FL. Bancroft, the anti-La Fol
| lette nominee for attorney general
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