Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-23
Wisconsin News
Brief Bits of News From the
Badger State.


Company in this city was robbed by a
masked bandit and all the money in
the cash drawer taken.
Oshkosh.-Henry Reed, the man
who was bitten by a mad dog ten
weeks ago in Langlade county and
brought here suffering with rabies, is
dead Interment will be at Princeton.
Madison. - The will of the late
Colonel A. H. Hollister bequeaths
$4,000 to the regents of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin for the establish
ment of a graduate Fellowship in phar.
macy.
West Salem.-Relative of Ernest
Kinney, wealthy farmer, who fell
through the Waterloo bridge near here
when the planking was being repaired
and the danger was not indicated by
lights, will sue for damages.
acknowledgements Davidson an.
pointed E. A. Edmonds, of Appleton,
a member of the state board of uni
versity regents to succeed Gustave
Keller, of Appleton, and to serve until
the first Monday in February, 1913.
La Crosse.-When Ingvald Sistad
told Oscar Amsrud, his friend, he was
broke, the friend generously volun.
teered the loan of a dollar. When
Sistad refused to take it his friend
beat him and for the assault paid 50
in court.
Pepin.-Trouble over the boundary
| line on Lake Pepin started when Min.
nesota authorities arrested w. l..
Hunter of this city for fishing in the
disputed territory without a Minnesota
| license. Hunter will appear in court
at Lake City.
Milwaukee, Waukesha high
school basketball team defeated the
alumni five Friday evening in the high
school gymnasium by a score of 81
| to II. The high school second team
defeated the alumni second five by
score of Is to 4.
Oshkosh.-At the next meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 10,
John H. Moss, former president of
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association of Milwaukee, will deliver
an address on Business Ethics" Mr..
Moss delivered this lecture at a meet.
ing of the Commercial Club at Kansas
City recently.
La Crosse.-Deeds were filed trans
ferring from the city to the Govern.
or's Guards Association the property
occupied by the condemned Third dis
trict school building, for $1,000. The
guards propose to construct a modern
auditorium and armory, spacious
enough to accommodate big conven-
tons and public gatherings.
Stevens Point.-The IA year old
daughter of Henry Schleisman, OF
Sharon, has been brought to this city
to receive treatment for her eyes. A
boy schoolmate was playing with a
rubber band and snapped" the girl
in one Of her eyes. The girl tainted
and her eye was so severely injured
that she may lose the sight
Cashton.-Trading a valuable farm
in Vernon County for a tract of West
ern land which proved worthless when
investigated, Joseph Suvr, a prOmi-
nent farmer, who was left impover-
ished by the deal, went violently in,
sane and was taken to the state asy.
lum at Mendoza, a raving maniac.
There is small hope of his recovery.
Janesville-David Conger, pioneer
real estate dealer of GAINESVILLE who
settled in this city in 1879 after being
resident of Wisconsin since 1914, died
after long illness. Mr.. Conger serv.
ed through the civil war as member
of the company commanded by his
father in the Eighth Wisconsin infan.
try He served as an employe in the
Milwaukee postoffice from 1875 to 1873
and has a brother, Louis Conger, who
resides In Milwaukee.
Milwaukee-Fred T. Neubert, who
conducted the first shoe factory in
Milwaukee at Seventh and Prairie
streets, later removing the plant to
Thirtieth street and North avenue, is
dead in his home, 481 Twenty-second
street, aged SO years. He was one OF
the best known Germans of the city
and was the treasurer of the North
west Saengerbund. He was also 8
member of the Turnverein Milwaukee,
the West Side Old Settlers Club and
the Oddfellows, and was prominent in
local skat circles. Surviving him are
the widow and six children. After
the body has been cremated the
ashes will be buried in Wanderers
Rest cemetery on Monday.
Waukesha.-In municipal court Tom
Baker, of Montreal, Canada, and Fred
Dahlman, of South Milwaukee, were
sentenced to serve a term of five
years of hard labor in the state prison
for horse stealing. Baker and Dahl
man stole a horse and buggy belong
ing to William Sleep.
Glenwood. The postoffice at Wheel
err, on the 500 line, fourteen miles
east of here, was entered by robbers.
the safe blown and 500 in money and
stamps taken. The crew of a freight
train saw the yeggs at work and
aroused the villagers, but the robbers
escaped with their booty.