Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-01-06
Wisconsin News
Brief Bits OF News From the
Badger State.


aged 81 years.
Hudson,-Frederick Hennessey re
ceived six years sentence to Wau
pun. He held up the operator at Viii
son and robbed him of $17.75.
Marinette.-W. r. Putnam has re
signed his position as superintendent
for the Menominee & Marinette Elec
trio Light and Power Company.
Richland Centep,-The Rev. J. For
syth Smith who for some years ha
been pastor of the Presbyterian chucl
has accepted a call from Miles City
Mont, and will leave for there mex
week.
Bruce.-Edward Wilson, who wa
killed in the Arpin Hardwood Lumbe
Company's camp 4, November 30. an
whose identity at that time could no
be discovered, was Edward Johnso''
of Superior.
Wausau,-The will of Mrs. Na-Kwa
kWe-AS-l-NO-Kwe of Hewitt, a ChiI
peWa Indian, was filed in Judge Wal
reG's court. The woman died a feN
days ago. She bequeathed her estat
to her children.
Madison. - Hon. Francis e. Nc
Govern of Milwaukee was sworn in as
governor of Wisconsin, the oath beinl
administered in the assembly roon
at the state capitol by Chief Justice
John B. Winslow.
Madison,-Secreary of State FreaY
hung in his office crayon portraits O.
fifteen out of his seventeen predecess
ors in Office. The missing ones are
Thomas McHugh, Delevan, and Alex
T. Gray, GAINESVILLE.
Milwaukee.-Carl Haessler, of Mil
waukee, senior in the University of
Wisconsin, was appointed to the
Rhodes scholarship from Wisconsin
He will enter three years course at
Oxford, England, next fall
Beloit.-Fire in one of the chemical
laboratories of the Pearson hall OF
science, Beloit college, endangered
the building for time. The loss was
confined to the fixtures and amounted
to a few hundred dollars
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Stephenson an
noVnced he will develop power from
Chappie Rapids on the MenomOnie
river, four miles north of Marinette.
AS result 5000 horse power will
probably be brought into Marinette
and Menomonie.
Madison,-Attorney r. Bruce Scott,
professor of law at Wisconsin univer-
sity, has been offered and will probab-
ly accept a position in the law depart
ment of the Burlington railroad. Mr.
Scott will succeed Hale Holden, who
has been made assistant to President
Miller.
La Crosse. = Chief Nathan Brad
field of the fire department has
given out hrs report for the year,
which shows the smallest fire loss in
La Crosse in many years. There
were 143 alarms and the total loss
was $22,532, as against $S2,574 in 1909
The insurance on property involved
was S297,555.
Appleton. - Mrs. Anna Lehman
consin, died at the home of her son
Louis, at the age of 100 years and six
months. She was born in Germany
June 81, 1910, and last June celebrated
her Tooth birthday anniversary with
a big German picnic, at which she
danced the minuet and sang several
German songs. She is survived by
three children, thirteen grandchildren,
seventeen great-grandchildren and one
great-great-gra
New Richmond,-On Jan. l. the
Western Express company, which is
owned and operated by the 500 line,
took over the express business on the
Chicago division, the old Wisconsin
Central, now handled by the Nation
al Express company, subsidiary of
the American Express company. In
this city there will be joint agency
with the American Express company,
while in Chippewa Falls the Western
and Wells Fargo will have offices TO-
gether. In Ashland the Western and
National will operate jointly. 1t is
reported that next year the 500 will
extend it's commercial telegraph sys-
tenn along the Chicago division, sue
ceeding the Western Union.
La Crosse.-W. S. Woods has been
appointed agent for the La Crosse
Club of the "Minny" league, and has
been delegated to secure options on
property suitable for a downtown ball
park President John A. Elliott an
nounces he has number of sites
which are desirable, which practically
insure La Crosse a downtown ball
park for the opening of the 1912 sea
son. Attendance at La Crosse in the
past has been near the lOWWater mark.
Officials believe this is because the
park is on the outskirts of the city
and poor street car service has made
it a matter of hours of precious time
and untold irritation to attend the
games. 1t is considered likely the new
park may be located on a triangular
strip of ground lying between the
North Side causeway and the North
western passenger tracks, which is
only a few blocks from the business
center.
Neenah.-W. and Anthony Schmet-