Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10
WISCONSIN NEWS.
TERSELY TOLD

| MdulSOu.- FTOSC anu RdV-
enel of the archaeological department
of the university have instituted a
hunt for a new bug which is affecting
the students of the university. Fully
400 cases of severe colds or grip are
keeping students away from their uni
versity work, and the archaeological
department has been called upon to
find out why. Professor Frost said:
THE prevalence Of grip and colds is
due to a germ with which the student
body is fast becoming infected. trans
mitted chiefly by kissing, but also by
the breath of people sitting near each
other in street cars and other places.
The big fur muffs are also effective
breeding places for the new germ
Fond du Lac.-A special meeting Of
the Wisconsin Brotherhood of Thresh-
ermen will be held at the armory
March 1 to discuss plans for the bet
terment OF roads and bridges and to
promote county organizations of
| threshermen.
| La Crosse.--The tenth annual meet
ing Of the Wisconsin Buttermakers'
association opened with an attendance
Of 500. Prizes amounting to $1,024S4
will be distributed
MadisOn.-The supreme court af-
| f1rmed the decision of the Milwaukee
| circuit court in the case Of the father
Of Daniel Bruinelson, aged five, against
the Northwestern road, awarding 5000
damages. The boy, it is alleged, died
as result of being scalded near the
| Northwestern roundhouse while at
play.
| New Richmond-Fire in the bust
ness section Of Clear Lake destroyed
several buildings, and for time
| threatened the town. The loss was
about $4,000
| Racine.-Demand has been made for
the reduction Of fire insurance rates
on city buildings from IS to 60 cents
per $1,000
La Crosse.-Slipping from bob
sleigh, five-year-old Leslie Johnson
walked in front of the automobile of
| DR.. J. L. Callahan and was literally
wrapped around it's wheels before the
badly injured, but will recover.
| Neenah-Miss Frieda Eisenach, re-
siding north Of Neenah, is a heroine.
| Although but young slip Of a girl,
she was the means of saving the life
of Frank Krause, mason contractor
| of Appleton. krause was caught in
cavein in gravel pit which he was
examining, and was buried to his head.
Five tons of the heavy material COW
cred him and his face barely pro
| truded Miss Eisenach, who heard his
| feeble cries for help, discovered him
| in his perilous position. In great dan
ger of being buried herself by an
overhanging sand patch which threat
ened to fall every minute and smother
| both man and girl, she dug frantically
until she released Krause.
Beloit. - The Mothers club of
Beloit, with 100 members, will at
| tempt to ward off disease and i'm
gymnastic work. They will petition
| the school board for permission to
| use one of the kindergarten buildings
| for a gymnasium.
Beloit.-Over 100 Bibles are to be
placed in hotel rooms in Beloit as a
result of appeals made in the churches
by the Gideons, the organization of
Christian travelling men. Contribu-
tons sufficient in amount to do this
were made. J. H. Nicholson and S.
| E. Hill, founders Of the Gideon Or
der, who reside here, presented the
appeal,
La Crosse-For the first time in the
SO years he has been employed by the
| Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul Rail
road company, Peter Keaveny, watch
man at the North side crossing, failed
| personally to draw his check when the
roads pay car issued checks to its
employees. Mr.. Keaveny, who is eighty
| five years old, is Ill and his son drew
his check.
La Crosse.-If a suit to be started
by j. H. Marden, former principal
owner Of the land, succeeds, the fair
| grounds will revert to the original
owners Marden contends the land
was condemned for city park pur-
poses 20 years ago, but has been used
as fair grounds in violation Of the
| terms Of the condemnation proceed
| ingS.
Madison.-TwC university goods,
the Misses Mary Conover, Riverside,
| H., and Hazel Brown, Luverne, Mimi,
| had narrow escape from drowning
while relocating on Lake Mendoza.
With two members Of the Sigma chi
| fraternity they were sailing in the
! Edgewood, one of the largest craft on
| the lake, and in attempting to leap a
crack the boat broke through. Miss
| Brown was hurled beneath the ice.
| The young men succeeded in hauling
! her out with the aid OF other boaters
who came to their assistance. Beyond
| a chilly bath and a bad shock, neither
| of the girls suffered from their eX-
| perience.
Jefferson-Andrew Carnegie has
| written city officials that $4,000 will
be awarded the city for q library build
ing. A lot costing $4,000 has already
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