Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-12-05
News Notes of Wisconsin.

Janesville.-That Rock county bids
fair to be the banner corn county or
the United States is evidenced by the
results of one crop of seed corn grown
on the farm of A. Austin, just east or
the city. From a seven acre plot or
land Mr.. Austin obtained approximate
ly ZIG bushels of corn, or trifie bet
ter than an average of 1902 bushels an
acre. He received for 40 bushels or
this corn from a seed house S765 and
the remainder of the crop will be sold
for enough to bring the total for the
seven acres up to $1,972.
Madison-According to the new
university director, there are 4,438
resident students, an increase over
last year of 424 The college of let
tiers and science leads with 2,5O2;
agriculture is second with 96S, and
engineering third with TIA. The
smallest course is that of public
health, with an enrolment of z. The
freshmen number 1854, the sopho-
mores sos, the juniors 838, and the
seniors 1856. There are 1872 regis
tered in the graduate college.
Marinette. Five Austrians en-
ployed in the paper mills attacked and
fatally stabbed William Bourasfa, dep
uty sheriff of Niagara, and seriously
wounded Thomas Burns and his bar
tender. Bourasfa has served warrants
on the Austrians on charges of disor-
derby conduct. Four of the five IN the
party escaped. Sheriff BudlOng organ
lied a posse and secured the woods
for the men who did the stabbing.
Madison.-With the boxing season
just began, fees of $3,110 have already
been turned into the state treasury
from clubs operating under the He'd
ding law, passed by the last legisla-
ture. 1t is a certainty that the state
will receive q large revenue from this
source by the end of the season. The
state gets per cent of the receipts of
all boxing and wrestling contests held
in Wisconsin.
Appleton.-Charles Smith of Nee
nah, head of the. Menasha Wooden
ware company, went to Washington,
D. c., to attend the wedding of Miss
Jessie Wilson, daughter of the presi-
dent, who was a member of Mr..
Smiths class at Princeton university.
President Wilson and Mr. Smith are
intimate friends.
La Crosse.-Disposing of an estate
~ TNr0v
Splitter, philanthropist and church
worker, makes requests to a number
of societies and institutions connected
with the German Baptist church.
Portage-Miss Emma Hertzberg
was married to Frank Lange at Co.
lumbus Lange is a member Of the
Kansas City ball team, and pitched
for the Chicago White Sox up to last
August.
Kenosha.-William Roscoe Bell,
M. D., prominent practfcing physician
of Marinette, Wis, died at the Pen
noyer sanitarium here after long
Illness from acute nephritis.
dgeville.-Without a dissenting
vote, the Iowa county board voted to
appropriate $4,000 for operating the
mothers pension law.
Depere.-The Brown county board
failed to adopt the mothers pension
plan. 1t appropriated $4,000 for a
tuberculosis sanatorium.
Milwaukee.-Six men were injured,
one seriously, when a street car
crashed into a fire truck at North and
Oakland avenues during a fog. Five
of the men were firemon and the sixth
was a motorman on the car. Six pas
sengers on the car were badly shaken
up and frightened. The street car hit
the big truck squarely in the center,
| throwing it about twenty-five feet.
Appleton.-The Outagamie county
board by vote of 81 to 6 turned
down the mothers pension law A
resolution had been favorably re-
ported by a committee appropriatine