Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-02-13
News Notes of Wisconsin.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT u. MCG0oudI,
highway commissioner of KenOsha
county, has resigned. The department
in charge of Mr.. Mcclellan had been
under fire and an investigation on the
part of the state commission was to
have been started. Two weeks ago
Mcclellan was suspended by the COM
mission pending investigation of
charges. Mcclellan was formerly sher-
if of Iron county, being elected by the
reform element who sought to ''clean
up" Hurley. Later he was elected to
the legislature
La Crosse.-To the intelligence of
pet dog belonging to H. J. Raseman,
Henry J. Raymond of Pittsburg prob
ably owes his life. Raymond, while
walking through the railroad yards
fell from trestle ten feet onto the
ice below where he lay unconscious,
his skull being fractured. Raseman's
attention was attracted to the spot by
the excitement of his dog and found
the unconscious man. He was re-
moved to the hospital where physi-
clans were obliged to amputate three
fingers from his right hand. He is ex-
pected to recover.
Madison.-To date ABOUT 5000 hotel
licenses have been issued by the state
board of health. There are about TO-
900 hotels in the state, and the appli-
cations are coming in about as rapidly
as the board can take care of them
Deputy he;lth officers are going to all
the hotel inspectors in their work,
there being too much for the new Off
Gals.
La Crosse.-Carl Wrobel, a laborer,
46 years cid, was frozen to death in
the Missis ;ippi river bottoms where
he had a wood cutting camp. His
body was found by party of boy skat-
ers. Wrobel, tired from his exertions,
had sat down to rest and falling asleep
was overcome by the cold and died
Fond du Lac.-Mrs. George P.
Scriven, daughter of the late Gen. Ed
ward S. Bragg and wife of Gen. Scriv-
en- Of the United States Army, died at
her Washington home. She Is sur
vived by Ser mother, Mrs. Edward s.
Bragg, her husband and two daugh-
ters. The body will be brought here
for burial beside that of her father
and brother.
Jefferson. -Mistaking q red light
ahead on the track for switch light,
the engineer of the Northwestern
road train No. GIT, which left Mil
waukee for Madison, ran into No.
Helenville, east Of this city. No one
was injured.
Sparta.-Thomas Anderson, wealthy
Monroe county farmer and president
of a Tomah bank, was fined S25 in
Justice court for selling insanitary
milk to a creamery. The complaint
was made by Samuel j. Duffner, rep
resentative of the state dairy and food
commission.
Beloit.-Louis Bunday, former Be-
lott boy, son of David Bunday, was
convicted IF murder in the first degree
at Los Angeles, Cal. He was charged
with killing Harold Zeitsche, aged Is.
The penalty Is death.
Appleton. Knuppel receiv.
ed the unanimous vote of the city for
mayor, except for about dozen bal
lots cast for men whose names were
written in.
Beaver Dam.-Mr and Mrs. Martin
Neuman Of the town of Beaver Dam,
lave celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary. They were married in
Germany, January, 1864, and the next
year they came to the United States.
They came direct to Beaver Dam from
New York and settled near the city,
where they have since resided. Their
nine children and twenty-four grand
children were present at the auniver-
sary.
Beaver DANG. c. McFetridge,
state treasurer, is seriously Ill at his
home in this city. He has been ill foy
several manths.