Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-02-27
News Notes of Wisconsin,

La CrOSSe.-MllWaukee fast mail
train No. 81 was derailed at Grand
| Crossing, north of this city. A broken
rail caused by the below zero temper.
allure caused the wreck The train
consisted of eight mail coaches and
carried no passengers. Brakeman
Frank Hirsch, Milwaukee, was the
only person injured. He suffered cuts
on his left arm and shoulder. The
| derailment occurred at a crossing Of
the Northwestern road and traffic on
the La Crosse division branch of that
system is tied up, as well as all Mil.
waukee road traffic betwe en- Chicago
and Minneapolis. The limo was clear.
ed this afternoon Six of the coaches
were thrown off by the broken rail.
The train was going at about 40 miles
are torn up for 400 feet.
Milton Junction-SolomOn P. Carr,
an early settler of Rock county, died
after brief illness of heart trouble.
He was SO years old, native of New
York state, aid came to Wisconsin
when but years of age. Up to
few years ago he had followed the
occupation of farmer. He was a re.
publican in politics and held mum,
Der of local and town Offices. In 1865
he was elected to the state legisla-
ture and was again chosen to that
office in 1874. Mr.. Carr was a leader
in the state grange, and for twelve
years was lecturer of that organiZa,
ton. This winter he missed a meet
ing of the grange for the first time in
forty years. He was an extensive trav.
eler in this country, as well as in
Europe and Africa.
Madison.-About sixty pastors, be.
longing to the eastern district of the
Norwegian synod and representing
territory extending from the Missis-
sippi to the Atlantic and from the
gulf to the Canadian border, met here.
The main topic for discussion was the
question of whether preaching should
be done in Norwegian or English, ow.
ing TO the rapid transition in these
churches. Among the speakers were
Rev. FL. G. Magelssen of La Crosse,
Rev. N. G. A. Garness of Whitewater.
Rev. J. C. X. Preus of Beloit and Rev.
Harry E. Olson of Milwaukee.
Appleton.-The entire Wisconsin
National guard is to participate In
ten-days army pl&neuver this coming
summer, according to information re-
ceived at the headquarters of the Sec
ond infanry. 1t will be the biggest
gathering of Wisconsin troops that
Camp Douglas has ever known. The
information also is to the effect that
no man can attend unless he enlisted
previous to March /. The gathering
will include the First, Second and
Third regiments of infantry, Troop A,
Battery A and no doubt the Tenth
Separate battalion.
Madison.-Commissi of Banking
Kuolt approved the articles of incor-
poration of the State Bank of Cornell
at Cornell, capital $4,000. The incor
porators are George F. Sowle, Anna
r. Sowle, J. H. A. Foster, Gustave
Falk, P. T. Fayille and Alexander
Wiley.
Beaver Dam.-Kennelus Pashos, the
Greek restaurant keeper who shot and
killed Christ Chanopoulos on Thanks
giving day, 1912, was found guilty of
manslaughter in the third degree and
sentenced to four years in the state
prison.
Oshkosh.-According to the register
of deeds, there were thirty-siX mar
riages in Winnebago county during
January and twenty-five of them were
reported from Oshkosh. During the
month there were seventy-siX deaths
and eighty-two births.
Racine.-W. NJ. Conlon, former con-
Wet, who has se.red forty of his 65
years of life behend prison bars, must
serve five more. He was sentenced TO
five years following the theft of coats
from a residences
Rhinelander.-The mayor issued &
call for a special election for Fer. IS,
on commission form OF government.