Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1916-08-04

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convention at Oshkosh
J. Bronx, La Crosse, caught mud
catfish which weighed seventy pounds.
| It was the largest one of the season.
A bolt of lightning at Stevens
Point struck horse driven by
Frank ZakzreWski, killing it Instantly.
John F. Hohensee was elected may.
or of Fond du Lac, Wis, over Law.
son E. Lurvey by majority of 500.
The state has issued a charter to
the state bank of Stockholm, capital
lied at $4,000. o. G. Kinney is presi-
dent and H. R. Anderson cashier.
b. B. Daggett, resident of Beloit and
civil war veteran, is dead, aged sew
enty-three. He served in the Third
and Sixteenth Wisconsin infantry
The Mississippi claimed two more
victims at Alma, when Waldemar vi
rich drowned while attempting to save
Bryan Seller, who also went down.
Egbert Courtier was killed at Reeds
burg when run over by wagon.
The fire whistle caused his team to
run and Mr.. Courtier fell under the
wagon.
Athletic Director Evans of Beloit col
lege is to have for an assistant next
year Samuel P. Adams, who has been
an assistant at Rochester university,
New York.
iacooo Three attorneys with homes
at Oshkosh, E. r. Hicks, republican;
B. G. Van Keuren, prihibitionist, and
Gerret T. Thorn, socialist, are candi-
dates for attorney general of Wiscon-
sin.
G. w. Motley of the national re-
cruiting1 station to 222 Grand avenue,
Milwaukee, has been in Waukesha
making preliminary arrangements for
the opening of naval recruiting sta
tion
L. Ruchalski was killed by train
near, Irvine, and Edward Remick is
probably fatally injured. Both are
from Dickson City, Pa, and were wait
ing to catch ride to the harvest
fields.
John Lehmkuhl, farmer near Reeds
burg, was killed when his horse ran
away. He was cultivating some corn
The horse became frightened and ran,
dragging the man across ditch and
broke his neck.
Theodore Snyder, seven years old,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Claud
Snyder, who resides on a farm six
miles north of GAINESVILLE, saved the
family baby from fire that destroy.
ed their home
The heirs of the estate of
Albert w. Pettibone, La Crosse lum-
herman, paid an Inheritance tax of
$21 ,596.63, the largest one ever col
lected in La Crosse county. Petit
bone left an estate of $1,020,531.
Lawrence Cunningham, 50, for forty
years a drummer in the Beloit city
band, died there. He was stricken
with heart trouble following his days
service with the band in connection
with the celebration on July fourth.
Three young men were injured
when an automobile collided headon
Knutson suffered a broken rib and
cuts and bruises about the head. 10.
seph Burzinsky and Richard Brown
were badly bruised.
Many kilograms and letters from
distracted relatives have been pour
Ling into camp inquiring about sol
diers who, they have read, have been
seriously hurt. are seriously ill, are
starved or in some other eunally' I'm
comfortable condition on the border.
f. W. Morgon, Rock county farmer,
advocate of concrete highways, has
announced that he would contribute
heavily to fund raised by the cities
Of Beloit. and GAINESVILLE for the con.
structiOn of a fourteen mile highway
connecting the two cities.
Three girls were rescued at Ocono-
mowoc by mail boat after two of them,
Rose and Antoinette Herdlich of Chi
cago, had ventured beyond their depth
while bathing, and third, Minnie
Huebner of Oconomowoc, nearly
drowned in an attempt to rescue them.
While shaking hands beside the
road, Hans P. Johnson, president of
the Bank of Jacksonville, suddenly fell
dead, probably Of heart failure. He
was seventy-one years old, and has
resided in the county since 1853, COM
ing from Norway. He is survived by
seven children.
While at Milwaukee the steamer
e. G. Crosby of the Crosby Steamship
line headed for Grand Haven, crash
ed into the concrete outer harbor
breakwater, when the steering gear
gave way, and the ship returned to
port with heavy list to starboard.
Panic was caused among the 200 pas
sengers.
The suit of Wisconsin VS.. the Door
County Telephone company of Stur-
geon. Bay for a penalty of $150,OOO for
| neglect to comply with an order of
the state railway commission requir-
ing the company to improve it's ser
vice, was compromised by the pay
| ment of the minimum penalty Of $500
| by the company to the state.