Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1916-08-18
WISCONSIN NEWS
ITEMS IN BRIEF
Paragraphs Of Interest to Read
ers of Badger State.
News Of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points In the State and So
Reduced.ln Size That It Will Appeal
to All Classes Of Readers.


J. G. McLeisch, Office manager with
the Horlick Matted Milk company,
dropped dead from apoplexy at Ra-
cine.
Henry barrow was found dead at his
home at Omro, Wis, with his throat
slashed by razor. He was civil war
veteran.
Merit Simmons, of GAINESVILLE, Wis,
twenty years old, was sentenced to
one year at Green Bay for robbery of
a saloon.
! Frederick Kussel, aged II, for more
than half century identified with the
business life of Watertown, died after
brief illness.
DR.. G. A. Kennedy has returned to
New Richmond from Minneapolis
In his automobile, which was stolen in
broad daylight in MinneapnlisnJu 4.
The New Richmond Roller Mills
voluntarily advanced the wages of
every man on its pay roll at both mills
and elevators S. month, effective
Aug. l.
Alice D. Hebron, widow of Patrick
Heffron, and for many years resi-
dent of New Richmond, died in Van
couver, B. c., following stroke of
apoplexy.
Cashier v. A. Batzner, woh has
been with the Citizens State Bank of
Clayton has resigned and accepted a
like position with the First State bank
of Bovey, Mimi.
Application was filed for amalgama-
ton of the Defenders, Z. mutual frater-
nal insurance society, with the Beav-
ers, a similar organization. both hav-
ing headquarters in Madison.
An attempt by parties unknown
to poison stock on the John Waldoch
arm in Hull has been discovered.
Paris Green was found mixed with
cornmeal spread about the barnyard
Walter o. Hosely, a we'll known
young business men in. La Crosse, and
Miss Mona Coles of Chicago, were
drowned In the Mississippi river at
Trempealeau bay, twenty miles above
La Crosse.
About twenty-five to fifty Merrill men
will join the Rhinelander militia to
bring that company up to war strength.
A recruiting officer from Rhinelander
S expected there to look for men who
want to go to Texas.
Merle B. Criswold at GAINESVILLE, II
years old, Detroit, was fined 500 un-
der the commitment law for forging
check to pay for wine suppers at a
local hotel. He claimed to be a rela-
tive of Hugh Chalmers, Detroit.
While Sheriff Englebrecht, of Mani
towoc county, was en- route home
from Ell Paso, Tex, where he sought
and found man wanted ..O- forgery
and wife desertion, his pockets were
picked at Manitowoc and the officer
lost $3.50.
Orders have been received at Camp
Douglas by Adjutant General Holway
from General Barry of Chicago, in
charge of the Illinois and the Wiscon-
sin recruiting districts, that recruit
Ing officers in the state sbe recalled
and mustered out.
Fred Stockwell, the proprietor of a
oh printing shop at Be1oit, has
fallen heir to $4,000 by the death of
his brother, William S. Stockwell of
Yankton, S. D. Stockwell was unmar-
ried and left his estate of 100000 to
sister and two brothers.
Frank Huybers, seventy-fve years
old, of Langlade county, father of TWEEN.
ty-four children, fourteen of whom are
living, was found dead in bed at his
| home in the town Of Hutchins Huy-
bers was married twice, each wife be.
ing the mother of twelve children.
Joseph Martsch. prominent farmer,
living at Mormon Coolee, commit.
ted suicide by blowing off his head
with dynamite. Mental disturbances,
due to intense heat during the last
few weeks, is the only cause to which
this friends can attribute the rash act
While trying to rescue Miss Ell
len Olson of New Richmond, Victor
Lohn, twenty-five years old, lost his
life at the bathing beach at Froid
Mont Miss Olson and Lohn and an
other couple were rowing about 10O
feet from the shore when the boat was
swamped.
Raymond Whitney, De Sofa, Wis.
of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
construction crew, unable to bear the
oppressive heat in the bunk cars, went
down to dredge on the Mississippi
river to sleep. While asleep Whitney
rolled off the dredge into the water
and drowned.
Alderman Vern Rogers and Mayor
d. Love, West Allis officials, report
ed that the Milwaukee officials had
notified them to do something with
the east end septic sewer tank, or the
city of Milwaukee would have to take
action to stop the contamination Of
the Kinnickinnic. river.
Exhausted by rowing himself ani
two men nearly across Tischigan lake
Racine county, Erwin Adler, of Mil
waukee, dove into shallow water pe
fore reaching shore and. started t.