Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-12-19
The DARLINGTON comhiaa6 eiouAaii

S25U TO $35g. Daniel McConneu 1elu
this office for seven years.
The Ash and game commission at
Madison has stopped fishermen from
SEEMING under the ice in Beaver Dam
lake. NO arrests were made as fish,
ermen were just commencing to op'
crate.
A large shipment Of uncle Sans
tractors, Menasha's newest manufac'
tured product, IL on the way to Spain.
The shipment fills the first of large
Number of foreign orders secured by
the company.
Charles F. Hughes, Wausau, whose
body was found along the tracks of
the Northwestern by section hands
and was reported to have been killed
by train, died of apoplexy; according
to Coroner William C. Meilahn
James b. Murray, former president
of the La Crosse common council and
well known Democratic politician,
surrendered a quart of blood to save
his wife's life, Mrs. Murray, suffering
from anaemia, and she began to i'm
prove soon afterward.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bragg Hoard, widow
of former governor w. =. Hoard, died
at her home at Fort Atkinson, follow
ing long illness. The death of her
husband a year ago did much toward
Fastening her end. Mrs Hoard was a
native of Vermont, and came to Wis
consin seyenty-three years ago, when
six years of age. Three sons survive.
One Wisconsin community of about
500 inhabitants will have sugar for
morning coffee all winter, no matter
what the price or the state OF the
market. The state prison of Waupun
has just received something over TO-
600 pounds of sugar from the refinery
to which was shipped the sugar beets
raised on the prison farm last sum-
mer.
Training he received in France
saved Lieut. Paul Abrahamson OF
Huston, Mimi, from missing an i'm
portant business engagement in La
Crosse. When he found train had
been taken off the Milwaukee road, as
result of shortage of fuel, he started
out on foot and arrived in La Crosse,
% miles, at noon. His appointment
was for l p. m.
Mrs. Adam Ogdzski, wife of the or
ganist of the Polish church at indie
pendence, Trempealeau county, testi-
fed that she. had been forcibly eject
priest, the Rev. A. w Cara She
claims she was in the hospital for
many weeks, as a result. Mrs. OgdZ
ski asks damages of 100000, and
her husband wants similar amount
Stevens Points tax rate for 1919
will be 31a per cent, the same as last
year, despite great increase in as
sessed valuation. The common coun-
ell adopted without change the finance
committees estimate of the amount
necessary to be raised and placed in
the various funds for the coming year
The total amount to be raised, as pro
vided by the councils action, is $685.
9S3.23, setting a new high figure for
Stevens Point
Ministers of La Crosse churches
held an Indignation meeting because
they are not allowed to keep their
churches open Sunday nights during
the fuel ban. They adopted a resolu
ton asking the fuel administration to
give them a 15-hour week, which will
permit morning and evening services
on the Sabbath. The preachers
pointed out that moving picture thea
tiers were allowed to open Sunday
nights and insisted that they have a
similar right.
James McNeight, town of Brighton,
had a peculiar accident which result
ed in the fracture Of his left Leg He
had gone to help his son at the lat
ter's place, to saw logs for stove wood
with woodsaw rig run by gasoline
engine AS his son was cranking the
engine Mr. McNeight was standing
few feet from the head of the cylin
der when terrific explosion took
place and blew the whole cylinder
from its base, striking him just below
the knee with such force that both
bones of his left leg were broken.
The national convention of the
American Society of Equity opened al
Madison with delegates from Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota, Iowa and Montana. J
N. Tittemore, president. is barred
from reelection us the result of action
by the state convention that no mem
Der of the state board can become a
member of the national board. The
Wisconsin state board also held
meeting to discuss re-estalishment of
the Wisconsin Equity News. A
change in the general business policy
was expected
Monroe county is exercised over
the prospect of the placing of Ben
ME Anderson, a leper, at the county
poor farm near Sparta. He was orig
inally from Sank county, but is at
present cared for in Dane county. AS
no provision has been made in Mon
roe county for the housing and care Of
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