Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-01-20

! year.
Four gallons of moonshine taken to
| Surfing, in the western part of Ocon-
to county, to be peddled at dance,
was seized by young men who OBJ
| jected to paying 81 a drink. The
hootch was given away by the youths.
/ Life insurance estimated at 100000
and real estate in Wisconsin, Mary
land, New Jersey, California and other
states, comprising the estate OF Will
liam j. Starr of Eau Claire. who died
suddenly last month, are expected 10
reach total value Of 100000.
Fire loss in Fond du Lac during
1921 was only $4,000, as compared
with 100000 the ueyious year The
city fire department was called 2l6
times during the year. In North Fond
du Lac only three runs were made
| and the loss was SIS.
The jury commissioners of Taylor
county sent questionnaires to the
women of the county, asking II they
would serve as jurors il called to do
so.\ According to reports SO per cent
of the women have signifed their will
ingness to serve il called.
| Several Milwaukee women have
their eye on the recently created posi-
ton of police matron of Green Bay.
Fourteen applications for the job have
been received, the majority of them
from out of town. Appointment is ex-
jected to be made within short time
by the police and fire commission.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bell, ST., the
former aged 104 and the latter 102
years, and reputed to be the states
oldest married couple were made
homeless by fire which completely
of Abrams, Oconto county, which had
sheltered them for over so years. The
house and contents were completely
destroyed, together with the greater
part of their life's savings in boarded
bills.
Luxembourg has a family of must
clans which it is proud of. They put
the "hop" into music. In other words
the Hoppe family is in big demand
these days. A dozen members OF this
prominent farmers family are music
ally inclined and they have organ
lied an orchestra. which is playing at
80 per cent of the country dances.
Even the father and mother play. In
the band which the ages of the other
musicians range from 20 to II years.
Nels Peters, Green Bay, owner Of
large cheese factory, is deaf and
thereby prevented from obtaining any
material benefit through attending the
dairy course at the University of Wis
consin. So he is sending his daugh-
ter, Nora, to take the course at Madi-
son and the daughter will be the
ears" for her father. She already
has practical knowledge of dairying
and by taking the course will be able
methods to her father.
Young men who engage in profess
sional athletic games may not attend
Lawrence college at Appleton. Tha.
is the edict of the college faculty
and three students who are playing
with professional basketball team
have been advised that they must
either leave the team or leave school.
1t is understood that two men will
leave school and the third will cease
professional playing. All of them
have been debarred from all sorts
of college competition if they elect
to remain in school,
Martin Lemberger, charged with
fourth degree manslanghter in connec-
tion with the death of his 7-year-old
daughter, Annie, in. 1911, went free
without trial when Judge Hoppmann
in Dane county Superior court dis
missed the charge against him, after
sustaining the plea made by his at
torneys setting up the statute Of linn
itations. 1t still remains for Gov.
j. J. Blaine to act on the pardon ap-
plication of John A. Johnson, who has
served ten years of life sentence
for murder of the girl 1t is said
that the governor will give him his
freedom as result of developments
The statute of limitations interposed
by Lemberger's attorneys outlaws a
manslaughter charge, six years after
commission of the crime.
That the desire to have an automo-
bile was so overwhelming as to result
in near starvation for themselves and
their eight children was revealed in
municipal court here where Mike Ia
borski was arraigned after having
been arrested for violation of traffic
rules. Questioning by the coul {
brought out that Taborski had paid
500 down on the automobile; that
i there were but two small pieces of
bread in the house, with eight chill.
dren hungry; that ever since the car
was in his possession he had stinted
on food for his family, and that there
was little furniture in the home. Ia