Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-22
State Items of Iuterest.

Engineer Robert Chamberlain was
killed in freight wreck at Lodi.
The long drouth has been broken by
nine hours rain. 1t was of great benefit
to crops.
AT Hurley, Nellie Oneila, a Spaniard,
stabbed Walter Wasshausen, inficting
dangerous wound.
The Chequamegon Logging Company
secured judgment for $4,000 against the
Shores Lumber Company.
Michael Raimonn, of Oshkosh, was
killed by the bursting of pulley which
struck him on the head fracturing the
skull.
At Colby a 6-year-old son of Charles
Meyer, playing on top of barn, fell six
teen feet, breaking his neck. He died
instantly.
Burglars entered the feed store of John
Hutchinson at Elroy. The dwelling house
of /. Riley was also entered and gold
watch taken.
The Ashland National Bank opens UNI
der the newly consolidated management.
President Bates was for five years exam
liner of Wisconsin banks.
Edward A. Austin, an old resident of
Milwaukee, committed suicide by shooting
himself with a double-barreled shotgun.
He had been in i'll health for some time
and was respondent.
Arthur r.. Appleyard, of the Chippewa
Valley Electric Railroad Company, ar
rived at Chippewa Falls from the East.
The building material is coming, and it is
expected the line between Eau Claire
and Chippewa Falls will now be pushed
to completion.
John Bleichman, a well-known farmer
living near Sullivan, attempted to commit
suicide by hanging. He was discovered
and cut down, but the attending physician
has doubts about his recovery. financial
troubles are supposed to have been the
cause of the act.
An Oshkosh family recently had cause
to think that an earthquake had visited
that locality. While the family was sound
asleep the other morning, the house be-
longing to ]. Haywood capsized and pre-
cipitated the members of the household
out upon the floor. A crew of masons had
been at work excavating for a cellar, and
it is believed that the diggers undermined
the foundation piles. AT any rate the
northeast corner of the house sunk into
the excavation about seven feet.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Schnell of Heimthal
will be 105 years old if she lives until
September. Mrs. Schnell was born in
Westphalia Germany, In 1893, and came
to America In 1857, locating upon the
farm where she still lives. She is able to
read ordinary type without spectacles,
takes a short walk on pleasant days and
eats four meals daily. She is a great
great-grandmother, having five genera
lions of descendants. An the grand
mothers in the series are still living.
DR.. Frank Powell, ex-Mayor of La
Crosse. has been notified of his appoint
ment as major in one of the immune regi-
ments. His company of rough riders"
has been refused, but this appointment
the doctor will accept.
The soldiers monument designed by
Sculptor Conway and executed in Rome
has arrived in Milwaukee. The monu-
ment fills an entire ear and comes just as
it was packed in Italy, the customs Off
GERS allowing il to come through without
inspection The site selected for the mon
ument is at the intersection of Grand ave-
nue. and Tenth street.
Married women are barred from the
Milwaukee public schools, at least when
they have husbands who are capable of
supporting them. In the list of the reap
continents of teachers for next year the
names of six women who ure married and
who are at the same time good teachers
were dropped.
In the action brought by the Hiawatha
Paper Company at Oshkosh to recover
S.. 900 from the John Strange Paper Com
pany it was held that the plaintiff was
an innocent purchaser. Tie jury found
that the Hiawatha company was an inno-
cent purchaser of the notI and that the
note had been obtained by Smith through
fraud.
Ferdinand Arondt fell from a Chicago,
Burlington and Northern freight train In
the switching yards at La Crosse and was
run over and instantly killed. He was IL
years old and an employee Of the La Crosse
Plow Company. He was thought to be
stealing a ride home from work. The re-
mains were horribly mangled.
A sharper Is working Racine County
farmers. He claims to be an agent for
the United States Government having au-
thority to buy horses for the army. He
visits the farmers, buys two or three
horses, gives check for an amount larger
than the purchase price. gets the differ
euce in cash and then disappears with the
horses.
Vernon Rogers of Racine, who left for
the gold regions of Alaska several months
ago, has returned and came back express
ly to enlist.
Chippewa Falls people claim to have
seen an airship on a recent evening. In
the western sky appeared what seemed to
be a broad belt of lurid fame which ex-
tended for some distance. One witness of
the phenomenon describes it as having the
appearance OF an Illuminated board, it's
dimensions being about 16 feet long by
3 inches broad. suspended in mid air. The |
light was of lurid glaring nature and |
person out of doors on that evening could |
not fail TO lave noticed IT, Some suggest |