Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-04
State Items of Interest.


The residence of George Reese, who
resides near Ridgeway, was destroyed
by fire.
Algin H. Mcintosh has been appointed
postmaster at Burr Oak, vice l.. HI. Dahl,
removed.
The T. d. Kellogg Lumber and Man
ufacturing Company's sawmill at Amigo
has started.
Robert Barrett Milwaukee veteran,
was found dead in bed. Death was due
to natural causes.
Mrs Sarah Flowers was found dead in
bed at East Troy. She was an old lady
81 years of age and lived alone.
Anthony Rupp, farmer residing about
five miles from Prairie du Chen, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself.
The buying of the '97 crop of Wisconsin
tobacco is over practically, and what
crops are yet in growers hands will re-
main there III all probability until next
fall
Two won IN of Racine were swindled
out of $40 and $40 by clairvoyant who
had borrowed the money from them to
place under her pillow in order to better
forecast their lives.
Sportsmen at Beaver Dam are raising
a fund to be used in planting wild rice
and wild celery about the marshes of
Beaver Dam lake, and also for stocking
the lake with catfish.
Robert Langdon was adjudged tempo
rarily insane at Stevens Point and taken
to the Oshkosh asylum. He is supposed
to have become too greatly excited over
the Cuban war news.
While two boys were fishing in the pond
near Cedarburg their attention was at
tracted to parcel which lay partly con-
cealed in the tall weeds. Upon inves-
tgati0n they found that the parcel con-
tanned the dead body Of an infant child.
Three freight cars on the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway were wrecked
south of Racine Junction while being
backed on siding due to a mistake of a
tower man at the junction.
The r. D. Pike Lumber Company of
Bayfield, will put on a night crew and run
day and night for the balance of the sea
son. This company expended the past
winter about $1,000 on its plant.
Conductor Putnam of the Milwaukee,
Racine and Kenosha Electric Railway
Company found n pocketbook on his car
at Racine containing 5000 and checks
for 81. 200. 1t belonged to a stock man.
Carl Rabe, well-to-do farmer, was
terribly gored by bull which he was TAX
ing to Sheboygan.
James james, aged 16, of La Crosse,
plunged into millpond and rescued little
Harry Reed from drowning at the peril
of his own life. and brought him ashore
with the aid of other boys.
Christiana Michaelson, the girl who
gave birth to babe a couple of weeks
ago at La Crosse and afterwards CON
cealed its dead body in a yalise, was ar
raigned before Judge Brindley for at
tempting 10 conceal the body of the in
FAINT. There was no effort at a defense
and the girl was adjudged guilty and SEN
fenced to six months in the county jail
Blanche Palmer of Marshall was
awarded a verdict of $500 in her suit of
breach of promise against Patrick Ban
non. farmer living near Deerfield
George Scofield of Marinette. during
recent visit in Mexico. was stung by an
insect of some kind. The injury did not
proye very troublesome at first, but when
he arrived home he was confined to his
bed with what appeared to be n fever.
His sickness was finally traced to his
arm. and it was found that the insect had
deposited larvae there which had devel-
oped under the skin into little worms, and
caused blood poisoning. He is still in
serious condition, although an opera tion
removed the insect growth.
AT Milwaukee. while teaching his little
son how to shoot small rifle John Wal
ter grasped the weapon by the muzzle.
He is dead.
The ladies of the Associated Charities
of GAINESVILLE are canvassing the city to
sell soap. the proceeds of which are to be
tnrned over TO the charity organization,
through arrangements with the manufae-
turers.
The Rice Lake Lumber Company has
started its big mill The company expects
"a ent &C. OoO. 600 feet of lumber, 1900
GOO shingles and 100000 lath during
the season. At present fifty men are
EMPLOYED and another 10 will soon be add
ID TO carry on the ufiye.