Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-07-27
While blasting stone in Lutz Bros
quarry at Oshkosh, Jacob Baier was kill.

At Hudson, the city brewery. owned by
a. Casanova, was totally DESTROYED by
fire. Loss, $4,000.
Earl A. King has been appointed most,
master at Pleasant Prairie, vice Thomas
a. Yates, removed.
Or. Charles A. Schiper has been ap-
pointed a member Of the board of pension
examining surgeons at Sheboygan.
AZ Milwaukee, William Frederick Card.
sen, years of age, was run over by n
delivery wagon and instantly killed.
The Canada Atlantic liner German col
lided with the tug Welcome of the Mil
waukee tugboat line and damaged her
seriously.
AT Spring Valley. Albert Olson had
large hayfork, which broke from its rope.
run clear through his thigh The limb
| can be saved.
j. Il. Schreiner, for the past four years
principal of the schools at Iron Belt, has
accepted the principaiship of the schools
at Butternut.
Frank Riley, 81 years of ace. commit
ted suicide by cutting his throat at Mil
Waukee. He was Respondent because of
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The aged father of Assemblyman A.
Jenson OF Manawa fell in front of the
cutter OF a mower which he was driving
and was badly mangled.
Peter Weiss, member of the West
Superior School Board, is missing. He
left there for La Crosse last month and
has not been heard from since
AIilxronEnn NTT;ll;,,., II. 8
| Chicago, a sailor on the schooner Lucia
A. Simpson, fell from the crosstree to the
deck, receiving injuries that proved fatal
Joseph johnson was struck by train
and badly injured near Eden His skull
was badly fractured and it is feared there
is conclusion of the brain He cannot
live.
Henry Aebli, one of the few survivors
of the original Swiss colony that located
in Green County and founded New Gla-
rus, died at Monroe He and the wife
who survives him were the first couple
to be married after the settlen mt was
formed.
At Walton, Andrew Fike aged IA, shot
himself, the ball piercing his breast and
leaving through the back. He was alone
at the time and crawled into the house
and into bed, where he was found dead
by the family. The cause for the deed is
unknown.
The case of the State against King G..
Staples, present member of the Legisla-
ture from Bayfield, County, under arrest
for alleged ,embeZzlement of funds from
the town of Iron River, was continued
at Washburn for the term on technical
ity in drawing the jury.
A ferocious dog at Neillsvlle attacked
and badly mangled a 2-year-old child of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Schiller, biting its
neck and face i'll horrible manner. The
child's recovery is doubtful. The dog
also attacked and bit James Campbell,
who succeeded in killing it.
Charles Mite, Sheboygan teamster
employed by the Alderman coal yard,
was seriously injured about the head and
chest by being caught between the seat
of the wagon and a doorjamb. His in
juries are thought to be fatal, but there
are slight hopes for his recovery.
During the violent storm which passed
over Kenosha County, the large summer
hotel at Twin Lakes was set on fire by
lightning and panic ensued among the
guests, but none was seriously injured.
The storm caused great damage to all
standing crops throughout the county.
The fine large farm residence of George
Knesler, located one mile from COloma
Station, caught fire from a defective CHM
ney and burned to the ground. The other
farm buildings were saved by prompt as
sistance from the village. The loss is
about $4,000 and the insurance 81 800.
Attorney Charles W. Felker of Oshkosh
was found Frustrated and unconscious on
Brooke street, Fond du Lac, the other
night near the Northwestern depot with
large cut under his chin. He refused
to say anything in explanation of the in
jury, and it was Impossible to find out
anything further in regard to the matter.
He was taken to Oshkosh. Friends say
,the attorneys collapse was due to the hot
weather.
Lochryst and Aloah have their annual
pest, the lake fly. Never were they known
to be Matched III such vast numbers. They
covered every building. walk and the
beach, and were found on every bush and
tree in countless millions, making life
burden in these usually attractive SUM-
mer homes. Some of the residents left 10
disgust, the stencil from the dead flies be-
ing so unbearable. OF course this nul-
sance is of only short duration, but it is
all the same hard to be tolerated. A low
swale just back of Lochryst is said to be
the Matching place of this pest, and ac-
tive measures are now being taken to fill
this and thus do away with future inva-
sions of the plague.
Alexander Bell, who has charge of the
Mississippi Logging Companies interests
on the Indian reserve in Sawyer County,
was asked for a statement regarding the
present condition of Wisconsin's timber
lands. Il expect this will be my last year
in that section of the State. There was
only about 100000 feet logged there last
winter, the smallest cut of any year since
| have known that country. The truth is
the great forest is gone and the lumber
man OF the future viii have to look else
where for his timber. The timber on the
reserve and vicinity was the very finest
in Wisconsin, and fifteen years ago 1t look
ed as if we could not live to see the last
of it. The lands, however, are good and
it will not be many years before the coup-
ty will become a prosperous agricultural
region. Many fine farms are already be-
ing opened up along the lakes and streams,
and by the way what an ideal spot for
home are any of the lakes on the rc-
serve. With the building of railroad
Sawyer County will be settled very rap
idly
Hugo Meyer son of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
Meyer of South Germantown, was drown
cd in pond at the stone quarry. Mr..
Meyer is station agent Of the st. Paul
road and his son, Hugo, though only III
years Old was night agent.
AT Brodhead, the recent hurricane en-
tirely demolished one house and seriously
injured several people. Several houses
were badly wrecked and streets were rem
dred impossible on account of fallen trees
scattered lumber and broken wires. The
Roderick Block, in the business portion,
suffered most, chimney crashing through
the roof.
Pat O'Connell, at one time worth $780,
600, now wreck beyond redemption, was
sent to the workhouse by Judge Goss of
Oshkosh For twelve days the old man,
whose head is white with the frost Of
time, must pound stone.
Albert Mittlestadt nf Baraboo was bad
IL injured in an accident which may de-
priye him of both of his limbs. While
cutting grain with reaper a root be-
came fastened in the sickle and while re-
moving il the tom started forward, catch-
ing him in the knives of the machine.
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