Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-09-14

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This years cranberry crop in Wiscon-
sin is estimated at $4,000 barrels.
John Rogers, farmer of Somers, was
| attacked by toughs and severely cut and
bruised.
Lemanuel Ellsworth, one of the early
I residents of Milwaukee, died at his home
in that city.
George S. Albee of Oshkosh, president
of the local State normal school, died of
nervous prostration.
The State Board of Equalization reduc-
ed the assessed valuation of Milwaukee
from $169, ,052,3S5 to $50, ,SS5, ,156.
John Wiley Of Washburn lost both legs
| by falling between two moving cars on
the Bigelow Logging Railway. His re-
coyery is doubtful
The Rev. NJ. Himebaugh of the Algoma
| NJ Z. Church celebrated the ifty-seventh
anniversary of his ordination as minister
of the Methodist Church.
At Oshkosh, the E. II. Hough Dry
Goods Company has assigned to Elmer
Leach. brotber-in-law of Mr. Hough. As
sets, $4,000; liabilities, $4,000.
At Cassville, Miss Lou Mckenzie,
while enjoying ride on naphtha launch
on the Mississippi river, was badly burrea
| by the explosion of the boiler.
Cyril Campbell, one of the vietims os
| the bridge disaster on the st. Lawrence
river, was a former Marinette man and
has two sisters residing there.
The proposition of the executors Of tha
Webster estate offering bequest OF $20,,
600 for a manual training school at 0mr4
was accepted by the School Board
Guy Smith, II years old, employed at
! Plover, fell from the back of a runaway
horse. His feet caught in the harness and
he was dragged, head down, for 600 feet
and killed.
| A boy of 2 years was found wandering
on the farm of Jesse Cooper at Plain. All
efforts to prove his identity have failed.
| His appearance showed him to have been
wandering some days.
The coroner's jury inquiring into the
| death of Alfonso Sandon. late of the vii
! lage of Eureka, brought in verdict that
Sandon had been murdered and that there
was cause to suspect John Campfeld.
|
| list of Wisconsin boys who have died Of
disease while serving their country. He
was member of the Marinette company
of the Second regiment, and little is
known about him. His only relative lived
| near Appleton.
Two boys, aged 10 and 8, sons of J.
Greetan, chief cook for the Bird & Wells
Lumber Company at their camp north of
Wausankee, loosened the brake on car
and took out the blocks underneath. 1t
soon started down the grade and in an at
tempt to stop it one of the boys was hurl-
ed in front of the moving car and was
dragged for a long distance, cutting his
body in a horrible manner. His recovery
is doubtful.
E. J. Kelley of Racine has perfected an
invention which he believes will revolu-
tionize modern methods of developing
power, and comes pretty near solving the
perpetual motion problem. Mr.. Kelley's
device consists of a huge tank of water
thirty feet high, six feet in diameter, with
narrow tube at the bottom of the tank
A chain runs over two sprocketed wheels
similar TO the old-fashioned bucket pump,
only that in place of the rubber buckets
are placed at intervals air cylinders
These cylinders fit exactly in the tube at
the bottom of the tank and prevent the
water from escaping Mr.. Kelley claims
that the air cylinders are kept continual
ly coming to the surface and that in pass
ing downward outside of the tank there
is no counter force to disturb the power
thus generated. Kelley. claims it will
work, and that tank the size here given
will produce forty horse power.
Alma Youngs, 2-year-oId girl, was
taken from her mothers home in Marcel
lon 1t is believed the child was taken
by her father, who has separated from his
wife, going to parts unknown.
Adam OFT Of Hammond. Ind. a former
resident Of West Bend where his parents
and brother still reside, committed sui
eide by shooting himself in the left temple.
OFT arrived at West Bend on the 800
train and at once proceeded to the Catho-
lie cemetery, where bis body was found
two hours later, lying between the graves
of his sister, Mrs. George W. McHenry,
and her daughter, Marion.
Miss Maggie Kief of Marinette was re-
moved to a hospital for the insane. She
is high school Sc duate and was credited
with the highest marks in the school. The
mental strain was too much. and she was
taken i'll with mental prostration, which
few days since terminated in insanity.
John Oberg, Swede. engaged livery
rig of p. Holquist, Marinette hyeryman,
and the herse was found drowned in a
slough back of the Northwestern Oil Com
pany's warehouse. 0berg is alleged to
have driven the animal into a POOL and
then left ii there. The horse suffered all
night tangled up in the harness and un-
able to free itself. 0berg was arrested
charged with the abuse of animals.
Peter Br' ius, an old man. aged 63. pop
ularly known down town as Prof. Brizius,
was shot in the back of the head by some
unknown parties while hunting on the
west side at Stevens Point As the shots
were only bUckshot no serious conse-
quenees resulted.
John Wiley, who had both legs cut off
on the Bigelows logging road, was buried
at Washburn by the Odd Fellows Society.
Mr.. Wiley had several narrow escapes
from death previous to this accident. He
once went through a bridge with eighteen
cars, which were smashed to splinfers,
and he ESCAPED unhurt At another time
he had several ribs crushed He lived
but short lime after his last injury