Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-01-05
Otto Berg. a miner. lost his lift at Hur

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ley by cave-in In the Montreal mine.
The residence of Timothy Cullnan at
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loss is $1,000.
A Prohibition club has been organized
in Rock County as result OF the temper
ance agitation in GAINESVILLE.
The charity entertainment and ball Civ
en- under the auspices Of the Pinochel
Club of jefferson netted $$263.
Two Chicago detectives have been in
| Ashland looking for the supposed Mrs.
| Luetgert. The woman who caused this
action left town.
| Charles E. Smith of Milladore has
bought the sawmill property at that place
belonging to the Sherry estate from the
assignee, Mr.. Cameron.
| Deputy Fish and Game Warden Carl
/ A. Palmer of Onalaska, and Sheriff G. G..
Lang of La Crosse raided fishermen's
| shanties on French lake.
| The ore traffic at Ashland promises to
! be very heavy next season. Mine opera
| tors are expecting the largest business in
the histocy of the region.
James Louis, an Evansville hotelkeep-
er, pleaded guilty 10 the charge of rum
ming ''blind pig" and paid fines and
costs. lie will leave Evansville.
! Gertrude Portertield, 4-yearo old girl
| Of Marinette got her finger fast in a
clothes wringer and injured it so badly
| that amputation was necessary.
| James O'Donnell, charged with the muir
| der of his wife at Eau Claire, has been
| discharged because of the inability of the
| prosecution to procure witnesses.
At a special school meeting of the citi-
zens of Neillsvile it was decided to build
u modern high school building to cost,
when fully equipped, about $4,000.
A 100000 hotel will be built at La
| Crosse by Chicago hotel men. 1t will be
on the site of the old Pomeroy building,
| which was damaged by fire recently.
| The Hamilton & Merryman Company
| will erect planning mill and dry kiln in
| its lumber yard at Marinette. The COM
pany will abandon its Chicago yard.
A train struck sleigh containing Peter
| Anderson, farmer, and his 17-year-old
son, near Franksville. Anderson was in
stantly killed and the boy was badly in
jured.
There is a great deal of Illegal fishing
going on all along the Mississippi river.
| Recently 20,000 pounds were taken in the
vicinity of De Soto by two firms in two
days.
A hue in a locomotive on the North
| western Railway blew out near Plymouth.
Head Brakeman Sylvester NJ. Schwartz
was severely burned by hot air and live
Goals.
At Sheboygan, William Strecker, IS
years old fell fifty feet in an elevator
shaft. His injuries consist of a broken
arm, dislocated shoulder and broken
| nose.
Mrs. Estabrook, mother of Superin-
| tendent Estabrook of the Racine public
| schools, was stricken with paralysis and
| is not expected to recover. She is 73
years of age.
Wisconsin river turtles are being ship
ped to the East from Spring Green. A
| barrel of turtles was recently sent to Phil
adelphia, the largest one weighing forty
| seven pounds.
! Cynthia Hart is suing John Hart at
| Racine for an amount of about $4,000 al
| legged to be due her as her share of milli-
| merry business in which they were engaged
| for MANY years.
The restaurant and confectionery store
| of G. W. Giffey of Mantowoc was rob-
| bed. The thieves took about 81 in change
| from the cash drawer, besides cigars, cam
dies and some clothing.
| The children of Rev. John Rathke, pas
| tor of the Lutheran Church at Brillion,
are sick with diphtheria, and the house
| has been quarantined. No services will
be permitted in the church.
Jacob Zieglcr of West Bend wants $500
from that town for damages incurred in
| falling into an open catch basin in the
street. The City Council refuses TO pay
that amount and a suit is likely to follow.
Frank Messenburg, All old and esteemed
citizen of Cashton, hanged himself. No
cause for the act is reported, the deed
being executed while the older son was
takicg some visitors home in the evening.
The American Telephone Company has
asked to be freed from local taxation at
Superior when its new line is completed in
that city. The Council does not think this
should be granted and has referred the
matter to a committee for consideration.
Papers have been filed in the case of
John Jones against Henry Sherry at Nee
nah. Jones claims 81 200 to be still due
on timber sale contract. Sherry has q
counter claim of 1900 alleged TO be due
him, on account of the amount of timber
on the tract having fallen below the
amount represented.
The stage of water in Lake Winnebago
is higher than it has been known to be fOg
many years. 1t is only two inches below
the crest of the dam at Menasha. Since
the millmen of Neenah and Menasha have
formed a mutual agreement about the
water power the water is kept at much
higher stage than formerly.
A 20 PER cent dividend has been ordered
for the depositors of the Bank of Edger-
ton and will be paid by Receiver Towne.
The court has also made an order restrain
ing three of the cases of the creditors
against Receiver Towne and will confine
the litigation to one suit, making all the
creditors plaintiffs in one action. The
injunction against Receiver Towne will
also be raised so that he can continue his
work.
Under Sheriff O'Brien and Deputy
Sheriff Mutter of Racine County attempt
ed to take into custody Anna Svobodo,
Bohemian woman of the town of Caledo-
MIA, who had been ordered to be taken TO
the Racine County insane asylum. The
woman armed herself with an AK and
drove the men away. Help r-as secured
and she was overpowered aLd handcuffed
after n terrific struggle, during which
Mr.. Mutter was cut on the hands. The
services Of three men were required to ar
rest the woman.
The Paine Lumber Company of Mari
nette has sold its sash and door factory to
Isaac Stephenson. 1t is said that the
Johnson company of Milwaukee will take
charge of the plant and will operate it as
a planning mill. The factory uses about
20,000,00O feet of lumber annually.
Michael Kroupa suddenly became in.
sane in a factory at Racine and, it is al
legged, attempted to kill several workmen.
The officers who went to arrest him dis
covered drunken man who was creating
a disturbance and arrested him under the
impression that he was Kroupa. The
mistake was discovered at the JAIL
The De Witt Brown Cedar Company of
Marinette will furnish 1000 pieces of ce-
dar piling to be used in the construction
of Government improvements on Green
bay and Lake Michigan. Ii will amount
TO about 500 carloads and must be deliv-