Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-09-07
State Items of Interest.

At Edgerton, Earle Rowe, aged 20, was
instantly killed in runaway.
The Goldie Bell, new steam yacht
has been launched on Winnebago.
Charles johnson Of Iron River hanged
himself with piece of barbed wire.
The Western Paper Bag Company OF
Kaukauna has shut Gown for repairs.
The next annual meeting of the Ancient
Order Of United Workmen will be held
at West Superior.
Work on the Chippewa Valley Electric
Railway has been delayed by shortage in
the supply of rails.
Miss Marion Wright was married tC
David Kelly at Stoughton in the presence
of 100 invited guests.
During the recent electric storm light.
ming struck the house of Herman Carlson
The lightning almost cut the kitchen in
two.
Miss IL. NJ. Pitkin of Oak Park will be
the new dean for the young women OF
Beloit College and will teach in the de-
partment of English.
A dispatch has been received at La
Crosse announcing the death at Clinton
Iowa, of Thomas Devine. held up, robbed
and shot at Mauston.
Mrs. Troutmuller of st. Paul, daughter
of Mr.. Lademann of Milwaukee, who is
visiting her father, lost 81. yD0 worth OF
jewelry at the Rohn swimming school.
Owing to the Illness of Z resident Albee
of the Oshkosh Normal school, Prof. +.
A. Name Of Chic go will assist in the du-
ties heretofore performed by Mr.. Albee.
A sensational suit has been ended al
Beloit. Dr. Yid Galusha secured an order
from the court voiding a mortgage OF
81. 900 made under an alleged intimida-
ton.
The Weyerhauser syndicate has made
the largest sale of timber ever recorded in
the Ashland region, the consideration be-
ing nearly 100000. 1t sold 100000, 900
feet to the Hines Lumber Company of
Chicago and 100000 feet TO the Red
Clif Lumber Company of Duluth.
AT Platteville, w. A. Vaughn was the
victim of peculiar and painful accident.
While drawing sulphuric acid from a large
bottle, he slipped and fell to the floor,
breaking the bottle and scattering the
acid over his feet and legs. In an instant
his shoes. stockings and the lower part
of his pants legs were burned TO a crisp.
The total of -four clearings In a single
day at West Superior were 1885 barrels.
Vesselmen say that the markets are al
most entirely out of -four and that they
expect q rushing business in this line very
soon.
A part of the excavation being made
on Washington street for the Manitowoc
city sewer caved in, burying two of the
yorkmen, WenZel Steindl of Appleton and
John Peterson. Peterson was dug out
first and escaped with bruised back and
slight internal injuries, but it required
nearly an hours hard work TO get out
SteindI. Life was not quite extinct. His
injuries are mostly internal, the only frac-
ture being broken collar bone.
The waverly beach property, owned by
the Curtis Reed estate Of Menasha, has
been sold to the Fox River Valley Rail-
way Company for $4,000
Miss Mary Graham of Michigan has
been appointed matron at the Oneida In
dian school In Wisconsin at a salary of
$500 per annum, vice Henrietta NJ. Kiter,
resigned.
Charles Kinds, one of Elk Groves pros
porous farmers, had just finished stacking
oats and let his fork slide off the stack
when he followed. The fork was stand
ing on end with the tines up, and as Mr..
Hinds slipped down one Of the tines struck
him In the thigh, running clear through
the limb.