Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-12-07
State Items of Interest.


The Bank of Amigo has received its
charter.
A well-dressed man shot himself in the
Pfister hotel in Milwaukee. He had reg
istered as Charles Waic wright of Omaha
and was about % years old.
Johnson Mcclure, for a number of
years manager of the Milwaukee clearing
house, is dead. aged 81 years. Mr.. Nc
Clure had been an invalid for several
years.
Capt. Andrew J. Kinney of Company G..
Third regiment, arrived at Hudson from
Porto Rico. He thinks the regiment will
be mustered out when the furlough ex-
pires, Dec 81.
Wolves are reported to be causing havoc
with poultry on the Wolf river, in the
northwestern part of Outagamie County.
The farmers have begun an organized
fight against the animals.
The Presbyterian parsonage at Omro
burned to the ground. Rev. r. L. Adams,
the pastor, lost his library and nearly all
his household goods, with no insurance.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
The Rev. A. w. Griffin, chaplain of
Kemper hall at Kenosha, has accepted a
call to the Church of the Advent in Louis
ville Ky. Mr.. Griffin went to Kemper
hall from Baraboo three years ago.
The Fairchild and Northeastern Rail-
way has completed six miles of railroad,
which they have been at work upon the
past few months near Greenwood. They
intend to build fourteen miles farther next
summer.
Green County's output of cheese for
1898 promises to exceed that of any pre-
vious year. According to the figures at
the different shipping points in the county
for the past ten months 100000 pounds
have been shipped.
There is great stir among some of the
leading families of Reloit over the theft
within the past few days of diamond jew
elry. The families of c. B. Salmon.
Moses Reitler and President Eai On of the
college have been victimized.
The 7-year-old son of Edward Lineis
was seriously injured in football game
at Marinette. The little fellow had the
ball and was running with it. He was
downed and the usual piling up resulted.
His leg was heard to snap all over the
Fire Quilted the factory of the BurIing-
ton Blanket Company, doing damage to
the amount of $500. The fire originated
in the drying room, which was filed to
the ceiling with new goods, and the in
flammable nature of the material soon
made the interior of the building a mass
of flames.
Mrs Alvord of Kenosha celebrated her
18th birthday in a unique manner. She
invited her old friends and no one was
asked who had not lived in Kenosha for
more than forty years. Fourteen of these
old-timers accepted the invitation.
The granting of franchise by the Bar
aboo Council to the Baraboo, Kilburn and
Devils Lake Electric Railway Company
removed the only obstacle in the way Of
going on with the construction of the road
between two of the most popular summer
resorts in this State. The company in
cludes j. P. Cottrell of Milwaukee, F. ].
Butler of California and Herman Groto-
phorst of this city. The wrok will be COM
menced in the spring.
While south bound the Ahnapee and
Western train out of Sturgeon Bay ran
into a herd of cattle at Forrestyille be-
longing to r. NJ. Perry and killed seven
steers. No damage was done to the train.
Bert Seager, aged 10, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Seager, disappeared from the
home of his parents in Kaukauna over
four weeks ago. They have been unable
to find any trace of him.
The coroner's jury in the Rathsack stab
bling affray at Manitowoc brought in the
following verdict: F.. Rathsack came to
his death at plat known as Halfway
house on the Two Rivers road, at the
hands of one seph Eovak, by a wound
inflicted with SHARP instrument.
At Manewa. the wife and two sons of
G. L. Rosenberg were poisoned, it is sup
posed. by eating headcheese. They are
now out of danger.
Burglars entered the house of Col. J.
j. Hoyt at kenosha and carried of Jew
els and otaer property amounting in value
TO more than $500. When Col. Heyt re-
turned home he found the large plate glass
in tLs front door smashed.
Chief Cameron of Chippewa Falls was
Notified By the authorities at Saltwater,
Aian.. that a man named James Harring-
tor had given himself up to the police
there and confessed to the crime of having
robbed a patient in ST. Josephs hospital
In Chippewa Falls.