Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-05

! dent in the Wisconsin University, has
been appointed instructor under DR.. j. c..
Elsom.
| Frank Smazanske, private Company @,
Third infantry, whose home is at Berlin.
( died at Fort Mcpherson, Ga, of typhoid
| fever.
At Kenosha, Lyman Morehouse was
| sentenced to one year in the county Jail for
| assault. He has served two terms in the
penitentiary.
The estate of Nelson Bryngels on, de-
ceased, who lived at Chippewa Falls will
escheat to the State in default of either q
will or heirs.
The 3-year-old daughter Of a farmer
named Larson, residing between West Sa-
lem and Bangor, fell into pail Of water
and drowned.
/ At Elkhorn, John Wilson pleaded guilty
to the charge Of larceny and was sentenc-
| ed in the County Court by Judge Wheeler
TO one year in Waupun.
| The body of an unknown man was
found on the track OF the Burlington
road at Stoddard The remains were
| badly cut and bruised.
The home of Bronislana Rogalsli of Ste
vens Point was struck by lightning and
burned. His wife was killed, and he and
| three children were rendered unconscious.
| Two mortgages amounting 10 $1,000
were burned nj the Methodist Church of
| Rhinelander before a large congregation,
the church society having paid off its last
| debt
Paul Schrader committed suicide at his
residence in OconOmowoc by discharging
a revolver held at his temple in the pres
ence of his wife and her sister. He was
about 30 years old.
A bad accident occurred at the Withee
sawmill at Brule. A car loaded with lum-
ber was being hauled up hong hill by a
cable which was 1000 feet in length. The
cable suddenly broke and the car started
down hill, gaining in momentum as il
went. The sawmill was at the bottom of
| the hill and the car crashed into the build
ing with n force that swept everything
before it. John Dewey and Jake Louren-
| zon were standing inside the mill and be-
fore they could get out of the way the
| car had knocked down the building and
they were cut and bruised almost beyond
| recognition. Both the men were left in
an unconscious condition. One Of them
may live.
Fred Tegee and wife drove into tbs
river off the south approach to Eighth
street bridge at Manitowoc while the
bridge was swung open. Mrs. Tegee was
drowned. Mr. Teeee eiung to a sple and
was hauled out of the river by the bridge
tender. The horse, which was powerful
animal, swan half mile before being
taken out Of the river. 1t was a bright
moonlight night and Tegee was warned
! by parties driving back Of him and also
| by the bridge tender, but was driving al
such a rapid pace that he was unable to
| check his horse. The couple had only
been married one year and resided at Two
Rivers, where Tegge conducts the Mani.
towoc House.
Engineer Harry McCallum of Marinette
has just completed the survey Of two wat
erpowers on the Peshtigo river ut High
| Falls and Johnson's falls for II. Zech, the
| Crivitz colonizer and capitalist. The work
is part of a big project to build a rail-
road from Crivitz on the st. Paul, up the
| Peshtigo river. 1t will be about thirty
| miles il ltagth, to connect with the 500
| road on Hhe north. The survey for this
| line has already been made and work Is
| expected 20 commence soon. AT the two
| waterpowers biz -four mills will be erect
| cd and the surplus power used for other
| industries. The new railroad will also
| opeu up fine agricultural country. Chil
| ton capitalists are with Mr.. Zech In this
scheme, which Is expected to fully materi
| alize within the year.
The cutting season with the sawmlIs
| in La Crosse and along the Black river
has closed unusually early this year, not
| owing to dullness in the lumber trade, but
| on account of the inability to get the logs
! downs the river The stage OF water in
| the Mississippi, Black and Chippewa riv.
| ers and their tributaries has averaged
| lower this season than ever before, and
there have been none of those periodical
rises from time to time that have in former
| years tided over the summer. The La
Crosse Lumber Company was unable to
get more than 100000 feet Of its Is, ,O00,-
600 down the river an1 shut down some
months ago. G. l.. Colman's mill shut
down some time ago. The G. II. Nichols
Lumber Company was the last of the big
mills to shut dow:l, and they only got their
logs down 10 their mill during the last few
weeks Of their run hv snakng them over
sandbars near the mill The cut for 1898
will fall far behind the cut Of former
years.
~ d. Bresnan. a jewelry peddler, was
arrested at Neenah on charge Of burglar
izing cars on the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul Railway and buund over for
trial.
Lewis Clarit, aged "a Years, a pioneer
resident of Beici., q dad. He settled on
land near the city Il, 1879 and was active
in all public affairs thera fer half cen
tury.
Lightning struck and set fire TO barns
and outbuildings Of William Ziehn near
Hortonville, completely destroying them,
together with all hay and grain. The loss
is very heavy, insurance $500.
The clothing store of W. s. Hall ~
Hudson was burglarized the other night.
The money drawer was not touched, but
clothing Of all kinds was scattered around.
Two old suits were left behind.
At Oshkosh, Tie man Pecke, promi-
nent cigar manufacturer, returned to his
home after half days absence the other
evening ana iDnIla Two men IN POSSESSION
Of his house. He seized both, but they
made their escape after a hard struggle,
in which one Of the burglars drew a. re-
volver and fired at Pecke The men were
discovered before they could make away
with the yaluables they had taken 1t is
believed 10 be the work of an organized
gang of young thieves.
The Segeike & Kohlhaus Manufacture
ing Company Of La Crosse has begun
work on the erection Of sash and door
factory, which will employ 300 hands. The
old place burned July II. The firm re-
ceived fattering offers 10 60 to Mime
aP9lis, but declined. The capacity Of the
new plant will be double the old.
4 peculiar accident took place on the
Wisconsin Central line near Ashland
John Hartz Of Fifield, with several COM
pani0ns. was riding on handcar, when il
was suddenly overturned. A loaded gun
on the car fell off and exploded when IL
struck 70 ground and the shot took effect
in Harrz thigh. Hartz Is lot expected
70 I've.