Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-09-28

flre destroyed the brewery owned by
McGeehan Bros. and the pop works Of
Fred Neibuhr at Hurley.
Albert Macarthur of Company | and
Frank B. Gray of Company NJ are now
confined with typhoid fever at Palmyra.
Stephen II. Weleh, half-breed of Cal
umet, eloped with Carrie Kramer, farm
er's daughter of Redwood Fails, Minn.
The postoffice at Bloomington was brok-
en- into and robbed Much money and a
lar number of stamps were taken. No
clue.
The infant daughter of Editor Arthur
Franckenberg of the West Bend Demo
erat was christened Manila in commeln-
oration of Dewey's victory.
One of the largest lumber sales of the
season was made by the /. Stephenson
Company Of Marinette for 100000
shingles.
A. III. Grover of Me'iCmonie received
verdict of $500 for tallor's using his
name on "a pair of tro lsers displayed in
his window.
Peter Oium I'ruax, living with his sis
ter at st. Pa Al, nephew of Peter Truax,
capitals of Eau Claire, was kicked by
a horse aud his skull fractured.
Prof G. q. Williams, former president
of the State Teachers Association. and of
late years teacher of science in the high
school at West Superio-, died of typhoid
fever.
Frank +. Goodfellow of Marinette har-
vested second crop of red raspberries
in his garden. The berries are large and
luscious and apparently as good as the
first crop.
AT the German Methodist conference at
Kenosha and the West Wisconsin Meth
odist conference at Eau Claire it was de-
cided to give laymen and ministers equal
representation.
A freight wreck took place at the Bur
lington depot at Trempealeau, in which
six cars went over the embankment into
the river. Other cars were broken and
twisted so as TO blockade the tracks.
Douglass Gibbs, who has been with the
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad at
Sheboygan as agent for twenty-three
years, has resigned and has been sue
ceeded by David Braeger of Rhinela nder.
While standing on the railroad track at
the Sharon depot, talking with members
of the Fourth regiment, which passed
through, John wilkins was struck by the
fast south bound train and severely in
jured.
Rust, drouth and frost combined have
damaged the potato crop in Columbia
County fully one-half. Early potatoes
fa a,ys. huf 10 to Sf
with the blight early in August, scarcely
piece escaping.
The Baker-Ogden Furniture and Hard
ware Company of Oshkosh made a vol
untary assignment to William Decker.
The affidavit filed places the nominal as
sets at $4,000. me failure is directly
traceable to the strike.
The official board of the Methodist
Church of Appleton, which recently asked
for a transfer of DR.. ]. Scott Davis, the
pastor, has voted unanimously in a recon-
sideration of its action to ask his return
to the Appleton pastorate.
The explosion of a lamp at the home of
Elmer Cole at Kaukauna caused quite a
blaze. The building, a small tenement
house owned by III. s. Cooke, was saved,
but was damaged to the extent of insur-
ance $3.50, valued at S400.
A second attempt was made at Augusta
at kidnapping. Some one picked up the
child Of Charles Fox of Osseo during the
fair and got away with him, but Mr.. Fox
gave chase and the man dropped the child.
The man has not been apprehended.
A newsboy named LAVAL was nearly
killed by savage bulldog at Marinette.
The dog threw the boy down and chewed
his race, arms and body Horribly. Two
men pulled the dog off and carried the boy
to the nearest doctor, where several
stitches were taken in the face wtunds.
David G. Green was appointed special
administrator of the estate of the late
Stephen A. Harrison in Milwaukee
against the strenuous opposition of the
widow, Mrs. Alice w. Harrison. ME.
Harrison left an estate valued at $780,
600, to be divided between his widow and
three daughters.
George w. Hall. editor of the West
Salem Nonpareil, shot his partner c.. +.
Thomas. Hall says he supposed Thomas
was burglar. Hall was placed under
arrest. Thomas, after the shooting, went
to his hotel, but made no report of the
affair, and no one knew of it until the
next morning, when he was found in bed
unconscious with bullet hole through his
neck. He is now in a dangerous condi-
ton The men have had several disputes
lately.
At Milwaukee, the infant daughter of
Joseph 7. Carney, foreman of the Daily
News, was burned to death by gasoline.
The mother of the child was pouring the
gasoline from bottle into a wash boiler,
and in doing so the fluid beca ae gnited.
In trying to throw the bottle on of doors
she struck the servant girl, whose clothes
caught fire, and the flames were in some
way communicated to the child. The ser
want girl received some burns, but was
not seriously injured.
No candidate who has been nominated
by two or more political parties can have
his name printed in more than one place
on Wisconsin's official balo, This is the
gist of a decision handed down by tho
State Supreme Court. The question arose
over the act of the City Clerk of Milwau-
kee in refusing to place the name of Carl
Runge. candidate of both the Democratic
and Populist parties for City Attorney, on
both tickets on the official ballot. The
case was made test one on the anti-fu-
sion feature of the election law, and the
decision settles the question for Wiscon-
sin until the law is changed.
In the United States Court at Miwau-
kee the Racine Water Works Company
has asked Judge Seaman for an injunc-
ton in behalf of the Boston Safe Deposit
Company, owner of the works, restrain
ing the city of Racine from destruction
Of the properly.
Miss Ruth Bailey met death in very
peculiar manner at her home in Milwau-
kee. She tripppd upon rug lying on the
floor, and IVES thrown violently forward,
falling upon her face. Other members of
the family ran TO assist her to rise aud
were horrifed to find her dead. Death
had been instantaneous.
1t is thought that two bolts Of light
ming struck the home of L. G. Johnson
at Narinette. Two big holes were torn
in the roof and there was a violent explo-
sion in the house. which was bulged out
by the force of :. Every window in il
was broken and the glass in the houses
on each side of it were shattered.
John Klesinski. aged II, came near los
ing his life al Northern. While playing
on a raft on Lake Michigan, wind came
up and the raft got out of his control and
drifted far ont into the lake. The people
tried to help him toward shore, but their
efforts were unavailing. Finally a tug
came to the rescue and brought the hoy.