Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-03-09
State Items of Interest.

| A Methodist church will be built a
Baraboo to cost $4,000. 1t will be bull
| of red brick and will seat 500.
l.. n. Larson, a grocer of Marinette
| has made an assignment to X. Lungberg
| The assets and liabilities are about tht
| same.
xThe Aiken Gleason Camera Company o.
| Ia Crosse has purchased a new builIins
| for its plant and will fit it with five new
| machines.
The Ashland BrOwnstone Company has
| leased it's quarries and outfit at Presqut
island and Superior to the Portage Entry
| QuairiSs Company of Chicago.
The application of the Endion Improve
| ment Company asking that the city OF
| Superior be restrained from refunding
| S4O0,O 900 of city bonds was denied.
The cotton mills at Janesville arc
| booming as result Of the big strike al
| the Massachusetts mills. The Monterey
mills at that city are unable to fill orders
More than $1,000 yards of cloth are be
| ing turned out every week.
Henry Byer, aged 10, of Favilc Grove
while attending an auction near Milton
was taken suddenly i'll and died in a few
hours after being removed to his home
An inquest was held and the fact deter
| pilned that he died of alcoholism.
A tramp confined in the Walwortt
| County jail surprised the officials by OBJ
jecting to the general appearance Of the
lookup, and accordingly went to work one
day and gave the place a thorough clean
ing and scrubbed the windows.
A team of horses belonging to August
Roemer of Algoma broke through the ice
of Lake Buttes des Mortes lille attach
ed to a hayrack. In spite Of all efforts
to rescue them the horses died from the
exposure after being in the water about
three hours.
A new manufacturing company has
| been organized at Racine, to be known as
the Hurlbut- Armstrong Company, with q
capital stock of $4,000. 1t has purchased
the old Hurlbut Company plant at Ra-
cine Junction and will begin operations
March i with 100 employees. The arm
5gill manufacture special goods.
Mrs. c. W. Pike of Racine has received
patent on glass cemetery vase for
| the reception of flowers.
tApeFS nave Deel served on Ine ClJE or
GAINESVILLE in suit for $1,000 damages,
in which the plaintiff. Mrs. Margaret
Heffron, claims to have sustained perma-
nent injuries by fall on a defective side
walk.
For many months the family of Mr.
Perry, farmer living near Eau Claire,
has been annoyed in sundry ways Stones
have been thrown through the windows,
chickens have been wantonly killed and
other annoyances have occurred. All ef-
forts to discover the perpetrators have
failed
Judge Burnen of Oshkosh has denied
the application of James Il. Kennedy for
receiver for the Workman's co-opera-
tive stores and dissolved the injunction
under which the stores were closed.
The E. P, Allis company of Milwaukee
has closed contract with Sawyer a.
Goodman of Winneconne for a complete
double bandsaw mill. The contract calls
for complete outfit, which will cost ST0,-
900.
Il $4,000 glycerine epavorator has
been added 10 the plant Of the Marinette
soap factory. An addition 1sx20 feet
was necessary to contain the machine.
The average production of soap per month
tur the past year was $500 boxes.