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


Kemper Hall at Kenosha has opene
| with q large attendance.
Charles Rhymer and Miss Louisa Fus
of Menasha were united in marriage.
The 2-year-old son of Philip Ullman o
Kimberly was nearly stung to death b.
bees.
FL. B. Dahle was nominated for Con
gress by the Republicans of the Secon,
district.
The 2-year-old son of Christian Straus
Of Racine fell into a cistern and wa
drowned.
William La Fevre of Company A ha
returned to Spencer from Chickamaugi
hospital.
e. j. Osberg, well-known druggist {
West Superior, was found dead on tn,
floor of his store.
Edward Markwitz was badly burneC
and Jacob Peters was scorched at a fire a
their factory at Milwaukee.
Elmer Fullerton and C. W. Chamber
lain of Kaukauna arrived from Ponce
Porto Rico, In a weak condition.
Robert Baker of Racine was convicted
in the Circuit Court of bigamy and sen
fenced for one year in the State prison.
John d. Bullock of Watertown has beer
appointed al internal revenue agent under
the new law and goes to Boston, Mass.
The State Board Of Public instruction
has decided that the children of residents
of lighthouse reservations must pay tut
ton in the public schools.
A party Of twenty-five Indian boys an(
girls between the ages of and 20 years
have gone from the Oneida reservation tC
the Indian school at Hampton, Va.
The home of Bronislana Rogalski a
Stevens Point was struck by lightning and
burned. Mrs. Rogalsk was killed and the
husband and three chil iren were rendered
unconscious.
Otto Anderson of Greenwood was show.
ing Walter Millard how his lueech-l loading
shotgun worked in receiving.and throwing
ont the shell, when it suddenly discharged
the shot entering the foot and shattering
the bones.
S. III. Wood, one of thef oldest engineers
on the Madison division Of the North
western road, will lose his eyesight. While
inspecting lubricator at Baraboo it ex.
ploded and a piece of fglass cut the ball
of his right eye.
The steamer Neg8unee arrived in Ash
land with 1900 tons of soft coal for the
Ohio Fuel Company. The captain made
a general canvass of the city and was
able to procure only two men, at 80 cents
per hour, to unload the boat The other
coal companies are also very short Of men.
Other institutions aho claim that men
are hard to find.
Albert Taylor, farntr living nine
miles west of Beloit, has within few
days lost three horses, five COWS and a
large number of hogs from strange dis
ease, different in character from anything
the veterinary doctors there hive ever
seen.
The barn OF Fr.fnk Emmerson in the
town OF Oakfield was struck ny lightning.
-Four horses We're killed and ! 300 bushels
of grain, forty tons of hay, two carriages.
one wagon and the barn were destroyed by
fire. Oaly slight insurance was carried.
Mr.. Emmerson. lying in his bed in the
house FIVE rods away, was rendered un-
conscious by shock. Other farmers suf-
fered heavy losses.
The Stevens Point Lighting Company
is in the hands OF receiver. The action
is an outgrowth Of foreclosure proceedings
instituted by the First National Bank Of
Milwaukee. which holds s21 800 worth Of
mortgages.
After considerable agitation. special
election has been held in the town Of Ham
ilton. The question voted on was the fix
ing Of saloon license fees. The license has
been $500, but the retail liquor interests
declared that too high. and il was the re-
suit Of their missionary work that the eaec-
ton was held. II was found when
the votes were counted that the fee In
stead Of being lowered had been raised to
$3.50.