Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-01

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sawmill at Duluth.
Racine bakers have combined to In
crease the price of bread
| Henry Conrad and Miss Emma Sian.
der were married at Horizon.
A veteran of the civil war is raising a
| company of volunteers at Rome.
| John Anderson of Dodgeyille was kick.
ed by horse and seriously injured.
Large classes were confirmed at James
vile by Bishop Nicholson of Milwaukee.
William FRANKIE, deaf man residing
in Mayyille, was run over by train and
killed.
Charles Teel, an old resident of Sank
County, died at his home in the town of
| Stmpter.
Ilfsident C. X. Adams of the State
University will spend the summer on the
Pacific coast.
| John McMahon of Columbus died from
| injuries to his SPINE received in run
away accident.
The A. w. Stevens Company ut Mari
| nette has been incorporated with a cap
ital stock of 100000.
+. V. Trump, n student at Oshkosh.
has disappeared. No reason for such con-
duet Oh his part is apparent
Charles More pleaded guilty of burg
larry at Menominee and was sentenced to
three months Imprisonment.
ExCity Attorney Ellsworth of James
vile has received an accel lance of his
offer TO join the United States navy.
The Peninsula veterans. conn, Using
! Brown. Door and Kewaunee counties.
will hold their reunion on June 30 AT De-
| pere.
Mrs. l.. A. Bradley of Stevens Point
was examined a4id pronounced insane.
She was committed to the Northern asy-
| lun.
Ella V. Pratt has sued the city Of
GAINESVILLE to recover $4,000 damages for
fall which she sustained on defective
sidewalk.
In the Circuit Court at Oshkosh. Thorn.
| as l.. Smith, convicted of forgery, was
| denied a new trial and sentenced to one
year at Waupun.
| Gov. Scofield is in receipt of a letter
from the inspecting officer at Chicka-
mauga highly commentators of the Third
| Wisconsin regiment.
An attempted hold-hp at Marinette re-
| suited unsuccessfully. The victim was
| John Hendicka, who held on to his cash
and fought desperately:
A deal for lumber to the amount of
| S60,OO0 was made between Wells & Van
| Setback company at Marnette and the
Chicago Stock Yards Company
Mrs. Richard Keown, who took large
dose of carbolic acid thinking it was med
| lcine, Is dead. She was the wife of n
weil-known Appleton insurance man.
Ida Black, the S-year-old Marinette girl
who was poisoned by a silver, died of
| loekJaw. 1t was impossible to pry her
| jaws apart and she died in terrible agony.
| Herman Radke of Marnette was struck
! in the eye by n little splinter of wood at
| one of the saymills. The wound is a
| painful one and he may lose the sight of
| that eye.
Margaret Schubert, aged Is, commit
| ted suicide by drowning i'll the river at
| Sheboygan. 1t is believed the act was the
| result of temporary mental alteration, in
duced by illness:
As was expected, Oshkosh has been
| overrun with tramps since the strike of
| the wood workers began. Chief of Po-
lice Weisbrod turns them out of town as
| fast as he gets hold Of them.
Wisconsn's team won in the debate
with Illinois at Champaign. Wisconsin
was represented by j. ID. Shaw, A. X.
| Dana and George B. Nelson, and Illinois
| by b. o. Houng, A. o. Sverhart and n
| ID. Reardon.
| Ole Westmann, bridgetender on the
| Wisconsin Central Railway, was instant
| ~ killed by an ore train between iron
! Belt and Hurley. 1t is not known how
| the accident happened, but he was at
times subject to epileptic fits. He was IN
married.
Charles Naus, a Chicago lad, got into
bad company and it resulted in his being
brought into court at Racine. He told
| such Il pathetic story that he was not only
| released by the court, but the judge gave
| him 81 to get home. The boy has poor,
| widowed mother.
Fire destroyed nearly block of build
| ings on the west side of Merrill. NJ. d.
| L. O'Rourke, dry goods, lost $50, 900; VIII
son & Curtis, hardware $500; G. NJ.
| Howard, paints, $500; f. Montgomery.
hardware, $1,000, and persons occupying
the second floors, $4,000.
| Just at closing time the other night, a
| lamp in the dry goods store of Mrs. B.
| SLIDER, at Grand Rapids, exploded, and
| the blaze which followed caused consid-
| cradle damage before being extinguish-
| ed. Frank L Longs company was play.
| ing to a crowded house at the Grand
Opera, which is situated just between the
| fire hall and Mrs. Siibcr's store. As soon
as the alarm WIS heard the crowd in the
! balcony commenced yelling fire, which
| caused panic in the audience A rush
| was made by some who thought the opera
house was burning, but they were forced
| back by the doorkeeperS. People would
| not take their seats until they were fully
| convinced that the fire was d block AWAY.
| Many were terribly frightened, but no.
| body was hurt
Miss Emma Dingman, who has been
| tried several times for sending improper
| matter through the mails, was again up
before Special Court Commissioner Blood
good at Milwaukee for the same offense.
Letters have been received by the Federal
authorities in Milwaukee for the past
| five years, all of which were Of an obscene
nature. All these letters were read be-
fore the court commissioner and it was
| clearly proven that Miss Dingman could
not have written them. She has during
the past four years been before the court
on several different charges, all of the
same nature, and each time has BEEN dis
charged generally on some technicaiity.
This was the first complete exoneration
on the di ect charge.
Anton } 1hnson of lola received letter
from Nels Gublind, who is in the Copper
river region of Alaska. He wrote that
his party was encamped on mountain
range that was covered by thirty-siX feet
of snow, and that it was still showing.
1t has just become known that Knute
Huf1land, who resides at Ridgeway,
Mimi, near La Crosse, is afflicted with
leprosy in severe form. The fact has
been known to his family for some time