Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-04-13

town, causing probably fatal injuries to
Mrs. Ewers and her two daughters.
The Northwestern Railway Company is
soon to have detectives placed in Appleton
and Neenah for the purpose of arresting
boys who are caught jumping on cars.
Rev. G. +. Stoeckmann, who recently
graduated from the Rochester Theological
Seminary, has accepted a call from the
German Baptist Church of Sheboygan.
The smokestack OF the Manitowoc Seat
ing Company was blown down. The stack
fell on the boiler house, damaging the
aust collector and some of the steam pipes.
Bruce Glyndon, a woodsman, committed
suicide at Menomonie by shooting Little
is known of him. From letter found it
is thought he has friends at Riverside,
Cal.
Milwaukee brewery employees have pre-
sented contract demanding shorter hours
for inside men and teamsters, and six
days to constitute weeks work for malt
sters.
The 20-year-old son of the Wrightstown
mail carrier was shot in the stomach by
a revolver which he and his father were
examining. He will recover from the
wound.
Twenty acres of the Robert CandIish
farm, three miles south of Oshkosh, was
transferred to the Citizens Traction Com
pany. The company will fit it up for n
summer park.
William Harrison pleaded guilty at
GAINESVILLE to robbing Chicago, Milwau-
kee and St. Paul car at Beloit in January
last. He was sentenced to thirteen
months at Waupun.
Dogs recently killed ten sheep and
wounded thirty-eight more belonging to
Mr.. Kinney of Lake Geneva. Sheep
killing has become great nuisance to
farmers in the vicinity.
Ole Seamonson, the clerk of the Nor
way House at Chippewa Falls, was as
saulted by some unknown person after
nightfall and was terribly injured. His
recovery is very doubtful.
ExCounty Treasurer Walter Stone has
been asked to make up difference of
over $1,000 in his accounts with Sauk
County. The trouble came about it is
alleged, through careless bookkeeping.
A party of capitalists has been looking
over the property of Henry Sherry, includ-
ing the Park Falls Lumber Company and
the Park Falls Paper and Pulp Company
at Park Falls, with an idea of reorganiz-
ing and operating the mills at that place.
At Spooner, Elijah A. Lowe appeared
before the Circuit Court charged With the
shooting of two men whom he mistook for
a deer. He was found not guilty of intent
T. kill. He has, however, served a term
of sixty days in the county Jail for hunt
ing deer out of season.
Grand Patriarch F. A. Bartlett of Bar
aboo and Grand Scribe l.. o. Holmes Of
the grand lodge, |. o. 0. F., of Wisconsin,
have issued a proclamation to all the en-
in the State to take appropri-
ate action to commemorate the founding
of the order in America, April %, 1919.
mining company has been formed at
La Crosse with a capital of S5000C0 to
engage in mining in Wyoming and Colo
RADIO. The company owns about 1000
acres in Colorado, on which is located
some valuable pine, and there are also
deposits of coal and gold on the property.
Two children of Alexander Richards,
living four miles south of Wittenberg,
were burned to death in their home. The
little ones were but and years of age.
The building caught fire from an exploded
lamp and in the excitement the children,
who were sleeping at the time, were for
gotten and perished in the flames.
John Kofka, a Scandinavian of Mari
nette, while suffering from delirium tre-
mems. ran across the county eighteen or
twenty miles to get away from four i'm
aginary men who were chasing him. He
waded through swamps, pushed his way
through tangled underbrush and in des-
Deration threw away his shoes, stockings
and coat tha. he might run the faster.
He was taken in by a farmer in a terribly
exhausted condition and the exposure may
kill him.
The young man who entered several
residences at Racine, knocked a woman
down and held several citizens at bay
With gun, pleaded guilty to the charge
IF carrying deadly weapons and was sent
o jail for two months. He gave his name
IS John Watson of Pittsburg.
1t is announced that a colony of twenty
six Hollanders and two Turks are headed
-oward Sheboygau. The money to buy
heir transportation was contributed by
he Hollanders. The twenty-olght immi- |
grants are working people and it is sup
posed are coming to Sheboygan to secure
positions in the factories.
A farmers team ran away at Wrigbts-
owr and dashed into the livery rig Of |
Amiel Rozka, killing both the horses at |
acht4i TO the latter vehicle and infiicting |
oiuries on Rozka from which he died. |
His back was broken by the collision. |
William Woback was also badly injured, |
,ut will recover.
Frank Tillman, engineer; Ernest Sloni. |
Ter, brakeman, and John Van Alstine,
ireman, on the Ashland division of the |
and Northwestern Railroad. |
while near New London had their faces,
lecks and hands severely burned by the |
tantiy igniting from lighted torch. All |
we're froE, Kaukauna.
o. C. 0'Hearn, a merchan at Disco. |
rhose store was closed Lv the sheriff, |
ade an assignment II. ]. Ormsby is |
s 7ignee. The liabilities are estimated |
( 3 800 and the assets are unknown,
ut it is generally understood that there /
nothing left for the creditors.
Two Milwaukee storekeepers were held |
p by young robber in novel way. He |
topped into a store, put on a pair Of /
hoes, which he pretended to b1y, and |
tarted fer the door. When asked for |
be money he drew a revolver and fright. |
ned the stoEekeeper into a back ruam. |
fe repeated this performance at d cloth. /
lg store. where he was fitted with fine
an salt