Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-04-27

The st. Paul Railway Company will
build combination passenger station and
freight depot at Fond du Lac.
]. B. Pillsbury, of the West Shore
Wood Company of Marinette fell from a
high stairway and was badly injured.
Clements & Son, dealers in coal and
wood at Oshkosh, have assigned with liza
bilities Of about $4,000 and assets about
the same.
John Il. Carlson, engineer at the Hud
son sanitarium at that city, has been ac-
cepted by the Government as a naval en-
gineer of the second class.
The Racine Business Mems Associa-
ton will soon disband unless interest is
revived. The membership has fallen off
over one-hal. he past year.
AT Neenah, Peter Jensen, aged rs. was
found dead in barn with his throat cut
from n small rope which he had placed
around his neck to hang himself.
John Edin. farmer living about two
miles from Grantsburg, committed sui
eide by taking paris green. He was
quite old and had been sick for some time.
A fire at Clear Lake destroyed a print,
ing office, store two blacksmith shops. the
Masonic hall and wagon shop. The loss
is about $4,000, with partial insurance.
At Baraboo, Edgar W. Heath aged 10
years, was killed by being struck on the
forehea,. by the crank of a windlass He
was drawing 800 pounds of tools out of
the well.
AT Spring Green, William Perkins. 10
"A III Ill l.
ed by the cars that surgeons amputated
one just below the knee and the other at
the ankle.
Three two-story frame buildings in the
business part of GAINESVILLE were destroyed
by fire. The loss is about $4,000, with
little insurance The fire was the work
of an incendiary.
The body of John Thompson was found
near the .ailroad tracks at Washburn
terribly mangled by the wheels of the
cars. He had evidently laid down on the
tracks ard gone to sleep.
John Il. Hull, Jr.. agent for the Chicago
and Northwestern Railway at Hanover,
was arrested on the charge of unlawful
detention Hull pleaded not guilty and
was released under $500 bail.
BelOit has secured the next encamp-
ment of the Modern Woodmen of Amer
lea, which will be held in that city on
June ,. More than 10000 visitors are ex-
pected from all over the western country
The formal opening of the Oshkosh
fish hatchery has taken place. The Wis
consin fish car has been on the Wolf river,
where nets were set some time since to
catch pike for the purpose of securing
spawn.
The box factory of Rank & Naus at
Manitowoc was destroyed by fire. The
plant was just completed and the machin-
cry started. An adjoining dwelling own
ed by L. Schmalfeldt was also damaged.
The loss on the box factory is $4,000.
Christ Episcopal Church at La Crosse
was ransacked by burglars recently. Sew
eral silver pieces were carried away, the
baptistry was broken and the sacramental
wine poured upon the costly altar clothes
and other damage done.
Fishermen at Marinette and up the
shore in Menominee County are making
preparations to put in their nets. The
only fish that can be legally caught AT this
time of the year are trout and whitefish
and the fishermen must use a net with
four-inch mesh.
AT West Superior, the jury in the case
of the Douglas County Lumber Company
against the Eastern Minnesota Railway
returned a verdict of s., SS7 damages. The
plaintiff sued for $21, 600 damages, alleg-
ing lack of cars to haul 100000 feet
of logs from Dedham to Sandstone.
John Forsman, Finlander aged 50,
committed suicide at Rhinelander by
jumping from the Pelican river bridge
into the water. Help was offered him,
but he refused. He recently received no.
tice from Finland that an inheritance of
2,200 marks had been left to him by the
death of a relative
The 400 mill employees of the Chippewa
Lumber and Boom Company of Chippe-
wa Falls went on strike for ten-hour
day, instead of eleven, as has been the
rule. Mass meetings were held in various
halls, and the men are determined not
to return to WORK until their demands are
granted. The company, of which T.
Weyerhauser is president, says it will
shut down the mill rather than give in.
Alfonso Elkey shot his wife at Sey-
mour, firing three shots, one in the hand,
mouth and heart. She was killed instant
ly. Elkey then shot himself in the breast,
inficting a flesh wound. He will recover.
They had been quarreling all morning and
it is alleged that jealousy caused the trou-
BILE. They had been married nine months.
Elkey was q years old and his wife was
Is.
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Wisconsin Engineers Society was held
at the Odd Fellows hall at Appleton.
Surveyors from different parts of the
State were present. Officers were re-elect-
ed as follows: President, b. f. Dunn, An
tigo; secretary md treasurer, f. j. Har-
riman, Appleton Several papers were
read and it was decided to hold the next
convention at Wanslu the second Thurs
day of March, 1899.
Upon motion of District Attorney A.
2. Schenian of Manitowoc, at the opening
of the Circuit Court at Sheboygan, the
case of the State against ex-Banker
Shove of Manitowoc, charged with receiy-
ing money Wien insolvent, was stricken
from the calendar. The district attorney
said this was the last of the celebrated
tention of the courts of Manitowoc, Win
nebago and Sheboygan counties since
1893. The various trials have cost Mani
towoc County about $4,000, and Shove
has spent about four months in the county
iail, where, it is alleged, he lived in the
iailers parlor and did copying for the
register of deeds, for which he was paid.
The prosecution against him will now be
dropped.
Judge ClementsOn of Dodgeville SEN
fenced T. IL. Arthur and Il. Z. Hooking
to nay a fine of $50 each and costs for
breaking into the Primitive Methodist
Church last summer and by force and
arms prevented the minister and congre-
CATION from holding services.
The Wisconsin board of medical exam
iners has formally resolved not to recog-
nize the diplomas issued by the Milwau-
kee Medical College The refusal is
based on the tech aicaiity that the cole ge
in several instances credited students for
study in other institutions and gradr ed
them in less than a three-year term.
Gov. Scofield has appointed David G.
Green of Milwaukee, Assemblyman b. A.
darlington of Eau Claire and John Sturte-
want of Waupaca members of the prison
labor commission provided for by the Leg
islature to investigate the subject of pris-
ON labor and make a report with recon-
mendations to the next Legislature.
eo oon chandler sniff has heen started