Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-09-21

on that road
Alexander Stevens OF Auburn, \. Y,
has been in Marinette to see about dwell
ing houses for laborers who will move
there when the work ON the big Stevens
plant begins. Contract for the Office build
ings at The plant have been let.
Norman 4. Harrington. who with Con-
sui Robert w. Bowen helS a Spanish mob
at bay and saved the coat of arms on the
American consulate at Barcelona from
destruction, was married at Milwaukee
the other day. Miss Anna e. Spencer
was the bride.
While John Prytherch was riding horse
back, the girth broke and threw the boy
to the ground. At the same time the
horse stumbled ard fell upon him. When
found he was unconso ious and his head
and chest were badly crushed. The acci-
dent occurred near his home at the
Mounds.
While the big demonstration was on at
Sheboygan, August Goetsch, Carl
Goetsch and Alex. Strysick broke out Of
the county Jail by prying open the bars.
They were confined on the charge Of burg
larry and were being held on So, 900 bonds.
A reward of S25 is offered for the capture
of each man.
There have been several changes made
in the positions of priests in the Green
Bay diocese the past week The Rev
Joseph Hemmer goes to Hilbert; the Rev.
l.. Ehr to Hortonville; the Rev. Joseph
Schemmer TO St Joseph's Church in Ste
vens Point; the Rev. w. DeHann to Kill
hanrn ftifr. ba Pow StarNgfztuly tn
Amherst Junction; the Rev. j. Holzk-
| necht to Center, and the Rev. A. Jessel
as chaplain to ST. Mary's hospital at Osh-
kosh.
The interstate commerce commission,
| in an opinion by Chairman Knapp, an
| nounced its decision of the case of the
Listman Mill Company against the Chi
| cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad
| Company. The commission holds that
| no undue prejudice results to La Crosse
or the complaining miller in that city from
| milling rates enforced by defendant at
| La Crosse or the relations of such rates
| to those established by defendant for
| Minneapolis. The complaint is dismissed
without prejudice.
John Rehan of Pierce County, living
| seven ultlts ehSl Ol JteuWlHE, MIIu., udh
been accused of ill-treating his family.
| About twenty-five men called at Rehan's
house and took him by force to u chicken
coop, where they disrobed him. They
then proceeded to kill several chickens and
used their blood to discolOr Rehan's face.
| A paste was spread over Rehan's body
and he was covelvl with feathers from
the chickens and made 10 parade up and
| down the street. He was then compelled
| to promise to behave himself in the fu-
| ture and was set at liberty.
For the past four or FIVE weeks John
Zohlen of Sheboygan has been unable to
| swallow, there being a closure of the
.esophagus. From 17S pounds he dropped
| TO a skeleton. To save his life an op-
Grafton was performed. An incision was
made in the abdominal wall and an OPEN
| ing made in the stomach and the sides
| Of the wound sewed up TO form valve.
4 rubber tube was inserted and with the
aid of glass funnel the patient received
nourishment. Several days after Zohlen
left his bed. He is now receiving nour-
ishment through the tube and will live.
Andreas Schroeder, medicine peddler
of Sheboygan, was almost instantly killeu
at Sheboygan Falls by his horse becom-
ing unmanageable and throwing him out
against a hitching post. Twenty min
utes after sustaining the injuries the man
died. Schroeder was driving at rather
| rapid rate when the horse turned sudden
ly to one side and he was thrown with
tremendous force out of the carriage
against the post. There were no marks or
bruises on his body, save a small mark on
his left temple. Schroeder peddled a pat
ent medicine manufactured by him and
was well known throughout the county.
He is survived by wife and six chill
dren.
The fact that there is great danger Of
the big j. /. Case threshing machine plant
moving away from Racine has aroused
laboring men, mechanics and merchants
1t means much TO them and also to the en-
tire city at large. To take away en-
poyment from at least 900 persons and
$4,000 a month which is distributed
among business men, means a terrible
blow to the interests of the Belle City.
A committee Of the local business mems
association has investigated the COM
pany's desire and recommends that $780,
600 be appropriated for the extension Of
the present plant and that certain streets
be condemned, which prevent the exten-
sion. in order TO keep the plant there.
At NEE ting of the Northwestern Ce-
darmnn's Association at Marinette action
was taken to advance the price Of all
cedar products 10 per cent. The mills
viii close down so as to make shingles
scarce and advance the price.
Will Holser made a full confession of
the murder of John Fank in the bad
lands to y. ]. Bennett of Piatteville, in
Lancaster jail He was taken TO Platte
vile for trial and turned States evidence.
He says he has no regret for having mur-
dered Fank and that he would do it again,
If necessary. He is about 35 years old
and married.
Kenosha is very much surprised over
the arrest of Roy Robinson and Walter
Abel for the alleged taking of money from
the store Of G.. III. Ernest. They are sons
Of respectable parents and were thought
Of highly in the community. Tney waived
preliminary examination and were bound
over.
At Kenosha, the north side fire engine
in returning from fire ran into north
bound railway train and both horses were
killed. One man was seriously injured
and two were slightly cut and bruised.
The driver did not see that the gates
were down and the team crashed into the
engine before he could stop or urn th IN
aside.
Liberty park the picturesque bluff at
Trempealeau, viii be saved. After ex-
ploding numerous blasts and slightly dis
figuring the elevation, the contractors find
this rock not suitable for riprapping pur-
poses and have abandoned the project,
much to the pleasure Of the citizens.
John Kaczmarek, Polish saloonkeep-
er, was shot in a hrawi a Stevens Point.
Kaczmarek was returning home, accom-
panied BY some friends, when a young
couple came along. Words were exchang-
ed, resulting in quarrel and two shots
being cred, both of which grazed Kacz-
marek's face. one landing in the jawbone
and the other in the temple. The wounds
are not serious.