Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-01-12

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John $. Sweet, formerly clerk nj the
Grand Hotel At GAINESVILLE, died at Biloxi
Miss, of yellow fever.
Mrs. Frank Graz, one of the pionee,
residents of GAINESVILLE, died suddenly. She
Ieii recently and broke her hip.
The Wisconsin Malt and Grain Com,
pany at Appleton has decided TO double
the capacity of its plant at once.
Joseph Unger, Milwaukee brewer
VIII spend the next six months in the
house Of correction for abusing ba' Y.
AZ Appleton, the family of Albert
Bentz had narrow escape from death
by the escape of gas from coal stove.
Miss Almena De Puy, library expert
OF jackson, Mich, has been engaged L
classify and organize the public library al
Appleton.
". X. Durfee has in prospect for 1895
another good seasons .nn for his saw.
mill. lie has closed contracts for saving
30,000,o00 feet.
Mrs. Hannah 4. Woods, wife of Alan
son Wood, landlord OF the Hotel Mari
nette died suddenly at Marinette Of heart
failure. She was - years old.
Dan Shea of Appleton was murdered
at Watersmeet, Mich, but by whom OF
under what circumstances is not known
lie was man of about 20 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Yahr of Wash
ington County celebrated the golden ami
vcrsary OF their wedding. The couple
came to Wisconsin from Germany il
1917.
Inc machinery for the new knitting
plant-fifty-two knitting machines and
thirteen l1opers- at Stevens Point. has al.
rived and is placed in the building. The
plant will start.
Eau Claire people have not vet given
up hopes of getting the normal school 10
Gated Ill their town. They will try to get
the matter u relocating the school before
the Legislature.
Arthur Keller of Brookiield confessed
to the theft of $215 from William Keller
OF Temah and has produced the money
The ease against him was continued t
the next term Of court.
Fritz Gerber, cheese maker, living
near Afolkey, ILL.,. sixteen miles from
IL
raul passenger train ON crossing three
miles east Of that city.
G. N. Burlington has asked to be releas
cd FROM the receiyership Of the CONNER
clal Bank at Eau Claire, as its affairs
are about Strengthened out. \ final divi
dend will soon be declared.
A young man named Bennett, living
near NilitufnE' Ratr i a,
placing steel rail on the railway track
near Ringwood, ILL.,. which came neal
wrecking passenger train.
Father Joseph Ticpel, late missionary
priest i'll the diocese Of Tennessee. has
been placed in charge OF the Sacred Heart
Catholic Church at Manawa. The church
has been without priest since October.
More than 10000 Christmas trees
were shipped from the northern Wiscon,
sin pine woods this year. One dealer in
Marinettc County shipped eleven car.
loads. The total value of the cut is about
$4,000.
The Chicago and Northwestern passen.
ger train from Chicago, via GAINESVILLE,
dashed into loaded coal train in the
Fond du Lac yards the other evening, in.
juring five persons. An open switch on
sharp curve was the cause of the acct
dent.
The postetiice at Iron River Bayfield,
County, over which there has been such a
bitter fight as TO who should be the in
cumbent, lacked only 81 of coming in the
class appointed by the President G. ID.
German has been recommended for the
position.
Winnebago County might have had a
new court house and Jail if water and
willing hands hadn't been so plentiful
Fire did several thousand dollars damage
to the ramshackle structure, and as the
loss is covered by insurance it will proba-
bly, be repaired.
Stale Deputy Game Wardens Stone
and Johnston arrested two persons named
Beauregard and Butler of Spooner near
Shell Lake, charged with violating the
game laws. About 800 pounds of fish
were found In their hnts, which was con,
f:scated and sold.
a small dog belonging TO Marinette
family recently became angered at the
mistress of the house, Mrs. Ryan, and
chased her and the hired girl into pam
try AMI kept them there for several hours,
rhe dog was finally killed by man who
d severed their predicament,
Mrs. A. Moses, wealthy woman of
Chippewa Falls, was badly burned by a
fire which caught in the feathers of her
hat from a gas jet which she was light
;,,r 10 Jro, ~, fbn n, Il
and in an effort to extinguish the blaze
Mrs. Moses received serious injuries,
O. Delisle, an elevator boy of Mari
nette, was unloading goods from an ele-
vat0r in the basement of three-story
block in that city when the 600-pound
weight became loose and dropped. and the
elevator shot skyward at u te'.itic rate.
1t struck the top of the shaft, and by an
almost miraculous chance Delisle was
hurled out of the opening on the third
floor by the shock. He was uninjured,
but had bad scare The elevator was
smashed to pieces and dropped back to
the basement.
Mrs. Alexander II. Edwards, mother of
Mrs. Roger e. Croker, died at Sheboy-
gan. She was taken sick at the Congre-
gational Church fair, being threatened
with pneumonia, but had nearly recover
e., and her sudden death was shock,
Mrs. Edwards had lived in Sheboygan
one year less than half centu,v, having
gone there with her husband in 1S4S.
She was a daughter of DR., Edward At
Lee, descendant CT the private seere-
tary Of Lord Howe when he came to the
colonies to spbdue the revolutionary spirit
of 1775-17Te,
Herman Rudolph, former resident Of
GAINESVILLE, who has just returned after
eight years residence in the Klondike re-
gion, brought back over $4,000 made in
the sawmill business since the discovery
of the gold fields.
Martha Widdler of Lafayette County
was sentenced to Weapun for one year
for shooting his brother with shotgun,
from the effects OF which he died. Wild
dler was under the influence of liquor at
the time of the shooting, it was alleged,
and there were eXtenuating circum-
stances which account for the light SEN
tence imposed on him.
-Four masked men entered the residence
of Werner Winse, proprietor of the Me-
nasha Brewing Company, and after bind
ing him and the hired man hand and
foot. escorted his son to the brewery and
at the point of a revolver forced him to
open the safe. They secured about 500
and made their escape.
A riot broke out in front of St Peters
new Polish Catholic Church at Stevens
Point AFT sr yespers, and il was neces-
sary to cab the police to quiet the dis
turbanee. The fight is the result of the