Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-02-23

feuerlcK thompson, aged y, attempted
to board freight train at Racine juno
tion. He fell under the wheels and his
left leg was crushed below the knee. Am
putation was necessary.
Michael Bohamn, Marinette milkman,
was jerked through the glass front of his
milk wagon in an attempt to stop his run
away team. He was badly cut by the
glass on the head and shoulders.
The mother of Miss Naomi Melville, the
school teacher who was killed by the cars
at Bangor, will bring suit against the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Company
for damages for her daughters death.
Mrs. Frank NJ. Herman, formerly a
resident Of Plainfield and sister of j. IL.
Herman of Racine, was burned to death
at Ogden, Utah, by an explosion of gaso-
line while she was trying to light fire.
GAINESVILLE storekeepers have been noti-.
fed that the law against selling cigarettes
to minors will be enforced in the future
and violators will be promptly prosecuted.
The churches are backing the movement.
Assignee Humphrey has paid off the
final assessment for the Hudson Savings
Bank, which failed in 1893. The amount
is about Sal, 900, or nearly per cent. The
total amount paid to the creditors is 81
per cent.
The Wisconsin Butter and Cheese Com
pany's creamery at East Troy was burned
to the ground. Considerable butter and
supplies and all the machinery was de-
stroyed. The loss is $1,000, with $1,000
Insurance.
John Lyden, a farmer, who was brought
to Chippewa Falls with a broken neck,
died after living more than week. His
wonderful vitality surprised the physi-
clans, who predicted that he could not
survive twenty-four hours.
d. NJ. Blackwood of Appleton has re-
ceived three gold bricks from his mining
property in the Seine river country. There
is $1,000 worth of gold in the bricks and
they represent the product of three weeks
running of the stamping mills.
Edward Schwartz, Marinette butcher,
while attempting to hang a piece of meat
on a hook, impaled his hand on the point
and was unable to release himself until
helped by others. The hook penetrated
the hand and inflicted a severe injury.
r. E. Sherwood of Duluth has been
convicted at Eau Claire of being a tran
sient dealer without a license and must
pay $50 for a State license and costs of
the trial. Mr.. Sherwood sold books in
Eau Claire, claiming that he represented
a local firm.
DIR. Lawrence A. Hoffm;er, who was
recently fined at Grantsburg for illegal
sale Of liquor, was not personally guilty
of the offense He was partner in
drug store at which the liquor was pur-
chased. The doctor is a regular practic-
ing physician.
An iron railway bridge, three-quarters
of mile in length, will be built over
Lake Butte des Mortes near Neenah by
the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Company. 1t will be an immense piece
of engineering and will not be finished for
more than Il year.
The works of the West Superior Iron
and Steel Company have been sold for
$50. 900 to George Wildwood Murray of
New York representing John d. Rookie
Teller. The property sold cost, when erect
ed five years ago, $2,000.000. The sale
was made under foreclosure judgment
granted by a local court to the plaintiff
in the action, the Central Trust Company
of New York, which controlled the bonds,
amounting to 81 100000
Emil Traschler had a horrible expert
ence at Ableman. He was engaged in re-
moving short pieces of wood as they were
cut off by a swiftly revolving saw. While
engaged in this work his coat sleeve was
caught by the teeth and the clothing was
all torn from his arm leaving the flesh
badly lacerated. He was hurled with
great force against the balance wheel of
the machine, fracturing his skull and in
ficting injuries from which he died some
hours later.
Christian Schimmelpfennig, an unmar-
ried man 30 years of age, residing with
his parents Mt ManitOwoc, was taken vio-
lently insane aud brutally beat his father
and mother, who were alone with him at
the time. He has been taken to the North
ern hospital at Oshkosh.
The alumni association of the State
university has elected the following Off
GERS: President, Christian Ruste, Blue
Mounds president, T. 5. Mcdonnell,
Ripon; secretary, William Wilson, Maii-
son. treasurer, Fl. I. Shockley, Darling
ton. The association decided to hold the
next annual meeting at Madison.
Fire at Spence destroyed the residence
of August Martin, with most of the con-
,nts The Rev. !. H. McManus, pastor
OF the NJ. E. Church, nearly lost his life
while assisting in removing goods. lie
was badly burned about the head and
face.
St. Paul paper claims that the body
of a murdered woman, found at Lake
Lambert. Mimi, recently, is the remains
Of Miss Puliette Pulver, teacher in the
public schools at Superior, who disap-
naared very mvsteriously about year
ago IT is said that the clothing and
hands of the dead woman recently found,
have been identified by friends OF Miss
Pulve :. who was last seen in st. Paul
The case of Jerome I. Case against
Titus Fish at Racine has been concluded,
a fter being seventeen years in the courts,
bv the discharge Of the receiver. Inc
presnnt receiver has been the third sue
cessor 10 that Office. The claims against
the company had been paid at the rate OF
81 per cent.
The largest lumber deal o. the season
on the Menominee was made recently.
Perley Lowe & Co. of Chicago purchased
the entire seasons cut of the II. Witbeck
min during 1898, over 35,o0o,0oo feet.
ae consideration is not less than $3.50
900. This lumber win be shipped 10 the
Chicago and Buffalo yards of the com
pany.
An alarm of FIRE from the residence Of
\. ]. Nylander called ont the Grantsburg
FIRE department o. J. Nylander set fire
to some paper in his room. claiming that
he needed some smoke for his lungs. The
FIRE got beyond his 4trol and he gave
the alarm.
At Darlington, Richard Walkey, Cal
T.ovelaee and young man by the name
If Torkelson were arrested and brought
before the justice for hearing. charged
with breaking the lock Oh poultry house
and stealing several chickens belonging
to the Darlington Lumber Company.
pleaded guilty and was sentenced
10 one year in prison at hard labor, one
lay to be spent in solitar, confinement,