Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-29


monwier river.
posed to have come from Dakota, was
drowned at Pine lake, near Crandon.
G. r. Underwood, Racine jeweler,
made an assignment to G. j. Richards.
The assets are $4,000 and the liabilities
81 200.
The large farm house of Preston Web
ster in the town of Almond was entirely
destroyed by fire, together with all the
contents.
Mrs. Sarah Hicklin, within two or three
years of being eentenaran, died at her
home at Patch Grove. She went there
nearly seventy years ago.
The suit of James Ryan of Washburn
against tine Duluth, South Shore and At
lantic Railway for $1,000 for the loss of
leg was settled for $500.
The Chippewa river Is at splendid
driving stage and the logs are coming
down in large quantities. The Mississippi
has not been so high in years.
A son of ID. w. Owens, about five miles
| north OF Platte,,ile, was accidentally shot
by a companion while out hunting. The
boy was about II years old.
The little S-year-old daughter of Law
renee Cooney of Chippewa Falls. while
playing in lumber yard was caught be-
meath heavy lumber pile and seriously
injured.
Gust Dudley, an unmarried man, was
| instantly killed by freight train at Tom
ahawk. He had been out all night with
the boys and was resting on the railroad
track and fell asleep.
At Green Lake, August Nimpli, Ger
man. pleaded guilty to murder and was
sentenced to life Imprisonment at Wau-
pun. Nimpkli shot his wife at Berlin
June during a quarrel.
| The committee of the Fiftieth Anriver-
sary Club which had the Little Chute
semi-centennial Il charge acknowledge
| that the association is behind $500. The
| expenses are said to have been 81, 800.
The body Of an unknown man was
| found back of the Russell paper mill at
! Neenah IN about two feet of water. A
tattoo mark on his arm and the initials
u. p. w." dated 1916, were marked on
his arm. One arm was off at the elbow.
bullet wound was discovered In his hip.
Edward Brown, well-known timber
man of West Superior, committed suicide
by shooting himself in the head with re-
yolver at the Merchants Hotel. He made
an unsuccessful attempt at suicide al
South Range n month ago. Business re.
verses had unsettled his mind
| AT flag-raising exercises at Ithaca, Am
asa Grover, % years old, was almost ia.
tally injured by the unexpected discharge
of a cannon. Mr.. Grover WAS loading,
and when the last charge was put In few
| sparks which remained caused prema.
ture explosion. He may recover.
| The fishermen report millions of Ger.
man carp in the shallow waters between
Lake Monona and Waubesa In Dane
County. Some years since the United
States set about introducing this fish in
these waters. About ten years ago plant
| Of them was stocked in Lake Wingra,
They have multiplied in great numbers
and grown to immense size.
| A small strike occurred at the plant of
the Riverside Fiber Company Mt Apple
| ton. About dozen boys who were EN-.
ployed in the machine room walked out
| demanding an increase i, their pay e "a
cents day. As most of the bay y. rp
being paid 1925 day, which Is more than
| is paid or similar work in any sulphite
| mill in me valley, the managers refused
| to grant the demand. When they appear
| ed to go to work they found that new
hands had been employed In their places.
| Consequently there are dozen sadder
| but wiser young men,
Postoffice inspectors and secret service
hnx- hon 30 Il
| number of thefts from soldiers mail which
have taken place recently. Many &C the
| volunteers at Chickamauga have sent re-
mittances to their homes in various parts
| of this State. and in many instances com.
| plant has been made that the letters tell.
ing of the enclosure of money have been
received, but that the money which was
! inclosed with the letters did not come
Complaint has been made especially al
| Oshkosh. The authorities believe that the
| irregularities are committed at some point
between Chickamauga and Chicago.
Young Borgwardt, who shot and killed
a companion named Duerkopp while out
hunting year ago last fall, has returned
| home TO Alma. They were cousins and
the best of friends, and went hunting one
| day but did not return. Duerkopp was
! found shot and unconscious, and died the
| same day, while Borgwardt was not to
| be found. Borgwardt says he was going
| to kill himself, but the gun would not 40
| off and, fearing the law and punishment
from his father, he ran away. He says
| he Travelled through Minnesota, Dakota
and Iowa, The boy admits that he shot
| Duerk0pp. but he says 1t was accidental,
which the people believe,
The Indians, who for more than twenty
years have lived on the bank of the beau
| tiful Rice lake. near Harshaw, have aban-
doned that point since the storm and NOV
| ed to Bear Skin lake, about five miles
| north of their old haunts. This Is rem
nant of the Pottawattoinie tribe that
| many years ago were taken to a reserva-
/ ton in Kansas. But the Indians love of
| the timber, for the free life in woods, for
| the splendid hunting and fishing of their
old Wisconsin home was too strong and
one by one they have come back and rath-
| or than return to the Kansas prairies re-
| nounce the annpities provided by the Gov
ernmer. and remain here. When the
lumber companies commenced erecting
| their camps on the banks of the lake the
Indians said something would happen to
| the white mans houses, and now think the
Great Spirit was displeased ut what they
consider the encroachment of the white
man and sent the great wind" to punish
| them
Owing to the unsteadiness of the -four
market four of Miwaukees large -four
mills have closed down. They are the
Duluth, the Daisy, the Reliance and the
Gem Milling Company's plants. The
Eagle and the Atlas are the only flour
mills Tunning and they are on short time.
At Chippewa Falls, A. Moses, a surviv-
or of the Crimean war, died, aged 66
years. He had apparently fully recovered
from his recent Illness, caused by shoot
ing himself in the face while temporarily
deranged, but he suffered a relapse and
became unconscious, remaining so until
his death.
Frank Hiskisch, Jr., son of wealthy
merchant of La Crosse, while swimming
in Black river, got tangled in some drift
wood and drowned. The body was re-
covered. He was high school boy and
fayorite.
III. S. Stebbins, formerly wellknown
map publisher Of Chicago committed sui
eide by drowning himself in quarry pool
near Wauwatosa. NJ. Stebbins had been
an inmate of the WaiIwatosa Sanitarium,
and, while little improvement was posi-
bic, he was doing as well as could be ex-
pected OF hate he had had spells Of mel
ita IN, his knnwla1,ya af tho 70 ~