Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-02-16

Luillla haetSnef Is SUNG j. II. 10H at
Milwaukee for $4,000 damages by rea-
son of having been bitten by bulldog
owned by the defendant
There are sixty-nine persons from Wis
consin who are employed by the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington. Their
aggregate salary is $47, ,4SS.
a corncob pipe factory will be re-
moved from Missouri to Algoma and COM
mence the manufacture of pipes. About
fifteen men will be employed
The La Crosse Board of Trade has Just
celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the
founding of the organization. A banquet
was held by the 100 members.
Mrs. Mary Smader of Caledonia fell
down stairs at her home and broke her
shoulder and wrist, besides receiving in
ternal injuries. She is 65 years old.
The ]. |. Case Threshing Machine fac
tory at Racine will be run ten hours a
day in the future instead of eight hours.
Twelve threshers will be turned out ev-
cry day.
The Sparta Telephone Company has
elected the following officers for the COM
ing year: President, Howard Teasdale;
Secretary, Fred Gross; Treasurer, Will
lam G. Hoffman.
The Il. G. Kingsley Lumber and Box
Company has been organized at Merrill
with a capital of $4,000. L. n. Arson
and John Landers are the other men in
terested in the concern.
A message received at Brillon says that
John Keenan, was seen in Minneapolis.
Keenan, disappeared from Manitowoc
Oct. 4. 1t was supposed he was robbed
and murdered He was resident of
Brillion
The largest lumber deal of the season
| ON the Menominee was made at Mari
nette. Perley Lowe & Co of Chicago pur-
chased the entire seasons cut of the H.
Wilbeck mill during 1898, over 80, 600, 900
| feet. The consideration is not less than
$350,000
A fire almost totally destroyed the vet
! Urinary hospital of DIR. +. A. Norton at
Stevens Point, together with a large quan-
| tity of oats and hay. number of horses
| and cattle were gotten out in safety. The
| fire was of incendiary origin and the loss
will foot up to about 81 1000.
An unknown man in Alaska has writ
ten to Chippewa Falls paper that a man
| named Hedrington, who is in jail ct that
| place on a charge of stealing COW, is
! innocent. The writer states that he him.
self is tn. guilty person. The man, who
is on his way to the Klondike gold fields,
promises to pay the owners of the COW
for the animal and wants the supposed
| guilty person, Hedrington, released from
| the charge.
The. Free Travelling Library Associa-
| ton of Marinette, organized only about
| two months, now has six libraries ready
| for circulation through the country dis
| tricts of Marinette County. The library
association of the city is working hard
| to place the institution on sound fnan-
| cial basis, as when this is done and the
citizens manifest the proper spirit toward
| it Isaac Stephenson has promised to erect
library building to cost $4,000 and give
it TO the city.
| One of the digesters in the Park paper
sulphite mill at Marnette blew up. A
| large three-story brick building is in ruins
| Peter Borst was killed outright, being
| crushed beneath falling brick and iron
| Samuel Steffen was buried under the
| ruins, but was taken out alive. Louis
| Lefevre was blown right out of the door
| of the sulphite mill, and although his in
juries are serious he will recover. The
| cause of the explosion is still a mystery
The loss will be more than $4,000.
The jury at Baraboo has brought in 9
verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the
case of Il. A. Owen against Mrs. Berns
ham of La Vail. Last October, Mr.
| Owen, who was riding a wheel, met the
| woman, it was alleged, on the side of q
hill as she was driving team hitched to 8
4 wagon. 1t was held that she failed tC
give the customary half of the road
forcing the bicycle rider into the ditcf
and breaking his Wheel The suit wa:
brought in the interest of the L. A. W.
Fifteen years ago George Bcedle, rail
way ticket agent at Embarrass, received 6
S. gold coin by mistake from Michae
| Krupchak. now of Bessemer, Mich, while
the latter was purchasing a ticket Re
Gently Mr.. Krupchak received letter
from Mr.. Beedle as follows: "A long time
ago you gave me by mistake, when buying
railway ticket, So gold piece for {
penny. | feel that have done wrong il
| not EGNuIuliS II libIiltuidlSAgs hC DlbiN
| saws thou shall repay four for one wrong
fully obtained. therefore inclose you al
express order for 500" Mr.. Krupchal
returned S15, saying: Il am just as hon
| est as you are.
The John Strange Paper Company ha:
purchased all the pulp stored on the prem
ises of the S. A. Cook Manufacturing
Company at Menasha, consisting of abou
10000 bundles, made at Sault Ste. Marie
by the Sault Ste. Marie Pulp ard PapeI
Company.
The State Veterinarian was called t.
Cumberland to examine horses supposed
to be afflicted with glanders. He found
two cases and ordered the animals shot
4 strange and fatal malady has lately de
veloped among the horses in Burnet
County. twelve miles north, where five
horses have died.
| During n glove contest at West Benz
between Carl Lindback and Willie Glantt
Iindbaek fell dead in the fourth round
The boys were seniors attending the higs
school, aged IS, and bore unfriendly rela
tions to each other They decided to set
tie their differences with the gloves, en-
gaging in ten two-minute rounds.
Gov. Seofield has appointed delegates Il
represent Wisconsin at the Pure FooC
Congress to meet in Washington, u. G,
March 2, as follows: II. X. Loomis
Sheboygan; Jesse Birmingham, Abrams
George WyIie, Leeds; Ii. O. Frank, Mil
waukee; f. B. Heimstreet, Janesville; a
Ell. uollister. Madison; J. j. Hogan, LII
Crosse; William Larson, Green Bay.
Winter fishing on Green Bay will soor
bc well under way. Between 200 and 3Ot
shanties will be put up ons Green ana
s.sambers Islands. The men take theil
uinte. rouses out on the ice and rarel.
| visit he shore until the breakup in tb,
spring. They angle for trout through thu
| ice and make from 81 TO So day.
| A rich vein of iron ore has been STRUCK
on the farm of August Westphal. three
miles east of Hortonville. The vein il
down about forty feet afd Is believed 4
Be- a continuation of the ellington lode
which Is about four miles away. NJ
work has been done in that section fol
several years on account Of q lack of capi