Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-12-28

| Dody was recovered the next morning.
| The jury in the case of Addie NJ. Shaw
OF Eau Claire VS.. Fitch Gilbert brought
in verdict .or $14,s47 for the plaintiff.
The new fish hatchery in North PARK al,
| Oshkosh will be in operation Feb. 1. Sup,.
| NeyiRs has let contracts for troughs
About 100000 lake trout spawn will
| be tried first
| William Rutgers, farmer boy living
| in Westport, started to skate across Lake
Mendoza to attend a party in Madison.
and has not been seen nor heard from
since. 1t is believed he went through the
Ice and was drowned
| The Methodists of Sun Prairie recently
| enjoyed one of the most important days
! in their history. A beautiful remodeled
church was dedicated with formal services
| by Rev. Webster Millar, d. D., presiding
elder of the Fond din Lac district.
| Wolf Panzer, superintendent of streets
| of Juneau, received word from Bavaria,
his native land, that he had fallen heir to
a part of large fortune left by deceas-
ed relative. 1t is pretty certain that he
will receive from 5000 to 5000
! An active effort is to be made again to
| divide Chippewa County, and the bill for
| this purpose is likely to be one of the
earliest introduced In the Legislature. The
| people in the northern part of the county
| are very anxious for a county seat in their
| section.
| The 3-year-old son of ]. Il. III. Stimson
] Of Appleton was burned, possibly fatally,
| by the catching fire of his nightdress. The
| child was alone when the accident occur
| red and his right side was terribly burned.
| His 12-year-old sister had her hands bad
| ~ burned while endeavoring to put out
| the flame.
Mrs. Ann Ross Marinette widow,
went insane over religion. A Chicago
| revivalist, representing the Dowie faith
healing, held meetings there and an AT.
tempt was made to cure Mrs. Ross of
ameness, Prayer was tried at several
meetings and the final result of 1t was In
sanity for the woman. She was picked
up in the hall used by the healers while
| waiting for a meeting.
c. II. Moulton, aged 80 years, and one
of the wealthiest residents of Berlin, Sc
cured Il divorce from Anna Bechinski,
who claimed to be the legal wife of plain
tiff. The woman produced a marriage
certificate obtained in Milwaukee a year
ago, but Mr.. Mouton declared he had
never been a party to any such contract.
He stated that the woman was conspiring
to get possession of his property.
James Mellen, foreman of the Pearl
logging camp near Butternut, was chased
by pack of wolves. He was unarmed
and his only chance to escape was by
speed. He urged his horses to their ut
most and for several miles it was race
for life Had he stopped, the wolves would
have been upon him and he would have
met frightful death. but he managed to
keep ahead and reached town safely.
The deadlock in the Oshkosh City Coun-
Gil over the adoption of library plans was
broken by selecting those presented by W.
W. Waters, Suit has been commenced
against the city by the heirs of the Har-
ris estate, which was bequeathed to the
city for library purposes, and in order to
make a defense In court 1t was impera-
tive that something be done to avert the
loss of the entire beQuest Bids will be
advertised for al once for the erection of
$4,000 building
Edward Balm of Kenosha. manufactur-
er of the Balm wagon, died in Pasadena,
Cal. Mr.. Balm was born in Undertook
n. y, March 8, 1923. Shortly after he
became of age he removed to the West
and settled in what was then Southport,
now Kenosha, establishing hardware
business, which he conducted successfully
for twenty years In 1852 he began the
manufacture of farm wagons. by which he
;massed fortune variously estimated
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Two sisters of charity from a Chicago
convent had narrowing experience in
the woods, They got off at a siding call
cd Summit, about forty miles from Mari
nette. There Is no station there and the
nearest place Of habitation Is q camp two
miles distant. The sisters lost their way
in the woods trying to find the camp For
tunately one of them had matches and
they built a fire. They passed the night
carrying wood to keep from freezing and
were rescued the next morning by Fred
Stephenson of Menominee.
Miss Minnie Rose of Beaver Dam shot
herself in the Pankinton House in Mil
waukee She left q letter in which she
asks that her body be destroyed by cleo
tricity, She went to the hotel and engag-
ed room, registering her correct name
and address. Shortly after | O'clock in
the afternoon her body was discovered in
the room with II bullet wound over the
heart. She had been employed by Il. G.
McFetridge for a number of years. In
the letter she says that untrue stories cir
culated about her drove her to suicide.
Joseph f. Becker, foreman of Emil Teit-
gems tnishop; Herman Kruger and Os-
car Meyer were working OH n scaffoldng
at the top of the Holy Family hospital at
ManitowOc placing cornice on the build
ing. They had nearly completed the work
and were in the act of drawing up the last
piece of cornice, when the scaffolding gave
way, precipitating the three men to the
ground. distance of fifty feet. Meyer
said that he saw Becker flying over him
through the air. Becker in falling struck
his head on a rock, fracturing his skull.
He was removed to the home of his par.
ents. where DIR. j. f. Pritchard removed
Il number of pieces of bone from his skull.
Meyer struck on his back and suffered in
ternal injuries. 1t Is thought that he will
soon recover. Kruger was severely
bruised about the head and one of Ais legs
was broken and will be crippled for life
Becker died later.
Albert Hartmann, one of the pioneer
residents of Mantowoc, passed away at
his home. Mt the age of 16 years. He
leaves two sons, f. \. Hartmann. who
has a clerkship in the State capitol at
Madison. and Albert Hartmann of Mani |
towoc.
A highwayman 10 years old is the lat |
est Milwaukee production. The youthful |
desperado's name is Andrew Harris, and
he held up Il young woman and robbed |
her of $40 Harris was arrested and a |
portion of the money recovered. Later |
he was sent to the house of correction for |
a term of sixty days.
By the viii of the late Joshua W. Yves |
ton of La Crosse the Chicago Theological |
Seminary. Oberlin College and the Young |
Mems Christian Association of La Crosse |
will receive about $4,000 each. Mr.. Yves |
ton left an estate of $50, 1000 TO his widow. /!
They had no children.
Charles AlIenburg was held up and re- |
lieved of 800 while passing up a side |
street. two blocks north of Main street, |
in Platteville. He was suddenly attacked |
by two men, one holding him while the |
other presented pistol and demanded his /
money. Allenburg had no chance of re-
sistance. There is slight clue as to the
highwaymen which will be closely fol- !
lowed.
Frank Kresse. aged IL years, was
struck by switch engine on the Wiscon-