Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-19
State Items of Interest.

state Items or Interest
Walter House of Neenah lost a hand
in corn husker.
The mill of the Amnicon Lumber Com
pany at Amnicon burned. Loss, about
100000.
Lars Grasby was sentenced to FIVE years
in States prison by Judge 0'Neill at Eau
Claire.
John Bull, G. A. R. veteran living at
Eau Claire, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself.
Luther Corey, well-to-da farmer re-
siding near Palmyra, died of typhoid
pneumonia.
Theresa Station, also known as st.
known as Marshville.
The Bryngelson family of Lodi have
applied for a division of the Nels Bryngel-
son estate at Chippewa Falls, which, it
was thought, would escheat to the State.
Fire totally destroyed the plant Of Rice
Bros box factory and the Bradley Com
pany's No. 2 planning mill, at Tomahawk.
The cause of the fire is unknown. There
was no insurance on the plants
Fred Dollman, of near Elroy, sold lot
of potat toes recently and went home with
out his pay for them. Before he reached
home he was stopped by three or four
men. 1t being dark he could not distin-
guish them. Some of them held his horses
by the bits and two of the others demand
ed his money, and he was thrown from
the wagon. In the meantime he got hold
of his pocketknife and stabbed one of his
assailants in the arm and the other in the
chest. One of the horses was so ugly
that it disposed of the one holding it and
ran. The others soou desisted and Doll
man came out without scratch. His
knife blade was bent and covered with
blood, so he knows he did some damage
to his assaiants, who have not been dis
covered.
The boys dormitory at the government
Indian school at Wittenberg. burned the
other night The building was owned by
the Missouri synod of the Norwegian Lu-
theran church, but was leased to the Uni
ted States and the latter owned all the
furniture, which was entirely consumed.
The building was worth $4,000. and was
insured for $1,000. One hundred and six
pupils are at the school and all were res
cued, though they we're in bed and asleep.
Many of the teachers lost all their cloth
ing and valuable papers were also burn
ed. Inspector A. O.. Wright was present
and at once telegraphed for beds and bed
ding and the school will be continued,
there being plenty of room in the main
building for the accommoda ton of the pu-
pills enrolled.
Dixon & Conway's hardware store at
Elroy was broken into and quite a guam
tity of pocket cutlery and 500 in cash
stolen. No clue to the robbers has been
discovered.
Thirty hands were secured at James
vile to take the places of the strikers in
the Albany linen mills. They are women
and girls, formerly employed in the cot
ton mills in Janesville.
Private Philip lIrumenauer of Com
pany G. who came home from Porto Rico
with the Second regiment, is sick in St
Nicholas hospital, Sheboygan, and the doc
tors pronounce the disease yellow fever.
Charles Pound, living near Baraboo.
has returned from three years service
with his left arm shattered al the battle
of Santiago.
Fred Hartmann. an .Inploye Of the Wis
consin Chair Company at Port Washing
ton, fell into a vat in which legs for We
neering are steamed He is SO badly
burned that he is not expected to recover
He is about 30 years of age and married.
The grain elevator of Richards. Graves
& Roberts and the grist mill of Richards
Brothers at Oregon burned. The loss II,
estimated at from $1,000 "a $4,000 for
Richards, Graves & Roberts, wIh 1000
and 81 200 for Richards Brothers, with
$1,000 insurance.
Fred Thompson, farmer living near
Alderly. while returning home from Neo-
sho. fell out of the wagon and broke his
neck. He was found on the road dead.
Richard. a young son Of Michael Fitz-
gerald OF Peshtigo. received several grains
Of bird shot in the face while watching
companion shooting at mark with an
Old musket The shot glanced from the
target attached to a tree and several
grains struck his forehead and inflicted
flesh wounds, and one entered the skull
lust over the right eye. A ply yician probed
FOR the lead. but failed 20 find it. The
hoy complains of severe headache and
al present seems to be in fair way for
recovery. il no complications set in,