Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-04-20

Blanchard, resigned.
DR.. and Mrs. Byron Douglas OF Apple.
ton recently celebrated the golden ami
versary of their wedding.
John Arndt of Sheboygan was fined re-
Gently for an assault committed upon
William Goldecke last fall.
A little child of Fred Hurlburt, living
near E,roy, was sealded by the oyerturn-
ing Of kettle of hot water.
Edmund Wuench OF Elmore was killed
by a freight train between Kewaskum
and Campbellsport. He was So years
Of age.
City Marshal Roper of HORIZON, by or
der of the City Council, raided all the sa-
looms and took possession of seven slot
machines
burglars forced an entrance into the
saloon of Charles Lepinski at Stockton
station and carried off nickel-in-the-slo
machine.
Frank Depianche, a Marinette boy
about IL years of age, was badly burned
about the head by the explosion of pint
bottle Of giant powder.
Peter Eader of Calumet County at
tempted suicide at Appleton by drowning
in the water power canal. He was res
cued in an insens:b.e condition.
The North Wisconsin academy, founded
at Ashland in 1893, is burdened with
deot OF Sl2,O00. OF the amount 500
has been pledged to pay it off.
The Bank of Sheboygan was the sue
cessful bidder for the bonds to provide
funds for the proposed school building III
that city. The issue will be $50, S75.
Edward knudsen was found dead in
drainage canal back of the Imig hotel at
Pewaukee. An inquest he'd resulted in
verdict of death from unknown causes.
Department Commander f. b. Gray Ct
the q. a. Il. of Wisconsin has organized
new Grand Army post ut Cedar Grove,
which starts out with about thirty five
members.
One of the large freight engines re-
Gently purchased by the Wisconsin Cen
trAl Railroad Company blew up at Nee
nah. Fortunately none of the engine crew
We're aboard.
The war which has been waged unceas-
ingly between the United States brewery
WV NA4iNi anu INT IltlSttI DEeMeES at La
Crosse for the past three years, has been
declared off.
The Sin;ssipp Fire Insurance Company,
with u capital stock of 100000, in 900
shares of 500 each, has been organized
in GAINESVILLE, with main offices to be 10.
Gated there.
Robert Ewald Of Sheboygan was struck
In the eye by ten-penny nail, which flew
from carpenters hammer, and the optic
was afterwards removed by surgeon in
order to save his life.
The annual report of the chief of the
Appleton fire department shows a reduc-
ton of 80 per cent in the amount of fire
losses in the past year in spite of an in
crease in the number of Alarms answered.
Thomas Doyle, brakeman on a Chicago
ard Northwestern freight train, was
struck by u yiaduct structure at the ra!-
road Y at Sheboygan and received injuries
which may cause his death. His home
is at Wilton.
Gottfried Hilbert, lad Of Z years, was
killed at Sheboygan by being carried to
the ground with falling hayrack, which
bore him face downward into deep mud
and smothered him. His neck was also
broken by the fall.
William Schneider of Sheboygan was
arrested on a charge of assaulting Mrs,
Christian Hirt. 1t is alleged that Schnei-
der struck the woman terrible blow on
the head, from which her recovery was
doubtful for some time,
The II. Witbeck company's mill at Mari
uette was started recently, the first of
tWenty-one mills on the river. The COM
pany has disposed of its entire seasons
cut of 35,000,000 feet, to the Perley Lowe
company of Chicago.
Joseph L. Fieweger. cashier of the Bank
of '.enasha, celebrated the twenty fifth
anniversary of his connection with that
institution recently. Mr.. Fieweger who
is Al years old, began as a chore boy. He
has been cashier since 1880,
The Woodmen Opera House Company,
with capital of $1,000, composed Of
members of the Falls Camp of Modern
Woodmen of Sheboygan, has purchased
the Guyett Opera House in that city, Of
the Guyett estate for $4,000.
The dry goods store known as the Walk
er building was destroyed by f:e at Ste
yens Point. The store is owned by Louis
Barkowsky of Chicago and vas managed
by his son Henry, The stock was valued
at about $4,000 and the insurance was
$4,000.
Mrs. Herman Heinzelmann of Sheboy,
gam who created sensation by going into
a trance and remaining in that condition
for twenty-eight days, has recovered SUI.
ficiently to leave St Nicholas hospital and
is at the home of her sister, Mrs. Henry
A. Themar in that city.
The Madison Park and Driving Asso-
citation will expend about $4,000 this sum-
mer in building additional drives around
the lakes near the city More than 500
900 has been spent in recent years in mac
adamizing the roads around the lakes and
setting out trees. The system Of drives
may now be turned over to the control Of
the city.
Farmers residing In the southeastern
limits of Eau Claire are living in terror,
Within the past four or five weeks three
barns and large number of cattle, horses,
poultry and farm machinery have been
destroyed by fire. The first barns to be
few days later the barns on Milkman j.
Thomas farm We're burned. Recently the
barns and outbuildings of Webb Sherman
in the same vicinity were destroyed. That
the fires were started by an incendiary
is beyond doubt. The farmers of the
ne;ghborhood are of the opinion that some
crazy person is responsible for the de-
struction of the buildings and live stock.
The house, barns grain, hay, in fact all
the possessions except the land, of Lars
Christensen, farmer Of Chippewa COun-
ty, were swept away by a fire on his
homestead Mr. Christensen was also
badly burned while trying to save his
property, but will recover
The receivers sale of the Berlin and
MontelIo Granite Company's real estate
and personal property took place at Ber-
lin. 4. J. Nelson of Chicago bought the
real estate for $1,000, subject to mort
cages and attachments. The personal
property. consisting of crushed stone and
blocks, was sold for $3.50.
The executive committee of the board
of normal regents has let the contract for
the heating and yentilating plant for the
new River Falls school building to the
Tunstead Heating Company of Minneapo-
lis. Mimi. Its bid, which was the lowest,
was SG,695.
A fire which broke out In the hardware
store of Stark Il Tesch at Appleton did
damage to the amount Of $4,000. The
flames were started by the explosion of
gasoline tank and spread to the tobacco
store of ]. Jacoby. Stark & Tesch car
ried stock valued at $4,000 The in
snroncn IN the building and stock is S4,-