Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-19
L. p. Dean, an old resident of Sheboy
gan Fails. dropped dead on tho street

St. Faui road, returned from hIondlke.
Oshkosh police have been notified of the
disappearance of young lad named
Frank Vecker. He is Is years of age and
his parents are at loss how to account
for his absence.
George Carter, wealthy farmer of the
town Of Empire, has disappeared and no
clue can be found as TO his whereabouts.
He left his home to visit Fond du Lac and
nothing has been heard from him since
that time.
Frank Anderson. an employe of the
Sawyer q Goodman Company. Marinette,
caught his foot in the chain gear of trim
mer at the company's mill, badly lacerat-
ing the member. Part of the foot had to
be amputated
At Centralia, the residence of A. l..
Gross, occupied by A. Greenberg, was
totally destroyed by fire. The family con-
sisting of Mrs. Greenberg and seven chill
dren. drely escaped with their lives The
household goods We're all burned
young man employed on the Sparta
Herald, went to La Crosse in rig and was
held up and robbed. He was drugged and
thrown out of the rig on to the street.
Dave Dyer, colored man, was captured
| and part of the money recovered
George Robertson, a 17-year-old lad of
the town of Pennington, was arrested
charged with first assaulting and then rob
bing Nina Losh, a woman living necr his
home. Quite large sum of money was
taken. Robertson was held for trial
Pickpockets were numerous a. the coun-
ty fair in West Bend, and made rich
hauls. One woman, it is said. had S225
fastened in her dress pocket and the whole
amount was stolen. The other amounts
taken were smaller, from So up to $25.
Otto Ziebell, aged 8. youngest son OF
Deputy County Surveyor August W. Zie-
bell of Wausau, was accidentally shot and
killed while hunting. The boy placed his
gun. 32-caliber rife, against log; it was
discharged, the ball striking just below the
right temple.
Fifty out Of 10 carpenters, employed on
the 100000 bushel elevator being built
in Manitowoc quit work on account of the
extreme height of the building causing
dizziness. -Four more stories, or about
fifty feet are still to be added to the build
ing bt .e its full height is attained.
Thomas Dunlavey, through his attor-
ney, has commenced suit against the Ra-
cine Malleable and Wrought Iron works
for $4,000 damages. The suit grows out
of the recent fire, in which several of the
employees had to jump for their lives. Dun.
lavey broke both elbows, which, it is al
legged, cripples him for life. A number
of other actions have been brought.
The latest developments at the Oneida
reservation in regard to the mysterious
death Of the Indian boy, Levi Archiquette
who was found in the hollow log casing OF
a spring, head down, are that doctor who
examined the remains decided positively
that the lads neck was broken. The con
| viction that the little lad, who came tC
such tragic end met with foul play seem;
to be steadily gaining ground as each new
development is added to the chain.
Intelligence comes from Darmstadt
| Germany, of special honors that have
been won by Bernhard Dockendorf, Jr.
La Crosse boy, in the institute of tech.
| nology in that city. Dockendorf went tC
Germany less than year ago, and has
worked hard in his speciality, architecture
He received the highest testimonial given
| any member of his class, and he was al
| lowed to enter ON the third years class
| work this fall without further examina-
| ton.
At Appleton, bold attempt at highway
| robbery occurred Tuesday night on the
water power. George Stark, a young man
employed at the Riverside Fiber Com
pany, was stopped on the dra wbridge over
the Government canal by couple of
| rough-Iooking men. evidently tramps. The
fellows went through Stark's clothes, but
succeeded in finding no money. Evidently
enraged, they boldly threw Stark over the
railing of the bridge. Luckily, where he
fell the water in the canal was not over
his head, and he climbed out.
A peculiar beast was captured near Ste
vens Point and is exhibited in local drug
store. 1t is formed like a lizard and walks
or swims with its four feet assisted by a
fiat fin-like tail. Its body is but eight
inches long and is slippery and slender
like an eel 1t is a rarity and is found
principally in the waters Of the Mississippi
and great lakes. 1t is one of the most per
feet examples of the amphbious animals,
living equally well in air or water. II
has both lungs and giis. The latter are
in the form of three well-developed plume
like projections surrounding the gill Sits
behind the jaw as in the case of ordinary
fish.
Capt Vol. Bigelow engaged rapids
pilot to steer the Quickstep over the rap
ids between lie Claire and Rock Island.
Bigelow noticed that the boat was making
for the rocks and rushed to the pilothouse,
where he found the pilot acting like a
crazy man. The captain endea vored to
steer back into the channel, hut it was too
late and the bowboat collding with the
ledge of rocks, sank to the bottom The
hull succeeded in regaining the channel of
the river, where the trip to Rock Island
was safely made. The pilot was sent back
to lie Claire suffering with a deranged
mind
Fire broke out at the Racine Shoe Com
pany's factory and created panic among
the employees, most of whom are girls.
There was such q sudden rush for the
halls aud the stairways that serious trou-
bic was narrowly averted. The factory
is in a three-story building. While the
No. 4 engine company was dashing down
the street the collar of one of the horses
harness became unfastened and the team
became unmanageable, running into a t~l-
ephone pole and throwing the driver, Wiz
liam Hartnett, to the pavement and rem
dering him unconscious. The damage of
the fire in the shoe factory amounted to
about $500.
Miss Jennie Mulvanny Of Boltonville
made use of kerosene oil to start a fire,
when suddenly blaze flashed up and her
dress caught fire. But for the timely as
sistance Of her father, who succeeded in
tearing the burning clothes from her, she
would have been burned to death.
William Armstrong and Fl. Williams,
Wisconsin threshers, were walking to-
wards Grand Forks. N. d., Monday night
when they were met by FIVE highwaymen
and ordered to hold up their hands. Arm
strong resisted and was shot five times,
the bullets taking effect in the thigh. The
highwaymen escaped.
Mrs. Emline e. Vaughn of Ashland,
who was married to DIR. Marquis of Chi
eago, before her marriage signed papers
releasing control Of the Vaughn block to
a board of trustees for free public IL
brary. This property is worth $4,000.
At a meeting of the Oshkosh normal
school faculty the question Of athletics
was discussed and il was decided that a
committee of supervision composed Of
members Of the faculty would be Of great
benefit to the institution The objects
of the committee are TO coach the differ
ent ,eems in their practice, to assist in
for dafr