Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-07-19
State Items of Interest.

A bicycle was stolen from the store OF
nosha.
George and Louis Grim, brothers, aged
respectively 10 and II years, were drown
ed at Beloit while swimming.
by the bursting of cannon Joseph
Gotzslein of Kewaunee lost one eye and
may lose the sight of the other.
William Dust, living near Hudson, was
accidentally killed by Gust Krausy.
Krausy had drawn a revolver to fire at q
cat.
Leonard Shelstrom, a Chicago carpen-
ter, pleaded guilty to forgery at Racine
and was sentenced to the State prison for
term of one year.
Dallas d. Lore of Wisconsin, a clerk
in the second auditors office at Washing
ton, lost his left hand in the explosion of
a cannon cracker.
Arthur Il. Belibe of Wisconsin, a 81, 900
clerk in the War Department at Wash
ington, has been transferred to & like
position in the coast ana geodetic survey.
At Marinette, after a desperate strug-
gle Sheriff Nelson, assisted by Under
Sheriff Murphy, captured Eugene Shaw
of Porterfield, who was violently insane.
A small tornado passed directly over
Olivet. South of that town timber and
barns were blown down, and branches,
leaves, etc, were dropped in the streets
Of Oliyet.
The trial of the case of Pauline Ostren-
ga against the Chicago and Northwestern
Railway Company in the Circuit Court
at Appleton resulted in a verdict for the
company.
Two prisoners broke Jail at Chippewa
Falls. One named White was held for
forgery and the other, james hoole, for
burglary. The men sawed a bar out of
one of the windows.
Mcclure & Atwood, commission mer-
chants of West Superior, have preferred
charges to the State Railroad Commits
sioner of unlawful discrimination against
the Wisconsin Central road.
At Gresham, Sheriff Mcdonnell arrested
A. j. Welch ON charge of numbering
Wallace W. Tousey. The shooting was
the result of feud that had existed for
years. The arrest of WEIGH prevented
wnat would doubtless have been lynch
ing.
The Manitowoc Traction Company has
been organized. The company has placed
an order for four automobile passenger
coaches. Two will be used for transpor-
tation of passengers about the city, one
will be run between Manitowoc and Two
Rivers and the fourth will run between
English aud Silver Lakes and Manitowoc.
Ex-soldiers of old Company L of Eau
Claire circulated memorial to the Gov
ernor asking that they be given an op-
portunity to enter the National Guard as
a company.
Mrs. Mary Mauer, one of the best
known residents of the town of Somers,
started to take some medicine and by mis-
take got hold of bottle of carbohe acid.
She took large dose of tle poison. Her
cries brought her husband to the scene
of the accident. Everything possible was
done to get tie deadly poison out of her
system, but she died short time later in
great agony.
Announcement is made of the secret
marriage of Miss Nellie Dekoning to
Charles Settersten, postmaster of East
Marinette. They were welded April 26
last.
Prof. C. ~ Gregory of the State Uni
versity law school left for a trip TO Alas
ka in company with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Willard and Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Vii
lard of New York City. They will be
gone six weeks.
Julius Oepke, a resident Of Illinois. fell
upon a circular saw in shingle mill at
Gillett. He was cut from the shoulder
on the left side to the waist line, through
the ribs, exposing the heart and lungs
His recovery Is doss<fnl.
Mr. and Ms Jaseph Chauncey Petten
of Waterloo celebrated their golden we'd
ding.
After fourteen years of litigation, final
Judgment has been rendered in the Unit
ed States Supreme Court OF the great
Kaukauna water power case, and the
costs. which run well up into the thou-
sands of dollars. are taxed up against the
following corporations aud companies:
The Kaukauna Water Power Company,
the Patten Paper Company. the Union
Pulp Company. the Fox River Pulp and
Paper Company. Henry Hewitt. Jr.. and
others. The amount of interests is stated
to be $4,000 at Kaukauna and like