Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23

ing prairie chickens in his possession
June 30. The conrt imposed a fine and
costs amounting to $5G.
Thieves tried to break into Aid. j. VI
Trainings house at Sparta. Mr.. flaming
saw them working at the window and
fired at them. The bah lodged in the
edge of the window sill.
Lieut.. Mcbride of the Thirtieth Unit.
ed States volunteers has secured Samuel
j. Wilman and Daniel Irvine of Mari
nette and David Cooney and Gus Rass-
mussen of Menominee, Mich, for the
army.
Emory Stacey. a young man Of about
II years, went into a well at Colby and
was overcome by foul air. 1t was about
twenty minutes before he was gotten ont
and then he was too far gone to be re.
suscttated.
Ferd. Bauer and wife of Newton were
seriously injured in a runaway accident.
Mrs. Bauer sustained a fracture of the
skull and her husband had one arm brok-
en-. The accident occurred near Silver
Lake convent.
Lewis b. Glenn, one of the prominent
farmers of Vernon County, n pioneer
settler and war veteran, committed sui
eide by hanging himself in his COW sta
bic. lie had experienced some mental
trouble of late.
August Schneider Of Plymouth. while
working near New Holstein. boarded a
freight train, and in attempting to pass
from one car to another he slipped and
Tell under the ears and was killed. He
was frightfully mangled.
Henry Ehlers, Il Milwaukee butcher.
died from nosebleed. His nose had been
bleeding for nine days and all efforts to
stanch the flow of blood ended in failure.
He was 81 years of age and had been
noted as a great meat eater.
Ellis L. Humphrey, an aged resident
of the north side of La Crosse, was run
down by Il Burlington train as it was
crossing the bridge over the Milwaukee
roads tracks. His body was terribly
mangled. He lived but a few minutes.
Near Rice Lake, Frank KatcIema and
John IIijek, section men ON the Omaha.
were fatally injured in a collision of a
handcar. on which they were riding, with
a gravel train. They died shortly after
wards. They We're single men and had
been in the employ of the company only
a few days.
At Plover, the Green Bay and Western
and Wisconsin Central depots were en-
tered by burglars. Nothing of much value
was secured in either place. 1t is be-
lieved that they were the same gang that
entered a residence near Amherst juno
ton a few nights ago, where they Sc
cured 800 in cash.
James Monahan was killed by n Mil
waukee road train north of La Crosse.
From papers found on his person after
the mangled remains were picked up it
was learned that he had lived or had
relatives at Springfield, Ohio. Monahan
was a deaf mute and did not heal the
train coming up behind him.
At kaukauna, a lads curiosity came
near bringing about n sudden close to his
life. Oscar Alger found an unexploded
dynamite cartridge in some place and
was picking it open with his knife to see
what it contained. when it exploded with
terrific force, tearing away three fingers
and the thumb of his left hand. badly
decorating the flesh of his right hand, and
a piece also striking him in the face, cut
ting it open just below one of his eyes.
Frank Rohlinger, II years old, giving
his address ut North Evanston, ILL.,. was
found by the Racine police in Il barn,
suffering from serious injuries received
in falling from a train on which he was
stealing a ride TO his home. Coroner
Stripple received a letter from the boys
mother asking for information in regard
to the death of the boy, as she had heard
that he had been run over by the ears
near Racine and instantly killed. The
letter was written about twenty-fo1lr
hours before the youth met with the Sc-
cident.
An attempt was made to wreck the in
terurban ear on the Chippewa Valley
Electric Railway. one mile out of Chip
pewa Falls. Ties and rails were placed
on the track and covered with grass.
The motorman saw, the obstruction. but
there is a curve at that point and he was
unable to stop the car. When the latter
struck the pile. the front end of the car
was demolished, but the wheels did not
leave the track. The car was crowded
at the time and a pasic was the result,
but the passengers were persuaded to
enter the car after an hours delay and
proceeded 10 Eau Claire.
The Milwaukee Street Railway and
Light Company made u voluntary offer
at the meeting Of the Common Council
to reduce the fares OH its lines to 4 cents
and to extend it's transfer system. II
,,a,occ -, ,ct-r, that e chnJ hovo if9
franchises extended for ten years.
One of the largest real estate deals
made in Milwaukee for ten years was
consummated when the National Park
property was sold to &. G. Van Dyke
for S275,0 900. The park was Il famous
picnic ground and is under lease at the
present time to the Gentlemen's Driving
Club.
John Hartman, aged 60, a farmer liv-
ing a mile and a half from Phillips, was
killed by a hull. Mr.. Hartman had one
out In his pasture after the cattle and
was attacked by the bull and killed in
stantly. He was afterwards Il by
his son..
A serious accident occurred on the Mil
waukaa, Racine and Kenosha electric
railway about o mile north of kenoSha.
George Brown. o farmer, started TO drive
to town on q load Of hay. As he was
the tracks, the wagon was
struck by a sounrbound ear. Brown was
thrown into the ditch and very serious
ly injured. One of the horses was in
stantly killed.
George Hughes. o carpenter employed
in rebuilding Werder's residence at Ash
land. fell from the roof and was nearly
killed. his back being seriously hurt. The
next morning another of the Workmen
employed there fell frora the same place.
breaking his arm and sustaining other
minor injuries.
Unknown parties broke into the safe In
the Office of Storey x Dunlop in Glen
Haven and made away with something
over 81. 100 in currency and bank notes,
Cashier j. Ole Storey of the Exchange
State Bank of La Crosse is the principal
of the business. The firm oper-
ates a large retail lumber yard Mt that
point.
Thomas McGraw of Muskegon, Mich.
while employed at the docks of the Gross
by Transportation Company at Ka,ine.
was caught between two logs and badly
crushed. He is 80 years old AID is EN-
By the Crosby company.
The largest sale of American leaf to-
baceo on record has been closed. This
deal effects an exchange of 25.000 cases
OF Leaf, valued at about SI.000.00O. The
purchase was made by the American To-