Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-09

James Mellen, for many years a TIM
Der foreman, was killed a mile ard a half
from Glidden by falling from the wagon
he was riding on. He fell back of the
| horses and ii is supposed that one of the
horses broke his skull by a kick. De-
ceased was about 80 years of age.
Wholesale burglaries are reported from
| Onalaska and Midway. Several houses
were entered on q recent night and a
number of watches and some money
were secured. Assemblyman Buttles'
residence was robbed of a lot of provis-
ions. 1t is evidently the work of a gang
of tramps.
The marriage of Albert w. Whitney
and Miss Martha X. Bill, daughter of E.
| w. Bill, took place at Beloit, the groom's
father, Prof. II. NJ. Whitney, officiating.
| Tho couple will go at once to Berkeley,
CAL, where Mr.. Whitney has been en-
| gagged as an instructor at the University
of California.
G.. Paige died at Oshkosh in a tent
| back of his house, where he lived by his
| physicians orders. He was one of the
| most prominent men i'll Oshkosh. lie
was Interested in the Eagle iron works,
the Casket Hardware Company, and was
| president of the Oshkosh Electric Light
and Power Company.
At Eau Claire, Tommy Oldfield, 10
years old, confessed in court that he
threw a big stone into the smoker of an
Omaha passenger train near the city linn
its the other night. General Manager
| Scott was on the train and offered 500
reward. Chief Higgins of Eau Claire
| found the offender and gets the money.
The boy was sentenced to. thirty days in
| Jail in default of fine and costs. He is
| the son of a section boss.
A father with three sons, all born on
the same day of the same month and
still not being triplets, is an occurrence
never before chronicled, but such a case
has been brought to light in Neenah.
Christian Anderson, o farmer, and his
wife, who nave been married eight years,
had a son born in 1893. In 1895, an
other male child was born, and on the
same date in 1897 another male member
was added to the family.
William kehr, a deckhand on the
steamer Lion, running ON the packet line
between La Crosse and Wabasha, Mimi,
was attacked by four men and stabbed
ten times with a f0uf-inch dirk by one Of
them. 1t is feared Kehr will die. All
four of the men, John Miller, William
| Trapp, Richard Foss and William Kick,
were arrested and are held by the police,
| awaiting the outcome of Kehr's injuries.
| Miller, who is charged with doing the
stabbing, is a member of one Of the most
prominent families of La Crosse.
4 severe wind and lightning storm Wis
tied Couillardville and destroyed much
| property, and it is feared the hail has
ruined the crops. Albert Sylvester was
struck by lightning. The residence of
Edward Couillard was struck and almost
totally destroyed by fire. Cattle in ad-
joining pastures were killed. At Mays
| Corners the storm was accompanied by
hail, which covered the ground to a depth
of several inches and was of such size
that many reports of severe injury have
been received.
Cranberry mel are counting on a big
yield on cultivated marshes in Jackson
| and Wood counties this fall and even the
| wild marshes give evidence of their old
time productiveness. The prospects are
| said to be the finest in many years. The
old cranberry pickers had given up the
idea of ever seeing a crop on the wild
marshes. The cranberry bushes are well
| along for this season of the year and
| so much water in the swamps that there
is but little danger of frost before the
| harvest, which will commence no later
than September.
The first car was run over the Oshkosh
| Neenah Interurban Electric Railroad the
other day. The test was successful. The
distanc. is thirteen miles. 1t is the prop
erty Of the Citizens Traction Company
of Oshkosh, which mainly represents ST.
Louis capital. Ultimately it will form
part of an electric system between Osh-
kosh and Green Bay. a line already is
in operation from Appleton to Neenah
and negotiations are pending for its con-
tinuance on to Green Bay. The line will
thus be brought into direct competition
with the Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad.
A party consisting of seventeen stu
dents in geology from the Chicago Uni
versity are near Camp Douglas making
geological Investigations.
Orville Brockway has survived the bite
of a r%attlesnake and this is how it hap
pened. He was picking berries near Ne
cedah when the snake bit him. Brock
way Huu no hHllts bul III Add IL WI
The instant he was bitten he placed the
lacerated f%orefnger over the muzzle of
the revolver. Then he fired the weapon.
The bullet cut off his finger before the
poison left by the snake had got into
his hand
William Undcrhill's sawmill at Under
hill burned to the ground, together with
a large amount of shingles in the yard.
The loss is about $4,000.
Mrs. Laura Ruthruif of Fargo. y. D.,
has begun Il suit to contest the will of her
mother, Mrs. Rose Mccarthy, who dice
in Kenosha in August, 1896. By certain
letters the property, valued at $4,000,
was to be equally divided between a son,
who is a minor, and Mrs. Ruthruff, the
complainant in the suit. BY the will the
greater part of the property is given to
the son. The plaintiff is contesting the
will ON the ground that the local attor-
ney made a clerical mistake in draw
ing it.
A lamp explosion. started a fire which
destroyed sev rG - AL business build
iags on Tim S. rec. West Superior, |
causing alb :. $1,000 loss. The occupants I
had a narrow escape. one man, Fred
Hatch. being badly burned before being
rescued. He viii recover.
John Cashmann of the town of MaEito-
voc Rapids was instantly kYled-whiie
at work in his fields with a self-binder.
His brother attempted to oil the ma
chine, while he held the team of horses.
The team became -unmanageable and ran
away, the mower passing over Cashmann
and crushing in his chest. A coroner's
inquest returned a verdict in accordance
with above.
A. Gauger, Jr., of Manitowoc Rapids
had his scalp taken off by a self-binder.
The seat upon which he sat gave way
and he fell over backwards on the bind
er. He was picked up unconscious.
The depredations of tramps, which
have been numerous about La Crosse for
some time, continue. Two dwellings
were entered at West Salem. Two gold
watches were stolen and some money and
clothing were secured. Attempts 20 bur-
glarize other residences and stores were
made, but were not successful. 1t is
thought to be the work of IN organized
gang OF tramps that made successful
raids in 0nalaska and Midway q few
sights ago. !