Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-07-19
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Thomas Driver, one of the oldest resi-
dents and manufacturers of Racine, died
aged 81 years.
Denny WenZlaif. aged 8, the only son
of August Wenzlaff of Kaukauna, drown
ed while swimming.
Guy Whalen, l0-year-oId West Su-
per!or boy, pulled an aching tooth with a
string aud hlea 70 death.
The city street department employees of
Grand Rapids struck and were granted a
raise in wages of % cents per day.
A report is current that the National
Boiler works of Chicago will be removed
to Racine. 1t employs several hundred
men.
terrible W hid and hail storm deyas-
, tated the country for miles around Ken
daiis. II ruined large tracts of valuable
timber
Capt. John Wethereli of Racine has
sold the sailing yacht Flying Cloud to
District Attorney Y. c. sreu,zcr of Stur-
geon Bay.
Harry Davis, colored, was convicted of
burglary at Oshkosh, tae jury being out
twelve hours. His defense was somnan-
bllism.
Dan;el McMillen Was nearly killed at
Spider lake while working in a mill His
head was partially crushed and his back
injured.
Charles Hanson, employed at the II. G..
Merryman min at Marinette, had his
right hand cut off while removing a tim
Der from the edger.
Fred Nice of Marinette has been ap-
pointed sergeant major of the First bat
tahon, Second regiment, w. Y. G. He
served in the late war.
During thunder storm the dwelling of
Ernest Bublitz at Menomonie was struck
by lighting and badly wrecked Mr.. Bob
iitz and his wife were badly shocked.
Emma Mulligan, formerly Emma Mer-
tel, well known in Chippewa Falls and
Eau Claire, committed suicide by taking
carbolic acid She was married a month
ago.
n Young man named Bradley Graves,
aged about % years, was fatally injured
by jumping off a moving freight train on
| the milwaukee, road al a siding known "A
Rock Cut.
Since the anti-pass law went into effect
$1,000 worth of mileage has been pur-
chased by the board of control The cost
of transportation of the board for year
will be about $4,000
Leon Larson of Independence. while
rolling in large barre of paint. lost his
hold and fell, striking on a sharp cornei
and falling behind horse, which kicked
him near the temple.
w. III. Lathers of Janesville has n So
bill that is worth small fortune II
bears this inscriptions: According to a
resolution of Congress passed at Phila-
delphia, July %, 177G."
William Hillman, Jr, of Cooks val
| ley, driving a buggy, ran into freight
| train at Cartwright and killed boti
horses. Hillman cannot live, but the mar
who was with him is uninjured
Matt Kobiske. aged 67, and William
| Follendorf, aged II, were struck by q
freight at Weyauwega while crossing the
! track. Kobiske was quite seriously bruis.
cd. The boys collar bone was broken.
| The large dam of o. j. Newton's Sons
Company at the paper mills in Sparta
was again swept out. This is the second
| time this dam has been washed out this
season. The last one had just been com
pleted.
w. q. Johnson, acting commandments
| chief of the G. A. H. has conferred upon
Col. e. o. Kimberly, department Grand
Army singer of Janesville, the title OF
national and department Grand Army
| singer.
Edward Rugowsky, a carpenter eldpioy'
ed on the new St. Mary's Church at
Manltowoc. fell from the scaffOlding of
the steeple, a diSance Of seventy fouI
feet. He appears to have sustained no
other injury than a sprained wrist.
The fire at Montello destroyed twelve
buildings-a jewelry store, two grocery
stores, three Saloons a hotel, barber
shop and three vacant buildings. The
fire started from an explosion of gasoline
in the jewelry and cigar store of A. Katz
An attempt to rotten-egg the cars of
Lemon Bros circus at Seymour resulted
in an exchange of rocks and several vol
leys of bullets from the circus crew, but
no one was injured. The dissatisfaction
arose from many gambling devices which
were worked profitably.
Conductor Barney Kaine of Wiscon-
sin Central construction train was prob
ably fatally injured at Chippewa Falls by
falling from car which passed over him.
Kane's leg was broken, his head and
back injured and he is also injured in
ternaly. He is unmarried.
Josephine, the 4-year-old daughter of
Lawrence Bamberger, superintendent OF
letter carriers at the La Crosse postofiice.
was burned to death. She played with
matches, unbeknown to her parents, and
set her clothes on fire. and after twelve
hours of terrible suffering died.
Red Granite, a farming community. is
stirred up over a supposed incendiary fire
and the disappearance of Helen Schultz.
II years old, who may have been cremat-
ed. While the Schultz family, with the
exception of Helen, was at church, q
large log barn was burned. Foul play
is suspected.
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company has just been notified that
as result Of the passage of the Wiscon-
sin law increasing the tax on life insur-
ance companies doing business in Wiscon-
sin the State of New York is compelled
by the terms of its retaliatory law to levy
the same tax on Wisconsin life insurance
COMP. aies. 1t is estimated that the new
Wisconsin law will cost the policy hold
ers about 100000, which is about II per
cent on the dividends paid by the company
last year The tax which viii have TO be
paid In New York by the Northwestern
MUTUAL will be about $4,000 year,
against but 500 in 1898.
At X Klukauna, a sluice gate. thirty feet
pressure of high water which has been in
the Fox river since early spring. The
gate was the property of the old Mead ~
Edwards Water Power Canal Company
and was built nearly twenty years ago.
James Hoole, who broke Jail at Chip
pewa Fails July 5, was captured by the
constable of Bruce and returned TO jail
He had a partner anlbushed and when
the constable made the arrest his pal
opened fire on the Office, but none of the
shots took effect. Hoole was held for
grand larceny.
John Reiher, 10 years old, who lives
near the Jun ion at Appleton. was killed
by train on the northwestern Railway.
At La Crosse, Hiram Goddard's saw
mill was destroyed by FIRE. The fire
caught in The boiler room Of the plant.
Ii was half a mile from the nearest wat
er works main. The loss is $4,000, with
insurance Of $1,000. The plant viii be re-
built
Elmer Finde-. the youngest son of Mr..
and Mrs William Finder of Lake Mills