Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-01-18

| L noehiN, "A. l., aged IL.
1t is estimated that one-seventh of the
| population of Milwaukee is sick with the
grip.
An attempt will be made to refund the
bonded DEBT of Konosha, amounting to
$4,000.
! At Wausaukee, a woodsman named
Schones was struck by log that fell off
a load and instantly killed.
| Cyrus Towne, an old resident of Bel
mont. while riding on a sleigh, was thrown
off and received injuries which resulted
fatally.
At Oshkosh, Judge Burnell set aside the
Judgment of divorce rendered in the case
of I'll. g. Moulton VS.. Anna Berchinski of
Berlin.
Deaths in the State: John Dumez, aged
62, Ashland; w. T. Chase, Ashland; Geo.
Smith, aged 81, Berlin; Thomas Evans.
aged S6 Racine.
The residence owned by pervine At
wood and occupied by William Teneyck,
was destroyed by fire at Brodhead. The
contents were partially saved.
| Silas Dalrymple, a nephew of the great
bonanza farmer of North Dakota, and
who died at Minneapolis recently, was q
native 81 bayfield,. He leaves large es-
| tate
/ ..e !, Isconsin Supreme Court has re-
fused to grant q new trial for Charles HI.
Emery and William Lord, serving life
sentences in Waupun for the murder of
Peter Houston in Wood County in 1898.
n. G. Wilson, Chicago travelling man,
was knocked down and robbed of $40
at Marinette. The highwayman met Will
son on the lower bridge, between Mari
nette and Menominee, in the early even
| ing.
| Tire broke out in the ]. Denis harness
shop at Hazomanie and spread to two
! other buildings, one barber shop and
bathrooms, occupied by F. Smith, and the
other sample room. The loss is about
! $1,000.
a grocers delivery wagon at Racine,
| filled with goods, oil, matches, etc, ready
for delivery, caught fire. The horses were
scorched, the driver, Jens Hanson, some
what burned and the wagon and goods
ruined.
The Steamhtters' Association in con-
yention at La Crosse elected the follow
| ing officers for two years: President, Ed
ward Grassler, Milwaukee; vice president,
A. V. Fetter, La Crosse; treasurer, q. p.
Fox. Eau Claire.
Miss Cora Harwood was stricken with
paralysis and hemorrhage of the brain at
! w. w. Cooper's residence in Kenosha.
She was kneeling to fit a dress on one of
| the members of the family when she re-
ceived the stroke.
William e. Murphy, Racine laboring
man, came near suffering very serious in
juries at the hands of an angry mob there.
The police interfered when Murphy's face
was already very badly bruised and he
was otherwise severely injured.
William Doherty and VAL Prevo, while
driving from Rio to their homes in Doyles-
town, were struck by freight train ON a
crossing one and one-half miles west of
Doylestown. Prevo was quite seriously
injured, while Doherty got off with slight
| bruises.
Edward Bain's will, disposing of an es-
tate valued at over $5,000,000, has been
admitted to probate at Kenosha His
wife gets the homestead and $500,000 in
cash, and the remainder, with the excep-
ton of n few small requests, goes to their
two daughters.
Il. Schuyler of Lake Mills has in his
possession personal letter from Abra-
hma Lincoln, which the President sent
as an acknowledgment of a 2S-pouHd tur-
key, which Mr.. Schuyler sent to the
White House shortly after Mr.. Lincoln's
reelection.
1t is announced by the State land COM
missoners that Blackbird Island, few
rocks which protrude from Lake Winnie
| bago i'll low water at a place about two
miles north of Island Park will soon be
sold by auction. 1t is now the property
of the State.
The United States Senate confirmed
these nominations of postmasters in Wis
consin: w. White Algona; G. W. Smith,
Eau Claire; G. Il. Brought, South Kau-
kauna; f. j. Hamilton, Sturgeon Bay; u.
+. CAM, Alma; |. T. Coon, Plainfeld; A.
7. Cheek, Baraboo.
While pressing hay east of Osseo, Sid
ney Buttertield got his foot caught in the
press and before he could get it out the
plunger returned, striking his leg about
midway between the knee and foot crush
ing the bones The men were unable to
relieve him for more than twenty minutes.
By an order made in the Circuit Court
at Oshkosh, $6S,000 was saved for the
creditors of Henry Sherry, ID. G.. Van
Ostrand of Ncenah held deed, which
was, in fact, a mortgage, on Neenah lots
to cover $4,000 Indebtedness that Mr..
Sherry owed him. Assignee Cameron COM
menced proceedings to have the deed de-
| oil h.,co ~ knI
corded for a long time prior to the as
signment. Mr. Van Ostrand also held
title to considerable quantity of pine
land as security covering Shery's personal
paper, amounting to $4,000, and against
several of the corporations in which he
was Interested, amounting to $4,000. BY
this settlement Van Ostrand takes the
Neenah property and gives up his title to
the pine land and the suit to annul the
Neenah deed is dropped.
Christian Phillips, aged "a, finisher in
the employ of the Madison Street Manu-
featuring Company at Eau Claire. fred
revolver in the presence of E. w.
Churchill, secretary of the company, on
the third floor of the building. 1t is not
| known whether he fired at Churchill, but
the shot did no harm. Phillips then rush
ed downstairs, drank quantity of muri-
attic acid from n bottle and ran three
blocks to the Milwaukee and St. Paul
Railway bridge, from which he jumped,
landing in shallow water. He stood up
in the water and then lay down dcliber-
ately, evidently in an effort TO drown
himself. Charles Johnson, aged 20,
freight house employe and an ex-soldier
of the army of Porto Rico, plunged into
the river and dragged Phillips to shore.
Ansel w Hammond, a retired business
man, formerly president of the Bank of
Durand and later engaged in the insur-
ance and real estate business, is dead at
Durand. aged Ca The funeral was
held Sunday under Masonic auspices.
George Caron. the little Marinette boy
with the peculiar affliction, has finished
his enforced fast after passing seven days
without taking food. Physicians say that
an operation to ascertain the nature of
the ailment will be his only means of re-
| lief. His clothes are all made so that
they can be let out when he begins to
| bloat in these spells
Sneak thieves entered the residence of
Joseph Miller at Racine and stole dia-
monds worth $1,000 the property of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank J. Miller.
| 2. G. Simmons has made an offer to the
Kenosha County Board for the erection
/ of q handsome monument to commemo-
rate the dead soldiers of Kenosha, city