Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-25
state Items Of Interest.

Joseph Hendley, aged SO. is dead at
Beloit.
ST. Paul's Lutheran Church at Beloit
celebrated its silver jubilee.
Parties are searching for pearls In the
Mississippi river near La Crosse.
The debt of $1,000 on st. Charles Bor-
romeo Church at Chippewa Falls has
been wiped out.
John Pabelowski, a 16-year-old boy Of
Stevens Point, was made idiotic by the
use Of tobacco.
A wreck occurred at the Northwestern
roads yards at Manitowoc. Two locomo-
tiyes and two cars were derailed aud the
track was torn up for a considerable dis
lance.
Alex. Besat, aged 65 years, was found
lead on Church street, Neenah, from
heart failure. He was a member of
Company b, Third Wisconsin. and serv-
ed during the civil war.
At Sheboygan Frank Kuehnemann,
convicted of the charge Of assault with
intent to kill, was sentenced to ten years
Ia the State prison. K~uehnemann's crime
was that of attempting to shoot his wife
in a store last March.
Lewis De Shaw, who escaped from the
MENDOZA hoe pital for the insane about
a month ago, stole q horse and buggy
and drove to Chicago, where he was cap
tured, has been sentenced to two years in
State prison. He was first tried as to
his sanity and on the testimony of Drs.
Head and Gapen was found to be I'M
and responsible for his acts.
Matt Helm, a bachelor residing several
miles out from Glidden in an isolated
part of the country, has been taken to
the Rinehart hospital. While choppiag
down trees u tree fell upon him and
crushed his leg, breaking the bones and
pressing the flesh almost into pulp. In
this condition he crawled On his hands
and knees to his cabin, three-fourths Of
a mile away. As he has not any neigh
bors Helm simply had to lie down in his
cabin and await what seemed almost GER
tain death. Two days later a Glidden
resident was searching In that region for
his lost horses, stepped into Helms cabin
for a moment and the sight of the mans
frightful condition met his gaze. He i'm
mediately secured help and the man was
taken to Glidden.
By the dropping of a brake rod many
cars of a Chicago and Northwestern
freight train were piled up at North
Freedom. No one injured, but the loss is
heavy.
The Union Hall Association, embracing
all the labor organizations of Racine,
purchased a piece of property on College
avenue for $3,5e0. Upon the site will be
erected a labor temple to cost from $10,-
0GO to $4,000. The structure will CON
sist of a large hall, library and reading
rooms and other quarters, besides rooms
on the ground floor for dry goods and
other stores.
Peter j. Peterson of Washburn has re-
turned from the Klondike. He did fairy
well.
August Kuetz of Ashland has been ar
rested, charged with attempting to muir
der Thomas McNiullin.
John A. Neprud. one OF the members
of the Coon Valley Milling firm, was
found dead two miles from hat place.
His death was without question the re-
suit of an accident. He had driven the
mill team TO a ~neighboring village with
a load Of -four, returning after dark. The
driver, team and wagon were found to
have pitched down an embankment by
the roadside. Neprud's head was crushed
and one of the horses neck broken.
August Carlson. a saloonkeeper of
Pound, was stabbed at Amberg by an
unknown Finlander.
Fred Bush, a Chicago tramp. was kill
ed at La Crosse while trying to steal a
lido On a fraipht train.
A wreck on the Milwaukee road &C
Cured at Lafayette. A loaded freight
train broke in two. 1t had become sep
arated some distance and while going
down a grade the rear end ran into the
head portion. smashing ten or twelve
cars, among which were two ears of
stock. The cattle were all killed. Pas
senger trains were run over the North
western road during the night ssSm La
Crosse to Elfoy.
Harry T.. Perkins Of Milwaukee has
been appointed engineer at Sisseton In
dian agency. South Dakota
The outcome of the good roads con-
vention IN La Crosse was the organiza-
tiou Of the Good Roads Association of
Western Wisconsin, with the following
officers: President, J.. w. Iosey. La
Crosse; secretary. Robert Calvert, La
Crosse; treasurer, Frank Brown, Trem-
pealeau County, vice-presidents. Frank
p. Coburn. Ia Crosse County; Col. G.
81. Butt, Vernon County; Frank Rich
mond, Trempealeau County. 1t was rec
commended that the yice-presidents be the
presidents of the county organizations
which may be hereafter organized.