Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-13

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rious damage was done and the mail was
delayed but a short time, as the conduc-
tor proceeded on foot to carry the mail
to Fontana.
Miss llthelyn McCabe of, Milwaukee,
whose intended husband failed to appear
on the date set for the wedding, refuses
to shed tear She says she is glad he
did not wait until after the marriage to
tell her that he did not love her. The
young mans name was Douglass, and he
lived in Waukesha.
Miss Helen Burton. society bells of
La Crosse, had a narrow escape from
death by strangulation while at dinner at
the home of her grandfather, Capt. i. III.
! ION. A piece of oyster shell became
4 med in her throat AMI was only re-
moved with considerable difficulty. 1t
caused a wound which bled profusey.
An injunction was served on The county
board at Washburn, enjoining it from de-
livering to the Bayfield, Western Railway
the $4,000 county aid bonds, claiming
that the road was not completed within
the time limit. The road was to be COM
pleted on certain day. At midnight of
that day the time expired with the rail
laid within 500 feet of tle finish.
Rev. ID. B. Cheney and his wife were
shot and probably fatally injured by
burglar who entered their home in RAJ
cine at 10 o'clock the other morning. AT
the point of a revolver they were COM
PEELED to turn over money and jewelry,
and then, thinking they were endeavoring
to conceal some valuables, the burglar
shot them both and escaped. MIR. Che
ney is the pastor of the First Baptist
Church, and was for many years at the
head of the Wisconsin A. Z. A. He came
from Superior five years ago.
After three times reported dead, Joseph
A. Skaarda was finally killed by cars at
Turtle Lake. His remains were taken to
La Crosse. Skaarda was 30 years old
and leaves wife and two children. He
had been working in the logging camps of
e. l.. Colman Lumber Company. His
wife was notified by wire of the accident
al death of her husband, but she did not
believe it until the remains arrived, ac-
companied by her brother-in-law. Be
fore this Skaarda's death had been re-
ported to her ON two different OCCASION
and each time the rumors turned out to
be false.
Kenosha is again in the hands of the
gang of tramps which have been making
the outskirts about the city their rendez-
yous for the past three months and three
daring burgIaries have been reported at
the police headquarters. The first of the
series occurred at the residence of Dr.
Robinson. The men gained an entrance
at the rear of the house and were discoy-
in OF If ha IN
effort was made to capture them, but
they managed to get away. The residence
of Charles Cooper was entered few
minutes later and money and yaluables to
the amount of over $500 taken. The
last house entered was the home of John
Perry, near the Cooper residence, where
the burglars secured about $500 worth of
property.
! At the indianapolis meeting of the ma
tiona society which has in charge the
raising and distributing of the 100000
600 thank offering fund to be raised by
the Methodist Church of the United
States and divided between educational
and missionary purposes it was decided
that Lawrence UNIVERSITIES share of the
fund will be S150.000. The amount APP
portioned to the State of Wisconsin to
raise for the fund is 100000, and as
Lawrence. at Appleton, is the only Meth
odist college in the State the entire half
devoted to educational purposes is award
- the college This amount will be a
welcome addition to the endowment of
Lawrence and win be applied to the cree
ton of necessary buildings and the in
crease of the general endowment fund.
John Cheves, farmer of the town of
Norway, while cutting tree, was struck
on the head by falling limb. He may
recover
Two free delivery rural mail routes, the
first in Wisconsin, were pSaced in opera
ton in Winnebago County the other day
and the first days record indicates that
the experiment will be successful. The
routes are twenty-five miles in length and
radiate west and south from Oshkosh.
The carriers deliver and collect and sell
stamps On the first day they handled
100 pieces of mail. which is said to be
about the average for first day.
An immense bed of high quality silica
has been discovered at Dayton, the value
of which is placed at between SD and
$50 ton The people are considerably
wrought up over the find. One bed,
which has been sounded, is ten feet thick
and extends back into the hills fully
mile
The team of horses stolen on Nov. -
by the two men who attempted to break
into and rob the Farmers and Merchants
Bank in Bangor returned TO their owner
the other night, minus buggy, harness,
etc They had been driven hard and
otherwise misused. No trace has been
secured as yet of the would-be bank
robbers.
At Fond du Lac james McGuire and
Sam MeCliutock were each sentenced to
two years at Waupun. George Lindon
was sentenced to the reformatory at
Green Bay for a term of from one to
FIVE years. The three We're found guilty
OF the Camphellsport robbery Nov. last.
George Fricke. well-known brick
manufacturer of Manitowoc, dicd at the
age Of IS years. Several days ago the
deceased while at work in his brickyard
sustained a fracture of one of his limbs
by the caving of elaybank. He was
under medical attendance and the frac-
tured limb seemed to be nending when
he was taken with congestion of the
brain, which proved fatal
Egbert Flower, aged >. an tx-street
railroad conductor, rode-his bicycle from
his house to the postofiiee at Fan Claire.
He went into the lobby and dropped
dead. Heart disease was the cause
A passenger train on the Southwestern
division of the Milwaukee road bound
from Milwaukee to Freeport. H., ran
through an open switch at Beioit and
coIlided with considerable force with
freighs train standing on . siding. The
engine of the passenger train and the
baggage car were damaged. Engineer
Hagidorn and Fireman Harrison OF the
passenger crew jumped IN time to save
their lives. as their cab was demolished.
No one was seriously hurt.