Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20

James NJ. Phinney, an early professor
of Lawrence University at Appleton, is
dead.
Hollandale, was killed while cutting down
a bee tree.
Fond du Lac will issue bonds to the
amount of $4,000 for the improvement
of the park at the lake front.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul
road will raise its three bridges at Hud-
son. About $4,000 will be expended.
The saloon and boarding house of Chas.
Mccormick at Tomahawk was burned.
The loss is $500 and the insurance So,
600.
At Tomahawk, John Mcdonald, a
brakeman on a Milwaukee train, was
caught while making couplings crd fatal
ly hurt.
Lightning struck and destroyed the
Cirkel Manufacturing Company's large
dry kilns at Boyd. The loss is about ST.
200. no insurance.
The Amigo screen door, sawr''i and
furniture factory has been closed by at
tachment OF creditors. Liabilities $780,
UUO, assets Sbo,toO.
Jud Davis of ~Sheboygan Falls, who
had been West in search of health for
several months past, was killed by light
ming at Hoxie, Kan.
A 2-year-old child of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Close of Grafton was scalded to
death by falling into a pan of hot water
which the mother placed on the floor.
nm. a~-4aa4uJ ...l - NNsIl,orx nols..4
which bequeaths his estate, with the ex-
ception of 5 $500, to the Oshkosh public
library, has been admitted to probate.
After suffering from an illness of IF
teen years standing, John Schaefer of
Milwaukee, aged 50, arose from bed and
drowned himself in the Milwaukee river.
Late potatoes, of which there is a large
acreage in Marinette County, are report
ed by farmers to be almost a failure. The
vines were struck with rust early in Au-
gust.
The extension of the Wisconsin and
Michigan Railway to the iron range will
be completed only to Sturgeon river this
fall. 1t was the intention to lay the
rails into Norway, Mich.
The board of Independence has signed
the contract with the J. G.. Wawner
Bridge Company of Milwaukee for the
erection of a 150-foot steel span bridge
across Elk creek, for S5,041.
Unless the Common Council sees fit to
increase the salaries Of the policemen
Fond du Lac will be without a police
force and the board of police and fire
commissioners will step ou+
The affairs of the Ingerscll Land and
Lumber Company of Oshkosh, which
went down in the Henry Sperry failure,
have been wound up. The company will
pay a dividend of % per cent, or $31 900,
on liabilities aggregating $4,000.
+. n. Graves of Beloit was elected
president of the Fourth Wisconsin Bat
terry Association. s. Eliot of Shirland
was elected vice-president and w. L..
Austin of Beloit secretary.
NJ. Hirschheimer, dealer in tents and
awnings az La Crosse, has filed Il petit
ton in bankruptcy, giving his liabilities
as S2.S12 and his assets as $500. of
which 1900 is in life insurance policies.
The Denlow families Of Wisconsin and
Indiana are investigating the validity of
an estate in Wales valued at SS7 .000, 900.
liSEp are tOO ntitSs II SANotNh LII
of whom live In Wisconsin and Indiana.
The barn and granary of Christ Oleson
of Gibson, containing all of this years
crop. together with a span of horses, a
bull and some farm machinery, were de-
stroyed by fire.
A bridge in the town of Neptune gave
way, precipitating a traction engine, wat
er cart and two men-Hipsch and Ragles
to the bottom of the creek. The men
were severely injured.
At Eleva, fire broke out in the rear of
f. ]. Smiths general store, consuming
the same, together with its entire con-
tents. Larson, Melby & Company's build
inr and Stein, Cleasby & C~ompany's
stores. The loss is estimated at $25, 600,
with two-thirds insurance.
The Wisconsin Telephone Company in
tends TO erect in Oshkosh this fall a hand
some red pressed brick, two-story and
basement building. 1t is estimated 10
cost $4,000. Oryille Beach has decided
to the company a lot on Algoma street,
one block west of Main street and adj
joining Odd Fellows Hall, for S10,500.
The jury at the inquest on the bodies
OF the three ilieu hlittu us u ESV1 tuNESL-
ern train Mt Cedar Grove rendered the
decision that the men met their death ac-
eidentally, by colliding with north-bound
passenger train. The jury further found
that a ~one-half-ml.e station blast was not
sufficient warning for teams crossing the
track.
The estimated expense for the conduc-
ton of the %Sheboygan public schools for
the wear ending in 1900 is S77,050, of
which 100000 is to be provided by the
tax levy on the city. The number Of
teachers employed in the city schools for
the year is los.
William Orlop of West Superior was
picked up by the police, after lying be-
side the South Shore Railroad track for
fifteen hours. He was powerless TO move,
having fallen from the pl itform of a
train and sustained a broken leg. He
got on the train at the depot, but could
not open the door and stayed out on the