Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-27
Frost was reported in several localities
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grain.
The Edwin H. Brown post of Fond du
Lac is left $50 by the will of Charles
Carberry of Friendship.
Benson & Williamson, Racine grocers
made an assignment to w. H. Carpen-
ter. The assets are about $1,000 and
liabilities 5000.
Otis X. Walkley pleaded guilty al
Janesville to the charge of horse stealing
and was sentenced to year in the State
reformatory.
The damage suit of Ole Oss against
Chief of Police Tanner of Ashland for
false Imprisonment went over the term on
technicality.
1t is now certain that Nick Jensen
drowned in the vicinity of Island Park,
Oshkosh. Jensen's boat has been wash
ed ashore at the island.
Emery Patch was caught in the gearing
of punch machine at Janesville and
his right leg wgs so badly mangled that
amputation was necessary.
State Superintendent of Public Instruc.
tion Harvey has appointed c. +. Viebahn
of Watertown TO the State Board of
teachers certificate examiners.
Fire broke out IN the Allen tanneries
in kenosha, and before. the flames had
been extinguished damage to the amount
Of nearly $1,000 had been done.
Burglars blew the safe in the saloon OF
f. j. Hartzheim at Edgerton and then
stole horse and buggy and drove to
GAINESVILLE, leaving the rig there.
George Paradise, young man living
at Coil, was instantly killed in run
away accident. His sister was also seri-
ously injured and a man and boy who
were in the wagon saved their lives by
jumping.
Mrs. II. Ciemons and Mrs. Charles Gil
lett, two leading Racine society women
We're riding when the seat of the buggy
broke and both fell to the road, striking
on their heads. They were picked up un-
conscious.
Henry Crenk of La Crosse, aged %
years, single, was kicked by a horse in
the stomach. He was operated on by
four doctors for strangulated hernia
Desperate efforts were made to save his
life, but he died.
Fred Morgan of Chicago has bought
the large docks. belonging to Moder &
Shearer, in Kenosha harbor. The docks
will be used for the winter quarters OF
the Pathfinder and other Chicago yachts.
The price paid by Mr.. Morgan was $6,-
500
Nice-President Bishop of the Milwau-
kee, Racine and Kenosha Electric Rail
road states that the company would
abandon the fight to get into Kenosha,
as the requirements of the city in its
franchise are altogether too radical and
tsringent.
Mrs. William Eilers was nearly burned
to death by overturning a pan of floor
compound she was heating on stove. Try
ing to save dwelling, she neglected to
care for herself and was terribly burned
She lives in town of Algoma. Doctors
say she will live.
Edwin, the 14-year-old son of Mrs
Jackson Tullar of the town of Neenah
seriously injured himself by exploding a
dynamite cartridge that he had found
which made a bad wound in his right leg
He put the cartridge on a stone and hit il
with another stone
Two boys going up river from Stevens
Point discovered a coat, hat and shoes
on the bank. They were found to belong
to NJ. c. SHUTS. Search was Mt once com
| menced and his body recovered shortly af-
ter. Mr.. SHUTS was one of Stevens
Points oldest residents.
The Episcopal diocesan council in ses.
sion in Milwaukee, by vote of 81 to 2a
accorded to women the right to vote on
all church and parish matters. The di.
vision on the vote was one in which the
younger elemert was solidly arrayed
against the Conservative wing.
AT Sun Prairie, Mrs. .Alonzo Cobb, her
sister. Miss Babcock, and Mr.. Cobb are
suffering from burns, Mrs. Cobb severely
so, as the result of fire caused by the
boiling over of oil on a stove, which ig-
nited, setting fire to the clothing of Mrs.
Cobb. Miss Babcock and Mr.. Cobb were
burned while assisting in putting out the
blaze.
Lulu Paraday Of Chippewa Falls, aged
II years. attempted suicide by swallow
ing carbolc acid. After taking the poi.
son she suffered intense agony, and ner
screams attracted the attention of neigh
bors, who summoned medical attendance
in time to save her life. She was arrest
ed for disorderly conduct and released,
and it is probable the disgrace of arrest
and fear of being sent to the reform
school prompted the act.
At Arcadia, John Gulke, aged rs, who
had been i'll several months, walked out
of the house while asleep. He made a
noise at the kitchen window of his step
grandson, William EdeIoach. Thinking
it was Il burglar. Edelbach shouted a
warning and receiving no reply, fired two
shots from a repeating Winchester rifle.
The inmates of the house were Mortified
at finding the body of Mr.. Gulke on the
sidewalk One of the shots had taken eff.
feet in his right eye and death must have
been instantaneous. A jury exonerated
Mr.. Edelbach.
George Roedl and James Rau both got
drunk at Beaver Dam, and George, in
some way got the impression that he was
Hermann. the great magician. lie told
Rau that he could cut his head off and
put it on again. Rau BET he could not
do it, Roedl got large knife and be-
gan operations upon Rau, who sat down
on a chair, entering into the spirit of the
entertainment. The decapitatien act be-
gan, but ended abruptly when Roedl in
tlcted two long gashes on each side Of
Rau's neck The doctors finished the per-
formance by taking sixteen stitches in
Rau's neck.
William riske, a young man. single,
was killed at West Salem. He was stand
ing on the tracks of the Milwaukee road
watching Il passing train on the North
western road, when the fast through
train ON the Milwaukee road struck him.
The Baraboo water works has passed
into the hands of a receiver, w. q. Max
cy of Oshkosh being chosen. A fore
closure was brought about by first mort
gage holders who own 100000 stock.
The plant was in the hands of the second
mortgage holders. The city recently
brought suit against the company to an
null its franchise.
o. I. Williams has been appointed by
Gov. Scofield as judge &C the Superior
Court Of Milwaukee County to succeed
the late Judge Sutherland, who died
Suddenly in Chicago while on his way
home from Europe. The appointment is
for the remainder of Judge Sutherland's s
term.
Fearing the horrors, as she imagined,
of an insane asylum, Mrs. Louis Ham
mil of Rewey committed suicide by drink
ing sulphuric acid. The day before she
had been adjudged insane. In a letter
found flor her death she said she was