Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-05-17

Senator aud AIRS. John G. Spooner, Mr..
and Mrs. WilleS Spooner aud Phil Spoon
er will sail for Ell rope June IA, to be gene
during the sammeN months.
Fire at Chippewa Falls destroyed the
residence and other buildings of A. Fl.
Heller. The loss is between $1,000 and
$4,000. with $500 insurance.
Oaly one Of the Kaukanna paper mill
strikers was arrested and he is ont on bail.
Two others, who committed the principal
assault, escaped, leaving town.
The FIRST work the board Of control will
undertake will be to advertise for bids
for the new buildings at the home for the
Predetermined at Chippewa Falls.
AT Sheboygan, the dwelling of William
Becker was destroyed by fire at a loss of
$1,000. The adjoining house Of August
Kobald caught fire, but was saved.
1t is impossible to get enough laborers
for the Oshkosh Neenah Interurban road
in that vicinity and some will have to be
imported from Chicago or Milwaukee.
Martin Simon, Sevastopol farmer,
was in Sturgeon Bay recently looking for
his two sons, Edward and Henry, aged
- and II years, who disappeared from
home
Rev. w. A. Broadhurst, former pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church OF
Chippewa Falls, and Miss Fannie Finn
We're married at Norwak, Ohio, he
brides home.
John Renk was struck by train near
Whitewater. His collar bone and several
ribs We're broken. his wagon was demol-
ished and one horse killed. He was a
farmer 10 years Oh
Il lie work of laying the rails for the new
Em tiu Lac street railway has been com
men ed and it is estimated that with good
weather the entire line will be laid and
cars running by July I.
The bench warrant issued for A. f.
Baehr, the former Oshkosh business man
charged with forgery who forfeited his
bail bond, failed to be satisfied, Baehr
not putting in an appearance.
Alexander Vollrath OF Sheboygan and
John Dewey of Baltimore, students al
the Franklin Mission College. twelve
miles from Sheboygan, were drowned in
letters lake by boat capsizing.
AT Evansville, b. Il. Emery, II years
DID, while constructing q wire feree. was
struck on the side of his head by a tool
for stretching. The tant wire suddenly
loosening, Ills skull was fractured.
The safe in Martin Monson's store al
Blanchardvilie was blown open by burg
lars, but the contents, amounting to $500
were not taken. Apparently the burglars
We're frightened away after the explosion
The large residence of Fred w. Lem
decker on Browns lake, near Burlington
was destroyed by fire. The house was
built last summer at a cost of about 3d.,
600. Racine camp was also destroyed
Sidney Potts, aged years, son of Mai
Samuel Potts of Western Union Junction
had the left side Of his face blown away
and an arm and shoulder badly injured
by plating with shotgun which was ac
cidentally discharged.
Il. H. Oukrust, merchant of Newton
was knocked down in his rooms by twf
masked men, pounded into insensibility
and afeer being robbed of 1925 in bills
was left lying on the floor with hand
karchief over his mouth.
Ashland officials have started a wal
against gambling. The authorities have
allowed gambling houses to run on pay
ment Of monthly fine and seven different
houses have paid Q fine of $50 each month
to the municipal court.
A. NJ. Whitlock, living near Berlin, and
nearly so years of age, was found dea6
in his chair ~ a neighbqr. Whitlock was
something of a peculiar character. HI
lived all alone with his dog, which he al
ways kept chained.
The women of kewamee have ,losed {
three days fair for the benefit of the sol
diers monument fund. The net receipt.
were nearly $T00, the AMOUNT needed Il
complete the payment Of the monument
which will cost $1,000.
The members of the defunct Appleton
anti-matrimonial organization, known a:
Marble Hearts," have received letter,
from all parts of the country for copies OF
constitution and bylaws and branches
are being organized in other cities.
The trayersing conyeyor used for bi
luminous coal at the dock of the Lehigl
Valley Coal Company at West Superior
was blown down by high wind. The
entire heavy iron and wood superstruc
ture was demolished and is total loss
The damage is $4,000.
Chris Larson, Scandinavian about 4l
years old, was sentenced at Marinette to
fifteen months in Waupun for burning
telegraph poles along the ST. Paul right
of-way last winter. Larson pleaded gull
ty and said he set fire to then in order
to get back into Waupun.
An attempted murder and suicide oc
CURED at Berlin, as a result of which Au,
gust Smith, fruit grower and gardener
is at the point of death and his wife is in
criticGl condition Without any appar:
ent immediate proyocation for the act, he
got an ak and struck his wife twice on the
head. He then turned the ak ON himself
and inflicted fifteen or twenty blows, then
fearing that these injuries would not proys
fatal, he took some paris green. Two
small children who were at home ran oui
and gave the alarm. The cash in Mrs
Smiths head was operated upon, and il
IS thought she will recover. Smith will
die from the paris green which he took
Illness is supposed TO have unsettled
Smiths mind.
The Waubun Colonization and Improve
ment Company, a land trust. was organ,
lied at Kenosha. w. NJ. Cewell C. Ke,
nosha was elected president, The trust
is composed of number of large land
firms and has been Incorporated with a
paid-up capital stock Of S5,000,000
4 special meeting of the Marquette
County Board has been called for the puy-
pose of appropriating money for new coun-
ty buildings and decide where they shall
be located Nyestfield Is making a hard
fight to secure the county seat, and agrees
to put up the buildings without cent of
cost to the taxpayers.
The Wisconsin Central Company finds
il almost impossible to secure enough men
to carry on track work on their lines east
and west of Chippewa Falls. They re-
Gently gave notice that they could use
200 more men at $3.50 per day, but il was
impossible TO fill the quota.
4 J. Haze, a farmer residing two rifles
west of Caroline, was badly taaen in ~
lightning rod swindlers recently. A man
representing himself as manager Of large
concern agreed, merely as an advertise
ment, to rod his barn or residence for 81,
and asked the farmer to sign an agree
tHtHt ~ ttdA ftAtNA. LIZ htA ACdLAiS NIdl
he signed a note for S11O, and the only
alternative will be to pay il.
Herman Heskie, who came to Appleton
from Germany about three years ago, was
intending to return home to Germany in
the course Of fsS days ant had Just
drawn 1912 from tie bank. Tie money
was placed in his inside vest pocket, from
which ii disappeared in some mysterious