Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-14
State Items. of Interes,;,

A resort near Pembine was set fire to
and burned to the ground.
The lake shore region between Milwau,
kee and Manitowoc is to have better
mail service.
Cisco flies have put in an appearance at
Lake Geneva and excellent Cisco fishing
is predicted.
The store of J. L. Walsh in Cyman was
entered by burglars, but they were scared
away before any goods were stolen.
Wenzel Krainik, aged 81, prominent in
municipal affairs in Manitowoc, died at
Oshkosh, where he had gone to undergo
an operation for appendicitis.
A statue of Chief Oshkosh, the Indian
after whom the city is named, is TO be
placed in the Oshkosh public library build
ing when the latter is completed
A call has been issued to all the surviy-
ors Of the First Wisco sin cavalry for the
purpost, of arranging to hold a reunion in
Kenosna during the coming October.f
Z is reliably stated that the Omaha
I.ailroad will construct grain elevator
system near its merchandise docks at Al
louez Bay, West Superior, thus carrying
oul az Viu pan VI AnG IOdu.
AT Sparta, Mabel the 4-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Hoffman, got
hold of matches and started a bonfire. Her
clothing caught fire and she was so badly
burned that she died in four hours.
The Woodmen's picnic at Beloit was a
great success in every resnect. The crowd
in attendance was enormous, generally
conceded to be the largest ever at any
Woodmen's picnic and the greatest gath
ering ever known in Beleit.
At Janesville, ex-Engineer George f.
Grouse was ava f4ed verdict of $4,000
against the Chicago and Northwestern
Railway Company. Grouse was perma-
nently injured in wreck near that city
In 1897, owing to a washout.
j. Matt Aubrey of Chicago pleaded gull
ty in Milwaukee to charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses FROM Sheriff
Isenring. His mother was in court and
returned to the sheriff the S100 which he
had advanced to Aubrey on worthless
check.
Great excitement has been stirred up in
Milwaukee over the escape of eight girls
from the Wisconsin Industrial School.
lIUIl tut tulIu lDOI VI LUt iHSlltulIDU Nv
means of rope made of bed sheets, and
their stories of brutality and starvation in
the school.
Peter Yost, farm near Winneeonne.
has flost unique freak in the form Of a
young chicken, which has four perfectly
formed legs, the entire four being active
and apparently useful The legs are
placed side by side s. equal distances
apart and TIE little chick is thriving.
An effort is being made at Beaver Dam
to raise S25, 600 for the purpose of erecting
a handsome new church in place Of the
present st. Peters Roman Catholic
Church.
Private VIII Laing Of Fond du Lac,
who went through the Spanish. American
war and contracted disease which made
him an iRyalii, died at the family resi-
dence Wednesday.
The Milwaukee Brewers Association
has granted all the brewery employees in
the city, about 1000 men, : sine-hour
working day, with the same v.ages that
were heretofore paid for ten bours
James Evans, captured at tie muzzle of
revolver some weeks ago at Racine by
the agent of the Chicago and Northwest
ern Railroad, while in the act of robbirg
the Offices, and who afterNard escape
from the county Jail, was recaptured,
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to Wuu-
pun for term of two years.
The Deutscher Landwehr Mannervereiu
celebrated its eighteenth anniversary a,
Milwaukee Sunday and over 1000 mem
bers were present and Al the parade. The
society is the oldest German military or
ganization in Wisconsin, and is composed
OF leading citizens who are known for
their patriotism and love for their adopt
ed country.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Klinka Of Myra
are the parents OF triplets, a boy and two
girls, weighing seven pounds each.
A posse arrived il. Superior from Cor
don ringing in cu,,tody John She 0sh,
the oaian who is alleged TO have shot
Hags Jefferson. She Osh and some wom-
en- wese passing and thay claim that Peter
son ana : crowd eS river drivers made
remarks to III em. She 0sh was struck
and returned 10 his cabin for his rife; Sc
curing i&he returned and found Peterson
with one Of his squaws and shot him from
behind. She Osh, who is a full-bIooded
Indian. was arraigned In court and held
under 5000 bail to await the result OF
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