Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-22
state Items of Interest.

The Catholic congregation at NATION
has decided to build a new $4,000 church.
As a result Of the efforts of the w. G..
T. U. the Fond du Lac Council has
adopted a curfew ordinance.
An old house and barn ON the Mnth
stock farm, near the ~Shebovgan city linn
its, burned, causing a loss of about ST.
600.
John Arts, an old and respected citizen
of the town of Cleveland, was killed
while hunting by the accidental discharge
of his own gun.
Ernest Cornell, who is serving a life
sentence at Waupun for murder, failed in
his effort to ecu a new trial through
the Supreme Court.
Milwaukee granted street railway fran
chise, with right to purchase in 1884. I'M
mediate four-cent fare in busiest hours
and universal after 1905.
Beloit is undergoing considerable of a
dfphtheria scourge. There are twelve
cases and there have beer two deaths.
The public schools are to be disinfected.
The receipts of the county treasurer
of Chippewa County the other day were
81 200, which was from the sale of coun-
ty lands to out-of-town parties. All of
the land was sold for 81 per acre.
Burglars entered the general store of
Seaman, Loebs & Knickel at Campbells-
port and carried away portions of fur
nishing goods valued at about $40. The
robbers are believed to be three men
who have been working on farms there
abouts the past season.
The large barns and granary belonging
to j. B. Tuttle at Reeds Corners were
destroyed by fire. The seasons grain
and a large amount of farm implements
were destroyed, which, with the build
ings, will make the loss something like
$4,000. The fire caught from a lantern.
"Jack the Hugger," or James Moore.
who for more than ten years past has
followed the occupation of waylayin@
lone women after shutdown and hugging
them, disappearing before assistance
could reach them, was caught by Chief
of Police Scbaefer of Fond du Lac and
taken to the Office of Mayor Hoskins.
There, after a rigid examination, he adj
mitted that he had committed the of
lenses of which he was charged. He was
nduly 1TiRHttitu, DuL uDOu tHc duftCt
of the chief and Mayor, who threatened
prosecution unless he left the city, he
drew his pay and left for the north to
work in the woods during he winter.
Franklin w. Spear, formerly general
ticket agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and ST. Paul Railroad, is dead at Mil
waukee, aged SO.
Fire burned down the barn of Julius
Rose, a farmer living half a mile from
Grafton. 1t was insured in the Cedar
burg company Tor $500.
The S. Freeman & Sons Manufacturing
Company of Racine, employing $50 men,
one OF the largest boiler manufacturers
in the country, posted notices throughout
their shops stating that the wages of all
men had been increased 10 per cent. This
advance went into effect Nov. J..
At Sheboygan a rather stubborn FIRE
broke out under the floor IN the saw room
of the Phoenix Chair Company. The
fire was hard to find and fight owing TO
the dense smoke, but was e~xtinguished
after a short and hard tussle. The loss
will not be more than $500 and the great
err part of this amount is on stock.
The home of Raymond Mifler, in Pesh-
tigo. was damaged by fire. At the time
IL started the 7-rear-old son and his baby
sister were alone in the house. As soon
as he discovered the fire the youagster
carried the baby to a place of safety and
gave the alarm. Had the children re-
manned in the house a minute longer they
would have been suffocated.
Capt. Walter Cook, one of the hest
known pioneers of kenosha County md
a distinguished soldier in the civiI war.
died at the soldiers home in Milwaukee.
In the eighty-ffth year of his age. He
went to Kenesha County in 1912.
Mrs. Mary Richardson Martin died at
the home of her son-in-law. Col. W. w.
Strong. In Kenosha. She Mas the wild
ON II Judge Martin. a Chicago lawyer
who went to Kenosha about twenty years
ago and for some time held a prominent
position. The decedent was a stepdaugh
ter of Father Reuben Deming, a pioneer
OF Kenosha County, and was a lineal de-
scendant of Gen. Israel Putnam Of rev
dictionary fame.
AT Racine an unknown bicycle rider
narrowly escaped death by going off the
abutmenr Of a bridge into the river. He
was scorching M an incline and did not
know the bridge was open.
The Oshkosh Gas Light Company has
sold out to Edgar r. Sawyer, son Of for
mer Senator SAY yer. 1t Is the only gas
plant in the city and has been In opera
ton about thirty years. 1t has been
owned for some time by Mrs. Alice
Tweed Andrews. formerly of Cincinnati,
who also owned and recently disposed OF
the plant at Racine, The plant also man
ufactures electric light. The considera-
ton is supposed TO be about S150s0o0-
Mr. Sawyer viii make large extensions.