Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-05-31

time of his death WAS 1856 pounds. Fatty
degeneration Of the heart was the cause
of his demise.
AT Sun Prairie, while playing ball at
school Lyle Cobb, aged 10 years, met with
quite painful accident. One of the boys
who was at the bat swung the club around
| and it flew from his grasp, striking young
Cobb in the right eye.
l.. j. Norton, inspector for the State
dairy and food commission, visited several
grocery stores at Chippewa Falls and Gre
ated stir by condemning large amount
Of canned and bottled goods. The con-
demned goods will be returned to the man
| ufacturers.
The Normal university of Normal, ILL.,,
defeated the Oshkosh normal in debate.
The question was, Resolved, That the
| time has s-lie when the policy of protec-
ton should be abandoned by the United
States Wisconsin had the affirmative
| and Illinois the negative.
| Gov. Scofield's stand in informing the
| legislators just before they adjourned that
| he would not approve any expenditure
| above the income of the State will cut off
improvements and additions at the Home
| for Feeble Minded at Chippewa Falls and
| the new reformatory at Green Bay. These
| two institutions together were allowed
| over $300,O00, but at a special meeting
of the board of control it was decided not
| to expend any money to enlarge these in
situations until there were revenues in the
treasury to meet such expenditure.
An old scow, called the Jersey Lily and
L ,ad hxro 90
| nosha, was capsized and sank in the lake
| just off Washington Island about o'clock
| the other evening. Robert Steinbach and
William Meyer, two boys. a .55oo,siif is years
OF age who mss.Ri1ed the vessel at the time,
| had narrow escape from drowning. At
| ter they had chung to the spars of the
| sinking craft for over an hour, the boys
| were seen by some companions, who noti-
| fed the life-savng station. Capt Cam
eron and the entire crew went to the res
cue and pickeu he boys up in an uncon-
| scious condition.
A railroad project involving the expendi-
ture of So, 900, 900 in Milwaukee was made
public in the form of an ordinance grant
ing to the Milwaukee Traffic and Termi-
| nal Railway Company the right TO lay
tracks in nearly every portion of the man
ufacturing and wholesale districts of the
city, The company has the backing Of
| Eastern capital, and the ordinance pro-
vides that the work shall be completed
| within two years. If the ordinance passes
| it will give belt line facilities to Milwau-
kee, Racine and Kenosha, and connect
with Chicago by way of the belt line that
| is now being built from Waukegan to Ke-
nosha.
The first annual convention of the Wis
consin conference of the Woman's Home
| Missionar. Society closed at Oshkosh
| with the election of the following officers:
President, Mrs. Eliza Manchester of Mil
| waukee; first president, Mrs. Myra
G.. Plantz of Appleton; corresponding Sec
| rotary, Mrs. e. w. f. Requa of Oshkosh;
recording secretary, Mrs. Walker of Osh-
| kosh. The following district managers
were elected: Appleton district, Mrs.
| Edith s. Davis Of Appleton; Fond du Lac
district, Mrs. Garnet Green of Sheboy-
gan; GAINESVILLE district, Mrs. e. l.. Cum
| mings of Fort Atkinson; Milwaukee dis
| trict, Mrs. McChesney Of Wauwatosa;
| Oshkosh district, Mrs. Il. w. Houghton.
Fred Maresh committed suicide at his
| home in Manitowoc by shooting himself
| through the temple. During the morning
in conversation with friends on the street
he babe his friends good-by and said that
| they might attend his funeral in three
days. His actions were very strange and
| aroused suspicion. Maresh was partner
| in the firm of Rechcygel & Maresh, deal
ers in clothing and novelties. He enlisted
| in Company III, Second regiment, and did
valiant service as sergeant-major of the
regiment. He was looked upon as man
of irreproachable character and habits.
He leaves a family of wife and several
children. There is no reason apparent for
| his rash act, though it is said that he had
| acted as if mentally deranged.
Rev. Mary Y. DC Long of Oshkosh has
been designated president for the denom-
| national organization of Wisconsin by the
| Woman's Centenary Association of the
| Universalist Church, which has just con-
Guided its thirteenth annual session in Bal
| timore.
| Seymour B. Strong, a retired merchant
of Chippewa Falls, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head. Mr..
| Strong was one of the best known men in
northern Wisconsin and was conductor on
Il
thirty years ago. Dependency, due to
long illness, caused him to take his life.
The shaft house at No. 2 Superior mine,
near Hurley, was destroyed by fire. No
damage resulted to the shaft timbering
and the greatest loss viii be on account
of the delay caused in rebuilding.
The State w. G. II. II. held its annual
convention at Sparta, over 100 delegates
being present. The following officers
, were reelected: Mrs. Mary G. Upham,
Marshied, president; Mrs. Amy X.
Morse, Park Falls, vice-president: Mrs.
w a. Lawson, Baraboo, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Augusta Strong. Baraboo,
recording secretary; Mrs. Ida NJ. Cooke,
Green Bay, treasurer; Marie 4. Hanchett,
Madison. editor of the official w. G. T. q.
paper, the Motor.
A barn owned by Henry Frekhelm on a
farm near Marshfield burned with all its
contents, consisting Of horses and farm
implements. The loss is about $1,000.
Mrs. Stephen Mccain. wife OF a farmer
|sliving about ten miles north OF Chippewa
Falls. lost herself in the woods and died
tefoce searching parties could find her.
Mrs NcCann and her ID Sear-oId daugh-
ter went into the woods in search Of lost
COW and before they could find their way
out of the woods, Mrs. McCann became
chilled and laid down and died. Her
daughter was also nearly exhausted, but
when morning came succeeded in finding
her way through the sparsely settled dis
tries TO the nearest farmers house.
While engaged in calling to his herd.
Waakau farmer named Sarles disloeated
his jaw in some way and ii required the
services of a physician TO reset it.
4 mail pouch, containing about 700 let
ters, was stolen frem Western Union
Junction on April 8. and the robbery was
only made known the other day, when In
s,,ector Ralph Bird brought the missing
pouch. with al the mail. to Milwaukee. 1t
was found in Chicago. The men who were
implicated in the theft were subsequently
arrested on another charge and arc now
in Auburn pen: tiary. New YORK. The
robbers are f. a Bell and Frank 8.
Smith. and both have confessed their
crime.