Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-05-10


The bride was until recently city librarian.
Porter Ross of Kaukauna, who has been
on trial on the charge of having murdered
Katie Duprey two years ago, was acquit-
ted
Beloit academy debaters were for the
third consecutive year defeated at War
rem ILL.,. by the debatsrs Of Warren acad-
envy
The sawmll belonging 70 Frank Buza
OF J.nction City was burned. The mill
was mall one. Mr.. Btza places his loss
at $500 on machinery. No insurance.
Frank Bradley shot himself at Ran
dolph, once in the temple and once in the
forehead, breaking his skull He was
found unconscious on the railroad track.
At Merrill, Johnny Brandenburg, the
12-year-old son of August Branienburg, a
farmer. was kicked in the breast by a
horse, from the effects Of which he died.
AT Francis Greek. son Of Joseph Tesa-
rik was struck By lightning and seriously
injured. He was driving d team Of horses
at the time ana 10th animals were killed.
A decomposed body. found near Butte
DIES Morss, is supposed to be that of Ole
Daniclson of Winneconne, who disappear
ed last winter and is supposed to have
drowned.
The postofiice, a general store. and the
dwelling of John West at Ring were com
pletely destroyed by fire. The property
destroyed is valued at $4,000: insured fer
about 81 100
George Stichey, the 12-year-oId son Of
a farmer near Sturgeon Bay, was killed
by lightning. He was playing with sis
ter when the bolt came through the cell
ing, stunning the mother and sister and
killing the hoy.
AT Racine Junction. freight car on the
Northwestern Railway was backed into a
Belle City Street Railway electric car, de-
molishing it. Daniel Warner and an
other man were in the wrecked car, but
escaped injury.
Karl Bolduan, a German farm hand,
was sentenced at GAINESVILLE to six months
in the State prison for the larceny Of $54
in cash and $3.50 in notes from his EN-
ployer. Boldnan claims that he had &c.
Geo worth of property in Germany.
A bronze spike, the last to go into the
new bridge at Eas Claire, was driven by
ex-Mayor Keper. Iron plates are to be
placed ON the bridge. two at each end,
giving the names OF city officials, the name
of the bridge concern and date of compile
ton.
serious cloudburst occurred ii Farm
ers' valley, a few miles from Sparta. cans
ing big floods. Many hogs and sheep were
drowned and fences and bridges were car
ried away. The water rushed down the
valley, sweeIing out the dam of the Sparta
Touring mills,
While jane Dawson. prominent
farmer, was going to Albany his morse ran
away and Dawsoi:'s feet became entan-
gled in the lines and re was ragged about
ten rods his head striking the fence posts
as he vas dragged along His skull was
badly crushed.
Herman A. King, postmaster Of Pleas
ant Prairie, was ser, seriously, If not
fatally, injured in runaway accident BY
being thrown over a barbed wire fence
along the road. He.was found some time
later in an unconscious condition, having
suffered internal injuries.
A fire i'll Ladies' Hall.at the State Uni
yersity was discovered late at night by
two students on their way home. One, Of
the curtains in window was ablaze.
They tore the screen from another window
aad climbed in, and succeeded in extin-
gushing the blaze with small damage.
man who gave his name as Gus Mo-
row attempted suicide by throwing him
self against the side Of an engine on d
Chicago and Northwestern passenger
train He was taken to Neenah aud it
was found that one arm was badly frac-
tured. The man had beens confined in a
hospital at Oshkosh
The prisoners in the county Jail at West
Bend attempted to gain their freedom by
cutting through the brick wall of the
building and BY sevsrinS 4 number of bolts
in the door. They would have escaped in
time, but for the vigilance Of Sheriff Shin
ncrs, who discovered d fine steel saw and
three table knives in the pocket Of vim
dow weight.
a little 7-year-old daughter chichester
Moore, living three miles east of Augusta.
stepped upon the covering of well in the
held, which gave way under her and let
her down into the WELL There was twelve
feet Of water in it, but luckily the bucket
was down, and the rope was fastened
tight to q post. SO the little one managed
to climb the rope and get out
The celebrated suit or r.. "A. shores
against John Caniieid. wealthy Manistee
Iumberman came to an end IN the United
States Court at Milwaukee,, when Judge
Seaman entered final decree requiring
Garfield to account This suit grew out
of what is known as the WISCONSIN ven
ture, which was the largest and most
successful pine land deal ever attempted.
One. of the first effects of the. anti-pass
law was the purchase by the borrd of con-
troll of $3.50 worth of mileagesto be used
by the members in travelling about the
State on their official duties Each Of the
five members secured 2.000-miieage book
on the Milwaukee. Northwestern and Wis
consin Central roads, making n total Of
10000 miles. The State, of course, pays
for it.
An attempt to destroy the large Plant of
the Moore x Galloway Company at Fond
du Lac has been brought to light. On a
recent night two young men discovered a
blaze in the rear of the large sawmill prop
erty. They FASTENED to the point and ex-
tinguished miniature confagraton. An
investigation revealed the fact that some
rags had been saturated with Kerosene and
ignited. The Moore & galloway Company
have had large fires during the past two
years that have reached in loss to nearly
a quarter of a million dollars
Private Bert S. Whimlore of Company
ID, Second Illinois volunteers. has return-
ed to his home at Stanley from Cuba. A
large number of his friends were at the
station to meet him and party was given
in his honor.
Some Beloit boys found the bioated re-
mains of man in the Rock river Just
south of the State line The body was
clad in soldiers uniform and papers that
were taken from the pockets indicate that
the deceased was Charles 4. Cox of Troy.
Among the documents were Cox's receipts
for his Grand Army lodge dues and re-
ceipts for a pension.
The large boarding house of Mrs Edith
Van Slate at Prentice was completely de-
stroyed by FIRE Most of the furniture was
saved. but badly damaged by water. The
building was owned by Van Dusen Il Co.
No insurance.
A windstorm struck Wess Superior and
did damage In several places, but was par
ticularly heavy about the water front.
The superstructure of the Lehigh Valley
.oal dock. the traversing conveyor for BIZ
luminous coal, was blown down and so
demolished as to be total loss. The ac-
ci,ient was entirely without warning. Sew