Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28

sunk at Kettle River Rapids, neal
Grantsburg, and several sample ship
ments of the orc have been made. The
ore shows considerable copper and is get
ting richer as they go down.
John Lemmel aged "A years, died a
his home in Albany. Mr.. Lemmel served
through the civil war and lost the use Of
one arm. He was postmaster at Albany
for twenty-five years and was then elect
ed county clerk, serving two terms.
High water is reported on Black rivel
from its source to its mouth, reaching six
teen feet at some points. Not more thar
100000 or 100000 feet of logs remair
above the falls, and all below that point
will be brought into the boom on this rise
Fifty years ago Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey
Lathrop were married at Middlebury, N
\. Recently they celebrated their COLDER
wedding. The couple came to the Wes
and settled in Racine right after theil
marriage and have lived there ever since
tornado struck three miles northeast
OF Pensaukee and blew down the build
ings on four farms. No lives were lost
The same path was taken by the tornado
that it took twenty-five years ago, wher
it destroyed the entire village of pensau
kee.
The Racine Building and Lumber
Company has made an assignment te
Theodore f. Wadewitz The assets are
estimated at $4,000 and liabilities $4,000
Poor collections and pressure of credit
ors are attributed as the cause of the
failure.
George Roberts and James Murphy
who entered the offices of the Watertown
Table Slide Company recently and blew
open the safe, were sentenced by Judge
Grimm at Jefferson. Roberts was given
two years and Murphy three years al
Waupun.
Henry g. Roethlsberger, vice-presiden,
of the z. w. Milbrath Company of Mil
waukee, has filed petition in bankrupt
cy in the United States Court. Liabili-
ties $76,047, assets 5000. Of the liabili.
ties $4,000 is secured, $60,347 unsecured
and $4,000 in accommodation paper.
The Delavan lake assembly is now
erecting what is said to be the largest
auditorium ever built by any of the West.
ern Chautauquan associations. The as
sembly is young, having held it's first ses-
sion last year under canvas. The new
auditorium will seat 5000 persons and by
convenient side arrangement of lifting
doors 5000 can be taken care of.
The Wisconsin Grass Twine plant OF
Oshkosh has been consolidated with other
similar plants in various parts of the
country into an association to be known
ps tho mo
The capital stock of ire reorganizei cor
included in The combination are the
Northwestern Grass Twine Company, OF
which the Wisconsin Grass Twine plant
of Oshkosh and the Minnesota Grass
Twine plant of st. Paul are sub-com-
panies, and new plant to be erected at
Superior, Wis. The new plant at Supe-
rior will employ 500 hands, which will
be increased as soon as possible until the
aggregate number of persons on the pay
roll will be 1900.
William n. Jones, who has been in the
United States navy for the last six years
and who manned the wheel of the cruiser
Brooklyn in the terrific engagement of
Santiago when the Spanish feet was de,
stroyed, is in a cell in the Racine county
jail, where he will complete a thirty days
sentence unless pardoned by the Gov
ernor. Jones was arrested charged with
carrying concealed weapons. He started
out the other day intending to deliver a
speech at the high school. The janitor en-.
countered him before he had an opportu.
nifty to tell the pupils the story of the bat
tie, and, demonstrating with him, said
that he would have to postpone his
speech making until some other time
Jones thereupon grew wrathy and the ar
rest followed.
Robert Mayeski, formerly an assistant
cashier in the office of the Pennoyer san
itarium in Kenosha, was arrested on a
charge of grand larceny, preferred by
Miss Marion Brunell of Milwaukee, who
was a guest at the house. Mayeski re-
signed his position at the sanitarium, and
at noon the next day, it is alleged, he
broke into the room of Miss Brunel and
carried away jewelry valued at several
hundred dollars. On account of his for.
mer good standing he was not suspected
of the crime until late in the evening The
circumstances of his arrest were sensa.
tional. He had intended to leave The city
on the s o'clock train, but had gone to
bid farewell to his sweetheart, who is one
of the best-known young women of the
city. While the parting words were be-
ing spoken he was seized by the police.
He was given a hearing and, On confess
sion of the crime, was bound over to the
Circuit Court.
Capt. Thomas made a very interesting
discovery on the property of tie Supe-
rior and Boston Company at West Supe-
rior. In the Parker vein. about 125 feet
west of the shaft, the men found an old
pit about ten feet deep and in which was
one large tree fully twelve inches in
thickness. thus showing that it places the
date of digging the pit back a considera-
BILE number of years. There is every indi-
cation that it was dug many centuries
ago. Capt. Thomas at once put his men
to work in the immediate vicinity of the
discovery and in a short time had found
a number of other pits.
c.. A. Adams, dairy and food commits
sioner, has been reappointed by Gov. SEQ
field. This is Mr.. Adams third term.
William Segler, carpenter, SO years
of age and unmarried. was struck and
killed by electric car Ne. 16 of the Belle
City Electric Company at Racine. Seq
Ter was riding bicycle and attempted to
cross in front of the car, which was go
ing full speed.
r. H. Barnes, representing an Eastern
firm which is getting up a directory Of
Marinette. was confronted by three men
on the bridge between the Twin cities.
His money or life was demanded and a
revolver placed at his head. He was re-
lieved of S67.
Paul Platz, aged IA years, was drowned
while bathing in the river few rods
above the Rapids dam near Racine.
The big sawnill Of the Brown Robbins
Lumber Company at Rhinelander was to-
tally destroyed by FIRE. The mill was one
of the largest and best in the State, and
was equipped with band, rotary and gang
saws and all modern improvements. The
capacity was 100000 feet daily. The
plant was remodeled and added to last
fall at a cost of S11, 900 and was operated
night aud day during the winter. giving
employment TO nearly 300 men. One hum
dred and twenty-five men are thrown out
of work Twenty million feet of lumber
in the yards was saved from the flames.