Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-02-01
State Items of Interest.


off in a strawcutter at a paper mill in
Rockton, Ill.
Rev. Valentine Wiercinski, pastor of st.
Johns Polish Catholic Church, Menasha,
died of pneumonia, aged 80 years.
An explosion, followed by fire, at the
Milwaukee court house caused Alfred Zip
ter to be terribly burned about the face
and hands.
Jonas Wellner, prosperous young
farmer of the town of Marion, was kicked
in the stomach by vicious horse and died
in few hours.
Two infant children of Frank Jones of
Shawtown found bottle of black ink and
drank the contents. They were made dan
gerously i'll as the result.
Edward Weiss was killed in the woods
near Kewaskum in a peculiar manner.
He had hewn down a tree, from which q
Try limb struck him on the neck, pene-
trating a large vein, causing him to bleed
to death.
At Manitowoc, John Hanson, an old
fisherman who resided alone near the
lake, was brutally assaulted by three
masked men, who entered his house while
he was asleep. 1t is supposed the robbers
were we'll acquainted with the premises
and thought he had large sum of money
hidden in the house.
Louis G. Hyde of Beloit is dead at the
age of 50 years. Mr.. Hyde was born at
Darier, n. Y. He came to Wisconsin in
1S10 and engaged for few years in the
grain business at Mineral Point and Ke-
nosha. In 1854 he moved to Beloit and
began a banking business, in which he
continued until very recently.
Deaths in tie State: Mrs. Joseph Jack
son, aged 80, Oshkosh; Mrs. Elizabeth
Wuraschitz, aged so, Brillon; Mrs. n. B.
Aldrich, aged "A, Sparta; Il. NJ. Johnson,
aged 78, New Lisbon.
G. o. Van Dusen & Co. have commenc-
ed logging 100000 feet of timber on
tract of pine at Hawkins for Birmingham
& Hixon of Madison. With other CON
tracts they will cut 100000 feet.
A deed was fled at Racine for the trans
fer of the Racine Linseed Oil Companys
plant by the National Linseed Oil Com
pany to the American Linseed Oil Com
pany, the price being given at $4,000.
J. B. Feazette, a veteran trapper and
hunter, who had resided for thirty or
forty years on the Rat river in the north
ern part of Marinette County, died at his
home IN he heart of the wilderness.
= co nmittee on settlement with Bar
IN County officers some days ago found
that the accounts of ex-County Treasurer
Charles Christianson were short in the
sum of S4, 100. The matter was kept very
quiet. and the bondsmen made haste to
get an assignment of Christiansons prop
erty, which they succeeded in doing. The
shortage and the forced assignment will
probably leave the delinquent without
dollar. The bondsmen have made the de-
felt good.
AT Milwaukee, Mrs. Johanna S. Bebiel
died as a result of taking poison with sui
cital intent.
Friends in Marinette of Miss Jessie Mil
Ter. who formerly resided there, received
word that she has fallen heir TO an estate
of $1,000 by the death of a wealthy Chi
cago woman who adopted her and who
died two years ago. The will has been
hanging fire in the courts ever since. The
girl came to Marinette as domestic and
later went TO Iron Mountain, where she
is now. She was notified recently by
Chicago attorney that she would receive
the money. She returned to Iron Noun
rain and resumed her duties as domestic,
and says she will continue the same work.
Ground was broken at Hudson for a
cold storage plant TO I've erected by W. III.
CARPENTER & Co. The capital stock is
10000 Citizens raised bonus of ST.
200 for the enterprise.
At Egkhorn, Judge James p. Wheeler
stepped down from the bench of the pro-
bate court and Jay #. Lyon was immedi-
ate;y appointed his successor. 1t is un-
dsrStood that.Judge Wheeler is going into
business with a brother.
Thomas Mccormick of Ashland was
nearly killed by logs falling on him ~bile
at work in Phillips camp, near Iron river.
James Wurxik of West Superior was bad
ly mangled in the same manner in Con-
nor's camp, near Brule.