Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-15

pal court of selling liquor to an intoxica ed
person and was fined SO and costs.
Fire destroyed the tobacco aud candy
store of G, A. Maley at Tomah with the
contents. The loss will reach $4,000 on
building and stock partially insured.
Miss Wilhelmina Stivcrs was married
TO John ID. Wagner of Shreveport, La. at
Necedah THE Rev. Clement A Boughton
of Necedah performing the ceremony.
August Stone of Chippewa Falls, 80
years of age, while standing on a porch
ten feet from the ground, slipped and fell
to the pavement. His back was broken
and he died.
The boiler in ]. j. Kennedy's planning
mill ar Rib Lake exploded, wrecking the
smokestack and walls. Frank Frank was
struck on the head by brick, but not Sc
rionsiy injured.
For the fifth time within two years Will
liam Bryant was arrested on the charge
of selling liquor without license in the
town of Eldorado. He plead, guilty and
was fined $50 and costs.
Rev. G.. X. Stark of Kenosha has es-
tablished the First Swedish Evangelical
Lutheran Church at Racine. Although
there are 500 Swedes in Racine it is the
first church ever established there.
Deaths in the State: Nelson Tiffoney.
aged II, Beloit; Mrs. Anton Jansen, aged
10, Kaukauna; j. G. Jones' aged 81, RG-
cine; William Booth, aged 60, Pardeeyille;
Mrs. Sarah Furley, aged 3S, Tomahawk.
Special efforts are being made by Pesh-
tigo and adjacent towns to improve the
4. Al. ~.
of the towns in Marinette County have let
contracts for furnishing large quantities
of gravel
The Bohemian waxwing, one of the
prettiest birds in the North, made its ap-
pearance near Baraboo again this winter.
1t is claimed by some that they visit Wis
consin every seven years, but this has not
been verified.
Mayor Idleson of Oshkosh has signed
the contract with Charles w. Gindele &
Company of Chicago to build the public
library block for $50, 700. and they agree
to have it completed by Dec. / of this
year. 1t is expected that the corner stone
will be laid about June l.
An entirely new deal, along with an in
crease in prices, has been agreed upon by
the sash and door manufacturers of La
Crosse. They have entered into an agree
ment whereby they bind themselves to
submit no more bids on mill work" to
whomsoever happens to ask for them, con-
tractors and subcontractors and Outsid-
ers, but will submit just one bid on each
job in accordance with the specifications
set forth by the architects Absolutely no
preliminary figures, bids or proposals will
he given on that sort of building material
in the future.
The Oakton Springs Hotel an old land
mark in the village of Pewaukee, was
burned to the ground early on n recent
morning. The hotel used to be a center of
business, but, owing to lack of patron
age, it had been closed for several years.
1t was unoccupied, except for a shoemak
er's shop in the basement. Work had
been begun on tearing the building down
to make way for other improvements, but
the fire completed the work. The flames
were first discovered in the laundry. 1t
is not known how the fire originated. A
bucket brigade saved the adjoining prop
erty. consisting of a number of stores and
residences. 1t was large hotel and was
built at cost of nearly $4,000.
A shocking accident occurred in Chip
pewa Falls whereby Bert Montena was
run over and terribly mangled by the Wis
consin Central mail train from the east.
Montena went into the Wisconsin Central
roundhouse and procured handcar,
which he placed on the rails and which
soon bore him to his death. As pear as
could oe ascertained, the Central engine
struck the handcar at the milepost and
completely demolished it, but the body of
Montena, his clothing and parts of the
handcar were dragged from the miiepost
to the trestle near the Central depot,
where the remains were picked up. Both
legs were cut off and one was cut into
several pieces, while his head was horri-
bly, crushed.
J. II. C. Bowman was severely injured
by an explosion of gas in his Office in the
Mitchell building in Milwaukee. Mr..
! Bowman is well-known member of the
Board of Trade. He went to the vault to
get the books of a corporation of which
| he is the treasurer for a meeting of the
| board of directors, about to be held in his
office. Gas had been escaping in the vault
! from an open jet. When he opened the
| door and struck a match an explosion fol-
| lowed, which blew him out into the Office
| and badly burned his face and hands. The
| office furniture was smashed into kindling
wood and the office of the Government
weather bureau, next door, was turned up
| side down. The weather observations for
| the day were rendered useless.
| President Adams of the State Univer-
| sity has given a receipt for the 500 which
| came from Col. w. J. Bryan for invest
ment by the board of regents, the pro-
| ceeds to be given annually as a prize Tor
| the best essay on the science of govern
ment.
| An explosion of sewer gas occurred in
| Fond du Lac during recent night which
shook several of the business houses along
| Main street Several firemen were at
work with torches thawing ont the sew
ers. when the explosion occurred The
sewer gas had been collecting for several
days, the traps having frozen up.
Alfred Dumke, aged 10, died at Apple
| ton of smallpox, He was the second to
die as a result Of the eontagion. He was
| milk carrier and caught the disease
while on his rounds. All Of the other
cases are considered to be cut of danger
and no spread of the epidemic is antici-
| pated.
The residence of Mrs. ID. H. Forbes at
| Oshkosh was entered by burglars, who
blew open safe aud obtained a large
quantity Of valuables, including diamonds.
Prof. Halsey of the normal school, a
| neighbor, heard the explosion, but thought
| nothing of it. Mrs. Forbes and her daugh-
ter are travelling in California, leaving
the house unoccupied.
BY the bursting of q circular saw in
| mill at Arberg, one man was terribly in
jured and dozen others had narrow es-
capes. Joseph Gomars was struck in the
shoulder by large piece of steel, which
broke his arm and gashed his body.
Martin Slumski, a teacher in st. Jo-
seph's Polish Catholic Church at Oshkosh,
pleaded guilty to assault and battery in
the municipal court and was fined s. and
costs, amounting to S6.S3. Slumski had
Young woman visitor and the pupils were
so insulting to her that he punished Mar
tin Crowiak. aged 8 years. The boy's face
was cut and his parents had the teacher
arrested. Slumski Is a mere boy himself
and also acts as organist Of the church.