Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-03-08
State Items of Tutere.+

State Items of Interest.
BERTHE Cooper, who was accidentally
shot while hunting, died at Baraboo, aged
IA.
While hunting rabbits Albert Cooper
of Baraboo was accidentally shot by a
companion.
About fifty cottages are to be built in
Pleasant Prairie for the workmen in the
Rand & Lafflin powder mills.
Charles Holzheuter, living near Menom-
inee, was killed by falling tree. He was
30 years of age and married.
Mrs. Charles Maynard, aged 30, wife of
farmer near Eau Claire, committed sui
eide by hanging herself in the barn.
The Landg kidnapping case came to an
end in the Circuit Court at Oshkosh when
Judge Burnell ordered the return of the
kidnapped boy to his father.
Charles Peterson of Grantsburg lost his
team of horses in st. Croix river while
driving from Donovan & Stacks lumber
camps near Bruno, MINI.
At Fond du Lac, George Wagner, the
13-year-old son of William Wagner,
farmer, accidentally shot and instantly
killed his 2-year-old brother.
The marriage of Charles A. Fuller of
Elroy to Miss Anna Onsager of Debello
has just been made public, the event hay
ing taken place Jan. II at Hillsboro.
Two Milwaukee companies have refus-
ed to enter the bridge and iron trust They
are the Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Com
pany and the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron
Company.
Jacob Feirer, for many years q section
foreman OF the Chicago, st. Paul, Mime
apolis and Omaha road, was run over by
a locomotive near the Omaha station at
Eau Claire, and instantly killed.
A shooting ARRAY occurred in resort at
Racine conducted by colored women.
William Kennedy, formerly of Milwau-
kee was shot in the left shoulder Lucy
Mason is charged with doing the shooting
AT meeting of the Baraboo Council a
resolution was adopted instructing the
city attorney to take such action as may
be necessary for the FORGETTING of the
franchise of the Baraboo Water Works
Company.
Louis Joerndt, who recently met with
an accident in Kenosha, having his arm
shot off by the premature discharge of
gun, died of lockjaw. He never recovered
from the shock of the accident and the
arm was not amputated.
Joseph Reiter of the town of Seymour
was thrown from wagon by a runaway
team. His skull was fractured In two
places and he suffered a compound frac-
ture of his left arm. His nose was brok-
en- and his right arm dislocated.
The Rev. G. Hammond has resigned as
pastor of the Congregational Church at
Brodhead. This leaves two churches
without pastors, as the Rev. J. j. Kelt,
who went from Milwaukee to the Baptist
Church there last August, left suddenly
for Sheboygan.
Judge Wyman in Circuit Court at La
Crosse has granted a divorce to Mrs De-
Lin Lehr from her husband, Rev. J. l..
Lehr, on the ground OF cruel and inhu-
man treatment. Rev. Lehr is travelling
evangelist, quite well known throughout
western Wisconsin.
Farmers report the losses in their eel
lars from freezing during the long cold
spell more disastrous than first supposed.
1t is estimated that 20 per cent are froz-
en-. AS farmers were holding their po-
tatoes generally the loss will be very
great.
Another attempt to hold up the o'clock
car on the Milwaukee, Racine and Ke-
nosha electric lines near Racine was frus-
trntrd by a family at Villa street and De-
Keen avenue, who noticed two men with
dark lanterns and masks hanging about
They were chased by men armed with
guns and got away.
Perley Lowe of Chicago concluded
deal at Marinette for the purchase of the
sea son's cut of the Peshtigo Lumber Com
pany, nearly 30,000,000 feet. The CON
sideration is over 100000. 1t is one of
the largest deals of the year.
Deaths in the State: Jerome B. Fleck,
aged 80, Brodhead; Mrs James Wardle,
aged 20, Pardeeville; Mrs. Elizabeth A.
Crowl, Beaver Dam; Charles Sidney
Sampson. aged 81, Stevens Point; Oscar
Hill, aged -, Pardeeville; Charles C.
Green, aged 63, Kaukauna; Mrs. George
Butlin, aged "A, Beloit; Amos C. Clark,
aged IS, Mayville; George Huth. aged SO,
Stevens Point: Mrs j. 7. Kimball, aged
IS, Stevens Point
Il. Meyerhauser Of Chippewa Falls sold
to Street, Chatfeld 4 Keep of Chicago
and to Rittenhouse & Embree. also of
Chicago, a tract of land in Ashland and
Bayfield, counties, on which it is estimated
there is 200000,0 900 feet of pine. The
price paid was Sl,000,000.
The four colored women implicated in
the shooting of William Kennedy at Ra
cine were fined. Fannie Stewart was
fined $50 and costs, and Hattie Hunter
and Lucy Clark paid SO and costs. Hat
tie Hunter confessed that she did the
shooting and will be charged with assault
with intent to kill. Kennedy, who was
shot and his partner, John Imhoff, were
each fined IS and costs.
The State board of central has arranged
with Supt. III. L. Bliss of the State school
for the blind at GAINESVILLE to give a con
cert at each of the State institutions by
the blind musicians. The concerts will
be given by the orchestra. the glee club
and soprano soloist, all blind. One even
ing will be given TO each institution.
Marshal John Doar of Cumberland
claims to be the first man in that State or
perhaps in the United States to thaw out
frozen water pipes by electricity. He
SAYS he worked out the theory several
days in advance of the Madison profess
ors. He uses a current of 100 volts and
il requires about four minutes to do the
work.