Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-22

min was damaged by ire to the extent
Of $4,000, covered by insurance.
Mrs. A. G. Whiting, a pioneer Of Fond
du Lac County. passed away at her
home in the town Of Rosendale.
A man about 40 years OF age was
found dead hanging to a tree in a wood
two miles west Of Elkhorn. He has not
been identified.
Fred Jaegers, A years old. died at Mar
inette. as the result Of a fall. He fell
from a fence while at play and acute
blood poisoning set in.
At Tony a daughter Of John Willie was
badly burned about the face, arms and
chest by a spark flying from a cook stove
and catching on her. dress.
A. T. Loyejoy of GAINESVILLE has pur-
chased the n. G. Foster Lumber Com
pany's yard in Evansville. A Belleyille
man will be the manager of the yard.
A suburb an train on the Chicago and
Northwestt IN road killed Frank Dooley,
aged IL. He was a son of John Dooley,
one of the best-known residents Of Ra-
cine.
Brillion will rave electric lights. A
15-year franchise has been granted to
G. Behnke 4 Son. The firm has already
done some work and it win now push
rapidly TO complete it.
Six men have been arrested in May
vile, each having goods in his possession
which have been identified as those taken
from the store of Saemann, Loebs &
Knickel cf Sampbellsport.
When Edward Rick returned home
from work at Marinette paper mills he
found his wife and two children had dis
appeared, and with them $40 in cash and
all their personal belongings.
Mrs. w. j. Ahara of Beloit. aged about
30 years, died at the home os her father,
William Il. Hurlbut, in Evansville,
Thursday afternoon, of consumption. She
leaves a husband and three small chill
dren.
Peter George, a bartender, aged 26,
was fatally shot by an Italian whose
name is not known. The shooting occur
red at Ives. and was the result of a
quarrel in the saloon. George was shot
three times.
Emil Klein of Appleton, a brakeman
on a freight train, was caught between
the drawbacks while making a coupling
in ~Sheboygan and received injrIics which
Il a INV dtttiopfltS u q ENtly HNitouo
nature and they may prove fatal.
Thomas Winters, chairman of the
town of Washburn, while following a
path through the woods from his home to
a neighbours house was mistaken for a
deer and shot by some unknown hunter.
The wound is through the chest and
shoulder.
Mrs. Nellie King Smith has brought
suit against the city of Beloit for dam
ages she alleges to have sustained be-
cause the city removed a piece of side
walk from in front of her property on
the ground that 1t was an encroachment
on the street.
The farmers of Brown County are
holding back their grain. Grain buyers
say that they will not market the grain
until it freezes up and they are unable to
do any more work on the farm this fall.
This has been one of the best falls for
farmers they have experienced in years.
John Ernst, a well-known harbor man
of Kenosha. was found dead in a RAJ
vine near the Balm wagon works. He
seemed to nave been lead for some hours
and, judging from appearances, he had
fallen or had been pushed from a trestle
htt AAS AC 81 ~ ms Ais htSh was
broken.
For several days Marinette was search
ed to find 12-year-old Johnny Osberg.
Finally one of his ~playmates confessed
that they went to play on the river and
Johnny fell in and was carried over the
dam and drowned. The boy says he
feared he would get licked if he told. The
body has not been recovered.
Frank Whitewater, an Indian, was run
over by the ears on the Milwaukee road
at Valley junction. One leg was badly
mangled. He was walking beside the
track in company with two other Indians
and claims the other Indians robbed him
and then threw him under a passing
train. He was taken to the hospital and
the injured leg amputated at the hip.
Paul Pagel had an experience with a
fox that was both thrilling and unusual.
The boy is only JIG years old and while
passing through some timber near BaT-
aboo he noticed the animal and bit it
with a rock. This enraged the fox and
he rushed upon the boy, biting and
scratching him. After a struggle of sew
eral minutes the fox was choked and
beaten into insensibility and finally kill
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from hunger. The boys injuries are not
serious.
Bob Campbell, q professional diver at
work in the La Crosse river on city wat
err mains, met with an accident. He was
working in the water and had been down
some time. Finally the men above be-
came alarmed and pulled him to the sur
face. Campbell had evidently pulled the
bell cord, but tie string became tangled
and did not sound the gong. Water had
leaked in around the headpiece and
Campbell was also suffering from cramps.
He YVES UNCONSCIOUS and in a critical
condition when taken from the water.
The November term of the Circuit
Court convened at Racine with a light
calendar. Among the cases was that of
the Milwaukee Electric Railway and
Light Company against City Treasurer
Michael Colbert, Jacob Hettrich, George
Murphy, labor leaders, and others, charg-
ing them with conspiracy in boarding the
cars and refusing to pay fares by drop
ping them in a box. This incident Great
ed a bitter fight several weeks ago be-
tween citizens and the company. All of
the cases were stricken from the cal
endar on motion of the plaintiffs attor-
neys.
The cities in the Fox River valley have
been flooded during the past few days
with a large amount of counterfeit coin.
The money is in the form of half and
quarter dollars and most of the counter
feits are notably bad work, both in the
appearance n ring.
Fat Lawler, a bridge tender, complain
ed to the police that he was robbed of
$3.50 in Oshkosh while out with some
friends. One of the friends has been
arrested ON suspicion, but the money has
not yet been recovered. Lawler is an
elderly Irishman and was recently paid
off.
Neenah and Menasha have been trou-
bled by an organized gang of boy thieves
who nave for the last month committed
many bold robneries. Tn gang seems
to be made up of several youthful rogues.
and the police are at a loss low to cap
ture the boys and put an end to the rob
berries.
Seier Jorgensen, a Danish farmer rho
lives near Valley Junction, has received
word from the United States consul at
Copenhagen that he Is one of the heirs
70 an estate left by an aunt who has