Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-04-05

age. has been adJudged insane and taken
to the Mendoza asylum.
Nearly 500 teachers attended the con-
vention of the Northwestern Teachers
Association at Stevens Point.
An amicable settlement has been reach
ed and the strike at the Beebe company's
works in Racine declared off.
A move is on foot 10 build Masonic
temple at Racine. A site Will soon be Sc
lected and plans and specifications or
dered
Deaths in the State: NJ. III. Baldwin,
aged %, Sparta; Mrs. Louis Gilbertson,
GAINESVILLE; Mrs. A. $. Hood. aged 81,
Racine.
At Neccdah, John L. Kingston is dead
of heart failure after an illness of only
three days. He was born in st. Clair
County, Illinois, Jan. 81, 1919.
AT Eau Claire, Circuit Judge o. eill de-
MED motion for the release from jail of
Alexander Meggitt, an aged lawyer and
register of the United States land Office,
committed for contempt last September.
Mrs. Richard Guenther and Miss Lii
liam Guenther. accompanied by Miss Fan
ME Schriber, all of Oshkosh. will sail for
Frank rt-on-the- Main, Germany, on May
8, to join Mr. Guenthcr, United States
consul at that city.
AT the Ross Lumber Company's camp
near Arbor Vitae. Jack McDermot was
struck on the head by good-sized log and
instantly killed. the blow crushing his
skull "a terrible manner. Deceased
was unmarried aud about 80 years of age.
Mrs Frederick Nash of Brodhead
awoke and found her husband suffering.
She ran to the neighbors for help and ON
returning slipped and fell. breaking her
leg below the hip. Her husband died
while she was away
Frank Kuefnemann made an attempt
10 kill his wife az Sheboygan Ivy shooting
her in Henne's millinery store. The bill
entered above the heart, IL being only q
short way from the vital spot. The wom-
an will live. KuehncmaHn is drinking
man.
The recent heavy rains and thaw caus-
ed The dam on Honey creek to give way
and the rush Of water undermined the
foundation OF Ioddis' mill ut Baraboo and
caused It's demolition The loss is Sl6,0 900.
The mill was owned By Mr.. Koenig, who
will rebuild.
John Goctz, who is empiGged ia the
brewing department of the William Rahr
Sons Company's plant ut Manitowoc, fell
from one OF the casks ia The cellar and
sustained serious injuries OF the pelvis,
which will confine him to his home for
several months
In the ease of John Heiincs against the
village OF Waterloo, which had been Oh
trial over two weeks, Judge George
Grimm decided in favor of the village.
Mr.. Helmes brought suit for damages of
$500 for alleged trespass on land lying in
a principal street.
The McDonalds Of La Crosse have pur-
chased of John G. Daaiels of Keokuk,
Iowa, the raft boat. Kit Carson. and her
howboat. They will he used this coming
season in towing lumber down the Mis-
sissippi from the Chippewa for the Valley
Lumber Company OF Eau Claire.
a small fire broke ont in one of the
rooms at the Pennoyer sanitarium, near
kenosha. The fire occurred in the rooms
occupied by one of the guests and the loss
will probably be litri, over 500 Some
of the guests of the house were badly
frightened. but 10 one was injured
Charles E. Ringiiag, of Ringing Bros.
circlIs, has been in Rice Lake, and stated
that the brothers contemplated the cree
ton of large business block or Main
street The parents of the Ringlings for,
mery resided there, and the sons now
purpose erecting handsome building in
memory OF their father.
Frank Moran, a young man living neag
Brandon, was held up by two unknown
men on recent evening, near Fairwater,
while returning from visit TO relatives
who live near Ripon. He was driving
along, paying little attention to anything,
when suddenly two men stepped out of the
shadow. one Selling the horse by the head
while the other attempted TO get into the
cutter. Mr.. Moran piled the whip to the
horse and succeeded in breaking away
from them, but received a heavy blow in
the side from one of them. His horse
took him to Brandon, where he was found
unconscious.
lf-g0vernment in a Milwaukee school
has proved failure, and the pupils of
the Twenty-frst ward have gone back to
the old system OF imperialism" Prin-
cipal O'Hanlon some tiae ago introduced
a system of self-goverDmeat IN the school,
under which the pupils elected officers and
police force. The scheme worked well
and the lesson was taught that offenders
brought trouble and annoyance to the en-
tire population of the school room. But
some OF the parents objected. They claim
cd that it was teaching the children to be-
come ''tell-tales" and to spy upon each
other. Then School Director Fahsel is-
sued an order compelling Principal
O'Hanlon to again assume The reins of
government.
The Kenosha board Of water commits
siOners issued general order to the eff
feet that on and after July the system of
artesian water in the city would be aban-
doned and lake water will be supplied. For
years tho artesian water supply of the
city has been famous and many summer
residents have been attracted to the city
on account of if. 1t is estimated that the
water is now used by fully thcee-fourths
of the residents of the city and the new
order of the commissioners has caused a
great deal of dissatisfaction. The arte.
sian water supply. consisting of eight
wells, was put in by private enterprise.
and was purchased by the city about five
years ago for $4,000. The water COM
missiOners claim that they have been
forced to abandon the system on account
of the effect that the corrosive substances
in the water have had on the galvanized
pipes.
AT Stevens Point, fire destroyed John
Shannon's crockery and Wholesale and re-
tail grocery store and the X. III. Needing
K Co. drug store. The offices of Drs.
Won Neupert, DR.. Houlehan and John FL.
Brennan were ruined. Loss about $780,
600. with an insurance of $4,000.
A case of restitution has been found
near Wausaukee. Supt. Burke of Pesl,
tigo on his way to the logging camps came
across family that had been without
food for several days. The father had
been dead in the house for Il week. Two
children were So weak that they may not
recover.
Arthur Geisert. oldest son of Louis Gel
sert of Washburn, died ffosss the effects
of burns. \ servant WIS building tire and
poured what she supposed was Kerosene
which exploded. badly burning the woman
and two children who were in the room.
None were fatally burned. except Arthur.
David Babeock, a prominent resident
of Fond du Lac. died in Hot Springs,
Ark. Mr.. Babcock was born in Utica,
\. V, Jan. 4, 1885. He moved to Wis
consin in 1856. settling in Waupun; he
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