Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-01
An ifn&aown man attempted suicide at

An irn@Rown man attempted suicide at
Sheboygan.
Much valuable property has been de-
stroyed by forest fires.
Thomas Low and son Guy of Babcock
have returned from the Kl0ndike
At Raa e Soren Show. a teamster,
was badly injured in runaway.
A severe electrical storm passed over
Abbotsford, doing considerable damage.
Oshkosh milk dealers have combined to
raise the price of milk.to 6 cents quart
Harry Brown. aged 80 years, was in
etantly killed by a freight train at Brook
lyn
A movement has been started at Stur-
geon Bay TO change the name of the city
to Otumba.
g. Bacon has brought suit against the
city Of Amigo for $500 for alleged per-
sonal injuries.
John Hines, woodsman from Stevens
Point, was struck by train at Nash
and killed
r. G. Field of os4o shipped train
load Of young stock to Omaha, about
1000 head.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has begun work on its new wire
between Houghton and Chicago.
III. l.. Smith, cashier of a bank at
Durand, is now considering the question
of establishing a bank at Osseo. Mr..
Martlett of Stanley is also planning To
establish bank
While on his way home from town
shortly after midnight, Bonner Jenkins,
who lired nile south of CaBoria, was
run down by a west-bound East freight
and instantly killed.
Edmund, the S-year-eld son of John
Butz, while trying to get on the cars at
the lake front at Manitowoc, fell under
the wheels and had both of his legs cut
off below the knees.
Articles of incorporation of the Elk
hart Lake Park Company have been fled
The capital stock is $4,000 The COM
pany owns a large tract of land on the
west shore of Elkhart lake.
short-change man, who worked a
score of business men in Menasha and
Neenah the past few days, was sent to
the county Jail for thirty days. He gave
his name as George HiggiIs.
The Kimberly & Clark Company of
Neenah has made arrangements for the
cutting Of pulpwood ON the Men0minee
this year for the company's mill at Nj
agara, better known as Quinnesec Falls.
While towing logs near the boom COM
pany's breakwater at Mannette, the tug
E2nia churned up the body of man. The
remains were badly decomposed and un-
recognizable. There is much speculation
in regard to the identity of the man
found.
The dead body of Gerhardt Nickols, a
lo-year-old boy, was found in swamp
near Trempealeau mountain. Nickols
had been missing for two days. He had
been hunting and was killed by the ac-
cidental discharge of his gun while get
ting ont of a boat.
Julius Behnke Of White Lake, aged
about 20 years, broke his neck while re-
turning home from church. just before
reaching home, boys along the roadside
attempted to "eat on for a ride and
as they took hold of the back seat it
came off and the old man was precipitat-
ed to the ground.
Frank Mueller of Freedom, who was
thought to have been killed nineteen
years ago in an accident in Chicago, ne
turned to his fathers home recently with
a wife and family. His aged mother
was prostrated by the sudden return of
her son. Mueller has accumulated val
uable property in Ohio.
Fire broke out near the La Crosse
County insane asylum at West Salem.
For a time the asylum was threatened
and the result was wild panic among
the inmates of the institution. People
went out from the village and after some
desperate work the flames were extin-
guished and the asylum saved.
A disastrous fire occurred ON the farm
o. Ernest Smith, half mile north of
the Racine county line. His barn, hay
stacks, farm machinery, carriages and
other property We're totally destroyed.
The loss was between S2,5O0 and $4,000,
with partial insurance. The fire was
caused by children playing with matches.
The Milwaukee Electric Railway and
Light Company scored victory in the
recent troubles which stirred up Racine.
August Hyman, one of the men brought
by the. company to eject people who re-
fused to drop fares in boxes, was tried
before Judge David Flett of the Munici-
pal court, on the charge of assauting
Louis Wishman. citizen who refused to
obey the rules of the company and was
put off the cars. The court decided that
sufficient force had not been used to con-
stitute a case of assault, and the accused
was discharged.
Prof. Alfred Holtz, formerly of Mil
waukee, now instructor in music of the
Deutscher yerein, and Charles 4. Bartz,
a prominent contractor. hgd a narrow es-
cape from almost Instantaneous and a
horrible death. They We're returning to
La Crosse in a carriage from the coun-
try about dark, when a locomotive pull !
ing freight train on the Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy road plunged into the
carriage The vehicle was wrecked and
the occupants escaped quite miraculousiy
without the slightest scratch. Both were
thrown some distance.
The convention held at Racine under
the auspices of the State and Interstate
Good Roads and Public Improvement As
sociation was a success. There were
over 500 visitors present from Racine and
Kenosha counties, the majority of them
being well-to-do farmers, who heartily
indorse the good roads movement.
Speeches were made by Edward Scofeld,
Governor of Wisconsin; Congressman III.
A. Cooper, w. III. Moore and Rella G.
Harber of st. Louis, president and sec
retary respectively of the national as
sociation; Gen. Il. G. Harrison, the Gov
ernment expert On good roads, and others.
A permanent organization was formed
and win be called the Southeastern Wis
eonsin Good Roads Association. 1t COM
prises both Racine and Kenosha coun-
ties.
The big plant of the G. & J. Michel
Brewing Company at La Crosse narrow
" escaped destruction by fire. Fire start.
ed in som mysterious manner in the
cupola of the main ma]ti:fg house and
spread rapidly under the steel roef. The
loss is heavy. There il some irsrranee.
Adolph Whitmyer, eupola-tender at
the Stevens factory in Marinette, had a
narrow escape from asphyxiation. While |
feeding the cupola he was overcome by
the powerful fumes. but had presence OF |
mind enough to stagger to the elevator
and pull the rope He was unconscious
when the elevator reached the first foor. |
The Chicago. Milwaukee and ST. Paul |
Railway Company has established sta
ton and agent at Arbor Vitae for the |
first time. This gives the place United |
States express and direct commercial |
Western Union telegraph wire.
At Fond du Lac. Willie McDougal
school boy, was frightfully mangled and /
,.S.-sa,,efry sys1x.rad I4a xuaS ssfe4 ina wing |