Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-02
state Items of Interest.

Deer are quite numerous along the Wis
consin and Michigan Railway between
Fisher and Faithorn Junction.
John Hansen, aged rs, was run owe,
by a Wisconsin Central passenger trair
at a grade crossing in Stevens Point and
killed.
The Choate-Hollister Furniture Com
pany, formerly of Oshkosh, has been re
organized at GAINESVILLE. The capita
stock is $4,000.
At the special election at Waupun the
question of issuing bonds for an ~electrit
light plant was carried, BIG votes for te
1870 votes against.
Mrs. II. Kundy, aged 60 years, fel
from a load of hay at Wrightstown and
was fatally injured, dying shortly after
wards of her injuries.
The United States Cast Iron and Foun
| dry Company has filed deeds of the prop
erty formerly owned by the Wisconsin
Steel Company at Superior and transfer
red by it to the combine. The considera
| tion is thought to be 100000.
The milkmen who were arrested at Be
| lott were fined on charges brought by the
State Dairy and Food Commission fol
using .Preservaline'' in their milk.
The bootblacks Of Appleton have form.
| ed a trust which has for its essential rule
| the forbidding of the sale of a shine
| for less than 10 cents.
THE old Wisconsin Central ~roundhouse
| burned at Oshkosh. 1t was located OF
he south side and was used only fol-
| housing an old freight engine. The en-
| rine was also destroyed in the fire. The
loss on the building is $4,000 and on the
| engine $4,000.
Helen Schultz, the 1T-year-old girl who
| disappeared from Red Granite, has been
| found at Princeton.
The 21slyear-old son of George Schultz
| lost his life at Leeds by a COW crushing
| the child's head, causing death in a short
time.
The residence Of Prof. G.. l.. Collie OF
| Beloit College was damaged by fire to
| the extent Of $500 or $400. The build
ing is owned by the college.
Two experts in porcelain making are in
Dunn County to investigate the clay beds
| there with d view of using them If prac-
| ticable for porcelain making. Their
names are r.. Il. Geysbeek of Cincinnati
and s. II. Geysbeek of New Brighton, Pa.
Auguts Hoeft. % years of age. commit.
| ted suicide at Waterfowl by hanging. He
| formerly lived near fiubhieto.. He is
| survived by a widow and ten children.
Mrs. j. w. Babcock, Necedah. died at
that place of cancer aged 10 years. She
was the wife of Congressman Babcoek
| and daughter of G. G. Finch of Lyons,
Iowa.
Mrs. Carrie Ref, wife of Operator
Clemenz Ref of the Milwaukee road at
! Dex~terville, and a young man named
John Schofcld were arrested near West
! Salem by Sheriff Vincent and taken Is
Grand Rapids. They We're bound over
Ia the Circuit Court and III default Of
| $500 bail each We're placed Ia Jail.
Jacob al. Gottfredson, Kencsha. d;e.l
aged 20 years He was a pic.eer busi-
ness man Of the Northwest, having locat.
! cd at kenosha in 1910.
Gen. Harrison OF Washington. the Fed
| eral expert who is supervising Senator
| Steut's road at Menononie, delivered an
| address al Eau Claire on the good roads
movement.
The Metropolitan Opera Company
which plays at Oshkosh. has as musical
| director A. Rareuther, who left that cit.s
ten years ago. He had been register e
deeds aud was a member of the law i'm
OF Hume & Oellerich. One day he disap-
| peaaed, and it was at first believed that
he had been foully dealt with.