Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-15

Dennis Murphy, d young farmer near
Fine BLUM, had his left arm torn of in
q corn shredder.
Erdmann Wildgrube, q farmer Of the
town Of Wilson, WAS killed IN q runaway
accident near his home.
August st. Peter, an old resident Of
~aiarinette County, attempted to commit
suicide. He was adjndged insane.
In the Circuit Court at Baraboo Frank
and Dick Bedell we're found guilty Of
horse stealing. They were sentenced ID
Waupun.
The jury in the case Of the Stat
against Mary cormican Of Menominee
Charged with infanticide. found defend
ant insane.
A dispatch received from Wilton say
that James Lewellin, who formerly nc
sided in the own Of Concord. had ON
nitted suicide by shooting himself,
Odd Fellows Hall, O'Connel's saloon
building and McMorn's blacksmith shop
ut Spring Valley burned. The insurance
Is light. 1t Is supposed that the fire was
Of incendiary origin.
At GAINESVILLE, fire totally destroyed the
Frank Randall bicycle factory. The loss
is $1,000, with 10 Insurance. The blaze
was caused by leakage and explosion in
4 gasoline waste pipe.
Near Hartland fire burned four build
ings, forty tons OF hay, 1000 bushels of
roots. fifty loads of coilistalks and one
horse at the farm Of III. w. Ansley. The
origin OF the fire is unknown.
Prentice Drumnond was fatally gored
by a mad bull on the farm Of his father.
David Drummond of la Crosse. The
young man went into the stall and was
stamped and goGed, but was still alive
when rescued.
William Zwickey of Van Dyne. who
has he'd the gold medal for being the
best cieesemaker of Fond du Lac Coun-
ty for several years, was again awarded
the medal at the annual cheese exhibit
at Fond du Lac.
Tho first hunting accident OF the season
IL Marinette County occurred when a
14-year-old boy was accidentally shot by
his brother. The gun was loaded with
shot and the charge penetrated his arm
and side. He may not recover.
The Ashland Daily Eress publishes the
statement that Frederick Weyerhauser,
the millionaire lumberman, is closing 4
dead for the purchase of 100000 acres
of timber lands from the Northern Pacific
Railway Company. The consideration Is
$6,0OO,000.
While getting off a train at the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul depot in
Sparta NJ. II. I~sansee, a prominent farm
er, fea under the train and had both
feet crushed. He claims the train start
ed to back up after stopping and threat
ems to bring suit against the company.
A shocking accident occurred at the
Berlin quarry. Eph. Roberts. an old and
experienced employe, was carried away
on a ten-ton rock. on which he was at
work, and precipitated into the bottom of
the pit. 100 feet below. Showers Of huge
rocks went with him, crushing his body
to a pulp and killing him instantly.
Mrs. jaeger, an old woman, was killed
and a man named Schroeder lost d leg at
the Wisconsin Central Railroad crossing
near the Stevens Point depot. Mrs.
Jaeger was going home from church and
was on the crossing, but did not see an
approaching train. Schroeder saw her
danger and attempted to save her, but
was caught himself.
Six miles northwest Of Tomahawk An
drew ]. McKeene shot Frederick Peter
son through the heart, killing him in
stantls. McKeene and Peterson had been
employed as sawyers in the Alexander
Stewart Lumber Conpany's camp, near
Harshaw, all summer. Abo' two weeks
/ n Oa fhay- no mo ~ hrv,4 a. ~. rLn ,x,x
der was a result of a gralret.
The establishment Of the Menasha
Woodenware Company, employing 1,200
men, shut down as the result of d strike
of tw~enty-eight lathenlen. The employees
were recently offered an increase in
wages of 20 per cent on condition that
each lathe was to get out 100 more
pals a day. This was not satisfactory
to the men. As the running of the works
depends on the lathemen the plant was
closed down pending a settlement.
A Chicago and Northwestern freight
train ran into Tom Nancy as he was
driving home from Manitowoc. The ac-
cident occurred at the West Branch
crossing. Mike T. Cooney occupied a Sc It
IN the wagon with Nancy and had his
team OF horses hitched to the rear of it.
They were both thrown quite a distance,
receiving serious internal injuries and
bad bruises about the body. Maney's
team of horses was instantly killed and
the wagon was wrecked.
Young Chase, the Oshkosh boy who
disappeared recently, has been found. He
is at a numbering ca mp, thirteen miles
1 above Choxx+a,,a - II <.-ou Tho ,n,h1soo tia,
of his disappearance in the newspapers
thai resulted in his discovery. The par-
ents kept the boys absence secret for
more than d week, relying upon the eff
forts of the police Finally they gave
1t to the press and soon received a tele.
phone message announcing that he had
been found. The boy, it seems, left home
in a fit Of anger, taking a good stock of
clothing, and set out to earn his own liv-
ing in the pineries.
Harry lie Roy and James Barry, two
young men who claim to belong to good
families of Saginaw, Mich, were arrest
ed at Kenosha by Officer Orth, who
caught them in the act of b~urgiarizing
a fruit store owned by Joseph Pacini.
The arrest OF the two men furnished d
very exciting time for the officers. lie
Roy bad gone into the building and had
barricaded the door against the coming
of the officials. His companion was left
to watch on the outside. When the pos
lice discovered the men they attempted
to get into the store, and when they final
ly succeeded lie Roy jumped through the
front window. The officer had little trou-
BILE in capturing him, as he was badly
injured by the broken glass. Barry start-
cd to run, but was captured after an
exciting chase, in which a number of off,
GERS took part and after FIVE shots had
been fred at him..
The body of Roy Craw, the ~4-year-old
boy who disappeared from his home neal
Kelley, was found under a windfall in
a swamp two miles from his home. The
little fellow had died of exposure, hum
ger and fatigue.
Miss Alice McCaffery of Beaver Dam.
who was injured by the o~verturning of a
bus owned by Philip Staab OF Beaver
Dam, was awarded damages in the SUM
of 81 ,420 by a jury in the County Court.
Miss McCaffery, with a number Of other
young women, was on her way to Column
bus to a social. As a result of her in-
juries she is a cripple for life.
The 12-year-old daughter of a Pole
named Slavinski, living near C~rivitz, was
burned to death. She was playing near
a bonfire when her dress caught the
flames. She ran screaming and before
rescued was fatally burned. The children