Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-21
The Racine police have forbidden raj.

Enron Perry, prominent farmer sou n
Of Augusta, was crushed TO death be-
tween a barn and wagon.
The little SON of George Ments at Lo-
gansville was probably fatally burned by
his clothes catching fire while burning
leaves.
Burglars entered the hardware store of
Oft Brothers at Springfield. Consdera
bic hardware was stolen; also valua-
bic fur coat.
Coy. Scotielo may not send message
to the next Legislature, as was provided
for in a joint resolution introduced in the
last Legislature.
At the special village election at Omro
G. w. Rhodes was ele cted president If
the village board in place of Bert Golf
mann, deceased.
Oscar Olson, employed by the Colman
Lumber Company in its La Crosse plan
ing mill, was instantly killed by the
breaking of belt.
The Lutheran Church at Kasson, new
brick editice, was dedicated. Members
from six different congregations were
present mt the ceremonies.
Frank Kirclr Of Maple Grove was
struck by west-bound passenger train No.
> at Brillion. His head was cut open,
his legs badly mangled and recovery is
doubtful.
Arthur Demmick, aged s years. fell
from a heavily loaded wagon at New
Richmond. Both wheels passed over his
neck, which was broken. and he died
instantly.
Mrs. w. w. Williams of Baraboo, aged
40, while burning leaves caught her
clothes afire and had it not been for
prompt assistance she would have burn
cd to death.
Ernest Scfeplec, foreman of the grinder
mill of the Kimberly & Clark Company's
mill at Niagara, had his clothing caught
by shaft and he was wound around i.
and instantly killed.
Jalmer Johnson. a 10-year-old boy,
tice while it was moving. He missed his
hold and the train ran over his left leg.
The limb was amputated.
An additional rural free delivery ser
vice has been established at Prairie du
Sac. 1t covers an area of forty square
miles with a population of 563. J. j.
Waite was appointed carrier.
Bartholomew Poplinski, resident of
Stevens Point, was knocked down while
on his way home by lone highwayman
and robbed of mis- pocketbook, containing
about 81, 100 in bills and notes.
James Roche, charged with stealing
$50 from the cash register of a restau-
rant in Racine Oct. %. pleaded guilty
in the municipal court and was sent to
Waupun for a term of eight months.
Former Gov. George W. Peck will edit
the comic supplement of the New York
World for the coming year. Gov. Peck
win not move from Milwaukee, but will
send his copy" to the Office from there.
Joseph Frantl, a saloonkeeper at 1856
Winnebago street Milwaukee, commit
ted suicide by throwing himself under
the wheels of a Northwestern passenger
train, which ground him to pieces. He
was married and prosperous.
One of the finest specimens of gray
wolf was killed at the Sturgeon Bay
canal by Charles Wondrosek, engineer Of
the government tug Energy. The brute
tipped the scales at 176 pounds, and is
the first seen there for many, many
years.
\ 4year-old daughter of B. C. Palmer,
a farmer residing near Boydtown, was
fatally burned. A tent in which his chill
dren were camping caught fire, the blaze
setting fire to the little girls clothing, in
ficting injuries that proved fatal almost
Immediately.
Robertsi Grace, captain of the normal
school football telm and son of Harry
III. Grace, a, prominent West Superior
attorney, made, sensation by leaving
school with the statement that he had
married Lillian Buchanan, an operator
in the local telephone ex hange. The
marriage took place in Duluth. They
leave at once for Everett, Wash, to live.
Grace is 20 years old.
Old Matthias Brick, who died suddenly
in Kenosha,, was buried by charity in the
city cemetery. He was a wealthy man
and his heirs will receive a large amount
| of money as a result of his death. After
! the old man was dead some of the friends
| made an examination of large bunch of
papers eft by him and it was discovered
that the German government holds in
trust large sum of money left to him
by his father and other relatives. Brick
fed from Germany to avoid military
| duty and during his absence his relatives
| died, leaving their estates to him.
Through his attorney Henry Il. Cor
| bett has filed an affidavit of prejudice
against the Circuit Court in Racine Coun-
| ty. over which Judge Fish presides, and
| the case against Rev. David +. Cheney
and wife and Chief of Police Edward
| Schumacher of Racine viii be heard in a
| Milwaukee court about the first week in
| December. This action, Il damage suit
! against Corbett's accusers. recalls the
| famous CoFbett-Cheney case, in which
| Henry +. Corbett, an Englishman, was
, accused of attempting to murder the min
| lister and his wife in their own home in
| that city. After n sensational trial he
succeeded in establishing an unassailable
alibi and was acquitted of the charge.
The Fox River Valley Telephone Com
| pany has been organized in Appleton and
| Incorporated with capital stock of $780,
| 600. The incorpofators are: John 5. Van
| Nortwick and John McNaughton, mill
| ionaire paper manufacturers, with inter-
ests all through the Fox River valley;
! Captain John " Baer. general manager
| of the Green Bay and Mississippi Canal
! Company, all of Appleton. and W. l..
| Hutchins of the Wolf River Telephone
! Company The company will establish
| exchanges at Appleton, kaukauna, Nee
nah, Menasha. Kimberly, Combined
/ Locks. and their toll lines will connect
| with those of the Wolf River company,
| already established throughout the Wis