Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-06-20

in Sheboygau County will be greatly in
jured by the present long spell of dry
weather.
Joseph Eek, near Forestville, while
coupling cars accidentally caught his
hard between the bumpers, crushing it in
horrible manner.
The strawberry crop around Bavaboo,
of W lieh there was a large acreage is Il
tota' failure, and the drouth is now eff
feeling the apple crop,
A farmer, Louis Anderson. on the On
70 road about seven miles southwest of
Oshkosh, is quarantined on the suspicion
that he is i'll with smallpox.
Chief Of Police Pierce of Manitowoc
ARE, ted George f. Pettibone. who is
wanted at Green Bay on the charge of
stealing team of horses from a livery
man.
At Manitowoc movement has been
started for the absolute prohibition of
Sunday baseball games. A number Of
the local ministers are back of the mere-
ment.
The annual reunion of the Danish So
cieties of southern Wisconsin and north
ern Illinois was held at Lincoln r k in
Racine, Several thousand Danish-Amer-
leans were present.
Annie Henriette Selke, the 14-year-old
daughter of Herman Selkc of La Crosse,
was smothered by some peculiar growth
in her throat that. without warning,
closed the windpipe.
The store at Two Creeks belol ging to
the Pfster estate of Milwaukee was en-
tered by burglars. They blew open the
safe and stole 5000. The store is con-
Quoted by Otto Bush.
Belle Boyd, the famous spy of Confed
crate fame. died suddenly of heart dis
ease at kilbourne, where she was lectur-
ink She was 81 years of age and known
all over the country.
Sc, rotary O. s. Sisson has issued the
call for the annual reunion of the Second
Wisconsin volunteer cavalry, which will
be held during the national encampment
of the G. \. II. in Chicago.
l., T.. Goodwin Of Lost Lake had an ex-
animation on the charge Of attempting
to murder his wife by throwing her into
an old we'll. He was held in $4,000 bail
to appear in Circuit Court.
NJ H. BaIlou and l. Elmer Smith have
bought the Menasha paper mill of the S.
A. Cooke Manufacturing Company. The
new company will hereafter be known as
The Menasha Paper Company.
At Athens Joseph Boehm narrowly es-
capped serious injuries his team running
away for three blocks, whet il turned
sharp corner and threw him to the ground
and part Of the wagon passed over him.
Mrs Sarah Rulhsey has commenced
suit against the village of Omro for ST.
600 damages The complaint alleges
that the village is trying to coniiscate
some of her property and convert it into
a street
| Fire destroyed about 100000 feet Of
choice lumber owned by Rittenhouse &
Embree of Chicago, which was piled in
| Thompson's yard at Washburn, The IS
| timated loss is $50, 600, covered by insur-
ance. The fire caught from a spark in
the millyard.
The Algona Pea Packing Company has
commenced its season of pea canning
from its fist crop of peas Eighteen hun
dred acres of land has been sowed to
peas. Last year the output of the factory
was 500 600 ans. This year the husi-
ness will be doubled.
An attempt was made to wreck The
Northwestern passenger train near Ke-
nosha by placing large number of loose
| ties upon the track. Charles Halves,
a farmers son, said he saw three men
pile the ties. but was unable 10 get close
enough to identify them,
In Baraboo n peculiar accident hap
| pencd at Arthur Morey's brickyard. On
/ account Of the recent rains the earth be-
came very soft and caused twenty racks
to fall over The bricks had not been
| burned and are almost a total loss. The
racks contained 10000 bricks, valued at
5000.
Fayette Shaw & Co.'S tannery at Mel
! len burned the other night, The origin
Of the fire is unknown. Everything is
an eutire loss The amount OF the loss
is estimated at $30t 600 Al one time it
was thought it would be impossible TO
save the Foster Lumber CoMpany's mills
and yards Nine hundred men were
thrown out Of employment.
Charles nabbs. the only son Of VIII
liam Dabbs, weli-knowu farmer living
near Kenoshn, was fatally injured by be-
| ing kicked ia the head 10y vicious
! horse. lie had taken the horse to u pas
| ture when the animal turned and kicked
him. the hoof striking bin in the fore
! head and fracturiEg the skull.
On the Madison division OF the Chicago
and Northwestern Railway seventy nine
| firemcn were discharged Saturday and
! twenty-five engineers lost their positions
/ and ARG oow 6rrtnrp The force of brake
men and conductors was also reduced.
/ 4 decrease IN the volume of freight and
a desire to use the earnings on some Of
! the extensions in iowa and Minnesota
| is said 10 tp the cause of the discharge
! Of the men.
! John Spacck. a wcli-kuoWn farmer re-
1 siding in the town Of Maple Grove, was
/ excavatlog i'm his cellar. when rather un-
| expe,.teeiy his shovel struck against a
/ hard. metallic substance, and on inyesti-
! cation found to bis surprise that Il was
! 81. 800 in gold and silver coin. The money
/ was piled IN a heap and was found at a
considerable depth Mr. Spacek Gays he
cannot understand when or how the
| money got there.
According 70 message received at
/ Baraboo Alden Bieu was f"tally injured
/ by failing from ~ wagon 81 his home near
! Henry. s. y. Sir. Biep resided al Bara-
/ boo many years and VAS an old settler,
moving to South Dakota short time
/ since.
Two Mormon elders from Utah have
been seeking converts ut Eyanaville and
] other towns in that section. They 90 not
} hold open meetings but make q h0use-to-