Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-01-24

Jacob Blahnek. a wealthy farmer NV
ing near Algoma, was nearly killed in a
runaway.
j Anton Bets er Of Blair was killed at
syrights Spur by being struck on the
head by falling limb.
A farm house owned by G. IL. opheim
! in the town of Washington burned. Loss
$1,000, small insurance
/ AT Big Bend a little son of Thomas
I King. while playing with his brother, shot
/ him through the lung with revolver
At Oshkosh Olga Timm. aged Il years,
was burned to death while playing with
paper near stove. She died IN horrl-
I BILE agony.
The date of the State q. a. X. encamp-
ment 10 be held at West Superior has
been changed from June and to June
81 and IS.
Michael Egan. one of the best known
early Irish settlers and business men OF
Beloit. died suddenly at the cathonc
/ Church during services.
4 The Nek9osa Paper Companys hnlsh-
ing room and one paper machine We're
/ DESTROYED by fire. The lo%s may reach
$4,000 and is covered by insurance
Burglars stole $500 from the home Of
Samuel Barlow. agent for the American
| EXP c.,S Company at Menasha. The
money belonged TO the express company.
The seed house outbuildings of the
Riyerdale seed farm, owned by Is, NJ.
| Vaughan of Grand Rapids, were totally
destroyed by FIRE Being ON the outskirts
of the city, no fire protection was to be
had Insurance S400. Cause of fre un-
known.
| ID. s. Holderby, district agent of the
| Northwestern Benevolent Society, and
| well known throughout the State, was
| held up by two hghwaymen at Racine.
! His pockets were rined and the robbers
{, got S17 in money and pocSetboek con
tanning papers,
At Burlington FIRE broke out in the cam
era factory OF the Multiscope and Film
! Company. and as the fire had good
| start before it was discovered the build
/ ing and its contents were nearly totaiiy
| destroyed. The loss is over $4,000 and
! tho insurance is $1,000.
| A man supposed to have been John
| Rossiter of Dolarville, Mich, was run
over and killed by an engine on the w.
/ b. 4 /. Railroad at Washburn. He was
/ identified by a number of friends aud ac-
| quaintances and his brother was sent for.
| At the inquest it was discovered that the
dead man was Peter Faikner, a resident
1 OF Washburn.
| The boilermakers OF cSarly all the shops
! in Milwaukee went out on a strike be-
! cause the bosses would not sign the union
/ scale of wages. They ask for O alne-hour
| day and Il minimum wage scale of SD.
| Later the following firms acceded to the
! demands of the men and signed the scale:
| Davis Bros, Mertes X Miller, j. ". Ey-
1 entston and BuXbaum Bros.
| Mrs Friend c. Suiter, wife of DR.. Sult-
! er. member of the State Board of Health,
! had narrow escape from burning to
death at La Crosse. Her clothing aeci-
dentally caught fire and the flames rap
! idly spread over her body. Life was saw
ed only by assistance arriving promptly.
! The clothing was torn from her body and
a portion of her hair cut off.
The Appleton woolen mills inaugurated
! the prott-sharing plan by paying over
/ fifty employees a dividend of 4 per cent
! on the amount of wages earned by each
| last year. No notification of intention
| to pay dividend had been given EN-
/ ployes by the company This concern is
! the first among Fox River Valley manu-
featuring plants to introduce the profit
| sharing plan.
| An important case has been taken un-
der advisement by Judge Helms IL the
| Circuit Court at Chippewa Falls. VIII
liam Evans had a life policy in the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen amount
! ing to 81 800. made out in favor of his
mother He was married TO Anna Blooms
hart in 1896 and had the policy transfer
| red and made payable to his Wife, but
/ the policy was never signed by Evans.
| Evans died and his mother sued the
| brotherhood for the money on his life
and so did his wife. The brotherhood
answered that the money would be paid
10 the court and held Until decision was
I rendered
| Janesville is to have midwinter fair
| in March. Two years ago one was held
there and it proved far more of sue
! cess than was anticipated. Farmers from
every portion of Rock County partici-
! pated The fair is held ON the same plan
as a county fair, only on not as large
scale The fair this year will be held in
the rink building, which is the largest
! incIosed structure in the city In the
/ building are placed the different displays
of grain, vegetables, culinary, dairy,
fruits, poultry and pet stock. No one
| who is not :; resident of the towns and
cities are allowed to compete in any way.
The farmers have everything their own
way. The fair lasts three days.
n1kr
years of age, whose uarc'ts reside at
Harrison, lies in very critical condition
ut the Sisters hospital in Tomahawk as
the direct result of practical joke. 1t
seems the young man was foreigner,
a Belgian, and could not speak or under
stand English. He was employed III
| logging camp near Tonanawk. The men
! in camp. seeing he was green, thought
they would have some fun with him, and
20 they took a gun thai was in camp and
by tiourishing it around, talking loud and
looking and pointing at him, frightened
him so that he ran out into the woods,
the men yelling and calling after him.
He was afraid they would surely kill him,
so he dug a hole i'm the snow and re-
mai;lea in the woods for two days and
three nights. He would not allow a per-
son TO get near him, and was only caught
when he became so exhausted he could
go no further The train crew picked
him up and took him to town. The doc
tors examination of his feet revealed the
fact that they were both badly frozen.
He will lose several toes and il may be
necessary to amputate both feet.
A horse fell from the sorting platform
i'm the rear of the Peshtigo mill and was
instantly killed. The driver had mar
row escape.
James Amer. farmer residing in
Rock County, near Beloit, whose wife
died recently, has been brought up short
by Judge Fifeld on account OF his treat
ment of his motherless children. Neigh
hors say that the household is in a terri
BILE state. Amer was ordered to bring his
children TO GAINESVILLE. and they viii be
turned over to the Children, Home So
ciety of Wisconsin with heaaqHarters at
Milwaukee.
The jury in the case against Herman
Schultz brought in verdict Of not gull
ty at Ashland Schultz was accused Of
numbering ]. Green in August. 1898. but
he was not arrested for the crime until
a year later.
An unknown man was killed by
freight train about half mile north Of
Waldo In coming around a curve the
engineer saw him lying on the track, hut
was too close to stop the train before the