Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-12


water moccasin in her back yard. 1t
was large snake and was killed with an
AZ.
After repeated adjouruments, the COR
oner's jury decided that Adam Rote. who
was found dead in the Baraboo river.
came to his death 10y some unknown
hand
a squall eapsized sailboat being sail
ed by Andrew Olson and Il companion
on Superior bay Olson was drowned
before help could reach him, but the 9th
er man was saved.
Edward Blabon. secretary and treas
urer Of the JanesviIle Electric Railway
Company, has sent word from Philadel-
phia that the proposed GAINESVILLE. Beloit
and Rockford electric line will not be
built
Four young people of West Superior.
two men and two girls, were taken in by
the police because the men were wearing
the petticoats aud the girls the trousers.
1t cost each of the quartet SIS to get
released.
A heavy cloudburst visited Campbells-
port, accompanied by lightning and very
high winds. The storm did considerable
damage. James Floods new potato
warehouse, nearing completion, was
blown down.
Melvin Howard, the negro who. il is
alleged, shot and wounded Sheriff War
ner at Ployer, while the latter was Mt
tempting to arrest him for highway rob-
berry, was bound over to the Circuit
Court under 81 900 bonds.
Thorwald Hansen, captain of the
schooner j. V. Jones of kenosha and one
of the best known among sailing men on
Lake Michigan, was drowned at Sutton's
Bay, Mich. The captain was struck by
u boom and Knocked overheard.
Max Brugger. 20 years of age. was
struck and fatally injured by a street
car at the AXE Shore drive crossing in
North Fond du Lac and died at st. Ag-
mes hospital His skull was fractured
and he did not gain consciousness after
the accident.
The will of the late John Pritzlaff,
which was fled for probate in yIilwau-
kee, leaves his property to his son and
daughters and their heirs. Requests TO
char able institutions and the evangeli-
al Lutheran church are made to the
amount of S10,So0.
Track laying on the X. L. d. & NJ.
Railway has been completed to Ridge
land, the present terminus of the extern
sion Of the line. Trains will be run from
Rice Lake to Ridgeland beginning at
once, using the 500 track from Barron
to Cameron Junction.
During severe electrical storm the
house of George Heisner, a farmer living
north of Chippewa Falls, was struck by
lightning three times in succession. His
wife was instantly killed. but baby she
held in her arms was uninjured The
house is a total wreck
The annual session of the German Bap-
list conference of the States of Wiscon-
sin, Iowa, Minnesota and the two Da-
kotas convened at North Freedom.
About 100 delegates We're in attendance.
The conference was opened with a SER
mon By Rev. Mr.. Rose.
A stone that fell from one of the pass
ing freight trains on the Northwestern
tracks came near wrecking south-bound
passenger train at Racine. A brakeman
on north-bound train had gotten off to
investigate and ran ahead to flag the APP
preaching passenger train.
\ freight train on the Chicago ard
Northwestern Railway, consisting Of six
teen ears, was derailed one mile north
of Oshkosh. The ears were all empty,
except two. which were loaded with coal
The accident was due to an air-brake
hose bursting. No one was hurt
Fire caught in vacant saloon building
in Ashland and the structure was de-
stroyed. The next morning it was dis
covered that a man had been cremated
in the burning structure. He had gone
there when drunk and had evidently been
the cause of the fire starting. 1t is pre-
sumed that the flames started rom a
cigar and that the man was burned
while in drunken stupor.
William Cairnes, one of the oldest and
best-kr own millwrights on the Wiscon-
sin river. met with II fatal accident in the
mill of the ID. X Jefferis Lumber Com
pany at Jefferis. Carnes was engaged in
releasing board from one of the saws
on the edger when the accident occurred.
A saw was accidentally tripped. and his
right arm came in contact with same
and was severed in two places.
New Glarus was the center of attrac-
ton recently for several thousand people,
the occasion being the laying Of the cor
ner stone of the new Swiss Reformed
Church. Pastor Roth was assisted in
the services by number of clergymen
of the county. including Rev. J. y. Et-
ter Of Monroe. who held the pastorate
of the New Glarus church for thirty
years, bat resigned two years ago. An
elaborate program was carried out Tie
new structure is being erected at cost
of about $4,000. aside from the fur
nishings Of its interior.
Fire broke out at Abbotsford in one
of the barber shops caused from the
tipping over of burning gasoline lamp,
and destroyed a block on one of the
business streets. The blaze started in A.
Dowden's barber shop and spread To J.
S. Reynolds drug store, both buildings
owned by o. II. Blanchard, and contain
ing the dwelling rooms of j. +. Penney
and the restaurant of Mrs. f. Kinney.
The flames spread to the buildings owned
by j. Margraf and containing a saloon
and dwelling run by J. c. Daniels. The
Hotel Tenant. of which II. c. Tenant
is the proprietor. was also harmed. The
losses aggregate 81, 900.
Jacob Gross. treasurer Of The Gross
Brothers Soap Company of Milwaukee,.
killed himself by shooting because of
business troubles.
I C PaynpAthe noted breeder ~ fine