Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-28

tue l.eldHu hOIei ONCE at AS1l3nu, was
found frozen TO death near Ashland.
George Mentes' 5-year-old son. at Lo-
gansville, died as the result of his cloth
ing catching fire while his parents were
away from home.
The Paine Lumber Company's dry kiln
at Oshkosh burned, with a large stock of
lumb !. The Loss is $1,000, with an
insurance Of $4,000.
OF 1868 school children in Milwaukee
examined during the past year, 5055
had del" tive vision and /, lit were af-
flicted with eye troubles.
Katie Keenan, OF Fox River, who is
employed at the home of Attorney Peter
Fisher in kenosha. was terribly injured
by Kerosene explosion.
The contract for the building of a
bridge near Tesch Mills has been let by
the County board to the Milwaukee
| Bridge Company for $1,000
The searchers found the remains of
William See. the hunter who disappear
ed. They discovered his body near mo.
He had been shot through the head.
Frank Gursky Of Junction City suffered
the fracture of every finger ON his left
hand while at work laying track for Al
derson x Langley near Star Lake. Five
rails fell upon his ha a.
At GAINESVILLE Mrs. Ella Gibbs was
found guilty Of assault and battery and
was fined 81 and costs. She was arrest
ed on complaint of II. u. Emery, who
charged that she threw hot water on him.
H. T.. Borst, station agent for the Chi
cago and Northwestern road ut Combined
Locks, and an amount of money various
~ estimated at from 500 to $500 are
missing from their accustomed place in
the deoot
Joseph TiInbert and Patrick Kane, two
woodsmen, were seriously injured while
decking logs at Marinette The skid
broke and about fifteen big logs came
down on them. Tneir escape from death
was miraculous.
! At Weyauwega George Washington
! Taggart, ST., committed suicide by hang
| ing himself in the barn with halter Mr..
! Taggart was in his eighty-seventh year
/ md had become quite deaf and was al
/ most blind His wife died Last year,
aged 81 years.
The building forming a part of the ex-
! tensiye plant Of the Paine Lumber Com
| pany, and known as the dry kiln, al
| though it was not by any means confined
! to dry kiln purposes, was totally destroy
| ed by fire at Oshkosh. The loss is placed
| at $40, 900; the insurance is $4,000. The
structure will be rebuilt Immediately.
| Frank Wardwel of Milwaukee says
that he and his FIVE brothers are the law
| full heirs to an estate at Chamberg in
| France, the value of which is not less
| than $4,000, GOO. Mr.. Wardwell has just
! heard from one of his nephews, who is
now in Paris preparing to enter suit for
the estate on behalf of the American
heirs.
| The National Industrial Company, with
capitalization of S3,00OO00, has been
organized in Milwaukee and controlling
interest in the new enterprise is repre-
! scented by local capital. The officers Of
the new company are E. w Perry, pres
| ident; Harry w. Perry, secretary; Ed
ward +. Brown, treasurer; Charles
| Quarles, attorney.
| The finding of human bones and teeth
in the ruins of the log cabin of Fred
| Klockl, which was destroyed by FIRE near
! Mansfield, causes the officers to suspect
/ Frank Schwartz knows something about
| the matter. Klockl and his wife disap-
| peared on tbs night of the fire. They
| had decided their farm to Schwante. on
condition he provide for them ofrIde
| Within month they had complained he
was starving them.
| The loss sustained by GeorgesPetry in
the fire that destroyed his GENERAL store
| and residence in Dotyville was $9,500.
He carried an insurance of $4,000. Mr..
| Petry was on his way home from Mil
yankee when the fire started, the store
being in charge Of his sister, Miss Clara
Petry. The origin of the fire Is i mys-
terry. Mr.. Petry is postmaster of Doty-
vile and all the mail and supplies in that
department of his store were burned
Otto Soupe, aged is years, has, con-
fessed to robbing a grocery store kept by
| Oberst Brothers in La Crosse fifteen
| times. The thefts were noticed some time
ago, but every means tried failed to land
| the burglar. One night man slept
in the store to see if he could not catch
| the thief and the marauder came in aud
! logged off his booty without even awak-
ening the detective. Officer Horseback
noticed n bunch of bananas moving sus-
| piciously in the window as he was pass
! ing and stopped TO investigate. The re-
| suit was the arrest of Soupe.
| John Schauer of New Franklin was
! found dead in the woods near Amberg.
He had been hunting for deer and had
no, met with success. He decided to set
| his gun on a runway for deer and try
his luck that way. In the evening he
took lantern and went out to see if he
had bagged anything. He did not know
the woods and lost his way. In the dark
he stumbled against the wire hitehed to
the gun. The gun was discharged the
shot entering his legs. Schauer was I'M
able to walk and blcd to death from his
wounds.
A bold attempt was made to hold up
and rob Will c. johnson. au Eau Claire
druggist He was alone in his store when
young man entered and presenting a
revolver said Il want You, money" Mr..
johnson thought it was a joke, aid said
laughingly: How much do you want|
The stranger then attacked johnson, who
crippled with him. The robber struck
johnson on the head with the revolver,
nfiicting a severe wound. Mr. johnson
finally broke loose and the robber fired
at close range, the ball passing over the
shoulder of johnson. who by this time
had reached back door, whence he went
into the alley and called the police. The
robber ran out Of the front door.
Pat Corcoran, contractor from Kau-
kauna, employed 10y the john Edwards
Manufacturing Company Of Port Ed