Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-01-10


in Fond du Lac has been stopped until
spring
Thiiipe Smith, a young man of Graf
ton, accidentally fell from a load Of hay,
breaking both of his arms.
Father Condor. Of Waterfowl, has
left for three-months stay in New Or
leans Cor the benefit<of his health.
Eau Claire people have raised $3.50 for
relief of fsherraers families suffering
by reason of sto:ms on the coast of Nor
way.
A. j. Duncan, Indian Inspector is MAX
ing thorough inspection of the schools
and other institutions at the Oneida res
ervstion.
The Stoiz Manufacturing Company Of
Manitowoe has an order from Denmark
for large number of its newly patented
candle holders.
Al. w. Wilson, agent for the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad Com
pany in Sparta for over twenty-five
years, died of cancer Of the liver.
Rev. II. II. Colby of Waupaca has re-
eeived call to the Baptist Church at
Sardinia, n. Y. He expects to decline
this call and devote himself to scien-
tific research.
A message from Congressman Cooper
announces that Capt. Charles Frantz has
been nominated to be postmaster On ke-
posha. This is the end of a keen strug-
gle for the Office.
DR.. s. s. Bowers, formerly Mayor Of
Fond du Lac. died as the result of par
alysis. He had been practicing physi-
clan in that city for thirty-four years.
He was 63 years OF age.
Nelson Stokes of Eau Claire hung his
lantern on peg in the barn while feed
ing the horses. The lantern fell down
and set fire to the barn, which was burn
ed The horses were burned to death.
The boiler shop of Lawrence Hunt at
Marinette was burned. The loss is about
81, 800. The thermometer was 10 below
zero and the fremen suffered consider
ably, a number of them freezing fingers
and toes.
Zenos Maxim, formerly of Milwaukee,
now connected with the Golden Fate
mine at Rouse, who is prospecting for
copper, has struck gold-carrying rock at
$4 a ton, with native silver and quite
noticeable traces of copper.
Herman Fitzlaff and wife and five chill
dren We're made critically i'll at Mil
waulSee by eating bologna sausage, sup
posed to have been affected with trichi-
nae poisoning. The children range in
ages from 10 to Is years.
G. b. Tiff, the largest hardware firm
| in Algoma, burned to the ground. The
loss is estimated at $4,000 on the stock
and building. The insurance is $500
on building and $500 on stock and fix
lures. 1t is not likely he will rebuild.
The barn of Joseph Schiesel, with its
contents, containing some farm machin-
cry, was totally destroyed by fire at
Manitowoc Rapids. Mr.. Schiesel was
away from home and he arrived just in
| time to save his homestead from destruc-
ton. The cause of the fire is unknown.
! To- loss amounts to about $500.
An explosion of a kerosene stove in the
art studio of Miss Hattie Balm at Ke-
nosha caused a serious conhagration. All
| the furnishings in the room were burn
ed and many of the pictures were dam
agea beyond restoration. Miss Balm had
| just returned from three years study
| in Paris and her collection of pictures
| included several masterpieces.
In defiance of two injunctions, with
| doors locked and guarded by policemen,
| the twenty-five Milwaukee aldermen who
| have favored the street railway company
passed the ordinance providing for ex-
| tending the franchises of the company,
against which the people and press of
the city have fought for two months.
When it was done Mayor Rose signed
the measure.
! During the engagement of Hogan S
Alley" company at the Crescent Opera
House in Fond du Lac the building
caught fire and for time there was a
/ lively time The cry of fire came just
at the close of the second act and the
! female members of the company were
busy packing away their wardrobes. The
fire was extinguished with only a small
loss TO the management. The audience
| then returned to the hall and the play
| continued. The fire caught from light
i ed cigar which had fallen through the
! sidewalk.
John r. Davis of Neenah will I'M
doubtedly be one of the heaviest loggers
4 "
purchased several thousand acres of TIM
Der land last year in the vicinity of
1 Phillips and will make all haste to get
the timber off the stump. The extent
of his possessions can be guessed when
it is know that it will take '-elve years
| to clear NY the logging. gen. for Mr..
Davis have been engig.u 4 " Jme time
4 in the country for III - around, buying
up heavy teams to be used for logging
and several carloads have already been
shipped for Phillips, which is the base
of operations.
Twenty girls, employed by the Isabel
Manufacturing Company of GAINESVILLE,
hav. received notice of discharge be-
cause they talked too much. The girls
are indignant and say that the manage
ment never notified them that they were
| not allowed TO talk dur .ig business hours.
| The manager who oroered the discharge
| said: THE average GAINESVILLE girl talks
too much for her own good. The girls
| that | refer to are the working class.
| The girls that | was obliged to discharge
would talk nothing but gossip, from the
time they entered the factory till it was
/ time to leave for home. They just raked
| everybody over the Goals. Such gossip
/ not only hurts our business, but iii just
such way many bad story starts that
in time ruins some innocent person. 1
think that every manager should dis
pense with the services of just this class
! OF women.
/ Roy l.. Beach of Neenah, who recent
/ " passed a bogus check for $50 at Kau-
kauna. pleaded guilty and was sentenc-
/ ed to an indeterminate term of not less
/ than one year or more than two years
in the State reformatory at Green Bay.
/ Albert Pennings, an employee of the
Hackworthy Construction Company, en-
gagged in building the new addition to
! the Union Bag and Paper Company s
mill at Kaukauna, was seriously injured
by falling from the staging. distance
| of eighteen feet, to the roof below His
/ shoulder was broken and one hip dislo-
Gated.
| The Arcade mills, 200 barrels capacity,
were totally destroyed by fire at Mazo-
mamie. The mills We're owned by Clar-
ence Waterhouse of San Francisco, Cal.
| They are run by s. o. Rabb. The loss
/ is $4,000 on the property and $1,000 on
| the stock. No insurance. The fire was
| incendiary.
Harry Dean of Milwaukee has been
| appointed Wisconsin State agent of the
Flint and pere Marquette Railroad Conn
pany This viii place under, Mr.. Dean 9
| charge all the traffic in Wisconsin out
side of Milwaukee of the consolidated
| interests embraced in the new company
| via car ferries operating from Milwaukee