Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-01-03
state Items of Interest.

William Kruse's farm house, near Sun
Prairie, was damaged $4,000 by fire.
The Wisconsin Central has purchased
a site in Fond du Lac fe new station.
DIR. f. ]. Finney, one Of the invent
ors of the trolley system, is dead at Fox
Lake.
Richard y. Evans well-known Bar
ahoo lawyer and prominent in Masonry,
died, aged 45 years.
Edward Wilson, a cedar man III Bird
d Wells Lumber Company's camp, west
of Wausaukee, was struck by tree and
killed
William Charles Reay, a bootblack of
Amigo, is one of the six heirs to for
tune of S150,000, by the death of an I'M
Gle at Vancouver, b. z.
j. P. Gardner Of Omaha and w I.
Gardner of Ashland will engage in sheep
raising at Siskiurt bay, on the south
shore of Lake Superior, about forty
miles from Ashland. They will establish
regular ranch.
An Oshkosh man has been interesting
the Fox river paper makers in plan to
make paper fiber from wild rice. 1t
promises to be good substitute for
wood. which is beginning to give out in
this State.
Henry Whitaker. an old and we'll
known resident of the town of Fulton,
was struck by Chicago and Northwest
ern train while crossing the tracks. His
head was badly cut in several places and
his scalp loosened from his skull.
After being lost for nearly eight years.
records have been discovered at Ashland,
which will involve suit against the
con,.t, for $4,000 In 1892, Rice d
Palmer of st. Paul put in a bill to the
County Board for $1,000 for tax-deed
ices paid to the county. In return they
offered quit claim deeds. The board re-
iected the BILL Rice & Palmer appealed,
but the county clerk, Edward Fennelly,
failed to make his return to the clerk of
the Circuit Court Tie papers in this
case were mfslaid and all efforts to per-
feet an appeal failed because the papers
could not be found. Some weeks ago
w. III. Mcdonald, attorney for Rice Il
Palmer. made final effort to find the
papers, aud they were discovered in an
old box in the clerks oiice.
The Wisconsin Telephon. Company viii
put several crews of nssn at work ia
| Fond du Lac. 4 large cut in prices for
service will be made to meet the rates
Of the Little Wolf River Company.
Assignee William PIankinton has turn
ed over to the creditors of the PIankn-
ton Baak If Milwaukee the $4,000
which he retained as salary. He kept the
money without authority of the court
John Kubitz, farmer from Freedom,
was killed by Northwestern train at
Appleton. His wagon was struck on
the crossing. Mr.. Kubitz was 40 years
old and leaves a wife and FIVE daughters.
The Palmyra Vigilance Society elected
the followil lg officers: President, IL. z.
| Stacey; viee-p.esident. A. Rood; treas
urp., r. J. Washburn; SECRETARY, EhTis-
tie Carlin
United States AlIotting Agent George
A. Keepers, who has been at woSR for
two weeks on complaints of OneiFa In
dians at the reservation, finished his
work and left for Duluth.
The Rand & Laffiin powder mif's at
Pleasant Prairie have started up. For
more than a year the mills have been
under construction The plant is one
OF tue 4dEkeSt III tut 1hihSu tSeoe~S' -
| consists of sixty-fve buildings, covering
several hundred acres OF land.
The La Crosse County poor authorities
have asked Chippewa County TO pay for
| the keeping of family named Wandrel.
which has been a public charge at La
| Crosse for some months. The latter has
refused to even bear a share Of the ex-
pense and the matter will be taken INTO
| the courts.
The city OF Oshkosh has brought suit
| against the Commercial Bank Of that
city for S102 g ard interest amounting
tO about s20J on certificates Of deposit
| held by the city as part OF the Harris
| estate. The bank wants an indemnity
ing bond on account 81 the litigation nov
| pending between the eifY and the Harms
heirs.