Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-19

/ CouIty TO succeed Ole Larson, deceased
The Boston store l. Rusky. proprietor,
was ciosed at Amigo by the sheriff The
court has appointed Il. w Thai of Mil
waukee receiver.
Otto Burke Of Auburndale. 10 years Of
age, had his leg crushed below the knee
by log rolling on him at Arpin The
limb will have to be amputated.
At the meeting in Chicago Of tn. Amer
lean Association of Fairs and Exposi-
tons, the dates Of the Wisconsin, State
fair were decided for Sept. to IA,
little earlier than heretofore
Joseph Lempke, farmer of Green
vile. was Knocked down in hog pen
and bitten and trampled upon by a vi
cious hog His injuries may prove very
serious, lbs legs being badly lacerated.
At West Superior Mrs. George Beams
was seriously burned and her child IA
! tally so. The child pulled the table COW
er, upsetting a lamp. which exploded
! The mothers burns were received in try
ing to save the child.
Albert Melby, prosperous farmer liv-
ing near Coon Valley. WAS fatally in
| jured in a runaway. lis team took
fright at a trolley car. throwing him out
on his head. A fractured skull and
wrenched right knee are the result.
BY the death of Fred C. Schultz at
Alderman, the A. o. U. w. lodge at that
! place has ceased TO be the banner lodge
| because it had no death rate. The lodge
was organized twenty years ago and up
/ TO the present time had never lost a mem
/ ber
While they were skating on the river
/ opposite the Manitowoc water tower,
/ Frank and Joseph Paska, aged IL and IA
respectively, broke through the ice
! Frank was drowned, but the exertions
Of the older boy enabled him to keep
up until assistance came
Because of Withdrawals of deposits,
which have amounted to about $4,000,
! the Bank of Brillion, at the village of
| that name, closed its doeTS. The assets
are estimated at S12 500 and the liabili-
ties at $4,000. and Cashier Neal says
creditors will be paid almost in full
/ The La Crosse camp, No. 2G0, Modern
/ Woodmen of America. has voted on the
question of having a reserve fund, a mat
ter that has been submitted TO every
camp in the country, and strangely
! tAlVuSh IL ttSuIteu III ii NOlt VI lOp lDT
and 10S against the proposition. There
was one blank oallot cast.
! Edwin s. Lindlcy of Reedsburg and
] Mrs. Hattie l.. Reed of Deloni, Ind,
have been married at Baraboo. They
We're lovers as school children, thirty five
| years ago, and had not seen each other
for twenty years. Both married years
ago, but We're widow and widower when
they recently revived their schoolday ac-
/ quaintance.
The County Board of Vernon County
has distinguished itself by passing a
measure providing Tor a bounty on rattle
snakes. 1t is the first county IN the Unit
ed States, it is thought to take such an
action. The amount to be paid is 80
cents and the applicant for the bounty
must appear before the town chairman
with the entire body of the snake.
/. Charles Holtz, a farmer of the town of
Liberty, has brought suit against John
Hansen, a young farmer of Stephensyille,
| for $50 and interest for one year, for de-
priving plaintiff of the services of his
hired girl by marrying her. One year ago
the present Mrs. Hansen was 4 servant
in the family of Holtz, under contract, it
is claimed, to stay specified time.
Traces of an attempt of prisoners to
escape were found when a party of men
| were looking over the old Oshkosh jail.
The prisoners were removed to the new
jail recently and it would appear that
had they been given but a few hours
more time in the old one there would
| have been no tenants to remove to the
| new structure. \ hagStone had been re-
moved and the men had dug g tunnel
twelve feet long to the outer foundation
| wall.
Articles of incorporation have been filed
at Madison for a lawyers home for the
care of INDECENT. homeless and aged law
yers and their wives The home, which
will probably be established next spring,
will be especially for Wisconsin lawyers,
but attorneys in need from any part of
the country will be welcomed within its
doors. There is no capital stock and as
soon as officers are elected popular sub
scriptions for the establishment of the
institution will be started.
Mrs. Betsy Woodward has won vic
tory over the heirs OF the Collier estate
! a. Kenosha. Richard Collier, farmer,
died some years ago When his estate
was settled Mrs. Woodward. who had
lived with him, claimed to be Golfers
daughter and demanded Il third of the
estate. Her claim hcing denied, she
brought suit for services rendered to Col
lier and secured verdict for $1,000. She
brought another suit TO recover her part
of the estate, when a compromise was eff
fected She is acknowledged as Golfers
daughter and the heirs have decided her
fifty acres of land, virtually one-third of
the estate.
The attempts of Lawrence University
students at Appleton to initiate Eastern
colleges in methods of initiation into lit
erary societies resulted in two accidents.
Charles Melhy, one of the initiating com
mittee. while testing the apparatus,
jumped from the gallery &c the college
chapel. and missing the blanket arranged
to catch him. fell twenty feet to the
hardwood floor He remained Semi-un-
conscious all night One of the candi-
dates was put into a tub of water ehars
ed with an electric current The current
was too strong, or his nerves gave way,
and he swooned 1t required half-hour
Of hard work to revive him.
The Peshtigo Lumber Company of
Pcshtigo have. one of the largest exclu-
sively cedar camps in the northern part
of Wisconsin on the Wausaukee Branch
| Railroad They viii cnt about 10000