Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-03-28

James A. Cary, aged 60, veteran of
the civil war. dropped dead in Racine.
The Marshiield City Council has pur-
chased site for future city hall for
$3.50
Many adults at Milton have the measles
and are having serious time with the
disease.
Brakeman Richerd Boone, whose home
is in Altoona, was instantly killed at
Marshfeld.
A. o. Black, postmaster. merchant and
town treasurer Of Homen, has made an
assignment,
f.. Four men were caught in the act of
robbing W, II. Lomke's dry goods store
at Washburn.
Reilly Bros barn in the town Of Brad
ford was burned with fifty tons Of baled
hay, The barn was worth $1,000.
The residence of NJ. \. o'Brien at
New Richmond was destroyed by ire,
Loss 81, 900. covered by insurance.
Prof A. r. Wiley. musical director,
contemplates establishing school of mu-
sic and dramatic art in Marinette.
Eight printers el Dyed by the g. l..
Medicine Company of Racine struck for
higher wages Their demand was re-
fused.
The Eau Claire Pulp and Paper Com
pany's new mills ON the Chippewa river
above the Dell's dam have begun opera
tons.
The new addition to the Riverside FL
Der Company's mill at Appleton, which
-lx ha al
for bleaching pulp. has been completed
Harry Edwards of Ashland won the
first prize over eight competitors in the
University of Minnesota at Minneapolis.
The subject was the Philippine question.
At the funeral of George Smith, said
to be a relative of Potter Palmer of Chi
cage, in Beloit, whilesthc relatives We're
taking a last look at the remains at the
grave, one of the cross-sticks supporting
the casket broke, letting it plunge for
ward. breaking the coffin and exposing
the remains
During the oratorical contest at the
Kenosha high school building a lamp
was overturned and the boards of the
stage caught fire. There was a panic in
the audience uatil Louis Ferry, one of
the high school pupils, crawled under the
stage and extinguished the flames at a
risk of hsslife.
Nellie Mccarthy of Milwaukee is ask
| ing divorce from her husband, Michael
! Mccarthy, whom she married for fun
April 4, 1898, and with whom she has
never lived Her bill says that she was
carried away by a spirit of rceklessness
and Indifference during an occasion of
sociabilty and entertainment"
| The worshirers at the st. Thomas
| Catholic Church in Beloit were greeted
| with a strange scene the other day when
| they entered the editice for the morning
mass. A large number of the pews at the
rear of the church were nailed up, long
rough timbers being securely fastened
across them, preventing their use. 10
the regular attendants of the church this
was not a surprise. for Father NJ. j.
Ward had threatened that unless the
seats were all rented by certain date
I they would be closed altogether.
About three weeks ago James Wood,
| a well-to-do farmer of the town of Green
| vile. discovered broken rail on the Ash
| land division of the Northwestern Rail-
way. near GreenviIle station, and report
| ed the same in time to warn a fast ex-
| press, probably averting a serious acci-
dent The other day Superintendent
! Hartley of the Ashland division forward
| ed Mr. Brown fAom Kaukauna a hand
some watch with solid gold eases, on
which are engraved an express train and
! an inscription commemorative his
| thoughtful act.
| At their home. four miles north of st.
| Nazians. Frank Schad and his wife were
found dead. Officers think that Schad
| killed his wife and then himself. The
couple had frequent disagceements over
| religion. and recently agreed 10 separate.
Early the other morning n l2-year-old
| son of Mrs Schad came downstairs and
! discovered his stepfather dead in bed.
| He notified his grandparents, who lived
! close by. and they found Mrs. Schad in
/ the barn. Her throat had been cut, as
| had aiso that of Schad. The officers
| think tic couple quarreled after the
agreement to separate. Schad was 70
years old and his wife rs.
At Kenosha, ON the recommendation Of
! Mayor German, the following board of
/ directors was appointed to have full man
| agemeRt of the Simmons public library
after it is turn ] over to the city on June
| i: Y. G. Simmons. George Yule, L. L..
| Grant. w. W Strong f. G. Theirs, John
O'Donnell, Charles c. Brown, JOSEF h
/ Bendt and James Cayanagh. The Coun-
! ell also provided that the principal of the
| city schools should be an ex-otiicio mem
! Der of the board. An ordinance was pass
/ ed granting to the Council the power to
levy an annual tax for the support of the
I library. This tax is not to be less than
| / min and the Council is not limited in
the amount. Fifty thousand volumes
will be bought ct the present time.
Ira c, Holt. who has been one OF the
most respected young men in Spring Val
| ley, a member of the Congregational
| Church, head officer in four or five lodges,
confidential bo0kkeeper in the North Wis
cOnsin Land Conpany's office, was the
/ other night caught i'll the act of robbiug
the safe Of THubcrg Brothers, grain and
! lumber dealers. He formerly worked for
| Tauberg Brothers and at that time made
| "A key. and. knowing the combination, it
is charged. has once or twice week for
J the past year robbed them of small sums,
, the total being about 81 900. In default
| of bonds he Is in Jail at Ellsworth. He is
not yet 81, and has spent nearly ali the
money, though as he does not drink,
smoke, gaaible or go in fast company it is
a mystery where it went.
Henry Z. Corbett Of Milwaukee, who
was acquitted of the charge OF attempt