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

cheese season of Outagamie County. The
season has been prosperous.
Thomas Rimmer. kleptomaniae, was
sentenced at Hayward by Judge Parish
to serve nine month at Waupun. Rim
mer stole coonskin coat in Ashland
Officer jacobson Of Marinette distin-
guished himself by arresting three burg
lars who were carrying away the con
tents of sgan restaurant in the First
Ward
The little 2-year-old daughter of Gus
tave Hanson. at Amery, was burned to
death She and other little ones were
playing with newspapers in the fire when
her clothing became ignitcd.
The Stevens Point city offices were
! broken into. the safe opened by someone
/ who knew the combination and $40 in
cash taken. Several checks and other
valuable papers were left untouched.
Arcen Demers of Rice Lake. aged Is
years, was taken to the reform school as
the result Of incorrigibility. He is the
fourth lad to be taken from that village
TO the reform school within a few months.
Earl Miracle was convicted of stealing
Il gun NaiCu, tHulu diHl tuuIiu rum
Turner named joachim Of the town of
0mro. and was sentenced to the Indus
trial school at Waukesha Miracle is II
years old.
David PlemOn aud Ebenezer Dixie, who
were indicted by the Fede al grand jury
on a charge of endeavoring TO defraud
the government in Illegally securing as
signments of soldiers homestead claims,
were found guilty in Milwaukee.
Mrs. Thorn, a German woman, drew
| 500 from Racine bank about a month
ago, and on her way home lost it. A few
| days ago two women called at the police
office. They had picked up the money
and were looking for the owner.
A deal has just been closed between
| O'Connor & Carr, extensive logging OPP
orators and Joan Oday & Co. for 1000
600 feet of timber located near Hazel
hurst, and all the camp equipments, log
ging outfits, etc, belonging to the first
nomed firm.
| A weil-dressed man was found dead in
Juneau Park, Milwaukee. There was
bullet hole in his head and a revolver by
his side A key of the Sanders House in
| from Chicago, name unknown, who was
looking for work.
John Stein was nearly killed by a rail-
| road train while making coupling in the
North Side yards Of the Milwaukee road
at La Crosse. He was thrown TO the
ground beneath the wheels, hut drew
himself quickly out. The whee:s caught
his toes, however, and cut three off one
foot.
| Peter Larsen, well-known resident of
| Kenosha. was the victim of daring
| hold-up. Larsen was stopped by two
masked men. One of them thrust re-
volver in his face while the second at
| tempted to go through his clothes. Lar
| sen made hard struggle to get away
| from the men, but he was struck on the
| head with club and knocked senseieSs
| The men then took everything out of his
| pockets and, not satisfied with the
amount, they stripped off the victims
clothing and left him lying where he fell.
| Mrs. Henry Sauer a woman residing
| in Kenosha, made an effort to commit
suicide by kneeling on the tracks Of the
! Northwestern Railway. She was dis
covered kneeling in prayer by Tony
| Schulter. who rescued her from her per-
| ilous position against her wishes When
she was taken to her home by the res
cuer the house was found filled with gss
and it is thought that she had made an
attempt to commit suicide by inhaling
the fumes of the gas before she went to
the tracks. The woman is said to be of
a melancholy nature.
I,f,,, 81 g,f4 bo
town of RushfOrd, charged with murder,
has been noled Campfield has been
tied twice for the offense. each trial
lasting six weeks and costing the county
thousands of dollars The jury each time
disagreed, standing the first time six to
six and the second eight to four for con-
viction. Campfeld was charged with
killing Alphonse Sandon, a hermit, sup
posed to be wealthy, and with attempt
ing to cremate the remains by setting fire
to the hermit's house. The case of the
State was purely circumstantial.
Frank Schwant was arrested Mt Colby
charged with numbering Mr. and Mrs.
William Klok0w at Spencer on Nov. IA,
on which date the aged couple We're burn
ed to death in their home. 1t appears
that the Klokows decided their farm over
to Schwant with the understanding that
Schwant was to provide home for them
during the remainder of their lives.
Schwant, it is said. was the only person
who saw the fire. The arrest was made
after the coroner's jury brought in
verdict Of murder. Detectives have been
working on the case for the past three
weeks.
At Neenah the Board of Education held
a meeting after the adjournment Of the
mass meeting, which terminated. much
to the surprise of the community, in
peaceful settlement regarding the prin-
cipalship Of the Neenah high school a
sensation was caused at the meeting
when Commissioner Teal, a supporter Of
Superintendent Healy. switched to the
opposite side. Superintendent Healy was
then asked to resign, which he refused
to do. 4 reconciliation was effected by
Superintendent Heaiy reinstating O. J.
Schuster as principal and f. J. Farley,
the newly engaged principal to s-rve as
assistant to Mr.. Schustcr
The Dunn County Board has decided
not 10 accept Senator J. H. Siouts offer
10 donate the county building for the
uses Of a county normal school. The rea-
sons for the refusal are sc; .Jrth ia
memorial to Mr. Stout.
W J. Zahl Kidnapped two Of his chill
dren at Amigo in most sensational man
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