Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-14

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pointed superintendent Of Rock County
Insane asylum and poor farm
Postmaster Frank Seaver of Simcoe
lost his right arm in an accident recently.
a heavy machine fell upon ii.
The wells at tile Marathon County poor
farm have run dry aud the institution Is
ethreatened with i water famine.
William Brandt. while cutting wood
about five miles from Reedsvile cut bis
foot, nearly severing the great toe.
| Edward johnson. Racine painter, A.
years of age, was killed by i Northwest.
ern freight train. He was unmarried.
At Elkhorn the residence of John Ii .
Lauderdale was destroyed by fire A part
Of the furniture was saved. The loss is
$4,000.
Mrs. .Myria Grinnell of Beloit. well
known in w. X. c., has started for New
York, where she will join d party Of tour
lists for trip to Egypt
The Manitowoc Picking G",npahy has
been Incorporated with tie following ofti-
GERS: President, Dr. Il z. Banzhaf: sec
retary and treasurer Oscar A. Alter.
Hog cholera is prevalent about Hope in
the town of Cottage Grove. Messrs Rat
man and Bechtel report having lost thirty
head and new cases are reported every
day
William Myro, a prominent farmer liv-
ing at Cataract, was killed by the burst
| inG of a flfwheel on a setting machine.
/ Fragments struck Myro; tearing off a leg
and arm:
Arthur Young, who was badly burned
at the Racine Malleable and Wrought
Iron Company factory over year ago,
has commenced suit for $1,000 damages
at Racine.
! The will of the late Rudolph Nune-
macher Of Milwaukee was hled for pro-
bate. A valuable collection of curios,
valued at $4,000. is given to the public
museum of that city
A patent issued to Phelps Bishop of the
town of Paris and signed by President
Tyler, was fled with the register of deeds
at Kenosha. This patent was one of the
first given TO cover any land in Kenosha
County.
The Revere House, the oldest in Osh-
kosh, three-story brick fifty-room strue-
ture, was wrecked and gutted by fire.
The loss on building is $4,000, with in
surance of $500. Landlord l.. Thence
| loses $1,000, with $4,000 insurance.
The general merchandise store of Chas.
Tice at Corrill was broken into and rob-
bed. The safe was blown open and the
contents taken. The thieves secured
about $400. The postofiice is in the build
ing with the store and the thieves stole
several dollars worth of stamps. No
clue as to who did the work has been
secured.
X, z. Rogers, a veteran of the civil
war anu one of the oldest and best-knowii
commercial travellers of La Crosse, was
drowned in the Mississippi opposite that
city. Just how it occurred no one knows,
but it is supposed he was driving on the
Ice with single horse and cutter, and
it is thought that in driving up on to the
shore be mistook the road and drove off
into ali open place. His cries for help
were heard and prompt response was
made. But he had already been drawn
under the ice when the people arrived
on the scene.
While a Wisconsin Central freight train
was pulling into Abbotsford from the
south the yardmen sent it into the wrong
track, on which was train and crew.
The conductor and two brakemen were
asleep in the caboose when the engine
struck it, telescoping the caboose from
one end to the other How the men es-
capped with their lives is almost miracu-
lous. The two brakemen are very badly
burned and the conductor badly cut with
flying splinters. The engine, one of the
large ones, was derailed and ran through
a section of the platform into the ditch,
and is badly damaged, but the engineer
and fireman escaped with slight injuries.
Alexander Wertenen, the Kenosha tan
merry employe who suddenly turned black,
is gradually regaining his natural color.
DIR. Pugm, who was called to attend him.
thinks his change of color was due to
chemical action. Recently Wertenen was
suffering with sprained wrists. A fomen-
tation of lead lotion was prescribed,
which Wertenen used freely. Then he
returned to his work in the tannery. In
the work in which he is employed n mum
ber of chemicals are used. 1t is likely
that some of the lead lotion was absorbed
in it, and being expelled by perspiration,
united with the other chemicals used in
his work, forming the black pigment in
the pores of his skin.
Monroe County is excited over what
looks like a sensational murder. Late
in October last James Lewellin, farmer
of Waterloo, went to Wilton to buy a
dairy farm. He had in his possession
several hundred dollars. He went to a
hotel, got into game of cards and either
Los 4l,,., ln1 nf
Later he was found in his room with a
bullet hole through his head and heart.
The coroner returned 4 verdict of sui
eide, but the family was not satisfied with
the verdict. Detectives spent some weeks
looking into the case, and now charge
murder. The keeper of the hotel is Dan
iel Trump. The detectives claim to be
able to name the murderer.
Judge Helms rendered decision in the
Evans life insurance case at Chippewa
Falls. He decided in favor of Mrs. VIM.
Evans, widow of William Evans. Will
liam Evans had life policy in the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen amount
ing to 81, 800, made out in favor of his
mother. He married Anna Bloomhart in
1896 and had the policy transferred and
made payable to his wife, but the policy
was never signed by Evans. Evans died
and his mother sued the brotherhood for
the money on his life, and so did his wife.
The brotherhood answered that the
money would be paid to the court and
held until a decision was rendered The
mother announces that she will appeal
to the Circuit Court.
Herman Botenhagen of the town of
/ IL ovs.na s,t1
the bottom of Muskego lske, recently
drained by a canal being dug. found a
large bone and believes it is part of 9
mastodon.
Fire was discovered in the new steel
bagroom of the Miner~l Point Zine Com
pany. The building was completely gut
ted and quite badly warped. 4 laboreI
in the building at the time Of the fire es-
capped by jumping from a second-story
window. The loss is estimated at $1,000,
covered by insurance The bagroom was
recently removed from Waukegan.
David p. Amdon of Ono was killed by
a hog. He tried 10 drive the animal away
from his house when it turned on him
and injured him so he died in a few
minutes in terrible agony.
The Trempealeau County insane asy-
lum has been accepted by the building
committee. j. A. Johnson of Trempea-
leau was chosen superintendent of the
asylum. which will open for patients
March /.
T. A. Murphy. wealthy resident OF
Boston died last week. leaving an estate
valued at S150.000 10 be divided among
the children or four relatives at Apple