Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-01

The magnificent German NJ. +. Church
at La Crosse was struck by lightning, fire
ensuing. The damage is about $4,000.
covered by Insurance.
The postoffice at Bern was ordered dis
continued Mail will be sent to Stewart.
Also the postoffiee at Homestead; mail
to Iron Mountain, Mich
Forty men employed in laying steel on
railroad branch extending into timbe;
near Star Lake. and who were receiving
Sl.oO per day, struck for S1.T5. They
were all discharged
Rev. G. T. Plant of Arena has been
cal ed TO the passionate Of the Congrega-
tlonal Church at Peshtige, which has
been without pastor since the resigna-
ton of Rev. f. y. Andrews last April.
August Katschke n man of family, re-
siding in Chicago. who was working nn
new buildings of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul Railroad al Rockt0n, was
drowned while bathing in the Rock river.
The safe in the Chicago and North
western depot al Sheboygan Falls was
blown open. but as there was less than
30 cents in pennies in the safe the burg
lars were poorly paid for their trouble.
Representative DAZZLE of the Second
District has secured the establishment of
rural free delivery mail routes from Wat
ertown, Bellyille. Middleton and Mount
Horeb and all will soon go into opera
ton.
An effort is being made to form an as
sociation of the farmers of Kenosha
County living : the neighborhood of the
inland lakes to make stubborn fight
against the inroads of the great Chicago
ice company.
Two boys, John Douglas. aged Is years.
and Arthur Swanson, aged years, were
drowned in the bay while bathing at
West Superior The younger boy was
taken with cramp while swimming Oh
his back. The older one swan to his
rescue. but was grasped and pulled down
with him.
The Sterling bicycle plant, which has
been in operation in Kenosha for Ave or
six years employing at times as high as
600 employees, will be closed down by the
bicycle trust A few employees will be
retained in the work of assembling
wheels. but about 200 men will be thrown
out of work
John Mullen, whose wife commenced
action for divorce. attempted to commit
suicide by drowning in the lake at i(a-
cine. but was prevented from so doing by
spectators. He went to the Jail and ask
ed to be locked up, as he was not well
and liable to do himself harm. He was
accommodated.
The farmers in the towns of Lafayette,
Arson and Sige are having many sheep
killed by wolves, which are very numer-
Gus. For period of fifteen years wolves
were not known to exist in that vicinity,
anG 1t was thought they had been ex-
terminated. Within the past three years
they have again become troublesome
John De Young, workman employed
at the Baldwin coal yards il Keno
sha. was working on n roof some fifty
feet from the ground when he lost his
balance and fell. striking on a pile of
loose lumber. One of his legs was brok-
en- and the entire body was bruised in
terrible manner. He died the next day.
Charles Carbon. an employe of the Bird
u Well Lumber Company Mt Wausaukee,
had an experience recently that nearly
cost him his life. He went to relight a
dynamite fuse when the cartridge explod-
ed. lie was blown ten feet into the air
with the fragments of tie stump and
when he came down was picked up for
dead. He was taken to town in an IN
conscious condition. but afterwards re-
vived and. outside of Il badly bruised
body. escaped serious injury.
An eagle swoopcd down on group of
children who were playing in the yard of
T. Smith. a farmer of Sheboygan Falls,
clutched one of the little ones in its tall
ons and was making off with its burden
when it was brought down 10y a well-di-
rected shot from the father of the baby,
who had been brought to the scene by the
screams of the children. When struck
the bird let its victim fall. but the child
was not seriously hurt The eagle meas
ured six and half feet from tip to Zip
of its wings.
Christian Eek. member of the Mari
nette police force. was arrested on the
charge of murder in the first degree The
complainant is c. +. Jensen. a member
of the CigarmakerS Union. Eek shot
and killed Joseph Mitchell, iourneynnn
member OF the Cigarmukers' Union He
was cscorting Mitchell 10 Jail for being
drunk. when the latter tried TO escape.
The officer fred at him and the bullet
struck him in the hcnd iAficting fatal
wound The coroners jury practically
eXoneratcd the policeman but the Cigar
makers Union decided to make the COM
plant.
William Humphrey, n WatcrtOwn liv-
cryman. was robbed and beaten by I'M
known robbers lie was found IL d help
less condition. Shortly before 70 o'clock
in the evening the girl in charge Of The
telephone station heard vigorous ring
ing from the phone Of Humphreys i.y-
cry ard when she answered the call a
voice so weak that She could barely un-
derStand him. asked her to send help mt
once Thoroughly alarmed the girl sent
message to the police station and told
the officers of the strange message over
the wire An officer buried to Hu4-
phrcy'S livery barn and found the p'o-
prctor lying Oh the floor in an uncon-
scious condition Ills skull appeared to
be fractured and he was bleeding from
several ugly cuts in the head The
wounds had been inflicted with shovel.
His gold watch and his diamond pin
were gene. as was also every penny of
money.
Earl Chaffee of Rhnelandcr who re-
Gently passed the examination admitting
him to Annapolis. has distinguished him