Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-02-07

in June.
The brewery of Quade Il Schaenick
burned at Weyauwega. The loss is about |
$4,000, with $4,000 insurance, OF which /
81. .0o0 is on the building and the rest on
the contents.
Ralph Bennett, a junior in Garrett
Biblical Institute, died at the Evanston,
Ill.,, hospital of complication of pneu-
monia and typhoid 'Nver. Mr.. Bennett
was % years of age aud lived at Omro.
William Bartholomew farm house,
two miles east of Verona, burned to the
ground The entire contents were de-
stroyed The loss was $1,000, no insur-
ance.
The flour and planning mills of Albert |
Zick & Son burned at Denzer. The loss
is 5000 No insurance. The fire is sup
posed to have been the work of incen-
diaries.
1t is understood that one of the first |
steps to be taken by the Griggs-Cooper |
company of St. Paul in ii. Nting the salt |
trust will be TO erect a p ant in West |
Superior for salt packing.
Amos S. Stiles, the well-known and |
wealthy lumberman who had his skull |
fractured by falling down an outside
stairway at Chippewa Falls, died three
hours after the accident.
Jane Daugherty, an elderly Oshkosh
man, who tried to commit suicide few
days ago by cutting his throat with a
pocket knife, died from the effect of the
wound and general debility.
John Becker of Winona, Mimi, has
opened dolonite quarry at Trempealeau,
where this freestone is found i'll more per-
feet form, capable of being cut in larger
blocks than at any place around there.
Earl Hanson was killed in the woods
near Spooner by log rolling over him
while in the act of loading. He was a
bright young man and school teacher.
He was working in the woods during his
vacation of school.
The Heinz company, which erected q
pickle factory in Sparta last summer,
agree to take the product of double the
acreage of last year of cucumbers. Six
hundred acres is the amount wanted
Already that amount has been pledged.
Extensive arrangements are Gnder way
at Racine for the entertainment of the
hundreds of school teachers who will al.
snmble in that city April CT to attenE
the ten-h annual meeting of the South
ern Wisconsin Teachers AesC ciat on. An
interesting program is being prepared.
Jacob Seifert. well-known resident
of Kenosha, was seriously injured in
runaway accident Seifert had been driv-
ing team which ran away. He was
thrown to the ground, his head striking
on the brick pavement One of his eyes
was thrown out of the socket and several
bones were broken.
Maj. Campbell, in charge of the La
point Indian agency, announces that over
| 52,000,00 feet of logs will be banked on
the Bad River, Red Cliff and Lac du
| Flambeau reservations this winter. This
means a sum of about 100000 for the
tribes occupying these respective reserya-
tions, besides what will be earned by
other employment.
| The Wisconsin Central limited passen-
ger train No. ., from Chicago to the Twin
! Cities, was wrecked near Wheeler. The
| train was running at moderate speed
when one of the drive wheels on the en-
| CINE broke, and the locomotive jumped the
! track. The tender crashed into it and
10th were completely demolished. Pas
sengers were thrown out of their seats,
| but none seriously injured. The track
was torn up for several yards and traffic
| delayed in consequence.
At Oshkosh three factory superintend-
/ entS were arrested and fined for yiolat-
i ing the State child labor law. They
were G. Lindeman of the Schmit Broth
ers' Trunk Company, William Mcdonald
! of the Morgan Lumber Company and
William Currie of the Oshkosh Furniture
Company. They each pleaded guilty to
employing children under age without
proper certificate of parent and were
fined $40 and costs. This is the begin
ming of a systematic attempt to weed out
child labor in Oshkosh factories.
! Frank Schinnick, aged II, came near
meeting his death by drowning at Kau-
kauna. Young Schinnick was carrying
dirner to his brother at one of the mills
on the Meade Il Edwards water power.
He was heavily bundled with winter
clothing and while attempting to cross
the Chicago and Northwestern railway
bridge over the Lindauer tail race slip
ped and fell distance of ten feet from
the bridge into the raging torrent below
|
waters into more shallow place about
ten rods below, where he regained his
footing and scrambled out alone. But
for the fact that his clothes did not in
stantly soak through he would have
drowned where he fell, but they helped
10 float him.
The keystone Lumber Company's office
at Ashland was broken into and the safe
was blown open. The burglars got only
$50 from the cash drawer. Several hum
dred dollars in envelopes was overlooked
by the SAFE breakers.
Passenger trains Nos 5 and g on the
Wisconsin Central had head-end COZ
lision at the Fond du Lac passenger sta
ton. Both engines were badly wrecked.
Engineer William Oates and Fireman
NJ j. Dawson were injured by jumping
from their engine. Several passengers
were injured, none seriously. Mistake IN
orders was the cause of the collision.
William Laferty was instantly killed at
one of the Ross Lumber Company camps
near Arbor Vitae, while hauling logs tP
the landing. His team was driven too
near the edge of the ravine where logs
were unloadei. and the logs and teamster
were precipitated to the bottom.
Ernest s. Van Order, .Ir., member OF
the firm of Arthur Van Order " Son,
owners Of a -four and feed mill at Jordan
Village. was killed in the firms mill by
getting crushed in the machinery The
mill IS a new one, having been finished
only few weeks ago, and young Van
order was not familiar with the machin-
cry. lie was about % years of age and
was married, but had 10 children.
Martin Gabrielz of Cedar Grove fell of
Milwaukee passenger train as 1t was
drawing into the station at sheboygan
and was badly injured about the head
and arms.
The Milwaukee Electric Railway and
| Light Company has won another great
victory and the traction baiters are on
the run. Judge Ludwig Of the Superior
Court dissolved the Schwartzburg and
Paine injunctions, which were secured
for the purpose OF preventing the pas
sage of the 4-ceat fare ordinance. but
which was, nevertheless passed by the
Council and signed by Mayor Rose. re-
sulting in the contempt proceedings
sgSlnss the aldermen and city ofacials'