Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-10-17

The Corn Planter Oh Company of Min.
neapolis is figuring on putting in large
plant in West Superior.
Steve kronoSky Of TIE town of Siegel
was struck by lightning and killed while
al work on his granary.
William nensmit Of Ashland was M.
! pointed teacher at the NormantowG.
MIMI Indian school at $50 month.
Crazed by grief for her late husband
and child, Mary Strandhurg drowned her
self in Newton creek in West Superior
George \. Brewster. chief clerk at the
+ Milwaukee depot at La Crosse, has been
/ appointed agent Tor the company at Still
water.
! Michael Dugan, a single man "a years
or ''It. Who came to West Superior from
/ Toronto, was run over in the Northern
Pacific yards and died as the result.
Jacob Mueller was buried alive by the
I banks of ditch, fourteen feet dc .. cav
ing in upon him, near Merrimac. When
the dirt was cleared away Mueller was
/ dead
= pitchfork was accidentally thrust
into one Of Carl Wrinkles eyes while
threshiug ut Howard The fork pene-
tratcd the brain and il is thought the
young man viii lose the sight Of the eye.
I The old La Crosse vinegar factory has
/ been leased for { button factory, and at
1 last the long talk has come to a head.
i iieo;y Haiiauer, who has just returned
! IRON Europe, will own the bulk of the
stock.
The contract of building the stone
/ bridge at Combined Locks was let to
John Wendt for 81 ,54G The bridge will
be in one single arch with Il span of 80
| feet. The structure will be completed by
Oct Is.
The Rev r. 4. Roberts. who resigned
as pastor of the Welsh PRESBYTERIAN
| Church Of Racine, and who was request
ed By the congregation to reconsider his
| action and remain in Racine, has refused
| the request.
six cattle out Of herd Of twenty
| seye: belonging to Chr-ies Schultz Of the
town of Greenville, were poisoned by
sprink.ing Paris gre, Il with salt at their
/ drinking pool. The poisoning is suppos-
| ed TO be the work OF an enemy
| Claire Drake, 7-year-old boy, while
! playing near an old well at Cumberland,
fell to the bottom, distance of seventy
| five feet, but escaped with slight bruises
| Willis Drake slid down the pipe in time
to rescue he boy from drowning.
DR.. Robert A. Kits of Racine, who
| was injured on street ear about year
| ago and had an eye torn from the socket,
made settlt .nent with an insurance COM
pany for $1,000 Altogether he has re-
ceiyed $4,000 for the loss Of the eye.
| \ rope was found in cell at the Osh-
| kosh police station, which was occupied
| by prisoner being taken from Ashland
! to Naupun prison The rope was made
ont of pieces of blanket. The police
| think that the man intended to commit
| suicide
| Deputy Game Warden linn confscat-
! ed several boxes of yenison in Milwaukee
which were on the way to Chicago. The
| game wardens are now on the track Of
! the Chicago sportsmen who killed these
| deer out of season. and if they are caught
heavy fines will be imposed on them.
Game .wardens arrested Nc Storm and
! Me DreXler, charged with shooting ducks
| before sunrise on Little Lake Buttes des
! Morris. After securing the prisoners. the
| warden stopped at a fishing resort. and
while there their guns, with those of the
| prisoners, were stolen. No clue to the
| thieves can be found
Daniel McKinnon, the 1T-year-old son
of a wcll-known lumber scaer Of Ash
land. was killed Ia the Wisconsin Central
railroad yards Young McKunon was
/ p1s4plovad bv tho H.,
| passing through the yards on his bicycle
he fell in front of switch engine and
| box ear that were moving very rapidly,
and had his skull crushed and his legs
aud arms cut off.
Herman Uldr.cks, a resident of Ash
| land, was found in his bedroom with a
! bullet hole through his head. A revolver
| lying near by explained the mystery. u
/ bricks was employed on the Reiss coal
| docks. The cause of his taking his own
! life is said by his wife TO be the out
come of quarrel he had with neigh
| Dor concerning the ownership of some
| chickens.
| A bad wreck occurred d, Neeuah when
| the Wisconsin Central north bound pas
/ senger trgir No. had tail end coils
| ion VIII. a special freight train. The pas
sengcr engine barred itself to She pilot
! house ia the eabooSe OF the special. 4
| fiat car ahead Of the caboosc was broken
. in two and mounting preceding one,
| passed underneath two box ears ahead
| leaving mass af SIX pairs OF trucks all
| in heap beneath the fifth car.
| A. +. Deer. an aeronaut OF Chicago
! fell to his death at Gays Mills from a
! balloon which had assembled to height
! of POO feet. The ascension was made at
fair and was witnessed by 5000 per-
sons. The balloon exploded and fell 100
| feet before the parachute opened and the
sudden jerk caused Deer 10 losp his hold
His body fell turning in the air. and he
struck the ground on his head and shoul'
ders. His jaw, nose aud enc arm were
| crushed and he died ia less than two min
utes.
y woman giving the name Of May Der.
Ign Weinberg Of Chicago came 10 Racine
and tried to take possession Of the Bos,
ton dental parlors. She said she was the
wife OF Nathan Weinberg and had
right to the place. which is now being
conducted by his widow The Chicago
woman is niece Of Gen. Wesley Mer.
ritz and II seems that Miss Beryn and
Weinberg became much attached while
attending the Chicago Dental College
After their graduation they conducted a
dental paFlor in Chicago and contracted
a common-law marriage. Weinberg in
duced the w0gan to sue for II divorce
and then bc married by a Jewish rabbi
When q divorce was granted Weinberg