Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-08-22

1liNdeo HVSlAtals
Little Hazel Patterson, who was kid
na2ed at Kenosha. was recovered by the
Waukegan chief of police
The hardware store of f. f. Mcdowell
at Pewaukee was entered by burglars,
who took IS worth Of cutlery.
The 10-year-old daughter OF Henry Nc
Cam was drowned in the river at Jims
Falls. The body was not recovered.
The farm residence Of Mr.. Rowson, To-
Gated :.oout one mile from Hancock sta
ton, burned to the ground, The origin
of the fire is unknown.
At JEFFERSON by special election it was
decided t>at the city will buy the plant
of the Jefferson Electric Light ard Pow
er Company for $4,000
Sadie and Libby Lauk. aged . and 4
years. drowned in the river at Necedah
They We're playing on a raft and fell off
in water foHr feet deep.
Ge.tse Alhen. a teamster for Wilson
& Co. at Stella Junction, was found dead
in barn. Heart failure is thought TO
have been the cause of his death.
Henry NJ Lowry of Milwaukee.
prominent Elk. was found dead from an
overdose of morphine at Colorado
Springs, where he had gone in search of
health.
4 farm hand named Alex MeKiyer
aged 80 years. fell from q wagon and
broke his neck. He was employed on
the farm of John Ref. six miles west OF
Oshkosh.
Over twelve miles of track, bridges and
grading of the Chippewa River and Me
nomonie Railways road near ArPollonia
was washed out by cloudhurst, causing
a heavy loss.
The storage warehouse Of Ole Hensing
of Stoughton. knowr as the Finley ware
house, was partly burned The building
cost about $1,000 and was insured for
81 900. The loss on the building will
probably be about 81 300
The Wisconsin Carria ye Company, re-
Gently burned out at Jan 'Svile. will erect
a new model factory to employ 100 hands
and to cost about $4,000 The citizens
of GAINESVILLE raised $1,000 10 purchase a
location as an inducemcnt To remain.
The A. o. U. W picnic at Sank City
was not SO well attended as usual owing
to the intense heat. Madison, Barahoo,
Portage. Alderman. Elroy, Arena. North
Freedom, Sank City, Wonewoc. sent del
egations. The next picnic will be held
al Madison.
L. S. Packard of Combined Locks re-
ceiyed letter from Stockbridge telling
of the death there of Laura Il. Packard
and asking if she was his daughter He
had no relatives there aud does not know
who Laura Packard is. She left some
property worth looking after.
The Racine Golf Club now claims to
have the handsomest links in the State.
Many improvements have been made.
The grounds have been piped and six or
eight wells distributed about the same.
Arthur Righy is the Instructor and many
of the members are quite proficient at
the game.
The Union National Bank of Racine
has been consolidated with the First Ma
tional Bank. the latter bank purchasing
the good will and arranging for the dis
position of the collection Of the assets and
the prompt discharge Of the obligations
of the former bank and assuming the
payment Of the 100000 deposits.
Knapp, Stout & Co of Menomonie
recently sent the largest raft of lumber
domh the Mississippi that was ever float.
ed upon that stream. 1T contained 1900
600 feet Of lumber and sixty carloads Of
lath and shingles. The raft was made
up at Saltwater. Mimi, and the lumber
was consigned to dealers in st. Louis
Will, the 10-ypar-old son of Albert
Semrow of Grand Rapids, was accident
ally shot, the bullet of revolver enter
ing through thu side of his nose and
lodging in the back of the brain At the
present time ne boy is unable to speak
or move. How or who shot him his par
ents are unable to I'D out The hoy
borrowed the revolver aud it is claimed
that ne was shot by one of the boys Of
the reighburhood. The doctor says there
is no hope of recovery.
Three unknown men ATTEMPTED to
break into the bank at Genoa Junction
at an early hour the other morning. The
men were discovered in the act of cutting
a window entering the bank by n man
named Pronty. He went to his home
ana fired off a giant frecracker and
Awakened the people of the city. who
started after the wonld-be robbers. The
men went from Genoa Junction to the
home Of John Burgess and stole team
If horses and vehicle, i'll which they n.a3e
heir escape.
a La Crosse man has not exacily killed
goose that laid golden egg but he has
done the next best thing Otto Oehler
killed 4 hen and in the crop was found n
good sized grain Of gold. He runs n meat
market and the suppositipp is that some
farmer has gold on his farm and this en-
terprising chick picked up a bit Of it,
The precious grain has not the appear
ance of having over been worked and Is
like virgin metal Every effort is being
made To find ont who he bought the hen
from. so that some prospecting may he
done.
Martin the 10year-old son Of John
Huntinger. was knocked off the side Of
moving Wisconsin Central freight ear at
Stevens Point by the switch stand and
one leg was cut of. Tho boy managed to
hold on in some way, ia feet further.
when the other leg was cut of No one
Witnessed the accident. He dragged him
self TO the shnde UHder q box car on the
next track. ana when he was found five
minutes later was examining his wound
ed limbs. He called 20 another boy who
happened 10 be passing and asked him
20 bring his feet from the other track.
whore thew had bpcn thrown by tho