Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26


assisting Theodore CiguISki in butchering
a pig nj Three Lakes He was about 50
years Oil.
The Racine basket factory, which mas
been closed most of the year on account
Of litigation, will be offered for sale al
public auction.
The cattle owned by c. G. Gear. a
Neenah milSman. wandered out of his
field on 10 the railroad track. A train
struck and killed i've cows
In Eau Claire Mrs. Charles Tobey
reached into basket of apples and
large snake concealed there fastened its
fangs into her hand Mrs Tobey's hand
and arm were badly poisoned
The coroner's jury in the case Of Lars
{. Christensen Of Racii. who was
found dead In the rear Of his lodging
place. rendered verdict that he was ac-
cidentaly killed by failing down the
stairs.
Alvin Strike, the 11-year-old son of
Richard Strike. Palmyra saloonkeeper,
died. The little fellow upset a teakettle
Of boiling water on himself TWO weeks
before and received injuries from which
he never recovered.
Nicholas Meyers. an old resident of
Marir"tte was held up and robbed Of
So py two highwaymen They threw him
down and then went through his clothes.
The robbery occurred on one of the prin-
eipal streets of the city.
The addition to the Appleton Wooden
mills. which will double the PLANTS pro-
dnction of paper machine felts, is practi-
ealiy finished and ready for the placing
of machinery. 1t is expected to have the
looms running by Oct. 10.
There was Il panic at the Hackett
school a Beoit. caused by the floor of
the hallway breaking down and precip
ltating Twenty-Five or more girls into an
excavation FIVE feet deep beneath. Two
girls were hurt but not seriously.
Harry Olson of Racine, one of the best
known breeders of blooded pigeons in
southern Wisconsin, and who has nearly
1000 in his cOops, says that diphtheria
has broken out among the birds and that
within two weeks he has lost $3.50 worth
Louis Tessendorf, an employe of the
Globe mill of the Kimherley-C lark Com
pany paper mills at Neenah, was torn to
pieces. He was in the basement engaged
in running on Il belt to one Of the pumps
when he got caught in the pulley. He
was 80 years old and leaves wife and
four children.
The Sheboygan and Calumet plank
road running twenty miles north from
Shcboygan into Manitowoc County. has
been thrown open rs :. free road The
~ Of hah 4 Il 4
the towns of Herman and Schleswig did
likewise. The individual stockholders
vii yet . cents on the dollar
A tramp just off stock express asked
for relief the other night at Iron River.
saying that he was afraid that he was
coming down with smallpox Officer
O'Brien stood him off safe distance and
giving him blanket showed MIN where
to roll up in it. The next morning the
doctors declared it to he i case Of small
pox and a rigid quarantine was insti-
tuted
G. Vogt Peters. 60 years old, shot him
self in Juneau park, Milwaukee, He was
found sitting on bench with large re-
yolyer in each hand and bullet hole in
his head. just rs the police were mott
lied of the suicide DR.. Kietsch telephoned
that a man had left lot Of papers with
him and he feared suicide was contem-
plated Among he papers was Il note to
Mrs Yogt Peters.
BY the overturning of tally -ho coach
between kenosha and Racine. Mr.. Ba-
ker, Frank johnson and Griffin McClel-
Ian of Racine, George W. Peek. Jr.. of
Milwaukee, son of eX-Gov Peck and
Misses Blanche Hazelton ana Bertha
Palmetier of kenosha were thrown vio-
lently to the ground while crossing the
Northwestern railway track. Miss Pal
meter received serious injuries.
Miss Laura Lucille Harvey, well
known in musical circles in Chicago and
Milwaukee and engaged by the Board of
Education as supervisor of music for the
Oshkosh schools, has brought suit against
Mr. and Mrs. John Oaks. candy manu-
facturers for services in the teaching of
music and for the theft of song which
she wrote and which Harry Oaks, son of
defendants. had published as his own.
The effort is entitled I'll Be Always
Near The local press heralded young
Oaks as a musical prodigy, but Miss
Harney claims that she wrote both mu-
sic and words
Heavy rains have raised all the tribu-
taries to the Chippewa river, and many
of them are overlooking their banks
Several bridges have been washed away.
Word was brought TO the Chippewa Lum-
Der and Boom Company's Office to the
effect that the Shaw dam Oh the Thorn
apple had gone eat and the farmers on
the lowlands had fled to safety. No cas-
ualties were reported. The dam was
built two years ago by the Daniel Shaw
Lumber Company Of Eau Claire at cost
Of $1,000, and as the ThorRapple is an
important driving stream it is likely the
dam win be rcbnilt
Helen Southgate. or Forbes, who was
wounded in Brooklyn. y. Y, by Harry
Barbour, who committed suicide, is be-
lieved to be Susie Barnes, who lived in
Appleton when child. When she was
= years old her mother died ana she was
taken by the parents of the mother. Mr.
and Mrs. S. h. Boiling. John Barnes,
the chid's father kidnapped her and pluc-
ed her in the family Of William Souders.
a farmer in the town of Freedom. the
grandfather making no effort TO recover
her John Barnes. the father. is now
believed to be living, but his whereabouts
is unknown Her names Of Helen and
Forbes and Barker are all believed by
her grandfather to he assumed.
1t has beer decided 10 make the build
ing Of the Robinson estate in Racine five
stories high instead Of three stories The
structure will he the handsonest in Ra-
cine and cost $1,000.