Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-10

! seaided.
James Kerwin, Beloit boy of years.
had part Of his eft hand blown off and
his left eye blinded by the explosion of
a toy cannon.
! Residents of Ashland have purchased
] between 1900 and 5000 acres Of TIMBER
| tributary 10 the Clatskainc River, ,lbout
twelve miles south of Astoria, Ore.
William FredendGll. aged about 20
years, committed suicide by drowning in
four feet Of water at the rear of the east
| side fire station at GAINESVILLE. He was
unmarried.
Miss Ethel l.. Torrey, a prominent
woman Of KenOsha. and teacher in the
| public school, eloped with and was quiet
~ married TO Edward a Dediemar at
Waukegan.
| At Eau Claire lig4rnspg struck kthe
animal tent of Waliaces circus, killing
the trick elephant and stunning the en-
tire menagerie. Many persons were Sc
vercly shocked.
Alfred Clausen, 20 years old whose
home is at Monroe, was drowned in the
Chippewa River at Chippewa while bath
ing. He went out beyond his depth and
was unable TO swim. His body was
| found
Two men broke into the home of Mrs
Tina Beiscamper at Lancaster. and,
| threatening her if she made any cutlery,
robbed the house and afterward assault
ed her. Several suspects have been ar
rested.
While the 2-year-old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Haag, of jefferson, was
playing in the kitchen he pulled the cot
fee pot off from the stove and was ter
ribly scalded about the head and arms.
He may not recover.
The deal whereby the Calumet and
Hecla people, through young Mr.. Agas-
siz, were going to explore and develop
property on the new copper range in
Northern Wisconsin. seems to have fallen
through temporarily.
Street railway ira ffic across State street
bridge in Racine was suspended for a
long time on account of the extremely
hot weather having expanded the iron
work of the structure, causing the ends
to jam against the stone approaches.
The body of Miss Emma Beebe, the
young woman who escaped from the
tNhHtN ittlil at NJhiNPtHd ais
" as found in the log jam half a mile
below the asylum. verdict of suicide
VS. returned by II coroner's jury.
ia mes Church WAS stabbed in the groin
by Charles Start at barn raising near
Cataract. Both are prominent farmers
and wealthy The two We're wrestling.
apparently friendly when, it is alleged.
Start became enraged and used the knife.
A locomotive engineer on the North
western Road was held up by two wom-
en- in Baraboo and robbed of over $50 in
cash. He notified the police, who ar
rested the pair. After search the
money was found and returned to the
owner.
William Lee, son of the sheriff of La
fayette County, was killed on his farm
near Shullsburg. He was cultivating
corn and stopped forward to clear the
cultivator when the horses started. His
lead caught in the wheel and his neck
W as broken.
At Phillips fire broke out in E. Fret
dels cabinet shop and completely destroy
ed it. The building adjoined his furni-
ture store, which was badly burned and
was also damaged by water. Most Of
| the furniture was saved. The loss is
about $1,000
Miss Ethel Torrey, daughter of Regis
| ter of Deeds 2. G. Torre!, and Edward
Dedeimar, son of Mr.. aad Mrs. l.. r..
Dedeimar, are reported to have eloped
to Waukegan from Kenosha, where they
We're married by a Congregational minis
ter. Both are well known socially.
The stone-crushing plant, used by the
| city of .Ianesrille to crush rock with
which TO pave the streets. was destroyed
by fire last evening. AMI the building and
machinery are total loss. This places
| GAINESVILLE in an embarrassing position,
as many streets are now torn up, prepa-
ratory to being macadamiZed. The loss
will exceed $1,000.
Carl Emmanuel, mechanic in the en-
| ploy of the Christensen Engineering
| Works, in Milwaukee,, insists that the
| story printed the other day that he Is
| the natural son of the emperor of Aus
| tria is true. He says he was well sup
| piled with money by his imperial father
| until three years ago. Asked why he did
/ not return to Austria to claim his rights,
| hc said he was perfectly content to sever
I all relations with his titled kinsman and
/ to earn his living henceforth as a plain
! American citizen.
a severe tornado aad thunder shower
| passed over Outgamie County. doing
| much damage ever section ten by thirty
/ miles in area. At Apple Creek one man
was killed by lightning, and throughout
| the county much stock was killed. At
! Appleton TWO schoolhouses were unroof-
ed a church steeple wrecked. several
| plate glass store fronts beaten in. and
many trees were blown down. The city
| park is impassahle from fallen trees. At
! Kaukauna several buildings were unroof-
/ ed aud many trees were blown down. At
| Horonvile Mackvile and Greenville the
| damage to cheese factories and farm
! property * reported large.
/ John Gehl. who was found dead in his
/ pasture on his Farm near ST Lawrence.
was murdered instead of being killed by
Il horse. The wounds on his head indi-
/ cate that he WAS stabbed with Il knife
! three tiaes and struck with stone on
| the forehead. one Of the wounds on the
/ forehead crushing his skull Both the
! knife aud stone with which the bloody
| crime was committed were found. The
| knife was found near the house of the
murdered man. 1t is thought that the
body was taken about twenty rods 10
| the pasture and il seems that the man
| WAS not dead and the stone, which WAS
| found covered with blood, seems to have