Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-08-07

staHtN Killed at harinette Dy poit o.
lightning
Arthur Loyenson, an 1t-monthsoli
child residing ia Monnt Pleasant, died
from the effects Of drinking ly poison.
frankie Castillo and Berten Rogers
both Il years of age. the sons Of wealthy
residents Of Racine. were drowned in the
Root river,
Mrs, Martin Cherek, 81 Amigo, was
killed BY lightning while holding her
baby in her arms The child WAS not
even shocked.
Outagamie's output oil cheese this sea-
sen viii be the biggest in the history of
the county. Nearly eighty factories are
being operated At full capacity.
Fire did Sl,50o damage to the Aiei
block at BelQit The upper floor con
sisted of flats aud Charles Rouse had 4
saloon and billiard hall on the ground
floor
Negotiations have just ended for the
purchase of the entire capital stock OF
the Chicago brass works of Kenosha by
the American Brass Company. The Ike
n0sha plant viii be enlarged.
Lightning wrecked two barns owned
by Anton La Plante near Iadysmith
The buildings and their contents, iuclud-
ing twenty-eight tons of hay, wagons,
machinery, etc, We're destroyed.
Emma L. AIanteil. alias Emma Ora
ham, domestic Mt the Lakeside Hotel
Delavan Lake, WAS found dead The
woman was from Chicago. A coronei's
jury found She died from natural causes.
While Main street at Rice Lake was
thGonged with ped ,trians, II. \. Sapp
shot and mortaily 3 ounded w. II. Coffin,
There had been fead between the two
men, both OF nom are prominent citi-
Gems.
Mrs. Arr IN Armanson and her Grip
Piled son. s years old, persisted in fire
which consumed their home near New
Glarus. Other members Of thu family
and some visitors escaped with sis in-
juries.
Joseph Hummer an emnloye of the
Wisconsin River paper min below Ste
>ens Point, was almost instantly killed
by getting caught in the rolls. His heao
was smashed. lie was about II years
of age.
During an electrical storm the barn OF
| Frank Nhitrock, an exter~tre melon
farmer, near Grand Rapids sas struck
by lightning and the contents, including
horses and cattle, were completely der
stroyed.
At Gienwood Ray Fleming. aged y, ae-
cidentally shot his sister, who is three
| years his Junior The bullet went
| through one Of her hands. penetrated her
/ check and lodged in her neck. The missile
has been extracted,
Harry Hendricks, William Clark and
James I.ongton, held for a burglary al
! Thore, escaped from the county Jail at
| Neillsville by cutting the paddock to
| steel cage with hack saw aud prying
the window bars open.
! The postofiice at Sofa was robbed hy
! three men They obtained scarcely any
thing for their trouble The robbers
/ stole horses and two of the men have
| been seen west of there. The third one
| rode toward Scandinavia
Testimony given at the coroner's in.
| quest on the death Of Charles Edward
| Penck, the banker Of Charlton, Iowa.
| which was held at Racine showed that
| the drowning was accidental and not d
/ ease Of suicide. rs was believed BY mauy.
When the Burlington passenger train
| left the Lf 'se depot the other morn
/ ing the p..gjue n was Mortified TO see
| What nppea. to be the body Of small
| child on the tax The train went over
IT, and dis, = was sent III from the
next statien Doctors rushed 10 the
scent only 20 And the mangled remains
OF a large wax doh. II had been drop
ped there by a girl On m evening train.
/ August Brauer, housemover, of Ra-
cine. has the distinction Of having been
| struck by TWO passenger trains running
| al high rate Of speed, being thrown 4
long distance and coming out alive. The
first time was SIX weeks ago and he did
not receive a scratch. The second cxpe-
/ rienre was more recent. He was picked
mp for dead, but Il moment opened his
eyes and smiled ifs left Leg WAS brol-
Ell, ankle sprained and be is cut and in
| jured internally, bat will I've,
Ii il now definitely decided thar the
double tracking Of the Northwestern sys-
tein fre5a Pond du Lac 10 Appleton jnne-
| ton will not be completed this summer.
~ much other work has been found nee
essarT in connection with Inc new yards
and other improvements, the change OF
grade aud l9flalasting IL track in the 81
cinltv, tttat il hiss been decided that The
tloBtIe track will be extended this year
only from Fond du Lac % The cutoff
near Oshkosh. The work win be resuin-
"a next srasgn, however
The entire plant 1T the Winnebago
Traction Company inelnding tbs Oshkosh
Electric Street Railway system 0f sew
euteen miles. fhe IHtefurtian line Of thir.
teen miles, connecting. the Oshkosh and
/ Npenah Electric pars, and Park line Of
foHr miles and other property, rs Sirtu-
! ally sola IN the Milwaukee Electric Rail-
Wy attd Light Company The sale Of
| the system is important In that IL con-
Stitutes an import NJ linE IN fhe pfopos-
"a electric railway system from Chicago
| 10 Green Bay. a distance of i9S miles.
| % which lines ager egating LOG mites are
| now in operatio1.
Thomas Mhelan. who owns an eighty
acre. farm on the south side Of Holy Hill,
Washington County reports that while
! repairing the interior Of his limo Bin
he noticed gold i8 same stones that were
loose IA the ao0r. Mhelan. who IL an
| old forty-nnrr and knows gold when he
sees H. II once began 10 investigate it's
I source On examining closer into the
| composition Of this rock he discovered
| further trace aud later semi few sain-
! pies to Milwaukee. The sample when