Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-10-09

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Robbers looted the general store of &.
f. Scott at Prairie Farm of $1,000 in
cash and notes.
Theodore Machen. Chicago tailor who
has been home for a visit with his par
ents al Melnik, found two pearls worth
$500 in stream near their home.
Pitcher Virgil Garvin of the Milwaukee
ball club was fined $50 for firing two
shots a. a colored boothlack who refused
to shine his shoes one day last July.
Walter King Heffelinger, aged II, and
Miss Alice Giles, two years his senior.
both of Minneapolis eloped 10 La Crosse
and We're married. The couple went on
to New York.
A large block Of mica has been found
on the Sehoenleven farm. north of Ra-
cine, and further exploration viii he
made by capitalists witch may develop
the property.
Edward Gardiner, formerly of Bara-
boo. and on the Madison division Of the
Chicago and Northwestern Railway. was
shot through the heart by an officer at
Phoenix, Ariz.
Henry Hendricks, saloonkeeper of
Amberg. and Charles Curfie were arrest
ed, charged with robbing Louis Ihomp
son of S1l5 year and a half ago, Currie
was located in Shiocton.
Pearl Sanders Of Baraboo, in charge
of Ringing Bros. elephants, was gored
10y the tusk of one of the beasts and
probably will not recover. The accident
occurred at Tucson, Ariz.
John Bier. aged about 40 years, whose
home was believed TO have been in Mil
wau' ae. died suddenly at Racine. He had
resided there for several months and
seemed TO wish to live the life of her
nit
Olive Hutchinson, young woman of
Meaomonie. nearly lost her life by taking
teaspoonful of aeonite instead Of pare
goric which she intended taking. Ply
sieians worked over her for eighteen
hours
There was bad accident at the Be
lott Electrical Company's plant the other
morning A fywheel eight feet in diam
eter and with a thirty-inch face. burst
and portion of the power house was
wrecked.
ing FIVE miles east of Plymouth, is re-
covering from an alleged attempt to COM
NIT suicide by taking dose of strych-
nine. He was found by his wife suffer
ing the greatest agony. Remorse, 1t is
said, prompted his desire to take his
life.
DIR. John Mays Conley and Miss Bea.
trice Roche were married ut Oshkosh uu-
der unusual circumstances. DIR. Conley
was seriously i'll with typhoid fever. Miss
Roche, to whom he was engaged 10 be
married, is a trained nurse. The we'd
ding was 10 have occurred on Nov g.
but she, desiring TO minister to her be-
lrothed, asked that the marriage cere-
mony be performed at once.
Theresa Greulich, the 10-year-old
| daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. q. Greulich OF
Appleton, sustained severely broken
! leg while playing with a number of her
| associates. Strangely coincidental with
! the accident is the fact that the little
| girl told her parents at the breakfast Ia
| BILE the previous morning of a dream she
had during the night in which she fell
| from fence and broke her leg. The ac-
| cident was in reality a precise reiteration
| OF the dream, even to the place on the
| fence where II occurred.
| Wofkmen on sewer in the business
| part OF La Crosse dug MP the skeletons OF
| man and woman about six feet below
the surface. Dr. Tillman made an exam
ination of the remains. which showed
that they had not been buried any great
| length OF time Some years ago. 1t Is
| ,il u
| city, leaving no trac, behind Ii was
| then thought that they had met with
! foul play, but the case was not investi-
gated. The couple resided near the Hell
leman ice house. close to where the dis
coyery was made.
Philip Schmidt, residing three miles
from Glidden. notified the officers that his
| daughter Elizabeth, had been found dead
in bed. At the inquest, which followed.
| it was discovered that the child had been
| i'll for several days. The verdict of the
! jury was that the child had died Of nat
ural causes, but found that her life could
| have been prolonged and possibly saved
il medical aid had been summoned. The
jury censured her parent for cruel and
inhuman treatment and recommended
that the remaining children, five in mum
her. be taken from him and cared for
in the proper institutions.
Two highwaymen are reaping great
! harvest aud the residents OF Colby and
| surrounding towns are in state Of ter
| ror Burglalies aud holdnps are nightly.
| occurrences. The postofilee at Colby
was broken into and money, stamps and
| notes taken from the safe, which was
! blown open with dynamite. The store OF
I w c. Pradt was also robbed. At Dor
| chester four store buildings were broken
| iatO in one night. At Abbotsford two
citizens were held up and robbed. y
| bicyclist, on l,'s way 10 Colby. was sand
bagged and made TO give up all the money
| lac had. Stores ut Unity and Spencer
have also been visited by the robbers.
! A terrible wreck on the Wisconsin
| Central Railroad near Melleu was mar
rowly ayerted Passenger train NJ. l0S
was behind time aud was running at
high rate Of speed About twenty feet
Of the bridge at Penokee was washed
out by the hix, water a short time be-
fore the train was due to cross Frank
Ctamer and f. Cameron came to the
bridge a moment before the train came
in sight They started up the track 10
signal the train. The men rushed for
ward. yelling at the top Of their voices
and waving their guns and hats. The en-
ginepr saw that something was wrong
and brought his train to stop within a
few feet Of the wrecked bridge.
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