Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-11-13

n fortune.
Clarence Hicks, % yealS of age. was
Instantly killed at Springfield Crossing by
an east-hound freight II, was unmar-
ried and lived with his mother one mile
west of Elkhorn.
BY collision between two freight
trains on the Northwestern road in West
Bend two engines were nearly demolish-
ed aud the loss TO the company is esti-
mated at $4,000.
The Cheeseman formerly the Holmes
y Smith sawmil in Wittenberg was de-
strSved by FIRE The lumber yard was
saved The loss is estimated at $4,000.
witt an insurance Of $500.
]. VI. Close, farmer living near Chip
pewa Falls, fell from q building a dis
lance OF thirty feet, striking the ground
on his back. He sustained internal in
;uries which may prove fatal.
Two prisoners. William Pickett and
Edward Payson. broke Jail at Neillsville
by saving off one of the bars with back
saw. Pickett was awaiting trial on a
charge of burglary and Payson on a
charge of forgery,
A. Z. Dutton. one of the pioneers of
southern Wisconsin, died in Racine. MIR.
Dutton built the first piers and elevators
in Racine and in early years was promi-
nently identified with the grain handling
and shipping interests.
Two masked men entered the home Of
=. j, Gilmore, an aged farmer residing
four miles from Appleton, about 6 O'Clock
in the evening, pounded him into insensi-
bility and securing bank certificate of
500 and $50 in currency
Miss Maud McLind. well-known So
prano soloist now singing in st. Mary's
Catholic Church in Chicago, surprised
her La Crosse relatives and friends by
wiring that she married DIR. Charles
Wells of Des Moines, Iowa.
Carl Schwartz. the abductor OF Emma
Becker. had hearing before a justice
of the peace in Kenosha, and was bound
over to the Circuit Court in bonds of
$1,000. Being unable to furnish bail,
he was remanded to the county Jail.
Arthur Brewer, a Prairie du Chen
druggist, while out for spin on his biz
cycle was thrown violently against a
post. His teeth were broken in and his
face bruised. The handlebars came loose
and the wheel become manageable.
At party given by the Misses Loretta
and Effie Cummns ut La Crosse, Alice
Cummings dress sleeve caught fire from
n pumpkin jack o lantern, and the flames
quickly enveloped her whole dress. w,
Henschel and other gentlemen there
finally put out the fire after she was bad
" burned The young gentlemen who
rescued her from an awful death We're
burned about the hands.
Jesse Gray. well-known engineer,
and Walter Heck, son of fisherman,
hung for several hours TO the upturned
keel Of their duck boat out in the bay
off Marinette, in momentary expectation
of drowning. They had been duck hunt
ing and the boat was capsized and they
We're thrown into the water several miles
from shore, Henry Roe, fisherman,
finally heard their cries for help and res
cued them.
The will of Delephine Francois, the
Montrose man who committed suicide,
was filed in the Probate Court at Madi-
| son, 1t Is an unusual instrument, mas
much as 1t was drawn Sept L. the day
after his wife had applied fcr divorce
and leaves the homestead, 100 acres. ia
the woman. The whole estate is valued
at $50. 1000, $4,000 of which was in
money. The money he left to be divided
among his seven nephews.
John J. Dapper, a member Of Mayor
| Roses party at Shawano, is missing. and
| 1t is feared that he has persisted. Dap
! per, who has been connected with the
1 W tflr Tor 4 ayta ATTN .
| teen years, went out in duck boat af-
| ter ducks, and shortly after heavy
! storm swept over the lake Two other
men who went out at the same time man
aged to get back to camp, but nothing
has been seen of Dapper. In the morn.
| ing his skiff and cartridge bags were
| found.
Riding on a bicycle with dead man
on his back was the narrowing expert
| ence of Il. s. Wilson, New London
man Wilson is a bosk agent. and whte
| en- his way to Hortonville to canvass. one
mile out of the town. be met man
| staggering along the road The ST. ager
| told him he was sick and Wilson Ia .ited
| him to get on the wheel Then he hnr-
| riedly ped to town for medical assist
ance. The sick man occupied the seat,
feet hanging free, with arms around VIII
sons neck. The latter allowed his weight
to rest on the crossbaT while pedaling.
Receiving no responsive action to his
command to dismount and failing To ex-
tricate himself from the mans grip when
town was reached. Wilson got off and
discovered TO his horror that the man
was dead. 4 coroner's jury found denth
was due to heart disease
Daniel s. Holcomb. who mysteriou.ly
disappeared from his home in Baraboo
nearly a year ago, has been found He is
now with his daughter, Mrs L. Pease,
in Chicago. On Nov. II last year Mr.
Holcomb went 10 Mr. Kerfoot's summer
home in Dellou 10 meet = man from
when he expected to purchase some eat.
tie. While waiting for his man he went
to the Wisconsin river, q few rods dis
tant to fish. As he failed to return after
several hours. search was made and from
Indications along the river bank it was
supposed he fell into thu river and
drowned. Later it WAS learned that he
crossed the river and boarded q train
on the Milwaukee and St. Paul road. but
from there all trace of him Was lost. Mr..
Holcomb has roamed about the country
for nearly year and can give no account
Of himself from the time he left the Ker.
foot farm until he arrived IN Chicago.
Lew w. WEIGH one Of the best known
telegraphers in the West. died suddenly
10 Milwaukee, Of heart trouble. aged 80
years. Mr.. WEIGH was connected with
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