Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-30

Mi- ana Mts. FRANK afner OF the
town Of Sun Prairie celebrated their gold
en- wedding
The machine shops and iron foundry
of Fairban x Linn. in Appleton, We're
destroyed ~ fire. The loss is estimated
to be abo.'t $1,000
The n.ercantile establishment OF the
Smith Bassford Company at Sturgeon
Bay was destroyed by fire Loss So, 900
ON stock and building, insurance 1000
Thomas Il, Jefrery of Chicago has
stated up the Sterling plant in kenosha
| Il will bee used for the manufacture of
automobiles and 800 men will be en-
ployed
A. w. Holmes, business agent OF the
AiachinistS' Union, has declared a strike
al the plant Of the Christensen Engineer
ing Company m Milwaukee. F'ifty-one
men quit work
Joseph Pigeon, aged - years, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself through
the head with rifle at the home Of his
parents in the town of Weston during the
absence of the famiy
Mr., and Mrs. ] o. Johnson of La
Crosse and their three children narrowly
escaped being asphyxiated by coal gas.
/ The crying of the baby awakened the
| mother. who rescued the rest Of the fam
lily.
Adelaide fIilgend Of Racine. & years
old, Was run down by large lumber
wagon and one of the wheels passed
| across he head. 1t was believed she
was killed, but after being picked up ard
carried into drug store she revived and
was able TO walk home. Not bone was
broken.
stranger who represented himself
TO be a well-to-do land buyer from st.
! Paul. put up at the leading hotels and
had liveryman drive him about the
| country in style, At Boyceville he pass
! cd worthless check for 500 and at
Wheeler fol $40 and may now be oper-
| ating at otner toNus along the W,scon-
sin Central line.
Through the efforts OF Congressman
Eseh the wet channel of the Mississippi
river has beet abandoned at La Crosse.
a bill having b,an passed in Congress
ordering the War Department to declare
the channel abandoned. This will save
the city of La Crosse a considerable sum
| daily. as IL was necessary in high water
toskeep a crew at the old Iontoon bridge,
Which crosses the river. to allow any
boats to pass that might desire.
In GAINESVILLE Judge b. f. Dnnwiddie
granted divorce to Peter l.. Myers
from Jessie A. Myers on the ground OF
cruel and inhuman Il ca .ment. They were
married in Chicago 1re years ago. The
defendant is the daughter of the late
| ~. IN
herman OF Oshkosh, and this is the third
time she has been divorced She secured
the other two for non-support. Mr.. My.
ers is the manager of the Myers Grand
Opera House
Harry Richards. well-known young
man of Nanitowoc, and son OF Henry
Richards. prominent manufacturers re.
turned from college recently. Much to
the surprise of all his friends, he brought
wife home wit him. On Nov. = last
Harry Richards and Miss Mabel Alex
ander of South Dakota, both students at
college at Dixon, H.. went to minis
Ter in that city and We're quietly mar
ried. They kept their secret we'll and
nothing was told until Mr. Richards de-
cided to introduce his bride to his fam
lily and friends. The young groom is
nearly Il years old and his wife Is 20
They have been received with open arms
The Sandow murder case was revived
in Oshkosh by the filing In the Circuit
Court by John Campfield of Rushford OF
a claim of $1,000 for services rendered
the deceased Sandow during life. San.
dow was a hermit. His farm adjoined
the one occupied by Campfeld. Mr.. and
Mrs. Campfield to large extent took
charge of Sandow's affairs. Sandow was
burned TO death in his house one night
just before the day on which he was GO
ing to Canada to visit his relatives.
Campbell, who drove him home that
night, was tried twice for the murder.
but each time the jury disagreed. A will
which left all If Shadows property to
Mrs. Camptield was declared a forgery
and the probate judge refused 10 receive
it. His estate was then administered ac-
cording TO law.
Expert craftsmen burglarized the store
of the H. G. Christian company az John
sons Creek, wholesale dealers In butter
and eggs. and made a rich haul. Nitro
gIyeerin was used, but nobody heard the
explosion and the robbery was not dis
covered until the store was opened the
next morning. In the Christian com
pany : store there is vault and within
the vault Is n safe fitted with a time
lock The burglars blew off the lock 81
the vault open, Il il and then attacked
the safe. So much nitroglycerin was
used that the IN II. door was completely
shattered, seattle ring the fragments Of
the time lock ON the floor of the vault.
In the safe was about 800 in money,
some government bonds. diamonds aud
other jewelfy, all Of which We're stolen.
Much alarm Is felt over the actions Of
DR.. NJ. ]. Rodermund, an Appleton ply.
stefan. through which hundreds Of per-
sons have been exposed 10 smallpox. DIR.
Ii0dermnnd has long disputed the germ
theory Of disease aud declared that no
disease is conta gious Recently one case
of smallpox appeared there. DR.. Bodcr-
mund, evidently desiring to make us f
the occurrence In an effort to prove IL
theories. went TO the quarantined house
| and. as be admits, exposed hiaself not
only by his presence bot 10y contact with
/ the person of the patient. He then went
/ to his house. ate supper with his family,
( aud afterward went 10 the Business
/ Mems club, where be stayed several
/ hours. The next day he went 10 Green
Bay. whore he met several patients and
other persons Threats Of violence
against Or. RodermHnd iB case the dis
ease spreads are made.
! T. NJ. Wing. cashier 90 the Bataviaa