Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-06-12
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. phoenix died in Barre
boo within twenty-four hours of each 9th,

sweetheart nlu takeil out anUlhef girl.
John Sears Of Monticello. former cash
/ Ter of the bank OF Monticello. fell from
a windmill fifty feet high and was killed
Because her husband refased to take
her to u picnic, Mrs. Ferdinand Honey.
! church of Kacipe took poison and is now
1 IN Q nrecarious condition.
George H. Tucker Of Baraboo, while in
tcxicated. drove his wife aud little daugi-
ter into the woods with butcher knife.
They remained there all night.
The plant Of the milwaukee, Steel Cast
ing Company was damaged by fire to the
/ amount of $4,000 The loss is prinei-
pally on patterns and machinery.
The thrty-fifth annual encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic. depart
ment of Wisconsin, will be held in the
city of Sheboygan June ~ and 20.
The ease Of leopold Schroeder VS. the
Wisconsin Central Railroad was tried at
Grand Rapids. the jung bringing in a yer
dict for 5000 in favor of the plaintiff.
Fire destroyed the Commercial Hotel
and American House Mt Pembine. The
buildings and contents were totally de-
str9yed. Commercial loss. $1,000, with
no Insurance. American loss, s., 800,
| $500 Insurance, Incendiary.
John Lamont and Andrew Somzak
were buried beneath large fall of
ground at the Atlantic mine at Iron Belt.
Lamont, after being buried eleven hours.
was taken out alive. but died an hour
later. Somzak was taken out dead.
The authorities are searching for Char
| ley Erickson of Eau Claire, aged II years.
who was induced to leave home by
tramp, on the pretext Of teaching him the
| art of tattooing. 1t is believed tramp
and boy went north on freight train.
| Charles Erickson, aged II years, who,
| it was feared, had been kidnapped by
| tramp. returned home to Eau Claire with
his, arms covered with tattoo marks. The
tramp induced the lad to take a trip
with him, offering to teach him the art of
tattooing
DR. II. H. Bush of Washburn has re-
ceived word from England hat he has
fallen heir to S2000,0e0 by the death of
a relative. The doctor is an old man who
| of late years has been living on a small
piece of land near town. He will leave
for England to claim the Inheritance.
Kenosha society was surprised by the
news that Miss Nina Mott had elopcd
with Henry J. Baker of st. Joseph.
Mich, and was married At Waukegan,
H. Baker had recently returned from
the Philippines, where he served with
the Thirtieth regiment. volunteer infan-
try, seeing much hard service. The hap.
Ply pair were sweethearts before he en-
| tered the army.
The passenger train between Washburn
| and Iron River on the Washburn, Bay
! field and Iron River sailroad, ran into
an open switch seven miles west of
| Washburn. and the engine was derailed,
necessitating the aid Of a wrecking train.
| The train then proceeded on its way and
| found two more open switches before
Iron River was reachsl. Officers of the
road claim that an attempt was made TO
wreck their trains and that some one has
| been breaking the switch locks at inter-
! walls for two weeks.
During the interregnum that elapsed
/ between the going out of the old game
wardens and the entering upon duty of
the new ones appointed by Gov. La Fol-
| lette netting. was carried on in Lake Win
nebngo and surrounding waters with inn
pnnity and many tons of fish We're ship
1 IN u NV dA -NpNs HuA ever INT lLSN htlu-
ties hay gotten into action. have charter
| ed a ste All launch and are prospecting a
vigorous war against the pirates Miles
| and miles of nets and set lines have been
| taken up and destroyed and many barrels
| of cOntraband fish have been seized and
| sold.
| William I4illge. an employee at one of
| the Appleton sale stables, was found in
an unconse. GUS condition on the street.
He was suffering from Il large cut in the
head, evidently from stone with which
| he had been struck The man was haul
ing a bale of hay across the city to the
| Lake Shore railway depot, where he was
| TO feed some stock. He does not know
who threy the stone, nor does he recol-
| lect seeing anyone near him at the time.
| Rather than suffer longer with All in
| durable disease Peter l.. Hansen of the
town OF Orange committed suicide by
hanging. He leaves family.
Eight thousand dollars was found in
two packages, one of S7.00e and one of
$1,000, under Sidewalk in front of the
former boarding house OF Stewart Jelleff,
heidi at Mineral Point on charge of rob
bling 'rhe First National Bank. Ever
since the robbery many citizens have been
conducting an active search for the
money. The finding of the two packages
encourages the belief that the ajority
Of the stolen funds will be recovered. The
bank officials have been able to identity
the money. With the first package Of
$1,000 there were found Two bottles OF
nitroglycerin, bunch of skeleton KEYS
and letter the contents of which are
Kept secret.
Lafayette has Whitecaps. Mrs. Julia
Guyon, "A resident for twenty-five years,
is the recipient of two anonymous let
ters signed "Whiteeaps," which threaten
to do great damage to her property if
she does DOT leave the town. Ever since
| the alleged death Of Ida tiuyon, for which
| Mrs. Guyon and Samuel Davis We're held
responsible. some of the neighbors have
looked down upon her. and it is supposed
| that these letters have come from that
| source The last one She received Il few
days ago. which stated that on a week
from that day. during the night, If she
was still living on her farm. her house
and other farm 'tildings would be de-
! stroyed by fire. Mrs. tIu..H turned the
| letters over to Postmaster Goddard
She has sold her farm and IS waiting for
another payment before she leaves for