Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-12-18

which came down upon him, injuring his
head, left arm and leg.
Two men, James Inman Of Kentucky,
unmarried. aged % years, and Will IN
Campbell of Apolonia, ac>1 %, wHfe kill
ed at logging camps. This makes four
fatalities c . a like kind this fall.
Henry i ueping( one of the victims Of
the De Pere wreck of June "a, 1900, re-
ceived 4 verdict at the hands of jury
at Fond du Lac of $4,000 against the
Northwestern Railroad Company.
Ten thousand dollars worth of goods
in the factory of the Modern Shirt and
Skirt Company in Racine was damaged
by fire. The damage to the building will
| amount to several thousand dollars.
Capitalists of Kewaunee have come to
the conclusion that the business interests
of the town demand new banking insti-
tuition A Stat bank with a capital Of
$4,000 or $1,000 win probably be or
ganized.
TIE grist mill at Browntown, owned by
c.. w. Karn, caught fire from the chin
ney and was soon burned TO the ground.
The estimated loss is 5000, with $1,000
! insurance on the building and machinery,
-four and feed n
The restaurant of Edward j. Buehler
I in Prairie du Sac was hurglarized the
other night. The crooks forced an en-
| trance through the rear door, broke open
| the safe and secured $500 cash and sew
eral boxes of cigars.
| w. \. Robbers general store at Co
| Iona was entered by burglars and about
| So in pennies taken. They also entered
| the office Of T. II. Cochrane produce
| buyer. and opened the safe, which was
not locked, but did not secure anything.
John McCabe of West Superior has
| been appointed agency director Tor the
| New York Life Insurance Company and
win have charge OF the company's inter-
ests in the upper peninsula OF Michigan,
/ northern Wisconsin and northern Mime
I sofa
Tho Marinette Natural Gas and Oil
/ Company has formally decided to make a
thorough exploration for gas and oil. A.
! l.. Smith of Washington, Pa, well
dreller, was wired 10 come on with his
| apparatus A shaft will be sunk 2,T00
| feet il necessary.
! The furniture store OF Goldsmith & Co.,
300 West Water street. Milwaukee,. was
destroyed by FIRE The loss viii be about
$4,000. of which So. 900 is on the stock
and $4,000 on the building When the
FIRE broke out the store was filled with
customers, but all got out in safety
Washburn's four sawmills have finch
ed an exceptionally b;g seasons We, .,
| having sawed 132,000,000 feet OF logs,
/ g.F I,#b nd
shingles. The Bigelow mill alone sawed
| 53,O00,000 feet, which is about as gseat
as any min has done in the country.
Chippewa County has abolished the
county poor farm and appropriated 3d.
600 for the erection of building of a poor
! house on the county asylum farm So that
| both institutions will be run under enc
management The poor farm has not
! been paying expenses for FIVE years past.
| Fred G. Miller, resident of Friend
ship, went 10 Necedah on Dec. and Is
| known to have taken the Chicago and
| Northwestern train for Camp Douglas
! that day. since which time he has COM
pletely disappeared. His relatives have
made and 1 re still making every effort to
! locate his whereabouts He was subject
J
! he was in the habit Of wandering awe
] in the woods, aud IT is feared he MAJ
perish unless he is found.
Anton Cook died in 1873. and his wife
and three children recently applied to the
/ court 10 determine the disposition of 200
| acres Of land near Racine. Mr.. Cook
| was twice married, but by his first wife
! there was no issue. 1t was not known
/ fiat there WAS an adopted son. bnt such
| appears to be the case. He is Charlese
| Anton Cook. ~ wears Of age, who has
been living iu the South. He made claim
| in the County Court to one-fourth of the
estate, which in all IL valued at $4,000
| to $4,000
Because he Thought he got the worst OF
land deal and felt that he had lost con
siderable money through real estate
transaction, Michael CaspG, - Shc3cy-
gan put a revolver in his mouth and pull
ed the trigger. II caused instant death,
his head being nearly blown off. Caspar
was only 81 years Of age. He was mar
ried two years ego and is survived by a
widow and child. A short time ago he
traded his farm near Howard's Grove ier
som property in Sheboygan. lie opened
q saloon Business was not good aud he
soon became discouraged. He told his
friends that he wished he had his farm
back and that he felt that he had gotten
the worst OF the deal.
The home Of Bert Sperbcck agent Of
the MiiSaukee Railway at Wausaukee,
was destroyed by fire with all Its con
tents. causing loss Of about $1,000. un-
insured Mr. Sperbeck, his wife and
baby escaped from the horse N their
night clothes.
The meat market owned by j. III. Gosa
was entered by barglaEs Mt Palmyra. The
safe was blown open aud the cash regis
Ter demolished. Only 81 was secured ia
paper money and coins. The damage 10
Gosa's store is estimated at 800. To
escape the men stole a rig and team OF
John Sciota, valued at $3.50.
Rev. n. W Bushnell died at Eiroy
He had been attending q banquet given
b. the !. O. .. F.. whore be swooned and
was taken home In aB unconscious condi-
lion, dying soon afterward lie had been
long ana favorably known in Methods.
Church circles in Wisconsin.
JANIS II. Nesin Of Madison. superin-
tenlent Of the State fish hathceries. has
been 10 Oshkosh experimenting the work
Of placing a large quantity Of whitefish |
spawn for Matching and making a gen
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