Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-11-27

ap0pleAS Whiie feadlhS paper before
medical society at Eau Claire.
The First National Baak of Montfort
was entered by burglars. the safe blown,
ana $1,000 in currency and gold and $500
in silver was stolen.
Joseph Richardson. farmer residing
in the town of New Diggings, committed
suicide by hanging in his barn. No cause
is assigned for the act.
Daring the river season officially clos
ed Nov. Is, LOIS boats passed the la
Crosse Mississippi wagon bridge, a slight
dec aas, from last season,
Frank Kenny, while trying to climb on
heavy lnmber wagon driven by lis faith
er at Chippewa Fails, fell under the
wheels. He will not recover.
Mrs c. X. Adams. wife of the former
president of the University OF Wiscon-
sin. has given the Madison Art Associa-
ton her jewels. valued at $4,000.
James Revets of Hilshoro was drawn
into corn shredder ahile working on
neighbours farm and his right arm was
torn off four inches below the elbow.
Mrs William Schroeder and son were
instantly killed by the south-bound linn
tied on railroad crossing near Unity
while driving home from wedding.
John Howard of Neillsyille was struck
by a Northwestern gravel IN and bad
ly injured Part of one ear was cut off.
He was bruised and cut up badly and
was injured internally.
Miles Spurrier was shot by some I'M
ha
about two miles from Fern. 1t seems that
party of four went out together, Spur
ricr had shot a deer and stopped over it
when the fatal bullet entered his breast
Henry Comrade. aged 60 years, we'll
tO-do farmer of the town of Losel, COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself. His
wife found his body hanging to a rafter
in the barn. cut it down and notified the
authorities No reason for the suicide is
known.
At Ashland the east tramway of the
keystone Lumber Company caught ire
from burning tug. Four million fec+
of lumber burned The steel tug Key
stone, the finest rug at the head of the
lakes. is destroyed. The total loss will
probably amount to $4,000.
Wojech Szul, who came to Washburn
from the Pennsylvania coal mining dis
trict month ago and has been working
in the lumber woods, was killed by fall
ing from logging train on the Wash
burn and Northwestern Railroad. Tween
ty-seven cars passed over him.
W. X. Francis, alleged to have blown
the safe of the BIaire postofiice and es-
capped with 800, aud who was arrested
at Hixton, was arraigned before United
States Court Commissioner A. Harrison
in La Crosse. He entered a plea of not
guilty and was placed under $1,000 bail.
Henning Beckus, son Of Frank Beckus
of Beloit. was badly wounded 10y a re-
volver in the hands of his chum, Charles
Ianberg The shooting occurred at the
| home of Mr. Beckus. The boys We're play
| ing with 22-caliber revolver and were
struggling in a friendly way for posses
sion of the pistol when it was discharg-
| ed
| A tragieal death occurred at the home
| of 0lof Stermne in Moscow. There was
| d party at Mr.. Stermnes home, and one
of the guests, Mrs. John Hegelsen, a
widow, in descending the stairs, slipped
| End fell from the second step to the bot
tom She got up without aid, walked t
! the parior. sat down, when she showed
signs of pain and was assisted to tht
sofa. She tainted but was revived. She
suffered great agony for about twenty
minutes, then expired.
The village of Athens is stirred up over
the disappearance of young man named
Herman Buenges, who has been missing
since Nov. s. He was working at one Of
the logging camps Of the Upham' Manu-
featuring Company near that village, and
on the evening of the day mentioned was
returning to camp with the rest Of the
crew, when he decided to take a short
cut through the woods. Leaving his fel.
low workmen, who followed the road, he
started through the painless woods, and
that was the last that has been seen OF
him. Searching parties have gone over
the surrounding country thoroughly since
then. hut not a trace of him can he found
On a recent morning the Menominee
River Lumber Company at Marinett,
sawed its last log. There was flying oi
flags and the boom Of dynamite to mark
! the close Of the lumber operations Of q
concern that has sawed logs for nearly
! fifty years on the Menominee. At IL
o'clock there WAS only one log at tht
! bottom of the sluiceway. The men stop
ped long enough 10 decorate it with flags
| and the log was hanled up into the mil
and given over to the saws. while dyna
mite cartridges outside doomed the news
A mill was located on the present sit,
in 1851 Jesse SpaIding was interested
| in the concern from It's inception The
mill has cut over a billion feet of lum
! Der. valued at over $4,000, 600. from
! 10000 acres OF land.
Part of the warehouse erected this
summer by the GAINESVILLE Machinery
Company collapsed. No one was in tbs
building Mt the time The building is on
the west eud of me plant and is about
! 50x7J feet, and three stories above the
! basement. The rooms had just been com
! pleted and were filed with machinery
| The third floor gave way, and with Its
! load crashed down through the second
| to the basement all in a congiOmerate
heap of building and machinery. Though
none Of the walls caved in. it is thought
| the west and south walls will have to be
| taken out and rebuilt The warehouse is
part Of SO. 900 improvement TO the
plant. The fault Is supposed TO have
been in brick supports In basement
which are crushed. The loss is heavy.
| Physicians and surgeons were called
upon 10 use the X-ray to locate a bullet
in the body Of Arthur Shields. who shot
| himself accidentally at the Eagle Hotc
| IN La Crosse. II was found after much