Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-10-23

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Mrs. Dorothy Sefert, aged 20, COM
mitted suicide at Fond du Lac by hang
ing herself with a clothesline. ySss.
In Racine Louis Fuhra WAS sentenced
10 one year in State prison for assaElsiug
Policeman Christian Anderson.
One thousand dollars secretei IN a.
closet was burned in the fire whiehSge- I
stroyed the home of Mrs. Bachhaus al
Brillion.
Word is received that Lieut.. Carl We
Junceu of La Crosse has been promoted
to lieutenant commander in the United
States navy.
Mrs Margaret Fritsch. the oldest resi-
dent Of Manitowoc County, reaching the
age OF 100 years, and who resided at.
Maple Grove, is dead.
The contract for erecting the new State
agricultural college building at Wiseon-
sin University has been awarded to t. G.
Mccarthy of Madison for S143-i79.
While attempting 10 prevent flying
belt from slipping from the wheel of the
stone erusher engine Commissioner Voll-
mar of the IL Crosse Board Of Public
Works had his left hand nearly torn OF,
A stabhing occurred at St. Croix Falls.
in which, it is alleged, John I.umsden OF
Deer Lake and stranger from Bone
Lake were the participants. The stran-
ger received severe slash across his
face.
James Stout. 10 years old, eldest son
Of Senator ], III. Stout. fell from wag-
Oh at Menomonie. The wheel passed over
his head breaking his nose, crushing in
his teeth and intlicting an ugly cut on the
chin
Cupid has succeeded in entangiing in
its meshes Frank Kaufman, ST., and
Miss Lena Bonn OF Two Rivers. The
prospective groom is widower IL years
of age. The bride-to-be is Al yesfs his
junior.
In Baraboo 4. Kinney celebr ed his
ninetieth birthday anniversary with four
generations present. The most remarka-
BILE thing in connection with his life is
that he has constantly used tobacco for
eighty-four years.
At Eau Claire the residence Of William
Bonnell, =, was damaged by fire about
81 500 Members of the family narrow
~ escaped death by climbing out of win
dows from their bedrooms dressed only
in their night clothes
Eight men, working en- a gravel train
near Tioga, We're buried under gravel. one
Of the cars overturning. The men were
dug out as soon as possible. Roadmaster
w w Bond was badly injured and prob
ably viii die Three others were badly
hurt. and recovery is doubtful.
At the thrty-frst annual meeting OF
the northwestern branch of the Women ;
Foreign Missionary Society Of the Meth
odst Episcopal Church, the Wisconsin
conference pledged $1,000 and the west
ern Wisconsin conference $1,000 toward
the work. In all S9s,00O was pledged,
Anton Stollenwerk, a business man
of Milwaukee, is missing and friends fear
he has been foully dealt with. He left
for St. Louis On Oct. /. intending TO ne
| gotiate for timber lands, and expected to
return the following Sunday. No Word
has been received from him since he left
| the city II is said Stolenwerk carried
! considerable money.
| w. j. Bell and Officer Butterfield OF
Baraboo captured Ralph Jackson in a
| barn and received $50 reward. Jackson
had escaped from the county jail. The
prisoner tried to commit sucde on chs
way 20 Baraboo by swallowing lot o.
tobacco. but after a severe sickness h'
recovered The next day he made an
other unsuccessful attempt at suicide bl
taking Paris green.
Bruno Oeschger committed sdicide II
his bed at L., Crosse by the chloroforn
route. He played cards with his mother
until late hour and then retired to his
room He wet a sponge with chlo~oform
and put it in hat, placed il over his
face and covered himself with hedclothes
He was found dead the next morning
The suicide was q years old and stu
dent, Of the Wisconsin Business Uniyer
sity. The motive for the rash deed l:
unknown.
The authorities are investigating tbs
death OF Chester f. Richardson. which
occurred at the Knowlton hospital, Mil
waukee The relatives advance the the
DRY that death was the result Of injuries
received at the Milwaukee county hos
pital for the insane, where he was con
fined until few days before hi death
The c0roner's autopsy revealed the fact
| that there weTc cuts and bruises on hi
head and his breasthone WAS caved in
and the only explanation the hospital at
tendants have offered was that he fcl
out Of bed
Jennie Louise Slosson. daughter o.
Judge Russell H. Slosson, and Clark y
Hollister were married at kenosha ant
started for a trip in the East Unknown
to them. young man friend slipped int
| the smoker and accompanied hem Z
+ Chicago. where he preceded them anc
nassed out little cards bearing this in
seription: I'VE are bride and groom; ~
were married at Keuosha this evening
Treat us kindly. for " are loneiyg' The
| joker preceded the couple to the AuditO
| rum and when they boat Jed train fol
the East they were dHmfoCnded TO finc
mat all the passengers had oeco handed
one OF the cards.
Thomas Lnis OF Milwaukee. employed
on steam shovel near the Case pillow
works, Racine, was injured in a dynamite
| explosion He was watching ihn work 81
] the other men who were placing sticks
/ Of dynamite in the embankmcnt and dis
charging IT, Luis walked too close II
where the dynamite bad been placed. and
when it was discharged he was thrown a
distance Of several feet aud into the cab
Of the engine used ia hauling cars. His
/ clothing caught on the throttle and open
| ed IT, The engine started forward, but
the engineer. who was on the ground
| jumped into the cab aud closed the throt
| tff. Luis will probably recover.