Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-16

WV ned.
eapitst IN 49, is to have "a new a sPs,sn IL
i M TrassAs Is $4,000. II 1sN :
AIinneapoils. M a s. Il. was found
drowned near NM Tor wor
Nels Herriea. ssa, farmer fell
of from load cf hAs MIL MI roke his neck.
He was the father D. - Herried Of
South Dakota
\ stock aud ha. barn u the Comstock
farm a; the edge Of Arc8Sia was struck
by lightning aud totally destroyed The
loss is $1,000.
\ valuable horse be!opang 70 eN- Sher.
if Comstock of JaneSYS | ran away at
Beloit 1t crashed inAA q house and
crushed its skull.
A mail sack disappcafA mysteriously
yesterday from the StaxHn of the Mil
waukee road at RandomfEke. 1: is sun
posed that the sack wagNo Glen,
Mr. and Mrs. wnlis@i w. wins of
GAINESVILLE celebrated tbbsr golden wed
ding. a surprise party 5was given them
by the local lodge of th9sG. A. r.
At Menomouie ightnsAg struck the
house Of Mrs. Edward MAuske. complete.
ly wrecking the building Five persons
who were in the house wfre unharmed
\ north-bound train ran into herd of
cows four miles north % Elkhart Lake,
killing tire nd cutting off the legs Of
two more. We cattle belonged to James
Kessel
The board of directors 6f the Madison
free library have seleete,3 as site for
the Carnegie library whit is known as
the Daley property on West Washington
avenue.
AIRS. Hans Olson of Cambridge aud
Mrs. l. Shager of Wiota. sisters, who
have been separated for sixty-6ye years,
held reunion at jefferson. The sisters
separated in Norway in 1897.
The general store of jacobson X
Brooks, TT Pound. was broken into, but
only about $3.50 in small change was
taken. The work was not done by ex-
perts, as the large safe was not meddled
with.
Corliss. formerly known as Western
Union Junction, is to become transfer
point for the Milwaukee road, and all
the freight 70 merly handled at Western
avenue in Chicago is TO be transferred
there.
Il. A. McLery and William Brown
fell from barn, height of twenty feet,
1T Palmyra. Brown died. 1t is thought
that McLery will live. He had three ribs
broken and was otherwise seriously
bruised.
Miss Mollie Richards, a young woman
Is years of age, is missing from her home
in Kenosha, and the local police have
been unable TO find any trace of her. The
young girls friends think she has met
with foul play.
William Nesetril. aged 20 years, fell
from the pier into the river at Racine.
and although several of his companions
were on the pier Mt the time, they became
so frightened that they We're unable TO
save their eomrade,
The T0-foot steeple of the German
Evangelical Church at Menominee Falls
was blown down by the terrific wind
storm, accompanied by rain and hail. The
damage done the church and furniture
will probably amount to 1000,
Rev, G. A. Gullixon, for the past nine
years pastor Of the Trinity Church at
Beloit, has resigned to accept a call from
the st. Luke's Norwegian Lutheran
Church Of Chicago. He will be succeed.
ed by Rev. J. E. Hegg Of Whitehall.
Hans Raysen. employed as coachman
at the Waldheim sanitarium at Oc0no.
bathing in the ii.e, -. r. 9 ii iq
assistance could reach him. Raysen was
a Dane and had been in the country but
a short time,
James Rice. aged p years. at one time
connected with Kenosha labor paper,
and the holder of the lightweight pugi-
listic championship of Southern WILSON,
sin. was run over by Northwestern
freight train and had both legs cut off.
His recovery is doubtful
The telegraph operators in the towers
of the block system of the Chicago and
Northwestern Lave been given a raise
in salary from $40 to $50 per month. The
telegraph operators at the stations have
been given raise of s. per month. The
advance went into effect on July l.
Because Mrs. j. Schwartz. widow re-
siding in WATERFOWL, refused TO marry
+. H. Fender the latter shot the woman
twice and then took poison himself Doc
tors were Immediately summoned and
both persons will live. The exact cause
for the tragedy is not known, but 1t is
understood that Fender has been very
anxious to marry Mrs. Schwartz and that
he was very jealous Of her,
Charles f. Close La C~0sse engi-
neer. made remarkable - Of run
away team. The team be- .sing 10
Minnesota farmer started down Main
street at gallop. Close, seeing it meant
possible death for the occupants, took
running jump, alighting on one Of the
horses and secured the reins which had
fallen from the wagon The team was
stopped without damage
As train No, pulled into McGregor
the other night the engineer saw an OBJ
iect lying beside the track. the train was
stopned aud upon Investigation the crew
found the body Of a m: u, beside which
stood woman. She refused to utter
word. A hasty examination revealed two
large holes in the man's head, probably
inflicted by a pick. and blood stains on
the woman's clothing The man was car
ried to the baggage ear and taken % the
hospital. and the woman was also forced
to get on the train but she later jumped
while the train was in motion and he'd to
the woods, where she was discovered
and taker jail by the sherry Inc man,
whose is Wilson. tas ne gained
ccnsciou 81 and there gre e ave fears
for his very.
Julius erlach. an empl OF the Mod
eru Steel Structural Company Of Wan