Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-02

I cnafacief WIS gwen SIX MONTHS IN Jah
for stealing SO from saloon till.
! The large coal shed of the Wisconsin
! Central Railway Company at irvine
burned. together with 5sS tons Of coal
In order to avoid arrest for alleged debt
Jacob Jordi Of BcIleview shot himself
as the sheriff entered his house. He win
/ die.
Judge George Gary. one Of the oldest
attorneys Of Oshkosh win shortly leave
for Milwaukee TO reside with his laugh
ter
Doud Sons & Cos general store at
March Rapids was. totally destroyed by
FIRE. The loss is $1,000. with small in
surance.
Mrs. Theresa Morawitz. aged &c, one
of the oldest Bohemian residents of RIA
cine was fatally injured by being run
over by team Of horses attached to a
wagon.
Martin Taft. about 80 years of age.
residing at Milton Junction, was struck
and instantly killed by a passenger train
on the Milwaukee road about two miles
from Edgerton.
Medrich Maisoneuve of Peshtigo. 10
years old, had his right hand blown off
During the absence of his parents he
found dynamite cap. He picked it with
pin until it exploded.
William Daigles saloon at Apollonia
was destroyed by fire and his family, re-
siding on the second floor. escaped
through a window. The loss is $4,000,
with $1,000 insurance.
L., - Daafpo ..o,,,.t (Nho rtaS
Cline and Thomas White pleaded guilty
to a charge of burslarizing the saloon of
Patrick Devine and were sentenced to
two years each in Waupun prison.
John Gentry. a tramp, pleaded guilty
to stealing a watch at Junction City and
was sentenced to two years in State pris-
on. Three other tramps were also i'm
plicated, but Gentry shouldered the
crime.
Mrs. Frank Wichtman. living in La
Crosse. is alive in spite of the fact that
three days ago she was pronounced dead
and her husband sent for. She is in a
fair way to recover unless a decided
change takes place
William Wright. a colored prisoner in
the State prison at Waupun, died after
lingering illness of consumption.
Wright was convicted of shooting Charles
Dorsey, a eolored musician, in Milwau-
kee. and was sentenced to life imprisOn-
ment.
Two suits for $1,000 each have been
commenced against Washburn County,
one by Robert Mcdonald and the other
by Henry Campbell, who were confined
in the lookup at Spooner, so it is alleged
in the complaints, and while so confined
were taken forcibly out of the Jail by
gang of toughs and rioters and maltreat-
ed
Considerable excitement has been
raised in Wausaukee by the failure on
the part of four well-known young peo-
Pile of that place to return from a drive
on which they started on a recent after
noon. The names of the young people
are Harry Sheety. Myrtle Martin, Leslie
Cady and Mary Sheety. They are all
about 10 years of age.
A huge locomotive frame being moved
form under an engine at the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy shops in La Crosse,
fell. knocking several wofkmen down and
pinning Foreman j. A. Jensen to the
floor. The ton and half of frame had
to be removed with a crane before he
was released. He was terribly bruised
and has several bones broken He will
live.
William Kluge, y years of age. en-
ployed at Union Bag and Paper Com
pany's mill in Kaukauna, was drowned
in the government canal. kluge, with
a number Of his fellow wOrkmen. was
engaged at the headgates of the Green
Bay * Mississippi Canal Company's
water power canal in removing the nee
dies, when he was swept from his posi-
ton on the top of one Of the gates into
the swift running water beneath. and
sunk almost Immediately.
Oscar Bers of La Crosse. aged 8 years,
was found incorrigible by the county
court and ordered to the reform school.
He was taken to Waukesha, but was
turned away because of the new ruling
which refused admission to boys at
Waukesha. or girls at Milwaukee until
they are IA. Now the little fellow is in
the hands of the county authorities and
the question is what to do with him. He
has several times attempted to set fire
to his fathers dwelling and has also
threatened to kill his mother with a
jack-knife
ri pluck of hoasemaid saved S. G..
5 IN )ns, the w,A.-known millionaire
banker and manufacturer of Kenosha,
from being the victim % a daring rob
berry The man had opened window
leading into the buffers pantry in the
Simmons residence and was in the act
of carrying off a silver service when the
girl. thinking the r0bber was a rat, went
into the room and rushing to the win
dow. seized the silver tray from the
hands of the robber He kept hold of a
silver pitcher valued at $50. but the re-
mainder of the service was rescued by
the maid
\ small blaze and the obstnacy Of a
railroad engineer combined practically to
paralyze the Geographic system of the
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and
the Western Union Telegraph Company
north of OSHKOSH for hours the other
day. While the city department was e.l-
gagged in extinguishing 4 blaze in Il e
house that covers the land connect ms
of thee cables of the companies crossing
the Fox river the engineer of a freight,
d~regarding all signals. crossed the
bridge and charged with his train through
the firemen and apparatus. In order 10
save the latter the firemen were com
PEELED to abandon the fire and the cable
protection was burned off or fused and
the insulation destroyed. The result was
a grounding of the entire system.
The business men of Kenosha have
raised $1,000 toward the purchase of a