Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-09


laborer employed by the Milwaukee road
had both bgs cut off by being run over
by gravel train
Work has just been started on the new
Jail building IN Grantsburg. The plans
call for one Of the best jails of the small
towns in the State
/ A log jam on the St. Croix river near
Grantsbnrg contains 50,000,Oo0 feet Of
/ logs and Is nine miles long. One hun
dred drivers are breaking il.
The Madison Common Council had a
protracted wrangle over the granting Of
retail liquor licenses, eighty-one being
| granted and three being refused.
| Indications are that railroad ehr9no-
graph factory will be established in Be
| lott in the near future. Eastern capital
/ lists are said TO be interested in the pro-
| ject.
Robbers attempted to blow open the
safe in the office OF the Gray bottling
works at GAINESVILLE with dynamite. The
work was evidently an attempt Of begin
| ners.
Nick Rauscb, an employee Of the Nal
leable Iron Rtnge Company4in Beaver
| Dam, was severely injured about the
head while operating polishing wheel IN
the shops.
George S. Davidson, a resident Of Ash
land, was robbed of hand satchel con-
tanning over ST 600 worth Of oil bonds at
the Northwestern depot in Chicago, while
he was awaiting train.
Richard Finler, 4-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Herman FinleF, fell in,o a els
tern at Racine. Esaa little sister discov-
cred him and his mother reached down
with pole and pulled the child out.
AT a meeting of the Oshkosh Yacht
Club the dates tor the annual regatta
were decided upon July 80. 81 and Aug.
| being selected The races will be sail
ed over the usual triangular course.
Augusta PozenasN of Chippewa Falls,
while horseback riding, was thrown Eio-
lently to the ground. striking on his head.
When picked up he was thought to be
dead, but after an hour he regained con-
seriousness.
One hundred and twenty-five million
feet Of standing pine on the north shore
of Lake Superior on Minnesota soil has
been purchased by Akeley & Sprague OF
washburn The firm has decided to lou
BILE its present holdings.
On account of the inability of Miss
Ida Fleischer, recently appoii d instruc-
tor in the modern languages az Lawrence
University, Appleton, to accept the posi-
ton it has been offered to Miss Louise
Lummis of Middleton, y. II.
James Fisher, an old resident of Mari
nette, has been committed to the insane
II LII, fhoN JtF
cars and railroad trains have to go out
of the way for him and it was feared
that he would be killed unless restrained
+. w. Stephenson. charged with the
murder of William Cooper at Waterloo
on Feb 8, in company with FIVE other
prisoners. sawed his way out of the coun-
ty Jail at jefferson and effected their es-
cape. 1t is thought that the prisoners
had help from the outside.
In making a short turn on the Hall
avenue road in Marinette, the rig occu-
pied by H. L. Wright and II. j. Jorgen-
son. members of a delegation sent to ex-
anime a proposed poorhouse site, was
overturned. Mr.. Wright was badly bruis-
ed and had his knee sprained.
A telegram was received at Milton from
Las Vegas, y. NJ, telling of the death
of Albert c. Whitford. He was rail-
road conductor on the Santa Fe and
was killed while performing his duties.
He was the son of Prof. Albert Whitford
and a nephew of the late President w.
C. Whitford OF Milton College.
Mrs. y. NJ Smith and her 6-year-old
daughter had a narrow escape from
death at Baraboo. The house had caught
| fire and the bed in which the mother and
child were sleeping was surrounded with
flames before Mrs. Smith awoke. Nhe1
| the woman awoke she seized her chit
and jumped from seeondstOry window
| just in time to save their lives.
Otto. the 14-year-old son Of Marcus
Sterr Of Waupun, lost part of his scalp
and is in a very serious condition. He
| jumped on land roller to have ride
while the machine was being taken
through the street, and in some manner
was thrown in front of the roller. His
| head was dragged in the gravel, tearing
off a piece Of scalp as large as persons
hand.
| Prof E. Blackwelder and several stu
dents from the Chicago University are
at Baraboo on the trail of a glacier The
region about Baraboo is famous for its
geological formations and for the excep-
| tionally distinct evidences of the glaciers
| which visited this State many years ago.
| The terminal moraine of the glacier will
| be carefully studied and with their bright.
new hammers they will endeavor to crack
some of the difficult and unsettled ques-
| tions surrounding this undeveloped geo
| logical field
Judge Tarrant in the Circuit Court at
| Milwaukee gave sweeping decision
against the Lake Geneva Elevated road,
in the quo lrranto suit brought by
property owners along the proposed route
Of the road in tie city, The suit was
| brought on the ground that there was no
statute in Wisconsin whereby the city
could grant a franchise to an elevated
road. The Lake Geneva road, as it is
| known, was incorporated over year ago
| by Clarence s. Darrow of Chicago, Isabel
A. Du Bochet of Paris. France; I. \.
Wheeler of Toledo. Jacob y. Bick Of To-
ledo and ]. l.. OConneF of Milwaukee.
| The capital stock was fixed at 100000,
but this was merely a nominal capitaliza-
ton. it being stated that plenty of money
would he forthcoming once the franchise
matter was settled
The proposals for the new Stephenson
| library building at Marinette. which
| vere coDsidSred have heen rejected. The