Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30

At Arena. while cutting wood, Ole
Gunderson, transfer mail man, nearly
severed his left hand at the wrist by
glancing blow from an ak
Burt Moore. ii resident Of Glidden. was
struck by a Wisconsin Central freight
train while attenniing to cross the. track.
aud diedshfteens minutes later.
The lipemen Of the Wisconsin Tele-
phone Company in Green Bay went out
on a sympathetic strike. The strike is
In Suppoft of the striking linomcn at Mil
waukee.
The saTmill of Mathews Brothers at
State Li7n was destroyed by FIRE recently
II was = single rotary mill and was built
by Rubbish Otto, of Amigo, over ifjy
years ago.
Al a Shchoygan council meeting Alder
man Feistel introduced an ordinance re-
firing tiremen physically disabled after
twenty years service and putting them
on half pay.
DIR. l.. NJ. Gregory, of Stevens Point,
one Of the leading physicians of the State,
died very Unexpectedly al the home ~ his
daughter at Crystal Falls, Mich. where
he was visiting.
Many valuable horses have been stolen
north of La Crosse by band of organ
lied robbers. Sheriffs in Minnesota and
Wisconsin will combine and seour the
country for the thieves.
City Treasurer OLeary, of Marinette,
has received from the State Treasurer a
check for $4,000, 1t is the money loaned
by the State to the city for the purpose
of building the new armory.
DIR. David W. Rowland. one of the
most prominent veterinary surgeons in
the State and Alderman ia Oshkosh, died
from cerebro-meningitis. resulting from
a kick sustained by a horse.
a new Episcopal church is to be erected
in Oshkosh this fall The church will be
of tle high church order, as Bishop Wei
Ter. of Fond du Lac, has been selected as
the temporary rector of the congregation.
A number of Kenosha society women,
while out driving, became frightened,
and. thinking an accident was inevitable.
they jumped from their carriage to avoid
injury. Several were thrown to the
ground and sustained slight injuries.
Mayor Pfenaig has received notice
from the Secretary of the Navy that the
invitation of Kenosha 10 the commission
in charge of the selection OF a site or the
naval training station has been received
and thar the commission will visit the
city.
Night Operator Parker, at Saxon, was
held up at the point of 4 revolver by a
lone robber at midnight and was com
PEELED to open the safe and give up about
500. The only witness was the station
helper, who was separated from 50 of his
earnings.
The Milwaukee police received a tele-
phone message from Libertyville, ILL.,,
stating that a man upon whose person
were found two letters addressed 10 Stan
islaus Bosiacki. $50 Third avenue. Mil
waukee. had been run over and killed by
a freight train there.
Stella Murphy. the 1O-year-old daugh-
ter Of Robert Murphy, living in Mcuomt-
nee, was badly burned. With a number
OF other little girls she was playing with
jack o-lanterns made out Of pasteboard
boxes. The lighted candle in the box set
fire to her dress and she was soon all
ablaze.
The 4-year-old son of Oscar Marshall,
farmer living near Galesville. had
narrow escape from a horrible death
The child had gone to leep in the field
where the father was Gu ting wheat with
harvester. He was caught in the sharp
blades and one arm was almost severed
from the body.
At a bridge abop; two miles west of
Pembine, two lc.al freight trains had
head-end colli.ion on a curve William
Raymond ard William Johnson, engln-
GERS, aud Albert Anderson. fireman, were
killed. and Joseph Fallbrecht. fireman,
slightly injured All the killed were mar
ried and leave families.
Word HIS reaches. Racine that Mrs.
Edna Clara Stassforth, formerly of that
city has been granted a divorce from
her husband at Los Angeles, Cal Ac-
cordng to the testimony O. A. Stass-
forth, the husband, treated his wife cru
ely. Although worth over $4,000. it
was alleged that he did not give his wife
enough TO eat nor provide sufficient cloth
ing
The newly elected Mayor Of kcnosha
has been threatened with death. Dnr-
ing the last few days he has received
number of letters supposed to have been
written by an Italian, demanding that he
yaeate the Office of Mayor or prepare to
die. The letters state that the death of
the Mayor has been planned and that
man has been selected to Kill him. and
the writer Of the letters, which are not
signed. claims to be the man elected.
High wind and choppy sea caused
panic among 100 passengers on the Barry
Line steamer f. Il Z. NJ. No. l. which
left Milwaukee for Chicago. Men and
women rushed about frantically, strug
Cling for life pr~seryers, believing the yes
sci was going 30 the bottom. Several
women tainted and for a time pandemo-
mira reigned aboard the boat. Captain
Thomas Barry finally decided when the
vessel was opposite Racine to put about
and run back to Milwaukee, where the
passengers were landed.
A castor oil mlll-the only one in The
State-is to be built in Oshkosh By the
Diamond sticky Fly Paper Company A
mill with machinery 10 cost $4,000 TO
$4,000 Is TO be erected At once on the
property Of the company. The only cas-
tor oil mills in the United States are
those at Kansas City New York and st.
Louis, which manufacture the product
chiefly for the drug trade, and one at
Grand Rapids. Mich. owned by the fly
paper trust. and whose product is con
sum, entirely in the making Of fly pa
per.
John Gunniston, Of Kenosha, has BEN