Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-12


Menomonie is to have a sugar factory
for manufacturing beet sugar. to cost
something like $4,000.
Rabbits are becoming so numerous in
Door County as to become a veritable
pest to the farmers Of that section.
Chris Solum was struck by logging
engine in the yards of the \. c. Foster
Lumber Company nj Fairchild and prob
ably fatally injured.
A mad dog entered hall in Collins
while a dance was in progress and half
dozen of the dancers We're bitten before
the animal was killed.
Ten men saw boy fall off the schoon-
or Coral into the river and drown at RAJ
cine, but being on the opposite side were
unable TO rescue him. The name of the
boy is not known.
Edward Hubert Kau. aged rs years.
was instantly killed by bullet from 8
gun carried by himself when hunting
rabbits on the farm of James Snyder. in
the town of New Berlin.
f. l.. Preston. Beloit, has sold a half
interest in the Potter gold mine in Boul-
der County. Colo, to a corporation for
s., 100000. 1t was bought by him th."-
teen years ago for $4,000.
William preschle. son of one of the
best-known pioneers of La Crosse. COM
mitted suicide by taking two bottles of
poison, one of chloroform aud one of OPT
UNI. The sale of the Zeisler Brewery
few weeks ago threw him out of employ
| ment.
The passing of the village of Parrish
will soon be complete. Parrish was at
81 6 IL kt
| the Ross Lumber Company, but after the
timber was cut and hauled away the viii
lage was abandoned, and thirty good.sized
| frame cottages owned by the company
We're vacated These were purchased
few days ago by Hebron Bros, and viii
be removed to other places.
| The barn containing GOO bushels of
grain, u large quantity of hay, some farm
machinery and two horses owned by
| Martin Huesener. was struck by light
ming near Appleton and completely de-
| str0yed by fire. One Of the most destruc-
! tive thunder storms OF the season passed
over the vicinity ana various farmers IN
0utagamie Cou:iGy sustained severe losses
| by fire caused by lightning.
Profs. c. f. Burgess aud c. Hambue-
! chen of the college of engineering Mt
the University of Wisconsin have in
vented what they call IN elec.rolytic rec
| tifer. X is device for chan ging an
alternating into a direct current, and con-
| ssts of aluminium and iron plates placed
| IN bath of fused sodium nitrate 1t can
he used III charging storage batteries in
/ automobiles and other electric vehicles.
Max f. Schefiler and Jessie Kreitcr
went to Racine from 0conomowoc and
secured marriage license. After two
hours they found judge who would
grant them special dispensation aad
they were married by Rev. Mr.. Haylett.
! They said that they had both been mar
ried and divorced and that they did not
want their friends at Oconomowoc to
know that they were going to be married
again.
Congressman j. II. Davidson has re-
ceived telegram from the Navy Depart
ment at Washington that Midshpman
| Harry Cleveland of Fond du Lac, who
has only been in the United States naval
academy n month, has resigned. No rea-
son is given in the dispatch and the Con-
| gresham IS asked to name a principal
and five alternates at once, who viii re-
port ut Washington Nov. y for the ex-
animation.
Another notwithstanding timber deal of
| white pine timber lands has been cOnsum-
mated \ H. Stang, prominent sash
and door manufacturer of Merrill, has
purchased from William Bradley what is
known as the Bradley tract, Oh the north
shore of Lake Superior. this side of Cross
river. The deal has not yet gone on rec
ord but it is understood the transfer in
wolves 100000. 900 feet of pine, ana that
the sale was made for 100000.
Fred Noge, in tn, village Of Franks
vile, attempted to kill his wife and COM
NIT suicide. Both are in critical eondi-
ton. A mob went TO the Noge house
when it was learned that the man had
shot his wife, and it was intended to
lynch the would-be murderer but when
he was found dying the mob dispersed.
Voge is about 20 years of age an1 his
wife is 80. They were married two years
ago. Both had been married before and
had many children,
George Beaudeau, manager of the Ar
pin Hardwood Lumber Companys nam
moth stock farm, SOD of William Bean
deau. the man who short time ago vas
blown To atoms by heavy charge Of dy-
Mantle Oh this same farm at Atlanta.
had Hii aculons escape from death by
lightning. During the passing of Sc
we're electric storm, while hitching up one
Of the Arpin company's finest working
teams. valued at about $3.50, the light
ming struck, billing both horses and rem
dering the young man unconscious for
some length Of time.
Albert w. Yahn. n German farmer re-
siding near Veednm, was found hanging
by the neck in his barn. As nearly as
can be learned he committed suicide in
a partially detnented condition caused by
ini.. received from an explosion Of
dynamite with which he was BIZ wing cut
n stump on his farm, forty rods from his
barn. His fingers on both hands were
partially blown off and his arms. breast
and face were manglcd 1t is supposed
ne crawled to the barn in that condition
and procuring a rope tied it around his
neck and throwing it over a beam stran-
glcd himself by pulling the other end.
Lizzie Lapar. the l3-year-old daughter
Of Mrs James Lapar Of Lake villa, Ill.,.
il thought 10 have been kidnapped from
Salem. Her mother lives nj Lake villa,
aud the girl bad been making her home
with relatives, Mr.. and Mrs, Crowley.
Several days ago a stranger appeared az
the house and asked to see the girl lie
told her that her mother wanted her to
come To Lake Villa for n visit. Mr.. and
Mrs Crowley suspected nothing wrong.
packed trunk for the girl. and. in few
hours. she drove of with the stranger.
supposedly to 20 10 the home Of her moth
or She has not arrived at Lake villa,
and IT IL reported that the man drove
with the girl to the nearest railway sta-
| tlon and took a train supposedly for Chi