Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-22
GREAT FEATS OF 1901.
ODD AND REMARKABLE THINGS
OF LAST YEAR.
kentucky's High Slaughter and High
Whisky Marks-Wonders of Matri-
mony, Divorce, Travel and Produc-
tion-Record Breakers.

tiou-keCOru breakers
The first year Of the twentieth century
saw many new records established in
various lines of human activity. New
Years day there We're thirty deaths from
violent causes in various parts of Ken
lucky. The record set high slaughter
mark. Kentucky also eclipses all records
in another direction. Jan. 20. a Kentucky
firm sold a Chicago house $500 barrels
of whisky. which is the largest single
transaction in liquor ever known.
The matrimonial mart usually has big
things to show in year. All nuptial
speed records were smashed Sunday,
Aug. 10, at st. Joseph, Mich. Chicago's
Gretna Green. when twenty-seven couples
from Chicago were deity spliced in one
hour and three-quarters. each couple thus
having less than FIVE minutes to go
through the MILL The minister who in
1901 claims the record with reference
to the grand total of marriages and flu
nerals, connected with long minister's
life. is Rev. j. NJ. Naughty of Mason
City. Ill. During his career as a preach
er, period of some forty years. he has
married 1857 couples and conducted
1900 funerals.
Turning to the divorce side OF matri-
mony--a side peculiarly rich in speed
records-one naturally would look to Chi
cago, Oklahoma or the Dakotas for win
ners. The Chicago speedy divorce len
dar for the year found its stella. per-
Torrance in the case Of Mrs G. Krueger
1t took this lady a triHe less than ten
minutes to convince Judge Dunno that
she ought TO be cut loose from her hus-
band, Henry William Kruger.
Referring to feats in travel, it certain
~ was n great year for the automobile.
Even in these days OF chronic record
breaking such a performance as that of
Henri Fourier the French chauffeur,
who drove heavy French racing ma
chine mile in 81 As seconds on the
Coney Island boulevard, in November.
was most noteworthy.
The long-distance record for horseless
vehicles was broken by Arthur ]. Eddy.
of Chicago, former president of the
Automobile Club of that city. In sixty
days. from Aug / to Sept. 80, he covered
1900 miles. travelling through Michigan.
Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania New York,
New Jersey. Massachusetts, and part Of
Canada. He averaged about 100 miles
day, and at times maintained a speed
OF forty miles an hour.
Wonders incident to travel were pro-
claimed in other classes; for example,
the unchalenged record of Charles Bel
lamy. a Burlington Railroad fireman,
who in eleven years of faithful service
Travelled 606,S40 miles and shoyeled 3D.
sol tons Of coal on the way. He never
lost a trip or received a scratch through
accident. Railroad men say that it Is a
case of physical endurance never equaled.
An engine on the Great Northern Rail-
way, in England, which was built in
1870, completed in August an aggregate
OF 100000 miles. breaking the English
record in this respect. The speediest
long distance delivery of mail ever ac-
complished in the world was that of the
consignment which left Sidney. Australia,
Oct. 10, for London. England, by the
American route. distance of 1926
miles was covered in thirty-one DAYS, a
saving of four days over the Suez canal
route.
1t was fruitful year in unprecedent-
ed financial, commercial and Industrial
transactions. The largest shipment of
gold which ever left New York in sin
gle day was seut to Europe Nov. 10 on
the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse, The sum was S7,0S2, 5S3.19. No
ether ship in the worlds history has ever
been so richly laden. Another record
is noted in the statement that at the
opening of business on July 81 the Unit
ed States treasury had in its possession
the largest fund of gold held by any ma
ton in the world and the greatest ever
owned by this government, the amount
being S504 ,354,2 79.
Wall street had mountaineering day
on Jan. I, when for the first time in the
history of the New York Stock Exchange
more than 100000 shares were traded
in on its floor during the five hours OF
business.
The largest single order ever given for
watches was received by IN American
manufacturer from a London firm, the
former agreeing to deliver to his custom
er 100000 tmepieces within twelve
months. A. l.. Schaeifer OF Edgar Coun-
ty. H., harvested the largest crop OF
popcorn ever gathered In the world. From
his 102 acres he had 1.sC0 bushels,
Weld of a little over seventeC bushels TO
the acre. 1t cost him ST. an acre TO
raise. sort, shell and pay ground rent.
The winter wheat yield Of Kansas for
1901 was 90,045,514 bushels, valued at
S6a.479, $40; and breaking the preceding
wears record by 13,4500T0 bushels.
These two were the largest wheat crops
ever gr 1wn by any State. The first year
Of the rev century was an all-around rec
c-d breaker for the farmers OF the Unit
ed ST The entire years surplus Of
the products Of field and farm sold
abrt ad amounted to no less than $780,
600. 600
Charles NJ. Sen vab, president of the
United States Steei Corporation, Is au-
thority for the statement that steel has
supplanted cotton in industrial kingship;
that ii exceeded the cotton industry in
1900 by more than Sl00000OO0 and for
1901 will exceed il by more than $3.50
600, 600
Reports Of pig iron manufacturers coy
ering production in October show that
the month was record breaker. the out
pnt reaching the great total OF 100000
tons, or at the rate OF IG.S00.000 tons a
year. All previous tonnage records were
broken during December at the Carnegie
sttfi h41iS ~ -~r'''-ThA'-aos lfe tptal Vht-
put for the month being S2J.S0l tons. ex-
elusive Of arm0r and all other govern
ment plate. The distribution of wages on
Dec. -. covering tire weeks, aggre-
gated 100000. the biggest pay day ever
known at this plant
Imagine. II you can. live stock train
1Gz miles long numbering 2.391 ears
and containing 81, 7S5 head Of cattle, 49,.
4JG hogs and .234 sheep and you will