Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-26

Thetioss is about $1,000.
| a IRE in Charles Albers furnishing
goods and fur store in Eau Ciaire caus
ed a damage of $4,000.
Villas Follett of Coloma has announced
TO the business men that he will open -
bank in that will, sc about june /.
Hugh Monroe. aged ~ years, of Ike
nosha, died suddenly in the railway stat
ton while waiting for a train for Racine
Death was due to heart disease
La Crosse is without a legally qualified
justice of the peace owing to the failure
of officials to iile the necessary bonds, aud
TIE fact may void all their decisions
Frank Clark of Washington, u. c.. a
student at Racine College, was badly IN
jured by the caving in of the bank while
walking along the shore of Lake Michi-
gan.
Fire destroyed the residence of Henry
Nurzer in Mishicott. causing loss of
$500 partially covered by insurance. A
defective chimney is supposed TO have
been the cause.
Clayton Marsh, a Marinette young
man. was killed in a camp near Pembine
A falling leg struck him ON the head,
fracturing his skull, aud death resulted
almost instantly.
Miss Jessie Kirscher of Menomonie
had one of her eyes taken out and will
probably lose the other. Some time ago
she picked a pimple on her eyelid with
pin and Inflammation set in.
Byron Neff, manager of the Blair
81 l..N
was run over by a Wisconsin Central
freight train just west of Neenah. died
from the effects of his injuries.
The plant Of the Marshtield Tissue Pa
per Company has been purchased by the
Wausau Paper Mills Company and the
latter will move the machinery to Bro
kaw, where its mills are located.
The preliminary hearing of Mrs Anna
McGill. charged with setting fire to the
Marshtield Bedding Company's plant,
has been concluded and Mrs. McGill was
bound over to the May term of the Cir
cult Court.
Capt. C. II. Russell of Berlin, past de-
partmdht commander or the G. A. r., has
been appointed to succeed Col. e. III.
Gray as State pension agent in the office
of the Adjutant General. The salary
is Sl15 per month.
While Henry OF, an employee of the
Kroner Hardware Company at La
Crosse, was returning from work he was
assaulted and severely injured by a band
of masked men. He was robbed of a
small amount of money
G. ii, Allen of Crevitz, a cruiser for
the Oc6nto Lumber Company, who came
from MAMMA, Mich, tells of an encOun-
ter he had with FIVE wolves while alone
In the woods. He says the wolves made
for him and came to within ten PAGES.
He made for the leaders of the pack and
after brief struggle in which he used
his ak to good effect the creatures ran
from him.
Fond du Lac was shaken by an explo-
sion the other evening. A moment later
an alarm of fire was sounded from the
Winnebago Furniture Gompanys plant.
1t was found that the boiler at the plant
had blown up and that the engine room
and frame building adjoining were tom-
plete wrecks. The explosion started a
blaze which was soon extinguished by
the fremen.
The boy who was drowned while skat-
ing near the Duluth ship entry has been
found to be Walter Beese of West Supe-
rior. The fact that the Beese. boy left
home TO go skating in that neighborhood.
and has not yet returned, makes ii almost
certainty that he is the drowned lad.
The boy broke through the thin ice ON the
outside of the entry, and although sew
eral hundred people saw the accident. no
one could help him.
Fred Westoyer, young man of 20
years, was instantly killed mt Nekoosa.
He was employed as third hand on No.
3 machine by the Nekoosa Paper Com
pany. In handing the paper 10 the back
tender he leaned over little too far and
was caught between the two rolls of pa
per, which were both running from him,
with about two inches space between
them. and his skull was crushed to
pulp, causing instant death.
The State law taxing inheritances was
held 10 be unconstitutional and invalid
by the Supreme Court in the appeal II
the heirs of the late John Black of Mil
waukec. The court holds that the pro-
visiea of the law as to the classification
is an unjust discrimination between heirs
Of the same class, treating persons un-
der the same circumstances and condi-
tons so differently as TO constitute arbl-
trary discrimination aud classification.
4 mysterious kidnapping story comes
from Pembine and Niagara 4 woman
by the name Of Mrs. j. Meyers drove 10
Niagara, secured her il-year-old boy and
then drove back to Anderson's Spur. near
Pembinc. There she tagged the noon
passenger train. left the carriage and got
aboard the train for Chicago. Her hus-
band is well-known cmploye Of The
Kimberly Clark Company. The boy was
home alone while the father was away
at work The woman was away with
the lad before Mr. Meyers knew the boy
was missing.
VI. l.. Hudson and Frank EarIy. lum-
bermen, the former Of Ashland and the
latter Of Crystal Fails. had thrilling
experience in the pine forest south Of
West Superior. They came upon wire
stretched across a trail and attached TO
two double-barreled shotguns. one ON
either side. The hammer Of one gun WAS
raised, but the firing pin was much worn.
and the cartridge failed to explode. The
pressure on the wire did not release the
hammer Of the second gun. The guns
were set for deer. and young cedars had
been cut down Oh each side Of the trail
to attract them to feed on the tops. The
men appropriated the guns as payment
for the danger they had encountered.
J. +. Malick Of Stevens Point and John
Longb0tham Of Dickeysile. who former
IL owned controlling interest in the
First National Bank III Stevens Point.