Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-23

OF Woodland, took aconite, dying in a
few minutes. He was respondent.
The T. G. Mandt Vehicle Company's
plant. located in Stoughton. has been sold
to the Moline Plow Company of Moline,
H.. foc $4,000.
Mrs. Albert Lambreeht OF Saylesvine
lost three fingers Of her right hand bs
having them cauglH in the machinery Of
her husbands beehive factory
Berlin Hamsey president of the Wis
c0nsin Maitland Grain Company. was
robbed of $50 near his home in Apple
ton by two masked men, Both escaped.
The plant of the Iaflin- Rand Powder
Company at Pleasant Prairie was forced
to shut down on account of a strike The
men demanded full pay for overtime and
the company refused.
About fifty feet of the Post lake dam,
located four miles from ElchOw on the
Wolf river. went out aud about fifteen
square miles of surrounding country is
under water as the result.
Chris Christensen. farmer of the
town of Seneca, is missing, He has been
lost track of between there and La
Crosse He started for La Crosse some
days ago. saying he was coming to get
married.
4 water tank on top of the new fac
tory building of the Blake Knitting Com
pany at South Beloit dropped through
the building, causing damage which may
reach $1,000, one end of the building be-
ing wrecked.
y young mans cap, an oar and portion
OF boat seat h0ated ashore on Lake
Winnebaso, about three miles south ef
Oshkosh. II is Thought someone who had
been out on the lake met with an acct
dent and was drowned.
In case in Clinton justice court
Max Kiesner accused Peter Carls with
poisoning ten of his horses. The horses
in question died very suddenly and upon
investigation it was found that arsenic
had been given to them.
Mrs. Jones of Chippewa Falls, aged 81
years, was so badly burned that she died.
She was smoking a pipe, when her dress
caught fire from the ashes. Being al
most helpless from cid age, she was I'M
able to extinguish the flames.
The mills of the Fox River Knitting
pleton. The boat building and establish
ment of the Andrew Lind Company adj
joining was also burned The loss is
about $4,000, covered by insurance.
John Clark and Albert Strosebach es-
capped from the county jail at Hudson.
Sheriff Bell offers a reward, Of 500 Tor
their capture. Clark was serving a six
months sentence for larceny and Strose-
bach was found guilty of criminal as
sault.
Fred Hell, a German farmer living a
mile and a half from Milton, hanged him
self. His wife noticed that he was not
in the field at work, and began a search
for him. After an hours search she
found his body hanging in a shed with
his knees just above the ground. He
had been respondent for some time.
Fire in the main dry kiln of the Me-
nasha Woodenware Company's plant,
from cause not ascertained caused a
loss of between S25, 900 and $780, 600 The
fire YVES a stubborn one and after fruit
less attempts TO check 1t the efforts of
the firemen were successfully turned TO
saving the large lumber yards adjoining.
Conductor Hitter of north bound
train on the Wisconsin Central turned
over to the Medford authorities John
Swanson, an insane passenger, who re-
fused to say where he was going. and
who finally disrobed in the smoking car.
Ii required four men to take him to the
train on which he was sent to the Osh-
kosh asylum.
The members Of the family Of j. Il.
Story at Stanley were chl0roformcd
while they slept on a recent night by an
unknown person who had gained en-
trance into the house. When the family
awoke in the morning two gold watches
and $24 in cash was missing The burg
lar exchanged his clothing for better and
left his old clothing behind.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald Morris. an
aged couple of Dale were elected from
their home by the sheriff. Morris is i3
years old, his wife being but a few years
his junior The property upon VIII, n TIE
couple resided has been the subject of
much litigation. II consists of forty
acres. Last year in the case Of Thomas
Newland against Archibald Morris, the
court found for Newland, recognizing
ii - the righful owner.
Lloyd l.. Hacklcy, the l7-yelr-old son
of w l., lIackley, was stabbed twice
in the head b. burglar at keuosha and
fired five shots from Il ''cvolvcr at the
fleeing night maraudcr, one Of which it
is thought took effect. The man was in
a Darn in the rear Of his grandfathcr's
residence whore w J.. Uacklef had his
household goods stored Young Hackley,
as he was about to retire, saw a light in
the barn and taking his revolver went
alone to investigate
August Kirbcck Of the village Of Attn
ems was bound over to Circuit Court on
the charge Of attempted murder. kir-
beck. it is alleged. in n quarrel with his
wife. attempted 10 kill her with a Win
chester rifle lie fired one shot AZ her
while she was in the house and another
as she was escaping across an open irld.
Later he was arrested by the constable,
assisted by his son. IS o found him in bed
with the rifle and after 2 hard fight he
was di armed aud taken into custody
-Four Mile Island piece of land in
the Mississippi river, som" miles below
La Crosse. and for years pleasure
point for picnickcrs. has entirely disap-
pearrd The island was also one Of the
best-known landmarks on the Mississippi
among steamboat uaviga'ors The dig
appearance Of the land is due to change
in the current Of the river which has
worn the island away gradually. II has
taken several years 20 do the work and