Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-02-25

Mrs. James Tuthin. aged So years
died at Sparta. Death was caused from
a fall which broke her hip.
Marinette physicians blame the i'm
pure water fer the epidemic of winter
cholera which is prevailing there.
Miss Ginzel was given verdict for
$500 in the breach Of promise suit against
Mr.. Kettner at Manitowoc. Suit was
brought for 5000
The Seymour high school burned to the
ground. The loss is $4,000 with 81. 000
insurance The library and all the fix
lures were burned
Thieves entered the confectionery
store of y. Ellenbeeker and the saloon
of Joseph Keuler at Chiffon. They Sc
cured large quantities of goods at both
places.
Joseph G. End. general merchant.
filed a petition in bankruptcy in the Fed
eral Court at Sheboygan. The iabili-
ties are placed at $7I 600 and assets at
$4,000
w. NJ. Taylo-, the Marinette lumber
man. has closed deal whereby he comes
into possession of 1000 acres Of timber
land 10 Ontonagon and Gogebic counties,
in upper Mich gan.
Mrs. Lucille Colbert has been bound
over TO the next term of court charged
with starting the fire that almost de-
stroyed the village of Bear Creek. Her
bond was fixed at $1,000 which was fur
niShed by Editor LANCE of Fond du Lac.
A suit has been brought by the people
&c )naaska to annul the water bonds Of
Adt place on the theory that the muni
eipality exceeded its powers and that the
bonding limit was overstepped IN issuing
them. If they are overturned the heirs
of the late Frank Pooler will be about
$4,000 out
The existenuce of several baby farms
was discovered in Milwaukee by Super
intendent Spindler of the county poor. 1t
was established that there were several
persons doing a thriving business in tax
ing babies from mothers desiring 20 get
rid Of them and disposing of them 10 the
best advantage.
Albin MeCp n, poor laborer at La
Crosse. is bell we'd TO be the missing
brother of John McCuen, who died Mt
Warner, Colo, few days ago, leaving
his entire estate to his brother if found.
McCuen was adopted by man named
Rush of Viroqua Mt an early age and Is
not certain of the relationship.
A million dollar mining and develop
ment company has been organized in
Ashland. backed by number of bust
ness men of Ashland and Waterfowl ).
u. A week ago gold was discovered in
the Holmes copper mine, twenty miles
south of Ashland Gold was struck 140
feet below the surface on the Penokee
copper range.
Disagreement over a site for its loca-
ton bids fair to lose to Manitowoc the
Carnegie S25, 900 donation for a library.
At a meeting of the Council no sOlu-
ton Of the matter presented itself and
an ordinance to accept the gift was de-
feated The gift has never been officially
accepted by the City Council and there
is now strong probability that it will
be re. lsed.
The general merchandise establish
| ment Of ~ Jurgenson at Gays Mills was
totally destroyed by fire. The cause is
unknown but is supposed to nave been
started from a stove. The family which
occupied the rooms on the second floor
were awakened by the explosion OF a
tank of oil and they had only time to
escape with their lives The store was
one of the largest in the Kickapoo val
ley and stock OF about $4,000 was car
ried in groceries, hardware and dry
| goods.
Judge Fruit in the Circuit Court at
| La Crosse denied a petition of Ii. Re
gerth, in the case of Carter VS.. Regerth,
to set aside a Judgment for $4,000, ON the
! ground of fraud in a former trial Albert
| Regerth went to St. Paul some months
ago to purchase land. He left note
| for So, 600 with land company, but re-
turned without the land He did not
appear at the trial of the case IN which
the land company tried to collect the
note. and it went by default against MIN.
| \ judgment was taken against his farm
and Immediately thereafter he disappear
| ed. He was not Mt the trial and it is
feared that the prospect of losing his
property turned his mind and that he has
committed suicide.
The thirteen students Of Lawrence
University at Appleton who were given
their choice of paying 50 each for the
damage done to the college property dur
| ing the class riot or be suspended two
weeks, elected to pay the fine. The next
morning. incorporating as tramps. they
stood at the door of the chapel and so
licited aims from students to pay their
fines They were severely rebuked by
Pres. dent Plantz and ordered TO dispense
on pain Of expulsion. In chapel exercises
they were formally denounced by the
president. who announced that any fur
| Their effort to revive the antagonism be-
tween the classes would b.. punished by
summary EXPULSION Later in the day
some of the fined students We're given en-
ployment in shoyeing snow off the walks
| in the campus to earn money to pay their
fines. and others did similar work for
citizens
The boiler in A. Helliminger's foundry
at Adell blew up. II wrecked the foun-
dry. and a part Of the boiler struck the
Burk Hotel and cut it almost in two.
killing a G-year-old son Of Station Agent
| Wieting and injuring three women and
n bov who we're in the hotel. David
| Haas, farmer. who was in the foun-
| dry at the time of the explosion. had one
of his legs broken and was badly Druis-
| ed. Mrs. Helliminger and her 10 year
old son. Tony, were bruised and sustain
cd scalp wounds. II is estimated that
the damage of the hotel and foundry will
amount TO 50 600. Windows IN sur
rounding buildings were broken. a .arge
plate glass window in the store of y.
| Saemann and the wine shop Of III. Vein
field were shattered by the concussi09.
Tae workmen in the foundry were not Sc
riously injured The cause Of the e. a'o-
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