Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-21
Henry Hna Of Gordon. a 14-rear-old

Henry HUFF of Gordon, a 14-year-old
boy. shot himself, perhaps fatally, while
riding horseback.
The pearl button factory of Genoa. its
principal factory and business institution,
burned to the ground.
Miss Mary Keefe, leader in Catholic
church work in Racine, has entered the
convent at Mount Cinnamon. Iowa.
Fred Frickenbach Of Flintville was
killed in a wreck Of the Milwaukee road
train on the Eseanaba and Lake Superior
line.
Charles Dcsjardin, 80 years old and
married man, was steamed 10 death at
paper min in Marinette as the result of
an explosion.
In the contest for the school clerkship
of Brule, the courts hold Martinson was
elected, any agreement to The colarary
notwithstanding.
Andrew L. Larson was attacked and
severely hurt near Beechwodd by a large
golden eagle, Larson, who is a man Of
powerful build, finally Killed The bird
The strike of over sixty of the EN-
ployeS of the Art Study Company in
Janesyille has practically come to an
end. as nearly all have returned to work.
William Banks of Ashland was ac-
quilted of the charge of numbering Jo-
seph Denomie at 0danah on the night
of Aug. 20. Banks pleaded self-defenSe
and justiiable homicide.
From Mayor Nelson it is learned that
Racine has secured a new manufacture
ing concern which will build electric
vans, wagons, carriages and automobiles
The concern will employ 200 men.
Michael Hughes of Chicago was
drowned in Green lake off Sherwood
Forest point The body was recovered
Hughes was working on seawail ~
Victor f. Lawson's Green lake summer
home.
Ia New London Mrs. Andrew Luib
committed suicide by cutting her throat
with u razor. She was found dead in the
barn. She leaves a husband and three
small children. Mr.. Luib is rural mail
carrier.
George Waite of Rock Elm had tu-
NOR on his neck so he couldn't wear q
collar The doctor offered to remove Il,
but George sharpened his knife, got some
cocaine and a mirror, and cut it out for
himself, doing a neat job.
~ gold cross and letter from Pope
garet, superioress of st. Augustine's hos
pital of Ainocqua, The cross is sent in
recognition Of the holiness, good works
and piety of the sister.
j. II. Wiley, man we'll known in
Rock County and prominent in business
circles, was found dead in his room in
Janesyille. Death, it is thought, was
due TO asthma. The man had lived alone
for a number of years.
Gustave Myers shot and killed himself
accidentally at Stinett He had left a
loaded shotgun beside his porch and went
out in his night clothes to bring it in.
The trigger struck the edge of the porch
and the charge went through his stom-
ach.
Smallpox has put in an appearance in
Douglas County again. The first case
this fall arrived from Hines logging
camp. Axel Tuomela is the patient and
the case is one of the most serious ever
cared for at the Superior isolation hos
pital.
An attempt was made to rob the store
of Hanson & L eterson at Gushing. The
burglars drilled hole in the safe and
used dynamite. The safe was badly shat
tered, but the lock remained intact. The
explosion aroused the proprietor, and the
robbers fled
Secretary c. III. Gafin of the Univer-
sity u VI. c. A. said that SAL 900 of the
$4,000 needed for the new Y. NJ. C. A.
building in Madison had been raised
and that as soon as the balance of So
900 was subscribed work on the building
would begin.
Fred Heiden, Jr., who was detained at
Ludington, Mich, recently, but allowed
to come back to Milwaukee, was arrested
when he stepped off the boat. He was
taken TO police headquarters and gave
hail later in the police court. He is
charged with grating" while inspector
of the house of correction.
At the hospital in Manitowoc, where
the bride is receiving attention 50 a re-
suit of having taken, carbolic acid with
suicidal intent Miss Anna Poh AM Will
liam Smazel were united in ~sarTiage, the
service being read by the priest. The
groom has not yet attained the legal age
and the girl is but 10. There is little
hope for the recovery of Mrs. Smazel.
Burglars entered the office of the VOL
ter Brewing Company in Appleton and
made a bungling and unsuccessful at
Tempt to break open the safe. They tore
the telephone from the wall which eaus-
ed the bell in the central office to ring,
and the girl operator, suspecting some
thing was wrong notified the police, but
the burglars had disappeared when the
officers reached the scene.
At Harper's Ferry a mob attacked Mr..
and Mrs, A. Wilson, eyangelists, and
made them leave the town. The reason
given was that the place was in need
of no sky pilots outside the regular
preachers they kept on hand all the time.
The cool headed citizens, however, took
no hand in the performance and severely
critieise the mob. The aasaulting party
was made up not only of some of the
villagers, but also farmers from the sur
rounding country.
A claim of $500 which Fred Mueller
made against the estate of his deceased
father, Gustave Mueller, has been dis
allowed by the probate court at Mantle
voc in the settlement of the estate.
Mueller sold his property in the West TO
return and assist in the management of
brewery operated by his parent eEd
claimed to have sacrificed $2,40O in the
h aSty diznasaaI nf rho store and alleged