Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-27


The Milwaukee road has removed the
telegraph Instruments from its depot in
Omre No cause is assigned for the re-
moval
The treaeherous Wisconsin river claim
cd another victim at Grand Rapids in the
person Of little 3,year-old Genevieye
Ridgman.
Hilda Hanson. 7-year-old daughter of
Helmar y. Hanson, fell of the pier at
the Bernard boat landing at Madison
and was drowned.
Burglars cracked the safes in the Of
fees of \. Semple and Mackenzie &
Westphal at Poynette. At the former
place $50 in cash was secured.
The clothing store of Treleven Broth
ers was totally destroyed by FIRE at 0m-
no. The loss is $4,000. Adjoining build
ings were saved with difficulty.
William and Frank LETTER Of Sparta
were taken to La Crosse and sentenced
10 two years in the State prison at Wau-
pun for entering hardware store,
Louis Zwershitz living on a farm two
miles from Eland, was instantly killed
blowing out stumps with dynamite. by
the premature explosion of charge.
A sneak thief entered the Office in f.
McIntyre's elevator at Waldo and took
S44 in change out of the safe, which was
open. There is no clue to the thief.
Prof, w. p. White, former instructor
of science in the Oshkosh high school.
received the appointment Of fellow" in
physics at Cornell for the coming year.
Fred Smith, 17-year-old son Of A, L.
Smith of Onalaska, was instantly killed
by a Burlington freight train near Grand
Crossing His head was crushed and
one arm pulled off.
Martin W. Odland Of Madison has re-
ceived the APPOINTMENT of vice consul TO
Denmark unler Consul Ray Frazier and
will leave fm that point in August Mr..
Odland is an Instructor in the Madison
high school.
-Four cents. the plumber secured in a
hold-up to which he was a party at RI
pom, has sent Robert Zwiegen, a youth
of that city, to the Green Bay reforma-
tory of an indeterminate term of from
one to seven years.
BY the capsizing of their boat while
boating on the Wisconsin river at Prai-
RE du Chen, Frank Shell and Mabel
Bickford were drowned. Frank Kendell
and Vivian Reynolds, who occupied the
boat with them. were rescued.
ID. NJ u. Bird. who has medical
charge of the prisoners at the Marinette
County jail, intends to prepare a bin for
presentation to the next Legislature pro-
yiding for the establishment by the State
of an institution for chronic inebriates
Another body was taken from the river
at Mantowoc and identified as that of
Joseph Chapman, the missing shipkeeper
on the steamer Italia of the Corrigan
fleet, who disappeared Feb. %. Mr.
Chapman's home was at Cleveland, o.
Rev. George S. Bryant died in Palmy-
ra He was born in Nottingham, Eng.
April 10. 1872 He came to Palmyra
in 1852 and preached for the Bible Chris
tian Society at Zion and Sugar Greek
for many years. Mrs. Bryant survives
him.
A divorce was granted Mrs. Anna
Yonkers of La Crosse from Charles Yon-
kers. Some months ago Mrs. Yonkers
was bequeatbed $4,000 by an aged man
whom she had cared for when he was
i'll on q p'7c,.iA rton train. Yonkers' moth
er, a wealthy winow threatened to disin-
herit him unless the ~orce was secured,
and Yonkers was forced to choose be-
tween his wife's $4,000 acd his expecta-
tions from his mother, and he mother
prevailed.
After a search of two years Mrs. Ger
trude Robinson of kenosha. through the
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her child at the home of Mrs. Sarah
Weaver in Kansas City Mrs. Robinson
had the child brought before the Circuit
Court on a writ tf habeas corpus The
Robinsons were married in Indianapolis
in 1898, and the baby was born in May,
1900 The couple moved to kenosha.
In May, 1901, the couple visited Milwau-
kee, where the husband disappeared with
the infant Judge Tpasdae ordered Mrs.
Weaver to retain possession of the child
until June 6, when be viii decide who
shall have custody Of the girl.
That portion Of the State fish and
game law which purports to give war
lens the right to search ears and boats
for suspected contraband fish and game
is unconstitutional That is the ruling
inference Of the State Supreme Court
Last fail Paul Leftover, captain Of the
steamer of the same name. was arrested
for forcibly cjecting two game wardcns
who attempted to search his stemer for
contrahand fish. Lefevcr was liScharg-
ed in the nis prius court on the ruling
above noted The case was appealed to
IT, > Supreme Court and the appeal was
dismissed on the application of the At
torney General This leaves the decis-
ion Of the Oshkosh judge rs the law in
the case.
4 cold-blooded murder, in which VIII
liam Stevens il alleged to have lost his
life at the hands of his stepson, Elmer
Cleveland, occurred the other night, the
result Of braw on South Main street
In the negro settlement Of fond du Lac.
One Of four shots from a 32-caliber re-
volver ala the fatal work, the one taking
effect In sbe forehead ard three others
going Wild Cleveland gave himself up
at the police station later and the body Of
his dead stepfather was removed Ac-
cordlng 10 information given at the Ste
vens home. there was only one eye wit
ness TO the tragedy a colored man by
the name Of Coleman, who has made his
escape and cannot be- located at present
From all reports Stevens was not Of an
agreeable disposition and has been a
source IF much trouble 20 the police de-
partment. Cleveland is a negro, p years
Of age.
Becau7e her husband throw her out Of
the window Of an upstairs bedroom and
INDUCED IN other pranks not 70 her no