Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-04-22


$50 i'll cash from the safe.
A sfrawstack fell over on horse and
herd Of cattle on the farm Of AIordris
Breunig. Of Roxbury. All We're killed
A son, ; years old. ) feet high end
weighing 1870 pounds. Of Fred WiegaAd.
living southeast of Fairchild, died the
other day,
An unknown man broke into the Oma-
ha Railroad ticket Office at the Eau
Claire station and stole $63 from the
money drawer.
Peter Solomonson, a Galesyille cream
hauler, was killed by lightning while
driving his team in the country. His
horses were stunned.
-Four gamblers paid fines amounting
t, $3.50 in municipal court at West Su-
perior The police have been raiding
places whenever they started up.
Leo Mitchell, of Marmctte, aged IL
years, has been committed to the State
insane asylum. His mind Was wrecked
by excessive cigarette smoking.
Charles Meyer, 10 years old. was
buried alive by falling brick and debris
in an old we'll which he was cleaning at
:
was recovered.
Frank Schmidt, a Milwaukee butcher,
was found in his ieeboX in an unconscious
condition He had been assaulted.
thrown into the icebox aud his cash
drawer robbed of S75.
The house of Myron Brewer. in the
town of Sandroek, was entered by burg
| lars while the family was away and
500 in money, two guns. clothing and
other articles were stolen.
Fire broke out in the yarnisi plant of
the Two Rivers Manufacturing Com
pany and destroyed the contents besides
seriously damaging the building before
being brought under control
The striking painters and paper hang
ers at La Crosse have gone back to
work, their demand for nine hours work
and pay the same as when they worked
ten hours having been granted.
Guy Merino was instantly killed at
| Cumberland by the accidental discharge
of shotgun. He was sculiiing with his
brother for possession of the gun. when
it went off, blowing off his head.
Hen,y Hills. prominent politician of
L
the County Roard for ten years. died at
his home of pneumonia, aged 46 years.
He leaves wife and three children. 2
Mrs. Martin Brucker, wife of tailor
la Kenosha, was picked up on the stra et
! in an unconscious condition. She ex-
pired in a few moments. 1t is supposed
that death resulted from heart failure.
Clifford C. Pease of Madison. junior
in the State University, won first place
| in the final State oratorical contest. HH
| will represent Wisconsin in the North
Oratorical League contest at Minneapo-
| lis May /.
| Fire caused loss of over $4,000 in
| the business district of Brodhead IL
| is supposed the blaze was incendiary, as
| shortly after the flames had been sub
dued they brought out again short dis
tance from where they were first discov-
cred
| The sixteenth annual intercounty fair
will be held at Cumberland or Sept. 3,
| 10 and II and competition will be open to
| the counties of Barron, Polk, Washburn,
! Burnett and Sawyer The Barron Coun-
i ty fair will be held at Rice Lake Sept.
| 5, 8 and 10.
| In Il fight in La Crosse saloon, .Io-
scph Hunt was stabbed twice. 1t is al.
legged a railroad man named Reene did
| the stabbing Reene escaped with a large
number Of railroad men in pursuit, but
| has not been captured. Hunt will prob
| ably recover.
The Schley Kruger breach Of prom
Use suit has betu settled and the appea
taken dropped. The case was heard al
the last term Of Circuit Court at Mani
towoc The defendant. Kruger. paid
the 81 500 av arded the plaintiff and the
costs of the action.
| The Baraboo water works plant was
sold by United States Marshal Charles
Lewiston under foreclosure proceedings
| instituted by the Farmers Loan and
| Trust Company The only bidder was
! H. G.. Merritt, of the First National
Bank of Baraboo. who got the plant fol-
$4,000.
Samuel Clark shot May Mitchell three
times at Fond du Lac, causing three Sc
| rious but not necessarily fatal wounds
| The woman then got away and ran
screaming into the street. As soon as ht
realized what he had done Clark shot
himself through the heart, death being
almost instantaneous.
| Charged with the murder Of her hus
| band, Mrs. Walter Harroun, of Plovcr
was arrested the other night. She will
/ be held until the State chemist finishes
| the examination Of the dead mans stom-
ach. The inquest has been adjourned
| to await the report. Mrs, Harr0un nd
mits having several quarrels with hel
| husband, but denies the murder She
| says she bought strychnine to put on
| the carcass Of sheep to poison dogs
| Walter Harroun died suddenly March
% under circumstances which pointed tC
poison His father. Smith Harroun i'm.
medately instituted an investigation
In the Circuit Court at Racine sum
mons and complaint were filed 10 the
| suit for 5000 brought by Martin Nc
| Makan against NJ VI Secor. owner OF
| bathrooms in that city. II is alleged in
| the complaint that Oh Sept - 1902. the
| plaintiff while IN an Intoxicated condi-
! ton. entered the Sec0r bathrooms for
| treatment for his infrmity. due to excess
i've use of intoNicants and that he was
weak. III and delirioHs and unable Ia
care for himself That the servants Of
the defendant allowed the plaintiff 10
remain IN one of tho rooms without care
and that be fen from the couch to the
| floor and was seriously burned about the
body and limbs and such burns have rem
dcre,l him unable to perform any work
Miss Edith Williams died at New Lon
don from carbolic acid poisoning The