Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-09

died from the effects Of the kick Of a
horse.
The Baraboo County Board of Super
visors rejected the proposition TO build
new court house.
Peter Snyder Of Appleton has not been
seen si1ce his home burned and his
friends fear that be persisted in the
flames.
y. E. Means, Joseph O'Leary and Oil
We Thoreson Of Grahtsburg were sent to
the county Jail on charges of illegal
liquor selling.
A Burlington passenger train struck
freight train at De Soto and fifteen cars
were thrown into the Mississippi river.
No one was injured.
William James received a telegram an
nouncing the accidental shooting oil his
brother, Samuel James of DexteIville,
who was about 30 years old.
The Omaha railway is after gang of
coal thieves in Superior. For somc time
the road has been systematically robbed
of coal at the rate of about 1000 tons
year.
Mrs. Robert Brannen, who committed
suicide at the Del prado Hotel in Chi
cago, was former Miss Lulu Petit,
one of tn eieading society women Of Ke-
nosha.
Every county office in Racine County
is to be salaried, this being demanded by
the members of the County Board after
granting a salary to Robert Mutter Of
s6.75O.
The establishment of general store
for the union people of Neenah, in which
only union goods viii be sold, will cope
NJ at the next meeting Of the trades
council.
Robert Rudolph, formerly Of the Mil
waukee City Council, has been arrested
on the charge of receiving a S1,CJ0 bride
TO secure the passage of switch track
ordinance.
The Jefferson Ice Company has started
work at Powers lake on what win be
the largest icehouse in the State. 1t
viii cover six acres aud hold 100000
tons of ice.
Prof. c. o. Merica. formerly in charge
Of the industrial school at Waukesha,
has been engaged by Lawrence Uniyer-
sity and will begin WORK in Appleton the
first Of the year.
The warehouse owned by john Swim
gle wss destroyed by fire at Muscoda.
1t contained 81 600 worth of cheese, own
ed by the Brehm company Of Chicago,
and was insured for $1,000.
A prairie fire threatened to destroy
thousands of dollars worth Of proper
ty between Racine and Corliss. 1t is
believed that a spark from passing lo-
e.,f go -
Henry Bean and Daniel Eastick fell
from the third story If the new hotel
building in Beloit to the basement. Bean
received injuries which may prove fatal,
Eastick escaped with few bruises.
Mrs. William Bryant, aged Sc, died at
the home Of her grandson, Frank Ire
wyn, in Palmyra. She was the wife of
the late Rev. Mr.. Bryant and resided in
Jefferson County for over half ecu
tur
l.. an alteration over the Price of,
wood which Herman Jewel was deliver
ing to Thomas North, colored, in La
Crosse, the latter knocked Jewels ear off
with club and otherwise pounded him
badly.
Mark Carney. the little son of Henry
Carney, was burned to death at his home
in Kenosha. The child was playing near
a stove, when his clothes caught FIRE. His
mother is Frustrated by the shock and
may die.
Joseph Lachet of Racine. who served
on the United States ship Wilmington
during the Spanish-American war, re-
eeived 4 communication from the War
Department advising him that he was
entitled to $500 prize money.
Authority has been granted by Bishop
Sclwebach of La Crosse to build a Cath
Ollie church in the Russian settlement
twenty miles south Of Cumberland The
Greek Catholic Church ut that place is
the only one of its kind in Wisconsin.
After being gagged and strapped to a
bed, Otto Pelham, a former i aiding drug
gist OK Racine, now in business at Chi
cago. was there robbed of a gold watch
worth 500 and $50, the watch having
been presented to him for saving a WON
ans life.
Henry Buesing of Glidden committed
suicide by placing the muzzle of "A shot
gun in his mouth and pushing the trig-
ger with a stove poker. He was So years
old aud had been sick long time. He
came from Sheboygan two years ago.
He is survived by widow and six chill
Gren.
-Four well-known business men. while
en- route to fire in Manitowoc, were
overtaken on the Wisconsin Central lift
bridge by a switch engine. going to haul
out some burning freight cars. Three Of
them hung by their hands from the tres
tie. and the fourth jumped into the river.
He was rescued.
Joseph Kadoff of Mishicott has report
ed an attempt at hold-up and robbery
on the road between Manitowoc and Two
Rivers kadof bears the marks of
struggle. having received injury to the
| face from blow with club welded by
| one of the two asSailants. The highway
men were frightened away by approach
ing pedestrians.
The death OF Daniel Newman Of La
| Crosse has revealed 20 the poor authori-
| ties a pitiful case Of insanity which has
| heen sept from the world by him. Mrs.
| Augusta Newman was found to be 4
| mental wreck. dying from lack of food,
with six children, all under Ii years. al
most in the same condition. During the
! lie OF her husband the woman was cared
for IKE a child by him and none outside
the immediate family was aware Of the
misfortune Mrs. Newmouu was once a
eautiful girl
Suffering from terrible nightmare.
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