Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-30


Diphtheria has broken out in the First
school district in Appleton. several cases
being reported.
The dwelling house on Bowler Broth
ers berry farm at Bush Prairie was de-
stroyed by fire. II was partly insured.
James Teahy, former resident of
Iron Belt. committed suicide by hang
ing himself to the bedpost in Mime
/ sofa hospital.
The Supreme Court decision on faulty
| aHidavits of title. renders tax deeds since
4 1897 void, involving loss of $T50.000
in the city of La Crosse,
! Della Mashak. the 4-year old daughter
of Melvina salOonkeeper, is dead as n
result of drinking a few swallows of
brandy from her fathers bar.
| The house Of August ynntaski. Po-
/ lander residing in Oasis, was entirely de-
I stroyed by fire, together with all his
/ household goods and his l-rge crop OF
/ potatoes.
William Stolp and Miss Cara Schatz
left Kenosha together. The mans faith
er attempted to stop the clipping couple
| at the railway station. but the younger
/ fban proven tne stronger
| Sebastian Knight. Is years old. was
arrested in Appleton. charged with set
| ting fire TO the barn of John Brown.
! knight was detected by his tracks in the
snow, leading directly from the burned
/ barn TO his home.
John b. jackson, right-of-way man
for the Madison-Green Bay Railway.
has secured an option on an acre of land
/ located near the western terminus of
College avenue. in Appleton, for depots
and freight yards.
| Workmen of the Fairbanks Morse
plant in Beloit, which has announced Il
cut of I 4 per cent in wages have voted,
2 to /. to continue work Twenty-Five
men quit and endeavered TO persuade
others 10 follow them, but did not sue
coed.
The first public test and inspection Of
the puTaping station was given by the
Racine Water Company and was attend
ed by all the city officials -Four pumps
were in operation and the entire distrib-
uting system tested successfully with di-
rect pressure.
BY the explosion Of a gasoline lamp
fatally injured, Gus Swanson seriously
and probably fatally hurt and Ole Erick
son badly burned. The cause of the ex-
plosion is unknown. The entire room was
flied with flames and Swanson and
Erickson, who were playing cards, had a
hard time making their way out Don
aldson was overwhelmed by the gaseous
flames and was dragged out. He died in
a short time after the fire was extin-
guished by villagers and the building was
not destroyed.
Fire in Rio completely destroyed
Bergs block, consisting Of three two
story frame buildings. all adjoining, and
slightly damaged the new two-story stone
building, all owned by Mrs. 4. L. Berg
and her son. c. Z. Berg. The fire start
ed in one Of the frame buildings occu-
pied by Frank Baker as a saloon and
dwelling. He suffered loss of some
of his saloon outfit and household goods.
G. A. Helle had $4,000 stock of mer-
chandise in another building, the greater
part of which was saved. Loss about
$500 j. l.. Hartley who occupied rooms
in the second story of one building, lost
all his household goods. ]. A. Johnson S
stock of merchandise and dry goods, val
ued at $4,000, in the stone building,
were damaged TO the extent of about
$500 by being removed.
Randolph was visited by serious fire
which destroyed four store buildings and
a residence, entailing loss of about
S15, 0Oc. partly covered by insurance.
The fire started in Watkins brothers
bakery by the bursting of an alright
stove and the family had barely time to
escape from the burning building, saving
only what seanty clothing they could put
| on. The Kaiser building was the next
te go, which was occupied by Sasada e
| Kf-ueger's clothing store. They weTS
| able to save mo of their goods. Jesse
Sage's harness shop on the ground floor,
The Kaiser and Weidman families living
upstairs; the drug store of ] Light
ner with most of the contents iich in
cluded large stock of holiday goods;
the residence Of II. Craig, occupied by
| l.. O. Nutting, We're also destroyed. The
Nutting household effects were saved by
hard work on the part of the volunteer
fire department. The fact that the roofs
of adjoining buildings were covered with
snow saved the town from destruction.
The affirming of the finding, Of the
! lower court by the Supreme Court in the
suit brought by George II. Taylor, as
administrator. against Peter Sell, brings
to a close one of the sensational cases
Of Sheboygan Couu1y a son of the
| Taylors had been accidentally shot aud
! killed by n 7-yearold son of the Sells.
while both were playing near the Taylor
/ homestead in Cascade. The little Sell
| lad had accompanied his elder brother,
| who was armed with q rifle. on Il little
! hunting expedition in the neigh boring
woods, and coming near the Taylor farm
the children gathered at little creek
! flowing through the farm. Unperceived
by his elder brother, Ernie Sell picked
up the air rifle, which discharged. the
contents piercing the forehead of the lit
| tie Taylor lad The Sells attended the
! funeral and mourned the death OF the
! Taylor lad as if he had heen their own
child. more so as the two lads had been
playmates since earliest childhood. Soon
thereafter the Taylors brought suit in
the sum Of $1,000 damages. alleging con
| tributory negligence. The case was
fought hard for a week in Circuit Court,
| at the end OF which time the jury
brought in n special verdict generating
the Sells On writ of error NJ. c.
Mead took the case 10 the Supreme
| Court. where the decision has been af-
frmed.
The expenses TO Portage County in the
Harroun trial, including the post me item