Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-19

tons of stock al fhe Racine paper mill
in Appleton. He is in a critical eondi-
ton.
DIR. w. l.. Green. one Of the able Pres
byterian ministers and educators of Wis
%consin. died at his home in Poynette at
the age Of IS years.
The banks Of Appleton have announc
ed that they will pay 3 rtT cent interest
on all deposits i'll theie savings depart
ments rom july 1, l9Vs.
Signer. Crisler a. Co. owners of ud,e
Rice Lake sawmills, have purchased 1901
100000 feet of timber on the Lac Courte
GRIZZLIES Indian reservation.
At Prairie da Chen Gilbert Nelson fell
from a platform in front of a moving
train and suffered the loss of a leg, He
is So years old and may Gle.
George Cover, a grocer of Oshkosh,
was kicked in The face by g morse and
will die. He was e~ndeayoring to rescue
a dog from the horses heels.
Charles Morris Of. Scranton. H.. was
sentenced to sixty days ia Jail at Mani
towoc on conviction of larceny in operat-
ing a short change game by which il is
said he secured sl5. M
Peter. the ~11-year-old son of Mrs. CAST
mir Chills of Stevens Point. was taken
with cramps when in bathing and sank
within sight of several boy companions.
The body was recovered.
While attending Ii dance at Degten's
Hall at Newton and at the conclusion of
a waltz. Mrs. Albert Mp"ller. a we'll
known resident, fell dead on the floor.
Mrs. Mueller was As years of age.
Mrs. John KnebeIa aged "a, and her
11a-year. old baby ginl were burned to
death in the town of Granville. The
fire was CAUSED by the woman pouring
kerosene into the kitchen stove. The
house was burned.
The 2-year-old son of James Tydeman,
a farmer living about three miles from
| Waupu was drowned in a water tank.
How the accident happened is a mystery
rs the tank was covered with a heavy
wooden cover, which the child could not
have lifted.
Mrs. John Knebei. "a years of age,
! and her year and a8half old baby girl
were. burned TO death at the knebel
homestead in the town of Granville. The
fire was caused BY hhe woman pouring
kerosene into the kitchen stove when she
supposed The fire had gone out,
Allan ID. Conoyer Of Madison has been
appointed by Gov. La Toilette a member
of the State boar1 Of control to succeed
Judge William Lyor, resigned. Mr. Con.
over is an architect and bis services will
be specially valuable in view Of the inn
proyemenss constantly going ON upon
buildings at State Institutions.
A. G. Lee, a citizen Of Denton, Texas.
writes that if the city of Stevens Point
will change its name to philanthropy
he will secure a location there fog two
philanthropie institutions of worldwide
interest. backed by unlimited capital and
which will mean the expenditure of r$1s
600, 900. 900 first and last" He calls the
institutions the international Political
Specialists School aud the Worlds Dia-
thetic Institute.
DIR. Truman T.. Parker, a young doc
tor employed in the hospital of the Ply
sicians' and Surgeons College in Chi
cage, stepped on a banana peel while
walking from the smoker into the day
coach of 2 Northwestern train bound for
Chicago. He slipped and fell with such
violence that he was thrown from the
platform. His left hand went under the
wheels and two trucks passed over it,
mangling it SO that amputation was nee
essary.
Tbc allowance of water to be drawn BY
Fo4 River valley millmen from Lake
y inne5ago for hydraulic power has been
cut by the Neenall and Menasha Water
Power Company, which controls the flow
for power purposes, from rs per cent of
the natural flow of the river, which was
the allowance all the previous week, to 90
per cent. Even on this allowance, plus
the natural leakage. the majority of mills
will be able to run at practically fun ca
pacity without resqrting to steam power.
After being tossed about in a storm on
Lake Michigan all night in a little dis
abled yacht, three men were rescued from
she Gingo of the Kcnosha Yacht Club
feet by the life savers. The rudder of
their little craft became disabled early
in the night, and when taken aboard the
surf boat they were exhausted by their
efforts TO reach the beach and nearly
drowned by the seas which had broken
over their craft. Their cries for help
were heard by ahe members of the ke-
nesha life saving crew and the surf boat
was launched only after a hard fight.
Six members of the commission 10 Sc
lect and have charge Of the plans for the
building of an addition to the State cap
itol, as provided by an net Of the last
Legislature. hayasbaen appointed by the
Governor. Resides hipiself they are: Jus
tice j.. b. Winslow, member Of the Su-
preme Court: Justice X. G. Marshall,
member of the Supreme Coal; w. II.
Gynoweth, attorney. Madison; Edwin
f. Reynolds, superintendent of the Allis-
Chalmers plant, Milwaukee; o. H. In
gram. manufacturer of sash. doors and
blinds, Eau Claire. Wis; John A. Van
Cleye. banker, Marinette.
Mrs. Mark Wulf, the wife Of a saloon
keeper just outside Milwaukee, nearly
killed a tramp who came into the saloon
where she was alone and assaulted her.
The fellow ordered a glass OF beer. and
when Mrs. Wnlf served il he seized her.
In the struggle Mrs. Wulf, who has well
developed muscles, got the tramp down
and. with a beer bottle. pounded him
nearly into Inconsistencies. She releas-
ed him, thinking he would leave. but IN
stead he renewed the attack. This time
Mrs. Wulf went at him with the beer
bottle with the intention Of killing him.
When the fight was over the tramp was
lying with his scalp cut in a dozen places.
and his throat cIt with broken glass. He
was barely able 10 crawl away when
Mrs. Wulf tainted.
Train No. "a. fast mail. on the Omaha
road was wrecked at Rtee Lake By crash