Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-03-18

Lookout, died suddenly white attending
church a. osseo. He was 66 years Of
age.
\ hundred loads of tobacco en- route
for la Crosse stuck in the mud aud tlsen
we're frozen in by the cold wave They
had to be chopped out
( Transportation facilities have got 10
be greatly improved or there is likely to
be a pulp wood famine among the paper
mills of the Fox river valley,
Miss Nora Humphrey, aged 10 years,
| a student at the Stevens Point business
College died of brain fever, The re-
mains were taken TO her home NJ Wild
Rose.
A large timber wolf that strayed into
the town of West Prairie made much
J excitement on the street for short time.
1t worsted two dogs and finally escaped
TO the woods again.
Charles Maxwell. an aged painter of
| Oshkosh, was struck by II train Of the
| Wisconsin Central road and received such
Injuries that it is thought he viii die.
he is 10 years of age
/ Richard Wagner, clerk in Appleton,
alleges that while returning home at ,
o'clock in the morning he was beaten inz
sensible and robbed of considerable
sum of money by two men,
| In fit Of temporary insanity Emnn-
uel Smith. aged 60. committed suicide en-
his farm southwest of Cumberland. He
leaves widow and daughter who is
confined in an insane asylum.
Mrs. Minnie Lark, aged 80 years, wife
! Of Saw al -.
| death in her bed near La Crosse. The
! bedding is thought TO have caught fire
from a stove that was near by
Joseph Derosia, a miner, IS years of
age. fell fifty feet and was fatally hurt
at the Germania mine in Hurley. lie
was crossing a raise in order 10 get some
necessary tools. when in some manner he
| slipped and fell.
Receivers of freight in Oshkosh are
very indignant over an order issued by
| the three railroads entering Oshkosh
which compels them to pay all freight
I charges on the day the freight is received
or at the latest the day after.
Fifteen horses were cremated in fire
> the livery stable of f. ] Ziemer, Mil
waukee. Two employees had narrow es-
capes from suffocation ari the Ziemer
children were driven from their home
above the stable without their clothing.
The annual debate between the juniors
of Stevens Point and Oshkosh normal
was won by Stevens Point, whose team
/ supported the negative of the question,
Resolved, That the United States gov
ernment should establish system Of
postal savings banks"
A number of loaded cartridges thrown
into the waste basket of a school at
| Fountain almost killed the janitor. He
threw the whole contents into the fur
mace as was his custom, and the bullets
whizzed by him intentionally near. The
authorities will Investigate
While cutting wood on his farm near
Tamarac A. II. Fisher struck a bunch
of trees thar seemed to have natural
gas connection. Immediately they were
cut the gas Kissed out when the AK sunk
| in Out of curiosity he touched match
| to them and they burned for some time.
A freight train on the Burlington crash
ed into the rear of another freight train
at Stoddard. In the caboose Conductor
Hogue of Galesburg and his brakemen,
we're sleeping. The caboose was tele-
seoped by a coal car The men were
pushed to the rear end and imprisoned
! in a small space. The cars then took
fire. The brakemen were rescued, but
Hogue was seriously and perhaps fatally
4 injured.
At Gillett fire destroyed the store Of
| ". G. Bruse, general merchandise, own
ed by the local lodge of Woodmen, and
the buildings of L. Il. Stuelke occupied
by the Bank of Gillett and by drug
store. ST. James Catholic Church, which
was next TO these buildings, was also
threatened. The loss on \. c. Bruises
stock will amount to 5000, insured for
$500 Woodmen building and outfit,
| 81, 200, insured for $1,400: J.. B.
Stuelke's building, 5000, covered by in
surance. nfh
| Two freight trains of over the average
| length were held in the Milwaukee Yards
at La Crosse because no one knew with
out investigation just where they should
go. The way bills were burned by a
young boy who wished TO pay n trick
on brakeman. The brakeman got the
orders at one of the small yard station
called Camp 20. He laid them down
and left the room for a minute or so.
| When he returned the bills We're burning
| in the coal stove II took no end Of tele-
graphing to straighten matters out.
Rare presence Of mind on the part Of
two little girls, 10 and 4 years Of age.
saved their mother from a horrible death
by fire at Beloit Mrs. George McAllis-
tor went upstairs to lie down, became
| faint and fell over on a iylted lamp,
which set her clothing ON fire. The chill
dren heard her fall and ran mp - see
| VIVA was the matter. They found their
mother wrapped in flames, but instead
of screaming the 10-year-old child sent
the little one to the neighbors for help
and herself picked up quilt and threw
il over her mother. finally succeeding in
smothering the fire Mrs. McAllister's
face and hands were burned.
Fire broke out in the AIichaeLson SHOE
store at Hudson and destroyed three
business buildings before being cnntroll-
ed. Michalsons store and vacant store
adjoining is owned by james A. Irear,
who carried $500 insurance Mr. Michal-
sons shoe stock is a total loss. lie had
81 900 insurance Miss Watson carried
$500 insurance on millinery stock. The
building was owned by e. Il. Gstchell,
and was insured for $500 Thes. stores
are adjoining the Corner Drug Store
Company's property, owned by James A.
Frear. which building was to be torn
down to be replaced by a modern brick
and stone block. It is likely the whole
burned district will now be built up in a