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

caused by carrying single nails in his
mouth.
Chris Kiefer. aged 10. laundryman,
committed suicide in shed close to his
home in Prairie du CHEN. by hanging
himself.
Conrad Dahlheimer, an old resident Of
Hurley, is lost. He went berrying with
party and strayed away. He is 20
years Of age.
In recognition of twenty-three years as
city marshal. citizens of GAINESVILLE pre-
scented John w Hogan gold badge and
purse of money.
Willie Bender, aged IL, of Chicago. fell
under carriage occupied by Mrs. w. o.
Carpenter Of Chicago, at Marinette. and
both 90 his legs We're fractured.
Anton Olson of MaHnette was serious
ly stabbed by Anton Newh I'm. Olson
had heard Newholm call ais mother
names and an alteration resulted, lead
ing TO blows,
Theo s. johnson was instantly killed
while working in the stone quarry of
Thomas H. Smith at the mouth of Stur-
geon bay. A timber fell and, striking
him on the head, caused instant death
The home of Mrs. Anton Elsham in
La Crosse was entered by burglar but
Just as he was about to find the place
where money and jewels to the value of
$500 were hidden, he was frightened
away.
The Beloit College football schedule
for this season as arranged for is as fol
lows: Oct. 10, Minnesota at Minneapo-
lis; Oct IL, Wisconsin at Madison
Michigan at Ann Arbor: Chicago at Chi
cage; Knox College AT Rock Island.
Albert Sivyer, son of f. w. Sivyer.
wealthy Milwaukeean, was drowned off
Nantucket, Mass, by the capsizing Of a
small catboat in which .e and two
friends. Allan Robinson of New York
and Edmund Fitzgerald of Troy. were
sailing.
David c. Williams of Cambria. aged
G3 years, who was bitten by a rat two
weeks before. died the other day from
blood poisoning which resulted from the
bite Mr.. Williams was a member of tile
lower house of the last Legislature. He
served in the Civil war.
AS a result of eating mushrooms pick
ed in their yard the entire family of six
of b. l., Schuler of La Crosse. and a
guest, Mrs A. Clark Of Chicago, were
made seriously i'll with ptomaine poison
ing. 1t is thought that toadstools were
mixed with the mushrooms.
Reports come from Springyille that a
very severe electrical and hail storm did
great damage in that vicinity. Lightning
struck several farm buildings ard the
hail which followed was 50 heavy That
it laid ripened grain low and in many
places did great damage to old crops.
The clay bed disco cred at Milton on
the Borden farm proves TO be remarka-
bly, good for making glazed pottery. Some
# the largest manufacturers in Chicago
IRE becoming interested There is an
| unlimited amount Of clay Somebody
| will doubtless build "A factory there soon.
7 Fully dressed in dainty summer raj
inent. Miss Linet Whitaker dived into
the swimming pool of the Milwaukee
| Athletic Club and rescued Miss Irma
Reel from drowning It was woman's
\ day at the club aud dozens If society
| girls in swimming costume were taking
| lessons
| August FEELING. boy of 20. was killed
in the plant Of the Wausau Paper Mills
Company at Brokaw, He was engaged
| in oiling shaft when his overalls goi
| caught and wound him about the rapidly
| revolving piece Of steel. At every revo
| luton his body struck the floor, and be
fore the machine could be stopped ht
was so badly injured that he died two
hours later.
George Koerble, Kewaskum mason
while fixing a chimney, fell backwards
from a scaffoid thirty feet high, receiv
ing internal injuries which will proba
1 bly, prove fatal. Joseph Miller, while al
work at the Lay residence in the same
town. fell from an eight-foot scaffold
/ landing with his head on the foundation
below Miller was unconscious for near
ly one-nalf hour.
The four men convicted of robbing the
Montford bank in Grant County, three
years ago. were discharged from the pris
on at Waupun. Harry Dewitt was imme
| diately arrested by United States mar
| shall and taken 10 Oshkosh. j. s. Berry
alias Dago Frank, was arrested by I
| sheriff from Illinois Hopkins and Mon
tague did not have any officers to NEE
them and made straight for Chicago.
Judge y. +. Dunwiddie rendered de
cision touching the motion TO dissolve tn,
| injunction against the striking machiR
| lists of the Berlin works at Beloit The
motion was denied, but certain clauses
| were modified. II is regarded as a par
| tial victory for the strikers. The stri$eri
| are permitted the use Of moral suasior
and other peaceful methods to proven
workmen from entering the Berlin EN-
ploy.
Phil Lounsbury, a Madison MARIE
gardener was shot in the forehead by
revolver in the hands Of a boy, one of /
crowd Of eight or ten who were tryinl
10 steal melons from his wagon Lsouns
bury struck one of the boys with hi
whip and the boy fred the bullet stTik
| ing him in the right eyebrow The boy
| then ran. The bullet struck the bone an,
dropped out II was from small re
! voiver and the wound viii not prove Sc
rious.
Col ]. II knight. one Of Wisconsin,
most prominent lumbermen, who fol
years lived at Ashland, being closely iden
tilted with the development of northern
| Wisconsin and particularly of Ashland
| died at WATERFOWL from cancer of ths
| throat lie was 67 years Of age, III
served in the regular army during tbs
| Civil War with a Delaware regiment and
| for ten years afterward, retiring witt
! the title Of colonel He was a prominent
! member Of the Loyal Legion. In STATS
politics he was prominent for years, sew.
eral times standing as a candidate of the
| Democrats for Governor, but never Sc
curing the nomination.