Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-07-29

Point. charged with stabbing his broth
er.islaw, John Hefta,. ON their way home
from dance. Hefta may die
DR.. Andrews of Ashland has been ap-
pointed State medical examiner DIR. An
drews is president of the Wisconsin
Homeopathic Medical Society.
Charles f. Randall. a brother Of Gen.
George NJ. Randall. U. S. A., and Mrs.
Charles. T. McKenney of Chicago. com
rnitted suicide ut GAINESVILLE while despon-
dent.
Burglars gained an entrance into the
jewelry store Of Postmaster III. ]. Smith
at Racine and got away with $1,000
worth Of silverware, opera glasses and
jewelry.
Game Warden Henry Schultz has re-
ceived notice Of his dismissal as deputy
game warden. He Is accused Of having
charged both the State and Chippewa
| County fees.
Joe Renal Of Gordol spent SIX .ours
buried In quicksand to his neck. He was
released after four teams and thirty men
had succeeded in scooping away the
treacherous fnire.
Roy Peterson. formerly first baseman
for La Crosse, has signed with the Den
| yer league team. Don Cameron of the
| LA Crosse team has gone with the
Helena Pacific league team.
Julius wolskie was wounded with a
pitchfork by Jacob Sem near Fountain
City, and may die. Sem claims he act
ed in self-defense and that Wolskie be-
gan the trouble by dispute about
wages.
Two miners while looking over land
just east Of Brandon have discovered
! what they think TO be a copper vein.
They have taken an option on the land
| and have begun TO dig TO ascertain the
extent Of the property.
The wife. Of Sheriff Holmes of Trem-
| pealeau County prevented the escape Of
a murderer from the jail at Whitehall.
| She heard sound OF firing and. going
down with revolver and accompanied
| by her bulldog, she put the would.be
rescuers TO rout.
Frank RawIey. cripple. has been
causing the street railway company and
| the police much trouble at Marinette.
Several tiInes he has sat down on the
| tracks IN front Of rapidly approaching
cars and has been pulled off just in time
to escape death. His legs are cut off
close TO the trunk.
Officials who recaptured eight boys
who had escaped in their highs clothes
/ from the Wankesha Industrial school
We're in predicamcnt te know what 10
| do with them and inally had 70 holi
| them in hiding at Mukwonago while the
| village was secured for overalls TO cover
! their nakedness. In their anxiety TO es-
cape some Of the boys had lost even
Their night shirts
/ In a fire which destroyed the Central
hol Ell, the largest hotel in Fountain City,
| three of the guests were aroused from
sleep just in time To escape with their
J ;lves by jumping from second-story win
1 dows. Isadore Putnam, colored por-
/ ter. was seriously burned while rescuing
O sick laan The hotel was onc of the
J landmarks Of western Wisconsin, having
been built in 1850.
Richard Trist, the former agent Of the
| Chicago and Northwestern Railway
| Company Of Racine, had battle with
| burglars at his home. Several shots were
! fred, but none Of them struck either
Of them. One grazed the head Of Mr..
i Il
| Two other burglaries were committed In
the same block with Mr.. Triys's home,
| and Ii is claimed that about S3C was Sc
cured at these two places.
/ The Sheboygan City Water Company
has discovered that the storms which hit
its crib very hard, have caused all the
stone in the crib to be carried away, and
Is now preparing TO build a new crib
which will be 2Sxl2 feet in size, large
! enough, it is presumed. 60 prevent the
| swaying o. the intake pipe in the water
! as has been the case on frequent oeea-
siols, eodangering the supply of water,
slice 4ae pipe might easily have been
snapped by the fierce Of the sea and the
| swell
The Farmers and Mechanics Bank OF
Bangor was placed in the hands OF the
| State bank examiner the other evening.
Its failure Is ascribed 70 the curiosity OF
the patrons of a local telephone com
pany. A short time ago stakeholder
visited the bank. and the fact that he
was looking over the books was tele.
| phoned 10 some party interested. The
telephone message was sent over q
'neighhorhood" line, and it happened
that everybody on the line was listening.
AS result there was run on the bank
which it was unable 10 Withstand.
Max winkel, young man residing
| near Arcadia, was arrested charged with
the murder Of James Campbell. which
It is said occurred on CampbelPs farm
near Arcadia last May. Gampbell's body
| was found at the edge Of creek not far
from his home The railroad men had
always greeted him in passing. and, after
missing him for several days, they made
| search. 4 shotgun, some cartridges
and an old spade covered with blood
and hair were found lying near him.
Detectives have peen working on the case
ever since the crime was committed.
| winkel is nos in the county jail at
| Whitehall
At Corliss, manufacturing suburb
seven miles west Of Racine, the sheriff
and chief Of police found d counterfeit
ers' den and complete outfit of dies. met
ais. aeids and $500 ID counterfeit dol
lars and halves bearing the dates Of 1894
and 1880, the same dates as many coun-
terfeit coins passed in Racine and Mil
] waukee within few months. The outfit
] was fou,ld about the home of Gustaye
Cuneo, electrician of the Brown-Corsss
! Engine Company. When the officers en-
| terrell to search the house they found all
h5ds ehold goods packed ready to be ship
ped 10 Milwaukee. Placed in mattresses
and boxes were found the coins and dies.
| In Milwaukee Charles w. Carleton
shot Mrs. Ida Draeger and then put a