Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25

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Albert Schmidt OF Racine. aged q
years. was sentenced to serve three years
in State prison. Schmidt stole two shot
guns, fur oyercoat and bicycle.
HOLSTER Brothers lumber yard, near
Thorpe, containing about 100000 feet of
lumber, was destroyed by forest fires.
The lumber was covered by insurance.
The estate of the late Peter Held,
stepfather by adoption to Cashier Leimer
of the Princeton bank, is loser TO the
extent of $4,000 by his alleged defalca-
tionsf
1t Is believed that the Cushman Mo-
tor Company Of Lincoln, Neb., viii es-
tablish a large factory in Racine and
manufacture motors for boats and auto
mobiles
Rev. l.. NJ. Fenwick, white pastor Of
the African " f, Church at Milwaukee
was found not guilty Of the charge that
he had signed a petition for the estab-
Iishment OF a saloon near his church.
Seventy-fve of the younger business
men were present at the first banquet of
the season Of the Social Union Club in
GAINESVILLE. Addresses were given by A.
f. Matheson and other well-known men.
Thirty days in Jail for not sending his
children TO school was the sentence inn
posed on Stephen Mensell Of Superior.
Judge Haiiy of the municipal court pass
ed the sentence and he refused TO com
mute it to a fine.
The so-ealled sand lots in Two Riv-
ers, which for years could be purchased
from the county for the taxes, have be-
come valuable property and owing to
their low prices have been sought lately
for building purposes.
The oratorical contest at the Univer-
sity Of Wisconsin for the selection of an
orator 10 represent the institution at the
Hamilton Day celebration of the Hamil-
ton Club of Chicago was won by d. Il.
Griges of Kewaneee, Ill.
4 large railroad meeting was held at
Sanddsky for the purpose of taking steps
towards organizing a company to con
struct and operate a railroad from Lone
Rock via Plain White Mound. Lime
Ridge, Cazenovia. sandusky snd h5aton
to La Vale. Sufficient money was sub
scribed on the spot.
'rha Superior Board OF Review, after
an all day session. has decided to put on
re schedcle sc assessments, grain held
in elevators Grain dealers have opposed
such action. maintaining that the grain is
in transit and therefore exempt in ac-
cordance with principles of interstate
commerce. The matter will no dodbt be
carried into the courts.
Joe Roepke Of Grand Rapids is dead
from hydrophobia having eaten meat
from cattle which had been attacked by
mad dogs, then slaughtered and fed to
the family. The raw meat was also fed
to pigs and chickens all of which died.
The effects came slowly upon Roepke, his
arm first being paraiyzed. aud the nerv-
Gus system showing effects later. Re
died in great agony.
The town of Oregon is stirred up over
an effort to kill scores of people by wreck
ing the Grand Central Hotel. The ex-
plosive was a mass of dynamite which
filed a cigar box. The package had been
placed underneath the clerks desk in the
office of the hotel and contained enough
of the explosive TO demolish the building
with its sixty guests. No motive can
be assigned for the attempt at wholesale
murder.
B. b. Northrop, cashier Of the Manu-
facturegs' National Ban; of Racine, in
an address to business men, stated that
in his thirty years experience he had
never known a person to become wealthy
engaged in the banking business, but
bankers became wealthy because they
were promoters or specula tors. He de-
clared the banking business is not pro-
ftabie. and a bank not 4 necessity but a
convenience
Geor.v Moore. aged Is years, died in
Rhineander from the effects of a rifle
ball in the head. The boy was accom-
panied by a companion named McIn-
tosh They were hunting with a small
caliber rife. which they jointly owned.
They were shooting at a mark when
Moore stepped between the gun and the
target. The bullet entered the back of
his had. Moore was carried nearly FIVE
miles to his home on the back of his
companion.
A romance OF thirty years standing
eliminated in the wedding Of George Al
len Of Freedom township aged 60 years.
and III zabeth Doxstader. an Oneida In
dian sgnaw, who were married recently
ty County Judge Kreiss. Although the
two had been sweethearts in early days,
she had married an Indian in Difference
10 her fathers wishes, and he had
welded Massachusetts woman 10
please his father Both became free
about year ago.
The decision Of the Court Of Appeals
Of New York in the matter Of the will
offered by A. I. Patrick. convicted of
the murder Of Millionaire Rice, whereby
the alleged will was declared a forgery,
is If especial interest to the residents
Of Norway Ridge, for two near relatives
Of the dead millionaire live there They
are Calvin Rice, a brother, and Mrs, Levi
Davis. niece. They are said to be the
nearest Of kin and the natural heirs 10
the fortune If $4,000 600 left by Mr..
Rice.
David s.elxcrlie has won the first
point in his fight for a $4,000 timber
claim in the suit for which he attacks
the Omaha Railway Company and the
Superior Timber Company Judge Ninje
has overruled the defendent's demurrer
to McKerlie's complaint. McKerlie has
for years lived on the claim, which is
about ten miles from Superior. The land
in question is some whj h the Omaha had
taken under Its land grant, but which
was declared exempt from such fling
McKerlie then fled aud settled
Roy Short. son of NJ. c. Short. editor
Of the Brandon Times, aud Miss Edith
Halsey. daughter of s. b. Halsey. s