Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-12

William FredinscA, aged Is years. was
killed by lightning ut Linden, while
shocking oats.
A new disease has appeared in oats.
Ii Is feared nv farmers that the general
prevalence of it may ruin the crop.
A barn owned by Joseph Reitmeyer a
farmer living three miles north Of Cato,
was struck BY lightning and burned.
U. Ii, Dykes. "a hotel chef, Jumped
from a Milwaukee train near Arena and
sustained injuries from which he died.
John School and Henry Corners, both
of Emerald, We're arrested, charged with
stealing $40 from Michael Langdon.
The officers of the Business MEMS As
sociation will have entire charge Of the
C%hautauqua TO be held in Racine next
year.
Frank Vol. operator of an electric
crane at Beloit. came in contact with
electric wires. He was unconscious half
an hour, but viii recover,
Anton Felber. a farmer at Branch,
was instantly killed by lightning during
an electrical storm. Felber was 0S years
of age and leaves a family.
Thomas Oaks, q farmer of Evansville,
is dead as a result of having thrast his
hand down the throat of a dog tfAt WA
suffering from h~ydraphobia.
While drilling a well on the farm of
ID. ii. Syme near Glenwood the work
meh bored through a deposit Of iron ore
between thirty and forty feet thick.
Fire destroyed 0 large wing of the old
Judge Cole homestead, one of the his
toric landmarks of Ia Or rsse. The fire
is believed to be of ~ine9ndiary origin.
A 3-year-old child of Appleton was
nearly stung 20 death by falling into a
hollow near Riverside cemetery where
was located a wasps' nest. The little
girl will recover.
In a head-on collision on the North
western. four miles south Of Kenosha.
three men were seriously injured and
thousands of dollars worth of railroad
property destroyed.
An incendiary fire at the home of j.
w. StowelI at La Crosse nearly cost
the lives of Mrs. Stowell and two chill
dren. who were overcome by smoke and
rescued by fremen.
Frank Ballman. while riding with three
companions in a boat at the Hydraulic
Falls, Menominee river. was pulled into
the falls by the current and drowned.
The others escaped.
Harry Jones. a blacksmith at Ives
Grove. caught a mad dog by the throat
and held 1t until it could be shot. 1t
had bitten Miss Wachettoes of Racine
and ran amuck, biting cattle.
The Iron Belt Mining Company at Iron
Belt is pulling up its pumps on account
of having exhausted the iron ore, and
have sold the entire stock of general me-
chandise to Davis & Fehr of lronwood.
The residence of G. w. Lassel in Wau-
kesha was entered the other afternoon
and a quantity of jewelry valued at $500
was taken. 4 number Of articles and
quite an amount of money was over
looked.
University President Van Hise is the
guest Of Andrew Carnegie at Skibo Cas-
tie, Scotland. He will then go TO Vienna
to attend the International Geological
congress as a representative of the Unit
ed States.
The 4-year-old son of Captain William
NJ. Lewis. president of the Wisconsin
Wheel Works at Racine, got hold of a
bottle of chloroform and swallowed a
sufficient amount TO kin three persons.
Doctors hope he will acoyer.
At / o'clock Monday morning the Chi
cage and Northwestern Railway passen-
ger and freight depot in Watertown was
totally destroyed by fire, together with
several hundred dollars worth Of freight.
The loss is about $1,000. The origin OF
the fire is unknown.
John Palmgren of 127 Liberty street.
New York, was found dead on the west
bound Chicago, st. Paul. Minneapolis
and Omaha limited train between Fair
child and Eau Claire. The body was tax
en- off at Eau Clr re for an Inquest.
Death was due to he.,r disease.
Judge Dunwiddie of GAINESVILLE has APP
pointed David w. Watt receiver for the
Luella Forepaugh-Fish Wild West show,
which was attached by the owners for
$23, 000. The city is full of Asiatics,
cowboys, negroes and Others who have
not been able 10 raise the necessary
money to leave.
"We will share the profits Of our bush
ness with our own employees in the flu
ture.' This was the keynote of the
address by President a. w. Rich of the
Rich Shoe Company at a luncheon given
in honor of his sixtieth birthday in Mil
waukee. "We propose to effect an or
ganizatien of our company in such n way
as to allow our employees to become prJft
sharers.''
Samuel McCown and Mrs. Mary
Scales of La Crosse nre found to b.. the
heirs TO a rich estate left by John Nc
Gown Of Rio, Colo, a capitalist who died
in scclusion there some time ago. The
heirs were found aud viii gain the for
tune through a newspaper article. Mrs.
Scales, one of the beneiciaries. is a poor
widow. John McCown was lost track of
years ago by his relatives.
The Supreme Court Of the State viii
be called upon to give a decision in the
construction Of the viii Of the late Jack
son /. Case of Racine. as an appeal will
be taken from the decision given by
Judge Belden in the case of the Illinois
Trnst and Savings Bank of Chicago
against Henrietta n. Case, widow Of
Jackson /. Case. In the will Mr.. Case
left $4,000 in trust with the Illinois
Trust and Savings Bank, the interest to
be paid to his children. four in number.
and upon the death of one child the in
terest is to be paid to the legal repre-
sentative Of that child. judge BeldeD
held In the condition that tie term legal
representative means the Issue Of the
child, lille counsel who are representing
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