Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-18

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The schooner Elgin, struck by light
ming and stripped OF her fore and mizzen
masts, reached Manitowoc in tow of the
tug Wheeler.
! Racine owners of automobiles and
motor cycles are TO pay 81 license and
/ the cars are to be numbered for the safe
I ty OF pedestrians.
Messrs. Hess and Krajeck are build
/ ing several large ice houses on the Ne
shoto river at Two Rivers and hope to
secure D. fine grade of ice.
In Crandon Mrs. C. T. H. Riggs took
carbolic acid and died from the effects
of it. Grief caused by her daughters
death unsettled her mind.
Lawyer H. c. Douglas, who was re-
Gently arrested at Wild Rose on a charge
of forgery and embezzlement, was bound
over to the Circuit Court. having waived
his examination, and is held under $1,000
bonds.
J The 16-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs,
! James Gill of Lannon was run over in
/ the switch yards of the Wisconsin Sugar
] Company ia Menomonee Falls and both
| his limbs crushed above the knees. He
| died three hours afterwards.
Former Inspector Fred Heiden, Jr,
of the Milwaukee county house of correc-
ton was arrested on n second arrant
charging him with obtaining over 5000
from the county under false preteuses
! through crooked lumber deal.
Fire totally destroyed the stables Of
/ the Appleton Brewing and NAH Com
pany and eleven horses and four mules
were burned to death. The loss is about
j $4,000 OF which 5000 is on the mules.
The origin of the FIRE is unknown
Thomas Mabon, sentenced to four
years in Waupun in 1898 for burning the
barn and tobacco warehouse of John
Luck and who was later transferred to
Oshkosh insane asylum and subsequent
! by sent back to the Rock County asylum,
has escaped.
State Treasurer j. j. Kempf of Mil
waukee has announced the balances in
the several State funds as follows: Gen
eral fund, S1,313 .96SS0: school fund,
$295.35; university fund, S932; college
of agriculture. $1,70T II; normal school
fund $6.5s3.S2.
Arthur Roedl, II years of age. while
occupied in operating water motor sau-
sage machine in the meat market Of
! Cap" Roeder in Beaver Dam. met with
a terrible accident which crippled him
for life. His left hand was mangIed in
| the sausaAe machine.
Elizabeth l.. Stewart was married to
John w. Brown of Stevens Point The
| bride is a daughter of DIR. Stewart, an
old resident of Unity, and the groom is
State commander Of the knights of the
| Maccabees and one OF the best known
fraternal men in Wisconsin.
| Two masked robbers have been causing
terror i'll Auburndale The robbery Of
| two business places was reported to the
police at Marshfeld and an attempt on
the life of Joseph Smith, proprietor of
! the Auburpdale hotel. -Four shots We're
| fred at Mr.. Smith, but none of them
took effect.
/ Mrs. Charles Dennison, aged 30. was
| found dead on the sidewalk near her
/ home in Beloit. She had beer visiting at
a neighbor's and started home, seeming
| ly in perfect health Her son was on
hi' way TO escort her home and discov-
cred her dead body Heart disease was
the cause of her death.
The case of Walter Mc3Iullen and
! Martin Munsen. arrested for fighting.
was tried in La Crosse. 1t appears that
| McMullen had inSulted two young women
whom Munsen was escorting home from
| church and the court held that MunSen
J acted exactly right and released him,
while McMullen received heavy fine.
With remarkable accuracy. someone
fred four shots in rapid succession into
the cab Of Northwestern locomotive
| while it was moving ut the rate of forty
miles an hour near Janesville, and Fire
man Earnest suffered serious wounds A
rumor that receives some credence Is that
! the shooting was the outcome of a love
affair of Earnest's.
A suit contesting the payment of an
alleged Indebtedness of 70 cents was filed
! in n Neenah justice court, where it occu-
| pied the attention of the court, two law
| yers and half o dozen witnesses over
| twelve hours. A local Organization
was sued for the use of an oil stove
! said to have been used during a picnic
given by the organization.
| Jimmie" Lonnegan. alias p Burns
under arrest ut Waukesha for completely
| in the Eagle bank robbery, is wanted by
| the Chicago police on several charges,
| one Of them being murder. He is also
believed to know something of the muir
( der committed at the car barns several
! months ago, and efforts will be made to
connect him with the case.
At the village of Arkansaw double
! tragedy occurred, when Lloya Swartz
! shot and killed Robert f. Newhart and
| then turned his revolver upon himself
| and committed suicide 1t is thought
that Swartz was jealous, as he is said
TO have accused Newhart of paying at
telrtions to his wife Both men are mar
ried and leave families Swartz is So
and New hart about 40.
George Johnson. farm hand employ
ed by NJ. G. Christianson, had a narrow
escape from being killed at Corlss while
driving across the st. Paul railroad
tracks He was engaged in loading a
car at the station and la driving home
did not notice a train approaching from
the west. Just as he drove the team on
the track the train struck the horses and
ground hem almost to pieces and the
wagon was wrecked. Johnson made his
escape by jumping, although he was Sc
riously injured.
While Alfred Austin, a farmer resid-
ing Mt Harmony. was propelling his
-. eshing engine over the bridge six miles
north of GAINESVILLE, the machine crashed
through the bridge planking and was