Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-27
short state Items.

Orders from the police department
stopped all games of chance in Eau
Claire. including slot machines, and 9th
ers were strictly enforced.
Elizabeth WE'LL and John p. Lang
were married in Kenosha after the bride
had sent summons in a suit "A inst the
groom alleging breach of promise.
Hans Jorgenson, grocer, has disap-
peared from Marinette, and his store has
been closed by creditors. His financial
ruin is said to be due to politics.
Louis Larsen. aged 16 years, shot and
instantly killed his brother. james Lar
sen, aged IA, in the town of Salem. The
boys were playing with shotgun.
The creamery at witwen, in the town
of Troy, was burned. The fire started
in che woodwork, near the boiler. and
little was saved excent the stock of but
ter. The machinery was ruined.
William Reid, brother of United States
Marshal Reid of Milwaukee, died in APP
pleton. aged 81. He was connected with
the Daily Posi- for FIVE years. The body
will be taken to New Jersey, his former
home, for burial.
Frank Hubbard. formerly of Apple
ton, supposed to have committed suicide
in Sparta has given the lie to the report
by writing a letter from Minneapolis,
stating that there must be some mistake.
He was mourned for dead for SOME time.
Fritz Idle Won Ingelheim. who claims
to be scion of one of the OLDEST and
noblest families of Germany AMI himself
heir to immense estates and noble title,
son of a cabinet official undar Emperor
William l.. was sentenced 10 three years
and six monthT in States prison by
Judge Braze in Milwaukee Won Ingel-
helm attributes his downfall to gamDTng
and intolieants.
4 disease which the physicians term
intestinal influenza is almost epidemic in
Milwaukee, Some physicians ascribe il
to the condition Of the S,inking water.
1t Is said that on account Of the thick
ness of the ice in the harbor for so long
a period the water became contaminated
by deposits on the ice. Health officers
say the water is pure and that its I6urky
appearance Is due to sand from the CON
slant agitation OF the water The exam
nations OF tina water made by chemists
show that it L. pure.
bHe case u sHtdlipbA4 nus DfDkeH out
in the Home for the Feeble Minded at
Chippewa falls, and there are eight or
nine r.ler oa,tients under the strictest
surveillance The first case was that of
a boy recsRtly arrived who was promptly
quarantinsd and everyone who was near
him vaeciaated at once.
A negso fred revolver into lunch
wagon In Eau Claire because the proprie-
tor had refused to give him ''handout I"
Then he fred at Policeman Elliott, who
tried to arrest him. Elliott returned the
are and shot the negro. The NJ gro will
die.
Miss Agnes Kelist of Appleton lost a
valuable diamond in a wash basin Christ
mas, just after she had received It for n
gift 1t was found by plumbers in a
sewe.- pipe some distance away from the
pisr. where it was lost.
Several bold burglaries have been com
mitted at West La Crosse lately. authori-
ties not being able to trace the perpefra-
tor until the house Of George Phillips
WAS robbed and a suit Of clothes taken
A Tsan who was wearing the suit was ar
rested later He was identife,s as Henry
Loyery, an inmate Of the TreInpealeau
cou.fty insane asylum a. Whitehall He
ese-ped from that institution several
weeks ago