Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08

City.
Fire at the plant OF tile Latin Rand
Powder Company at Pleasant Prairie
caused loss of $4,000, with no in.
surance.
Charles Hardway thinks he has found
a gold-bearing ledge on the MenontiTee
reservation. He believes, too. that silver
exists there.
A. uauke, an employe at one of the
Menomonie brick yards. was dangerous
ly. perhaps fatally, injured by cave-in
at the clay pit,
A. c. Parfrey. owner of the Richland
Center flour mill and excelsior factory,
has begun the erection of large cheese
and butter tub factory.
The manual training summer school
TO have been started on Lake Winnebsas
by Prof Summer of normal school, will
be postponed until 1905.
Fred Bohman, a resident of DelHield,
33 years of age, was drowned in Lower
Nemahbin lake. He was fishing in
boat and overturned the boat.
Fifty feet of the north wall of the
Meade & Edwards canal at Kaukauna
caved in from the high water. Ne dam,
age hey ond the cost Of the wall was
done.
Mrs. Albert Salisbury. wife of Pr,si.
dent Salisbury of the Whitewater Nor
NAL school, was badly Injured IN a run
away accident. Several ribs were brok
en- and she is injured internally.
Gollmar's CIRCUS exhibited in Madison
and the employees had fight among
themselves that resulted in one man be
ing stabbed, but as the fight occurred
outside the city limits the police kEoW
nothing about it,
Mrs. Charles Luke. residing on a farm
in the town Of Salem. sacrificed herseli
TO save the lives Of her two children
pursued by an angry bull Tie mother
managed to save the children. but was
herself fatally injured.
a suit for 5000 against the town OF
Maple Creek viii be instituted in the
Circuit Court for Outagamie County
This is an echo of the famous Fred
Hebbe damage ease. The present actor
is brought for injuries sustained by Mrs
Hebbe
A small tornado swooped dowr
through Mormon Coulee. near La Crosse
and tore up trees and fences anu Gcroof
ed many Buildings. Much damage wal
done to orchards and crops just above
ground were ruined by hail which fol
lowed the wind storm.
f. l.. Larson. who gained notoriety
by organizing a wild cat insurance com
pany and absconding from Milwaukee il
1902, died of consumption at the State
r ison in Waupun. Larson was convict
ed and sentenced for forgery. He wai
serving a seven-year sentence.
1t is reported that big realty dea
has been closed at Lake Geneva. The
Maple Glen farm. consisting of BOO
acres, which was owned by George A
Cobb, who recently died in Chicago. has
been sold to ]. J. Mitchell. who already
has large holdings of Lake Geneva prop
erty.
Grand Chute farmers are in a wild
pitch of excitement over mysterious
woman who has been noticed north Of
Appleton at various times during the
past few weeks With wild, disheyeled
hair and haunting eyes she pops up al
one minute and then disappears. 1t IL
believed she escaped from the Northern
insane hospital
A novel method for killing rattlesnnkes
has been discovered by a man living
near La Crosse. Finding he couldn't
get at the snakes he hit upon music
as means Of charming them from then
holes Taking his old violin and an as
sistant with a shotgun. he lured the rep
tiles from their dens. swaying and wav'
ing 10 the music. Then the shotgun ex
pert performed his part
Its busted" With that cool re
mark, without an cutlery of any sor
or even a whimper, Leon Deneen, aged
IA. announced to his playmates on the
bali field in New Richmond that he had
broken bis arm. The bone was snapped
off just above the elbow. He whistled
while the arm was being set. and only
complained when the doctor said he
could not go back and see the finish o.
the game.
George Simkos. well-known resident
of Kenosha. appealed 10 the county clerh
of the county TO prevent him from is
suing a marriage license TO any one foi
marriage with Anna r. Jorina. The sir
had been a sweetheart of Simkos. ant
after he had obtained a marriage license
she refused to 'ome his wife. Wher
the girl heard of u. action that Simkoi
had taken she reconsidcred the matter
and the couple were married.
Inexhaustible quantities of the pures
iron ore in existence have been discov
cred along Apple river, twenty miller
northeast OF New Richmond A. G
Boehm Of tina. city found indications OF
mineral and secured samples and hae
them assayed. He learned that the ORE
was as pure as any mined on the Me
saba range. An area of 100 acres was
found which contains iron ore in i'm
mense quantities. located within three to
five feet of the surface Of the. ground
4 shaft has been sunk a short distance
Rose Ernst. 14-year-old girl living
near Menasha. saved a tiny baby from
death under Northwestern train and
narrowly escaped being killed herself in
the act The girl saw the baby playing
on the track when she realized that
train was near. She grasped the child,
who evnded her playfuly. This nearly
cost both their lives. The engineer re-
versrd. but he could not stop the train
in time. The girl. Mt the last moment,
Jumped with the bah. and the fender
just scrapcd her flying skirts. The baby
was the 4-yearold daughter Of Peter
Jacobs.
The strike Of the Racine brickmakers
has been settled and the men returned
to work The brick manufacturers grant
ed the demand for the same wages as
paid last year 81 per day. TIE yards
will be known hereafter as union yards
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