Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-09

Milwaukee road near Franksy.lle.
Helen Noise. the 13-year-old daughter
OF Mrs. John Greengs Of Milwaukee. has
become insane through hard study in
school.
A stock company. with u capital OF
$4,000, has been organized at Cumber-
land to construct and run a farmers CO.
operative store.
Miss Ellie Loss, the 16-year-old daugh-
| tel Of Mr. and Mrs John Loss, was ac-
cidentally shot by her 7-year-old brother
and killed at Brodhead.
The cities of Eau Claire and Mondovi
are vigorously bidding against each other
for the nnual ''round-us" farmers insti-
trte to be held next February.
Miss Marie Kessler of Whitewater, a
school teacher. is one of the heirs of
considerable estate in Ulm, Germany, left
her by her grandfather. who died recent
| ly.
James A. Smooth and Fred Kingsley,
convicted of robbing drug store at
Trempealeau, were sentenced to seven
years each by Judge Fruit at White
hail.
City Marshal Hogan of Evansville is
reported to be dying Of cancer, due 10 a
| Elow received while arresting a man
twenty years ago. He has been marshal
twenty-five years.
MarshalIs yellow store in Fifeld
was entered by burglars. who carried
off the entire stock of tobacco, some
small chlnge and few articles from
the stock of goods.
The recently organized Wisconsin Pulp
Wood Company. including the leading
paper mill men in the Fox river valley
will establish headquarters in Neenah. \
building is now being erected.
Miss Nellie Schneider. aged % years,
daughter of Jackus Schneider Of the
town of Wilson, came to her death by
swallowing some carbolic acid. 1t is be-
lipved that she committed suicide.
Alfred Anderson. grocery merchant,
was held up ana robbed of $3.50 in a
| lonely part of Chippewa Falls. Two
men came up from behind and ore held
his arms while the other ritled his peck
| cts.
Gus Kraeger of Ianesville, a conduc-
tor on the St Paul road. was stricken
with paralysis while he was returning
| from work, and is not expected to live.
| He has been with the road twenty-five
| years.
The rural delivery system has now
closed the fourth-class postoGiee at Big
Patch. The postmaster. David Wilkin-
son, has held his position for forty-fve
years and is supposed to be the oldest
continuous postmaster in this State.
A stray bullet killed Miss Martha An
derson. 30 yeas old, of Maple Grove. in
stantly. The little farm on which Miss
Anderson lived with another woman, is
surrounded by timber. and the bullet was
probably from the gun of hunter in
that vicinity.
The remains of Matthew Jensen, for
merly of Menomonie. were found in the
! Missouri river near Omaha. The body
had been in the water for several days
and it is believed that he committed sui
eide in fit of dependency over dis
appointment in love.
| Earl Shutter. son of Charles Shutter,
was found dead in the woods near To-
NAH. The coroner's jury returned a
verdict Of accidental death. He was
hunting rabbits, had crawled through a
barbed wire fence and attempted to pull
the gun through after him.
The people Of Superior are becoming
| exasperated at the long idleness of the
immense Touring mills in that city. and
| agitation is on foot to compel the alleged
trust either 10 resume the operation of
the mills or to dissolve. 1t is believed
1 that suits will be started in the near
| future.
Former Alderman William Murphy of
! Milwaukee was found guilty by a jury
of soliciting a bride in connection with
a side track ordinance which passed the
| Common Council in 1899. Murphy 5
counsel will appeal the case to the Su-
preme Court. Murphy was admitted to
bail in $1,000.
| With eight men firing fusillade from
sbotguns at the entrance Miss Rose
Voss and Joseph Kerkman of the village
| Of Newmunster walked into st. Alphonse
| Catholic church in Kenosha and were
we'd. The strange welcome to the bride
and groom was the carrying out of an old
| German custom
Frank Buelow. a former employe of
the -Stoppeabach Mailing Com
pGny mt Jefferson Junction and residing
near jefferson. swallowed large dose
Of carbolic acid. He died Immediately.
He lost his position some weeks ago
and more recently his father died. His
mother is in the county insane asylum
1t is now stated that the proposed
amendment to the State constitution. in
regard TO a g.lluated income tax, cannot
| hc submitted to the people for approval
or rejection at the coming election, be-
cause it has passed only one Legisla-
ture. The constitution provides that pro-
| posed amendments must pass two Legis-
latures before being submitted To the
people Secretary of State Houser, it
seems. has blundered in incorporating the
| proposed amendment in the general cleo.
| ton notice This may invalidlte the
whole notice
The big wheel mill of the Latin. Rand
Powder Company at Pleasant Prairie
| was completely destroyed by an explo-
sion OF giant powder. Andrew Fox was
badly injured and thirty men were bare
| ~ able to save TIER lives. The build
| ing is a total loss Fox was standing
near the door of the house when the ex-
p!csion occurred and ne was plunged head
! first into a ditch in which there was
| three feet of water. He WAS horribly
burned by the powder but may recover.
| The other buildings of the plant vera
not damaged The financial loss "a til,
! company Will be 5000, without ias~s
ance.
As the result Of an attempt ~ make t