Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-24

her mind wrecked by disappointed love.
1t has been discovered that owing to
lack of funds GAINESVILLE family has
been living for a month on horse flesh.
Their poverty was due to the horses
dying.
In Chiffon the clothing store of G. A.
Schumacher burned TO the ground. The
entire stock is total loss. The building
was fully insured and the stock partially
covered.
Lumbermen never enjoyed a better
winter for logging operations than the
present one, and the cut of logs this
winter will equal if not surpass that of
last year.
The business men of Mazomanie have
formed themselves into an association
for common protection and TO offer in
ducements for manu- featuring concerns to
locate there,
J. J. Pach and Conrad Eek of Hast
fired $50 each on charge of trapping
out Of season. Both are in the county
jail at Barron.
Ali the Roman Catholic societies of
Appleton. numbering nine or ten, with a
thousand or more members, have formed
one society. the object of which is to re-
frain from profanity.
Margaret johnson. aged 20, was bit
ten by dog while attending dancing
class in Appleton. She stopped to pet
the animal under a table, and it jumped
al her and tore her cheek badly.
An offer Of $4,000 has been made for
-
saith. on which a find of copper ore was
made but the owner has refused to con-
slider it until the report of the assay is
made.
President A. Salisbury of the White
water normal school has been granted
leave of absence for two months by the
State board of normal school regents. He
will 90 to San Antonio, Texas, 10 re
cuperate.
Hugh Peterson, 80 years of age. was
frozen to death He lived at Otter
Greek. He attempted TO walk to n neigh
boris to attend dance. The body was
found in field next morning buried in
the snow.
The factories owned by the Racine
Knitting Company at Racine. Beloit and
Stevens Point have been ordered sold
by the referee upon application of trus-
fees, the property sold to be free of all
membranes.
Incendiaries set fire to the big barn
on John Wiihamson's farm at Truesdell
station, and masquerade ball half a
mile away was broken up while men and
women together fought the flames. The
loss was about $4,000.
One OF the largest specimens Of
wildcat ever seen in Colorado was shot
by Miss Clara Preston of Beloit, daugh
ter OF +. l. Preston. prominent mining
man of Boulder, Colo, Miss Preston is
on visit to her father.
The Wisconsin Butter Makers Assoc
citation has just awarded to the Oak Hill
Creamery Company of Neenah the grand
sweepstakes gold medal for the best ex
hibjt at the convention of the association
held in eau Claire Feb. "a.
\ combination Of one quart of molasses
and two quarts of ground feed is being
Rcd by an Appleton horseman. and while
is a cheap substitute for regular feed.
i is said to possess remarkable qualities
f1r fattenng and enliyening horses.
Fred Mcmillan. the Wisconsin cadet
who failed to pass the physical examina
ton at Annapolis, has been offered a
position in the Annapolis Naval Acad-
envy as instructor of law and English
He has decided to accept the position.
Nora Graham. an employe of the Be
lott knitting works, was caught in the
revolving shaft. but braced herself and
allowed .her garments t. be torn from
her until her companions shut off the
power. Her arm was severely injured.
The Laurel postoffice was burned the
other day. Mr. johnson, the postmaster
started fire and was out doing the
chores, when the fire communicated to
the house. which was lined with tar
paper, and burned like a flash Mrs.
johnson and the children and Miss Flor
ence Richard of Shell Lake, who teaches
the district school and was boarding at
Johnson's. barely escaped in their night
clothes and stood in their bare feet in
the snow while Mr.. johnson ran a mile
and procured a team to take them to a
place of safety.
Despondent over the death of her o
yc.r-o.d daughter five week. ago. Mrs
Francisco Kohel. aged 50 years, com
inittcd suicide by hanging herself in a
barn Mt her home in Franksviile. The
body was found by her husband and her
son.
Children Of Shiocton playing with
matches set tile bed on fire on which
Sam Allen. a Civil War veteran. was ~
Ing ILL., Notwithstanding his cmaciated
condition. he succeeded in extinguishing
the flames. not. however, without being
badly scorched and permanently disfg-
ured.
The Madison students charged with
'cribbing" in the real estate examination
were completely exonerated ard declared
innocent by the faculty investigating
committee. The men are Earl b. Rose.
son Of Mayor Rose OF Milwaukee; VIII
liam J. Hagensh, c. E. Hammersley and
II. J. Barry. ali of Madison.
Moses Wheeler, alias Lambkin. La
Crosse Civil War veteran. was found
dead in his shauty with his sirnple-mind-
ell and deaf wife Frustrated at his side.
Last Seq ember Judge =. f Bryant Sc
eured for Wheeler admission t. the home
and his transportation. Finding that his
" lie could not accompany him, Wheels~
refused to 70.