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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-27

Mr. and Mrs. John Lester Of Ottawa
Kan. celebrated their sixtieth wedding
anniversary there.
1t is reported In New York that eight
American archbishops have planned a
trip TO Rome to urge the Pope to create
an American primate.
The intramural railroad at the st.
Louis worlds fair has been completed
and is now being used 10 certain sec.
lions for switching freight cars.
Seven capitalists from Ohio and In.
diana, headed by Wilham Dolin. are CON
sideItng the project OF establishing q
poultry packing plant at Fort Worth,
Texas.
A duel was fought near Paris between
Captain Levi Of the Fifth regiment of
Engineers and Captain de Malmoy, and
the former was wounded in the arm. The
dnel was the result of an alteration over
the Dreyfus case.
A Rio Grande freight train was
wrecked at Adobe, Colo, and the discov.
err that the spikes and fs'. plates had
been removed from two rails leads to q
belief that train wreckers intended to
ditch the Pacific coast limited, which waa
due at the tine Of the accident.
Tho Union National and Colonial Ma.
tionaI banks OF Cleveland have consolk
dated under the name OF the former,
with Senator NJ. A. Hanna, who was at
the head OF the Union National, as presi-
deaf. The consolidated capital stock u
81. coo. 600. and the deposits $4,000, 600
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-27
SERMONETTES
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Poverty To many a test of charac-
ter is lodged in poverty. DR.. Adj
ans, Methodist, Brooklyn. n. Y.
Progress. Many people who show
a good deal of Christian zest at the
start so soon get tired of being Chris
tians. To have earnest views of
Christ end to be intensely interested
i'll them and controlled by them can
not unfortunately be taken as a GER
tain sign of the continuance Of that
interest The falling off the cooling
down of Christian enthusiasm is COM
mon experience. Rev. c. H. Park
hurst Presbyterian, New York City.
Men Wanted.-There is nothing we
are so much in need of in our city
and country as holy men. When we
think of the epidemic of crime" that
alarms us, the social depravity that
disgusts us, the commercial dishonesty
that startles us, we wonder If with
our opulence in material resources and
our spread of educational advantages,
we are growing men, true men, as we
ought-Rev. John Thompson, Meth
odist, Chicago. Ill.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-27
E1nctricitr saxna a Iifr.

A powerful electric current was sent
coursing through the dying body of Ad-
rian W. Brown, morphine hend and at
tempted suicide, in Madison, and life was
kept in The man until the power Of the
drug Gas expended anc he awoke. He
took an overdose of morphine at
4 o'clock in the afternoon. just the proper
dose to be deadly, was found in a sound
slumber three hours later, failed to re-
spond to any amount of pounding and
rubbing by two doctors and squad of
brswny policemen and was cold to the
knees when an electric current from the
city service wires was sent into the body
to fight the death work of the drug. The
coroner had already selected an inquest
jury and gone home when the patient
began to revive. At j O'clock in the
morning he sat up in bed. coughed a few
times and remarked that he felt bit
sick and guessed he would have to 60 to
the asylum for treatment.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-27
FACE DEATH IN DARK CAVE.
Boat cspsizes In Mammoth Cavern,
Kentucky.

Only the GOODNESS of the guide prevent
cd the drowning Of party Of eighteen
persons. six of them Chicagoans. In the
Echo river in Mammoth cave Saturday
afternoon. The party was in attend
ance at the commission merchants con-
vention which has been holding its SEES
sions In Louisville and was exploring the
Mammoth cave when the boat capsized.
throwing all the occupants into the wat
er.
The roof Of the cave over Echo river
IL srched. and the space in the center,
owing to a rise in the river. was only
two and a half feet above the water In
order to Insure the passage of the boat
the men and women were forced to
stoop over.
At one place the boat swerved 10 one
side, rakIng the heads OF the persons In
the boat next to the bank. These leaned
farther forward 10 escape striking their
heads. THIS lowered one end Of the boat
and the wIter began TO flow in rapidly.
The guide saw the danger and called to
a Mr.. Nuehlbronner - lump and take
the chain. This he did, landing on
steep bank, which offered only a slight
feothold Lying on his face, he held to
the chain and pulled the boat toward the
bank. The boat sank in eight feet Of
water, but farther back where there was
no landing the water is eighteen feet
deep.
By the light Of a single lantern the
party escaped by climbing over Mr..
MuehlbroBner's PROSTATE form, and after
waiting several hours EoF boat were
brought IL ssfety to daylight
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-27

short time ago by a former employe
with the embezzlement OF large sums OF
money that had been intrusted to him.
Mr. Blair undertook to fight the charges
and then broke down. IL is alleged that
he twice attempted suicide, but the fact
has not been fully verified, His country
house in the suburbs was dismantled
and everything Of value, including his
horses and carriages, sold. Mrs. Blair,
who was president of the hoard of lady
mana gers Of the worlds fair, resigned
and devoted herself to nursing her hus-
band.
In the mean inc insurance companies
in which he carried nearly 100000
worth of insurance began to contest the
policies on the ground that he had taken
them out for the purpose OF defrauding
the companies by killing himself The
cases are still pending in the federal
courts.
Mr. Blair was born in st. Louis in
1854. He was the third son OF Gen.
Fra1cis Blair ard the grandson OF Fran
els Preston Blair OF Washington, d. c.,
friend Of Lincoln and Jackson.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-27
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
A WEEKS RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS.
University to Train Girls in House
wifery- Electricity Saves from Death
by Morphine-Former Oshkosh Man
Receivers Speech and Hearing.

The training of girls to be wives in
stead of mere social fixtures, the teach
Ing of the practical and primarily useful
arts of housewifery, in addition to the
teaching of French, music and philoso-
ply, will be inaugurated at the Univer-
sity Of Wisconsin at the beginning of the
second semester Of the university year,
in February. A department of domestic
science has been authorized by an appro-
priation of $4,000, rooms have been
equipped as kitchen and laboratory, and
the turning ont of domestic experts will
begin with tie next commencement in
June The appropriation for this de-
partment WIS made by the Legislature
after the clubwomen of the State had APP
peared and peEsistently lobbied for the
measure. The old South hall, dormitory
couple of scores Of years ago, then
chemical laboratory and in recent years
meteorological laboratory and headq Jar
ters of the short course school of agri-
culture, was renovated and equipped. A
domestic science expert, Miss Caroline
l.. Hunt, was secured, and the work is
about TO begin. The enrolment of the
first class will be the limit of the capac-
ity Of the department, as the idea has
caught on The course will include
scientific and practical study and pre-
paration of foods, house sanitation, dec
Grafton and management and domestic
physiology.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-27
Brief state Happeninr..

A dog poisoner is at work in Appleton
Judge D. E. Stolz, for many years jus
tice of the peace in Beaver Dam, dice
| suddenly aged 20 years
The postoffice at Heineman was
robbed the other night. Postmaster Hool
| ahan figures his loss at 800.
The Ottawa and Tumble mines al
Hurley. operated by the Montreal Min
ing Company, have lai1 off $50 men.
Jacob Dubois, while riding in sleigh
was struck by a Chicago and North
killed.
The S-year-old son of George Ham
man, of Little Chute, tried to drive O
lightning rod into a dynamite cap and
nearly had his hand torn off.
Pulpwood is arriving at the Appleton
paper mills at a rate of from $50 to 30C
carloads a day. The amount to be re
ceiyed this season will greatly exceed
that of last year.
Because of the many serious accidents
in bob coasting among Appleton children
the Mayor has issued orders that every
hill in the city shall be covered literally
with ashes and sand.
Willie Smith, of Chippewa Falls,
while ridin. on a sleigh loaded with
wood, was ordered off by the driver. He
slipped and fell under the sleigh, which
passed over his body. He cannot live.
A match in the hands of servant
caus $500 loss by fire at the resi-
dence of J. /. Broderick in Brodhead.
FTtt- i
closet and did not notice that some blan-
kets had caught fire until they had begun
20 blaze fercely.
A party of ten Wisconsin people, in
Guiding Miss Pearl Gage of Appleton and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wenzel of Camp
bellsport, has just started on a trip TO
Montana. where they will prove up land
claims. The women each have their own
claim
Will H. Van Nortwick. the well-known
paper mill man of Appleton. and John
Burton Of Batavia, have arrived in
Paris, France, on their trip and will
presently leave for Egypt, Japan and
China. They viii make a tor of the
world and come back via tbe Pacific
Ocean.
The funeral Of Herbert Ostrum, the
boy killed in tho 9ods n0-tL Of Cable,
was held in Cumberland. Os.Pum and
another boy were saving a tamarack tree
and one ran one way and the other an
other way. but OstrUm was caught by
the falling tree. His skull was smashed
and death was instantaneous.
The coroner's jury called TO determine
the cause OF death Of the 3-year-oId
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Winnie
Of Racine returned the verdict that the
child came TO her death from pneumonia,
without having ba6 medical treatment
or services Of a practicing physician, due
70 the belief in Dowieism by the parents
q the child.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-27

egation, 100 strong; district No. S of
Pennsylvania with 100 delegates, head
ed by Pstri''< Dolan, the district presi-
dent, and district No l. with $50, headed
by t. u. Nichols
The convention was opened with an
address of welcome to the delegates by
Mayor John Hoffman. which was briefly
responded to by President Mitchell -.ao
then announced the following committee
on rules and order of business: q. w.
Lackey, district No. II; Edward Cahill,
district No. II; Adam Rescavage. dis
trict No. !.
The report Of the committee on creden-
tials was then called for. The commit
tee, consisting Of John ]. Mossop, North
Lawrence, Ohio; Patrick Fitzsimmons,
0lphant, Pa, and William Blackley,
Linton. Ind, had been at work on Gre
dentials for three weeks.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-27

Love cannot be lea sed-
Silence is the eloquence of sympa-
thy.
The happy man cannot help being
helpful.
He who courts martyrdom weds no
crown.
Bitter remedies often have blessed
results.
Mercy to the guilty is malice to the
innocent.
A legs can never keep up with
his news
Failure is a spur while success may
be a snare.
The devil is too old to be scared by
blank cartridges,
The good Samaritan is never afraid
of soilIng his hands.
Hunger is the only ticket required
for the heavenly feast.
Only the Infinite Pity can fathom the
infinite pathOs of life.
They who love God for what he has
never done know what he is.
When a man speaks the language
Of hell he proclaims his nativity.
No man raa be fattened on the feast
that spells famine to another.
The revival that does not stir the
sheep viii never win the wolves
The man who pravR 10 be npfbfn~
has been answered before he began.
There never was an argument that
could compete successfully with an ap-
pstits.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-27

Letters have been received in Oshkosh
from Mrs. ]. Stanley Rice of Springvale,
MINI, announcing that her husband has
suddenly recovered his hearing and
speech after period of six months, dur
ing which he was wholly deaf and dumb.
Mr.. Rice's affiiction came upon him in
Oshkosh. where he was living at the
time. The recovery Of hearing and
speech was due t. a severe shock sus-
tanned by being thrown from a vehicle
while driving. Mr.. Rice has no reeollec-
ton of events during the six months of
n ninfinn
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-27
Goe. Through Machine. sos

Anton II. Hietpas had a sensational
ride in the Combined Locks paper mills
in Appleton. He crawled into large
paper machine to clean several parts of
it. Another employee coming in later
saw the machine standing still and start
ed it. He was carried through the entire
conveyor and then was violently thrown
against a wall. lie could not save him
self from the terrible exre4Ience, being
so helpless and frightened that he failed
even to cry CT. An ankle was broken,
which viii lay him up for some time, but
otherwise he miraculously escaped in
iury
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-27
MINE WORKERS MEET.
Fiftee nth Annual Convention Begins
Sessions at indianapolis.

The fifteenth annual convention Of the
United Mine Workers of America open
ed in Tomlinson Hall, indianapolis, Mon
day morning. Approximately 1000 dele
gates were present from the various dis
tricts of the country, Canada being also
represented. The convention was to
continue for ten days and be followed by
the annual joint conference between the
miners anG coal operators OF the States
Of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and western
Pennsylvania. 1t is at the joint confer
ence that the wage scale for the ensuing
year is fixed. 1t involves 800 operators
and 10000 miners.
Illinois, with $50, had the largest sin
gle State representation. Early Monday
morning there arrived the Michigan del
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-27
THE ANGELUs.


Like the silver tones of an evening
ADgelus sounding the hour when work
shall give place to prayer falls this
restful call on the ears of the world $
workers, telling them that the time
for struggle and toll has passed anc
the time for prayer and peace has
come. From the minaret of his own
experience the divine Watcher sees n
world engaged in Iabors from whose
dreary monotony there is no release
Come unto me all SUCH" is the In
yitation, and l viii give You rest"
How urgently the world Of to-day.
with its mad hurry and haste and su-
perhcial rest. Deeds TO heed this call!
1t Is repeated in scripture in many
forms, but the burden Of its cry is
always Come" Here Is no vague
knTitation, come now" In the plain
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-27

died at Eustis. Fla,
Saturday evening.
He had previously
been taken with a
congestive chill and
II yer recovered.
Mrs. Blair and their
son Perry were with
him at the time Of
his death.
Mr.. Blair, who
had been one of the
foremost lawyers
and reformers In st.
Louis, was charged
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-27
Shell Lake to Have Plant.

At the special town meeting at Shell
Lake, the ordinance to secure $4,000
from the State fund for the purpose of
erecting a power, water and light plant
vas carried by majority of 81 out of
241 votes cast
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-27
JAMES L BLAIR PASSES AWAY.

81. Louis Man Under a Cloud Dies at
EusTis, Fla.
James L. Blair, former counsel for tSe
worlds fair and the central figure in II
hir nrnhnrr lam ont arnndnl In 81 nrin
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-27
williams ON the Rack.

Building Commissioner Williams I'M
dertook TO make an explanation before
the coroner's jury at the troquois inquest
Tuesday, 2rd for an hour the city build
Ing department was under a fire OF
scathing inquiry For the first time
during the investigation the language
guilty knowledge went into the rec
ords, ard those who followed tie pro
ceedines were impressed with the full ex.
tent of the responsibility for the holo-
caust which the jurors seem to place
upon that branch Of the city government
The exanlir alton of the building com
missioner was 30 severe that Assistant
Corporation Counsel Rothman interfered
in defense of Mr.. Williams. A clash with
the coroner resulted and the city's repre-
sentative was told by Deputy Coroner
Buckley to sit down.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-10-13
HON. ALLEN CAP .,
ERTON BRA%ION

Onr people have a rare reae !"
..,-e nm Friday night October -lst,
,,bep the Hon. a. G.. Braxton wa,
mako AM address here at the school
b,il i'm the interest Of the Democrat, f,
PARTY Sir. BraStou rs ma" p"
,,r, force and eloquence, ana n''
srranr into the front ranks OF NN
,inia's Statesmen in recent yen,
and has secured hold 900 pop"'..
r,vor not surpassed by any man p
Itbe state. IL has been generation
Since any statesman has rendered P
,,c,t a public service as Mf- b' 'N'o
3i3 in forming and putting throoe
.he Constitutional Convention ~
4 Article on Corporations "n''" T"
D. re,olutionaizcd this great feature
f INN law. lie has been prominent
3. nrre3 tor the United states sen"
BE- fr5m Virginia. He should be gree
q IN with a crowded house when
W appears here.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-10-13
PUMPING INTO MAIN LINE

For several days the town has
beeo pumping more or less water IN
a. ,hs nine line at Butchers FORK
,vbere the line crosses that stream
The pump they have is not arg
enough TO supply much water out Is
= new pump has been ordered ana
IN he installed sometime this week
+, IL ex,.ected that sufficient guam
,ity Of water can be pumped IN :
susplv the town The water how
sver. is not very good for dTinklnl
PURPOSES. aud should be boiled oeio'
used
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-10-13
STORE BURNED.

GATE CRY. Va, Oct. . u.
large store Of Greer and NeConnsl AZ
Weo5 this county, was destroyed by
SIRE A. , o'clock this morning. ne
or;rin Of the FIRE is unknown. Inc
stock Of goods wss valued al so,ne
ding over $4,000. and 1t Is under
stood they carried insurance 70 'n'
amount Of 81 500 The propue'0t'
Of the store are young men and "e''
doing a fine business.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-10-13
JUST THINK

For the next sixty "SyS W"
.ep for cash only. best s'eaN' ! 1'"',
,',, and other steaks irom %
cents e.. csttl.
ana are able TO stand the cut q" ''1
'" Letns have your orders Tor meA
'"' CAsU MEAT MARKET
r.. p. WINS. Prop.
/ p,..,e No GO Big Stone Gap v.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-10-13
FARMS FOR SALE.

Why dia we sell six farms "''n, mn.
the last 20 days. Because we are ~
\ corn country with good pixies ana
-, farmer comes here he locates
ne has no pixies to build or bitches I, &,
aig. that work has all been done any
be get. the benefit. Come At one
~.5 zee these farms or send staml
| for list. ,,-..,,.
10 West Liberty. 9
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-10-13
HONOR ROLL
p,e stone Cap Schools FOR
September, 1904

tafeg stone Cap ONtiS
September, 1904
,..c-.1. b Minnie Williams. Wor,,
' ,s','e,- Cor. Coward A.-ponal'
th' Nou'' ~. REYNOLDS. Jerome Mehs
j. ,f.ntfon-tausom Payne, Ma"oi
", ...s.os Grade. B-Eis,e Fleeaor we" or
49,. Ncntiou-BiIy Mathews. ,,,.-
p.lmer. worthy Mcnnon--'oN" 49,
eoodloe. Henry buiutt, FLORENCE
mick, Julia buiit'' D.,cr Annie
9bird Grade. Bob" Mkou' 49,
',1r,,,arios. Nettie W Ills. Loals + 'l1e
,b Kida. Robert Potter, Fannie ~ ...l-
,,'.,... Amburcey. Worthy Aen"o" =,
$50 onq. Eagi Willis, Cora Manu-
T@Ws Graham. Harry jesse, omlt' ~ ~
'u,,,ah Brown. A.-oeorhe
Vs., 81, Waugh Worthy MenNo~.
49, SUDBURY. Emmett stewart u"
49, Grace Wolfe, Reuben bahAs t.,
Foarth Grade-B. None, ~
w,~ner. Eva Price, Butler sPto.s So,
thv Meution-kaFl "asest' N'''
W3ufs Graham, George Moore, 49,.
e 5i.e crsde-B. Worthy Mention
rlt'" psmseg. stella Head, bs.ia
u-.b Worthy Meution---hsuo NO
c.ss go e-radeY--B Carrie wagner !,
Tamoson Worthy Mention
80 Calhe rempleton, May 80 80
None. Worthy Menuo" -'''"
Kelly, Joshua Ballitt. viii. "
Scventa Grade Lizzie Nieklss'
az Nsation Halle Perry, werner
see. 49,. N.,tioo. II
Ninth Grade.-Grzcie DrAaa"'i VIE
Ralljtt. Mary Lee Shules'
Tenth Grade. Worthy Aent'qn.-
gles ssr Juliet Mathews, Flora Bruce
requirements: For Homo. ho" n
department, perfect time, W. s.~er
Of one-half aay for sisk ness, les, lever 81
four tard, marks, aud an ., assr nss, -
eaossrs hip. For Worthy AsA''0
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-10-13
RESOLUTION.

Resolved that from and alter . am D.,
Nary lst. 1908. all water rents 49, -,
no cb,rrable against the owners OF
tbe property whore the water rs W.
.I,.5 and the recorder shall hereafter
n,,t. ONT the water tickets sccoro
inelv. Adopted.
Oct l3-4l 50.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-10-13

aa scre Rylaud Tract Of land near
~ Stone Gap at $4,000 per acre.
Good small farm and orchard some
fine timber. Apply 90
JNo. w. CHNNtEY.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-10-13

l.. 4. cuWmtios W - . ! q.
,,hliean District Chairman sp"h' ~
Sunday night in town. on his way 20 ~
I.oe county. where he is making Po- :"
li,ieal speeches this week e'
Let us send you package Of Rich ur
,eau rice -four
II X Palmer is erecting new
s,oro house on the corner OF Ess'
F,nb and Pearl Streets. The ouna- i
ing will be two stories high the up
per story viii be occupied 10y "'
Palmer a. a residence.
II YOU have property Tor SAFE OF
AN, rlaee same with the Wise Conn |
~ Real ls,a'e Agency they are D"
: that business.
Inst received fresh shipment OF
little gem Pineapple Cheese.
d. MuNcr d DAVE.
nj Menrath. the Norton
ia ;.n,i., will not be in Big Stone 's,p
60, ,be 18th 60 18th Of the month
~, s.;s his usual custom. Tie "''''
h,,,ever. be here few days com
.r,;nr ON tine lst ol November
WIN. NJ. Young, ot Harvey was
in town Monday ON business
'' If WON want to Guy. sell or eN
change property. mineral or umoe
.ia- l..ls farming lands or country home
eo ,be Wise County Real Es'a'
of k-rrrr