Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03
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aged q. lie started grocery store IN
La Crosse in 1850.
At Stevens Point w. w Mitchelrs
flour mill was nearly destroyed by fire.
II started in the engine room. The loss
was $1,000. with no insurance.
There We're FIVE prostrations from ex
cessive heat in Milwaukee Saturday.
cording to police reports. The rIvmeters
registered as high as 90 degrees,
Albert Berg. clerk in 90 Osceola
store, drowned in the St. Croix river.
lie was in bathing with four other young
men Of the village and ventured too far.
The Northwestern State Bank, a
new institution. with capital of $4,000,
has opened at Chippewa Falls. The d.
rectors are Chippewa's leading business
men.
The Congressional commission arrived
at Sturgeon Bay on a special car for
the purpose OF looking over Q couple Of
locations for the proposed naval training
schaol.
The Appleton police arrested n man
who gives his rame as kibbie. He de-
cia,es not he killed a sheriff and several
deputies. The officers believe the man
is insane.
Baraboo has been experiencing the
greatest religious awakening of its his
tory. The churches united in inviting the
evangelist, Rev. Milford II. Lyon, to lead
the campaign.
The contract has been let for the cree
tion Of a Carnegie library at Rice Lake.
The building will cost when completed
about $4,000, and win be ready for oc-
cupaney by Dec. /.
Frank Neide. aged IL years. son of
John Neide, drowned in the Little Mus
kego lake at Waukesha. He was bath
ing, got beyond his depth and drowned
before companions could aid him.
Officers in Minnesota mad Wisconsin
are trying to capture a gang of log
thieves that are very successfully OPP
Grating ON the upper Mississippi, taking
the very best logs from RATS even when
guarded by electric searchlights and arm
ed men.
George Yopne. mail - -rier between
Bayfield, and Cornucopia, lost two valua
bic horses as result of an attack by
wolves. The horses were roaming If
the woods about two miles from the town
when they were surrounded by wolves
and killed,
Mrs. Lena Hendrickson of ManitoS oc
may die as a result of burns. A prepara-
ton Of linseed oil and turpentine, which
she was heating, became ignited and in
her attempt to extinguish tha flames, her
clothing caught fire and she was seriously
burned about the body.
At Milwauee t~ro season records fer
lake receipts were broken in the coal and
lumber trades the other day. Coal re-
ceipts reached a total of 2S,o00 tons
Lumber carriers brought In 100000
feet from Lake Superior ports, the larg-
est receipts for the year
The people of Appleton who recently
took children from the Fresh Air organ.
ization Of Chicago to keep for two weeks
declare that they will not do SO again, as
the children sent TO Appleton were from
the homes of well-to-do people. Many of
the children refused TO eat some Of the
things put beforh them, stating that it
was too common. One boy asked why
the family he was stopping with did not
keep maids as his parents did ut home.
The Catholic Knights OF Wisconsin, in
biennial convention. decided to admit TO
their membership the Modern Woodmen.
Similar secret organizations will be in
vcstigated with view of placing them
on like rank with the Woodmen. The
movement is one of long standing and
may cause a considerable change in the
stand of not only the Catholic Church on
secret organizations. but also in other de-
nominations who now oppose all such so
cieties.
The mysterious illness of George
Bauer Of La Crosse. who for several
days was unconscious and at the point
OF death from strangulation, has been
cleared up. 1t was caused by his swal-
lowing his false teeth. Bauer was taken
violently i'll and became unconscious be-
fore being able TO tell the family any
thing about his sickness His son no
ficed that plate and several false teeth
were missing and Immediately COMMUNE
cate,i the fact TO the physician, Bauer
will now probably recover IL the teeth
can be reached with surgical instruments,
Through the arrest of two of its Mil
waukee employees the Milwaukee road
and the Milwaukee police department
have disclosed a plot 10 Systematically
rob the road The two men were arraign-
ed in the District Court waived prelimi
nary examination and were bound over
to the municipal court for trial under
S70O bonds Frederick W. Buffmire,
roadmaster within the Milwaukee city
limits, and Frank Raids a section hand
working in the city, are the accused men.
Both are charged with forgery and pass
ing Of time certificate emitting will
liam Henning" to S4125 for work rem
dered. The road believes that this rob
berry has been going on for more than a
wear and that over 81 600 has been lost
by Il.
The 35-foot gasoline launch, Eva. own
ed By Judge c. II. Donnelly OF Wood
stock H.. was destroyed by fire at
Geneva Lake The boat was moored at
Reds Park at the head of the lake, and
the gasoline tank had just been filled.
There was evidently a leak somewhere,
us the cabin became flied with gas,
which was in some unknown manner ig-
i,ited. and whes VIM Define, the engi-
ucpr's assistant. opened the cabin door, /
an explosion followed which blew him |
ont OF the boat and into the lake. The |
boat then commenced to burn rapidly |
and the bystanders. fearing that the gaso- !
line would explode, pushed il of, and it |
drifted out into the lake and burned 10 |
the waters edge before the gasoline ex
plodcd. The boat had been used two !
) ears and cost $4,000.
At Marinette fire caused loss of 500 |
OO0 in the store Of the Peoples Clothing |
Conpany. with an insurance Of $4,000. /
Thu origin OF the fire is unknown. The /