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


| On account of the frequency of rail-
way accidents in Appleton the Council
has ordered the railway companies to
put protective gates at every crossinI
| c. Tesch, the Brillion banker, has been
discharged from bankruptcy, according
to an order received by District Attorney
| Wilcox from Judge Seaman of Milwau-
! keea
Jack McCorckingdale, superintendent
OF the Wisconsin Paper Company In APP
pleton, was given a present in the shape
of check for $3.50. Last year he got
$500.
While coasting down hill party Of
Menomonee Falls high school pupils ran
into team OF horses at the bottom OF
! the hill. or seven on the bobsleigh five
were injured.
William Kent, who settled in Osceola
in 1914, died, aged so years. He was
| the founder of that village and started
many industries that gave employment
TO the early settlers.
A. W. Brown, a former high school
teacher, was found unconscious from an
overdose of morphine at Madison, and
work by physicians.
The will of the late Willis w. Cooper
one of the victims of the Iroquois Thea
ter fire. was filed for probate in County
Court in Kenosha. To the Kenosha "
NJ. c. A.. it is said, a bequest of S10,-
| 600 is made.
| At meeting of the executive commit
| tee Sept IL to 16 were set as dates for
| holding the northern Wisconsin State
fair in Chippewa Falls this year. This
makes one day more than before, the fair
opening on Monday.
| The authorities of Marinette have iden-
car barn bandit. 1t is believed that
Marx was one of the band of safe blow
ers who visited Marinette and robbed the
safe in restaurant.
Provisional plans have just been re
ceived for the new science hall for Mil
ton College. The building viii contain
| the library in addition to the scientific
department The department of natural
history is now in charge OF Prof. A. R.
Crandall
Complaint has been made to the Man
| itowoc police by north side residents Of
the operations of a Jack -the-chaser, who
has been annoying women and girls in
that section of the city. Several attacks
have been reported and residents are
considerably aroused.
Preparations are under way to push
the work of grading and laying the
tracks for the proposed Sheboygan- Elk
hart Lake Electric Railway. The pres
ent electric power house in Elkhart Lake
viii be remodeled into a 1000 horse pow
er plant. which win also furnish electric
| light TO the village. A 1000 horse power
plant will be erected in Sheboygan.
A touching detail concerning the death
of Rev. Richardson of Ripon in the Iro-
quois disaster is related in a letter from
Prof. G. Dwight Marsh of the Univer-
sity of Chicago. The policeman who
recovered the body said of Mr. Richard
son: "That man might have saved him
self. but died In the endeayor TO help
others. His body was found with little
girl under each arm
In the case Of the State "gainst Ira
Wicks, the Minnesota gam j, rden, who
is charged with kidnapping two boys, who
he claims, were fishing illegally in Lake
Pepin, the defendant waived his prelimi-
nary examination and furnished $1,000
bail. The case will probably go to the
Supreme Court, as it involves the ques-
tion of the boundary between Minnesota
and Wisconsin through Lake Pepin, and
it viii be followed through as a test
case.
Mrs Mary Seaman was fined for as
-.
in Grand Rapids. Several days ago Misg
Douglas punished several of her schol-
ars, who thereupon struck her. A few
days later Miss Douglas was assaulted
by Mrs. Seaman, the mother of one of
the pupils, who knocked the teacher
down and pulled her hair, declaring she
wanted her 10 know how ii felt to be
whipped. When brought into court Mrs.
Seaman claimed she had the right to
whip teacher who whipped her chill
dren.
Keeping open as long as any one wish
ed to draw his money. the First National
Bank of Superior broke the run on it's
Golfers Early the other day there was
a heavy run, but the confidence Of the
business men soon was felt by the saw
ings depositors. The bank ceased paying
at l o'clock in the morning. instead Of 3
o'clock the previous afternoon. When
the tired force got through figuring up,
it was found that a little more than
S24S. 600 had been paid out. principally
to the savings depositOrs The total will
run about 100000. Il was the biggest
bank run ever seen at the head of the
lakes. The officials are at a loss to ae-
count for it.
Charles kirkpatrick was tried before
Judge Constance at Rice Lake, charged
with robbing John Haughian Of $500.
WARNING examination. he was placed I'M
der $500 bonds, in default OF which he
was sent to the county Jail at Barron.
The managers OF the St Louis exposi-
ton have asked Charles Hedhyer Of the
FIambeau Indian reservation to take
200 Indians 10 the fair and keep them
there during the exposition. Mr. He'd
flyer has consented to do this and is ar
ranging to procure the necessary number
from the Flambeau, Court GRIZZLIES. Red
Crh aud Odanah reservations.
John Wagner and Miss Eva Mather
were married in BaraboC and started
ont under adverse circumstances. they
had furnished a h0nse and just after the
ceremony at the brides parents, home
they were notified that their home wac
on fire and all consumed, with no insur-
anee.
Rural mail carriers around Appleton
propose 10 adopt a one-wheeled style OF
zig. which IS said to be better than any
other kind for rough country roads. The
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