Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-10

son of Milwaukee.
The 4-year-old daughter of J. Fries OF
Lone Rock fell into a burning brush
heap and was burned to death.
Louis Vanalstiue fell from boat and
was drowned at New London. His COM
panions were unable TO save him.
Thieves stole fourteen Panama hats
at Brighton beach. near Appleton. The
hats ranged in value from SO 10 SO.
Herman Win. a demented German at
Ladysmith. placed his left hand on a
block and deliberately cut it of with an
az.
Three La Crosse boys, Leo Mueller.
Fred Beisel and Walter Hei1erg, have
been admitted to the naval academy at
Annapolis.
BY the breaking Of wheel hange
on a west-bound extra 500 line freight,
three miles east of Ladysmith, SiN cars
of steel were ditched,
Harry HOLSTER. son of a Madison
druggist. committed suicide in Denver be-
cause the father had refused him aid
after a long debaueh.
William, the 15-year-old son of Fred
TIositze. an employee OF the Patten Pa
per Company in Appleton, was killed by
being caught in belt
At Superior Judge. HALEY seutenced
Frank Hitter and Walter Howard to
ninety days each in the county jail for
killing deer out of season.
Henry Cass, a boy Of Is. was sentenc
ed to one year in the Green Bay reform
~
for burglarizing the office of a livery sta
Bile.
August Teseh, a farmer of Grand
Chute, was held up by two highwaymen
near Appleton, while on his way home
from Appleton. and relieved Of Sll0 and
a watch.
Mathew Broeh, farmer of Kenosha
| County, while driving over railroad
near BerryvilIe, was struck by north
bound passenger train, receiving injuries
which may prove fatal.
The assembly opened at Battle Island,
twenty miles below La Crosse, on the
Mississippi, is to commemorate perhaps
the most noted battle with the Indians
ever fought by the Americans.
County Agent Charles II. Gonnermann
of Kenosha was called to Powers lake to
attend a young woman dyin,. from the
result of an operation performed in Chi
eago. She declined to give her nam>
Bertha Walyig of Beloit, aged 16
years, has been sentenced to the girls
| industrial school in Milwaukee uatil she
shall be 81 years of age The girl ac-
knowledged that she forged several
checks.
Bids for the purchase of the 100000
4 per cent high school bonds were opened
| in Appleton. n. w. Harris X Co. of
Chicago were the highest bidders, offering
premium of 81, 100, and the bonds were
accordingly sold to them.
Mrs. Catherine Warren Of Baraboo,
aged &c, arose in her sleep and walked
| off a second-story porch, sustaining in
| juries that caused her death. Her hus-
| band, the late ex-Mayor Warren, was
one Of the early settlers of Baraboo.
Sheriff AckIey in Chippewa Falls sold
| the farm of Mrs. Mary A. Mohr on fore
! closure. This is the farm upon which
| Mrs. Mohr is said to have given more
than a dozen conflicting mortgages in the
| last two years, to various people IN that
section.
In Superior Charles johnson, colored,
was shot in the thigh and right leg by
| William Thompson also colored. 1t is
said that johnson had accused Thompson
of meddling in his family affairs. Thomp'
son is in Jail, while johnson is in the hos
pital. He viii recover.
Henry Esslcr of Newcastle. JOG years
old, is cutting his third set of teeth. He
reads without glasses and is as hale as
most men of 60 years old. He served in
the Mexican war, was with Fremont in
his trip across the continent in 1S49 and
| fought in the Civil War.
An employee Of the Ashland Gas Com
pany lit a match to discover leak in
the gas pipe An explosion followed and
the flames soon burst out. The Mattson
building, occupied by Grand & Maxi
| jewelers., was damaged. The shoe stock
of the Schiller Company, valued at $4,000
and insured for $4,000, suffered most.
! Mrs. John Fasse, wife of farmer a,
| Sheboygan Falls, committed suicide by
cutting her throat. Mrs. Fasse, who was
| the mother Of five children, has been in.
sane for some time, and required CON
slant attendance. The other night she
escaped from the house, but was found
near the residence of Congressman
| Weisse. Early in the morning she again
made her escape, and succeeded in get
ting hold Of the knife with which she cut
| her throat
Hiram Schnebly. - years old, promi-
nent in politics and owner OF large -four
| ing mill interests, was killed at Green
| Lake by a train on the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad, He is survived by
widow and one daughter, Mrs. Albert
f. Stillman of Fond du Lac. Fifty years
| ago Hiram Schnebly went to Wisconsin
from Ohio He established mills which
had become known throughout the North
west. He has held various offices under
the Republican administration, retiring
recently from politics owing to his de
clining years. lie owned a summer house
| at Green Lake.
For the second time the airship Of A.
]. Stierle failed to fly when tried in Mil
waukee. Sterile and his assistants had
faith in it, for they tied a rope to the
machine to prevent its going too far.
Their doubts, however, were still in evil
dence, for instead of starting man in
il they made the experiment with a bag
OF sand. This was lucky, for the ship
ran off the rails provided for it on the
hin top and bumped ingloriously to the
bottom of the hill. where its gasol ne
engine was wrecked. Sterile still insi $
that his method is right. and says he
win fix up the machine and try again
The board of control has adopted plans
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