Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-04-20

absence Of his parents, and died in CON
vuisioGS.
Frederick j. stumm died suddenly Of
anlslievy in Eau Claire. He WAS elected
supervisor the same day. but died before
he heard the res lit
Thomas GODFREY, IS years Of age,
retired farmer Ii, ing in Whitewater, was
kicked in the faee by horse. AIR. God
frey lies in critical condition
Albert Rargh, welI-klown German
farmer of the town of Baldwin fell
from neighbor's 60-foot Windmill while
repairing il. and died instantly.
Jacob Milhauser fell thrc y me ice OF
Lake Futte DIES Mortes mt Neenah, and
but for timely rescue by some passing
farmers would have been drowned.
The Omaha freight was wrecked at
Sarona by an open switch, Fireman
Thompson and Brakeman White We're
injured. Engineer Hannah was killed.
benjamin Gamm. well-known Madi-
son ieweler. was found dead by his
brother, who entered the store about
midnight. Heart disease probably caus-
cd his death.
Racine, has been made the subject of
drafts drawn at Dubuque, Iowa, purport-
ing To ,c signed by his son. The papers
are foi geries
James Shedore and w. NJ. james.
prisoners at the county Jail in Rhine
lander. bound over to the Circuit Court
for larceny. escaped 10y tunneling under
the wall of the jail.
Sixt! nine persons took examinations
at Lawrence University for positions as
teachers in county schools, which is ex-
pccted to relieve the famine of teachers
in Outasamie County.
W. A. Gardine>, whose home is in Su-
peror, was found dead about three miles
west Of stanley He had gone down To
the creek for drink and fell face down
ward in the creek and was drowned.
Mrs. Craven. an cd resident of Beloit.
was killed by a locomotive AT Bellplaine,
Iowa. She was returning from Mason
City and in changing cars had to gross
to another track w the accident &C
Cured
Hundreds of ducks are seen near Ap-
pleton daily Some time ago Little Lake
Butte de Mortes was filled with them
and now Little Chute is loa1ed The
game wardens are watching carefuA for
offenders.
James Condor. aged 10 wlb shot and
| killed 13-year-old Geor, riiin, was
held for trial in Jan, syille OH charge
of mauslaughter. Tn. defense is made
that Condor was shooting at chickens
when he hit Griffin.
| Miss Ethel Drake of Wausau, visit
| ing her parents at Scofeld, was found
| by her parents dead in the doorway
with a bullet hole above the heart and a
| revolver. one chamber empty, lying he
| side her Death is thought to have been
| due TO accident.
The suit of Christina A. Pomeroy of
| Milwaukee against George MazuriEe. a
candy manufacturer of Racine. has been
! settled. The plaintiff brought suit
against Mazurine for 5000, claiming
| that amount as damages because, it is
| alleged. OF the defendant having forced
the plaintiff to kiss him while in his
employ The suit was settled for $50.
Morris Schultz. formerly of Milwau-
| kec. who has for the past two Years
been acting as chief electrician Of the
| Milwaukee Street Railway Company,
will lose his left eye as he result of an
| accident Schultz, was engaged in re-
pairing the overhead wires on State
: street bridge, when pie &c of hot solder
| which he was using fell into his left eye
During the absence of the family of T
\. I.aDeaux. cashier for the Armour
| Company in Rhinelander. someone broke
1 -
! bator Of is complement of 300 eggs
broke them all over the interior of the
| house oming so close after the burn
| inS of Congressman Browns barn. gives
rise to the suspicion that the depreda-
lions are tIaceable to the same party.
Rev. Carl f. Hintrager of Oshkosh
| while seeking for vegetables in bar
rel. Sc ked dead rat and in the ex'
| element became insane Shortly after
| his wife found him hanging in the gar.
| ret scuttlc. his neck broken. Mr.. Tin
TRACER was pastor OF the German Meth
| odist Church town of Clayton, up &c
four years ago. He was injured two
| weeks ago by silver and suffered from
blood poisoning
Miss Lizzie uattsheim dt.d in Kan
/ Il
| taken with the deliberate attempt. il is
said. 10 end her life. from which all
pleasure had baen banished by continu.
onS illness since her birth. She was III
years old 1t is said that her voluntary
act Of staryation was kept secret from
| her friends, by whom her growing weak
! ness was attributed TO the illness from
| which she had suffered for years.
Mayor David $ Rose. Democrat car
ried the city g: Milwaukee by plural
ity Of nearly six thousand in the mum.
cipal election The largest vote ever cast
In the city was polled. amounting ia
G3 600. and was within few hundred
of the registered vote. Results in other
| Wisconsin towns are as follows: Kepub-
lican. Waukesha. Eau Claire. Delavan,
Brillion Sparta. Miner.i Point. Plain.
| field. Whitewater Palmyra. Fox Lake,
Berlin. Edgerton. Cedarburg; Democrat
| ic Madison, Mazomanic. Marshlield. Ell
ROY. Waupaca. Tomah. Medford. aion-
roe. Mayyille. Stevens Point. Hudson,
Racine. Elkhofn Keuosha. Superior: Git
| liens. Waterloo. Seymour kewaskum.
/ Oralaska. Niroqua. Hartford. Depere,
BeIoit. Green Bay; License. Dodgesillc,
SPARTA Lodi. Whitewater, Clinton june
ion, Bradford. Orfordville.
Dan Burns. who Is held on a charge Of
having fatally wounded his mother with
| a Ratchet. tried to hang himself in jail
| in Eau Claire with a twisted sheet. but
| was cnt down by the turnkey and resus
citnted. Mrs Burns died. She had
never regaincd consciousness.