Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-07
william rar,riiso Of Beloit vas gored


frank Kretsch of Osborn is in a crit
zeal condition as the result Of Il runway
a. Seymour
II. l.. Tibbitts. agent OF the WiScou-
sin Central railroad a; Stanley, has been
transferred to Neenah,
AIRS. William Hemlock celebrated her
one huudreath birthday anniversary at
hes home in the town OF CedarhWg.
Sandford Soyerhill OF GAINESVILLE has
sold 1900 eases Of leaf tobacco to Eu-
iopean buyers for Immediate shipment to
Antwerp.
Peter Il. Muda. the rejected Suitor who
shot and badly wounded Mary Custom
ski last June in Stevens Point, was Civ.
en- twelve years in prison.
Mayor James German Of KcnoSha in
special message, favors the city owning
and operating its own electric lighting
plant. He says il can be done
-. IL Dixon a night man at the Fair
banks Morse plant in Beloit was badly
scalded when n steam pipe burst He
dropped from ladder and broke his lea.
The Hyde Elevator Company Of La
Crosse has sold to five firms at Madison.
:. d., thirteen grain elevators located ut
different cities and villages in South Da-
kota.
Mortimer Sunderland, aged L. shot
himself by pulling a gun toward him
while hunting near Kilbouru The charge
entered his jaw and the wound is scri,
Gus one
John Hart of Stcuhen, charged with
assault with intent to kill Village Presi-
dent James Campbell. whose hcad he
split open with hoe last March, was
sentenced to one year in the county Jail,
The Chippewa county board raised the
bounty on wolf pups to So, the same as
ON old ones. Ii was deemed necessary
on account of large number of sheep
being killed and as the farmers have re-
fused to hunt wolves unless the bounty
was raised.
Horace Simms. son Of Or. j. Il,
Simms, narrowly escaped being electro
cuted in the laboratory of the American
Skein and Foundry Company at Lake
side. With an electric light in one hand
he caught hold of a charged pipe. form
ing circuit
Herman Burghart. a young man of 20
committed suicide at his step-father's
home in Sheboygan. Carbolic acid, TAX
en- iii a glass of beer after he had got
into bed, was the means used. The po-
lice claim that lie was a victim of the
suicide mania
DR. j. X. Currens of Two Rivers,
president Of the Wisconsin Medical
Board. has decided to open hospital in
Two Rivers, aud has purchased one of
the school buildings which viii be n1v-
ed to the northern part of the city ana
remodeled for hospital purposes.
James Smith. serving n FIVE months
Jail sentence for larceny. and Mike Per
zebylski, awaiting sentence for grand lar
ccny, escaped at Stevens Point, and are
still at large. Charles Smith. a fellow
prisoner. refused to- go. james Smith
picked the Jail lock with piece of wire.
In order TO abolish the office Of county
supervisor of assessments. the Racine
county board decided to fix the salary
OF the Office at 30 ents a day after Jan.
l. The Office now pays a salary of 81
a day, but the county board declares that
the office is a useless expense to the
county. All the candidates for the posi-
tion withdrew when they learned that
such low salary had been fixed.
The loss of two barns filled with hay
and machinery, together with all his
straw, was suffered by Charles Harris,
a farmer living near Gainesville. Tn
fire was caused by children playing W. !
matches Nothing could be done to check
the flames and the other barn containing
all the farm machinery was soon con
sumed. From there the fire spread to
the straw stacks The loss is $500
with Insurance of 81 200
The mystery of the whereabouts Of
John Nelson is the absorbing topic at
Elcho. He started from the logging
camp, but few miles from home. with
the intention of spending Sunday with
his family. Night found him at small
lake which had to be crossed The next
morning the boat was found bottom up
on the opposite shore of the lake. Much
dynamite has been used in the lake. and
dragging has continued without success.
Neither has any trace of him been found
near the lake.
James Dunno. ,Ir., of Utica was sen
fenced to two years ut hard labor in
the State prison at Waupun on a charge
of manslaughter in the third degree.
Claude Gaskell. brother-n-law, who
was with Dunno the time the crime was
committed. was released both being held
for the murder of Andrew Oyerherg. who
was killed last February hy splitting
open his head with a heay9 drag tooth.
Judge Clemenson ordered a say of ex-
ecution of sentence until the Supreme
Court shall pass on the case.
-Four weddings occurred at the home of
John NJ \. father Of three of the
grooms. il Chippewa Falls After three
couples were married Rev. g. j. Erdman.
who performed the ceremony. surprised
the guests by asking one Of the grooms.
Rev. Mir Nelson, to unite him in mar
riage. Those married were Rev. f. NJ
Nelson and Jessie Johnson. Andrew Mel
son and Amanda johnson. Charles Nel-
son and Clara Johnson. Rev. c. j. Erd-
man and Nellie Jordan. The brides of
the Nelson brOther~ are sisters.
If the higher courts Of Illinois su, tain
the ruling Of Judge Dunno of the Cir
cult Court of Chicago that the marriage
of first cousins in Wisconsin is voidahle
il may have an embarrassing effect. as
the records show that there are more
than POO marriages in Kenosha between
first cousins Attorneys say the ruling
is contrary 10 the provisions of the con
stitution Of the United States. The de-
cision came in connection with a divorce
suit in which the wife asked to have fl
Wisconsin marriage annuled because.
she alleged. it was contrary to the State
laws of Illinois
Horace Bent. summer resort keeper.