Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-13

ties will hold it's annual convention In
Appleton Aug. IL and H.
Burglars broke into the 500 depot a.
oseeola. After ransacking the Office they
secured but so cents in cash.
Louis Ikert killed fox with club
IN the residence portion of La Crosse.
not far from the business district
The f. j. VoGrneil Canning Company
at Two Rivers will begin the seasons OPP
erations within few days. They are In
need of 200 hands.
The NJ. Ziegler Brewing Company's
icehouse and barn in Mayville burned 10
the ground. Loss about $1,000, partly
covered by insurance
The first annual commencement exer
cises of the Wood County normal were
held in Grand Rapids, twenty-five young
ladies being graduated.
| 1t is reported in La Crosse that the
slayer of Sheriff Harris of ST. Croix
! County escaped through the picket lines
IN the darkness and was seen in the
fields near Holman.
! A wind and hail storm passed over La !
| Crosse A building at the Interstate .
fair grounds was wrecked and huge trees |
in Myrick park were uprootcd. The |
damage to crops will be heavy.
/ Albert c. Bade, former supervisor OF
the Seventh Ward 81 Milwaukee, plead. |
ed guilty OH charge of petty bribery. |
He was sentenced 10 pay n fine of $500
or serve six months Imprisonment.
A well-dressed man with notebook
marked Henry c. Brandt, supposed to be
from fthina,yn 4nl cv,ipfAn hv
jumping from the dock into the river at
Sheboygar. \ paper in his pocket reads
! My wife, Meta, Chicago"
Robert Henry, an 11-year-old Kenoshs
| boy, saved John Petersen, a child of g
years, from drowning in Lake Michigan.
The little boy fell off the breakwateI
and was carried far out by the surf
Henry leaped into the lake with his
clothes on and save, the child.
Fred Billings. who recently left Man
itowoc TO take up his home at Sterling
has been left a fortune of $4,000 by
George Keller. deceased, whom Billings
befriended. Keller owned the house in
which the Billings family resided and
was cared for as one of the family.
When August Hussmann Of Seymour
was coming out of his barn, he was stop
ped by Charles Ue.ke, who is slightly de-
mented and who wanted to know why
he was telling lies to the priest" Be
fore Hussman had time to answer Uecks
pulled out a revolver and attempted TO
shoot. Hussman grabbed him and held
him on the ground until Uecke's mother
appeared. She was able to pacify Uecks,
A broken collar bone is the result OF
Henry Bitter. a 10-year-old Appleton lad,
trying to initiate the bicycle feat per
formed in Ringing's circus. The young
lad in company with several playmates
constructed an incline, leaving a gap
at the bottom over which they were to
jump and make a landing below. Young
Bitter started down the construction on
an old velocipede. He failed to clear
the gap.
Mrs. NJ ROhersman Of Madison was
found unconscious in her room at the
Sherman House in Chicago. Two ply
sicians were summoned. but after work
ing over her for more than an hour she
died. A bottle which had contained med
icine was found beside the woman. 1t is
not known whether she committed sui
eide or took an overdose of the medicine.
When the physicians asked her she said
ii was nobody's business but her own.
The vacant icehouse Of the Knicker-
booker Ice Company at Lake Geneva was
discovered on fire late the other night.
The flames spread to the Chicago and
Northwestern freight house, half dozen
freight cars, J. II. Moore's horse car,
a marble shop. a small residence, the
Standard Oil house, and stock yards, all
Of which were destro. ed. The loss will
be $4,000. with practically no insurance.
It is believed TO be the work Of an in
eendiary.
Believing that he was the victim Of an
attempt to murder, Joseph Prosec has
communicated with relatives in Chicago,
with the view of procuring money 10 q
back nu.ne, to give the police evidence
which may lead to the finding III the
murderer of his mother. Prosec claims
he was bound and brought TO Fond du
Lac from Chicago. on a freight train the
other night, and also on reaching the
city he was thrown of the train while
crossing the Fond du Lac river and near
ly drowned.
The largest personal injrry verdict
. ever secured at the head Ga the lakes
; was that obtained in the federal court in
Superior by Del See. who was awarded
$4,000 against the Brown Hoist Com
peny OF Cleveland. He sued for S50,-
coo He was working on a coal dock
where the company was installing ma
chinery for unloading boats and was
caught in a clamshell bucket and lost
both legs below the hips. He gets
around now by riding on n cart which he
Dusbas with sDiked sticks.
John L. Mitchell, former United States
Senator Is lead at his home, i7adow-
mere. in the town Of Greenfield. The
end. which was not unexpected, cam. Gt-
ter forty-eight hours Of Inconsistencies.
Death was due 10 intestinal trouble. Sen
ator Mitchell was i'll since January and
in March underwent an operation. He
rallied from this, but experienced a sud
den relapse. heart failure complicating
the original trouble. His family was at
the deathbed Besides the widow, there
are Captain William Mitchell, Z. S. A;
David Ferguson Mitchell. John L. Mitch
ell Jr., aud the Misses Martha. Janet,
Harriet. Ruth and Catherine Mitchell.
Senator Mitchell was born in Milwaukee
in 1912. After graduating from college
he spent six years abroad, but hurried
home at the outbreak Of the Civil War
and took part in the struggle as a lieuten-
ant in the Twenty fourth Wisconsin in
fantrv. In 1872 Mr.. Mitchell was elect
ed 10 the State Senate and again was
elected IN 1876. In 1890 be was elected