Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-04

searching, was discovered working on a
farm near Popular Grove, aud returned
home
As Ringing Brothers were loading
their circus stoeD at Baraboo to ship to
Chicago one OF the elephants escaped
and plunged into the BaraboO river 1t
fought desperately fer several hours and
' as finally reeaptured.
The physicians of the Tenth Congress
sional District have organized district
medical society The cities represented
are Tomahawk. Minocqua. Amigo. Three
Lakes, Hazelhurst, Ashland, Hurley and
Rhinelander. DIR. Steflins of Amigo was
elected president.
The American Cigar Company has
closed down its large warehouse in Brod-
head. giving as a reason that the tobacco
was moulding in the cases instead of
sweating, and that further curing would
be necessary. About 200 employees are
thrown out OF work.
The high water is responsible for the
aest mction of the mill dam at indie
pendence. The steadily rising waters ac-
cumulated back of it, until the structure
could hold out no longer, and forty feet
went ont with a roar. Two piers Of q
bridge below the dam were destroyed.
Miss Corrine A. Shields, member Of
the senior class at Kemper Hall, and
Lieut. Clifford Game of the Eleventh
| United States infantry were married at
one of the Iittie American ehapels in the
city Of Manila. March IL. Miss Shields
left Kemper Hall several months ago
to make a trip about the world. One OF
the FIRST stops made was al Manila. and
while there she fell In love with dashing
Lieut.. Game
The neg-o shot ~ police sergeant
In Eau Claire is dead. In an antemor-
tenn statement he said be was % years
old, that his name was Charles Weston
Clark, and his home was ut PHtsburg
He had been working at Hudson. The
man had demanded ''hand-0ut' from a
lunch wagon and when refused, fired at
the proprietor He was then pursued by
the policeman who fatally wounded him
with his revolver.
The Green Bay and Mississippi Canal
Company has purchased the entire inter
ests of the kaukanna Water Power Com
pany, the price being SllS,000 The sale
was ON mortgage foreclosure, but was
planned TO stop litigation, which has tied
! up the most valuable water powers in
Wisconsin for many years. ]. S. Van
nortwiclS, a paper mill owner Of Apple
/ ton, is head of the canal company. He
says that nearly 100000 will be put
| into new paper mills and extensions Of
the present plants within year.
Wedding guests at the marriage OF
John Klues aud Bertha Manteufei in the
( town OF Greenyille were snowbound in
nidApril Tie snow which started to
I fall while the ceremony was in progress,
| and which increased ana was blown
| about by fierce wind during the recep-
ton following the wedding. absolutely
blocked the way for the party when they
| tried to leave shortly after dark. Over
/ fifty guests therefore secured as much
| comfort for themselves as possible in
the house. and spent the night there.
One of the most persistent attempts to
evade the bankruptcy law that has come
TO the attention of the authorities was
unearthed the other day when il was dis
covered that Marcus Kaatz, the former
Chicago hat and cap manufacturer, had
engaged the services OF a servant girl TO
assist him in hiding the property he took
with him when he fled from his Chicago
creditors last September with some $62.-
900. In safety deposit box in the
| Wisconsin Fidelity Trust and Deposit
| Company at Milwaukee, cash and re-
| ceipts for merchandise amounting TO be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 were discov-
cred belonging TO the bankrupted hat and
]
I box was held in the name of Martha
| petersos. servant girl in the enr ploy
| OF Anna Kaatz, sister Of the bankrupt.
| Attorney Julius Moses. acting for the
/ creditors, together III counsel for the
Royal Trust Company, trustee for the
/ kaatZ estate, went 20 Milwaukee and be-
| gan the proceedings which finally result
| ed in the box being opened and the SER
| want girl acknowledging that the prop
| erty belonged to kaatz
| In a litigation which was started near
1 ly two years ago, in which both parties
| thought to obtain $1,000 damsg yes, Judge
! Kirwan has written a decision which
/ denies the claim to the defendant and
/ plaintiff alike A breach of contract
] was alleged by Mrs. Marguerite Fenelon
| agails John Van Epps. and involved a
| piece OF property consisting OF two lots
| and n hotel building located at North
| Fond du Lac, owed by Van Epps. Mrs.
! Fenelon owned farm not far from
| Fond iu Lac. and the two entered into a
| trade and one side offer,d $500 TO boot.
| On the given date it was stipulated that
| the deal was 10 be closed, by handing
over the deeds, but previous to it. on
! Nov. Z. 1902, the hotel vas destroyed by
| fire. An attempt was made 10 push the
| trade through. on the prearranged terms.
| in spite of the loss. When Mrs. Fene-
ion brought suit for damages. and the
defendant set up a eounterelaim fof the
| same amount The decision holding that
neither party to the sHit has broken the
I contract. and that the defendant and
plaintiff are free from any breach Of the
same, is construed to be in favor Of the
defendant, Mr.. Van Epps-
Many farmers in the town OF Center
are losing heavily by a strange disease.
which is attacking their cows The COWS
refuse to eat and later die. A few,
whieh survive. become dry
Charles Woodruff MeKown, actor. the.
| atrical promoter and Methodist minister,
was sentenced in Oshkosh 10 ohe year
at waupun prison for etnbezzlemeat A
ear ago he promoted an amateur en-
tertafn.nent in Oshkosh and fed on the
eve Of presentation with the funds Nc
Kown is a graduate Of the class OF IS
Of Albion College Michigan. Of which
institution his father was president.
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