Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-06
State Iters of Interest.

4 professional m thief who takes
his plumber direct the COW is the
very latest brand brigand in La
Crosse.
Coz La Toilette has appointed Thos.
A. Wa;by of Hudson, sheriff of st. Croix
Counay. to succeed the late Harry o..
Harris.
In Madison John Brennan and John
Hogan were fined $50 each for stealing a
dollars worth of chickens. They go to
Jail for four months.
PeWaukee is threatened with n scarlet
fever epidemic There are half a dozen
cases reported and one death, the daugh-
ter of Thomas Shields.
Henry Wolff. aged 10 years. was push
ed INFO the Fox river at Oshkosh by a
companion Unable to swim. he drown
ed before the eyes OF a number of men
who did not realize his predicament.
At a special town meeting a vote was
taken to bond the town for the purpose
Of raising funds to build two steel bridges
ross Little river on the road east of
ColeIaan. the vote was carried by fifty
majority.
The Oshkosh HARDWARE Manufactur-
ing Company, witt +. r. Sawyer as
president and capitalized at $lJ0,000, de
cided 10 diSsok as the result of differ
encea between the promoter, f. y. Per
kins, and stockholders.
G,s8tave Klozinsky. Newton farmer,
committed suicide by firing a bullet into
his Train. Klozinsky gazed into broken
mirrur so as to guide the bullet. He
had riet with business reverses. He was
A. and leaves IA widow and fanny.
Fi.e causing a loss OF abC4t $1,000
occurred in Brodhead For a time the
city was threatened with very diSas-
tro,ia fire as n high wind was blowing
and rhe department had great difficulty
in preventing the spread CT the flames.
The blaze started in the barn Of Ole
Gilbert, WhicE vas totally destroyed.
His house followed. and the barn of
Martin Ringen was also burned.
After d, separation of forty years, Mrs.
M;chael Dempsey and Benjamin Gilbert
of san Francisco brother AND sister, are
reunited in Manitowoc. the Il tier coming
to visit. 4 peculiar coincident of the ar
rival of Mr. Gilbert is that in inquiring
the way TO the home Of his sister, he
received the information from her dauga-
ter, whom he met OH the street down
town. The two last met in Milwaukee
in 1862.
Willie Shumaeke~ aged 6. was drown
ed In Spring brook a GAINESVILLE. while
fishing with bent pin and angle worm.
He was missed from home and his moth
er vent to the bank of the stream ans
saw his little body lying in the water.
Louis b. Bruemmer. County Judge Of
Kcxaunee Col.ty and one OF the most
prominent mfh in that section sof the
State from which he cones, disappeared
from Dr. I.iehard Deyey's sanitariUm
at Wanwatosa and search of the city
and county of Milwaukee has failed to
reveal any r. Of aim. Anxiety Is felt
for his safet.,.
During the parade Of Ringling's cir
Gus In Appleton thieves broke into Inc
home of Herman Egh. cashier of tiie
First National Bank. and made of with
considerable moEey and jewelry. They
also broke into the home Of e1-Mayor
David Hammel. next door 10 J.rf's. but
were scared OF.
Floods at Stockholm washed out dffy
f,..r % track on tie Burlington In some
pisces the wash was eight feet deep.
Lightning struck bniliing on Main
street. Ia Crssse. owned hy the Heile-
,han -;rewinr Company. AID several tons
a. brick aza dsariS was hurleI to the
Sidewalk. Narrowly nlissag several pass
ag clizeBs-