Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-03-23

passed an anti-spitting ordinance. makiog
the olfense punishable by fine of 50 or
ten days Imprisonment. An anti-smoke
measure also was adopted.
Miss Frances wadsworth. private sec
rotary to President Van Hise Of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. has been taken to
/ the Mendoza asylum, suffering from tenn
/ porary insanity due to oyerwork.
Fred Mon. well-known citizen of
F, Cylon. was run down by u locomotive
ON the Wisconsin Central near the Finer
aid station and received injuries from
which he died a few hours later
The body Of dead infant was found
in satchel at house in Watertown,
H-here a young woman named Anna
), hulz was staying over night. The
| cl ild had evidently been dead more than
| two weeks
John II. Thayer died Of paralysis at
Sparta. lie was high degree Mason
and had Travelled many years for Smith,
Thorndyke q Co. of Milwaukee. lie
leaves his wife, one son and three daugh-
tiers surviving
Two Wisconsin Central freight trains
came together head on between Hewitt
AHu F-ubtIBIttits 1AANE AAdAAttNl4 we're
| killed and another fatally injured. Fire
man Kelly and Brakeman Bart McCar-
| ty, who were killed, lived in North Fond
| du Lac
The Pew zee postofice. large barn
and several small buildings were de
stroyed by fire. They were all owned
| by William Jones and valued at 5000.
| The contents Of the postoflice We're saw
| ed, but Eve valuable horses We're burned
IN the barn.
Sam Woods, who resided seven miles
! south Of Baldwin, committed suicide by
| cutting his throat with razor ut the
| house of his daughter. Mrs. Dwight
| Bowen, while she was standing behind
him in the same room. He was buried
at New Centeryille. -
james Cawley. the oldest resident in
| Racine County is dead. On April 20 he
| would have been 101 years old He was
| born in Ireland and came to this country
| sixty-two years ago. He was the first
man to open the road leading between
Racine and Milwaukee.
Reports have been received from Win
sted. Wash. stating that Mrs. Addie
| Downs, wife of Rev Thomas Downs.
! former pastor of the Methodist Church
Of Racine. has eloped with Carl : Al
| word, blacksmith residing AT Win
/ look. WASH She met him at coHtata.
| both taking part in the performance. and
a week after that they are said to have
| eloned She deserted a husband asd five
children and he deserted a young wife.
The postal authorities are trying to
| locate several pouches of valuable mail
which were either lost or stolen one night
! recently on the Northwestern road. The
! regular train was blocked by snow near
| Ishpeming and a special was sent on to
take its place. The pecial had no mail
car, but picked Up he pouches at the
| various stations and put them in the
baggage car. One sent from Marinette.
| confirming several thousand dollars in
valuable paper, is gone. it is said, and
/ several other pouches are missing
A eoroner's jury. sitting in The case of
| Mike Wisky. an old man found dead in
| his home about six miles from Augusta.
decided that he had been murdered. The
/ mans head had been crushed in and the
| house had been set on fire. Vernon
! Wisky. aged IS. was arraigned, charged
| with numbering his father. The evil
| dence indicates that the deceased was
beaten on the head and shot twice and
| that the house was set on fire. The half
| burned body was found in the ruins. The
boy pleaded not guilty and the cxamina'
ton was adjourned.
The courts Of Racine are TO decide as
to the question of ownership of the sci
of furs valued at So. claimed by par
ties prominent in society. The furs are
now in charge of the city marshal who
replovined them on demand Of Miss Mat
tie Stoffc when they were in the pos.
session of Miss Addie Williams. Ii APP
| pears that at dance given ia the city
some months ago. furs belonging to Miss
Stoffel were taken from Guild Hall and
| some weeks later n writ of replevin was
| issued and the furs in the possession OF
| Miss Williams were taken. Miss StoffeI
| beiiey ing that the furs belonged to her
John Eggert, farmer of the town OF
/ Center. failing "a get neighbors 10 shoot
| an old horse which was useless and not
daring TO do it himself. tied dynamite
around the horses neck and took the
animal to a field. After attaching the
| explosive he touched of the fuse and
| started to run. The horse started TO fol
low. Eggert had not thought of this
and was terrorized, expecting to be blown
up any moment. He reached wire
fence in his wild scramble, crawled
! through it and ran about two rods, when
he heard n terrific explosion behind him.
Looking back. he saw no horse and no
fence and the ground was torn up for
yards around.
The jury in Wh.,ehall found Olaf o.
Aabakken guilty Of manslaughter in the
! second degree He was charged with
the murder Of John Wellan, a farmer
aged about 60 years on the night Of May
| 30 1903, Mt the home of Isabel Borst,
a widow. a few miles from Whitehall.
| Mrs. Borst testified that Aabakken had
made threats to do his son-in-law. Ole
Brown. Aabakken was boarding with
Mrs. Borst AT the time of the killing of
| Wellan The body Of Nellan was found
a few rods from the house with n gun
shot wound in the abdomen, evidently
| fired at close range. Aabakken made no
attempt to escape and after the holding
of the coroner's inquest was placed I'M
| der arrest. According to Aahakkeu' S
story. his son-in-law, Brown. had threat
ened him aud had tried 10 poison him.
| He said that he had beard noises in the
| ward and went out with the gun. He
| saw a white object and in his fear and
excitement his gun was discharged He
| said that he was not acquainted with
| WeIlan.
| Pierre. the 9-year-oh son of Mr. and
! Mrs. Eugene Br0ughtoD, met death by