Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04

Raclne was destroyed by ire; loss SILL
600
Two children. S and 10 years of age.
We're burned to death in ire which
destroyed the home Of Joe Covey at At
lanta.
Hall & Sayle. GAINESVILLE jewelers.
We're robbed of 500 worth Of silverware
The thieves missed $4,000 wor;h of
jewels.
The young women of Beloit COLLEGE
gave the nativity play. Bethlehem" IN
the new gymnasium. 1t was pronounced
success.
Ralph Karpes Of Fontana has been
named Kenosha county superintendent
of schools He is a graduate of the
Whitewater normal,
At Racine a cigaret caused fire in
one of the rooms Of the Hotel Racine
The bed clothing and furniture in the
room We're destroyed.
Announcement has been made of the
approaching marriage of DIR. William
Meredith Pugh of Kenosha and Miss
Grace Jenney Of Mohawk, \. \.
While running at full speed an inter
urban car struck a horse at Brighton
beach. .Ae horse was instantly killed
and the front of the car damaged.
Robert Brown. an employe at the
Northwestern roundhouse in GAINESVILLE.
was struck Nv an engine and thrown
twenty feet. lie was dead when picked
up.
f. NJ. Allen of Oshkosh has been CHS
en- principal of the Charleston, Ill, high
school. to succeed Prof. L. G.. Jetfery.
who enters the ST Louis public schools
corps Jan. -.
The sum of ST., 900 voted to pay for a
bascule bridge at Main street. Racine,
will be inadequate. it now being esti-
mated that the bridge desired will cost
over 100000.
The jury trying the case of +. NJ Cod
man of Milton Junction, charged with
assault. carrying concealed weapons,
abusive language. pointing gun, found
him guilty on all four counts.
The entire force of lampmnkcrs at the
Badger Brass factory in Kenosha went
out on a strike. and the plant has been
for ed to shEt down. The men objected
to the employment of apprentices.
Judge Hastings has denied motion
for new trial in the case against the
Narinetta Paper Company. in which
ST.. 600 was awarded to Miss Nandebo-
CART for damages in an accident in its
mill.
Haiyer Ellefson. aged so, was fatally
burned in bed, at his home. five miles
north Of Spring Green. The bed caught
fire from a stove. He was one Of the
oldest Scandinavian residents of that
section.
William Deichen. aged GS, has secur-
ed a degree of divorce from his wife
Caroline. aged II, in Milwaukee. They
were married about two years ago. 1t
was his second and her third matri-
monial venture.
Henry Hale Of Shell Lake was fatally
injured by runaway team. He was
driving along when his horses took fright
and turned into a pasture mad started
down a steep hill Mr.. Hale was thrown
out and had several ribs broken.
Walter NJ. CoweI Of Kenosha. alleged
to be counted with a number of so-called
''wiiG cat insuraNce agents. has begun
FIVE suits in Illinois, demanding damages
TO the extent Of $4,000. The suits
are against attorneys who made the
charges against Cowel.
c. NJ Bird and daughtIG were fear
fully burned about the face and hands
ia Beloit by the explosion Of a can Of
kerosene with which the father was start.
ing a fire. Miss Bird is teacher in the
Menomonie schools and had returned
home for the holiday vacation.
A panic was narrowly averted at the
Chippewa Falls opera house. During
the speech of Supreme Commander Mar
key of the Maccabees a steam pipe burst
and many persons rushed for the door.
Cooler heads preserved order and fortu-
nately the crowd was not large.
Harry Mitchell. former student at
the west divisions high school in Milwau-
bee. now attending the University of
Minnesota. has been awarded the Rhodes
scholarship for Minnesota This is doubly
interesting in Milwaukee high school cir
Giles because Richard Scholz. also west
division high school graduate, recently
won the Rhodes scholarship for Wiscon-
sin.
\ peculiar lawsuit is TO be heard in
the Circuit Court in Waukesha. having
been sent on change of venue from
Walwortl county. Tie plaintiff, named
Gould, owns n lG0-Gcrc farm near White
water and claims he ordered dwarf Es-
sex rape seed from the defendant, but
the latter delivered to him bird rape
seed a noN ious weed. which, when sown,
damaged his farm. Gould asks $500
damages and costs.
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is a new organization that viii control
vaudeville circuit oi thirty-eight houses
in Canada Minnesota. Wisconsin. Hi
nois. Iowa and Indiana II. G. Dam
forth of the Bijou in Oshkosh has been
appointed one Of the directors. La Crosse.
Eau Claire. Milwaukee. Oshkosh. Green
Bay. Marinettc aud Racine, Wis, and
Escanaba. Houchton and Ishpeming,
Mich, are included.
Mystery surrounds the disa ppearance
Of Mrs. Lena Lutz of Hiawatha. Kan.
who. with her husband, had beer visit
iu. in the town Of Wheatiand The 9th.
or morning she drove 10 Kcnosha to pur-
chase Christmas presents. This was the
last seen Of her. Tie following after
noon the horse returned home, dragging
the emptJ buggy 1t was found later
that the woman had traded at several
stores and il is claimed that woman
answering her description boarded a train
for Chicago. Mrs. Lutz suffered from
mental trouble two years ago and it is
feared that she has had relapse.
Attorney Edward G. Jones Of Appleton
has instituted suit for $4,000 damages
against s a. d, Puter Of Berkeley, Cal.
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