Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-10


with 81 900 TO pay half the cost OF a
new pipe organ. which has been in.
stalled in a 100000 building just de
dictated
Cecilia Tantonia, aged II, daughter
of former project of police in War
saw. Poland, and who was banished by
her fathers successor for melting
revolution in school, attempted suicide
in New York.
Manager Conried at New York re-
fused to recognize the union Of
Metropolitan opera house chorus
singers, but promised to consult with
the directors regarding a demand for
increased salaries.
The property of the Smith Medberry
company at ShebOygan, which has
been in litigation for some time. has
been bid in at trustees sale by A. d.
De Land, former president of the com
pany. tor S2,2O5.
Two large barns on the farm Of
August Pasch in the town of Bristol,
Kenosha county. were destroyed by
fire as the result of the explosion Of
lamp. The loss is placed at $4,000,
with partial Insurance..
August Zerbei slipped on Sidewalk
at GAINESVILLE and broke his ankle. Not
realizing how severe his injury Was
he managed to reach is home where
he was found unconscious Sunday
morning by neighbors.
c. G. Guthrie. chairman Of the Re.
public Iron and Steel company, who
was operated upon at Salisbury, N. c.,
for appendicitis, is resting comfortably
and his physicians hold out encourag-
ment for his ultimate recovery.
Governor Herrick, rs new years
gift, pardoned Leonard Kitzelman,
serving a life sentence in the Ohio
penitentiary for murder in the second
degree from Clark county He had
been in prison twenty-three years
Vice Chancellor Emery, on appllca-
ton of John Shields. appointed Halsey
NJ. Barrett receiver for the John
Shields Construction company at
Trenton, n. J. The assets are given
as 1892 900 and the liabilities 1851 900.
The report of the speculations of
Newton c. Dougherty, the former
Peoria banker shows his crimes to
have been conducted on an unpre-
cedented scale. and many persons may
be held liable as innocent recipients
OF stolen funds
At Virginia. H.. Professor Milan J..
Alkige, former city superintendent Of
schools, and now a practicing attor-
ney. and Miss Stella Skiles were mar
ried. surprising their friends. as a
large society wedding had been plan
ned for February.
Application was made for an order
restraining President J. Fl. Worst of
the United States experiment station
at Fargo and Commissioner E, F. Ladd
from enforcing the new North Dakota
law. which practically excludes mixed
paints from the state.
Laboring under the hallucination
that a deputy game warden is on his
trail and bent on having his life for
some violation of the law which he is
sure he never committed, Peter Riley
of GAINESVILLE. a horseshoer, has be-
come violently insane.
Indictments we're returned by the
Nashville, Tenn, grand jury against
number of attendants at Cumberland
park, charging them with violating
a provision of the Rice-Ligon law
which prohibits betting on horse races
in Tennessee. Several days ago horse
men arranged a race, opened book
and took wagers in order to test the
race track bill.
AT Terre Haute, Ind, on the charge
of perjury in connection with the mar
riage of Pearl Downs, aged IA, to
Ernest Harris, the groom has been ar
rested on complaint of the father of
the girl. John Downs, Edgar County,
Illinois. Harris is alleged to have
made an affidavit that the girl was IS
years of age so as to get a marriage Ii
eense. The bride has disappeared, but
is supposed to be with Harris mother.