Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-09-18

During school vacation 200 children
were employed in the fields.
Roland Van Beck, 12-year-old boy
! of Preble, was caught in cattle STAN
Ipede. His right leg was broken in
two places between the knee and the
ankle
At Marinette NJ. II Brollier of Wau-
saukee and Stewart Trey of Marinette,
BARRIERS, were sent to jail. They refus-
ed TO pay a fine of SO for conducting
shops without license.
Congressman John ]. Esch, who has
been frequently mentioned as can
didate for governor next year. made
an official statement to the effect that
he would not be candidate.
The Northwestern railroad will have
to pay taxes on the property acquired
for its Sheboygan belt line, according
to a decision by the state tax commits
sion The city has assessed tie prop
erty at $4,000
r. J. Morrison, cashier of the Pit
! kin State bank of Boscobel, and Miss
Rose Nickel, a teacher in the public
schools of Omaha, were married at the
/ Morrison home at Prairie du Chen.
Mr. Morrison was formerly superin-
ltendent of schools of that city
The Sheboyg water commission
has retained Burr w. Jones of Madi-
son as attorney to carry through the
deal for the purchase of the system by
the city on January l. 1908. The com
mission has been unable to secure any
brokers or banking houses who are
willing to take the 100000 bond issue
at per cent.
Celia Ford, young woman who
has been riding in the relay races at
the Marthon county fair was un7
Ihorsed and partially disrobed before
a crowd of horror stricken spectators
at the county fair. A companion, Miss
ICook. was also thrown from her horse
at the same time. Both girls were
badly bruised.
Johanna Roenspies, a clerk in Gin
bel Bros. store, Milwaukee, fell from
the sixth floor down the elevator.
She died in a few minutes Her skull
was crushed and her neck and left
leg broken Miss Roenspies was Is
Years old For two years she had
worked in Gimbels'. Just before death
came she bid her friends goodbye,
for it was her last night in the store.
The board of trustees of the Wis
Iconsin State Law library has filed no
jtlce in the secretary Of states office of
the appointment of Attorney ellison G.
|Glasier as librarian and William H.
IOrvis AS assistant librarian, fixing the
appropriation for the maintenance of
the library at $4,000 annually Mr..
IGlasier's salary is fixed at $4,000 a
year, an increase of $780, and that of
Mr. Orvis at $500, an increase of
$500.
Acting under a new law. the state
board of control has voted a parole to
Arthur A. Cole of Marinette, who is
serving a sentence of two and half
years in prison for embezziing $4,000
OF public funds while acting as clerk
of the circuit court for Marinette
lcounty. Cole will be released on Oct.
l. Some of Coles political enemies
Opposed the parole, bat were unsuc-
eessful. Cole was sent to prison on
March % of last year and since then
his wife has secured a divorce and
married again.
At Racine, Miss Katherine Bones
aged 26, killed herself with a Win,
leicester rife. She was the daughter
Iof Ben R. Bones, a well known natural
list and representative of the Smith
Isonian institution at Washington
Miss Bones was a graduate of the RIA
cine high school and of the University
lof Illinois and had studied abroad
From over study she became insane a
few years ago, and was sent to a
sanitarium. For a long time she had
been principal of the Genoa Junction
high school When school closed last
June she was one of a party of Wis
hconsin and Illinois educators and stud
ents to go to Alaska for botanical re
search