Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-28
IN eADeERDoM.


A canvass of the situation with ref
ference to this years tobacco crop in
idicates that the crop will be far short
of what was expected
Attorney Arthur w Fairchild OF
| Milwaukee has filed a statement de-
claring that his expenses as legislat-
i've lobbyist Of the Wisconsin Gas as
ISOLATION were $32.69.
/ At Ripon Mill Nellie Dakin was
seriously and perhaps fatally burned.
| Neighbors were attracted by screams
and saw Miss Dakin in the yard with
her clothing aDlaze.
Judge George Clementson of the
/ fifth judicial circuit has certified to
the secretary of state that he has ap-
/ pointed Charles Orion of Lancaster
as official Photographic reporter.
/ Commissioner of Banking NJ C.
Bergh issued charter to the recently
/ Incorporated Bank of Elkhart Lake,
Sheboygan county of which George
" Wolff is president and R. C. Hugo
cashier.
Charley C. Bennett state superin-
tendent OF public property, has told
his subordinates that if any OF them
/ drank intoxicants while on duty they
, would be discharged. Only a few of
the present members of the force
drink.
The second annual convention of
Wisconsin Paid Firemen's association
was held with an attendance of forty.
Chief George C. MCCLELLAN of Appleton
is presiding and Fred Cotton of La
Crosse is acting as secretary. Chief
J. H. Kranz of Manitowoc is treasurer.
AT Kenosha, work on the Henry NJ
Simmonds memorial church will be
completed soon, and the dedication OF
the memorial which is to take place
the second week in September Will
bring to Kenosha the largest and
most distinguished body of Unitarians
ever seen in Wisconsin.
A wedding of interest took place III
Madison Tuesday, when Miss Marion
Burr Jones, daughter OF Professor
Burr w Jones, was married to Walter
McMynn Smith. librarian of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. Mr.. Smith orig
inally came from Sparta
At Sheboygan WilliamLadwig. aged
IS, bell boy was arrested on charge
of tampering with the mail at the ho-
tel and also on the charge of taking
money from the safe 1t is said that
the boy has admitted to the police
that he had taken money and also
opened lette RS.
Governor Davidson appointed rheo-
dore Kronshage, Jr., of Milwaukee.
member of the Milwaukee bar and
graduate OF the university as mem
er Of the state board OF normal schao
regents to succeed John H. Roemer
who resigned when he Der me a mem
Der of the railroad commission.
At Little Chute the drive-wheel Of a
big locomotive pulling a Northwestern
road passenger train dropped while
the train was running forty five miles
an hour. The cab settled about foot
The track was blocked two hours.
At Beloit, for the fourth ne In
three years Dr. d. 2. Connell has per,
formed operations for appendicitis on
members OF his own family. His sons
Arthur aged 10. and John. aged 4.
were stricken. The father hurried
chem TO the hospital and operated on
them.
The Boomer Produce company at
its annual meeting declared a dividend
Of 20 per cent, A proposition to merge
with the American Society of Equity
was voted down. Henry Lebeis. Sr.
was elected president The annual
amount of business was S167, $3.50.
The Fox River Valley Telephone
and Telegraph company. which OPP
crates a system at Appleton. has pur.
chased the plant ct the Wolf River
! Telephone company which went into
the hends Of receiver some years
ago Creditors viii not only receive
full value Of their stock. but divi.
dend
Al Kaukauna a quick step saved the
life OF George Sairs, foreman of the
quarry crew In the wheel at the site
of the proposed electric power plant.
The heavy stone hoist became dis.
| arranged and descended with great
speed Sairs stepped to one side just
as the mass shot by him with fearful
velocity.
There is a small fortune awaiting
James j Jeffries of Mount Pleasant,
Del. Mayor Horlick of Racine received
letter from Mrs. NJ. r. Collpotts ask.
ing him, with the aid of the police. to
locate Jeffries, so years old. When last
heard OF he was a resident of Racine.
and from here he is supposed to have
: located in Milwaukee.
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