Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-11-13
WISCONSIN.

WISCONSIN.
The directors of the Chetek Chautan-
qua assembly have fixed June 30 to
July 10 as the dates for the next chau-
tauqna.
Peter Benson, an employe of the
Willow River LUMBER company, New
Richmond, fell from a trestle and
broke his neck.
]. ]. Haasl. a well known Bruce
business man, has been bound over to
the circuit court to answer to the
charge of setting on fire his building.
insured for s1,40O.
Max Fleigelman of Chicago spent
twenty-four hours in Racine looking
after his II year old daughter, who re-
Gently eloped from Chicago with Nor
ris Jomalaski. aged q years.
The state railroad commission has
set the hearing of the complaint of
Fred c. Torenz and other citizens Of
Milwaukee against The telephone serV-
ice in that city on Nov. IA.
Sheriff Charles Willard has arrested
at Corvallis, Ore, ]. L. Fogo of Rich
land Center, after a. search of three
months. 1t is alleged tht Mr.. Fogo
shot a Mr.. McAvoy at Tomah.
The water in the Fox river is at a
low stage, and it is only through the
greatest economy in its use that the
millmen are able to make it so far
enough to keep their plants in opera
ton.
gents of two Milwaukee breweries
were arrested in Kenosha, charged
with selling liquor without license.
Warrants we're issued for five Chicago
agents and three of them were ar
rested.
Superintendent of Schools Pearse
has compiled figures showing that on
Nov. there were 4O,092 children in
| the Mi yankee schools, an increase of
I1,242 yer the corresponding date
year ago.
At Marinette, Chief Cook of the po-
lice department has started crusade
against the small boy who uses fire
arms. He has decided to confiscat all
arms used by boys if they are caught
using them inside the city limits.
While Arthur Trelor and Frank
Ostrander were engaged in blasting
rock in the Boscobel quarry the charge
prematurely went off, filing the faces,
chests and hands of the young men
with fine particles of rock and powder.
The men were concealed in duck
blind. A flock of ducks passed over
and all three fred Carney was d.
rectly in the range of one of the guns,
and the shot tore away a portion of his
face. Carney was q years of age and
mot married.
Charles Thompson, travelling
salesman and collector for the Lang
don & Boyd Packing company of La
Crosse, is accused of having embez-
zled 81 900 belonging to his employers,
He has been bound over for trial in
tie circuit court at Prairie du Chen.
\ week ago j. H. Mali1., represent
~
izer of the International Brotherhood
of Papermakers, was in Neenah and
secured men at good salaries to leave
the city for employment at eight hours
a day to take the place of striking
papermakers in the east.
The body of w. S. Whiting, former
president of the old Brown Corliss En-
CINE company, who died from injuries
Sustained by freight train cutting off
his legs, at Racine, was forwarded to
an estate worth $4,000, which is be-
queathed to his wife,
At Racine, the Log Cabin saloon
was looted by burglars Sunday night.
Several thousand cigars were stolen,
many gallons of whisky and about 81
in money. This is the place against
which Chief of Police Baker made
charges, asking that the license be re-
voked.
At Appleton news has been received
of the death of Or. r. \. Mason, who
from 1859 to 1865 vas president of the
AsiNitnCG illNCA0AlSs III A1tlabA Was
SO years of age and is survived by four
children, among them Mrs. 0. f. A.
Green and Edward C. Mason of Apple
ton
Rev. Wilbur L. Clapp, for two years
pastor OF the First Baptist church Of
Appleton, has resigned to accept the
offices Of state evangelist for the Bap-
list church of Wisconsin, general sec.
rotary OF the Baptist Young Peoples
union and associate editor OF the Wis
consiu Baptist Mr. Clapp viii prob
ably move to Milwaukee,
A freshman c'ass OF S31 and a total
attendance of 1871 on Nov. 1 are
shown by the new directory Of the
University OF Wisconsin. This is an
increase OF so per cent in the freshman
a -.