Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-10-23

months ago, died at Bedford, Ind
Tne lad was with the circus during the
entire two months, running away
from his home, At Bedford he was
stricken with typhoid fever.
Mrs. Mary e. Tibbets, aged 76 years
was assaulted at her home in Eau
Claire by a man who has since been
living here. He is said to have beer
drunk at the time, and was accompan
| led by another mans wife, who was
also in an intoxicated condition.
The Chicago, Minneapolis, st. Paul
and Omaha railway company may EN-
ploy women as operators in its office
at Menomonie after Jan. next, the
date when the new eight hour law goes
into effect. 1t is said that three
women will work Cor the wages now
paid to two men.
The yards of the Northwestern rail
way at Green Bay are now ready for
use in their enlarged area. Eleven
miles of track have been laid and a
large crew Of men given employment
since early in the spring in improving
the facilities for handling 1900 freight
cars at this point.
The t. Hohenadel, Jr., Canning com
pany of Rochelle, ILL.,, has identified
the body of the dead man found float.
ing in Little Lake Butte des Morris as
Louis Allen, unmarried, who had been
working for the firm at Rochelle until
Sept. 20, when he suddenly disap-
peared after drawing his pay.
The people in Boyd and vicinity are
much wrought up because of the SEN
fencing of Constable John Peters
chick to s45 and costs or so days in
the county Jail because he shot a
mink, which had killed fifty chickens
and nine geese in his coop, when he
had no license in his pocket.
In order to house the 200 Italian
and Greek laborers employed by the
Rock County Sugar company, the com
pany has erected for their use half
dozen wooden shacks covered with
tar paper. Here the foreigners live,
cooking out of doors and eating on the
edge of their hunks in cold weather
and out of doors otherwise.
Twelve year old Burr Brakeman OF
the town of Richmond, Rock county,
borrowed his fathers gun to go hunt.
ling with, and was found two hours
later, his body hanging over barb
wire fence, dead with an ugly wound
in his face. He had evidently tried
to climb over the fence and drag the
gun after him.
Geors Meade has sold 100000
feet of standing timber, located in the
town of Edison, Chippewa county, to
yolmer & Belew of Marshfield. The
purchasers intend to cut the timber
J this winter and saw it. George Mick
elson of Two Rivers is engaged in
erecting camp in Holcombe prepare
tory to cutting timber on 500 acres
which he has just purchased.
At Grand Rapids, Henry Faalsen
20 years old, drove livery horse off
culvert on the Green Bay & Western
railway tracks, the horse breaking its
neck and the driver injuring his shout
der and lying unconscious for several
hours. Paulsen will probably recover
He is under arrest for damage caused
to other rigs struck in the rapid driv
ling through the streets.
1t is now expected that the new as
sorting yards of the Chicago ant
Northwestern railroad, located soutf
of GAINESVILLE, will be ready for use by
Dec. /. Twenty cars of rail and al
equal number filled with ties have beer
received and will be in place by tina
ldate. The new forty-eight stall en-
CINE house is rooted and the cinder pi
lready for the turntable.
Faremrs of the state will be told how
Ito solve many social problems exist
ling in rural communities in series o
bulletins on farmers clubs, which arr
being prepared by the authorities 0
1.-THE University of Wisconsin. The.
will be ready for distribution abou
dec. /. A discussion of economi
and agricultural problems, how to &c
a travelling library, free text books
Ifreless stoves and similar subject
will be taken up also. The work is Il
be carried on by the university exten
lsion division.