Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-03-11
IN sApGERDoM.


William A. Thorne, of Detroit was
arrested in Eau Claire charged with
jumping a SIS board bill at Hudson.
J. F. Jones, of Pewaukee while at
tempting to close window, cut an
artery in his wrist. His life was saved
by the prompt action of physician.
Charging her husband, ]. W. Sallar
dav, with nonsupport, habitual drunk
enness, and cruel and inhuman treat
ment, Mrs. Edna NJ. Salladay of Beloit
has begun proceedings for divorce.
The new city directory Of Kenosha
shows total OF 1900 names, and this
woRld indicate population Of $4,000.
When the directory was issued two
years ago there were but $500 names.
For the first time in the history OF
the institution, the girls Of the 1908
graduating class Of the Wisconsin
School for the Deaf at Delavan are to
make their own commencement gowns.
F1ocklna ters in the vicinity of flaw
thorne have been losing sheep Il late
by disease not understood. The state
veterinarian to whom the symptoms
were described, pronouDces the NAL
ady sropSy.
Peter Haeter of La Crosse las been
awarded SIS and costs III 2. suit for
$1,000 damages against Edward VIM
mer for malicious prescott ion on a
charge of larceny, which resulted in
his Imprisonment.
Between $50 and 500 worth OF brass
valves have been stolen from the Fo3
river paper mills at Appleton. S. R.
Wagg, superintendent of the mills,
offers reward of s25 for the oonvic-
ton of the thieves.
The long drawn out suit at Sheboy-
gan between n. E. Schils and Co., VS..
the Goodrich Transportation company
over the loss of case of shoes was
decided recently in favor Of the plain
tiff, awarding them the SIS sued for.
Dan Whitbeck, a member of one of
the best known Of the old families of
Kenosha, pleaded guilty to a serious
charge and was sentenced to four
years in the Wisconsin state reform
atory at Green Bay.
A. H. Zechiel, representative of the
Wisconsin Anti-saloon league, intends
to watch intoxicated men, at Appleton,
secure their names and addresses and
learn where they procured liquor af-
ter they had become intoxicated.
AS the result of taking too large a
quantity of headache powders, Mrs.
Louis Wallace of the town of Akan,
La Crosse county, suffered conyul-
sions, and despite the efforts of ply
sicians, died in great agony.
The James Semple hotel at Durand
is closed and under quarantine. as Mr..
Semple is suffering from smallpox
All pupils attending the high school
anf lower grades will be vaccinated
by order of the board of health and the
school board
Fred Gale of La Crosse discharged
some time ago on charge of assault
ing Mrs. Henrietta Linn, has been
cited for contempt In Circuit court,
charged with interference with the ad-
ministration of justice in attempting
TO induce witness to leave the city.
Postoft1ce Inspector q. e. Fraser,
has collected number of fines at
Mondovi for viola ion Of the postal law
which prohibits writing any messages
In mail matter Of the second, third or
fourth classes. Most of the cases were
settled out 0, court by the payment of
a $40 fine.
Bessie Gallup and Mamie McLaugh-
lin, 13-year-old pupils ia the fourth
grade OF the GAINESVILLE school, who set
out to see the world and who were
subsequently taken by the Chicago
police from a North Clark street
roominly house, have been brought
back to GAINESVILLE.
Ten Eseloit merchants have cashed
forged checks of amounts of about $24
each. Men purporting to be workmen
at one of the factories asked for the
accommod ltion. One merchant got his
check in bank that CHANGED to :,
open and the forgery discovered
There are no arrests so far, but the
guilty psrties are known
Heroic work by little ,:lss Marion
locke, the 10 year old daughter of B.
c. Cooke Of Superior, saved three
horses from a horrible death in a fire
which practically destroyed a barn.
When she found that there were
horses in the stable she Immediately
went in after them ard succeeded in
getting them to place of safety with.
out injury.
Robert Wherry a we'll known stock
buyer of acme county, narrowly es-
capped death at an auction sale at the
Pedley stock farm in the town of Som
ers, when he was attacked by a vicious
bull He was leading the bull, when
the animal began butting him Wherry
was knocked down and his arm was
broken, and the bull was attempting
to trample him to death when the
crowd managed to get the infuriated
beast secured.
Sheriff Levi P. Smith of Chippewa
county claims that he has not worn a
stiff" collar for twenty years. This
assertion came out of the fact that
an irate mother whom he had ordered
TO send her truant son to school, wrote
a letter to him in, which she said; -
think If you fellows with stiff collars
on had TO get out and pull a saw or
follow n nlou titnas would he befter in.