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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-06-23
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

John F. Rutherford, of Pine Bluffs.
Ark became sole heir OF all the hold.
ings Of he Blum City Lumber com.
pany IN Arkansas. Louisiana and
Mississippi with a total valuation of
more than $3.o0O000
The executive board Of the Great
Northern railway refused to surren.
der to the grand jury of Spokane
county Wash records demanded by
the jury In connection with indoct.
ments against NJ J. Gordon. former
attorney for the road.
The st Johns Catholic congre.
cation Of Marshheld has voted to
build $4,000 home for the school
sisters and TO remodel the present
home into hall The upper floor
In the school building Is now being
used for this purpose
A handsome rug made of Georgia
cotton by the tex ilc students OF
the Georgia school Of Technology
has been sent to President Taft.
Mechanics liens aggregatiue 49,.
33S were filed In New York against
the John Pierce company. which
Wen into the hands of o receiver
Creditors Of the Pierce company.
which s big stone concern. he
lieye It is solvent
The city Bank of Portage. incor.
porated on April lG. 1874 has
changed hands. he new proprietors
being Charles A. Alycrsou. Nedford
John A Raup Phillips E.. +. Iohr
and X Il. York Portage. The or
lelnai officers l.. Hyeese. president
and L /. Jaeger vice president
have served continuously ever since.
Miles 7. Aversion has succeeded W.
) Wentworth as cashier. The trans
fer viii take place on July I.
The stockholders of the onward
Manufacturing company at Menasha
have authorized the djrcc ors 20 pro,
coed at once to build "a glass factory
Tor manufacturing the glass base on
the onward Sliding furniture shoe
auA other articles The factor, is
10 he built here if citizens sub,
scribe 81 500 Citzeus are subScrib.
ms ljhegallv ard there is little
CHARGE OF the plant beiug erected
elsewhere Plans Tor the plant are
oe'ug Prepared
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-06-23
LATE NEWS CONDENSED
DOMESTIC.

The First Presbyterian church at
Leetorta. o. was wrecked by
bomb. The pastor. the Rev. 10
seph NJ. Grimm. has taken a lead
ing art in fighting saloons.
A raid at Japanese newspaper
Office in Honolulu is said to have
disclosed a conspiracy OF the Jap
anese IL gain cohtro Of the in
terna1 affai.s OF Hawaii.
Every school child in New York
city will receive an officia' number
next October. so that all may b
identified quickly by the police who,
under a new law. are truant officers
OF the city
A 12-year-old girl living in the
west and known as Maud Williams,
who was adopted from New York
foundlings' asylum. will receive s10,-
900 under the will of her grand
mother In New York
Eleven persons We're KILLED and
several were injured in storm
which swept central Texas. Flood
have washed away many houses in
Folsom, " NJ. and traffic was at a
standstiII in Rapid City S. d.. as
The result of rain.
Opening a bible which had been
un ouched since it was given TO hin
by a spinster sister at her deatt
thirty.fve years ago, Stephen Marsh
of New York yesterday found 81,
867.30 in currency as he was pre-
pairing TO starr for Denver
Blais Durbn OF Patton Pa, q
mine owner Is believed to have
either jumped or fallen from tn,
Goodrich steamer Indiana between
Chicago and Grand Haven. Hit
clothing aud purse We're found OF
the deck.
Holland Bonnet Of Boston wai
lost from the North German Lloyt
steamer Berlin as 1t was entering
the port Of Genoa He was on hll
honeymoon trip with hle bride, witt
was Miss Lucetta Avern Upham o
Cambridge. Mass. Murder and sui
eide theories are held.
Policeman John Whitman of New
York, known as Ajax, the stronl
man climbed a fagpole on the TOT
of the greensboro bridge and at
height of 3s5 feet above the waite
rescued Il steeplejack who was TAX
en with cramps while strInging nag
on he mast
A remarkable instance Of thu
freakishness In electric storms fl
reported from the farm of Angus
Siler seven miles south Of Colfax
Wash Young SIer was harrowin.
with six horses driven abreast wher
the storm broke A binding flasl
knocked the boy senseless, Instant,
Killed the dog crouching beside him
and struck down the outside hor.,
on either side without even knock
iug down the four Inside horses.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-06-23
WISCONSIN WAITS.

Charles Helman. Bayfield, must.
clan, shot b,S wife three times aud
then blew out his brains. Jealousy
Is given as the cause
Mrs Loretta G. Kinsera has been
appointed postmistress at orienta.
bayfield, county, vice Patrick Hyues.
resigned
dozen OF SO eases of smanpox
have broken out at SheboyEan ana
IN" number is increasing at the
rate OF about one day. No fatal.
itics.
Ferdinand schultz of Grand Rap
ids found guilty of criminal as,
sault upon g year old girl was
sentenced to TWEEN y years az the
stat, pe1litentiary
Ole Johnson of he town Of star
Prairie, has received notice from
Madison that he stood highest in
the recent competriyc examination
agd hat be viii he apnninteti
deputy game warden Tor s Crolx
county
Fond du L3c WAS treated to a
bod dayljgh robbery when am OBJ
orator. Who WAS evidently no anna
teor. entered the Flelschman aroc
cry from a raa door extracted 500
from the cash register aud made a
clean gatewas
While attending the GLASS dal OK.
ercises of Ripon college ON the cam.
pus j, y. Sherwood was stricken
with apopleNl and died hefor, med
zeal aid could reach him Mr. SHEER
wood was IS years al axe ANA ta.
Their of Roh>rt Sherwood one OF
the eolleg IL struetnrs.
Mr, ami Ms Timothy NJ. lIenk
81 of Eau Claire, aged respectively
ninety and oigh ,-slx years. parents
at Air aNd Airs, Sl'as Gardner OF
Clinton iowa, Hh1 haYe been ghe,r
guest Tor several mouths. have lust
eeleAra go their sixty seventh aunt
yerSary
The 'No2earold daugh.rr of AIR.
and Mrs q = OpeH Of Grand
Rapids wa~ seriously burned she
had secured a match win which
she set Sire 90 ber clothes ana aa
fore he mother eouJ eN,luea.sn
tn, flames the hlds side uas 81.
yereb scOrrhed
Shigeyoshi Obap ol osat4. tauaa
viii DE one of the speakers Il, ta.
graduation exercises az RrloH 3e@d
ems on Jnpe 70 ubal is ~ wears
oli and has studied here two y.ar.
being leader IN his class, Taa
subject of h}s ora ion NjU ae st.s
ero o. alta iH,euds To 80 tr B>
lo.t college next ye1r
Word bass reached Ia Crosse of
tine death eaely Monday of John
Paul a Waterfowl. Fla. lie vas
- wears old His wealth is vypu.
ed so he above The s. .0aa0al mars
He left Ia Cross several years ago
to become presldeu, of one off the
largest lumber companies in the
south
Richard freeman. aged wears
son of " n Freeman vas drowned
in Half Moon lake az Eau Claire
while FISHING where be had gone
unbeknowr TO his parents ~ ven.
tured too far out ON tie l3z samp
slipped and fell ia A boy pAo aas
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-06-23

with him was unable 70 get him
out.
BY the will Of Mrs. s. L. Pinney
widow Of the late Justice Pinney
of the Supreme court, her husband ;
fire library and a portrait in oil o.
him. are bequeathed TO the State
Historical society. The rest Of the
5000 IS ate goes to relatives and
missionary socie ies-S2 900 to the
Home Missionary society If the
First Congregational church and
81 900 to the Foreign Missionary
society of the same church
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-06-23
{ sNtnIna 800 LoomIna

Ia -be assembly a possible tRnsi-
da 20 is booming mp IN Assemb'ymau
w NJ BRAY the Young member from
2e drst NnRebaso district. Ano.her
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-06-23
The General Crash.
IMPORTANT ENAcTMENrs.
Assembly Acts.

The more important pieces of legis
lation of statewide interest follow:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-06-23

la J-e banking liae two 0.lls We're
PASSED os the greatest Importance ana
Intended g remove the controversy
betNeeu The banks and ;hs trust COM
pau;es tren the legislative arena The
first defines banking in the state. re-
3Uig,nE charter under one Of the
soGr forms established and the sec
oad requires the same inspection and
regulation OF trust companies AS o.
banks aad cHts OF trust companies
FROM receiving time deposits and from
tar.be- encroachments upon tha
climate aeld % the regular banks
New Institutions.
Bills we're passed empowering the
a0ad 81 control % secure site in
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-06-23
The "Great Repeater"

A record unique in legislative an.
mails is that of II. e. Roethe of Grant
county who introduced bills repeal
ing about everything except the ten
commandments and had every one OF
his twenty-one bills indefinitely post.
poned by the assembly, bus taxpayers
would not have suffered if some Of
them had passed
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-06-23
som&Fsilures.

Among the lights that failed, so far
as Milwaukee is concerned. were the
charter convention bills, the Juvenile
court bill, the bill repeating the alder
men-at-large act. the annexation bill,
the bills relating to county civil sery-
ice and putting the city civil service
commission under the authority OF the
state commission-and. an old friend.
the Milwaukee Gas company charter
re neal bill
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19
OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO.
ITEMS OF NEWS BOILED DOWN FROM THE
PILOT NEARLY FIFTY YEARS AGO

mate of We editor at the state university
at the breaking out of the war, when he
enlisted in the military service and
arose TO the position of captain.
On Tuesday evening next, the even.
ing before the 4th, Prof. Hall will make
balloon ascension from Washington
street, in trout of the city bakery.
The county board held meeting on
the 29th and authorized the selling of
county orders at price not less than
10 cents on dollar, sufficient to obtain
the sum of 81 900 to be paid to John
Dern and Adam Jung for building the
bridge across the Wisconsin river.
SATURDAY, JULY Z, 1866
The 4th, while no preparations were
made, was duly celebrated. The
biggest event came off at the fair
grounds, and there was horse race
between horses owned by M DeCoursey
and Aug. Kickbusch. The formers
horse won. Mr.. Kick busch was quite
seriously hurt. His animal was length
ahead and nearly one half the course
passed when she flew the track and ran
into the woods dashing in among the
logs and stumps, so that Mr.. Kickhusch
was thrown from his seat and badly cut
and bruised by the fall He was taken
home and his wounds dressed by DIR.
ID. b. Wylie; none of his injuries are
dangerous. August likes fun and is
always foremost in getting up some
thing to please. We hope the hard
knock will not knock it all out of him.
In the evening there was display of
fireworks. The balloon ascension was
victory for General Sold" just as
the balloon was inflated boy threw
fire cracker at it and busted the con-
cern.
SATURDAY, JULY IA, 1866.
The Fourth was enthusiastically OBJ
served in the town of Berlin. Revs.
Hoffman, Estell, Marquardt and others
made speeches and picnic festivities
were participated in.
Aug. Kickbusch is out again but has
a phiz OF him like prize fighter.
Zeb Mead, who received compound
fracture of the leg and ankle is ont on
crutches
1t has been hotenough to roast niggers
the past few days.
DIED-On Friday, July 6, 1866, Mon
tague Walter Elroy, II mos. old son of |
Mr.. and Mrs. b. Whitaker.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19

Weik and Wegner. The first half re-
suited l5-6in favor of Wausau and the
final score was 2J to 20 in Wausau's
favor.
Three prizes were awarded and were
won by the following number of points
Wausau, 40; Janesville %; Green Bay, g..
BY winning majority of points the
Wausau boys are presented with trophy
cup, purchased by our business men.
1t is hands ONE piece of silver, lined
with gold, with three stag handles. 1t
will be known as the Wausau cup and
if won by any team three ears in sue
cession, j. will become the property of
that team
THE CONVENTION.
The convention opened in the NJ L
church at 8 o'clock Friday morning
with devotional service led by Rev. w .
~. Turner of Merrill His address,
while of necessity short, was to the
point, and very inspiring A prayer
and song followed aud then the work
of organiz alton was taken up w M.
Post of Milwaukee was elected tempor-
AIRY chairman and Charles r. Hirseh oi
Racine, secretary. Mr.. Post accepted
the chair by making a little address full
of good hHmor.
A committee was then appointed on
permanent organization.
/ f Brown, state secretary of Illinois
was called upon for IN address. His
topic was Value of Organization. y
He applied his topic to the y NJ G. A.
He started cut by telling how one of
his relatives had worked for several
years on the perfection OF a barrel max
ing machine. Its first trials were fail
ures, but eventually it was possible,
with its use, TO turn out barrel in a
very short time. The bringing together
of the different parts, ASSEMBLING them
aud timing them, one to fit the other,
had accomplished the end sought. So
il is in the constructive work of the \
Nj. C. A. There are many units, in the
persons of men Like the different
parts of the barrel making machine
each has his part to play. II each one
works on his own initiative alone there
will be discord and confusion, and the
ends sought viii not be attained. A
unison of effort on the part of all, ike
the different parts of the machine turn
ing ont a finished barrel. viii eventually
lead to the rounding out of better life
for those who come under the influence
Of the Y. M. c. 4
The organization of the army in this
country is voluntary on the part of the
soldiers. Recruits Joining the ranks OF
the association are not wholly volun-
tary. hut in maay cases must be in
duced to come in. Therefore the
organization of the latter is q more
laborious task than is met by the offi.
GERS of the army and more precision i
required A well organized body OF
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19
SATURDAY. LINE l6 1866

Yesterday we met several little girls
with cups full of strawberries. WON.
der who they were
Jacob Roller found receipt which
represented a payment of $40.
Our villagers have actually been
saved from the horrors of starvation by
Geo. w. Casterline, who has come to
the rescue with few good beeves.
Several ladies of this village, few
days since, rode over the falls on a TIM
Der raft
The bridge program has changed
again so that John Dern and Adam
Jung are the builders of the main
bridge, theirs being the next lowest bid
after Mr.. Green w. d. Mclndoe has
re-let the contract for building the
slough bridge to Lawrence and Flem-
ming
Z Meade, of Pine River, while run
ming the falls, had bis legs broken above
the ankle and his ankle crushed Ow-
ing To the rear crib being smashed
when going over the dam he was not
able TO make the main channel through
the bull tail, he attempted to swing and
in nldoing so saddle bagged on the large
rocks opposite the Lyman mill, where
there WAS great jam of logs. A log
bounding upon the raft rolled on his
leg causing the accident. He was got
ten by Mr.. Combs, of Jenny and C. p.
Poor of this city, with skiff and he
was taken to the Winkley House where
the fracture was reduced by DIR. Smith
Zeb will be kept on his back for good
while.
SATURDAY, JUNE %, 1866.
What is to be done on the 4th?
Six German families have lately ar
rived here direct from Germany. They
are to settle in the towns of Stettin and
Berlin.
Grasshoppers are making severe raids
on gardens and vegetables, generally.
The Knowlton bridge tumbled into
ruins, its whole length, on Tuesday.
Two men were on it, but neither were
seriously injured. Heavy loads had
passed over the bridge the same day.
Capt. j. f. Leahy gave us call ON
Tuesday. He was on flying visit here
to look over the numbering business
and with view of making this his
headquarters. The Capt. was class
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19

The thirtyfourth annual state con
vention of the Y. M. c. A. was held in
this city in the local building last week
beginning Thursday and continuing to
and including Sunday There was no
program slated for Thursday, except
the eighth annual athletic and gymnas-
tie meet, which was held in the evening
in the gymnasium.
The delegates and speakers began ar
irving Thursday and continued to arrive
Thursday evening and Friday The at
tendance was about as good as at any
previous convention and as good as had
been anticipated. Over twenty towns
in Wisconsin were represented. The
weather throughout was very good
The delegates were met at the depots
by local members of the association
and piloted up town to the building,
where they were assigned to lodging
places mostly in private homes. There
was no trouble in finding places for
them-this had been previously care
fully arranged 10y committees. Our
people had made every provision before
hand for taking care Of the convention,
so that there was not a hitch of any
kind, and The delegates present spoke
very highly of the perfect arrangement.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19
,arks the colt jumped mn and fell over

marks, the colt jumped up and fell over
breaking its neck.
Miss Alma Schause, of Dorchester, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Lemburg, over
Sunday.
Mrs. Lemburg and Miss Alma Sehause
went to Wausau on Monday to visit
their sister for few days.
Miss Helen Schmidt was visiting
friends in Marshfield over Sunday.
Mr.. Groescroetz has blood poisoning
in his right hand but is improving
slowly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19

SETHoDIsT.
Rev. II. II. Brigham, Pastor
Services at l0:40 m Sunday.
Sunday School s30 a. n.
services at 7:45 Sunday evening.
Mission Sunday School, 6le Lincoln Ave, (on
9Th streetl 230 p m
West side Mission meets in the church audi.
torium at three o'clock.
Epworth League. Sunday at $50 D. m.
Iutermediats League. sunday At 90 p.
The Ladies' Aid Society meets Wednesday
afternoon with Mrs. l.. Lsmpert.
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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
DANCY.

DIR. f. j. Powell. of Wausau. was
Dancy caller day the past week.
V. Brooks who has been at st. Mary's
Hospital, Wausau, the past week on
account of i'll health is much improved,
and expects soon to be back attending
to business in his usual good health.
G. q. Knoller and f. l.. Fisher
transacted business at Wausau Satur
day.
Nealy Pardee, one of Wausau's hust-
ling young business men, was in Dancy
the past week purchasing logs for the
UuderwoodVeneer Co., of Wausau, with
which firm he is employed
Chas. Forrestal, of Milwaukee, con-
tractor fer the dredge work of the
Dancy drainage district, transacted
business in Dancy the last of the week.
Albert Borth has started blacksmith
shop in Dancy and is prepared to do first
class work in that line for all who
patronize him. For the present his
shop is just back of r. X. depot
The old Marion farm, located in town
of Eau Pleine, on the banks of Wiscon-
sin river, has again been sold to Wan
paca parties, who expect to take pos
session of same in the near future. We
understand the price paid was $l2, ,000
This place is one of the old land marks,
being among the first farms that was
put under cultivation in this locality
several years ago. 1t has changed
hands several times within the past few
years, and always at an increase in
price.
The Ladies Aid of the M. +. church
will be entertained next Thursday af-
ternoon at the home OF Mrs. Holmes
Altenburg. The ladies will, no doubt
all be present.
Gust johnson, az cid resident of the
town of Eau Pleine, died last Thursday
in logging camp near this village,
where his family was working. The
funeral was held Monday p NJ. from
the Norwegian Lutheran church, Eau
Pleiae, Rev. o. T. Boe, of Wausau,
officiating.
August johnson, ear smith from
Duluth, was here the past week coming
TO attend his brothers funeral.
Another civil suit against the town of
Bergen for unfair taxation was begun
in circuit court at Wausau the past
week by j. II. Babcock and wife. The
suit against the same town and for the
same cause, which was brought by the
K. Connor Lumber Co. of Marshiield,
and which occupied the attention Of
circuit court for nearly two weeks, has
not yet been decided. owing to the
judges absence.
Mrs. G.. G.. Kuoller spent a couple of
days the first of the week with her
sister, Mrs. Henry Kronenwetter, at
kronenwetter.
Sleighing the past week was the best
through this locality it has been for
years, and every one who bad any hanl-
ing to do took advantage OF it. Large
quantities of all kinds of log stuff is be-
ing gotten out.
EDGAR.
Misses Doaty, Frair, Kline and MIR
Giessel went to Athens TO attend the
teachers meeting on Saturday, Jan i6
Saturday, while Mr. Koehl was shoe.
' incr a thraa vear-old eolf NJ Mr. Kuteh
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19

Nitchie of Wausau, was tied with two
others for third in the horse work
Wausau and Green Bay were the con
testants in the basket ball game and
the contest was full of excitement and
clean cut playing. In the practice work
it looked us if the Green Bay fellows
would have a walk-away with our boys,
but the result of the score proved differ
ent. Sexmith was unable to play his
position and his place was filled by
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19

A western Judge granted divorce on
account of i'll temper and bad breath
DIR. Kings New Life Pills would have
prevented it. They cure Constipation,
causing bad breath aud Liver Trouble
the ill-temper, dispel colds. Danish head.
aches, conquer chills. Pc at w. W.
Albers.