Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-02-01
WISCONSIN NEWS
TERSELY TOLD

arrested and rushed to the jail at
| Ashland to avoid further trouble.
John White, a chum of Miller, got In
TO a fight outside a saloon and Miller
rushed TO his assistance He says
that three lumberjacks had his chum
cornered and grabbing a sled stake,
he proceeded to clear the field He
crushed the skulls of Adams and Cor
don. and they never spoke after they
fell. With the two men at his feet he
remained in undisputed possession OF
| the field, but submitted quietly to ar
rest. Miller is an Austrian, twenty
seven years old, over six feet tall
and as strong as an OK His blows
crushed the skulls of Adams and Cor
don like eggshells.
New Richmond-In a row on
Main street, Rockford Clark was
shot by his half brother, Tip Clark.
Four shots were fired from 80 cali
Der revolver at close range, all taking
effect, one shot in the lungs, ore in
| the abdomen. one through the right
hand and another in the left thigh.
| The shots were fired In rapid success
! sion. Both men were In a bob sled,
Rocky holding the horses, being I'M
able to get away. Rocky was trying
to induce Tip to go home to his
! fathers farm, five miles west of town.
Rocky was not armed
Manitowoc.-School boards in Wis
consin cannot institute actions
against teachers for alleged breach of
contract without the authority of
vote of the electors OF the district
| This important decision, said to be
! the first in Wisconsin on the question,
was handed down by Judge Kirwan
| in circuit court In the case of he
school district No. of this city
against Miss Gertrude Paine, a for
mer teacher. The board sued for $500
after Miss Paine had left to accept
| position with another school.
| Plymouth.-The board of control
of the Sheboygan county fair
in session here decided to hold the
next annual fair on September 5-S
The 1910 fair cleared S1,31114 The
following officers we're elected: Presi-
dent, P. X. Wheeler; vice-president.
N. Laernan; treasurer, A. E. Dow;
| secretary, Otto Gaffron.
La Crosse. - While the lifeless
body of Engineer Charles r Ro-
dell of La Crosse balanced on q rail-
road bridge three miles back, an ex-
ira Burlington freight train tore in
to Galena. H., before Fireman Frank
Mcintyre discovered that the train
was without a pilot He hastily APP
piled the brakes and brought the fly
/ ing train to a standstilI and search
was made for Rodell.
! Madison.-One of the nine men
killed in last weeks boiler dis
aster on the U. S. S. Delaware was
Louis Addison White, coal passer,
whose home was in Poynette, and
word was received at the adjutant
/ generals Office that the body VIII be
shipped to Poynette for burial. The
/ young seaman Is survived by an
adopted mother, Mrs. Sarah Ward.
Madison. A quarter of a mil
lion dollars is the approximate
amount which the city of Madison
will invest during the coming season
! in permanent street improvements.
| The material used will be asphalt and
| brick or prepared block surfaces,
with cement foundations, instead of
| soft sandstone macadaDl. All the
work will be done under the direction
of City Engineer Icke.
Hayward.-Henry Vincent conduc.
tor of the Edward Hines Lum.
Der company's logging train, was
killed near the headquarters camp
four miles north of Hayward. While
the train was in motion, he tried to
jump, but slipped under the wheels.
Spring Green. - While measuring
the water in cistern, Edward
Smith, superintendent of large farm
In Alabama, fell in and was drowned.
| He was a former resident of this city.
Madison.-That the finance COM
mittee in charge of raising funds
| for the erection Of a new building for
the Wisconsin union is accomplishing
good results is evident from some Of
the investments which have recently
| been made. The most recent invest
| ment was in $500 per cent. bond Of
the Interstate Light and Power com.
pany Of Galena, Ill. The committee
in charge Of investment of funds con-
sists of c. o. Bickelhaupt, Aberdeen,
y. d.; A. H. Ochsner. Chicago, and L.
E. Voyer, Junction City. Walter
Bucherl, Theresa, is president Of the
union board, and Voyer is treasurer
Madison.-Governor McGovern took
| favorable action on the appointment
| of Leonard Cleaver as superintendent
of the free employment bureau at La
Crosse. Mr.. Cleaver succeeds T. L.
Mullen. The bureau Is similar to
| other bureaus in Superior and NIL
| waukee and is under the bureau of
| labor and statistics. of which D. j.
! Beck is commissioner.
Fond du Lac.--Mrs. F. Blair
| was seriously wounded by a bullet
which pierced the edge of her heart.
She was changing the cover on ner
dresser and the fringe caught a re
volver lying there. dragging 1t to the
floor. when it exploded. Her husband
| found her on the floor when he re-
! turned from work an hour later
Baraboo.-Some unknown person
knocked on the door of Mrs.
Thomas Degan's residence and left a
basket containing a baby girl, note
saying: Born. January Z. Have it
rhrsa+anad ir a Ca4hoIfc church and