Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-01-25
WISCONSIN NEWS
TERSELY TOLD

home, SS7 Bolton street The dying
girl. with clothes burned from her
body. was found on the kitchen floor
by Mrs. Buza when she returned from
shopping at a nearby store The little
girl was left in charge of the other
children, and they were merrily romp-
ing about the house during the alb
sence of the mother Little Annie
found some matches and ignited one
too near her thin cotton dress. 1t
caught fire, and despite the frantic eff
forts of the little girl to stop the
aames her entire dress caught fire.
She soon fell unconscious to the floor.
La Crosse.-Mrs. William Bellsbach,
known as Hazel Winters, until recent
ly keeper of a resort, was fatally stab
bed by man who entered her home
while she was alone and demanded
money. When she told him she had
only one dollar. he pulled out knife
and slashed her In shocking manner.
She was taken In an ambulance to st.
Francis hospital. The police have been
unable to get description OF the as
sailant. who was seen running from
The house just before the police ar
rived
Kenosha-The police of this city
have been asked to make search for
Mary Zahon. aged twentyfour years.
4 daughter of Paul Zahon of the town
| Of Somers. The young woman disap-
peared.
Beloit-Classical students at Beloit
college viii produce the Electra" OF
Sophocles in May g. The play will be
directed by Prof Theodore Lyman
Wright, who produced the first Greek
play in America.
Eau Claire.-A. V. Hammond, a
prominent capitalist and lawyer OF
Durand, accidentally shot and killed
himself while hunting.
Stevens Point.-While en- route to
visit the family Of a deceased friend.
Mrs. Antoine Christman. about forty
years of age. was suddenly taken i'll
and dropped dead minute later.
Grand Rapids Grace Bradley. the
,hree-year-old daughter of MIR. and
Mrs, Thomas Bradley of that place.
was burned to death In a Ere which
consumed her home The origin of the
are is not known. but 1t is supposed
hat the unfortunate little girl was
playing with matches.
Kenosha.-Thieves broke into the
St George Roman Catholic church In
his city and looted the poor boxes of
The congregation. The priest in
charge of the church declares that the
thieves came to the church to attend
mass and remained until after the
members of the congregation had left.
The amount secured was small This
Is the second time in a few weeks
that the church has been robbed In
this manner.
Jefferson.-The annual report of the
Town OF Jefferson Mutual Fire Insur-
ance company indicates that It has
probably maintained its position as
the largest farmers mutual company
In the United States. The statement
shows s7.529.914 insurance IN force. a
gain of $357.930. During the year $l4.-
5l2.14 has been paid for losses, ma
king total of Sl34.t91 since orgauiza-
lion OF the company. The officers
elected are: George Maurer. president;
Ernst w Duesterhoeft. secretary;
John Streng. treasurer; F. s. Trucks,
F Berg. w d. Becker, Rudolph Probst.
r. G., Stretch and Charles LEM. direc-
tors.
Eau Claire.-The forty-first annual
Of 30.
Dental society will open here on July
IL The local committee Is planning TO
make the gathering the best in the his
tory of the organization.
La Crosse. --Throe persons were in
lured when a Milwaukee road passen-
ger train was wrecked at Houston.
MINI. A switch rod an the baggage
car broke. throwing the car over and
ierailing the coaches
Neenah. Arthur Shattuck of this
city. who Is studying music abroad,
was recently honored with being In
yited TO play before the queen of Rou-
mania
Madison great hit was made by
the alluniversity vaudeville show in
the gymnasium. the program being
full Of clever hits,
Marinette. -- After brawl at
Commonwealth, Gust Johnson,
miner, is alleged TO have murdered
Charles Riska. woodsman. by stab
bing him through the heart Johnson
remained in his home until the authori-
ties placed him under arrest.
Racine. announcement was made
that Hiram j. Smith of this
city would be a candidate for depart
ment commander OF the G. A. r. of
Wisconsin, at the next encampment.
Oshkosh.--In the murder trial of
Cora Edwards the deathbed statement
1f William T. Ebeling, made about an
lOur before he died, was admitted.
The dying man said he did not blame
Cora Edwards for the shooting except
Indirectly. His recollection was that
ne was handling the gun himself when
he shots were fired
Hudson.--The six yeggmen cap
tured trying TO rob a night train
waived examination end in default OF
bail each were bound over to the
March term of circuit court Upon
them were found "a colt. A and a
80 Winchester and one 80 automatic
ten-shot revolver. The extreme pen
atty for their ofHense is from FIVE T.
ten years at Waupun.
Madison. That they burned the
barn on the farm Of Walter Walker, a
Kingston farmer, for revenge was ne
confession made by two young men to
Deputv Fire Marshal Gustav Kiland at