Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

partment has notified Postmaster A.
b Chandler that the Beaver Dam
post office has been designated a post,
al savings depository, to commence
June l. Probably the rapid growth
OF Beaver Dam and the large number
or foreign money orders issued at the
post Office are the chief reasons for
a postal savings bank being located
here.
Portage.-August Koepp of Dekor.
ra. aged fifty, a farmer, has been
missing since week ago. 1t is be-
lieved that he has been drowned in
the Wisconsin river below Portage.
The river is being dynamited.
Kendall.-An attempt was made to
wreck north-5ound passenger train No.
SOB on the Northwestern a mile this
side of Rockland. Ties were piled on
the track in way most certain to
cause disaster. 1t happened, however,
that freight train No. 5S1 preceded the
passenger and encountered the OBJ
struction.
Neenah.-John Schneider, aged six.
ty, is alleged to have forged the name
of his son Henry and his son-in-Iaw,
Ambros Ruminger. to a promissory
note for 1862, which he presented to
the bank for cash discount He was
placed under arrest and has been
bound over to the municipal court at
Oshkosh.
Green Bay.-John Van den Boom
was bound over by Municipal Judge
Monahan to stand trial on the charge
of numbering his wife on April %, In
circuit court in June. A plea of ex-
cusable homicide was not accepted.
Fond du Lac.--Frederick Hunter.
the negro murderer. who has escaped
three times from the Northern hos
pital at Oshkosh, was taken to the
state prison at Waupun. 1t is declared
that he was constantly devising means
of escape and his last getaway"
proved that he is too cunning to take
any chances with.
Manitowoc.-Manitow is now
enjoying the use of its new post
Office building and Uncle Sam has for
the first time in the history of the city
the pleasure of living in its own prop
erty. The new structure erected at a
cost of $4,000 is two-story struc-
ture of Bedford stone, with a granite
foundation measuring 95 by 55 feet.
Eau Claire.-While aiding her
husband in clearing their farm of
brush, Mrs. George Meyer, aged thirty
two. was crushed under a tree which
had been badly charred by the flames
and died before medical aid could be
summoned from Holcomb
Green Bay.-Julius Peters was
arrested upon Instructions from
State Fire Marshal Thomas Purtell
upon charge of having set fire to a
building owned by John Baum, caus-
ing damage to the amount of $4,000
Beloit.-Christ Helker, for TWEEN.
ty-five years a resident of Sho-
pire, where he owns a large farm,
hung himself in his barn. His son
was about to be married.
Milwaukee. - Milwaukee Grand
Army men are aroused over the work
horse parade, which will be held in
the early morning of Memorial day,
and resolutions will be introduced at
the meeting of E. B. Wolcott post, G.
A. R., at its meeting protesting against
the holding of the parade. The Span
ish war veterans, who have marched
in the same annual procession with
the depleted ranks of the G. A. R., are
also said to oppose the parade planned
by the Humane society.
Madison.-State Dairy and Food
Commissioner ]. O. Emery appointed
p w. Guse of Madison as an inspec-
tor in his department to succeed P.
w Larson of La Crosse. who resigned.
The appointment is in the nature OF
a promotion and carries salary OF
$1,000 year.
Milwaukee,. Suspected of having
furnished saws with which three
county Jail prisoners attempted TO
saw their way to liberty, Mrs.
Charles Wheeler, wife of a United
States prisoner, is held in the Jail on
orders from United States Marshal
Harry A. Well When questioned by
the marshal, after the attempt at es-
cape had been frustrated, Harry J.
Newton, who previously escaped from
deputy, but was recaptured. and
Boleslaus Hydak, charged with lar
ceny. both of whom attempted to es-
cape, said the saws were furnished
to Wheeler by a woman with whom
he had in interview.
Manitowoc- Ertz, prom
inent young business man, aged
thirty-five, expired suddenly after an
illness of less than six hours. He is
believed to have been a victim of
ptomaine poisoning.
Racine.-When the territory re-
Gently annexed by the city be-
comes a part of the city Racine will
have a population of 10000. The gov
eminent census gave $4,000
Racine-Burglars stole SOS from
the cash drawer Of a South side
saloon. robbed the morgue of two fur
overcoats and six pairs of silk slippers
Intended for the dead, and robbed a
private residence.
Superior. from Ashland.
Iron, Bayfield, and Douglas counties
and points in the upper peninsula,
varying in seriousness, state that for
est fires are becoming more and more
threatening and unless they are
checked by rain may become seriou2
Settlers fear a high wind will bring
conditions to a crisis. Fires in the