Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-22
WISCONSIN NEWS
|TERSELY TOLD.

magnificent stations and $4,000 pine
organ was consumed by fire. The
damage probably will amount to $780,
600 as the building and its furniture
is a total wreck Nothing but the
walls of the church remain standing
The FIRE Is said to have been caused
by defective electric wiring. During
the fire sparks were carried onto half
a dozen neighboring houses and fire.
men were kept busy putting out these
fires as we'll as fighting the confiagra-
ton in the church.
Racine.--The Milwaukee Electric
Railway and Light company, whose
power plant was destroyed, succeeded
in getting all street cars running on
time ana lighting most of the CONNER
cial and district centers Street lights,
however. are out and the city is in
darkness. A canvas roof has been
placed on the plant and one engine ani
a generator are In operation.
Mayville. Bleeding from a gaping
wound in his abdomen. Michael
Mashopanjock was found staggering
down the street and taken 10 hos
pital. and shortly after Emil Wyan.
Aowitz was locked up. charged with
the stabbing Wyankowitz asserts he
returned from work and found Mash.
opanjock In his home.
Madison.-R Raffaele and Frank
Carusa pleaded guilty to the charge
of receiving and aiding in the CON
cealment of goods stolen from a
freight car In the West Madison yards
OF the Milwaukee road and were sen
fenced each to one year at Waupur
at hard labor.
Wausau. Though techpically
fined $50 for burying body with
out burial permit. the story OF the
burial of John Wagner the boy killed
in the woods near here, revealed a
most revolving condition. The father
OF the young man, s. NJ Justus, dis
covered through a Mosinee woman
that his missing son had probably
been killed there last August Getting
permission to exhume the body, the
father opened the grave According
70 his testimony in court. the body
was housed merely IN a rough box in
clothing worn at the time OF death,
and only couple OF feet below the
surface of the ground.
Hayton.-Henry Ploeckelman, a
veteran Of the Civil war. played
a last grim joke upon his nelghbors
when he draped his front door with
crepe and committed suicide Neigh
bors passing the house where he lived
alone, discovered the crepe and en-
tered the house to see II they could
render aid. but found the house empty
A search Of the premises was made
and the body was found hanging from
a rafter In th~ harm
Sheboygan Charged with man
slaughter in the fourth degree
George Theme. motorman of the
street car which plunged through the
open Eighth street bridge into the riv
or here on February ., bringing death
to three women, was bound over fol
trial at the next term OF the circuit
court under bonds of $1,000, which
were furnished by the company. HI
was held as an agent of the street rail
way company
Marquette are being Ia.
ken out Of Lake Puckgway by a
gang of fishermen from Princeton
and shipped tD New York, averaging
about twenty to thirty tons day
Game wardens are on hand TO see that
other game fish are protected. OF which
there are tcns and tons being hauled
up with the carp. The fishermen are
using a net 1000 feet long and opera.
ted by horse and launch power.
La Crosse. While Burlington
passenger train No ~ was
speeding into Savanna ILL.,, ]. H. Deb.
bell Chicago, suddenly became vic.
lently insane and rushed through the
coaches. throwing the passengers into
a panic. During the struggle with the
conductor and train crew he kicked
the glass out of the doors Of two
coaches and smashed several win
dows.
Chippewa Falls. Suit for dam.
ages of $4,000 has been instituted
by John Abel. a brick mason, against
the J I,einenkugel Brewing company
Two weeks ago he was working on
chimney repairs when the scaffoldng
broke and Abel fell 20 feet. His right
ankle joint was so badly torn that sur.
geons had to amputate the foot
Pardeevllle -Authorities of Por-
tago and this city are inYesti-
eating the find OF a baby girl on the
doorstep Of an aged woman here, The
woman went to her door and was sur
prised to find a basket which. upon in
yestigation, proved to contain an in
FAINT which had been born only few
hours before.
Baraboo.-Frank and Fred Ayers,
brothers, aged twenty lone and
twenty-five. respectively, died on
the same day within a few hours Of
each other Of consumption One died
at the home Of his parents at Delton
and the other In Arizona
Portage Lucius G. Lincoln, charged
with an attempt to poison Mrs, Sarah
Grout at Columbus. was acquitted.
Madison The senate committee on
Judiciary decided to recommend
resolution providing for the appoint
ment OF joint legislative committee
Of two senators and three assembly
men to confer with a similar commit
tee of the Minnesota legislature for
the purpose Of proposing a settle
ment Of the boundary line controyer-
sy between Wisconsin and Mime