Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-05-15
WISCONSIN
BREVITIES

Milwaukee.ATh Mississippi Val
ley Woman Suffrage conference
viii be held in Chicago May p and %
and in Milwaukee on May %. Be
tween 500 and 400 delegates will as
tend the meeting here. Milwaukee
probably win send so delegates to Chi
cago. The cooperative committees
of the leagues in Wisconsin will ar
range plans for the Milwaukee meet
ing
Madison.-A joint meeting of the
Wisconsin FEEDER ion of Women's
clubs from the Second and Third dis
tricts will be held in Madison May 10
and II. The following have been
chosen to represent the Madison club:
Mines. E. NJ. Mauer, l.. F. Porter, J.
A. Awkward. Thomas Lloyd Jones. J.
r. Ramsey. F. E. Doty, Louis kahlen-
burg. A. J. vinje. M V. O'Shea and
s. A. Brant.
Kenosha is without a
''city physician" to take care of
paupers, as all of the County Medical
society, and this includes all the ply
sicians in the city, have refused to
put in bids for the work OF caring for
the poor. They hold hat such bidding
is unprofessional, an insist that the
city employ doctors at the regular
rates to take care OF ne POOR
Barron.-Mayor-ele G. A. Koer-
ner has resigned that position be-
cause he has just discovered. he
says, that Wisconsin has an anti-pass
law. Mr.. Koerner is station agent for
a railroad and the state law prohibits
him from using his pass if he becomes
mayor A special election will be
held to give the town another mayor
Fond du Lac.-Carl Otto. a Prince
ton farmer, aged twenty, is in
local hospital suffering from concus-
sion of the brain, and William Schim-
mel, aged twenty-five, is in Jail at
Princeton charged with assault with
intent to do great bodily harm. The
men are alleged to have engaged in
fight at Princeton.
Waukesha-A large homing pigeon,
bearing a message from San
Francisco to a Milwaukee resident.
crashed through the bedroom window
of Judge David w. Agnew. Mccall
street, on the last lap of its long
journey The Judge was awakened
by the breaking glass and found the
bird unconscious on the floor. The
pigeon was revived and able to con-
tinue its fight within an hour.
Marinette.-Mrs. Octave Granger,
aged seventy-nine years, and a surviv-
or of the Peshtigo fire. died at the
family residence. after long illness.
Sheboygan.-The Milwaukee district
association of Baptist churches opened
its convention at Sheboygan Falls.
with large attendance.
Racine.-Because his affinity, a mar
ried woman, refused to elope with
him, and learning that her hus-
band knew of certain misconduct.
Johr f. Walsh, aged thirty-seven.
ended his life by drinking carbolic
acid in an open lot near Racine juno
ton. The body was found. In the
clothing two letters were found giving
the reason for the act
Racine Three men in an automo-
bile had narrow escape from
death when their automobile crashed
through the guard rail at the approach
of the bridge at the rapids and went
down an embankment 90 feet below,
where the river was a raging torrent.
The three occupants of the automc-
bile. Henry Madison Sam Ellengham
and an unknown man, were saved by
being thrown irto huge net used for
fishing purposes.
Appleton-That ridge of lime
stone a fourth of a mile in width
and two miles long in section %, town
of Center, formed a hidden dam which
held the water back and caused the
Center swamp in the very heart of
Outagamie county. is the discovery
made by County Surveyor Charles n.
G1llet, who has just finished a survey
upon order of the court in a petition
for the drainage of the big swamp.
Depere.-Leland Pratceh and Flor
ence Gittins of this city, who rep
resented the district composed OF the
high schools of Brillion, Depere and
West Depere. each secured second
place at the oratorical and declama.
tory contests at Oshkosh.
Barton.-A convention of the Fourth
district of /. O. o. F. and Rebekahs
was held in Barron. Cumberland,
Rice Lake, Hayward, Clear Lake.
Chetek, Turtle Lake, Cameron and
Osceola were represented.
Kenosha-The Big Sister movement
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