Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-01-03

of age, telephoned home for money.
Kenosha.-Judge John X. Parish
of Ashland handed down an I'M
portant decision in the circuit court
here when re decided the case Of
Mary E. Wright against Kenosha and
others, in favor of the plaintiff. Mrs.
Wright claimed title to lands along
the lake shore which had been takea
by the city under a tax title and sold
to another party.
Kenosha.-Loyal r. Walker. aged
years. son of L. ].
Walker. a former Pittsburg banker,
now retired and living at Wilkins
burg. Pa, former star athlete of
Franklin and Marshall college, walked
into the police station here and gave
himself up and asked that he be held
on charge Of forgery. Walker ex-
planned to the police that he had
forged the name OF his father to a
check for s54 at Detroit, Mich, and
that he had gone to Chicago with a
woman known as Lou Darrell. He
lett the woman at the Stratford hotel
in Chicago and came to Kenosha and
gave himself up to the police. The
father of the young man notified the
police that he would come to Keno
sha for him at once and directed that
he be held subject to his coming. The
father declared that he would make
good all the shortage. Walker de-
clared that the Darrell woman was
from his home town and that he sup
posed she was still at the Chicago
hotel. He admitted that he had been
travelling with her for some time.
Racine Members of the Racine
lodge of Elks acted as hosts and
walters to hundred so-called
tramps at chicken and turkey din
ner served In the Tramp house. IL
was a strange scene when tables coy
cred with snow white linen, silverware
and china. brought from the lodge
rooms replaced the board beds on the
cement floor of the building. The
guests seemed famished and quickly
devoured the food but not a single
article used I'm serving the meal was
missing. Short talks were made by
Elks who tried to encourage the wan
derers, and they In return thanked
their hosts for the feast and declared
that they had found 1t impossible to
obtain work but were ready TO ac-
cept whatever employment was or
cred
Sturgeon Bay. William Barn
suing George Saunders of Green Bay
for $4,000 for personal injuries, al
legged TO have been inflicted in an as
sault on board the steamer Sailor
Boy In resisting arrest Saunders is
alleged TO have struck Barnhardt, in
I'll sting injurins which are said to have
destroyed the hearing in one ear and
to have caused permanent injury to
his Jaw
Milwaukee.-1h Field museum
has gained possession of the
sisting of Approximately 10000 speci-
mems. The entire herbarium Will
soon be brought to Chicago from
Green Bay, Wis, and placed in the
local museum. The Field museum won
the collection over the Smithsonian
institute of Washington, d. C.. and
the Botanical Society of Wisconsin.
other bidders.
Wausau August and Jacob Han
ske of Lincoln, Wood county, are
twins, as like as two peas, and
seemed by fate TO be destined to re-
main so For a short time they could
be told apart, as Jacob had lost three
fingers OF his left hand in a feed cut
ter. Now this mark OF differentiation
has been obliterated by August los
ing three fingers of his left hand in
the same kind of a machine.
Fond du I.ae.--The sta.e board
of health has notified the local
health officer to refer diphtheria situa-
ton to the district attorney for in
vestigation. District Attorney Husting
stated that the affair has taken on a
grave aspect and declares he Will
make searching inquiry into the death
OF the four.year-old daughter of the
high school teacher.
Madison Martin L. Schoyen. aged
ffty.fve, died at his residence.
436 West Dayton, from general
debility. For a third of cen
fury he was king OF the gambling
fraternity OF Madison and was person
ally acquainted with many prominent
public and professional men in the
northwest. lie is survived by a
widow and one adult son
Madison After several appeals
for pardon, Governor f. +. Nc
Govern committed the life sentence
OF Mrs Anglia Funk of Milwaukee to
25 years. Mrs. Funk was sentenced
for the murder Of an old soldier by
putting rat poison in his coffee. She
will be freed in about year.
Marinette-James Lewis, who is
charged with having made an as
gault on his employer, Alexander
Cretton of Niagara, with a canthook,
has been apprehended at Norway
Mich.
Dodgeville. Thomas Jones, the
first white child born in what is
now the city of Dodgeville, died, aged
seventy-fiye years He was well
known Mason. having been an Official