Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-11
BADGER NEWS
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Washburn. - HeImer Christensen.
fourteen years old, had a thrill
Ing experience with a female bear
which he killed north of this city.
Together with two companions. the
lad was deer hunting In the coun-
try known as the Brown Robbins slash
ings, when he came upon a large bear.
II became angered and made toward
the lad and was within a few feet OF
him when he fired the shot that ended
its life. The bear weighed more than
200 pounds.
Appleton.-Fred C. Booth, former
ly travelling representative for the
Swift Packing company and for
some time a resident OF Milwaukee.
was knocked unconscious and robbed
OF about 500 while in Appleton on the
night Of June 29, 1911 For more
than week he was in a dangerous
condition and unable to tell the au-
thorities much about the hoidup APP
pleton police have been working on
the case ever since. George Christi
now occupies a cell. charged with the
robbery and assault. Christi was ar
raigned in court, placed under 81 900
bonds and his trial put over to De-
cember 9.
Kenosha. Mrs Anna Nestrour,
twenty-eight years old. died at her
home III this city. Death came as
result of an unusual shock. A year
ago the husband of the woman was
bitten by dog and died in the agonies
of hydrophobia. The wife nursed her
husband during the disease and her
nerves were so shattered by the hor-
ror of his last days that she never
recovered from the shock. She leaves
two small children.
Appleton. - The Jefferson county
record for the amount of butter
given by a COW in seven days has
been broken by registered Holstein
cow belonging to the Iliil View farm
herd, owned by Ch1.les Mel. Bever-
idge of Lake Mills, formerly of this
city, The COW gave 27.S4 pounds in
week. The former record for the
county, which is considered the Hol-
stein center of the state, was twenty
five pounds
Prairie Du Chien.-The explosion
of 700 pounds of dynamite in the
warehouse at the Bridgeport stone
quarry east of this city woke up the
people for twenty miles around and
shattered many windows in the village
of Bridgeport. A hole four feet deep
and ten feet in diameter was blown in
solid rock where it stood and not an
ember of the building is left. Fire in
the woods is thought to have been re-
sponsible.
Oshkosh.--Albert Reuchel, thirty
three years old, was dealt a death
hand while playing cards in tho
saloon of Gustav Jeske. He had just
won the stakes and was reaching for.
ward for the chips when he sank back
in his chair and expired without utter.
ing sound. Death was due to heart
failure. He had been i'll for some
time. but had been Feeling better
Beloit.-Mlss Florence Jones, q
senior in Beloit college, has received
the honor of a request from the Art
Institute in Chicago for copy of a
paper written by her on THE Work OF
Edwin Aviston Abbey" The paper
was one of the winners at the fine arts
exhibition and will be forwarded to the
Art Institute by the college
Manitowoc.-After 25 years, one OF
the many bodies of the Vernon
disaster off Two Rivers, which were
buried as unknown" has been identi
fed. Mrs Ednund Longyear, Mime
apolis, MINI, who visited Two Rivers,
is convinced that her brother. John
Patten, who was on the Inflated boat,
is buried in grave No. s. Mrs. Long
year recognized some of the effects
taken from the body, which have been
preserved. The Vernon was wrecked
25 years ago and nearly thirty livea
were lost. A monument now marks
the unknown"
Beloit-Miss May Topping, for
whom the police in many parts OF
the country we're watching, is living
at Sparta, having been married to a
Greek. This information is contained
in letters received by friends n this
city. Miss Topping disappeared from
her home in Delavan on october q.
She had been teaching in the high
school there for several weeks and
several theories were advanced to &C
count for her absence.
Chiffon. A. M. Fairchild,
the Milwaukee road operator at
Kiel, found dead with bullet hole in
his head, was murdered, is the conten'
ton of Mrs Annie Scholl Of Newark,
o., the dead mans mother. Mrs. Scholl
identified the victims photograre She
said the 1sad man was her son. that
his real name was Carl Meyers and
that he carried a considerable sum OF
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