Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-12-24
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

shreoaer on the Rudolph Adams farm.
Grand Rapids-The breaking of
nigh tension transmission line carrying
1000 volts caused the Instant death of
Samuel Zdnok.
Beloit-Clarenee CrandaIl, work.
ing in the new BesIey factory
building, was buried under a pile OF
sacks OF cement and will probably die
from the injuries.
ManitOwoc.-Rev. William Reynolds.
who resigned as pastor of the Episco-
pal church here. will become assistant
rector of ST. Peters church at Balti-
more.
Rhinelander-Bishop Weller has ac-
eepted the resignation Of Archdeaeon
James Madison Johnson of Rhineland-
er, who has accepted a call to the
Church of the Redeemer at Elgin. Ill.
Superior.-Rev. J. j. Crawford is
the first man to be ordained
priest in ST. Adams Episcopal church
in this city. The service was conduct
ed by Bishop W. W. Webb. Milwap
kee.
Manitowoc.-Dates have been an.
nounced for the meeting of the North.
ern German Lutheran church synod
to be held in this city, the meet
ing being scheduled for three days on
January 5 to 7.
La Crosse.-Cleveland Jones and
Donald Springstein, the latter OF
Balko, Okla, were arrested here
on charge of the murder of John
Longfield, watchmsn, who was killed
at the plant of the american Tobacco
company at Madison Saturday.
Beloit.-Nathau Mallotte, aged fit.
ty-seyen, Roscoe, Ill, died as the
result of being crushed by a 100.
pound boulder While at work re-
pairing a well he lost his footing on
the edge and slipped. A boulder loos-
aned by his fall rolled down and
crushed him.
Manitowoc.-Orrin and Irwin Ev-
enson. brothers. aged eleven and
twelve. respectively, sons of Charles
Evenson, were drowned here while
crossing the river on thin ice,
Erwin Erickson. a companion. had a
narrow escape from the same fate
while endeavoring to rescue the lads.
Members of tho Mil
waukee County Medical society will
refuse to make the examinations
md issue the certificates required by
The so-called eugenics marriage law
passed by the last legislature, which
.aw becomes effective January / The
announcement of their decisioni q
strike" was made
Ashland.-While hunting near here
Charles Lipsch was fatally wound
I'd when the gun he was pulling
through fence discharged. the shot
tearing open his arm. His fourteen
year-old son bound up the fathers arm
and then started to walk to this city
lie was lost on the way and arrived
Searly exhausted His fathers body
vas found,
Argyle.-While hunting near here
George Lancaster accidentally shot
Stanley McGranahan. neighbor
farmer, in the back and il was
thought for time that he was fatally
injured A physician found that a
the injured mans ribs. This is the
third time in the last two years that
Mr., McGranahan has been shot with
gun in the hands of sportsman.
Grand Rapids,-Peter BraSa, tail
sawyer, was killed at the Nekoosa
paper mills He was alone at the
time, and as no one witnessed the
accident, the cause is merely a matter
Of conjecture He was lying on the
floor with large hole just back of the
left ear, broken arm and other in.
juries indicating that he had been
caught in the machinery. He was still
alive. but unconscious and remained
so until death.
Superior.-The nude body of Rose
Osbasilski, who escaped from the
Douglas county asylum on October
?, was discovered in the brush south |
of Superior by Steve Jacobs. a city |
fireman, on a rabbit hunting tip 1t |
was evident that the woman. concern |
Ing whom little is known. had wan
dered in the woods and brush without |
food until she became dazed from hun !
ger and had then been unable to make !
her way to a settlement, starving to |
death
Tomah.-Mrs. William erick, who |
put out the flames on the gar
ments of Miss Clara Price and who
was herself badly burned while at
tempting to save the girls life. is re-
covering. When Miss Price ran FROM |
her home as the flames from an ex.
ploding can of paint communicated to !
her dresses, Mrs. Vericks home was |
the first place she attempted to enter.
Mrs. Verick saw her coming and met |
her with rug. attempting to smother
the flames about the girls neck. She |
then ran back into the house to get a |
blanket with which to put out the rest |
II the flames. Other neighbors reached |
the Injured girl after Mrs VerIck had !
put out the last II the flames
Milwaukee, John NJ. Coul- |
ter Of Chicago university declared |
in a lecture here that eugenics is prac- |
iically a failure. saying: voluntary |
selection plays a more important part |
y the laws of heredity than anything |
eugenies has yet dreamed of. he said. |
and asserted that q consonanee of |
sympathies takes precedence in i'm |
portance over other acknowledged |
abilities and determining factors. |
Speaking of tendencies to insanity, he |
said that where both parents come /
from source OF sound mental con-
troll. insanity never appears in the
children.