Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20
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Janesville,-The calling Of grand
| jury to investigate alleged illegal vot-
\ ing at the recent recall election is de
clared 20 be possibility by politicians
wkS are closely in touch with the stu
alton. Il is stated that number of
suspicious cases have been discovered.
Green Bay.-The railroad rate COM
mission has directed the Green Bay
Gas and Electrical company to put in-
TO effect new ard lower rates on gas
on September L.
Dodgeville.-The Primitive Meth
odist church of Mineral Point has
been reorganized and win hereafter be
known as the First Congregational
church.
Beioit-Thirteen marriage licenses
were granted in this city during July,
while. sfhere were sc births and IL
deaths
Couderay. II An examination for
teachers of Sawyer county was held
at Raddison and at Hayward
Beloit.-Nels c. Hansen, thirty-one
years old, milk dealer, died of lock-
jaw. He stepped on a rusty nail a
week ago
Waukesha. Frank Collins was
sentenced to serve a ten-day term
in the county Jail by Judge Muck
lesion for vagrancy. At the CON
| clusion of the sentence Collins may
find himself the defendant in a more
| serious. charge. with Fire Marshal Host
as the complainant. Collins. who was
employed by ] F. Green, New But
| Ter contractor, claimed that his pay
check was short, and upon the refusal
| of Green to make good the balance,
Colling threatened, according to
| Green. to get even. Less than an hour
later Green noticed that his barn was
mass of flames. The loss is said to
be $500
Appleton.-Prof J. S. Custer of
| Michigan university succeeds Prof.
fessor in history at Lawrence college
Prof w B. Crater OF Pittsburgh uni
versity, Pittsburgh, Pa. was elected to
the head of the department of social
science at Lawrence to succeed DR.. c..
J. Bushnell, resigned. who takes the
presidency of the Pacific Coast univer-
| sity at Seattle, Wash. Professor era
fer was graduated from the Chicago
| university and did postgraduate work
| at Harvard. DR.. Custer was graduated
| from the Wisconsin university and has
done three years work at oxford.
Green Bay. With an address
at noon Mayor Abrams welcomed
| the officers of the Niagara feet
and several thousand visitors, and the
city formally opened the Perry Cen
tennial celebration and the Green Bay
| homecoming jubilee in Whitney park.
| Incoming trains are bringing hundreds
Of visitors and indications are that the
| festivities will be grand success.
Menomonie. = While constructing
barn for Gustav Schultz, near
here, r. O. Trip. fifty-three
years old. carpenter, fell so feet from
the scaffold to the ground and suffered
| fracture of the skull and two ribs,
and dislocation of his shoulder and
hip 1t is also thought he is internally
| injured.
Sheboygan.-The pea canning sea
son just closed has been the most sue
cessful in years. The Lake Shore Can
ming company of Sheboygan Falls
packed about 100000 cans. the Ripon
factory the same amount a ] the Wal
do plant about 10000.
Grand Rapids-John Ruinski met
death in the first five minutes OF
his vacation He went to the Office
of the Badger Box company. drew his
pay to start on two weeks trip with
his wife in the country, and was run
down and killed by train fifty feet
| from the Office where he had
just received his pay check.
Madison--Iohn W. Scanlon. a bar.
| tender, committed suicide by inhaling
gas in his room at the Sherlock hotel.
Two gas jets were found open.
Reedsburg-A son of Henry Noring.
aged sixteen. was killed by a passen-
ger train on the Northwestern rail-
road He was walking on the railroad
bridge.
Plainneld During an electrical
storm Saturday night lightning killed
a valuable swine of Richard Wey-
mouth. farmer in the town of Oasis
Green Bay The preliminary
hearing Of Herman Hoehn on the
charge of murder win take place at
the courthouse in Shawano Hoehn is
charged with the murder of Edward
Gulepske in a quarrel at wedding in
Shawano recently. Hoehn had been
married but two weeks when arrested
on the charge
Weupaca.- general merchan-
disc OF Samuel Ashman at Rural
was struck by lightning and totally de