Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-07-23
SEEN AND HEARD
I'M WISCONSIN

La Crosse.-Mrs. Joseph Spear and
children. picnicking near where Myrtle
Ellers and two companions were.
drowned July 4, saw girls arm in the
waves when a passing steamer
ehurned the waters Of the vicinity. The
body, it is believed. is caught in the
brush of the wing dam and search was
resumed.
Eau Claire.-M Michael GalanopeeIas.
who stole an automobile at Chippewa
Falls, and while joy riding smashed it
to kindiing by humping into a street
car. was arrested here while trying to.
escape with s105 he took from his
uncle. proprietor of the Arcadia Candy
company of Chippewa Falls. The uncle
had handed him the money to put in
the bank
Baraboo.-Mrs. Oscar Janke, seven
ty-one years old, noticed two large
rattlesnakes among her daughters
chickens and killed them with a
Ratchet. One had eleven rattles and
the other eight. Another of the rep
tiles having fourteen rattles was killed
by Martin Hoover.
Oshkosh.-Louis J. lIonahan is at
work on a formula which he expects
will promote the manufacture of an
emulsion equivalent to cows milk.
Marinette.-As result Of a gunshot
in hfu tcxhf ii
stead. is dying at a local hospital.
Blood poisoning set in while the wound
was being treated.
Raeine.-Word has come from
Greece that Nick Cabs and An
ton, Toni. two Racine Greeks. have
been killed in the war with Bulgaria.
The men left their families here
year ago to fight in the Turko-Balkar
war.
Racine.-The epidemic of measles,
which closed the schools a month
ago, has disappeared. Health officers
say there is not case of infectious
disease in the city.
Racine.-Jerry Cowen. colored, is
dying with bullet through his
breast, as result of a chase by rail-
way detectives of the Chicago, Milwau.
kee & st. Paul road, it is believed. The
shot entered the right breast and
passed through his body. Police are
looking for the detectives who fred
the shot.
Grand Rapids.-Stanley Novok, an
employe of the Nekoosa-Edwards Pa
per company. attempted suicide by
cutting his throat
La Crosse.-"Don't you know me?''
asked a stranger at the door of Mrs.
Mary Cook. La Crescent Mrs. Cook
looked and then affectionately en-
braced her brother, H. p Davis, Ma
shua, N. H., whom she had not seen for
IS years.
Wausau.-At the annual convention
of the Wisconsin district of the Ohio
synod of Lutheran churches the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Rev. NJ. P. F. Doermann, Blue
Island, H.; vice-president, Rev II.
Eisenbach. Oconto; secretary, Rev. H.
Lindemann, Golden; treasurer, Rev. G.
Zimmerman. Oshkosh; archivar, Rev.
H. Wickemeyer, Michigan City, Ind;
visitor of Sixth district, Rev. H. Meyer,
Lincoln, H.; visitor of Fifth district,
Rev. P. Brockhaus, Chicago, and stats
tician, Rev. L. Moensch, Clintonville
La Crosse.-The Indian school at
Tomah will have a $4,000 addition
this season and new $4,000 heating
plant, which was included in the In
dian appropriations bill just signed by
the president. The schools for Chippe-
was at Superior is given $1,000
Madison.--Neils Swenson, twenty
years old, sustained a broken neck
when the motorcycle he wasf riding
eollided with carriage.
Extensive improvements
will be undertaken by the commission
ers of fisheries at the Madison hatch
cry this summer. The floors and joists
"a the main hatchery building have be-
come decayed and are being torn up to-
make way for new concrete floor, the
cellar underneath having been filed
up entirely. 500 yards of earth being
required to make a level. All of the
hatchery buildings are to be painted
within the next few weeks and the
ponds and sidewalks to be repaired
and made new with concrete wherever
necessary Contracts have also been
let for the painting of the bayfield,.
Wild Rose, Minocqua aud Oshkosh
hatcheries.
Racine-John Barry, superintendent
of stone quarry. was stabbed by an
Italian employee with whom he had re-
monstrated He was badly hurt.
Dodgeville Maggie Martinez, eigh-
teen years old. was struck by lightning
and killed The girl was returning
from the bayfield,. where she had taken
jug Of water.
Msfinette.-After a hard chase
through wild country near Hiles.
naked man was captured and taken to
the county Jail at crandon. where it
was learned he is Arthur Fahring Of
Sheboygan. He was committed TO the
asylum at Oshkosh.