Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-09-03
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September 5.
Marinette Returning from Good
.nan. E. ]. Hamburg found MS wife
dead on the floor of her bedroom, from
heart disease.
GlenWood City-Citizens are arrang
ing for Homecoming week from Sep
TENDER Is to %, the week of the an
nual intercounty fair.
Appleton.-Two COWS sleeping near
barbed wire fence on the farm OF
Fred Fleet were killed by lightning
which struck the fence.
Friendship-The state game warden
has been asked TO determine the dis
posal Of the blind fawn, year old
captured by Charles Levora.
Stevens Point.-Arnold Rasmussen
Of the town OF Belmont was drowned
In the ST. Croix river while swimming.
The body was recovered the next day.
Oshkosh Robert Krenewski, nine
years old. was instantly killed when
one of the wheels of wagon in which
he had been riding passed over his
head.
Beloit Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Bar
den of this city celebrated the six,
tieth anniversary of their wedding.
Three generations attended the cele
bration.
Portage. - Lewis Cloake, travel.
ing man. Chicago. was stricken
with apoplexy on a Milwaukee road
train near there. He was removed to
hospital here and died within a few
hours.
Baraboo.-The North Freedom
Press, published for the last six weeks
by G. L. Schermerhorn. has sounded
its final note and been sold TO p. j
Fauteck. who win move the plant to.
some other town.
Observation-Disclosures 81 this city are
planning a farewell dinner TO be given
in honor of Prof. Phil s. Reir3ch and
a. G. Schmiedemann, who will leave
his city soon to serve in the federal
diplomatic service.
Sheboygan.-Rev John Lloyd, rec
tor of st. Paul's church at Plymouth.
has accepted call to the pastorate of
st. Johns church at WaUsau. Rev.
Mr.. Lloyd was formerly "a Methodist
pastor at Fond du Lac
Fennimore Mrs. Willis Peacock.
wife OF the proprietor OF the Fen
nimore creamery, received fatal
burns from the explosion of a can OF
kerosene from which she was pouring
oil in the kitchen stove.
Sheboygan.-W While piling bricks in
a hysfc 81
buried beneath shower of l-lked
clay. He managed to eAtricate himself
only after long struggle. He is lying
in the st. Nicholas hospital here badly
injured.
Wausau. - Philip Knopp, working
on an electric light pole. fell across
live wires. His colthing burned
and fellow workmen climbed the pole
and cut the wires. Knopp fell to tho
sidewalk. % feet below. He died at
the hospital.
Appleton. huge crane was
found dead along the road between
Neenah and Appleton. with an
elght-inch brook trout lodged in its
throat The crane was six feet five
inches in height and had a FIVE foot
wing expansion.
Appleton Detectives representing
the Wisconsin Bankers association
are here investigating forged
check on the First National bank
of Appleton. cashed at Kansas
City. Mo 1t is said two men and two
women are Implicated.
sion Of Judge Park in favor OF the
Wood county drainage district has set
tied long controversy between the in
terested cranberry growers and the
farmers living in the vicinity of the
proposed district. The district drains
territory about three miles square
between Grand Rapids and Pittsvilie.
Glenwood City-The barn on Tim
Larson's farm in the town of Spring
field. was struck by lightning and to-
gether with a new machine shed, more
than nifty tons of hay and some farm
machinery, was destroyed. The loss
is between $4,000 and $4,000. During
the same storm several head of dairy
cattle on the 0. J. Mitcham farm were
struck aud killed.
Maiden Rock Hard luck overlook
Hettie Hall and Frank Freeman,
prospective bridal couple. Their
home had been furnished, marriage
license obtained and the wedding feast
prepared when both were stricken
with appendicitis Capt. Thomas
Weeks took them in his launch TO the
hospital in Red Wing, where they
were operated on.
la Crosse Mrs. August Luedke,
eighty-two years old, who was
struck by fast driven team on August
5. died here. Her death means the
prosecution OF r. N. La Flenr,
wealthy horseman Of Pine Greek,
Mimi, and his companion. Henry
Smith of La Crosse, for mansiaughter.
| The police claim the men were trying
out track horses on a city street and
were driving so fast that the team was
supposed by spectators to be running
away when Mrs. Iuedke was struck.
Wausau. - George CTamer, aged
| eighteen. picked up a wire and
discharged set gun while in the
orchard of William Schmitt, shatter-
ing his hip and paralyzing his left
arm. Schmitt admits setting the gun
| for apple thieves The district attor
| ney will issue a warrant when the ex-
/ tent of Cramer's injuries is learned.
Sheboy gan.-As result. il is
said. eff reading penny dreadfuls.
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