Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-05

Green Bay--In a wreck on the Mil
waukee road near Republic, Mich.
Melcher f. BIoomer. conductor, this
city, was killed, and John Gallagher.
brakeman. and Curtis Schroeder, flag
man. were slightly injured. Passen-
gers escaped injury The train ran
on the track and over an embank-
ment. In another wreck in the North
western yards here Mrs. Viola Rundy
and Mrs. August Hampel. passengers.
were cut and bruised Conductor w
J. Magurn. Green Bay, suffered slight
injuries. The train. northbound. ran
into an engine on the siding as il en-
tered the city
Fond du Lac.-A eablegram re-
ceived from Rome. Italy. conveys the
news OF the death of A l.. Moore of
this city. He was a member of a
party of six Fond du Lac people tour
ing Europe.
Neosho John Gutschenritter. a
farmer of the town OF Rubicon,
loaded forty bags of feed on a wagon
at the Neosho grist mill and while
seated on the load was thrown to the
ground. striking on his head and
shoulder The team was stopped just
as the wheels we're about to pass over
his body.
Madison Attorney General Owen
gave an opinion to the state railroad
commission in which he holds that
contracts between competing tele-
phone companies by which there is
division of territory are illegal. There
are many companies in the state OPP
Grating in adjacent territory which
have these contracts and the railroad
commission intends to secure their
cancellation.
Waukesha.-Mrs. Lora Mcdonald
3o6 Mccall street, with the assistance
of Mrs Frank b. Smith and Mrs. AL
bert Love. we're hostesses at the an
nual meeting of the local chapter, D.
A r., held here. A luncheon was
served to fifty after an appropriate
program was given. the feature OF
which was an address by Mrs Harry
Belts of Milwaukee, a former local
school teacher. on "The Aims and
Scopes of the Mother Congress
Manitowoc.--C Meyer, North
Eleventh street. was surprised when
he saw two of his dogs fighting furi-
! ously with several wolves. The
wolves in this vicinity have become
more numerous and bold during the
last few months After a fight. the
wolves made their escape into the
woods and are now in the swamps
Oshkosh AT the convention Of the
Twenty-sixth district association of
subordinate lodges OF the Odd Eel
lows, held in this city, the following
officers were elected President. Da-
yid r. Williams. Oshkosh vice-presi-
dent. w H. Mason Fond du Lac;
warden, Peter Nelson secretary, John
Schumacher; treasurer. NJ. d. Chris
Hanson. Oshkosh; marshal, D. IL.
Thompson, Fond du Lac.
Green Bay AT the annual meeting
OF the Fox River Valley Retail Har-
ness Dealers association. held ia this
city, II was decided to hold the next
meeting in Green Bay during home.
coming" week No election tas held
/ .fg a. b Inn sl.y
decided to retain the same officers
I now in control
Washburn -Washburn is likely to
| experience a coal famine this spring
| il the present cold weather continues,
The pile of hard coal at the docks OF
| the Northwestern Fuel &C npany in
this city is fast diminishing There is
1 less than fifty tons Of COT on the
| docks. Shipments to outs de points
have been cut off and the coal is be-
! ing saved for the local trade. but will
not last more than two weeks
Manitowoc Employees of the G..
Reiss Coal company quit work and
were later Joined BY the lake front
| dock crew The strike was called
without notice of grievance to the EN-
| ployers, although the strikers now
| assert that they struck because of the
employment of a holster al the river
/ dock.
! la se.-The honk1g OF an au-
tomobile horn behind the spirited
team of Verdi CLARK suited in the
/ death of child and The sericus injury
| OF Mr.. and Mrs Clark. nd the loss Of
one horse. in a runaway accident at
Bagley The team becg me unmanage-
able and the occupants Of the buggy
were thrown out, Mrs. Clark alighting
on the body of her year-old child, kill
| ing it instantly, while she suffered a
broken shoulder blado and other bad
| bruises.
Waupaca At the annual meeting
OF the Waupaca and Portage County
Holstein Breeders association the fol
lowing officers were elected Presi
dent A. l.. Rowe. and gice-president
w. p. Kissiuger.
Green Bay "A score Of operators.
in the Wisconsin telephone exehang'.
have been exposed t. smallpox ami
the manager has ordered them 10 b.