Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-09-24
WISCONSIN NEWS.
|TERSELY TOLD.


district viii be held at Spring valley
on September 20. % and %.
Shebcykan.-Rev D. Ehmann tie
newly elected pastor Of Emmanuel
Lutheran church, viii be formally in
stalled in his new charge Septem-
Der p.
Neenah.-F'ire dcs:royed a dance
hail. saloon, barns and residence
Of John Kuepper. two miles east OF
Waverly Beach in the farming dis
trict- The loss was $1,000.
La Crosse.-Fifteen miles below
where he leaped into the river
from an excursion boat, the body o.
Oscar Twedt was found by fishermen
They claimed the reward of $50 offered
by hrs. Mary Twedt, mother OF the
youth.
Sheboygan.-Rev 4. Parker Cur
tiss has declined the call to st. John
church at Bayonne, N. J., and win rs-
main here. The yestry has raised
Rev. FIR. Curtiss' salary.
Waukesha--The body of man
was found suspended froh an su-
pie tree on the farm OF Arthur
Hines, north CT this city. The bod
bore the name Of Joseph A. Clancy
harrington. III.
Marinette.-While employed al
Arco. Mimi, Joseph TIoerg. aged
| twenty-three years, Of Wausaukee. in
jumping from 4 load OF hay was i'm
paled on the upturned tines of pitch
fork and was fatally injured.
Madison.-The labor market in
/ Wisconsin. as viewed from the
state employment Office, shows a gen
eral fiattening tendency. There was
less demand for labor in July than In
June, and in August than in July.
Racine.-Mr and Mrs. ]. S
/ Spencer, Minneapolis, were held for
half an hour under their auto when
the machine struck a tree and turned
J turtle. They were bruised and cut
Passers helped them from under the
car
! Marinette.-Mrs. Herman Verheyen.
in the throes of lockjaw, gave
birth to a baby daughter. The
child is perfectly well, hut there is
! little hope for the mother, who stepped
| on a rusty nail. Tetanus serum is be-
| ing used.
Monroe.-John steii, aged thirty
ave, Chicago was killed by
Milwaukee road train near Gratiot
west OF here. Steil was visiting his
sister, Mrs. John Mcdonald, near Ora
tiot An inquest win be held at Oar.
lington.
Kenosha.-Frank Elager, who re-
Gently came here from Milwaukee
TO work as lineman for the Wis
consin Gas and Electric company, was
saved from death by a pulmotor when
he fell against live wire carrying =
200 volts.
Sheboygan.-The Sheboygan bust
ness men will give a free site
to the state, ii necessary, to secure
the new state normal for this city. Il
viii give $500 myself" declares Presi-
dent w A. Pfister Of the Business
Mems association.
Whitewater.-At meeting of the
state board of normal regents
at Milwaukee this week, an ap-
preparation Of $4,000 was made for
Whitewater normal for the athletic
! field. Following the close OF the foot
ball season this fall, the field viii be
graded. fast quarter-miie track Laid
out and a concrete grandstand built
Madison.-Dr. r. G. Thwaites
superintendent Of the state His
torical society. announces that 3
Legacy OF $4,000 win come into pos
session of the society. This was left
by the late Col. Albert II. HOLSTER,
Madison, who died three years ago
Colonel Hollister. for many years
drug man. was president Of the state
pharmacy board
Green Bay.-Charles Bacon, thirty
six years old, a farmer of the
town of pepere, was killed in
runaway while on his way home.> Tho
horse, it is said. became frightened at
an approaching automobile and Bacon
was thrown to the read. When the
autoists reached him he was dead. He
is survived by his wife and two small
children.
Marinette.-A mans foot was found
hanging over the roof OF Pull
man car when a Northwestern
passenger train from Milwaukee pulled
into Ironwood Cards in the mans
pocket indicated he was Paul Barney
| Muskegon, Mich a wound in the head
had caused death. Railroad men be-
lieve Barney boarded the train at M'l
waukee and was struck by girde
when passing through viaduct.
have been murdered at New Butler
Oconomowoc.- Emil Oestreich, eighs
! years old. was struck by an
auto driven by Miss Gretchen
Jones on the Silver Lake road. The
boy died shortly after OF hemorrhase
OF the brain. He was crossing the
street on the side toward the oncom
ing ear and the driver attempted 10
avoid the accident By sounding the
horn and running the auto TO the side
| but the child, probably bewildereo-
! kept on and was struck.
Bangor.-Mrs. George Robinson
wealthy widow Of this city, is
frantic over the continued absence Of
( her daughter. Mrs. George Palmer
who disappeared from her home ~
Minneapolis July 8, and who has nor
been seen since. One letter has been
received. postmarked Chicago. but Nc
address was given ia It. George Pal
rner. Minneapolis, husband of the miss
ing woman. has asked the Chicago pc
lice to search for his wife. He think
she is hiding there.