Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-11-19
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS


daughter of James ST. Clair. was
probably fatally burned while playing
with matches.
Florence.-Fred Greenwood was &C
cidentally killed while cleaning his
rife. His wife and four small chill
dren survive
Madison.-The new student direc-
tory to be issued this week will
contain $500 names, a record number,
The short horns viii have a separate
directory. with about 500 names.
Madison. - The county and not
the town is liable for damages for
accidents on the highway. accord,
ing to an opinion given by Attorney
General Walter Owen.
Sheboygan.-Suffering from a can
Ger. Mrs. Wilhelmina Mohs. aged
sixty-nine, wife of well-to-do farmer al
Plymouth, committed suicide by hang
ing.
Mineral Point.-Fayette, a rural
supply station out of Mineral
Point, was almost burned. Doctor Rice
and other owners of buildings suffer.
ing heavy loss. 1t is contemplated
to rebuild in the spring of 1914.
Manitowoc.-Found unconscious in
her home, overcome by gas es-
Gaping from q stove, Mrs. WiIhel-
nina Henschmeyer was revived by the
use of pulmotor recently purchased
by the city
Grand Rapids.-At a recent meet
ing of the congregation of the
Episcopal church at Marshfield it was
decided tc build community club
house soon at cost of $4,000. II
will include gymnasium.
Sheboygan.-The 1914 conference
of women's missionary societies
Of this section will be held in this
city. The conference closed at Cedar
Grove with the election of Mrs. c.
Kuyper of Cedar Grove as president.
Madison. Sixty-four fires from
lightning led the list of causes for
October. according to the report OF
Marshal Host. Total fires were ZIG;
losses, s275,575. and insurance car.
ried. $4S0.195.
Merrill.-At a meeting. of the Lin
coin county training school board it
was voted to place a course of
plain sewing into the curriculum of
the school, providing that the county
board arrange for funds for this from
the budget.
Madison.-To enforce the new con-
ference rule forbidding them to en-
ter saloons, the university stu
dent conference voted to require all
lnale first year students to wear green
buttons. Violators of the tradition will
be subject to 2. ducking in the lake.
Appleton. Carl Brayton, aged
twenty-six, Oshkosh, is held here
for trial on a charge of burglary in
connection with the robbing of the
Carr billiard hall about two weeks
ago. Brayton protests his innocence
and refuses legal assistance.
Kenosha.-The common council has
been asked to pass an ordinance
for the regulation of dance halls
and giving the police the right
to closely inspect them. The new law
is being urged by reform organiza.
lions.
Barabco.--Dr. George ]. jenkins,
who recently died at KiIbourn at
the age of ninety years. was the old.
est physician in the state. He was
one of the founders of Newport, Sank
county, once a thriving village of
which nothing now is iaft.
IN q
Green Bay, switchman, was
Instantly killed here when =. defective
coupling allowed two boxcars to come
together. His head. was caught be.
tween them and every bone was
crushed
Oconomowoc.-- Oconomowoc is to
ave an autogenor, a life-saving
machine similar to the pulmotor, &C
cording to the decision OF the common
council The machine, which is to be
available in drowning or other acct
dents. will be kept at the city hall
fla Crose.-Before the La Crosse
County Bar association Attorney
Frank Winter. law partner of Con.
gresham Eseh. announced La Crosse
lawyers will raise the rates on divorce
suits. He declared the rates were too
low, and intimated general increase
will be made.
Marinette-Grief over the death
of his wife. which occurred last
March, is believed to have caused
the death of Samuel Greenlaw, aged
seventy-nine, for SO years a resident
of Marinette. During all that time he
was an employee of the Stephenson
Lumber company here
Milwaukee - Sergean' Harry E.
Hoey of Company E.. First Wis
consin infantry. one of Wisconsins
best national guard marksmen. winner
of trophies at Camp Perry in national
shoots. died vt hospital of a bullet
wound received in target practice in
his company's armory. The bullet
was fired by Corporal Schmidt. an
other member of the state rifle team,
whose arm was iostled by a compan-
ion, when he was firing on the range.
Hoey was in the scoring pit when shot.
Superior.-A rush of deer hunt.
ers in Douglas and the northern
Wisconsin counties is expected at the
opening of the sea-cn. Nearly $500
hunting licenses have been issued in
this county alone. Deer are said TIC
be unusually plentiful
Raciae.-Mrs. Thomas Valerie is
dying at the hospital as a re-
suit OF taking poison by mistake She
took a box Of poison from the medi-
cine chest. thinking il headache pills.