Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-26

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agreed upon. Oflcers were elected as
follows: President, Miss Mary Potter,
editor of the Lawrentioa OF Lawrence
university; yice-president. Editor
Southern OF the Ripon College Days;
secretary, H. L. Adams. editor of the
Beloit Callege Round Table; treasurer,
Miss Stother, editor Of the Carroll
College Echo. Meetings of the associ-
alton win be held in connection with
the oratorical contests.
| JanesviIle.-Noyes Raessler of be
| lott, secretary of the Rock County Ex-
! perimental association. who received
| prizes on his pedigree oats, wheat.
/ barley and rye. at five grain shows, in
Guiding the international grain show
at Columbia. S. c., during the past win
ter. has given his championship exhib-
its to the Beloit and GAINESVILLE high
/ schools and the teachers training
school of this city for use in expert
mental work in agriculture this spring.
Waukesha.--Mrs. Eliza Johnson.
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Hartland for 60 years, died. II she had
lived but a week longer she would
have reached the age of ninety-six
Mrs. Johnson was a native OF England
and came almost direct to Waukesha
county so years ago She leaves four
sons, one of whom is J. II. Johnson,
Grand a'-cnue. Of this city. and three
| daughters.
Green Bay.-A warm contest is be-
ing waged for the Office Of Judge of the
supreme court in the Fourteenth dis
triet. Three candidates are in the
deld to succeed Judge Samuel d. Hast
| lngs, who has held the Office continu
ously for about thirty years They are
Victor /. Minahan. S. P. Huntington
Green Bay. and Frank Grass. Sturgeon
Bay.
Eau Claire.-When some rolls OF
paper slipped at the plant of the Dells
Paper aud Pulp. company, John Torsch
was caught and held captive His
hand was. crushed between the rolls,
which had a total weight of seven
tons. 1t took 100 men almost an hour
to raise the rolls and release him.
Janesville.-John Farnsworth, fore
man of the Hugh Shade works,
sustained an injury to his eye
when a steel splinter was thrown from
an emery wheel The splinter, one
fourth of an inch long and one-fourth
of an inch in diameter, was removed
by the aid of powerful magnet.
Maiden Rock.-The buzz saw
claimed two victims in the same
neighborhood about five miles from
here. A son of John IsaacsOn had his
hanE caught In the machine while
saving wood, and badly mangled
Louis Burkalo had the fingers of his
loft hand nearly severed and the
thumb split in similar accident.
La Crosse.-As result of an in
jury received when he fell and
struck his head on a bathtub, Charles
Ivens. proprietor of the Hotel Grand,
lied in the state insane asylum at
Mendoza. The wound inflicted caused
The man to become insane.
Sheboygan Christmas trees and
wreckage believed to be from the
Rouse Simmons were washed
ashore at the foot of Michigan avenue.
Fully fifty trees are strewn along the
shore. while any number OF pIanks
and boards are in sight lying among
mammoth cakes OF ice.
Racine-G c. Peterson. former
treasurer OF the Racine trades and la
Dor council, was found guilty by jury
| of the embezzlement OF S1,00S of the
funds OF the council Peterson was
treasurer two years ago aud invested.
as he claims. the money In co-opera-
tive store in which other officers of
the council were interested and that
/ the dividends were paid then on their
investment Officers of the council
claim that Peterson declared he had
funds in bank and when a settlement
was demanded issued a check which
was worthless. The court suspended
sentence.
La Crosse-Failure on the part OF
the employees and employers of the La
Crosse Cooperage company and the
Gateway City Cooperago company to
agree on a wage schedule resulted in
| the walking out Of 35 men.
Manawa.-At the annual meeting of
| the Manawa Poultry association the
| following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, +. F. Bard; vice president, A. c.
Quimby: secretary A. c. Lindsay;
treasurer, X. F. Mantle; show room
superintendent, f. O. Cohen; show
room secretary, H. F. Shipman.
Waukesha.-T bi-annual meet.
ing of the Wisconsin jurisdiction
OF the woodmen Of the World
will be held IN this city in April, 1915.
This vas decided upon at the meeting
at Oshkosh at which six representa-
ives of the local lodge we're present.
Phillip Kiehl Of this city was elected
past head consul junior Of the state
organization for two years. This was
the first meeting Of the Wisconsin tur-
isdiction OF the Woodmen lodge, here
tofore the states OF Wisconsin and
Minnesota being combined. Wauke
sha has the largest lodge in the state.