Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-29
BADGER
NEWS BREVITiES


chased four head of registered HoI-
stein cattle. paying $1,1OO for them
Sheboygan.-Mrs Alvin Lama
Lack vas struck by lightning while
in her orchard. She is recovering.
Sturgeon Bay-Arthur Strauss was
caught between two freight cars and
both of his arms were broken.
Manitowoc.-Income tax collections
in Manitowoc county this year will be
double the aggregate collected in
1912.
Wausaukee. = Albert Huempfner.
seventeen years old. was accidentally
shot through the leg by Daniel Wat
tiers. with whom he was hunting.
Manitowoc.-Fire caused by light
ing matches in a clothes clos
ct caused the loss of the home OF
Francis Skull. The loss is $500.
Menomonie.-Mrs Margaret Mott,
eighty years old, is this city's dele
gate to the worlds convention of
Christian Temperance union workers.
which opened in Brooklyn on Monday.
Recommendations has been start
ed on the new State bank of Elm
wood and will be completed by No
vember Is The building is SOx50
feet
PIattevilIe.-M Mary Burris,
teaching at Algona, was seriously
burned when children bumped into
her While boiling candy and causing
ii to spill over her hands
Fond du Lac.-Razing o. the old
Lewis house will be started within a
short time. as the hotel property will
be the site of the new Public Service
building to be erected ~ the Eastern
Wisconsin Railway ard Light COM
pany.
Reedsville.-A meeting Of farmers
and business men of this vicinity was
held here to discuss the plans for
the coming seasons planting of peas.
committee was appointed to in
yestigate the feasibility of purchas-
ing the branch of the Wisconsin Pea
Packing company,
Menomonie.-- the annual meeting
Of the Menominee Commercial club
the following directors were elected:
Frank Pierce. l.. ID. Harvey. William
Schuette, Paul c. Wilson. e. o.
Wright. j. f. Carter. C. f. Clark, f.
c. Jackson. Ole Madsen, F. E. Butler
and NJ G. Douglas.
Fond du Lac.-Max Coll and
Charles Mack, both prisoners of
the county Jail and awaiting trial.
broke jail by saving through the bars.
Coll was held on a statutory offcnse
and Mack for embezzlement Mes.
Mary Remus who was arrested with
! Coll and is now out on bail. is thought
TO be connected with the prisoners es-
cape She viii be arrested and
charged with completely in the Jail de-
livery
Kenosha Wladislaw Borofsky is
at the hospital here suffering
from severe wounds inflicted by Depu-
ty State Game Warden Michael Kleist.
Borofsky was felled by the game war
den with the butt end OF a shotgun
and witnesses declare that the warden
acted only when his life was In dan
ger When he struck the Pole down
Borofsky was advancing toward him
with a cooked shotgun. and he had de-
clared his intention of shooting the
warden.
Racine-Herbert Stuboe. fireman
on the Chicago. Milwaukee &c st.
Paul road, was shot in the face by
hunter near Corliss. Stubbe, who
lives in Milwaukee, was taken from his
cab at Corliss. His face was badly
lacerated by birdshot. The hunter.
Clarence j. Hartig. Chicago. with his
companion. Fred Waters, also Chica-
20. was captured by the train crew
! and taken to Chicago. Hartig says he
didn't think the shot would carry far
enough to hit the train. Stubbe viii
recover
oakfeld Mistaken for a rabbit
when he made a motion in some
bushes. George Bierne, son OF James
Bierne, prominent stock breeder and
former president of the Fond du Lac
County Fair association, was fired up
on by George Lalng. hunting com
panion. Bierne received the full
charge, "a shot entering one leg.
while others penetrated his h; al.
The victim was removed to Oakfield
and given medical attention, the shot
nearest the skin being removed. Young
3ierne Is expected to recover.
La Crosse--In a statement is
sued by the railway officials. En-
gineer NJ II. Dorsey of passenger train
No 81 is given credit for saving the
lives of passengers in the wreck on
the Burlington system at Nelson,
when Fireman Ullbrlch of Potosi was
killed and IS passengers injured. The
statement says Engineer Dorsey had
his train partly on the siding when
express train No 81 approached. and
not having time to get into the sid
ing altogether, seeing that the express
would strike his train in the center
Of coach, he hurrIedly backed up and
took the shock Of collision upon his
locomotive, which a moment before
had been clear This act saved the
passengers. but resulted in the death
of U1lbrlch and the risking of Dorsey's
own life
Ashland--A naphtha launch and
three men were lost in heavy seas
while trying to reach the steamer Col
onel in Chequamegon bay. The
launch is owned by Joe Marx and Is
used to supply vessels. Il was loaded
with potatoes for the steamer, which
was backing away from a dock. A
yawboat from the Colonel put out
after the swamped boat. but failed to
save anybody. The seas were so