Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-18
STATE NEWS
IN BRIEF

their savings. amounting to $500.
Wausau.-Mrs. Louise Zielsdorf.
mother Of Fire Chief Frank Zielsdorf.
died as a result of an injury three
weeks ago when she broke her hip.
She was eighty-two years old.
Henry c. Hinners, fifty.
eight years old, committed suicide by
shooting himself He was a former
alderman and well-known business
man He leaves a wife and two sons.
The sause is unknown.
Fond du Lac.-That business condi-
tons here are above normal was
shown by a census OF Is factories
taken by the Fond du Lac Business
Mems association. 1t showed 20 more
people employed than year ago and
az mote than n.cath ago.
Neenah.-Georgs Buser, Edward
Ehrgott. John Pingle and Albert
Zehner, tried here on charges of hav-
ing killed prairie chickens within the
county, were found not guilty. Their
defense was that they had killed the
birds in Outagamie county.
Madison.-The next legislature will
be urged to vote compensation to
farmers whose animals may be
slaughtered in the campaign against
the foot and mouth disease This &C.
ton was decided by members of the
Wisconsin live stock sanitary board
and other state officers.
Beloit.-An unusual number of rob
berries have taken place in Beloit
recently. Half dozen houses have
been ransacked and last week
horse and carriage were stolen from
in front Of theater. An automobile
owned by M. C. Howard was taken by
thieves from a business street
Fond du Lac Henry Eckel, 322
Bannister street, boasts of straw
berry plants which are still bearing
fruit. The plants were put in the
ground last spring and bore fruit all
summer. and continue to flourish de-
spite sharp weather in October
Oconomowoc.-M. II. Tichenor of
Ocononomowoc has IA of his fin
est Guernsey cattle Quarantined in
Chicago, though none of the Tichenor
cattle are affected by the hoof and
mouth disease. Among the cattle are
Roxie's Glenwood, the champion
Guernsey yearling bull.
Kenosha. The quarantine of the
city of Kenosha against the small
pox-infested Zion City was made
more effective when the Northwestern
Railway company issued strict order
directing its trainmen not to permit
Zion City people to board trains for
Kenosha A similar order is to be is
sued by the receivers of the Chicago &
Milwaukee Electric road
Kilbourn.-One person is dead and
two others narrowly escaped death
as the result of poison by which
ginger ale served to patrons of drrg
store contained carbolic acid Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar Griffith are in a hos
pital badly buried and their farm
hand. youth named Lyle, died after
the three drank ginger ale in drug
store following the visit of the three
to moving picture show
Racine.-Racine is to insist on the
education of it's public school
ianitors. The board of education has
ordered an appropriation of 5000 for
The purchase of instruments with
which measurements of the condition
Of the air in schoolrooms and the mois
ture present can be determined. Su
perintendent of Schools Burton e. Mel
son declared a course of instruction
or janitors will be inaugurated, so
hat the health OF the school children
will be augmented in every way
Superior.-For the fourth time in
as many months d. H. Campbell,
night Waterman at Superior salt
dock, has pulled a man from the
water with hook he uses in tending
fires in the dock engine room. A J
Lovdahl, real estate man. stumbled
plunged headlong into the bay when
no one was near. Campbell arrived
lust as he was about to sink for the
third. time. Unable to pull him out
because of his weight. Campbell was
able only to hook him by the collar and
hold his head above water until a
patrolman reached the scene
La Crosse.-Henry Liso, a chauf-
feur. confessed he murdered Miss
Petra Sellers, a servant in the family
of his employer Liso was taken be-
fore Judge <. C. Higbee in circuit
court, pleaded guilty and was sen
fenced to life Imprisonment at Wau
pun, all within thirty minutes. Liso
said he killed the girl because she
threatened to make known her physi-
cal condition unless he paid her $500
All he could raise, he said. was $500
After killing the girl with an automo-
bile hammer, Liso said he cut her
throat with a pocket knife. Then he
dragged the body 500 feet through the
woods from a lonely country road and
dumped il into the La Crosse river.
where 1t was found Is hours later by
q farmer boy.
La Crosse.-After is years' continu-
GUS service as quartermaster OF
the Third regiment. Wisconsin Ma
tional Guard. Capt w. l. Howes oil
Tomah has resigned. Lieutenant Wick
land. company X. Tomah. with whom
Mr.. Howes enlisted on May 80. 1899,
resigned on the same day. Neither
knew the other was intending to o@it