Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-07-22
Seen and Heard
in Wisconsin


Sherman. died from blood poison
caused from the dye Of his stockings,
it is thought.
Oshkosh.-John omnischinsky, Men
asha, was sentenced to serve four
years in prison for shooting his wife.
May rs. while drunk She had sued
for divorce.
Grand Rapids.-While bathing in the
Little Eau Pieine river. Joseph Drax-
Ter OF Auburndale, aged thirty-fiye, lost
his life. He could not swim and was
carried by the swift current beyond
his depth.
Kenosha.-Mrs. Antonini Lazare-
wicz made statement to the
district attorney admitting that she
had helped put some fluid into a bottle
OF beer which was TO have been drunk
by Lazarewicz. She said she did it to
cure him of the drink habit The
drug was carbolic acid.
Racine.-Mrs. s. Hanche of Cor
hss lost her touring car after collid-
ing with another car on country
road Her chauffeur struck a match
In order to ascertain if any damage
was done and the leaking ga ne ex-
ploded. The car was devoulea by the
flames.
Neenah.-John Dombroski, forty
i've years old, met instant death at
the plant of the Bergstrom Paper
company here. He attempted to board
an elevator after starting it, when he
sllpped and fell, meeting death in
stantly between the elevator and the
moor of the building.
Oconomowoc.-Bruno Valente was
stabbed by a fellow Italian labor
er, Bruno Papa, in quarrel
over money at the Okauchee railroad
gravel pit. He was taken to hospital
at Oconomowoc. His condition is
critical. He was stabbed just over the
heart with a stilletto. Papa has not
been found.
Kenosha.-Charles Miller, farmer,
town of Somers, was held up on
the Milwaukee road near the state
line and knocked senseless by a blow
on the head. He was robbed of s25
and gold watch Miller was driving
his automobile along the road when
his engine stopped and he got out to
crank the car.
Madison.-The work of rebuild
Ing the tornado stricken state fair
buildings win begin at once. nearly all
the contracts having been let The
offices of the state fair board will be
transferred from the capitol to West
Allis on July 20. The premium lists
have been mailed to prospective exhib-
itors.
Madison. - A bunch of 311 let
tiers, most of them containing
checks for automobile plates, was dis.
covered in a pile of waste paper. Will
bert Callahan, night clerk, is held for
them. Some of the letters were to
university girls and contained money
to return home last June.
Eau Claire.-Dr Edwin j. Farr.
aged eighty-two, died. He was a
veteran and a pioneer Wisconsin ply
stefan In the Masons he was grand
master and grand high priest. He be-
came Mason in 1852. He was former
ly of Eau Claire. A Masonic funeral
was held on Sunday
Madison.-Mrs May Delany Rus
sell, wife of Dean Harry L. Russell OF
the college of agriculture, died at
the university farm residence after q
lingering illness Of several months.
She was born on November Il, 1868,
in Poynette. and was married to Dean
Russell, a playmate of her childhood,
on December 20, 1893.
Madison.-Letters of invitation to
$50 mayors and other city execu-
tives In Wisconsin to attend the
annual convention of the Municipal
league of the state we're mailed by
Mayor Kayser. The convention will
be July 81 to 20. The council commit
tee is arranging for the entertain
ment
Portage.-Five skeletons of Indians
were exhumed by workmen while
excavating for the new residence
of ]. W. Smith on East Cook street.
Relics were also unearthed, among
them huge pipe made of red pipe
stone, perfectly shaped. such as used
by the chieftains in the primitive days.
The five skeletons were taken from
the earth few hundred feet from
where the remains of Pierre PaQuette,
the scout and Indian trader. were ex.
humed in 1904 :.
Grand Rapids.-Frank Norlock, an
employee of the. MaeKinnon Hub
& Spoke factory, was arrested for
wife beating, complaint being made by
Mrs. Norlock. The wife was pitiable
sight when she appeared in court, her
eyes black and swollen, and with cuts
and bruises about the face and head.
The husband tried to make excuses,
but Justice Roberts made out double
punishment to the wife beaten. He
must pay a fine and the cost of prose-
cution. also go to Jail for SO days at
hard labor.
Oshkosh-L. J Monahan and c.
j. Pope have invented a substi-
tute for milk, made from soy beans. A
large biscuit company is considering
it's use in cooking.
South Beloit A mob gathered
threatening TO lynch David Christ
man, who is held on charges made by
a girl of eleven years. Other girls in