Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-07-08
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WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS


est girls of the town viii play base
ball at the Fourth of July celebration
here.
Edgerton.-Th Though rains have inter-
rupted the transplanting of tobacco.
the plants transferred are doing well
and the outlook for the crop is good.
Racine.-The campaign for $4,000
to construct a new Y. NJ. C. A. building
is three days old and over ninety thou
sand dollars has been subscribed.
Beloit.-George Bennett OF Zanes-
vile. o., died from injuries re
ceived When he was run over by 3
freight train. 1t is believed he went
to sleep under ! car on siding.
Madison.-The state railroad COM
mission issued orders authorizing
the Riehland Center Electric Light
& Water Plant company, the EIeva
Farmers Telephone companylan the
Coloma Telephone company to in.
crease their rates 20 per cent.
Milwaukee Eleven bands will con
test at Horizon Sunday, July IS, at the
twenty-sixth annual convention of the
Northwestern Band association. A
feature will be a parade of 400 mdsi-
clans led by President Byron Barwig
of Mayyille
Beloit.-Charles NJ Fellows of
Delayan was robbed in the presence
of passengers On the Chicago, Milwau.
kee & st. Paul passenger train as it
left Rockford. With his wife and 9TH
ers he entered the car when two men
seized him, took his pocketbook con
tanning 500 and escaped.
Stanley.-Fire at Gilman, II miles
north of here, destroyed the head
ing mill and two dry kilns of the
Gilman Manufacturing company. en-
failing a loss of $4,000, with insur-
ance Of $1,000. Help was sent from
the fire department here and the stock
of logs and the stave mill were saved.
Madison.-Governor McGovern has
appointed Olin, Butler & Kurkeet to
aid Attorney General Owen in defense
OF the Stout institute suit to compel
the state to build new builiIng. Com
pensation was fixed at $50 day for
Olin and Butler and $25 for Kurkeet,
all not to exceed $4,000.
Kenosha-Isaac T. Bishop of SOM
ers. for eight years g state senator
from the Racine-Kenosha district, and
an administration leader at the last
session, announced that he will re-
tire from politics at the end of the
present term, owing to his health. AS
.semblyman Charles II. Everett, Ra.
cine, and Charles H. Pfennig will prob
ably seek the nomination.
Beloit The Wisconsin industrial
commission has allowed the claim
of Mrs. Lulu Hoey, widow of Ser
geant Harry Hoey, who was killed
during rife practise in the armory at
Milwaukee last winter The decision,
is the first to affect the state as it re-
Iates to National Guardsmen Mrs
Hoey is to receive a sum not yet an
nounced.
La Crosse. = Rev. y. Holzapfei,
seyenty-eight years old. retired
Evangelical clergyman, died suddenly
at his home near Tomah. He came
to America in 1867 as missionary for
the Evangelical church. He was pas
tor of a church at Mosel for % years,
removing from there to Milwaukee,
where he remained three years. Sur
viving are widow and ten children.
Among the children are Mrs. John
Dollhoff Mrs, George Hunsicker and
Mrs Henry Blank, all of Milwaukee.
Rev Mr.. Moeckli of Milwaukee assist
ed in conducting the funeral services.
Grand Rapids. II When Robert
Shanock, driver of the jackson
& Tomsycj Grocery house of this city,
was walking on the right of way of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul rail-
road a man. whose only attire was
pair of overalls and shoes, suddenly
confronted him and demanded shirt
and cap of Mr.. Shamrock. He was game,
however, and, pulling revolver out of
his pocket, aimed at the would-be hold
up and told him that If he wante any
thing to come and get it. But the
scantily clothed Individual, thinking
no doubt that life was more valuable
thf1H cCNOuu-uAhu NiolucSs JuilptQ iLbO
the tall grass and disappeared.
Milwaukee.-Twenty- men were
badly burned in an explosion at
the new intake water tunnel 1t is
said none is fatally injured. but the
condition of some is serious. The ex-
plosion was caused by an accumula-
tion OF gas in the tunnel 1t is sup
posed that the gas was ignited by
spark from a drill The accident oc-
CURED about two thousand feet from
shore and about one hundred feet I'm
der ground The tunnel is being con-
structed by firm of Chicago seontrac-
tors. The accident is said to have
been the first experienced by them. Re- |
ports from the hospital to which the
injured men were taken are that all |
will recover. s&l0
Grand Rapids, Game Warden
Cole of vesper has been granted |
the custody by the court of live fawn |
three weeks old. which was the cause
of a lawsuit between the game war
den and Paul Youker, a farmer living /
near Neilisyille Mr. Youker claimed
that he found the fawn in his pasture |
soon after its birth. nearly dead from
exposure Ii was taken home and |
cared for Mr.. Cole was ordered 70 |
Ne'lsvilIe to take possession OF the |