Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-11
Wisconsin NelUs
Tersely Told

Oconomowoc. - While removing
bodies from the potters' field Of La
| Belle cemetery the body OF man. al
most entirely petrifed. was found. The
casket was of design in use many
years ago.
Oconomowoc-Augnst Buske. forty
nine years old, was killed at ocono-
mowoc when struck by work train
while walking home on the Milwaukee
road tracks. Mr. Buske leaves his
widow and three children.
Madison-To acquaint themselves
with the systems of farming fol-
lowed by Wisconsin stockmen, q
delegation of 25 farmers from Mo-
Cracker county, Kentucky. win visit
| the state during the week OF NoVem-
Der 1880.
Racine - Ted Juttner, forty-fUur
years old, an expert mechanic
from Chicago, who died in cell at the
police station, after being picked up
on the street. was not victim OF al
coholism. as claimed by the police. but
died from heart failure. according TO
the post-mortem examination.
Grand Rapids-Nearly three hun-
dred young people were confirmed
at IS. Peter and Paul Catholic church
in this city The ceremonies were con-
Quoted by Bishop Schwebach. assisted
| by Rev. FIR. Reding and Rev. FIR. CHS
zewsh of this city and Rev. Fathers
olowski and Neverd of Sparta.
Beloit-Dr. Joel A. Smith, noted
rxS.Is ca - s-K .H<, b
died here. He held meetings IN
scores of cities. east and west, and
thousands professed conversion under;
his preaching. He was for four years
missionary In China and pastor In
several cities before he became an
evangelist.
Grand Rapids.-John Discher OF
Rudolph was brought to Riverview
hospital in this city. suffering from a
wound inflicted by colt which he was,
attempting to saddle. During the
struggle the animal reared on its hind
feet and struck Discher blow in the
eye with one of its hoofs. completely
destroying the sight.
Antigo.-John Cox of Elton dropped
"AGh hC A0Ou6hN was 1A C4RaOQ1
ed dynamite cap into the stove
Later he reanzed the cap was Rnex4
ploded and. ordering the rest of the
family to stand back, placed his hand
over the stove lid. thinking the explo4
sion would not be of much force. The,
stove was wrecked and a portion OF
Cox's leg blown away.
Oconto.-The 150-horsepower engine
in the sawmiIl of the Holt Lam
Der company Of this city blew
up" for some unaccountable rea-
son. This is known as the smaR en-
CINE at this sawmill and has been wsed
there for several years. No apparent
signs of any weakness of any parts
had been noticeable. No one was m
jured
La Crosse.-At the Norwegian Bap-
lists conference of the Unihed
States and Canadian churches. in ses-
sion here, the following officers were
elected: President, Olaf Prading.
Brooklyn, N. Y; vice-president, M B.
holmen. Minneapolis; corresponding
secretary, H. X. Whitehall; recording
secretary, H. L. Rice, Boston The
meeting is being attended by 100 dele
gates.
Madison.-Playing a joke ON g
friend was indirectly responsible fer
the deaths OF Carl Thorstad and AL
bert Lee, victims of the auto accident
at the high bridge, north of Mendoza
station. Anton Ekanger testified at
the inquest that Thorstad and Lee
went to Westport Thursday night to
remove a gate which Ole Moen had In
stalled at his cottage. They wanted to
play joke on Mr.. Moen, according to
the witness.
Merrill.-A deputy sheriffs star may
lead to the solution Of the mys-
FERROUS shooting of l.. NJ Scheffer,
University of Wisconsin freshman,
who was shot by highwaymen as he
was strolling along the shore of Lake
Mendoza with coed on October rs.
Jerome Usher is being held here by
the authorities on a charge of forgery.
The police believe Usher may have
had some connection with the shoot
ing of the student because at the time
of his arrest he wore deputy sheriff's
star such as was said to have been
worn by one of the bandits who
pumped a bullet into the students
body.
Eau Claire.-Miss Ragna Tangjordr
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Peder
Tangjord Of this city has been
awarded a hero medal for her brave.
rescue of the little son and daughter of
Rev. H. B. Kildahl of Milwaukee, from
drowning in Prairie lake on July q
last. She saved the girl first and then
dived down and pulled the boy out of
the water after he had gone down a.
third time. The hero medal was.
awarded her BY the Ralston hero med
al commission Of ST. Louis The medal
will be presented to the young woman
at public exercises to be held here
next Wednesday evening, November 4,
her birthday. Mayor John B. Fleming
viii preside at the gathering in her
honor.
Beloit.--C. T. Tang. the sixteen
year-old son OF President Tang OF
the Imperial Institute of Technology
at Shanghai, China. is entered in the
freshman class of Beloit college. He
was educated in the academy of the
Imperial institute and comes to this
g.