Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-03-11
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.


viii be held In this city on March 10.
La crosse-Miss Mary KeIner be-
came the wife OF Oscar Charm at the
same moment as her sister Rose mar
ried Harold Clarm. Oscars brother.
Waterloo.-The malthouse OF the
Waterloo Mailing company was dc.
stroyed by fire. The loss is esti.
mated at $4,000. covered by insur.
! ance
Green Bay-A new record for
church attendance was set here
on "Go-to-Church Sunday. 1t is esti.
mated that $4,000 people attended serv.
ices.
New London.-The Masonic lodge
Of this city has purchased one
OF the finest residence properties
in the city and is having plans pre-
pared for the erection of a new hall
and clubrooms.
Madison.-Alumni OF East Divi-
sion high school Of Milwaukee at
the University of Wisconsin have or
gained. The new society is to be a
branch of the East Division Alumni as.
ISOLATION OF Milwaukee.
Belin.-A three-days' farm school
for men and women has opened
at the Berlin training school E. L.
Luther. state supervisor of county rep
resentatives of the college OF agricul
ture, has charge of the work.
Madison.-There have been few
violations of the game laws re
ported to the Office of the state game
warden during the last month. The
wardens report that there is little
snow in the woods.
Madison-The season for game
fish in Wisconsin is closed Bass,
pike, pickerel and other game
fish cannot be taken until after the
spawning season is over. The trout
season will open on April Is.
Neenah.-Going to the edge of
the Fox river for a pail of wa
ter, Mrs. Emma Ahrens broke
through the ice and was nearly
drowned. She chung to the ice 20
minutes before being rescued by Louis
Eschrich.
Waukesha. - Arthur Berg. aged
ten, son of Paul Berg of Delafield,
accidentally shot his sister, Mary,
aged eight. while playing with 80
caliber rife. The bullet penetrated
both lungs and she is not expected to
live. The boy didn't know the rife
was loaded.
Spring Brook.-Owing to contin-
ued i'll health, Archdeacon H. z.
Chase who has had charge of the Epis-
copal mission here and at various
other northwestern Wisconsin towns,
has resigned. His place will be taken
by Rev. William F. Hood of Fond du
Lac.
La Crosse.-Driven by extreme
cold to get in supply of coal,
Mrs. Joseph E. Breuer, wife of an en-
gineer on the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad. stepped on rusty
nail. Lockjaw developed and in spite
of everything the attending physicians
could do she died within few hours.
Madison.--Jennie Isaacson and
Fannie Epstein, Chicago women,
daylight theft of Is diamonds, valued
at $4,000, from the w. ]. Gamm jew.
elry store. The women were ar
raigned in court and entered a plea of
not guilty to the charge of grand lar
ceny.
La Crosse. - Charged with the
service of a warrant upon the heaea
of house quarantined with small.
pox case, Deputy Sheriff George Ritter
stood across the street and yelled until
the man came outside. Then the Off
Ger read the warrant to linn in his
best campaign voice and ordered him
to appear in court after the quarantine
is lifted
Wausau. William Schmidt was
found guilty in circuit court of
murder in the second degree. He set
a gun in an orchard August %. Two
days later George Cramer, sixteen
years old, was shot by the discharge
of the gun and lived until December
A. motion for a new trial was de-
MED. Schmidt was sentenced to IA
years in Waupun.
Port Washington.-'Fm sorry
didn't kill her." Joseph Ranchilis
told Circuit Judge Lueck here
just before being sentenced to ten
years at hard labor in the state prison
after pleading guilty to trying to kin
his wife He claimed she had received
attentions from another man. Ran
chilis. after being in Sheboygan year.
returned to this city few months ago
and on arriving home shot his wife
three times. A boarder at the home
was named by Ranchilis.
Kenosha.-Risking her own life
to save the lives of her children,
Mrs. Anton CARRIER had a narrow
escape from being burned to death.
An explosion followed her error in
dashing gasoline instead of kerosene
on the kitchen fire. Her three little
children were playing directly in front
of the stove. and to save them she
leaped between the children and the
Hames Her clothing caught fire and
her arms and hands were painfully
burned. The children escaped injury.
Milwaukee.-Unfted States District
Judge Geiger ordered a resale
of the properties in Wisconsin of the
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric railway.
the old Frost road, which was first
sold for 81. 500, 600 for the Illinois prop
critics and s1.650,O 900 for the Wisconsin
holdings. The creditors claimed that
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