Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-09
Seen and Heard
lin Wisconsin

Length was. killed IN Riverside Gene
tery here by Sexton Msidam. :
2 NeenahZThee recent quick freeze-
up caught many owRers of launches
heEe.sP Workmen are busy drydoeking-
beats that were caught in the ice and
had 10 be chopped out. p
Resdsburg George Smith, son. Of
the foreman in the spinning depart
ment Of the Reedsburg Wooden mills,
and Arbie Cahoons we're Fdroyned jim
theSmill pond here while skating after
| school, s~s<txts. ~ s4
l>qparreI = Herman, Rasmussen aged
t%ehty-three, attempted to commit sui
eide at hislhomes He is in, a critical
coteitiop, at a. hospital Rasmussen
I Nas found il his home BY his mother
EafSenhe had1taken a d6sei u poison
! Madison INFECTIOUS pneumonia has
] Btcale.9 neargLa Cfeyse S It was aat
first thought TO bee footapd,mouth
/ disease An Inspector examined the
herd and the animals have been e9r-
/ dered killed.
La erosse.LComing TO Ia orosselto
discuss with her fiance, Michael
Cleary, plans for her Wedding, Miss
Margaret Yohe Of Nodine, Mimi, feb
from the platform of street cat and,
after being unconscious half an hour,
awcke in an(undertaker' narlor. Miss
Yohe escaped With a scalpJNounl two
inches long and other slight bruises.
New Riehmond.-Arthur o. Spen-
Ger, "a pioneer of St.JCroix county,
died suddenly here shortly aftet par
taking Of a. hearty dinner. at which
time he appeared to be In his usual
health. He was sixty-seveh years old
Some years ago he was engaged in
business in errilian. ohis state. and
afterward at st. Paul. MINI
10. Appleton. "A. Johnson Of Fond du
Lac and three companions owe their
lives to the fact that Johnson's auto
| can do tricks. Johnson lost control of
his machine on . steep hill between
here and Neensh issran through two
barbed wire fences, half way through
an orchard, struck a tree, turned COM
pletely over and stopped right side up.
None of the occupants was injured
| Spooner.-At a largely attended
meeting held here the rural route
mail carriers OF Washburn, Sawyer
and Douglas counties formed an
association for mutual benefit. 1t will
| be affiliated with the Wisconsin Rural
| Letter Carriers association and may
later include Bayfield, carriers. THE
next meeting win be held at spooner
on Memorial day. The following were
elected officers: President. William
Peterson, Spooner; vice-president, F.
! e. Babeock, Shell Lake; secretary, G.
B. HagerT She,i Lake; treasurer Crib
! Ball, South Range. A. J. Trepaniay
Spring Brook, with G. J. Ball and F. E.
Babcock, were designated as o com
mittee to draw up constitution and
bylaws. A. ]. Trepania was elected
delegate to the state convention to be
held at Madison July 81 and August /,
with r. R. Askey as alternate.
Janesville-Wolf hunting promises
to be a popular and exciting port
for Rock county rimrods this winter.
Several packs have been reported
between GAINESVILLE and Milton. and
also IN the town of Center and
vicinity of the Evansville marsh, In
one locality farmers heport that the
animals are becoming bold enough to-
| attack sheep grazing in the pastures
during the day time. Henry BeesherT
of Center Isl the first man to bring I'M
a wolf carcass. He claims to have
killed one of pack of seven. The
animals are believed to be part of
the pack which forged asefar soqthaaSs
Rock county during the cold winter OF
two years ago At that time number
of wolf hunting parties were organ
ICED and days we're saent blowing tke
dogs on the trail of he wary behbts-
The county offers a bounty of ten dol
lars. which is duplicated by the state
Appleton.-"Chief Williams, Who
during the last four years has
played on SIX Of the baseball teams i'm
the wisconsin-fIlinois league, is in the
tolls here for the third time within the
| year. This time he is in a cell await
ing Judgment of the court whose man
date to pay fine and costs the InfIian
violated b couple of weeks ago. For
lrsome time Williams whereabouts was
unknown to the authorities. but he
was finally found on the Oneida res
eryation Sheriff Verhagen was dis
patched with Instructions to THROW
him into a cell at the. county Jail" "E
don't know what they've lgot me in
here forYs said the f'Chfef, to a news
paper reporter. and don't know as
care a whole lot. / want to say to you
while I've got you here, howevef, J
don't believe the little Old Wisconsin
illinois fleague. viii hans. together an
other year The ~chief' admits it
makes but little difference to him in
winter whether he is. on the reserva-
ton or in jail as long as 81 get my
three squares. 'iaF8 fol
La Crosse.z-0ver one hundred
Knights OF Columbus from WIS
consin. Minnesota and Iowa, in add
ton to the local lodge OF 500 members.
initiated 60 new Hembersg into t4eir
Organization
neutrality-suspicious. Partipelo. n me-
teen years Old. bled to death as
the result of a hunting accidsnt-
With a companion, he hadvben out for
game and sat f16wh 70 resi-. A loAbed
l. Shot gum slipped from -hiS hands lind