Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-10
STATE NEWS

pastor Of the Union Baptist church
here, has resigned. Mr.. johnson will
accept a call at Baraboo.
La Crosse-A win written 16 years
ago on the last page of a copy of the
bylaws of the Third Ward Aid society
by Konrad Limpert has just been filed
for probate by the widow and sole
heir.
Superior-The body of a man be.
lieved to have been murdered and
then thrown into a freight car was
| discovered by Great Northern en-
ployees while unloading a shipment
of lumber from Heybrook Spur, Wash.
New Richmond.-Joseph the eight.
months-old son of Mr.. and Mrs Anton
Maggie. died of what the attending
physician pronounced infantile paral-
ysis. AS far as known that is the
only case of the malady hereabouts
in many months.
La Crosse--Her body scared by
flames which enveloped her after she
poured kerosene upon live Goals to
start fire. Mrs Edward Parks of Wi
mona died after suffering 80 hours.
Mrs. Parks was eighteen years old
and a bride of six months.
While his friend. Fred
CLAM, was vainly trying to crawl from
his icy bath in Green bay after being
thrown from a speeding iceboat, Law.
renee Reiter leaped from the craft
into the water, grasped CLAM by the
collar and hauled him to safety.
While his friend, Fred
Glantz, was vainly trying to crawl
from his icy bath in Green bay after
being thrown from a speeding ice
boat, Lawrence Reiter leaped from
the craft into the w4rcr, grasped
CLAM by the collar and hauled him to
safety
Observation-Disclosures of letters were
added to the list that never came
when a mail coach was destroyed by
fire near Truesdell. The car was at
tached to one of the fast north-bound
trains of the Chicago. Milwaukee and
st. Paul road. When it caught fire
the coach was cut out and put on a
side track.
Milwaukee.-Rev. Hiram F. Fair
banks, oldest English speaking Cath.
olic priest in Milwaukee, for "a
years pastor of st. Patrick's church.
and first Catholic ever to graduate
from Lawrence college, Appleton,
Wis, Methodist institution. died after
prolonged illness He was one of
nnu auIfore ~ NT;Ivro,,l-za o.oh a.oo.so
Marinette.-An undersherif from
Martin, Pa, passed through Mar
inette with Peter Smith, wanted in
Martin on charge of killing several
members of his family nine years ago
The man was caught at Crystal Falls.
Mich. He Is accused of burning the
home of young man whose atten-
tons to his daughter were distasteful
to him, it is said
Janesville.-The contents of an ex.
press car on the Northwestern mid
night flyer. running between Chicago
and st. Paul, are a complete loss from
fire. The fire was discovered near
Clinton Junction and the train was
driven at high speed to Shoppere.
where the car was uncoupled. II is
thought the fire caught from a stove
installed to keep perishable goods
from freezing.
Madison.-It has become known that
the administration plans serious at
tack on the game wardeD's department
with view of reducing its expense to
the state. 1t has been suggested that
in the program of consolidation the
present department will be put out OF
business and its work combined with
the work of some other department
II also said there will be a great re-
duction in the number of game war
dens
Madison.-Charles howell was SEN
fenced to two years in Leayen-
worth penitentiary for burglarizing
the post Office at Gouderay, Wis Two
other charges of burglary and black
mail were nolled. Howell stole book
OF money order blanks. filled out a
number of them for 800 and mailed
them to various Salvation Army
branches. The charge OF blackmail re-
suited from discovery of letters sent
by Howell to the RustOwen Lumber
company at Drummond, Wis, demand
ing $4,000.
Madison.-Gov. z. L. Philip went
back to the boyhood days. He
was the guest of honor at a dinner
given by Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Wiswall
Mrs. Wiswall was the governors first
school teacher back in the days when
he ran barefoot over the roads of
Sank county. Following the dinner
at the Wiswall home, Governor
Philip addressed a meeting OF the
Doty School Neighborhood club In
his audience were his friends and
neighbors who knew him as train
dispatcher in Madison county so years
ago. The Doty school, where the
meeting was held, is just across the
street from the old La Toilette home.
Madison.-Carl Jackson, Oshkosh,
was confirmed as railway commission
er to succeed John E. Roemer, retired,
by the senate. by vote of 30 to l.
Senator Arnold, Socialist, Milwaukee,
cast TIE only negative vote
hinelander-James Carpenter was
burned to death in a FIRE which de-
stroyed the farmhouse OF II. .. Even.
son near Minocqua. Carpenter was
alone in the house and is believed 10