Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-07-14
Wisconsin NerUs
Tersely Told


OF the year is reported from Boulder
junction, where Clarence Clough
hooked a 4715-pound fish. Musky gave
him a two-hcur fight before being
brought close enough TO gaff.
Beloit.-Compound fracture Of up
per jaw, crushed nose, ruptured left
eye, and other decorations, breaking
one bone in his face. were received by
clarence Tiffany in a kick from a
horse at his stable near Roscoe.
Sheboygan.-Rev. A. Parker Curtis,
rector of Grace Episcopal church of
TINS city the last six years, has re-
ceiyed an offer to become head of the
collegiate department Of the Nashotah
house at Nashota. He has not as yet
decided whether he will accept
Waupaca.-One Porter, operator OF
moving picture show at the Wiscon-
sin Veterans home, is reported to have
been the recipient of a black-hand let
ter giving him 20 days to leave the
vicinity. The letter was made up Of
letters cut from a newspaper and
pasted together
Portage.-Miss Nora Hanson, aged
20, died at Kilbourn from injuries re-
eeived in an auto accident. "Dade''
sunderland, who was driving the car,
was only slightly hurt The steering
gear of the car broke in ascending
hill one mile north of Kilbourn. The
auto ditched and turned turtle.
Kenosha.-W. W. Dale of James
vile, was elected president of the Wis
eonsin Commercial Educators associa-
ton at the closing session of the an
nual convention here. Other officers
are: Capt John Atkinson, Milwau-
kee, vice-president; w. d. McDaniels,
Oshkosh, secretary and treasurer.
Waupaca.-It is announced that the
Sons of Veterans are to erect a cot
tage at Chain-o-Lakes, as a result Of
action taken at the state convention
in Wausau. The committee in charge
consists of w. C. Graves of Prairie du
Chen, j. F. Jardine, Waupaca; B.
S. Henry, Plover, and H. G. Siggelko,
Madison.
Racine.-A jury in the circuit court
here awarded Enos Davis of Lake
Geneva $4,000 damages in his suit for
$4,000, brought against Charles E.
Lange for the alienation of Mrs. Da-
Wis. LANCE, who has been termed
the millionaire conductor, is en-
ployed on the Milwaukee, Racine &
Kenosha Interurban line
Racine.-Mary Judson, a widow,
ninety years old, found a bundle
in her vcsibule which proved to
contain healthy baby boy about
four days old. 1t was well dressed
but the clothes bore no Identification
marks. The infant was turned over
to the police and placed in maternity
hospital.
Waukesha.-What is believed to be
an innovation in the administra-
ton of public affairs is the crea-
ton by the village board OF Hart
land of cemetery commission COM
prised solely of three women. A COM
mittee of citizens presented the mat
ter before the board and explained its
advantages, the result being the adop-
ton of an ordinance placing the con-
troll Of the department in their hands.
Sister, l am going to
shoot you" said little Francis Bah
cock at Nation, and as he said it
he pulled the trigger on a small rife
and shot his sister In the abdomen.
The girl was fifteen years of age. She
was rushed to the hospital but died
Saturday. The children were enter
tanning at lawn party when the boy
found the gun, which he supposed to
be empty.
Oshkosh.-The Wolf and Fox River
Relief association met in this city and
elected the following officers; Presi-
dent, C. H. Sherburn, Fremont; Vice
presidents, G. j. Medberry, Fond du
Lac; Ernest Benedict, Butte des
Morris; John Suffer, Larsen; G. A.
Buckstaff, Fremont; treasurer, Charles
Hildebfand, Fremont. May, 1916, was
named as the time of the next meet
ing, the place to be designated by
the board of directors. The associa-
ton was formed to protect riparian
owners from frequent high water dam
age to lands and crops.
Elkhorn. = At the reunion of the
Twenty-eighth Wisconsin held at Elk
horn, the following were elected Off
GERS for the ensuing year: President,
w. D. Carlton, Colma; vice-president,
James S. Workman, Baraboo; secre-
ary-treasurer, S. r. Bell, Milwaukee;
historian, Fred Wardrobe, Waukesha;
assistant historian, w. G. Palmer, Mil
waukee; chaplain, A. E. Matheson,
Janesville; daughter of the society,
Mrs. A. c. Bell, Milwaukee. Secretary
Samuel Bell gave dinner to Is men,
bers of Company !, all but three Of
whom still reside in the city Ad-
dresses were made by c. A. Heming-
way, Lauren Barker, j. w. Page and
former Senator Henry Lockney at the
banquet.
Green Bay-Twenty-one persons,
passengers on an incoming inter
urban car of the Wisconsin Pub
lie Service company from West De-
pere, miraculously escaped death
when the car was knocked of the
rails and tipped over by an engine
of a passenger train on the Chicago.
Milwaukee and St Paul road where
the two companies tracks intersect
on the South side. Although all of
the. passengers were thrown out of
their sea+s and fourteen Of them wera