Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-02-24
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

wausau.-The buildings of William
Kurzwell at Boulevard park, near Mo
since. were burned and Mr.. and Mrs.
Kurzwell had a narrow escape.
Frederic. S. Klinka, county agri-
cultural representative. has Just closed
the six weeks short course il agricuI-
ture for Polk county. The course was
attended by rs young men.
Port ashingtoL--Gottlieb Schmit
Of Ce6arburg committed suicide by
hanging himself with his suspenders
fastened to the iron bars in the county
Jail
Madison.-State Treasurer Henry
Johnson received from the No Invest
ern Railway company 1922, '62 81 in
fun for the first half of the 1915 taxes
due from the corporation.
Madison.-Gov. E. L. Phillip ruled
that Michael Stallman of Madison.
who is serving a term of one year in
Waupun for larceny. may come home
to attend the funeral of his little
girl
with burglary, has been held for trial
in Municipal court under $500 bonds
Miller was arrested charged with hav-
ing robbed the residence of ]. w. Nc
Cue.
Prairie du Chien.-L. W. Graves
coop salesman for the La Crosse
Packing company. was arrested and
bound over under heavy bondsAn the
charge of embezzling $500 from the
company.
Roberts.-An unsuccessful attempt
was made to force the safe in the
post office and general store of A. E.
Hafer. A small sum of money and
postage stamps were taken from the
till and also some clothing.
Oconomowoc.-The trustees of St.
Pauls Lutheran church were author
lied to purchase the property at the
corner of Lake and Pleasant streets.
The congregation contemplates erect
ing 100000 church building
Waupaca.-Bertha and Gustav Luz
Their of Royalton were given, respec-
lively, one and two years in the state
penitentiary. The man and woman
had been divorced, but continued to
live together as man and wife.
Madison.-An appropriation of
1000 was asked of the joint finance
committee of the legislature for the
purpose of making an educational ex-
hibit of the schools of Wisconsin at
the Panama-Pacific exposition.
farmer of Racine county. took his life
by shooting himself Kubik recently
purchased a team of horses and since
the sale has been worrying, feeling
that he got the worst of the bargain.
Hilbert - Fire from an unknown
cause destroyed the sale and feed barn
of Andrew Vollmer ana the power
plant of the Mutual theater. The en-
tire village was in danger for some
time The Chiffon fire department
was summoned.
Poynette.-Herman Hahn. forty-one
years old. died at his home in Airing
ton from the effects of runaway in
which his brother was killed few
weeks ago He leaves wife and two
children. Mrs. Caroline Knuteson
aged eighty. died at her home in Ke-
worra
Madison-Failure to observe strict
neutrality in discussions of the Euro
pean war is advanced as one cause re-
sponsible for a marked increase in
homicidal deaths during the last quar-
ter of 1918, in the report of the state
board of health.
Chippewa Falls.-Reuben Lee, six
teen, son of Mr.. and Mrs Sam Lee
of Colfax, Wis. died there from inju-
ries he sustained last Sunday when
taking part in a local ski tournament
q; that village. Young Lee came down
off the ski scaffold and fell at the take
off, landing on his head and sustain
ing concussion of the brain.
Sheboygan.-Thef fishing tugs Annie
D. and Brewer were slightly damaged
when they collided in the fog at the
entrance to Shebovgan harbor The
Annie d. was leaving the harbor in
the wake of the larger Elizabeth G..
which was breaking the ice. The
Brewer. inbound, failed to see the An
ME D. and cut in behind the Brewer.
Racine.-Impatient with the Racine
street car service, committee of the
Racine Retail Merchants association
has been appointed to confer with the
management of the electric company
at Milwaukee. Business men say that
the development of the city is re-
tarded by the service, and unless i'm
provements are made. they will or
ganize a stock company to INSTALL
'jitney'' bus service.
Merrill.-Henry e. Scarf of Toma-
hawk burned to death in a fire which
destroyed his large granary on his
farm near Tomahawk. The farm was
equipped with electricity and the gran
airy was utilized as an engine and
milk room. Mr.. Scarf had been using
the engineers room as a living room
since his farm home was destroyed by
fire some time ago. The fire is
thought to have been caused by an
overheated stove.
Beloit.-The fact that Mrs P. s.
Perkins, eighty-four years old and
blind, was awake saved several mem
bers of her household from suffocStion
by gas from defective pipe. D'scoy-
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