Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-03-08
Wisconsin NerOs
TerSely Told

Whitewater.-N. NJ. Littlejohn, for
mer state senator and past grand mas
ter of the Wisconsin grsnd lodge. A. F.
& A. NJ, died at his home here.
Beloit-The Warner Auto Trailer
company has secured the unused
Thompson factory and viii manufac-
ture auto trsilers.
Madison.-A horse show by breed
ers in Dane and adjacent counties
viii be held at the university stock
pavilion ON March 10.
Brodhead Mrs Loyina Peppers has
filed petition for divorce from War
rem A. Peppers. alleging that her hus-
band abused her and. in short, had too
''peppery" a disposition.
Oconomowoc.-The body OF William
May. fifty years old. a laboreT,
was found hanging n a shed on Silver
Lake street. No cause for suicide Is
known Mr.. May was unmarried.
Houghton.-Henry ]. Weiss, head of
the Acme Suit club. who took $4,000
out of Houghton county people in 1915.
was convicted and sentenced to the
Ionia erformatory for from six months
to three years.
Madison LOUIS L. Walford, farm
er living two miles west of
Cross Plains. died of a fractured
skull he sustained in an accidental fall
in the yard at his home. lie leaves
wife and two children.
Beloit.-Albert Burt of Momence,
ILL.,. senior OF Beloit college
and captain of tae wrestling
squad, was badly injured in an explo-
sion in the college chemical labora-
tory, He was rendered unconscious
and badly burned and cut
Eau Claire.-The authorities came
near capturing the man who cut
down two miles of copper wire on
the Wisconsin Telephone company
lines near Elk Mound, but swift move
ment via window foiled them. The
wire was found under a pile of snow.
Oshkosh ldge Lawrence w. Hal
sey, milwaukee,. was called here
TO try an action for $1,000 by Mrs.
Ruby Frank Abrams against John G.
Pierce on the ground that be mali
ciously caused her arrest on charge
of theft of which she was acquitted
JanesyilIe.-One thousand dollars,
which was in the treasury when
All Souls church disbanded years
ago, has been given to the city for a
municipal restroom and meeting place
for women. Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones
was pastor of All Souls.
Madison.-The railroad commission
fixed the hearing on the Title
more freight rate case for the
week of March q. Shippers of James
vile and Wausau who Joined with
shippers of the Fox river valley and
| the Chippewa river valley as com
plainants. have withdrawn.
Madison.-The state will not be
compelled to pay the expenses OF
DR.. b. r. Buckingham, statistician
for the state board of education, on
his trip from New York to Madison
and return to interview the board rel
alive to his employment Attorney
General Owen informs Secretary Of
State DonalS
Janesville.-Thv east side head
| gates and wing wall or the Full
| ton Power plant. owned by the James
Vile Electric company, have been
washed out as the result of the under.
mining of thes cement walls during
the high water three weeks ago. The
| plant is out of commission for two
months.
Maeison.-City Clerk w L. Kerr
Of Green Bay filed an application
ia the Office of the secretary of state
| for q patent for The city of Green Bay
to enable II to operate under the com
mission form of government. The city
clerk said II was desired that the
patent be sent TO Green Bay as early
as possible.
Ashland.-Three hundred workmen
employ ed in the plant OF the
Washbu.n Powder company refused
to work Wednesday because OF
anonymous letters that have been re-
ceiyed by officials Of the company
threatening the plant with destruc-
tion on March l. The heads of all de-
partments OF the factory excused all
employees who feared to enter the
plant Nothing else happened.
BerIin.-James 0Brien, ST., one OF
the oldest residents OF Berlin, is dead.
Madison. Wisconsin railroad
commission fixed the hearing on
the so-called Tittemore freight rate
case for the week Of March a. Ship.
pers of GAINESVILLE and Wausau who
Joined with shippers OF the Fox river
valley and the Chippewa river valley
as complainants in the case. have
withdrawn.
Racine.-Mrs. Jennie L. Hanson.
wife of Peter Hanson. who lost
his life on the Titanic. received no
tice that she had been awarded SILL
600 in her claim for damages against
the steamship company Mrs. Hanson.
in cSmpRry with her husband. was a
passenger on the Titanic at the time
OF the disaster She suffered severely
from exposure OF the total $4,000
was awarded Mrs. Hanson for personal
damages The action was brought in
New York In January 1918.
New Richmond.-The first of the
1915 interhiRh RchoOl debates took