Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-02-16
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were smashed when the council passed
an ordinance redistricting the city.
Beloit.-James Monahan. seventy
nine years old. employed by the North
western company for half a century,
is dead here.
Baraboo. = Wesley Burton, many
years a resident of this city and
born in slavery, celebrated his nine
ty-ninth birthday anniversary on
Tuesday His health is good
Kensoha-valerian Gill. who was
found suffering from knife wounds in
a Polish boarding house, is dead. He
made statement that the wounds
were self-infiicted.
Madison.-N. P. Stenjem, for ten
years clerk of the circuit court com
pr!sing Dane and Sank counties, an.
nounced he would not be a candidate
this fall
Antigo-The Amigo Gun club has
taken steps to feed prairie chickens
and cartridges that are starving in the
woods, due to the deep snow and the
heavy crust of ice.
Grand Rapids.-The next session of
the Central Wisconsin Buttermak-
ers, Cheesemakers and Dairymen's
association has been scheduled for
Stratford on February 10. The
meeting will include a cheese contest.
Grand Rapids..-Grand Rapids Eagles
are planning some big festivals
during the coming few months. the
proceeds of which will go toward pay
on the expense of staging the state
Eagles convention here next June.
Sheboygan.-Franz Zorn, pioneer
German editor, one of the own
ers of the only daily German pa
per in Wisconsin outside of Milwau-
kee. died here from general debility,
aged seventy-five,
Merrill-Fourteen students are at
tending the agricultural short course
being held at the Lincoln coun-
ty training school and conducted by
CorHty Representative A. H. Cole. This
is a Considerable increase over the at
tendance of last year.
Birchwood.-Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Thomas, owners of the Thomas
summer resorts here, have depart
ed for Florida, where they will inspect
the operations of resorts of that state,
to insure a more modernly-operated
tourist home here.
Green Bay. Paul Olejniczak of
Green Bay is dead at the age of
ninety-eight years. He had lived
here nearly thirty years after arriv-
ing from Poland. His widow, who is
eighty-five years old, son and three
daughters survive him.
Observation-Disclosures Ed H. Will
ford has received notice from
Washington to discontinue the postal
savings department of the local post
Office While in operation here the
postal savings bank had one depositor,
who had one dollar on deposit for a
couple of weeks.
Sheboygan.-Mrs. Elizabeth Diack,
ninety-six years old, resident of
Sheboygan and one of the earliest pio-
neers, is dead. Mrs Diack was born
September &c. 1919. at Aberdeen,
Scotland the birthplace Of Andrew
Carnegie. whom she knew when he
was a mere lad
heboygan.-Martin Johnson. ninety
one years old, for forty-five years
sailor on the great lakes and
one OF the most noted of the old sail
ors, who retired twenty years ago, is
in critical condition as the result Of
Fu1 -, l. n in
Antigo.-Five hundred and nineteen
cars of logs were delivered to
the sawmiiis in this city during
the month of January. Sixty cars of
lumber. fifty cars of hay and fifteen
cars of potatoes were shipped out of
the city in the same period. From
January 81 to 81, 6,713 cars were han
died by switching crews in the local
yards.
Madison.-A. NJ. Arvison of Anti
go was elected president of the AS
ISOLATION of County Superintend-
ents at the annual meeting held in
the assembly chamber. Martin Steiner
son of Polk county was elected vice
president and Dona Taylor of Dunn
county secretary treasurer. Accord
ing to statistics presented to the as
ISOLATION - Superintendent H. A.
Aune OF ST. Croix county, Wisconsin
pays ner county superintendent less
.han such officials receive in any of
the neighboring states.
Madison.-One of the few cases
of total permanent disability to
come before the industrial commission
for adjudication was the subjec of an
order by that body. 1t awarded 49,
670.21 to Anna Wohlgemuth, guardian
for Eugene Wohlgemuth, who was in
jured while in the employ of A. j.
Kaestner of Milwaukee. Last March
| Wohlgemuth, as the result of a gaso-
| line explosion, sustained burns on his
| face and neck. He became unccn-
scious and did not awaken for three
I days. When he regained conscious
ness he had lost the power to speak
and write.
Sheboygan.-Mr. and Mrs. August
Selsemeyer, aged eighty-two and
seventy-nine years respectively. have
just celebrated their sixtieth or
diamond wedding anniversary. Both
were born in Germany and came to
Sheboygan county with their parents
over sixty years ago.
Grand Rapids.-PrOminent citizens