Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-02-09
VERNON COUNTY CENSOR
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8. 1898.
yIROQUA MARKETS.
Mask ball Friday night.

Mrs. John .. Groves advertlses hel
residence property for sale.
Miss Libbie Spellum is visiting the
family of her sister in La Crosse.
Walter and Harold Proctor are in
Minnesota on telephone business.
Landlord Cass, of the Park, reports
the hotel business very good this winter
Dyspepsia can be cured by using
DIR. Fox's Tablets, 35 and so cents pei
box.
Jos. Pennell has built aud is having
filled large ice house. John Devlir
has the contract.
On account of prevalence of measles
the Sugar Grove school has been closed
for an indefinite period.
Mr.. ]. G. Brown, the new harues:
maker at Coe & Sons, will remove his
family here from La Crosse.
-Bausman & Foster have placed in
their brick yard 40 cords of wood to
use in next seasons business.
w. j. Thompson writes from La
Crosse that they have splendid run Of
sleighing and good business there.
Mrs. Lydia Crumrine, one of the
pioneers of Kickapoo town since 1856
died on January 80, aged so years.
C. P. Brown and FL. W. Baker Of
Avalanche, and Ole Johnson of Soldiers
Grove, registered at the fremont Friday
At Eds parlcr lunch rooms an
oyster supper will be served during
Friday nights masquerade ball. DROP
in.
R. W. Glenn, of Clinton, son of
Luther Glenn, graduated from the Wis
consin Business University at La Crosse,
last Friday.
The Fancy Work Club will meet
with Mrs Seal, Wednesday afternoon,
Feb9 Readings from George Remnants
Siberian travels.
His field of operation having been
changed to New York, Jerry T. Rich
ards and wife have removed from Chi
cago to that city.
Last Fridays Milwaukee Sentinel
announced that Congressman Babcock
had recommended Mr.. E. G. Bratlie for
postmaster at Westby.
-Viroqua Odd Fellows lodge adopt
ed very appropriate resolutions on the
life aud character of their deceased
brother, John r. Lake.
The marriage of Miss Carrie Pack
ard to Mr.. Il. @. Gardner, will be SOL
emuized at the residence OF Mr.. and
Mrs G. d. Williams today.
Mrs. G. G. Caldwell, one of the old
settlers of De Soto, died on Saturday
last, aged about rs years. She had
been an invalid for some years.
Mrs Robt. Hammer and Mrs. l..
l.. Tongue of Hillsboro, were in the city
with relatives. They accompanied
Trustee Wernick home on Thursday.
"A marked paper from Wellington,
Kan, announces the death of Frank De
Frees, in Arizona. He was a native of
this place, aud son OF Watson DeFrees,
an early settler here.
e " Wolfe came up from Sparta
on Monday to assist 10 packing house
hold effects and removal of his family to
that city. Their removal is regretted by
many Viroqua neighbors.
The ground hog came ont of his
burrow last Wednesday, saw his fat
black shadow upon the drifts of snow,
and, with discouragiug grunt, returned
for another six weeks seclusion.
There were two deaths from con-
sumption at the County house last week =
Mrs Elvlra r chmond,*a lady 70 years
of age, from the town of Kickapoc, and
Sammy Monsen of Franklin, aged 80
Mrs Robt. Rosenfeld of Portage, is
in the city, the guest of Mrs. Ell. p. Proc
tor. She came to attend the wedding OF
her sister. Mrs lockwood of the same
city, is the guest of her relatives, the
Williams families.
The Wisconsin state convention OF
the Epworth Leagues will convene at
Eau Claire, Thursday, Feb. II, and hold
sessions up to and including Sunday,
Feb. 20 Over 400 delegates are expect
ed to be in attendance.
An enjoyable masquerade ball will
be given at Opera hal, Friday night
The public is invited. The be 1t OF order
will be maintained. Tickets so cents,
ladies free. Prices will be awarded
Music by city orchestra.
Davis & Wise have not purchased
the old Decker property, as reported
last week The transfer of the prop
,erty is still in allegiance, and includes
four lots, upon which are the old Deck
DER and the Sam Layne buildings.
Attorney Frank Churchill and wife
of Clay Center, Neb., visited with Miss
Dora Frater, cousin of the former. Mr.
Churchill was married two weeks since
to lady of Crawford county, and left
last week for their western home.
Since the viroqua Telephone Com.
pany commenced business few months
ago, the number of phones have TO-
creased from SO to 1919, As new instru,
ments having been added. Twelve miles
of toll line, with six stations have also
been supplied.
C. W Metcalf aud family, after
spending two months here pleasantly
among relatives and old friends, departed
on Thursday for their California home
NJ d. Chase and wife accompanied then
to Chicago, where Mr. Chase makes pur
chases of new spring goods.
The vacant store and land adjoining
@. NJ. Butts building on the north, con
sis ting of 80 feet on Main street, has
been sold by Fl. M Tate & Son to Ches
#. Dahl and A ]. Beat. 1t is under
stood that G. F. Dahl will 10 the neal
future put stock of drugs therein.
Taylor Melvin came iu on the gentle
Missouri zephyr of last Wednesday, his
beard and hair somewhat frosted by the
cares of life, but in heart and spirit the
same Tsy lor of years ago. He has beer
in Missouri eight years, likes it and has
Ssen prosperous. He will visit with
relatives aud old neaghbers for month
Mr.. Melvin says they have three feet o.
snow in his section of Missouri.
An appreeiative audience greeted
Comrade Fl Baker at Post hall Mon
day evening, when he gave lecture OF
prison life. Mr.. Baker related in ,
plain way his experience in southern
prison pens. The shocking, horrible
management of the places and brutslit,
of those in charge was detailed in al
x.o..:.;.r ,,arnar Posts and otha