Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-11-09
County beard conyenes next Tues.

day.
Good wear, good value and good
fit at Michaelsohn's.
DR.. F,x's Dyspepsia Tablets are
for sale by all druggists.
Miss Nina Colby is home from
Chicago on two weeks visit.
For sale, country and city real es-
tate. @. Ii. MINsHALL.
The CENSOR defers publication one
day in order to give the election returns.
This is a good season of the year to
meet subscription indebtt dness to the
CENSOR.
Rev. Lake, of Wonewoc, was the
guest of his friend, Rev. A. j. Coram,
for three days, last week.
-Mordecai Applemsn OF Webster,
commenced his winter term of school at
Coon Valley, on Monday.
Capt. McMichael was confined to
his homo by sickness for few days. He
is again at his Office as usual.
Anton Weiken and wife of Cashton,
spent Sunday in the city the guests of
the lstter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs Ole
Helgerson.
Boys and young men, we have a new
nobby and best fitting line of suits
manufactured by the Pickwick system at
Michaelsohn's.
"A H Dahl & Company moved ioto
their new Westby store on Monday. 1t
is without question the most complete
and fnest mercantile establishment in
the county.
"A note from Captain Silbaugh
dated on the 4th, says: THE weather is
beautiful at Admission, our rheumatic
men are better and we practically have
no sick a our company"
The city telephone service has been
extended to the business houses Of JOS
Omundson and Alliance store aud
Mayor Smith and G. o. Andrews resi-
dences.
Ladies' Congregational sewing So
ciety will meet with Mrs Samuel Henry
on Friday afternoon. Gentlemen are
invited to supper. Price 10 csnts.
Ed. Coe returned from Austin,
Minnesota, on Monday, where he had
been with Earl Evsrson for week. He
reports Earl considerably improved
and thinks he will ultimately recover.
Miner Bios. have commenced the
erection of second tobacco warehouse
50x100 feet, on railroad ground, short
distance north of the DEPOT. They
build for the purpose of leasing the
same.
The republican and democratic
county committees joined in payment
for outside election returns by wire and
received the latest news from our own
and other states. Operator George
Williams remained at his post all night
and gave the people good service, al
though people are not satisfied with the
meagre reports sent out by tie news
gatherers.
"A basket sociable will lie given at
the residen of Peter Thompson, at
Bristow, on the evening of Saturday,
November 19Jh, to raise funds for the
Christmas tree to be held at North
Prairie church. Everybody is invited.
The number of people from the
country present in this city on election
night to receive the returns was not
nearly so large as in past years. Re-
publicans occupied their headq quarters
10 Opera block and the Opera house was
thrown open to the public. Democrats
received their returns at the fremont
house livery office.
This is the time of year when you
borrow your neighbours krout cutter,
buy a load of cabbage, lay off day and
devote it to the manufacture of the
great international nsrve food. While
krout is essentially a German inven-
ton, it's virtues have long been recog
pized by the American public. There
is quite an art in eating krout grace
fully, and some practice is necessary to
convey one forktul to the face with one
sweep, especially from a free lunch
table.-Ex.
Mrs. Nancy Maxwell, the eldest
person at the county farm, passed peace
fully away on Saturday afternoon, of o
age, She had reached the remarkable
age of 90 years and months. The re-
mains we're taken to Salem church i'll
the town of Webster, for burial, on
Monday. Mrs. Maxwell was one of the
early pioneers of Vernon county. An
other aged lady, Mrs. Betsey Nash,
died at the institution on Tuesday
morning, aged rs. She was resident
of the town of Harmony.
Real utility of the county telephone
service has not been mora fully appre-
ciated since its intro luction than on
election night, when the complete re-
turns from every precinct we're received
and recorded by 1890, with the excep-
ton of Bergen, Geuoa and Wheatland.
These were the only tardy towns and
they with telephone connection within
a stones throw of the voting booths
Manager Will Lawtor, of this city AID
other operators throughout the county
are entitled to praise for The prompt
and efficient manner in which they
handled the returns.
A Prairie du Chisn dispatch says
counterfeiting operations on an extern
sive scale have been unearthed near
Prairie du Chen. Fred Ahrens and
Fred Chenoieot, while hunting, ran
across a couuterfeiter's den four miles
from Prairie du Chen. A coy little
shauty had been built, and in it was
found a crucible, molds, bottles of acid,
metal, etc, and cigar box full of a
fairly. good counterfeit of nickles. The
shanty was deserted and no one has been
seen about the place, so that it is evil
dent that all the work was done in the
night. The authorities were notified,
bnt thus far no positive clues have been
found. Considerable of the spurious
is in circulation.
The city of Boscobel and surround
ing country is just now all torn up over
a scandal and purported evidences OF q
crime having been committed IN one OF
the old and respected families of that
CITY. The story goes that come two
wasks since daughtec iu the family, 9
Young lady, gave birth 10 a child which
was apparently healthy and was doing
well. Later it disappeared under CIR
cumstances which led the authorities &c
believe that q crime has been COMMITTED
and the child made way with. Dlstric
Attorney Howe took the matter IN hanc
and caused reward of $50 to be oneree