Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-08-24

beye, like Spellum, White, Simmons,
LoN alees and others the packs nearly
as large as some of them experienced
no difficulty whatever in making the
trip. and came homs fresh TIL, next
tri will probably be Tomah, with the
whole regiment.
The next important svsnt was pay
dav. The pay msster came early on
Wednesday morning and WAS escorted
from the depot with strong ensrd, and
made short work of paying fl the regi-
ment. 1t te ok Rbont ten m uutes 10
pay off a compa y. Pay day is a more
important event than wa ever Imagined,
Some i sist npon blowing all their
money the first few da,s ana going
broke the balance Of the month The
colonel put Lisu4er az Is Brenizar and
Mckay, the heavy weights of the reei
mem, 10 MS officers Of the guard and
gave strict ord. RS 10 have the discipline
Of tha camp maintained at all hfz ards
A big bruiser from Company I'D" start.
in to run things at the guard house 81 d
Lieutenant Brenizer turned him wrong
eide cut and cboked him till he was
back in the face and the difficulty ended
| am pleased to sny that Company M
has passed through pay day SO far
without a drunk in the guard house.
| inter 4. d to be home for camp meet |
ing, Sunday, hut had to postpone the
trip for ~eek GU acc mt cf extra work
in camp joe Pn!ver walked in On IA,
Thursday The non commissio ed Off
GERS were examined this wes k.
JACKSON S LBAUGH.
Much Damage the Result of Tuesdays
storm
On Tuesday the farmers and res d, nts
of the western portion of this couaiy
suffered a sev.rs crop loss by the heavy
rain and hail storm. which WAS accom-
panied by wind The DE Soto H~ra' |
gives the following particular
The eldest inhabittnt claims not 10
RENE mber in his experience in this
country hail and rain storm of such
fierce and wild character as the one that |
visited this section of country GA Tues
day afternoon. All the afternoon q |
swa,erirg heat and humid atmosphere
kept both the fat AZ d the lean both mop
ping their perspiring brows, and mary
prophesied storm for the windup.
1t came about $3.50 o'clock, out of evil
looking clouds, but was accompa1 led py
very little wind.
The rain was light at first, but it soon
came in torrents and was ompanied
by the longest and heaviett fall of hail
we have eve. seen, the streets and hill
sides being white with the frozen rain,
even aft ar the storm had nearly passed |
The length of the storm here was about
an hour in duration, but an immense
0mount of water had fallen during that
time 1t was a genuiae h1rtheaster,
and as nearly rs we can Learn covered
bnt did not EXT nd as for north as La
Crosse.
The Burlington railroad track was
badly damaged between DeSoto and
village of Victory. Alex Tulloch had
great deal { lumber swept aw"v.
Much damage to the tobacco crop is
from all quarters, 10 many |
places the destruction being complete,
while corn aud other farm products ar
damaged 10 he hail belt to a greater or
less exteLt.
Window lights suffered wherever the
hail visited, Thos. Lawrence, on Law
renee Ridge, being the. heaviest loser We
have heard of, his loss amounting to 80 |
paues of glass. Howarth's people also
suffered in this respect, but we did not
learn to what extent
Judging from reports already inside
us and the statements of manv old |
settlers, this was one Of the most de
structive rain and hail storms that ever
vis;tad this saofion