Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-07-05
VERNON COUNTY CENSOR
WEDNESDAY, July 5, 1899.
planting is nearly over.

Work. ng on the last half of 1899.
It's a cold day when the palm-leaf fan
gets left.
Adjourned term of court opens on
Thursday.
Get your floor paints of Towner, the
best in the market.
Ex-senator Hoyt was in fl ON Chase
burg ON Friday last.
Martin 81 Kuebler will repair and
clean your bicycle.
Lace curtains and window shades at
Rogers & Williams.
Miss Alma Peterson graduated from
the Platteville normal school.
DR.. I. H. Chase and Charles Nye
are at Lancaster for the week.
j. w. Lucas and wife have returned
from Iowa after d two months visit.
There is pretty near a new deal in
carriers OF stage routes leaving Viroqua.
-Noxious weed notices for sale at the
CENSOR Office. Mail orders promptly
filled.
Miss Ella Ellefson is visiting former
classmates and P~latteville and Lam
caster.
Mrs. J. E. Brown, after spending a
month in Warren, ILL.,, returned home
Thursday.
The Springville w. C. T. U. will
meet with Mrs. Jennie McLees, Wednes-
day, July ~.
Mr.. o. ii. Larson, one of Kickapoo's
leading young citizens, was in the city
on Saturday.
Earl Graves went to Escanaba,
Michigan, TO accept a position with an
electric light company.
Mrs. FL. l.. Rayner is prepared to
accommodate o limited number of at
tendants upon summer school
Have you smoked one of those
Nineteen Hundred cigars? They are
all right. r. E. Monroe sells them.
Register Hutchinson has recovered
sufficient to be up from his Readstown
home and at the Office for ten days past.
Thomas Bowman has just loaded a
car with stove wood TO be shipped to
Sparta by Conductor Grover for domes-
tic use.
Two hundred and eighty-one di-
plomas were issued at the recent COM
mencement exercises of the state uni
versity.
Don't roast your wife to death with
heat from a wood stove, but buy one of
those wickless oil stoves at Martin &
Kuebler's.
Mr.. S. A. Arnold has returned from
a months visit in Illinois and southern
Wisconsin. HIS niece accompanied Mr..
Arnold home from Madison.
For sale, two young full-blood Jer-
sey bulls, from 2-pound butter cows.
Also COWS and heifers, best Tennessee
blood. G. w. NUzUM, Viroqua.
From all that comes to our know
ledge we Judge that the farmers pros
poets are as good here as in any part of
the country as midsummer draws on.
A barn ON the premises of Miller
Jevrett, of Avalanche, was burned on the
night of June 9th, together with a
wagon, two sets Of harness and some
other property.
Mr.. E. III. Officer, of Tomahawk, and
Miss Florence Officer of Milwaukee,
arrived home on Thursday, for a visit at
the old Springyille home. The latter
will remain during the summer school
vacation.
Found, on Liberty Pole road, July
LIST, a pocket book containing money,
Owner can secure the same by calling
on ID. w. Desmond, three miles south OF
Liberty Pole, proving property and pay
ing for this notice.
Jefferson town will hold an election
on July 18th. to vote on the proposition
Of a special tax levy to replace the
bridges swept away by foods. Coor
did the same thing on a recent day and
voted one-half per cent. on the taxabl,
property of the town.
Mary, wife of Banker w. H. Piel
Of Richland Center, died suddenly, Fri
day morning last, of heart failure, leav-
ing a babe four hours old. Mrs. Piel
was born and reared near Retreat, If W.
mistake not. She was a sister of Rev
w. J. and Robert Mckay.
Hon. Geo. d. McDill, aformer well
known Young man of DeSoto, who move,
to northern Wisconsin, many years ago
died at his home in Osceola, JUNE Ia
Mr.. McDill was a leading lawyer in hi
section. He was a member of the legis
lature for three terms in the eighty
from Polk county.
Farmers would Go well TO be wary
of the man who comes along, asks per
mission to put some innocent advertis
ing on their fences and buildings and the
asks the farmer to sign a statement &
the effect that the signs are up. TIL
farmer who is thus caught is likely t.
have presented to him for payment late
a not of 800 to 5000.
The CENSOR inadvertently omitte
mention in its last issue of the death
Mrs Benjamin Rogers. who died
paralysis o few days ago. She had bee
in delicate health for some time. Mr.
Rogers was one of the early settlers {
the county, having lived in Kickapc
previous to their removal here. Fl
neral and interment took place at Brocl
Vile.
The next time a travelling peddl'
calls at your door and tries to sell ye
goods, ask il he will take your eggs. On
ter and other farm products, ask him ]
when your neighbor gets ready to bui
a bridge over the slough, he would wi
ingly donate a few dollars to help
along. Tell him there is a poor faml
down the road, would he donate a hit
money to buy provisions; ask him if
will contribute to a new enterprise iu
starting. Your home merchant will
all this and much more