Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-01-03
Beautiful pictures at Towner's

| Ii your watch or clock is ont Of
order take it to Towner
Small house for rent Inquire 81
Jackson Silbaugh
Andrew Melum made pleasure
trip to La Crosse last week.
For WALL PAPER and WINDOW
SHADES, go to Towner's.
Fine gloves and mittens; large
stock at the Blue Front Store.
1 "A ring of beauty is a joy to both
giver and Teceiverl Jos. BoEHRER.
Watch us fcr watches.
JOS. BoEHRER
| Some choice city and country real
estate for sale; inquire of G. FL. Minshall.
j. 7. Ady is off to Missouri, Iowa
and Minnesota, on land inspecting
tour.
Miss Nina Hubbell of Sparta, is
being entertained by Miss Ethel Ham
ilton.
Young Mr.. Oftedahl is home from
Duluth, where he YVES employed for the
season.
The Maple Grove cheese factory,
to d. S. Simmons.
The Misses Cass and Horton enter
tanned number of their friends at the
Park, Saturday evening.
DIR. bronson, eye specialist, at Park
hotel, Wednesday and Thursday, De-
cember 27th and 2Sth
Louis Spellum came home from
LaFarge and passed Sunday and Mon
day, as did James Andrews.
Another bunch of fine Hereford
stock, 10 head, from Kansas, have been
received and placed on Fred Stolls farm.
The finest line of artistic parlor
lamps ever shown in Viroqua are now
on exhibition at johnson q Cos drug
store.
Mr. j. G.. SWAIN of La Crosse, a
former salesman at the Boston Clothing
Honse, renewed acquaintance in the
city.
Mr.. Powell, workman in the big
Homestake mine at Lead City, South
Dakota, is visiting his father in this
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ioum of Minneapolis,
are spending the holiday period with
the lady's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w
Smith.
Hon Roger Williams of Hillsboro,
has been obliged to seek relief for
rheumatic trouble at Waukesha
water cure.
Mr. NJ A Andrews, station agent
at Readstown, returned from Toronto,
Canada, ON Saturday, with wife. Con-
CALCULATIONS.
Now let all our correspondents re-
port the news from their neighborhoods.
Letters from distallt former citizens
always welcome.
1t will pay you to anticipate your
wants for spring by securing some of the
great bargains in the slaughter sale Of
wall paper at Towners.
General and Mrs. Rogers extended
compliments of the season to a goodly
number of gentlemen friends at their
hospitable home New Years day.
"A Mormon Elder is holding aseries
of meetings at Pleasant Ridge. The
| CENSOR is advised that there is quite a
stir over the matter, and some warm
discussion
--Sibeon Hooyerson of Jefferson, is
receiving a visit from his brothers Fred
and Trone, who reside in Minnesota.
They were among the very early settlers
in this vicinity.
in a letter renewing his CENSOR
| Elmer Powell says that he is conductor
on one of the overland Northern Pa
cific passenger trains. He resides at
Forsyth, Montana
| Silas Foster tells the CENSOR that
he manufactured and disposed of 700,
600 brick the past season. The Viroqua
| brick yard is one of the substantial en-
terprises of the city.
| Frank Minshall will entertain audi
ences with his concert grand phono-
graph next week in the Il, making
LaFarge Thursday night, Valley Fri
day, Hillsboro Saturday.
DIR. J. K. Schreiner greeted host
of friends while in the city on Wednes-
day. He says he found plenty OF work
in the medical colleges of Berlin, and
looks as if it agreed with him.
Mr. A. B. Saxton of SPARTA is
spending two weeks with relatives and
old neighbors in Jefferson. He receives
a hearty welcome from the friends who
knew him~during his long residence in
this county.
| Veteran E. O. Pelton, of Viola,
aged ", died from the effects of stroke
of paralysis on Thursday morning and
| was buried, Saturday, by the G. 4. r.
Mr. Pelton was pioneer resident OF
Richland county.
DIR. w M. Trowbridge and Ed
Coe drove across country to La Crosse,
saturday, the latter returning home
Sunday. DIR. Trowbridge had received
| a sudden call to the bedside of his dying
father and continued his trip to White
hall.
| Rev. William iaughton of this
city, is complimented by being elected the
first honorary member of the Wisconsin
| Literary association, an organization
composed of literary people, whosemem
bership is yet confined largely to Mil
| waukee
The father of DR.. w. M. Trowbridge
died of pneumonia, at his home in
| Whitehall, Trempealeau county, or
Monday after brief illness. The doc
tor arrived at his bedside a few hours
before he passed away. Mr.. Trow
bridge was 60 years old. He visited
Viroqua frequently.
/ NOTICE. The report having been cir
culated TO the effect that l had stated
concerning Joun Devlin, that he the sai6
John Devlin bought lumpy jaw meat
wish to say that said report is an error
that the statement was not by me made
and is not true. A. HOMELAND.
4 January 2, 1900.
Don't be deceived into buying {
worthless mess of wheels, advertised By
unknown and unreliable parties al
watches. When you buy watch, yoI
want good one. The watches we carr,
are acknowledged the best on earth
we always have them in stock, also full
line of jewelry, silverware, clocks, etc
Jos. BoEHRER.
Following are among very man,
complimentary words the CENSOR ha
received % late from subscribers VIII,
have renewed their subscriptions 9Th
paper has followed me to many place
and is always a welcome guest. 1t tell
me all about the people OF Vernon
county and vicinity, with whom hav
met and labored so often ard long.
Joseph Sebranek, the town of Uniol
young man who was taken to the Men
dota asylum, escaped from that institu
ton the evening following his confine
ment there. He made his way home
s,here he was Seuna by our local officer
and returned to Mendoza lie was vic
lently obstinate and the officials ha'
great difficulty in recapturing him.
Sheep farmers will be interested i
the news that Boston wool men are car
wasting the state of Washington, en-
deayorinar IN hl1y mn payt seasons cir