Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-18

| outing at Manning next week.
The new city we'll is down deptl
of 225 feet, now in solid rock.
Miss Barbara Munson is visiting
Young friends at Soldiers Grove and
Viola.
Opportunity to lease a La Crosse
hotel is presented. See advertisement
in tOday's paper.
j. ]. Taylor of Valley. and Charles
Stare tt of LaFarge, have had increases
in their pensions.
Prof. Pearson arrived from Grant
county last Saturday, where his family
Is passing vacation.
M. d. Chase dropped business cares
at LaFarge for few days and is with
his family iii this city.
Regular meeting of Viroqua W. C..
7. U will be held with Mrs Scott Cur
tiss next Tuesday at o'clock.
DR.. and Mrs Brown of Soldiers
Grove, were in town, Thursday. Mar
shall John Lowry drove over with them
Mrs. Will Castle is at Richland
Center for medical treatment She was
accompanied there by her husband and
mother
Bernard O'Connell, the hustling
manager for the Plano machinery people
in this section, was in the city on busi-
ness, Tuesday.
Mr.. L. c. Steenberg has been enjoy
ing a visit from his brother, o. c. Steen-
berg, of La Crosse, who is an attache of
the Coleman National Bank.
Harry Stout, who has been taking a
vacation of some weeks, left Monday
morning, to join the circus he has so
L. Ie IN
Texas
Byron D. Shear and wife Of Okla
homa City, are visiting the old Hillsboro
home Byron holds good position as
clerk of one of the federal courts of that
territory.
Mr.. F. Fl. Ames of Freeman Craw
ford county, was in the city and favored
the CENSOR with call, also two new
cash subscriptions for himself and A.
G. Ames.
Free band concert in the tabernacle
Friday evening. The boys invite t1e
pub ic, believing that they will be able
to give an hours programme that the
public will appreciate.
The lawn social announced at Mrs
Cassons has been withdrawn to Friday
night and supper will be given in che
church, from $50 to Z o'clock. Price
IS cents. including ice cream. Every
body invited.
Recently, at Viola, farmer showed
us a large Russian thistle. He said
few had developed along the klckapoo
railroad track, the seed having probably
been brought on the cars from the west
where they are great torment.
"A big sociable for charitable pur-
poses was given at the residence of Z.
A. Partridge. in Wheatland, Friday
evening last, in which $50 joined. Re
ceipts We're over $2l. which are contrib
uted to a worthy cause.
The death of Mrs. Owe Lewison,
aged eighty years, occurred at the fam
lily home near Rising Sun Funeral was
held at Northwest Prairie church on
Sunday. Mrs. Lewison was the mother
of Mrs. Sylvester Solverson of this city.
DIR. Kronson will make his next pro.
fessional visit to this city on Wednesday
and Thursday, July 25th and 26th. His
headquarters will be at the Park Hotel,
where he will be pleased to meet all
needing the services of a first-class eye
specialist.
-Cashton and Viola clubs are to cross
bats at LaFarge, next Sunday. 1t will
doubtless he one of the most exciting
games of ball played IN this section of
the state during the season. Both teams
are out for gore and nothing will be left
undone on either side to win victory.
News from Minneapolis is that twin
daughters, weight eight pounds each,
were born to Mr. and Mrs, f. NJ. Oium,
Smith before her marriage, a daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. |. w. Smith of this
city. Mrs Smith is now at the home of
her daughter.
The kid base ball club of this city,
played with Cashton juveniles on Sat
urday, coming off victorious by a score
of five to four in six-inning game.
This is record some of the older heads
at the great national game can take
example after.
The band will be heard in free con-
cert at the tabernacle, Friday evening of
this week. We are glad to see the bt tys
aspiring in this direction. Public CON
certs are the greatest benefit a cOmmun-
ity can derive from a band, and we hope
the boys may soon be able TO appear at
regular intervals
Ringing Brothers circus caught a
number of NirOqua people, among them
Scott Curtis and wife O. q. Munson and
wife Margare5 and Mary Coffiand, Will
Castle, Lloyd Davis, Harry Stout, Sher-
wood Foster aid Don Sherman and
wife. The crowd in attendance is
estimated at ten to twelve thousand
people The Ringlings maintain the
high reputation of their great circus and
menagerie. During the street parade
made by the circus not less than half
dozen houses of prominent residents were
burglarized Watches, jewelry and small
sums of money were their booty.
One of the saddest deaths we have
been called upon to record is that of
Joseph T. Nelson, one of the leading
and energetic young farmers of the
| town of Viroqua, only son of the late
! Nels T. Nelson. His sickness was of
less than a weeks duration from appen-
/ dicitis. and the trouble was so well ad-
vanced before the seriousness of his case
was known that the surgeons advised
against an operation. He died on Sun
| day and the funeral occurred at Coon
Prairie church. yesterday. Mr.. Nelson
was twentysix years of age. He was
married to Miss Christens Wig six years
ago. The young widow and child five
wears old survive him.
The Chicago Tribune contains a
| tabulated statement of the casulties on
the Fourth gathered from cities and
towns throughout the land. The deaths
were -. while the total number injured
foots M 2. .7t7 The greatest number OF