Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-06-20
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DIR. Chambers has completed the
census work in the city
The county jury commissioners met
In this city on Saturday.
john R. Spellum is erecting another
tenement house in the Third ward.
Mrs John R. Lake is giving her
fine cottage home fresh painting.
Harry Wulfing is at Richiand Center
to attend the funeral of an aunt
Mrs, NJ. D. Chase and children have
gone to La Fargo to spend several weeks.
Miss Queen Cass is spending her
vacation with her parents in Sumner,
Iowa.
DR.. Robert DoLap of La Fargo, was
the guest of his aunt Mrs Casson, on
Sunday.
Carl Peterson and wife of ,,oIdiers
Grove, We're guests of Viroqua relatives
on Sunday.
The Epworth League will give an
Ice cream social on the lawn of Frank
Williams, this Friday evening.
Hon. D. F. Jones of Sparta, was in
the city on Monday, and attended to
legal matters before Judge Wyman
Prof. NJ. o. Hill and wife of Bangor,
are spending vacation in this city with
Mr.. Hills parents
Henry Peterson and Eben Sweger
are home from st Olaf's Lutheran col
lege at Northfield, Minnesota.
Miss Shearer of Fennimore, has
arrived in the city and joined her sister,
Mrs Henderson, in the millinery business
-Nordal Neprud and wife, of Coon
Valley, are putting in a fortnight visit
ing numerous interesting points in
Minnesota.
"A N. Scoville, superintendent of
the poor in Crawford county, with his
two daughters, were guests at John /.
Hayes Saturday and Sunday
There will be an ice cream social at
the residence of S. r. Ewing, near
Brookville Saturday evening June % for
the benefit of Rev. Peckham. All are
invited
Chase 81 Favor are adding line of
rubber tire single and double seated rigs
to their new livery stock. Every con-
veyance in their barn is new and of the
latest pattern.
Roy Baldwin and his brother-in- law,
Mr. RerImel made q fishing expidition
to tie Mississippi They had fine
cetch of black bass, which they shared
with the CENSOR household.
District Attorney Bennett and Otto
Omundson were at Hiiisboro ON Satur-
day The former conducted the exami-
nation. before Justice Williams, of Will
liam Durkee, on charge of bastardy, and
he was bound over to circuit court.
Pete Husting, the young man who
pitched ball for the LaFarge team in
last falls fair games. has signed with
the Milwaukee professionals for the sea-
SON. Husting is university man and
has pitched for that institution so far
this year.
Judge David H johnson died of
apoplexy, in Milwaukee, on Friday. He
had been on the bench there for the past
twenty years. Previous to that he lived
at Prairie du Chen and in early days
represented Vernon county in both
branches of the legislature.
E. G. Holch, who has been manager
of the Elgin Creamery at this place
moved his family to Viroqua, on Monday.
Mr. Holch takes charge of the new
creamery at the above place Mr. Olson
of Brush Creek has taken charge of the
creamery Aere. Westby Times.
Mrs. Martha Warner, of Colorado,
is visiting her aged father, other rela-
tiyes and innumerable friends of girl
hood DAYS in and about Liberty Pole.
The venerable Jesse Munyon is her
father, and he is ninetythree years of
age man we'll preserved in body and
mind.
Mr.. I. w Switzer is home from
E.. E. H. azycs
crops are liable to be rather short in
ma1y sections of the west on account of
lack of rain Next week he will return
to his farm near WATERFOWL taking his
family there for the summer. They will
go by private conveyance, taking about
ten days for the trip.
"A bushel of oats fed to a good COW
will produce three pounds of butter,
saws the Northwestern Agriculturlst. A
bushel of oats is worth 20 cents, and a
pound of butter about the same Three
pounds of butter, then, are worth &C
cents, and a man has 40 cents for the
trouble of feeding the co and making
the butter. That will do very well in
these hard times.
The Kickapoo is a strange looking
sight at present, with stave bolts backing
about one mile up the river. A crew Is
busily engaged in pulling them out OF
the water. DIR. Ewers has purchased
the Frank Rogers farm, consideration
$1,000 The doctor expects to go into
the tobacco industry quite extensively
and will fit up part of the farm fol-
fancy stock -Readstown Herald.
Hugh Joyce departed for Great
Falls. Montana on Monday, where ht
has in view two or three occupations,
hut rather expects to enter the machine
shops of the Great Northern Railway
Company, and learn the trade. Hug
is a recent graduate of our high school
an industrious and intelligent young
man whom all will be pleased TO have
prosper in his western chosen home.
We have been having somewhat O
a railroad scare again lately. Thu
time il is an electric line to run from
Elroy to Hillsboro. A capitalist ha
been here from Chicago for the pas
week looking up the matter. We hop
il is not all scare" this time, and tina
we NAV soon have line running int,
this city. Then Hillsboro will be
much better town in every way. Gu
merchants could pay better prices TO
produce and they could sell their good
at lower prices 1t would pay heav,
bonus in a short time Hillsboro Sentry
The CENSOR enjoyed social AM
business visits from large number
Ontario residents while IN the city a.
tending the damage case OF Lewis
Walker against the village Anon
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