Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-03-28

his home by an attack ofquinsy.
Miss Emma Huschka of Sparta, il
visiting her cousins, the Misses Wolfe.
Seven members of the johnson fam
lily near West Salem, are i'll with the
smallpox
-Viroqua has five millinery stores
| plenty of Easter head gear this season.
Warren Dunlap is able to be ont,
after long season of confinement by an
injury.
Viola is striving for free rural de-
livery of mail 1t would be good point
| for such service.
DIR. w. NJ Trowbridge is receiving
visit from his mother, who resides at
Trempealeau.
Geo. j. Coler of Rockton, has been
granted a fathers original pension, at
$12 per month.
Miss Irene Suttle of Lancaster, is
visiting with the family of her brother,
Dr. Suttle. in this city.
A second person Soren Sickle of
Christiana, was sent to Mendoza asylum
during the past week.
Frank Boggs recently made trip of
isfied that it was not the country for
him
Ringing Bros car shops burned last
Thursday at Baraboo. The contents
were all removed and loss will be about
$500.
Prof w. d. Parker state inspector
or high schools. paid our school visit
on Thursday. He went from here to La
Fargo and Hillsboro.
Confirmation services will be held
at the Synod Lutheran church in this
city, next Sunday morning by Pastor
Bestul. There will be a class OF seven
Mr.. George Latta, of Franklin, one
of the CENSoR'S original subscribers,
was in the city for the first time since
asst fair. He suffers from rheumatism.
j. H Sherrick was down from Cash
ton, Tuesday. He reports the death OF
Peter Ofelt, mechanic of that city,
from consumption. He leaves wife
and three children.
The railroad company is sinking the
well deeper on its premises in this
city. The water supply became entirely
exhausted. The stock yards and loco
motives t.ke water from the city system.
Mrs. Frank Rogers and children of
Viola, passed through here on Monday
enroute to Chippewa county, where Mr..
Rogers is engaged in numbering. They
will make Warner their future home
Miss Edith Stevenson of Council
Bluffs. Iowa, is visiting her sister Mrs.
S. c. jackson, in this city. Miss Steven
son was enroute home from trip to
New Orleans She is telegraph operator
on the board of trade in her home city
Miss Bertha Wilkinson, of Liberty,
was adjudged insane and removed to
MersG ia sssssy sUflaib5' Untlei Sheriff W mite
1t is a great affiiction to the family, and
their friends hope the young lady will
soon be restored to her home in the full
enjoyment of health.
Did it ever occur to you that your
splitting headaches are caused by defec-
tive eyesight? Seyenty-five per cent of
the cases of chronic headache are trace
able to the eyes Have your eyes cor
rected by one who is thoroughly versed
in his business Be sure and see DIR.
Kronson, eye specialist, at Park Hotel
April 4th and 5th.
The Ground Hog" club will give
one of its popular dancing parties at the
Opera house on Friday night of this
week. The public is invited. All the
parties given during the winter by the
members of this club have been largely
attended and conducted in the very best
manner. The full DeLap orchestra will
provide music.
The old Liberty Pole hotel, which
has for so many years stood vacant, has
been purchased by Ed. Munyon from
Mrs. Grey. The owner will remove the
building and erect new dwelling on
the location. The old hotel is one of the
land-ma. ks of that section, having shell
tered the weary traveller during the days
WI IN there was much traffic by the
Black River stage route.
Ringing Bros. have received the
largest consignment of animals ever re-
ceived at one time They come direct
from Hagenbeck's institution at Ham
burg, Germany The lot includes ten
camels, four elephants monster bla ok
yark. South African eland, one tiSer,
Samoan lion one markhoor, one orang-
outang, pair of antelopes, polar bear,
the largest ever imported, besides os
triches ard hundreds of rare birds.
Old acquaintenances in this city
learn with regret of the death, at Charles
City, Iowa, of Henry H Blodgett, an
old time settler here. He came to Viro-
qua in 1855, and in 1861 was married to
Miss Ruth A. Allison, also of this place.
Mr.. Blodgett served in Co. !. 42d regi-
ment in the rebellion. The family re-
moved to Iowa in 1876. Mr. Biodgett
died of heart failure A widow and two
sons survive him.
"A gentleman who travels good
deal relates the following experience
| which ne had ON a train not long ago.
A lady passenger was boo-hooing fit to
kill, when a man passenger said to her:
My dear madam, what can | do to
console you in your troubles" She said
her troubles were inconsolable; that she
was on her way to California to have
her fifth husband cremated. Just across
the aisle and two seats back another
lady burst out crying with all her might
and the gentleman stepped back to get
her troubles. She said she was forty
| two years of age and had never been
able to catch man yet, while that
thing across the aisle has husbands to
burn. And she didn't think it was
right.
Mr.. Leon Mead in his Bow legged
Ghost, presents volume of nearly 800
| pages Of prose and verse. Tie stories
and sketcheF are of city and country,
and take in all sorts of people Mr.
! Mead generally seeing the humorous
side of the phases of life presented.
] There ars hits at well-kn0wn people,
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