Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-09

the city on Saturday.
Mrs Joseph Forsyth is very i'll from
nervous prostrati on.
-Viroqua painters and paper hangers
are enjoying anything but season Of
rest
Jacob Dach. Jr and wife. are euter-
tanning a young dsughte4 at thei- Frank
lin home.
-Supt. and Mrs. Wilkins entertained
8. party of friends at innocent games, on
Friday evening.
Scott Curtis and family have taken
rooms in Opera block, over Otteson' s
furniture store
DIR. J. B. Trowbridge and family
arrived from Hayward on Monday, for
a visit at the old home.
j. A. Norris and John Berg have
purchase Frank Delle's stock Of mer-
chandise at Cashton.
IT. Helgerson, the Towerville mer-
chant, with his wife, were in the city
on business, Monday.
Blaine Larson went to Escanaba,
Michigan, to accept a positson as fireman
with the Northwestern railroad com
pany.
are few Viroqua home owners who are
not improving their premises in this i'm
portant respect.
"A fire spread over the pasture and
timber land on the farm of A s. Nelson
three miles east of this city. The dam
age is considerable.
There viii be services in the Nor
wegian Synod church Friday forenoon,
May Uth. Sacrament OF the al r will
be administered
Thomas Peterson and sister of
Bristow, have returned from a three
weeks visit with relatives and friends
in Minnesota and Dakota.
County Clerk Sherman and wife are
spending week at their homes in the
town of Hillsboro. Don will try his
hand at fishing and otherwise amuse
himself
On DIR Kronson's last visit TO this
city his entire time was taken up with
professional callers who desired his SER
vices in fitting glasses and correcting
their eyesight.
Andrew Jasperson was quite serious
ly injured by the running away of J. E.
NuZum's delivery horse. His injuries
are painful and will be prolonged under
the most favorable conditions.
j. A Aylward, former principal
of the CITY schools, now prominent
lawyer and city attorney of Madison, is
a candidate for the democratic nomina-
tion for congress in the Second district.
Montgomery Ward e. Co. have for
hidden their employees using cigarettes
while employed by the firm because they
have observed that boys who smoke
cigarettes become unreliable and dis
honest.
Seeding is not yet completed in this
section. One reason for the unfinished
condition is the fact that a very good
portion of the clover is spring killed, and
farmers are turning over the sod and
seeding to crops
Mons Knutson one of the early set
tiers and sturdy men of the community,
died at his home Near Bristow on Thurs
day last, and interment took place at
Northwest Prairie church, Saturday.
Mr.. Knutson was 70 years old
The CENSOR overlooked the item of
the ball game between the high school
mines of Viroqua and Sparta at the latter
place Il week ago Saturday. Sparta was
successful by score of 19 to5 The re-
tErn game will be played here in the
1ear future.
1T is estimated that there are in the
United States about rs. 900, 600 people,
and that it will cost tie government
about so, 900, 900 to enumerate them in
the 18th census to be taken next June.
Fifty-two thousand enumerators will dc
the counting
Chairman Fortney of Franklin, tells
the CENSOR that there are three or foII
cases of what appear to be glanders, III
horses in his town. They are of lors
standing The state veterinarian has
been notified to give the matter an Off
cial investigation Later: DR.. Clute
made ivestigation of the matter to-day
and found at the farm of G. J. Kolstad
three glandered horses, which he ordered
killed.
Clint Stunkard proprietor of the
Towerville Touring mills, was in the city
on Thursday. He says his plant is hav
ing all the business it is capable OF hand
| ling, and to Accommodate his patrons ant
increasing custom he has decided to pu
in additional power il the shape of 1
| gasoline engine.
Ralph Richards, of Kansas, nephew
! # NJ v B. Richards, is visiting hi
Uncle in this city. The young man re
Gently returned from the Philippines
| where he served with western regi
ment for a year. He was engaged il
seventeen battles with the insurgents
He says it is very much like Indian war
fare TO fight against the natives in tn
far off islands.
M A. Ueland and family, bag an
baggage, returned from Texas last Mon
day. They went to the southwest onl
few weeks since with the intention 0
making it their home. We are not al
prised of the conditions that hastene
their return, but presume it is the sam
old story that Vernon county and Wi:
consin are the best land after all
Chairman Coffiand of the democrat.
county committee. has called mas
convention of the faithful to be held &
La Fargo, ON Friday, June 1st at noo1
7 The object of the meeting is to eleC
delegates to the state convention, whlc
in turn will chose delegates TO the nation
al democratic convention, to be held
Kansas CITY, July 4th. Their state convel
tiOn is TO be held in Milwaukee June /
} Editor Frank Graves attended Il
: funeral of his boyhood friend. W.
] Swarthout, at Sparta last Thursda.
He recites the facts of Mr.. Swarthout
2 sudden death as follows He died on
| wharf where ne and companion we
2 fishing They had hooked 30-pour
] fish and as soon As the fish was land'
: Mr.. Swarthout clapped his hands to b
D heart and died at once.