Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-11-14
I'll .Tbout Hour friends and Teighbors.

SStFeo at LIS DIS lSttkr7.
~. d Chase was home from la
Fargo, ON Sunday.
Miss Stella Z Num-. II visiting hei
brother at Tomah.
Winter is at hand-r;~g up Straw
q Ripley for st orm sash.
"A. l.. Fox aud family have moved
from Victory to this city.
Wash everything snow-white witt
Maple City Soap. 1t is pure.
Mrs William Webb is spending tw'
weeks at her old home in Grant county
DR. E. E. Gaines came over from
LaFarge and spent Monday night in tn,
city
-Miss BESSIE Campbell of Cashton
spent day last week with her sister,
Mrs. Ernest Brown.
Prof Kronson, the eye specialist
at Park Hotel, Wednesday and Thurs
d,v of this week.
In his home county of Dane Robert
NJ. La Toilette ran 500 ahead of the vote
for President Mckinley.
DR. w. E. Belt is spending fort
night in Chicago taking post graduate
work in the line of his profession.
The most complete line of under
wear to be found in Western Wisconsin
is at THE BIC STORE.
Rev Chapel, the Congregational
pastor at Readstown, was recently we'd
ded to Miss Levergreen at Aurora, Illi-
nois
On Monday John Griffin departed for
| his native home in Indiana, to be absent
for two or three weeks listing relatives
and friends
Frank Olney. station agent at Viola
was a Thursday caller. He will soon re-
linquish his present position and spend
| the winter in California
| Our young friend Chas. Fl Collins,
of DeSoto, has joined the Knights of the
Grip and become travelling salesman
! for wholesale shoe house
j A Aylward, former principal of
| the Viroqua high school, was defeated
for congress in the Madison district by
his republican opponent by nearly 5000.
County Clerk Sherman, Chairman
| Minshal and Justice Pollard, constitu-
ting d board of county canvassers, com
pictgd the canvass of election returns on
Friday and Saturday.
Ten or a dozen men and boys of this
city are under arrest c'iarged with steal
ing from Pierceis saloon orthe basement
OF Rice's block about twenty kegs of
beer. Their trials commence today.
Curious, isn't it, that nearly every
democrat one meets confesses his graft
icati0n that Mckinley was elected. Ap.
parently there never were before so
many pleased people in this country.
On account of illness Miss Minnie
McLees was obliged TO reliaquish her
studies at Stevens Point normal school,
returning tc her Tome in this city. She
Will resume her work there with the next
term.
Sam Hendrickson, who passed the
summer and fall in North Dakota, has
returned. He was employed on farm
and says work was plenty and wages
good. Crops were light on account of
drouth, he reports
Judge Fish Of Racine, hold court
for Judge Wyman at La Crosse, last
week. I NO divorces were granted
Vernon county people-Allie McClurg
from Howard McClurg, Aurora Cham
bers from W. S Chambers.
Close up for winter A rag in the
window will no longer keep out the cold
winds and frosts of approaching winter.
TIE place to buy glass and putty for re-
pairing these air holes is at A J. John
son & Cos, Viroqua's pioneer drug
store
For once the old adage that stormy
weather means democratic victory,
did not come true last election day
But what will be done to the govern
ment weather bureau, which predicted
clear and pleasant weather throughout
the entire country.
An order has been issued to the
| postmasters throughout the country to
observe the strictest economy with rub
| ber bands and to reuse old bands as
| much as possible. and to save ali pieces
of string for future use. The famine in
India and the war in the Philippines
have advanced the price of both the ar
| ticles.
On Sunday evening last Hans Boil :
stad of Sugar Grove, assaulted Andrew
Johnson of Folsom. armed with an iron
rod, striking him several times on the
head crushing his skull. At last ac-
counts the wounded man was resting
easy and may recover. The assault was
| the result of an old feud -Kickapoo
| Chief.
Louis Spellum has left the employ
ment of Chase Bros. and returned home
for an indefinite period on account of
i'll health. Mr.. Spellum is an obliging
clerk. and made many friends here who
regret his departure. Elmer Orrison,
who held the position last summer, is
again filling the same position. -LaFarge
Enterprise.
Ringing Bros monster elephant,
Romeo, was shot and killed at Wichita
Falls, texas. While being watered he
attempted 70 kill his keeper. The man
escaped by rolling under another ele-
phant and lodging around among them.
! The elephant had a record of killing
| three keepers during the last fifteen
years, and it was decided to shoot him.
1t is reported that farmers through
out the entire grain belt of the west are
seeking wives. The demand is greater
in Kansas, where the crops have been
greater tnan elsewhere. The average
farmer who Is seeking wife wants one
Of rather mature years, and widows
usually have +he preference Good cooks
are il demand, and shop girls moderate
" 30. Seamstresses are seldom asked
for. and good disposition, along with
willingness to work, are among tine
requirements.
Veteran Edward james died at the
home Of his brother Arthur. near Re
treat, on the 9Th instant, after brief
illness, the real cause Jf his death being