Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-30
MI 1Qbom gour friends and Nel1Abors.
Last week of city schools.

j. d. Doerr of Springville, shipped
a stock hog 10 Michigan.
Bert Welsh has purchased hal
interest in Sparta barber shop
Prof. Kronson at Park Hotel Wed
nesday and Thursday of this week.
Mrs. Gilbert Miller and sister OF
Wonewoc, are visiting Viroqua friends.
Calvin Morley arrived home from
Alabama Saturday, where he passed the
winter.
Ole Hanson and Thos. Kilen OF
Clinton and Westby, were Monday
callers.
Mrs. w S. Field of Washin gton
d. c., is paying her annual visit to this
city and relatives.
Mrs A. A. Peterson of South Da-
kota, is visiting her parents in this city.
Mr.. and Chris Oswald.
Sparta is arranging for Fourth of
July celebration on the extravagant and
old-fashioned kind.
Fred Morley and wife of La Crosse,
are passing week with relatives In this
city and at Readsto wn.
Much valuable work has been done
on the streets of late with the grader
propelled by steam engine.
Mrs Clara Minshall and little son of
La Crosse, have been in the city the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Strawn.
Jerry Conway and John N Hall
were over from Clinton to attend Odd
Fellows encampment, Monday evening.
Geo Davis of Towerville, has been
drawn as member of the u. s. grand
jury and went to Madison on Monday
Mr. Farnham, a railroad conductor
of the 500" road, and an old friend of
Rev. G. w. NuZum spent Sunday with
him.
The little son of Jas. Potts had his
le% Sc everely cut by falling on piece of
broken glass. Eight stitches were taken
in the wound.
Mrs. Frank Adams, of Manning,
took the train here, Monday morning,
for Valley Juncti TO see sister, who
is dangerously i'll.
Miss Dora Frater leaves for Ohio,
to-day, TO make her mother and sister a
a visit She then accepts situation in
Cincinnati, as sstenographer.
Sheep shearing and corn planting
were the principal occupations of farm
ers the past week. The work in both is
practically at an end for this season.
Miss Millie Lake graduates from the
Winona Normal school next week, after
a years Industrious work there. Her
many friends extend congratulations
Joseph Cowan of Stark. and John
NJ Vance of Sterling members of the
county soldiers relief commission were
in the city on official business Saturday.
E Tilton and A. w Green, with
their wives. departed for Clark and Wood
counties on Friday, to spend few days
with children and friends in that section.
Special meeting of Viroqua Masonic
lodge will be held Thursday evening of
this week Work in the Masters degree
will be conferred. A full attendance is
desired.
Rev. Frank Cooley and wife drove
over from Victory. on Thursday. and
visited with Viroqua friends. They were
on their way to see their sons, John and
Ira, at Grand Rapids, Wis.
"A great many road graders have
been delivered to towns and road dis
tricts in surrounding territory. A COM
pany of canvassers have been in the
field at the work for several months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward H. Hammond,
of Providence Rhode Island, are guests
at the Dawson home in this city. The
lady is the daughter of Fl. Fl. Wyatt, a
former well-known resident of this
county.
The now town of Warner, in Chippe-
wa county, has had its name changed TO
Iadysmith The local paper there re-
ports the arrival, with their families, of
G. w. Churchill and Samuel Wallace,
late of Kickapoo.
Harry Stout is taking short vaca-
ton and is spending it with his father
and friends in this city. For two years
he has been advance man and business
agent for circus. They travel largely
in the south, especially during the winter
months.
-Egbert Wyman. of Forest county,
we'll known here is in Milwaukee tax
ing electric treatment for a trouble des-
ignated as nerve exhaustion Mr.. Wy
man writes that he expects complete
restoration after quiet and rest. Frank
Fine of Hillsboro, will go to Crandon and
look after Mr.. Wyman's abstract affairs
puring his absence.
Charley Chase, Whitney Nichols
and Will Ady were at Madison, last
week to attend the interscholastic high
school meet In the athletic contests
Whitney Nichols proved match for his
competitors tying the foremost one in
s high jump, five feet and inches
Charley Chase won one heat in the mile
bicycle race; time 2:45. The boys made
four points for the school. There were
six schools with not as good records
The Inter Ocean claims that as many
as $50, 900 pies are made in Chicago
daily and as many as 100, 600 of them
eaten in the city, the balance being sup
piled to outlying stations New York
is credited to 1870, 600 and Boston 100, 900.
1t states further that the pie-eating
habi. is not so pronounced in its evil
effects upon digestion as the bean eating
habit of Bostonians or hot female in
New York.
Mr. l. N. Thompson, of Eureka,
California, paid brief visit to Reads
town and Sugar Grove relatives, last
Monday. He lives in the same town
with one of the Gillett families. who
were among Viroquas 8 first settlers. He
saws James N. Gillett, who vas born
here. is among the leading young attor-
news of southern California, state SEN
ator and candidate for congress before
the republican convention
An accident in which Mrs. Thos.
Deaver was almost miraculOusly spared
her life. occurred on the incline coming
west from the Strawn & Ripley lumber
yard. last Sunday In some kind OF