Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-01-31
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Jerome X. Jerome usually spends his
vacations on a farm, where he enjoys
daily labor in the fields.
Jadge Gottfried Kruger of Newark,
\. j., has had a mausoleum built for
himself at a cost of 100000.
Josephine Forbes of New Haven.
Conn., in his will left 100000 to the
Seamen's Bethel of that city.
The Rev. l.. G. Hulberg, a missionary,
is said to be the original discoverer OF
Cape Nome gold deposits.
Gov. Stone of Pennsylvania expresses
the opinion that every husband should
deed to his wife the homestead.
Joseph G. Darlington has been elected
president of the Phi ,delNhia Union
League for the twenty y-nin,G time.
The Cape Times says Cecil Rhodes will
present bronze medals to all the soldiers
engaged in the relief of Kimberley.
Lieut.. Henry Conel, who was Gomez 4
aid during the Cuban war, is now stu
dent in Boston University law school.
Gen. Lew Wallace takes a deep inter
est in college fraternities and is national
president of the Phi Gamma Delta.
Col William L. Prather, the new pres
ident of the University of Texas, says
that lynching is the greatest curse of the
South.
Col Baden Powell is 10 mean artist,
in spite of his soldierly qualities. He
studied art in his younger days with Ge-
rome i'll Paris.
Two swords, which the citizens of In
dan.po.is had made for presentation to
Gen. Lawton, win now be presented TO
his widow and family.
Col. E. r. Flemming, clock master of
the Treasury Department at Washing
ton, has over 500 tiipcpieces in his care
and is known as Father Time
Chauncey Depew pays $4,000 as Ii
six years rental for the Corcoraf house
in Washington.
Mai Jones the head press censor IN
South Africa. was known in England as
kindly and quiet man. and his friends
are surprised at the complaints of his
hardness coming from the correspond
ents r
Daniel $. Ford. for forty years pro
prietor and editor of the Youths Com
panion, who died recently, made it an
invariable rule that his name should
| never appear III the columns Of his own
journal
Congressman j. G. Needhan, from the
| Seventh CaIifes MIA district. was born in
an pniigrani wagon while his parents
were crossing she plains 10 California.
| In letter IL q friend in England, Gen
| Butler denies thai he ever said the Brit
| ish fag would be tglns over Pretoria d
| month after his landing in South Africa
| Patrick Eurey. who died in Phiiadel
| phia few days ago at the age of 1o6
| had AS his ambition the desire 10 live in
| three centuries and nearly accomplish
I'd it,
/ Col. Wilford of the British army. who
| was killed recently at Rietfontein. had
not seen active warfare till the battle
came In which be died
/ William r. Lord. new Cnited States
minister TO Argentina. has the most wi
uable law librars of aay jurist on n
| Pacific coast.
Senator Beeeridge is not the younges
\ Senator. as is generally supposed, Sen
| ator Butler Of North Carolina, who i
/ SO years of age. being one year his junior
/ Charles Z. Moody. a millionaire o
Bath. Me-. asked the City Cosacii shor
i tire before his death to erect lamI
post In front Of his residence, The re
Guest was refused. and nov his viii. jus
probated, shows that he revoked an in
tended beauesl IL sfiiA'i for . new slf'
hall