Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-03-07


displayed at The Big Store.
Miss Myrtle primmer visited few
days in Readstown last week.
Little Albion Lipdemann broke his
arm Friday, it being the fourth time.
Miss Elizabeth Spellum of Wrstby.
called on friends in the city, Saturday.
Telephones have been placed in the
residences Of WIN. Webb and Andrew
Baldwin
Miss Nlillie Lake - home from
| Winona, to spend vacation with her
parents.
A party of young folks made merry
at dance in Relief Corps hall, Thurs
day evening
Merchant C. H. Upham of De Soto.
was the guest of John NJ. White and
wife couple Of days last week.
Miss Olga Omundson is spending
her we ek's vacation from school work
in Westby, at home in this city.
Al. Lake has purchased eighty acres
of land ont of the old home farm in the
southeastern part of the town of Viroqua.
j. w. Lucas of Marshalltown, Iowa,
was visiting among Viroqua friends last
Thursday. He was enroute to Chicago.
Superintendent of the Poor Heitman
and Peter Nelson, of Cashton, We're in
the city on official business last Saturday.
Charley Haskell and wife of Red
hal'dt residence in this city for few
days.
Prof Kronson, the eye specialist,
will be in this city ednesday and
Thursday of this week, at the Park
| hotel
Jim Royce, who has so long been
with the Ida House at Sparta, goes to
Merrill with the Hazens as clerk of their
new hotel.
"A good portion of the country
schools throughout the county are
closed this week in order that their
teache may ttend the institute.
7. V. Hill of Dell, and w. H. Shisler
of Wheatlaud with many others from
remote portions of the county, braved
Monday S storm and did business at the
county seat.
Last Thursday there occurred at the
home of W. n Coffland what might
have been serions accident-the ex-
plosion of lamp-had it not been for
the presence of mid of Miss Margaret.
-Profs Doty of Sparta, and jackson
of Columbus, are to conduct the Hills
boro teachers institute next Wednesday
and Thursday. On the evening of the
first day Prof. Jackson will give public
lecture
Olaf Rig of Mt Sterling. has rented
the room occupied by G. a. Holbrook for
| a second hand store, and will open up a
iewelrv store aid repair shop by the nth
ints Mr. Holbrook expects to close out
business ir the meantime.
A session of the camp meeting di-
rectors will be held at the Methodist
church parlors, Saturday March 18th,
at o'clock D. M, to arrange for coming
camp meeting. to be held the last two
Sundays in August. A full boald is
needed
%. G. Briggs of this city, has pur-
chased the Cashton Record from J. j.
Nc Manamy. The latter has made a
success of the paper during the past two
years by close attention to business and
hustling Mr.. Briggs is competent to
give the people of our neighboring town
a good local paper.
| In the course of letter renewing
his subscription, Nels d. Neslon, an old
| Vernon boy who has gained an enviable
reputation in North Dakota writes from
! Mayville: Cannot get along without
! the CENSOR. Prosperity has been all
the rage out west for the past year and
| farm lands have been selling around
Mayville for S35 per acre. :"
| The editor Of the CENSOR passed a
| few hours ut Soldiers Grove on a late
! date, and was surprised to witness the
| substantial improvements consummated
| there the past season. The town was
alive with business in tobacco deliveries,
w-logs, excelsior and stave bolt timber.
I The streets were literally packed with
| teams hauling these commodities. Busl-
ness men report prosperity on all sides
| There are few better business points, or
more enterprising, hustling citizens in
any inland town of the state than
| Soldiers Grove possesses.
The CENSOR elsewhere gives space
to correspondence between our nelghbor,
E. B. Hyde of Retreat, and an English
| Lord relative to the Transvaal war.
/ The correspondence will no doubt in
terest our readers to the extent, at least,
of showing how jealously the English
government guards its rights and pays
| close attention to what is being said of
them throughout the world, else no at
tention would have been given to the
| communication. Mr.. Hyde tells the
CENSOR that the borders Of the envelope
in which the letter came, and the first
page of the letter are draped in mourn
ing and adds: Il received no illtimation
of the occasion of the grief so silently
expressed.
During the cold snap of week ago,
something about the pump at the county
ASYLUM broke. and there was a water
famine for one day 1t was necessary
to haul water from the city in tanks in
order to supply the heating plant,
patients and stock on the place. The
break was soon remedied. but the CON
ditions were sufficient to alarm those in
authority and cause them to make haste
for the new water supply plant. If a
fire had broken out in the big building
during the time there was a lack OF
water nothing could have prevented the
entire structure from going, and the
lives of the inmates Were endangered
The county board did a wise and humane
act when it ordered this much needed
enlarged water supply.
A preliminary meeting of the county
agricultural society was held last Thurs
day To determine ON a line OF work tol
the fair, appoint advance committees
etc 1t was determined to offer 81, 60t
in race purses and have three big days
In amusements the Kemp Sisters wild
west has been engaged for three days
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