Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-06-19

Last November the CENSOR gave q
review of the Threatened litigation in
the matters growing out of the winding
mp of the Farmers Union co partnership
which did mercantile and supply bust
ness in this city for several years At
the closing up of the eompany's affairs
II deficit or shortage was 1ound 10 exist,
anproximatlng eight Thousand ,.oIiars
This amount was owing to III s.ereut in-
diyiduals of the communit" on notes
| given ny the accredited officers of the
| association. and they comm need actions
against two hundred and twelve persons
rs eo-psrtners in the organic ttion Sam
| uei w Moore was plaintiff and the
action Just tried in the circuit court was
| against Reuben May and others It was
made a test case. Recovery of the amount
| of Indebtedness wis stoutly resisted and
the case occupied five days of last week,
concluding on Saturday. Mr. Moore WAS
| represented by Attorneys II. G. Highee
| of La Crosse, and Cyrus VI. Butt, Jr.,
of this city, while the numerous defend
ants had as counsel the entire bar of VII
| roqua. Every point, from start to finish.
was covered with an earnestuess and
determination to let no fact or law point
remain uucited that had the slightest
hearing in the matter Messrs Butt,
Porter Ellefson and Others, who had
acted as managers of the Union during
periods of it's existence. submitted their
work as such and irsroduc.,. The articles
of organization. Or partnership to test
| the liability of the long e:eay of signers
| The united defense placed more than a
! hundred w snesses ON the stand, all of
whor~ we.e alleged members of the firm,
altf ,'1oil denying anv connection with
or liahility for the affairs of the Uniop
| I her set up, most of them at least, that
{ they signed. on solicitation, sheet of
! paper which they were advised gave
| them the right to trade at the company
ssore for the period of year by the
! payment of one dollar. These parties
also allege that there were no articles
of agreement or partnership attaching
| to these sheets. However, :he signatures
are all appended 60 the articles OF asso-
| citation.
Judge Fruits instruction to the jury
was brief and practically to the point
that if they found the defendants signed
the compact they must be held respons
ible.
| OF the two hundred and ten defendants
in this action 81 made answer, of whom
/ four were released by the jury; 119
made no answer, practically acknow
lodging their responsibility and permit
| ting Judgment tn be rendered by
| default. OF this latter class quite u
large number paid sums sufficient, or
supposed to be SO, to liquidate the claims
against them. They could not he dis
charged however, till matters had been
determined in the courts,
1t is and nas been great mix-up and
much i'll feeling has been engendered.
1t appears 10 be the old old story of
men engaging in something they know
I nothing about It is not strange that q
business conducted by novices, frequent
changes in managers. employing help
unskilled in merchandising, should lose
! eight thousand dollars in as many years,
The talk is now that the matter will
be taken to the supreme court.
Since disposing of the long-drawn-out
| Farmers Union case court work has pro-
gressed quite rapidly and it is now be-
| lieved the jury will he dispensed with
in four or five days. Following matters
have been taken up and disposed of.
! ISSUE OF FACTOR JURY.
! State OF Wisconsin against l.. Seymour.
/ BasUardy. Settled
| John Tolmau Co. against Il. A Russell ct
/ al. Judgment 10 plaintiffs of ,244 50.
| John Franzina sgainst James Laland eft. al.
/ Continued.
John Henry against warder Bushnell Giles
ner Co. On trial
Ere man q. sidie against iohn W. White
ct. al. Verdict for plaintiff OF s209.7o.
| Henry Foster against W. II. Jones and viii
liam Hanks. Verdict for defendant Jones foi
| 5 cents
Nels +. Brfnge et Al. againet Reuben May
| eft al. Not to be tried.
FACT FOR COURT
Cecil Green against l.. f. Rabbit ct al. No,
noticed.
Lvcnrgus ]. Rusk rs executor ct al against
! VIM Linde-"an ct nj,
Arnie VanKirk against Carrie Van Kirk
| Divorce gr inted
Sophia Straight against Forester Straight
| Divorce granted.
"A little daughter is an attraction al
William Small $,
Mrs. Buckley has commenced work
on her new bouse.
-Nels Krogan has had friend visit
ing him from Minnesota.
Editor Robinson of the L aFargt
Enterprise, tarried briefly in the city
today
Mrs. Ella Mcintosh Of GAINESVILLE, i.
making a protracted visit at the old
home.
DIR. Barney is in Chicago securing
lighting outfits for business places Of tbs
patent arc gasoline lights for which ht
is agent.
H. C. G osling has been able to HI
about town for some days. His friends
, are gratified at his recovery, thi ne
few expected.
As the CENSOR goes 70 press tbs
ceremony uniting in marriage Mr.. Henry
fIendricksou and Miss Dora Bouffieur
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Bouf
feur, is taking place at their home IL
this city. Rev. H. J. Witherbee per
forms the ceremony. Only relatives ant
few friends are participants in th'
wedding
At Tuesday evenings session Of tbs
city council all members were present
Following accounts were audited: John
son 81 johnson, bitches f24 35: team anC
street work. c. NJ Morrison, IS 10; JOS
johnson St1 60, WIN. Tewalt 81, JOIN
Parr "a 05 Geo. f. Morse So l.. Hal
$6. 80. S McWilliams 81. 0j. A. ID. Helge
son $50 04, Express charges $1.JO. Ac
count of D. Fl. Puiver for $54 care =
small pox patient. was allowed at $27
Four foot walk was ordered built il
front of the property of G. W Graves
Fred Eckhardt. Mrs Ady, j. NJ. Talnte
and B. G. Dinsdale
The state university catalogue jus
I issned shows an attendance OF Z,Bli
students this year, an increase of lSi