Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-10
Batter weather.

A new barber chair at GURUS U
Thor .pson's tonsorial parlor
Mrs. E, II Briggs and little daugh-
ter have been visiting at Mauston.
Mrs A. S. Nelson had the misfor-
ture to fall and fracture her writ
The Smith Hardware Company sells
the Henney buggies. None better
Harvey Spaulding of Genoa, was
among our Monday business callers.
j NJ. Craigo and Clarence Carter
were mp from Readstown on Monday.
-Thos. Call and wife attended the
wedding Of the latter's sister at Westby
The hay crop is better than it was
expected e. few weeks ago it would be.
Miss Eliza Haug hton arrived in the
city on Saturday, to spend summer va
cation.
Crawford county has already paid
nearly u quite thousand dollars for
srake bounty.
AS midsummer comes on there is
some complaint that the milk yield is
diminishing
Chairman Eastman and R. J. Harris
of Forest town, were in the city on busi-
hess Monday
The country will not look any better
this season than it does now. 1t is sim
ply magnificent
Buy now while they last, those
elegant horse covers at The Blue Front
Only 75c per pair.
Attorney Proctor drove to Harmony
town on Sunday to see his aged father.
who is quite feeble.
Plumber John Hengle came up from
Sparta on Monday after three weeks
confinement by smallpox.
Thomas Bowman drives to town
after fine black matched team and
double seated spring wagon.
There does not seem to be great
complaint from any section of the coun-
try in regard to failure of crops.
Ten to zero is the tune by which
Cashton ball team was laid out by the
Fruit House nine at La Crosse on the
Fourth.
Jim McCaul carries an eye in an
elegant dress of l9ourning. 1t came
from the knock of vicious horse he
was shoeing.
There will be an ice cream and cake
social at the home of H. F. Swain near
Brookville Saturday evening, July IS,
for benefit of Pastor Witherbee.
Mr. J. F sCox of Purdy, and Miss
Frona Side were married on Tuesday,
July 8, at the Fortney hotel parlors, by
Capt. Silbaugh, court commissioner.
E V. Wolfe has disposed of his
property at Mt Sterling. His family
will remove here in few days and will
occupy portion of Mrs. Terhune's resi-
dence.
-Messrs. W. ]. Waggoner and Rev
Vaughan were Viroqua callers on Mon
day The latter was enroute to Wan
shara county to see his wife who is in
i'll health.
Some months ago plate glass in
the front of Casson & Thompson's store
was cracked by the heat of lamp on
cold morning It has been replaced
with new one.
July and August will now take tire
corn crop in hand and see what can be
done with it. 1t is generally hoped
that they will succeed better than May
and June have.
j. G.. Strawn aud wife are off for
tour of the east and a visit to the Pan
American exposition at Buffalo. John
NJ Bennett, wife and son Clark, ale also
of the party.
Repairs on the Con gregational
church steeple which was injured by
t13nGfluS, COulHbIlGtl pnOutlNY- CCdt-
lolding eighty feet high are necessary.
A liberal adjustment of insurance was
made.
Through lucky purchase the Bos-
ton Clothing House offers their many
friends and patrons furnishing goods at
quarter less than usual prices. Their
large add on page 8, gives you but
faint idea of the many bargains they
offer
-Virodua business men have joined
in early closing plan. For the months
of July and August, Mondays and Sat
urdays excepted, IN archants generally
will close at : 80, commencing Thursday
evening of this week. The electric light
whistle will blow at closing hour.
"A case in supreme court, that of
Walker against the village oe Ontario,
was a suit for damages sustained by the
plaintiff by reason of the giving way of
a bridge under a traction engine. Plain
tiff was non-suited in Vernon county,
and the supre me court has found for
the appellants. Sparta Herald.
Miss Ella Ewing, formerly teacher
in our schools, is visiting the family of
her uncle. John Griffin, in this city.
Miss Ewing is an instructor in the gov
ernme1t Indian schools on the Kickapoo
reservation. Miss Ewing likes her work
among the red skins She won her posi-
ton under civil service examination.
A balance of nearly fifty dollars, col
lected for defraying expenses of the
late municipal league convention, was
left in hands of the finance committee.
By common agreement the committee
voted to convert the balance to the GEM
etery fund We believe no contributor
to the original proposition will object
to this disposition of the surplus
A clam diggers union has been form
ed in Lansing, the local men combining
against outsiders coming in to take the
precious gems caily found in the river.
The BOYS have leased the shore rights
for distance of seven miles north and
four miles south of Lansing. and no out
side cIanimer can land inside that dis
tance, even though he operates in the
waters.
An engagement is a bright spot in q
woman's life A mans engagement
area large part OF his business. Even d
how has an occasional engagement may
be with a neighbor's apple tree-or the
dog underneath: they sll have TO be met
or life would stop Life goes brightes1
and surest when timed by the watches
sold by Jos BOEHRER, klToqua'i
leading jeweler.
One Of our former residents writes
C,r.N-c,Cr, Missouri that thp1