Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-16
Buy snow shovel then use it.
Smallpox has broken out in man
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visited La Goose on business.
jesse Tilt ~ has gone to Wood
county to work for his brother
District Attorney Bennett had legal
business in La Crosse last week.
Persons having Relief Corps dishes,
please TO return them to Mrs. DIR. Suttle
Friday evening of this week DeSoto
Woodmen give their annual masquerade
ball
Mr.. G. II. Pease, president of the
Richland county telephone system, is in
the city today.
The firm Of Frederickson g. S vel
ingson, general merchants at Westby,
will soon dissolve partnership.
Get youT job printing done at the
CENSOR Office Quick work, good work
manship. neat designs and reasonable
prices
Vaccination is the order every where
else in Wiscon in other than Virqna.
and it would ne wise policy to comm. nee
In earnest here
John r. H. b Is sald his farm, just
outside the c'fr imits, {, A 0 Espeseth.
and purchasd Frank of Chase u.hat is
known as th' ampbsll place of 120 acres
on Otter Gre, +.
-Munyor, lite photographer, will
open branch of his La Crosse business
at Liberty Pole, for one week, commerce
ing next Sunday and continuing through
Sunday the 27th.
Frank A. Chase has purchased the
40-acre farm of Munson Robinson near
Ross. Also the house and three acres of
land belonging to Mrs Wood, in the
Second ward of this city.
The Hillsboro Sentry says that Mr.
and Mrs. Gus Kolb mourn the death Of
their youngest child, boy, aged about
10 months. The little fellow was taken
sick on New Years eve with croup.
Ontario notary publics, on the fourth
instant. executed fifty-nine pension YOU
chers for veterans in that section. The
aggregate smount they draw there is
81, 500 or an average of about $43 per
quarter.
The present fad" is handkerchief
collecting Spoons and all other SOU
ladies are beginning to count with pride
handkerchiefs.
--Peck's Bad Boy, at Opera house,
Monday night Jan. II. Aplay founded
on the book of the same name, by Ex-
Gov Peck who receives a royalty ON
every performance Prices 25, 35 and so
cents. Seats now on sale.
Mrs. Perham of Readstown, has for
a couple of weeks, been passing the time
with her daughters here and at Tomah
While here she fell and has been quite
disabled but is some better now and able
to return home. Sparta Advertiser.
-Stoddard is to be favored with a
new steam Touring mill TO be establish
ed in the spring by John Hanesworth.
The machinery and materials are now
being placed on the grounds. Stoddard
citizens can count themselves in luck by
the starting of such an important
industry.
AT the home of her son, in Franklin,
on Sunday, the aged mother of Chris
Henry passed away, age about 50 years
She was one OF the pioneers of this sec
tion. Funeral occurred at Liberty Pole
ON Tuesday. A number We're in attend
ance from this city, including quartet
of singers.
The creamery building at Newry is
completed The building is quite large
and will be fitted with the latest i'm
proved creamery machinery. Contractor
Thoreson had contract to build the
building and Thos. Kilen furnished
them with well and plenty of water
Westby Times
Garfield Pennell writes home from
the Philippines that he is recovering
from his long siege of typhoid fever and
expeci ed to be able to start for home on
a furlough about the first of this month.
He sends lome large collection of
pictures of scenes in that country. They
are very interesting.
The first lobbyist to register at Madi-
son under the law passed two years ago
requiring register, was Attorney w
S. Manning, late of Soldiers Grove, now
of Ladysmith. Wis, who is endeavoring
to get bill passed dividing Chippewa
county and having the seatNof the new
county at Ladysmith.
The Don c. Hall company showed
in this city on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of last week to fair sized
houses Mr.. Hall presented two plays
of his writing, Rudolph the Cripple"
and an Irish comedy which were well
received by the people. He is a fine ac-
tor and with good support would un-
doubtedly stand high in the theatrical
world
"A little misunderstanding between
two young men at Retreat, Sunday eve
ming, January 9th, it is said, resulted in
one drawing a revolver ana firing two
shots at the other One shot grazed the
forehead and the other lodged in the
shoulder. The wounded man came to
Viroqua to receive medical attention,
returning to Sterling on Tuesday after
noon.
In Odd Fellows Encampment, Mon
day night, the following officers were
installed by Fl. p. Proctor, District
Deputy:
Chief patriarch-Wm. Smith
High Pfiest-M. G. Ripley.
senior Warden--S q. Jackson.
Junior Warden-Wm. Kingston.
Scribe A. ID. Helgeson
Treasurer-W. II. Fisher.
Gnide-H. 2. Proctor.
Inside SentlneE-Ed wiganowsky.
outside Sentinel-T. nderson.
FIRST Watch--Jas. McCall.
second Watch-A. Silbaugh.
Third Watch-Wm, Lawton.
Fourth Natch-Miliard Graham.
Guar 5 OF Tent-Sltas Foster, VIM. SIdie.
The jackson county sheriff, Trond-
son, took Robert McKensie, a 17year
old boy from Melrose last week. and
put him on train for Washington, d.
c. The boy left his home there last
April. He lived with his mother, who
is a well to do widow. and became rest
less and ran away. He got to Chicago,
where it is said he met John Scantleton,
of Cataract, who hired him 10 ride run
ming horses at the fairs and brought him
out to this country. The Washington
police succeeded in tracing the boy. and