Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-23
s MI 1about @our friends and HeIgAdors.
All kinds of weather.

ball, last Thursday evening.
Remember the coming farmers in
Stltutes at Ontario and Viroqua.
Oliver Helgeson is rustling clothing
at the Boston Clothing House.
Nothing but the mint ca1 make
money without advertising Gladstone.
John Jacobson of Esofea. transacted
business at the county seat, Saturday.
Mrs. Wexford Tongue of Hillsboro.
visited with friends in the city the past
week.
Mrs. Sarah Thomspon of Ft Wavne,
Indiana. is visiting her sister Mrs Hall,
of this city.
Ladies buy your bread cakes, pies,
rolls and doughnuts at Carlson's new
restaurant
A carload of western horses was
recei we'd at De Soto and transhipped to
Seneca for sale.
Mrs. L. Y Huschka of Sparta, is re-
ported to be seriously i'll with an attack
of pneumonia.
The Wisconsin State Dairymen's
association will hold its annual meeting
at Mondovi, February 10 to 16.
AT the residence of Louis Wodzyn.
ski in Bergen, on Thursday last, Fred
erick Guehni, All old settler, passed away
Sparta has % golf club The mem.
bers enjoyed a barquet last week, given
for the purpose of stimulating an inter
est in golf
"A bill has been introduced in the
Minnesota legislature making the maxi
mum penalty for kidnapping twenty
years in penitentiary.
DR.. r. w. Baldwin, Dentist, is now
located up stairs in the new block oppo-
site the postoffica. Take stairway lust
south of Dahl's drug store.
The we'll known mercantile and lum-
ber firm of Woodbury. 81 Beardsley of
De Soto has dissolved. Mr.. Woodbury.
retiring for the purpose of taking needed
rest.
The new restaurant east of T owner
store is the best place in Viroqua to get
square meal or lunch. Farmers espect
ally invited to make it their headquars
ers
Frank Kolash who recently shot
and killed John Stout at Yuba, ran a
saloon at Hillsboro for time the past
year He was not considered quarrel
some man
Mrs Rebecca Gribble, who with her
\ husband, now decreased, settled near
Kickapon Center in 1854, died at the
home of her son in Viola, on the 14th,
aged SO years 4
-Munyon, the photographer, will
open branch of his La Crosse business
/ at Liberty Pole, for one week, commenc-
ing next SUNDAY and continuing through
Sunday the 9th.
George Durkee aged 81 years. died
at the home of his son o. G. Durkee,
on the 7th at Trippville. Forty years
ago the family fe' lied on Sherman ridge
in the town of crest
-Hillsboro schools opened on the 14th
instant in the new building with every
thing well arranged for the comfort of
pupils and teachers, who will have all
the modern conveniances at hand.
Tobacco workers and others enjoyed
dance at Opera house last Friday even
ing, which turned out to be the occasion
of much enjoyment Good music was
furnished by the Nottingham orchestra.
The Hillsboro Sentry says that Mrs.
Elias Fox of that village who has been
very sick for some time with ca ncer, is
reported as being no better She has
had severe trial and suffered greatly
with her malady.
Miss Nora Smith of Muncie, niece
of Mrs. Wilbur McKittrick, was buried
at the Newburn cemetery THURSDAY.
She dropped dead while going h'n-
from church when on visit with friends
at Footville -LaFarge Enterprise.
N. L James, manager of the Kicka-
poo railroad says that gross receipts for
the past year have been greater than
ever before, being an increase of Sl2,O0
in round numbers over last years re-
ceipts for the year just closed he esti-
mates at $40, 900.
The remaing of Mrs. Thos Smith
were recently removed from Finley to
Brush Hollow burial grounds after be-
ing deposited for about thirty years. 1t
is said that the remains were well pre-
served, and silk dress in which she
was buried, in about its natural state.
The midnight fast mail train south
on the Burlington, Tuesday night of
last week struck truck which the
wind bad blown on the track at Genoa,
and threw it with such force as to drive
it through the side of the depot. The
train was, however, undelayed and no
other damage was done.
AT the annual meeting of the Kick
apoo Valley fair association, at Viola,
the 1OllOWlUS OlHCeIS were eleC6cu' Iu
| Bender president; G J. DeJeans, vice
| president; A J. McCarty, secretary; n.
! FL. Burger, treasurer. Board of direct
J lors-W. N Miller. Jake Benn, F A
Blakely, G. A. Bender and G. A. Hen
thorn.
DIR Hansberry will leave tomorrow
morning with Ray Jeffries, the lad who
was accidently shot last summer by an
Abbott boy, for Milwaukee, where the
injured eye will be removed The doc
tor decided that this was necessary in
order to preserve the sight of the other
eye.-Hillsboro Sentry.
The La Crosse Republican Leader
saws the home of the insane boy who has
been at central police station for the
! past few days, has heen finally located
after much skirmishing on the part Of
4 officers. His home is at Stoddard, but
he was on the poor farm at Viroqua and
strayed away while on furlough. His
name is Otto Hart.
w. R. Purdy. of the Spring Green
Home News, is having more than his
share of sorrow His father died at his
home in Kansas the 9Th of January and
Mrs Purdy's father. Nathan Coe, died
his home in Viroqua on the 3rd inst.
] r. Purdy was summoned to Kansas by
1 another message amour" ing the critical
ILLNESS of his mother.-Richland Repub-
thcan.
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