Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-02

| SlSo, QUO on notes, mortgages and credits;
SIS, 730 on other. personal property; $S
500 on merchants and manufacturers
stock; 81, 500 on pianos and organs; 81.
600 on watches. A total shortage of
personal property from last year of
$l59,65 The assessed real estate for
the year shows gain over last year of
| $4S, 345. The shortage of all property
below last years assessment is Sl02, 733.
The amount of mortgages taxed to the
real estate is $21, S00 Ii the law has
been rigidly observed very great per
| cent OF the mortgage shortage shown by
the above statement will be assessed in
different towns of the county where the
mortgagsd property is located.
DIR Weston's visit next Monday.
See ad.
DIR. Andrew is out after siege of
| fever.
Chief Big Heart cigars at Arnold g.
DAVIS only.
-Chas. w. Chase has commenced
work on his new residence.
Mrs. John Dsvlin left yesterdiy for
Nebraska TO visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Minshall viii
| live in the old Lake residence.
DR. Brewers next professional visit
to this city will be September 16
Ladies can vote for the most popu-
lar band at the Vernon county fair.
During the month of August over
81 inches of rain fell in this vicinity
Miss Lulu Rayner is home for va
cation from Chicago hospital school.
Ed. Norris, the accomplished cor
net player, will travel win the Hackett
| orchestra
Geo E. Morse has commodious
| residence well under construction in the
second ward.
| Prospects are excellent for large
attendance in the city schools. which
open next Monday.
| Commencing next Sunday evening,
| preaching services in all the Viroqua
churches will be at 7:30
Regular meeting Myssie Workers
September Sth has important business.
A full attendance is desired
Notwithstanding absence of the
pastor there will be preaching IN the M.
E. church next Sunday morning.
Odessa and Allen Cof1lsnd of Rich
land Center, and Myrtle Pancoast OF
Ohio, are visiting at the Ccffiand home.
Farmers never experienced worse
weather than Last week. 1t was im.
/ possible to stack grain or harvest tooac-
/ 90
Mrs. Wilson came from Blooming.
ton when her daughter Ella returned
for school work, They will reside
/ here.
/ Miss Myrtle Silbaugh, Raymond
1 Andrews and Will Ady went to Dick
son, lllionis, to enter commercial col
lege.
-Revs. Buffers and Kline and othel
Methodist ministers of the county. are
attending annual conference at Ear
Il Claire.
Carl Melby of Bloomingdale, jusr
returned home from Valparaiso business
college, from which he carries gradua
tion papers. q
/ Ontario MoAsrn Wo0dmen are hav
ing picnic and celebration at tina
place today. Judge Mahoney is presen
/ as speaker
Before leaving here last week, L w
| Switzer sold his 40-acre meadow ant
pasture tract of land, on Favor Branch
TO d. o. Mahoney.
Levy Stevens returned from Illinois
where he visited relatives for severa
| weeks. He went TO La Crosse, Monda'
to attend business college
j. J. Mason, a prominent citizen o
Sparta, dropped dead in his businea
place Tuesday. Viroqua Masons viii
attend the funeral ON Thursday.
Mrs. T. D. Bennett arrived from
Aberdeen, South Dakota on Saturday
She will remain for week, when he
aged mother, Mrs Susan Smith, viii
accompany her home
The village of Westby experience,
a littl blaze ne, midnight OF Mon ay
The ,sidence of Oleue Bihovde caugh
Gre aid he smaller addition of the sam
was destroyed The main part of tn
house, with contents, was saved by act
i've work of the fire brigade.
AT Tuesdays council meeting tn
mayor nominated and the appointment
were confirmed of. g W. Graves. T. T
Sanwick and Henry Lindemann to b.
their own successors on the city librar1
board. The city treasurer reported f62
in the general fund.
"A large number OF relatives ant
others of this city are at Cashton TO at
tend the Coe-Lane wedding " hich take
place today at two O'Clock The partie
to the affair are Carl G Coe Viroqui
boy, to Miss Phebe Layne, asgraduat
of and teacher In the Yiroqua schools 4
The Vernon county fair you can
miss this year New ART building
Large field of horses. Musie7 Well
four big bands Trained animal show
Darky minstrels. Troupe of aerobats
Sensational features Something doiDI
all the time Twice as much none,
expended as any previous year.
The fair association has pleasing
attraction in the band contest. Hills
boro, Coon Valley and Westby band
will compete An expert from abroad
, who IL practical band man and musi
clan, will judge the bands The mel
chants of Virequa have donated man
extra prizes 10 individual members an
as an inducelaent f25 IL offered to th
most OCULAR band. decided by direc
! vote. each paid admission 10 the ground
viii receive ballot. to be cast for whie
ever band the holder wishes. Coon Va
. ley has nineteen men. Hillsboro an
WeetbY about twenty-four each.