Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-03-04

Peter Eidam visited Chicago las
week.
rs cent Brussel Carpets will be solo
for 57t cts. at Tate's Big Store.
Judge Mahoney was called to Yubs
on legal business last Thursday
For Insurance call on the JOIN
Dawson Pioneer Agency, Viroqua Wis.
Archie Henry and wife have an
heir, little daughter, born to them a
week since.
just received, complets up to date
line of baby carriages and go-carts at
Steenberg's store.
Annual muslin underwear sale op-
ems at Tates Thursday morning, Feb
ruary 10. See their ad.
You can buy S1.00 and 81 % Queen
muslin garments for 40 cents at Tate's
during their special sale
Miss Georgia Potts came home
from teaching duties at Chaseburg to
attend Friday nights ball.
Wanted, girl to do general house
work. Good wages paid. Inquire of
Mrs. WIN. WEBB.
Come and examine our enormous
list of bargains in farm and city prop
erty. VERNON COUNTY LAND Co.
February went out like q roaring
lion. The weather approached bliz-
zard and mercury dropped many de-
grees.
F A. Chase sold to John Nuz1m
the west half of the 200-acre Isaac Smith
farm, generally known as the old Moody
place.
Another supply of farm bulletin
books at the CENSOR Office for free dis
sribution All are welcome to call and
secur5 one.
The special arrangement we've made
with The Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean
$1.40 for both it and this paper for one
year-has caught on big.
For sale, good blacksmith shop and
tools, also dwelling house and tobacco
ground. Enquire OF Ole Wig, Avalanche
or Soren Hanson, Viroqua
-Four men patients were received at
the county asylum last week from Men
dota. coming from the counties of Jack
son, Monroe, Pipin and Douglas
Ole r. Gauper attended meeting
of county tax commissioners held at the
state capital last week. Every county
was represented by its head assessing
official
-Knut Mattison of Liberty, attended
the state tobacco growers association at
Madison last week. He also paid visit
to his sister who is a patient at Mendota
hospital
Thompson Brothers have sold their
feed mill in the southwestern section Of
the city to John M. White, late mana
ger of the city electric lighting plant.
Possession was given on Monday
Alex Lowrie had the misfortune
to fall off the sidewalk in front Of Lin
demann's store on Monday evening and
dislocate his arm at the elbow He was
taken to DR.. Minshall who replaced the
member
The hacking cough that usually fol-
lows la grippe rapidly succumbs to the
healing proprieties of Harts' Honey and
Horehound. 1t is specific for all
hroat and lung troubles. Sold by A.
j. johnson, Druggist.
About thirty friends of Miss Mary
Hanson OF Franklin gave her pleasant
surprise Tuesday evening Of last week,
it being her eighteenth birthday. A
very enjoyable time was had, the party
not breaking up till the wee hours OF
morning
-Tolrud & Sandsmark, managers of
tho Vernon County Land Co, have sold
for G. E. Munson 20 acres of his farm
two miles north o Ie city, to Theodore
Tobias and sisters They sold this land
to Mr.. Munson about a year ago for S.
M. and Henry Acker.
-Stoll S5 Groves are adding to thoir
Viola mercantile affairs. They have
leased the store room recently vacated
by G.. w. Guess and will put in an up.
to-date stock of clothing. They will
however, maintain their place of bust
ness in Mound Park.
1.-THE New York post office made pro.
fiji of over eight million dollars for the
government last year, says the Indian
apolis News, (which shows that it Is
not only big city but that it is a biz
country. 1t also shows the Office is out
of reach Of Tammany.
In the state of Wisconsin there art
1852 creafeeries cheese factories an(
skimming stations In nearly any par
of the state improved farm lands ar,
worth from $50 to 500 aud ever
more per acre In tie whole state o
South Cal olina there is said to be oDll
one creamery and the cheese factory j
almost unknown. There the price o
farm lands is only $40 to $50 per acre
seldom more. Perhaps there is no con
.nection between these comparisons bu
again there may be-
-Postmasters hereafter will not b
permitted to rent boxes to minors with
out the written consent of their parents
The order was made by the postoffic
department to correct an abuse grow
ing out of the fact that minor girls rem
boxes and open up correspondence wit
outside parties and in that way kee
the correspondence a secret from thei
parents. This is good ruling and wi
doubtless put stop to much fiirtatior
The La Crosse Leader says that
sudden opening Of spring and war;
weather would make things lively o
the Mississippi river The ice is thicke
than it has been for years The rive
was higher when it froze over last fa
and there promises to be volume {
ice and water that will shake Trims
with which it comes in contact when
full motion. Rivermen are looking fl
lively time should all the condition
fo- an early and speedy breakup
Just right.
An Iowa farmer had a cow killed /
the cars and short time since wrote
the railroad company asking slight T
munerative damaged adding: Thir
dollars will be considered satisfsctOr
as the animal was only a common co
sld BY no means the best in my her