Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-12
IN THE GOOD OLDEN DAYS
THIRTY YEARS 400 m vIROouA AND
VICINITY.
Reports Of Burglary Of Hopses Of Prominent People
Hotel Change Str nk by Lightning The Grow
Ing Of Hops. Etc-Taken From Cur Piles Of Thirty
Years Ago
BURGLARS.

BURGLARS.
Last Wednesday night was an event.
ful one in Viroqua. The houses of Judge
1 Terhune, General Rusk, Judge Pnrdy,
| Mr.. Winters, the North Star Hotel and
a number Of other dwellings, were en-
tered and ramsacked, the burglars get
ting small sums of money in every rlace
hardly enough in all, TO pay them
1 good wages. No sums Of any particu-
lar consequence We're found in auv
| place. The burglars seem to have en-
tered the houses and gone to the bed
rooms, taking the pantaloons of the
sleepers, emptying the pocket-books of
their money. and leaving the books
either in the pocket where found or
somewhere about the house. A singular
part of the business was that no watches
or recognizable property was stolen in
any case, which has led many TO think
that the robberies We're perpetrated by
residents of this vicinity But perhaps
the most singular part Of the business
is the fact that they Were able to enter
so many houses without being seen or
heard by any person
HOPS
AS well as we can learn, hops are
looking very well since the rains set in.
We hear that number of yards in the
eastern part of the county, especially
the yards of J. B. Moore and Ed Emo in
the town of Forest, are looking romark
ably well. Altogether both in this
county and throughout the state, .ae
prospect for good yield has vastly inn
proved within the past month. 1t is
estimated by good judges that at least
three-fourths as many hops will be pro
duced in this state this year as were
grown last year California hops viii
yield we'll, and the crop of England will
be large; accounts from there say that
she will have hops to export. 1t is not
likely, then, that very high prices will
be realized for the new crop, but with
care in picking and drying all the
growth of this county will be No. and
our growers will realize the best prices
going.
BALL.
On Wednesday evening of this week
Mr.. Daniel Bolen, the proprietor of the
Grant Hotel, formerly North STAR in
| this village, will give public dance, to
| which ali are invited. The shot" is
| low enough in all conscience-only 81.
| By the way, if It was necessarily to
! name the hotel in honor of some Gener-
al, why was it not named the Rusk
House2 What's the use OF going SO far
from home for generals names, when
there it just as coed name as any be-
longing to general in our own town.
LIGHTNING.
We regret to have to record that a
daughter of Ephraim Williams, living
near New Erookville, was killed by
lightning last Tuesday night, while
standing near tine door. Such sudden
blow as this seems fearful and shocking.
The house of Mr. Adams of Kickapoo,
was struck several times in the same
storm and large hole torn In the side
of It, Mr.. Adams himself was stunned
by the strokes and several members of
his family had narrow escape from
death
CHANGED HANDS.
The North Star Hotel has chanced
proprietors. Mr.. Daniel Bolen is now
the proprietor.
We understand that Mr.. 0. G. Weed
ems sale of lots in his newly laid out ad-
dition TO the village, on Saturday last,
was very well attended, and the bidding
spirited. One block remained unsold.
The price realized for the land sold was
little upward of 1920 an acre.
| Mr.. VIM. Clawater of Franklin, motto.
ing our item in regard to Judge Puriy's
early tomatoe, says that he had ripe to.
matoes, grown in the open air, two
weeks before the 25th of July-that is,
by the 18th of July. This is certainly
very early for this country.