Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05
FORTY-FIyE YEARS BACK
a FEW cuLLINds FROM BAD AK COUNTY
AFFAIRS.
Dug ou, Of the Files Of Somerby's Journal They
We're Not Much on Local News gathering In
Those Early Times Location Of County Fair
Grounds From Files Of August 4. 1858.
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vIRooUA ORDINANCES.
On our inside .his week will be fund
some dog ordinances Of the presiderd and
| trustees of the village Of Viroqus Mad
dogs having become SO commols 1t was
high time to do something to preserve
life and property. At the camp meet.
ing few days since large number OF
dogs were bitten by a dog said to be
mad, and several hogs had also been bit
1 ten by the same dog before he was kill
ed. Other mad dogs have been seen
and considerable stock bitten, some OF
which have gone mad and been killed
lately.
THE JAIL.
now being built at Viroqus, BY the con-
tractor, Mr.. Fretwell, is to be "a by 10
feet, and two stories high. In the low
er story are to be two stone cells, the
walls to be feet thick and arched over
with stone, and stone floor; adjoining
which is TO be fire proof safe to pre-
serve the county records. Mr. Fretwell
is driving the job along in rapid man
ner.
BUILDING IN VIRoQuA
Mr.. s. A. Clarke is now building a
store house two stories high, and 100 by
20 feet, and will in connection with Mr..
Alison Keeler. build a stone or brick
building on the corner Of Jefferson and
Main streets, so feet long, 40 feet wide,
and three stories high to be divided in
to two stores below, and to have a hall
in the third story, the full size of the
building. From present appearance
there will be from 80 to So buildings put
up here this season.
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The members of the executive com
mittee of the Badax county agricultural
society, are hereby notified that the ad-
journed meeting of the COMMITTEES take
place at the secretarY's Office on Tues
day, August 2, at ten o'clock in the fore
noon.
PRAIRIE Do CHIEN.
This young city lies just north of the
Wisconsin river, at its junction with
the Mississippi river. 1t occupies a
hard sand prairie, about s miles long up
and down the Mississippi, and about
two miles wide ON an average, from the
river to the bluffs. At recent visit, by
the politeness of w. r. Bullock. ESQ,
we had buggy ride, to all the princi-
pal points and find that the place has
more than doubled within the last two
years. 1t has beautiful location and a
central position.
TEMPERANCE.
On Saturday evening, Messrs. r. r.,
and c. r. Gillett. gave the people of VII
roqua a temperance lecture, each. Our
Inf, nsxf hot thou hud 6aff
house, and that the lectures were excel
lent. We hope they will lecture sgain
when we are in Viroqua TO hear.
GOLD IN BADAx COUNTY.
A lump of gold has been found IN
some sand ON the farm Of Andrew Briggs
in this county, and has the appears nee
of nearly pure gold, In shape, !. was
| like drop, such as mightifall & casting
| bullets 1t hammered ont as smooth a.
lead We understood thst quite large
lump of gold was picked up in the north
part of Crawford county few years
since. The above would go to prove
that there is gold on the Kickapoo, as
both of the above specimens were found
on or near branches of the Kickapoo.
MORE MINERALS.
We saw fine specimen of silver ore
at Victory last week, taken from sur.
face spring on land belonging 20 Neal
Mines. On one end of this specimen
was a piece of fine copper ore, Who
knows wba6 Badax county may YET
come to.
| BADAX COUNTY FAIR.
The spot chosen and bought, is Il
acres in the northeast corner of William
Vought's quarter section, and nearly op
| posite the residence Of Annanias Smith
1 ON the road from Viroqua to Springville
The site for the center building is in
e center of the ground, from which
pint it slopes very gently in every al
rection, except the south, in which dt
rection 1t is nearly level to the soutf
line of the grounds There Is consider
able natural shrubbery on the grounds
which will be Immediately pruned, aae
| close fence of fine boards Is to be bull
around 1t feet high. A building Y
feet square and two stories high will b
erected in the centre, and sufficiently
finished for use this fall at tine fair. Th'
general committee, and all other Friends
OF the society should now stir up th'
people tc come out in their might, ant
bring specimens of their handy-work
whether from the soil or the work shop
and exhibit them on the 22d, 23d ant
oath of September next. Our informa
ton from all parts of the county Is tina
there is great interest taken In the fai
this fall. The institution Is now firml.
established, and has an annual incom'
from the state of Shopper annum. In ad
dit,on to It's own resources,