Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28

A little daughter of Emil Erickson,
met with quite a painful accident on
his farm in Clinton. The little girl was
in plum tree gathering fruit when che
accidently stepped on a sharp piece of
wood, which penetrated so deeply, they
were unable to remove it, She was
brought to the village and the splinter
was removed. -Cashton Enterprise
AYoung man by the name of Plaehetka
living near Yuba was aceidently shot on
this 11th inst, while ont hunting with
several conpa Mons The boys had got
a squirrel in tree and all were anxious
to shoot 1t, and when the squirrel started
down the tree John Snorek shot at it,
but most of the shot struck young
Plachetka who was standing on the OPP
posite side of the tree. Nearly one hun
dred shots were found in the face, chest
and arms of the young man. -Hillsboro
Sentry.
Dr. Us. Goyer received the shocking
news Of the death ~ Ere, of his eldest
daughter, Mrs Julia Cooper, who re-
sided on farm near Shawnee City,
Oklahoma. She was in the act of burn
ing brush when her clothing became
ignited and her body was fatally burned
before assistance came, and she lived
but a few hours. She was about 43
years of age and leaves family Reads.
town Herald
Mrs. Ona Clark of Bloom City, made
an attempt to commit suicide last Fri
day by saturating her clothes with gas
oline and setting fire TO them. Her hus-
band put the fire out by throwing
bucket of slop over her, there being no
water handy. A physician was sum-
moned at once who declared it was
doubtful whether she would recover.
Jonathan Gift has leased Hotel Ward
| and will take possession October first.
| Mr.. and Mrs Gift are no strangers to
the hotel business and that all the
| patrons of the hotel will receive first
class service is assured beyond doub1.
I. p. Burt, the present landlord, intends
TO move back to his farm near West
Lima. La Fargo Enterprise.
Karla Thorsgaard spent part of last
week visiting his sister, Mrs Willard
Wiganosky, who resides east of Viro-
qua.
Alf Schreiner who attends achool at
Viroqua reports that he made the trip
| to scnool on his wheel in "a or 35 min
utes.
Twenty-Five cars of horses, scrapers
etc, arrived at Stoddard Tuesday for
| the new railroad The consignment
contained 30 horses and came from Kan
| sas.
Ole Leum and others have sold their
| 1908 crop of tobacco, receiving only one
and one and a half cents.
o. A. Unseth and family attended the
wedding of Miss Lena Hooverson yes.
| terday. Miss Hooverson resides near
| Soldiers Grove
| Rev. and Mrs. Eikiarud of Cashton,
were in runaway Sunday They were
both thrown from the buggy but sus-
| uained no serious injuries
During the past two and half months
a certain store in this village sold 25, 900
pounds of sugar. That is enough TO
| sweeten any community
| Attorney tfrimsrud has an accident
the first Of the week His team became
| frightened and threw him fro IN the rig,
injuriGg him so ~ to cause h.ll to limp.
j. f. 6fown is in Minneapolis making
| arrangements to open meat market in
company with Mr.. Switzer, who will
have charge of a grocery department.
Mrs. Brown expects to go to Minneapolis
in a week of two. Henry Helgerson
will be one Of the clerks. -Westby
| Times