Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-07-19


Welcome, La Crosse grocersl
4 Nearly hundred in the shade
-Thayer's lumber is bought to sell
not to keep
II An onyx cave has Esen discovered
1 near WauZeka.
-Cashton has s8s population, gain OF
LAG in five years.
Hon. George K Tate was over from
La Fargo on Friday
i -7c per pound paid for old hens at
4 Devlin's eat market.
Before purchasing lumber of any
KIDD get Thayer prices.
j. M Powell took timothy growth
of over six feet in his yard.
1 If desiring lumber of any kind,
Thsyer's is the place to buy.
4 DIR. Dinsdale of Soldiers Grove, was
In the city last Thursday night.
Photographer Thorson of Cashton,
was in the city, Saturday evening
Mrs. Norris and son Eddie. are In
Barron county for two weeks visit
4 Mrs E Love is in Chippewa county
4 visiting her daughter, Mrs Nels Nelson.
The CENSOR was pleased to receive
/ call from Rev. Gulbrandsou of West
/ by.
Mr.. and Mrs c. M. Culver were in
the city to visit their son Ed. over Sun
/ day.
| Il W. Switzer ran In from Minneap.
oils and spent Sunday with Viroqua
friends
W. J. J.Waggoner and daughter Rose,
and Mrs. DR. Burns of Viola, spent
Tuesday In this city.
Miss Ovits, saleslady at Lindemann's
store, is taking vacation visiting her
home at Lancaster.
-Hillsboro Village reports a popula-
tion of S05 as shown by census 1t is
gain of 20 since 1900
The business firm by which Alma
Steenberg Is employed at Spokane, met
with $50, 900 fire loss.
Miss Matte Henry will teach the
intermediate department in the Westby
schools the ensuing year.
DIR. Baldwin wishes to announce
that his Office will be closed for two
weeks following July 16.
Wheat harvest Is about over in Yer
non county. There Is not large acre
age but 1t is of good quality.
Mrs. Hunter and children came from
La Crosse to visit this parental home of
II M. Isham and other relatives.
Earl Truesdale had week off from
his shop, and with his wife spent the
time near Soldiers Grove with relatives.
Mrs. o. J. Stoke of Stoddard,
spent several days with her parents.
Mr.. and'Mrs Jos. Denning, in this city.
MIR. O. G. Weeden arrived from
Kansas for few days stay with his old
neighbors and relatives. He Il enroute
to the Portland exposition.
The Valley junction Methodist
church, the building of which has bsen
engineered by Rev. John T. Kendall,
was dedicated to service on Sunday
last.
Mr. George Carter of Mound Park,
was a caller at the CENSOR Office on
Thursday. He recently sold his village
property and bought small farm near
at hand.
Edwin Harrington is taking a much
needed vacation this week, and spent
couple of days at Sparta Ed says this
is his first week away from the shop for
over fifteen years.
North West Prairie young peoples
society will not meet July 23rd ss an
August 9th at Tom Hoyum's residence
at 8 O'Clock in the afternoon.
Miss Celia Tollefson returned from
visit to her brother at Waterloo, To-
wa She was accompanied by Masters
Otteson and Ssnwick, who have spent
some weeks with relatives at that place.
While moving on his farm south of
the city Spen Robson's team ran away,
a. k,@o- la zn L. IL
ing rib and a bone in one of his ankles
DIR. Morley WIS called to care for the in
jared man.
Up to date only the clerks of Reads
town village and town of Harmony have
made complete returns of census facts
To the county clerk. They have till Au-
gust first tn complete the work and
make final returns
-Msipr 8 r ,ckwood, secretary of
the tate nornrl school regents, died at
his Portage home IN Thursday, from
paralysis He WAS about sixty five years
of age, born in the state, educated ut
Milton co lege served in the Civil war,
b. en- prominent as an educator and edi.
tor most of the time since lie was one
Of General Rusk's secretaries while n
member of President Harrison's cabi.
net ME- " Rockwood was q cousin of
Clark and II ward Williams of Viroqua
Col N. r Nelson of LII Crosse, re.
ceived a Judgment for SO, 500 against the
Northwestern railroad company in his
trial at La Crosse, last week. He sued
for $40, 900. setting up as a defence that
hs sustained personal Injuries to body
aud mind by having been carried by his
home on the the train while he WAS In a
vers exhausted and nervous condition,
resulting in stroke of paralysi4 The
e se will doubtless be appealed I'd the
higher courts
"A party of girl campers composed
ut the Misses Sadie Rogers, Mary Cof
fl md, Ethel Hamilton, Ethel Gorsline,
Mable Chase, Genevieve Harris, Myrtle
Arlington and Helen Munson departed,
Monday morning, on the Southeastern
They are located on Spring Branch, he,
tween Coon Valley and Westby, in easy
Sccess tn the Southeastern road Camp
Lucky" is the name given their quar-
ters The young ladies are chsperoned
by Mr. and Mrs. Otto Davis. Rev and
Mrs Butters will join them today.
The picnic in the grove near Coon
Prairie Lutheran church, was largely
attended last Sunday, and quiet neigh
borly gathering 1t was, composed of cit
izsns of the surrounding country. The
principal idress Ok the day was given By
Bishop Halvorsen, speaking of the duty
of citizens to church and society aud the
impressions left in the minds OF the