Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-10-04

voted for high license of $500.
john M. fainter spent Sunday with
his aged father near Towerville.
Veteran John Griffin is off for an
extended visit in Illinois and Indiana.
Larson q Tewalt will establish
billiard hall in the new Wise building.
Miss Mary Hopp left for Mellette,
South Dakota to pay visit to her sis.
ter.
w. s. Jordan, of West Lima, is about
to remove to Ladysmith and establish
cheese factory.
-Fayette Tainter is taking treatment
at the Prairie du Chen sanitarium for
rheumatism.
New, rlettisst, nobby line of neck.
wear evor shown, just received at The
Blue front Store.
For sale, farm of 200 acres, at $35
per acre. Good tobacco land. Apply to
Butt q Butt, Viroqua, Wis.
Mrs. Baker, of Louisiana, has been
raging visit to her brother, Geo. w
Allen and friends hereabouts.
Basket social at home of Mrs Frank
Calkins, in Jefferson. Saturday evening,
October IA, to secure funds to paint
Newton NJ. e church. All come
For sale, twelve pure bred Shrep-
shire rams. $5 to 80 buys a good one.
A. B. SMELL, Viroqua, Routes.
-Mar-not, a durable floor varnish,
doesn't scratch or mar readily under
footwear. o. e. DAVIS. Druggist.
Jesse Kaufman, Bernard Hammer,
Clarence Manhart and John Collins are
Hillehoro students at the state univer-
sity.
Will Groves. late Ross merchant,
has formed partnership With George
Schroeder in the mercantile business at
Viola
Miss Jennie Butt departed for Los
Angeles, California, to resume her work
as instructor in elocution in the city
schools.
MIR and Mrs. Y. D. Chase expect to
pass the coming winter In California,
leaving home the later days of this
month
John Mccall, of MelIeste, South Da-
kota, and Peter Mccall, of Two Rivers,
were called here by the death of their
mother.
With an addition of workmen, new
machinery and better facilities, the Nj.
chols broom factory is doing rushing
business.
Excise disturbances have broken
out afresh at La Fargo with prospects
of a merry mix-up aud long.drswn-out
litigation.
Only few days will elapse before
possession will be given to the new city
library. Nearly everything is ready for
the change.
Mrs. e. Ell. Craig, who was visiting
here, was summoned home to North
Carolina by the illness of her son El-
mer's wife.
-Mesdames Stemen and Martin will
entertain the Congregational aid society
at the home of the latter on Wednesday,
October 11th
State Commissioner of Banking Bergh
has been visiting and spending a few
days on official business in this city,
Westby and Coon Valley.
What's become of the old. fashioned
boy who grew p with the idea that no
except to lick. except his ownt
The CENSOR learns, without partic.
ulars, of the death of Henry Locking
ton, Genoa town farmer. Mr.. Lock
ington belonged to one of the pioneer
families of Vernon county.
Mrs. Myra HaIt Toms arrived from
Richland Center Tor visit with her un-
Gle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. T. E. Cor
such. Mr.. Toms came up with her but
returned the following day.
Prof. w. C. T. Adams, former
Vernon county boy, who has for the past
two years been dean of the normal de-
partment of the Upper Iowa University,
at Fayette, has been elected professor
of philosophy inthe university of Omaha.
j Matt Allen arrived from Red6eld,
South Dakota to pass few days. He
reports large outside investments in
western lands this year, induced largely
by fine crops and prosperity all through
here for some time.
We learn that one farmer in the
town of Christiania is harvesting his
second growth of tobacco from the same
plants II is said to be very we'll devel-
oped and large. Whether it will cure
and be a marketable grade of tobacco
| will doubtless depend much on future
weather conditions.
More than thousand Vernon coun-
ty people attended the interstate fair
at La Crosse. While there is no dispo-
sition to knock" few have words of
commendation for the fair as compared
with some past years. The complaint
is a lack of amusement and poor racing
the early days of the week.
The Kickapo Chief tells of t wo mon
strosities in young rattlesnakes owned
by Tom Farris One of the snakes has
two mouths double set of fangs and
eyes the other specimen is that of two
together by an attachment upon the
back of the heads. The snakes are all
very lively.
According to the report made at the
annual meeting of stock holders, at Mil
waukee Saturday last, the gross earn
ings of the G, NJ & st Paul railroad for
the year ending July lst. were $50, 600,
! 600. an increase over the preceding year
| of 81, 553, ,000 The tons of freight car
ried increased from 49, $50, ,573 to 90.
| 303, 90S, about 20 per cent
Miss Tirzs Dinsdale. member OF
! the Lawrence class of '03. received no
| tice last night that she bsa been appoint
ed state secretary Of the Young Women 4
Christian association She will leave
for Madison Saturday to take up her
new duties. Appleton Post. The Young
lady is daughter of B G. Dinsdale and
a graduate of Vircqua high school.
Last Sunday. while sam Ellefsou
and marty Of gentlemen friends were
| riding in an automobile of Mr Eilefsons