Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-11-28
FORTY-ONE YEARS AGO
ITEMS cULLED FROM FILES OF THE
OLD CENSOR.
State Board of Equalization Puts VaIua-
tiOn on Lands-A Mere TrIfIe Com
pared with Prices Of Today.
Taken from Censor Sept. 40 1865,

Taken from Censor Sept. 40 1861
The senate, az state board of eauali.
cation, met In Madison on the 9th In.
slant, Their session lasted till Ssptem-
Der Sth. and resulted in putting the
lands of this state into eighteen classes.
ranging from twenty dollars per acra TO
one dollar Vernon county is valued at
four dollars per acre; Richland at three
dollars; La Crosse at four dollars; Mon.
roe at two dollars; juneau, two dollars
and fifty cents; Trempealeau, three dol.
lars; Crawford, two dollars; Iowa. four
dollars; Grant. five dollars; and Ssuk.
five dollars From what we can learn,
one great point every tsnator tried to
enforce was, the utter worthIsssness Of
the land of his particular county; bu!
altogether, we presume this equalization
Will be as satisfactory as any preViou
one has BEEN
II the person who forwarded that
gushing piece Of poetry to the Vernon
County ''Scensor," labelled "a Lost Lo-
ver will furnish his or her name to us.
we will be happy to enter into negotia,
tions for a regular supply of the same
sort. But we could not expect very
bountiful contributions, for it is not to
be presumed that any great quantity of
such mellifous rhyme could be written
in this section
Mr.. J. Henry Tete has gone to New
York to purchase his fall and winter
stock of goods. We understand that he
has secured the services of Capt. John
R, Casson as salesman. John is we'll
known in this county as a gentlemanly
and fair dealer, and will draw many
new customers to the new store We
also understand that Mr.. Tate is start
ing new etore at Viola, to be carried
on by Jimmy Morton, who knows just
how to sell goods.
The First assembly district conven.
tion met in Viroqua Immediately after
the adjournment of the county conven.
tian and appointed the following named
gentlemen as delegates to the senatorial
convention held in this place on the 10Th
instant; VIM Ii. Officer, Ole Anderson,
Harrison Sayers, e NJ Rogers, N. f.
Carpenter The convention then ad-
Journed to meet at John MeLees' school
house in the town of Harmony, October
4th, at o'clock p. IN, for the purpose
man from that district.
DR.. William A. Gott of Readstown,
has purchased the residence of Z W.
Nichols and is coming to Viroqua to
practice his profession. DR. Gott was
the surgeon of the 25th regiment Wis
consin volunteers for three years, po
sition that be filed with ability aud TO
the entire satisfaction of the regiment
He is scientific man aud skilled in the
art of his profession.
We see that our old friend, John Daw-
son, has refitted his store room and has
sufficiently recovered from the injuries
he received by the storm, to go TO Mil
waukee for his fall supply of goods Mr.
Dawson has reputation for honesty
and fair dealing, and deserves good
share of the public patronage.
We had a call the other day from
Major General O. c. Washburn. He lie
looking finely. The general is heartily
welcomed home by many warm friends,
who appreciate his distinguished mill
tary services.
Will the La Crosse Republican make
the following correction: Change the
name of John M. Rusk," ia Union
state ticket, to Jeremiah M. Rusk.
Mrs Angler will accept our thanks
for that tasteful bouquet
Following are lists OF grand aud petit
jurors drawn for the next term of the
circuit court of this county TO be held in
this village on the first Monday of De-
cember:
Grand jurors William G, Groves,
Sames. Fl. Layne, Richard Williams,
Charles A. Tenney, Ralph Hall, Isaac
Spencer, Hiram Fl Ferguson, Jonathan
Favor, Steven Stevenson, VIM Powell
Alexander Vance, FL G Copley, Jesse
Harness, Tobiah Carmichael Richard
Asbury, Harley Trowbridge, Joseph
Waddle. II.
Petit jurors-Jesss L. Davis, Elias G.
Officer, Albert Bald win, Simeon Adams,
John Hays, Samuel Henry, Nirom r.
Wells, Jonathan Wood, Thomas Flana-
gan, W. w. DeFrees, W. w. Joseph,
George Pugh, Alexander Mcdowell,
Robert WEIGH, Erastus Mitchell Mich
ael Rsdlan. Joseph Lyons l. s. Daniels,
s. j. Robinson, James Metcalf, Levi c.
Adams, Roddey p Allen, Fred Myers,
Francis Rogers PA