Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-26

what had taken place. They lmmedi-
ately notified the authorities in this viii
lage and an inquest was held over the
body by Justice X. Williams. His jury
was H. F. Myers, Z. j. Holbrook, E.
J. Hammer, John Hainstock and Irwin
Harrison, with Drs. Hansberry and
Pinch as physicians, and Elias Fox as
officer. The iury's verdict was: THAT
the said Peter Hotek came to his death
by the discharge of the left barrel of a
double barrel, muzzle loading shot gu
in and controlled by his own hand +"
Mr.. Hotek was well respected citi-
zen in this section and his neighbors
were surprised to hear that he had
committed suicide = Hilsboro Sentry.
II. o. Mork has a supply of Blatch-
ford's calf meal.
W. A. Curtis was business caller
at La Crosse, last Friday.
Purdy Woodmen had a Joyous
Chri stmas ball and oyster supper.
Will Glenn, student at Milwauk ee
medical college, is home for yuletide.
WANTED boy to learn timer trade.
Apply at Martin & Kuebler's, Viroqua.
Prairie du Chen is figuring on the
location of sugar beet factory in that
city the coming season.
Mr. Fred Eckhardt and his son-in-
law, w. D. Dyson, have 10th been con-
fined to their home by sickness for a
few days.
Miss Hannah Natwick, who teaches
in the Neenah public schools, is spend
ing the holiday season with her parents
in Chase Heights.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. F. Mains spent
Christmas day in the town of Clinton
at the home of Mrs. Mains parents, Mr..
and Mrs. H. G. Seaman.
Charles ]. Michelot, law student at
Ann Arbor university, is spending va
cation at his Westby home. He ex-
poets to complete the course in June.
Ernest Gosling came from Minneap-
oils to spend the holiday season at the
home of his father, H. C. Goslng. He
is employed as bookkeeper for a grocery
concern of that city.
DIR. J. X. Chorlog came from Chi
cago to spend holidays with his family
at Westby. Miss Marie Hektoen is also
home from teaching duties at Monroe.
The CENSOR will be pleased to have
all of its old-time correspondents re-
new their local work of writing the
news of their localities. Getat ii now
%. w. Kaulbarsch, manager of the
dry goods department of the Lindemann
store, went to Fairehild to spend
Christmas day with his family. He
will return tomorrow.
VIM. Barney of Soldiers Grove
community, was in the city Saturday
last. in attendance at meeting of the
officers of the Utica Farmers Insurance
company, of which he is vice president
All friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
c. Millard, of La Fargo, viii deeply
sympathize with them in the death of
their daughter Josie, who died on the
Goth, from typhoid fever. Miss Millard
was in the bloom of young womanhood
The Viola News says what appears
somewhat remarkable, that the local
Woodman camp instituted in that vii
lage over fifteen years ago, has never
the camp had over 100 members and it
now has about eighty
-Laundryman Sing Kee is receiving
visit from two of his fellow-country-
men, Yep Sheun and Loohim Yep Lee,
who has been employed by him for
several years past, has departed for an
extended stay at Eau Claire, Madison
and other points.
-Viroqua was over run by shoppers
from surrounding villages and towns
the past week. Holiday trade was
tardy in commencing but was more
than vigorous and satisfactory on the
home stretch. All dealers report good
trade. Never in the history of the
town was there such large and COM
plete variety of holiday wares.
Early next spring the double track
ing of the only strip of single tracking
left on the La Crosse division between !
Camp Douglas and West Salem, will be !
started and will be finished before next !
winter. This viii give a complete I!
double track over the La Crosse and |
I Chicago divisions of the Milwaukee |
lroad between La Crosse and Chicago.
4 Work has commenced on a huge |
liam at Kilbourn, which win furnish !
water power for an electric plant, from |
which the current viii be transmitted |
to adjacent cities, perhaps as far as |
| Madison. This is to be one of the |
strongest waterpowers in the state |
1t is feared by lovers of natures S !
beauties, that the backing of the water
will ruin many of the picturesque scenes /
of the famous dells of the Wisconsin.
The happiest man in Viroqua Christ
mas, according to his own word, was
Rev j. E. Sarles, made so by the set /
of encyclopedia given him by his friends
at the Christmas tree exercises Monday
evening. Mr. c. j. Smith, with very
appropriate remarks, expressing the es-
TEEN in which Mr.. Sarles is held. made
the presentation. The books are the
new Americana, published by the Scien-
tifc American, handsor ely bound in
half morocco, the finest work of the
kind on the market In their case Of
Flemish oak they make splendid ad-
dition to the pastors study.
The pure food laws, which will go
into effect or January first, win com
pei dealers in liquor not only to label
their packages honestly as TO contents,
but as to the quantity. It is presumed
that at least a third Of the enormous
profits will be knocked off the business.