Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-07-24
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

M. ID. Chase returned, Sunday,
from a three weeks visit at La Fargo.
Claus Peterson is enjoying visit
from his son, John Peterson, who has
spent several years past IL the western
states.
Mrs. j. p. Gallagher and daughter,
Hazel, of Laura, Nebraska, are visiting
Mrs. Gallagher's sister. Mrs. John Dew
lin, in this city.
Mrs. Everett Chase and children of
Ashton, South Dakota, and Mrs. Chipp-
man and child of Stoughton, are visiting
the families of M. ID. and Chas. w.
Chase.
DR.. John II. Chase and Cashier
Will Lindemann of the Bank of Niro-
formeris summer home on the Mississippi
near Victory.
Mrs. A. B. Schooly of Sioux City,
Iowa, who has been visiting her sister,
Mrs. Frank Primmer, in this city, is
now visiting sister, Mrs Purdy Bur-
chan, at Avalanche.
Best tobacco lath in town at Thay
er's. For bridge plank go to Thayer's.
If needing lumber of any kind, Thayer
has it and prices right. Imperial wood
fibre plasters at Thayer's.
Mr.. John H. Bean was in from
West Prairie section, yesterday, re-
ported heavy rain there but no serious
damage from wind. Crops, especially
hay, are somewhat injured.
You want to be there at the Sol
berg farm miles southwest of Viro-
qua, Saturday evening, to a lawn social
to be held by the young peoples society
Of the Synod Lutheran church.
The race track on the fair grounds
is badly washed and damaged by Sun
days storm. 1t viii require much
labor and expense to place the course
in anything like as good condition as it
has been all the season.
w. A. Curtis and family returned,
today, from a visit with relatives at
Mills Greek, Richland county. They
got as far as Readstown on MONDAY,
but were compelled to remain there I'M
til today, before they could cross the
swollen river.
The farmers tobacco shed was
special target for the elements that
swept Vernon county on Sunday. As a
destroyer the storm was no respector
of the holy Sabbath. He worked over
time and with greater acti Tity than a
Dago on railroad section.
Young peoples society of Utica
church will hold sociable at Rasmus
Aaland's, Sunday, July %, II o'clock
a. m. A good program is expected.
Speakers from Prairie du Chen and
Soldiers Grove and singing by neigh
boring church choir will make the pro-
gram.
The hearing of Ernest Smith,
charged with relieving John Dempke of
81, 400 in currency and $500 in notes at
Readstown on July 4th, took place be-
fore Justice 5. r. Pollard, last Monday.
He was bound over to circuit court and
in default of $1,000 bail, remanded to
Jail.
La Crosse ball tossers were detained
in Viroqua till Tuesday afternoon, when
they engaged private conveyances and
started for home. The youngsters of
our burg gave them good time, in
dances and other social doings, so there
was no occasion for inconsistencies on
their part.
Richard, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Edwards, fell from the roof of the
band stand at the fair grounds on Mon
day and broke both bones in his right
forearm. He also suffered a severe
confusion on his forehead. He was
taken to the city Immediately in a
buggy and his needs attended to by
Dr. Morley.
Fred Hansen left, last Saturday,
fos Spokane, Washington. After a
brief visit there he viii return to the
east, possibly spending a day with Vir-
oqua friends while enroute for South
America. 1t is rumored that Fred will
not return alone. Mr.. Hanson is now
employed by the Ager, Cross & Co. ma
chinery firm of New ork City, and is
partner in the Avery Threshing Ma
chine Co. of Peoria, Illinois. He will
sail from New York within few days
for England. From there thirty -day
ocean voyage will take him to his des-
tination. He will make his home at
Buenos Aires, city of about 500, 600
in Argentine Republic.
i Hon. ID. F. Mains arrived home,
Monday evening, having spent several
days in the northern section Of the
state, following the Legislative adjourn
ment. He was obliged to ''hoof'' it
from Leon to Cashton, engaging team
there to bring him home. He gives a
good description of the havoc wrought
by Sundays storm to farmers and the
| track of the St. Paul company. AS it
appeared to him, there is nothing left
TO the valley farmers but to remove
the mud, rocks and drift-wood from
their premises. The track from Leon
to Cashton was a perfect wreck, in
some places rails and ties being washed
rods from their proper road bed.
Jake Daeh, Frank Swain, Hole
Swain, Lloyd Bolen, Perry Cowden,
Otis Buxton, Will J. Best, James Hall,
VIM. Crook, Miles Sabin, VIM. Webb,
Lars Brye, Ed Ely, f. Trygestad, Joe
Thompson, James Honaker, Hans T.
Fortney, VIM. Horribly, Geo. Horribly,
c. S. Slack, F. H. Ames, l.. Davis,
A. Bates, John Bean, Fred Bean, Frank
Crosse, Frank Davis, w. Side, d. T.
Fortney, Ed. Hansen, Tobias Sherry,
and Sam Soldiers, each have the Dain
hay loader, and Scott Sandwich, County
Farm, Vernon County Asylum, Joe
Buchanan, VIM. Crook, Perry Cowden,
/ Nm. Horribly, c. S. Slack and Howard
Smith, each have the Dain side delivery
rakes. Chas. S. Slack & Co., sell them
because they are the best the market
affords; ask the above PARTIES about