Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-10-16
ADDITIONAL NEWS NOTES

Ben HalvOrson was business cal
Ter from Cashton on Saturday.
Mrs. Celia Fortney of Elroy, is
visiting her pare = in Viroqua.
Hon. James Curran of Prairie du
Chen, was in our city on Monday.
Hon. Edgar Emo and wife of Val
ley are visiting their daughters in the
Dakotas.
Hon. Van S. Bennett and wife were
guests at the H. d. Williams home,
Thursday.
Mrs. Margaret DeLap of Genoa,
transacted business at the county seat,
on Monday.
Mrs. C. w. Graves returned, Fri
day morning, from her visit to Madison
and Milwaukee.
Miss Lulu Love went to L. Crosse
to be gone for couple of week visiting
with relatives.
Henry Ikert, who has been guest
at the John Riley home, returned to
La Crosse, Sunday.
The E. F. U. society will give
dance Wednesday night, October 23rd.
All are invited.
"A pioneer of the town of Harmony,
Mr.. Gottfred Schock, died at the age
of eighty-one years.
Mrs. c. L. Danforth and daughter
of Viola, were up to attend the funeral
of Helen Snead on Monday.
Seward Appleman and Charlie
Adams of the town of Clinton, attended
to business in Viroqua, Tuesday.
Mrs. Delgram Morrison. who has
been at La Crosse for some time at the
hospital is expected home tomorrow.
Miss Olive Watson will have charge
of the cloak department at the Tate
Mercantile store on and after October
25th.
Mrs. Fred Morley and daughter of
La Crosse, are visiting at the home of
Col. Morley and other relatives in this
city.
The Sixth grade and their teacher
Miss Hand, attended the funeral of
Helen Snead in body, Monday after
noon.
Mrs. C. E. Lieurance was taken to
La Crosse, Saturday, for an operation
for appendicitis and is getting along
very nicely.
DR. Grahard Fortney and wife have
removed from Elroy to North La
Crosse, where the doctor win practice
his profession.
Chairman Homstad and Assessor
A. NJ. Anderson of Christiana, are at
Madison on business before the state
railroad commission.
Mrs. Austin Jennings of La Fargo.
spent Sunday and Monday with her
daughters, Mrs. Branson Shreve and
Miss JUL Jennings.
Jesse Silbaugh and Otto Burgduff
left for Gettysburg, South Dakota, to
! look over the country with a view of
locating in the west.
"A special town meeting was held
in Kickaroo, yesterday. to vote on funds
for rebuilding bridges swept away End
damaged during the summer foods.
ATTEND Toland's Business School,
| La Crosse, Wis. Five thousa nd gradu-
ates now employed; 140 graduates sent
| to positions in 80 days. Send for cata-
logue.
The board of trustees of the asylum
was in session several days last week
preparing the annual report They
unanimously reelected the present
officers.
Frank Sidell has just completed
! five Thousand dollar house on his farm
pear ChasebuTg, one of the finest in
Vernon county. A house warming was
/ give on recent evening.
-Chaseburg creamery has change
in butter maker, Ole Hanson succeed
ing Alfred Bigelow. The new operator
hailed from Eau Claire and is a gradu-
ate from the state university dairy
school.
Only few attended the Gays Mills
fair from this city. The society had
things up to the usual high standard in
most all departments and the atten-
dance was large on all three days, six
thousand being present Thursday. AS
is usual with the roundup fair, Gays
Mills had fast field of horses for the
races.
The Dutch Market given by the
ladies of the Congregational church,
Saturday afternoon, was very we'll at,
tended and patronized, the receipts
amounting to $2700. The lunches of
sanwiches, doughnuts and coffee were
a prominent attraction and helped to
increase the proceeds.
! DIR, Adams of Cameron, Missouri,
is visiting his brother-in-la law, Sheriff
| Silbaugh and other relatives in this
vicinity and the Kickapoo. The doctor
was a brother of the late Ira c. Adams.
He has visited here occasionally dur
ing the past forty years. He is an old
Grand Army man and railroad sur
geon since the war.
! Stephen Cook of Mt. Sterling, was in
Viroqua, Saturday, and on Sunday left
for Lancaster, where he will apply to
Judge Clementson for sufficient time to
move the Court on the proper proceed
! ings to open up and set aside a judg-
ment that had been entered in the case
of Stephen Cook vs.. T. T. Slime and
Peter l,ysne, selling the Mt. Sterling
creamery.
Joseph Lyon, one of the best known
pioneer residents of Webster town,
died at his home on October first, after
protracted illness, interment taking
place at Dell cemetery beside his late
wife. Joseph Lyons was a sturdy
! citizen, honest and a neighbor over
whose demise all mourn He was
native of Chic, born in 1882, coming to
! Vernon county is 1856; married Mary
/ Cowden two years later. Six children
were born to Them all now surviving
except one,
%. T. Fortney, wife and Youngest
/ boy, Melvin, of the town of Franklin
went to v heller. Dunn county. last