Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-01-12

was sent 10 Tue senate by President
Taft on Thursday last. 1t is testi-
monial to the efficiency of his admins
tration that no rival candidate aspired
TO the position Mr.. Bratlie has so faith
fully filed for nearly 81 years. He is a
gentleman of the old school; worthy
and high minded citizen The CENSOR
sends him congratulations
At the farm home of MIR. and Mrs
Frank j. Davis, near Retreat, on the
evening of the third instant, that
worthy couple were given a genuine
old-fashioned house-warming, the oc-
casion being the recurrence of their
wedding anniversary, number thirty
one. Forty neighbors, about their age,
passed the evening most enjoyably
They carried with them articles of
modern household equipment as re-
minders of the day and the occasion
Before the party broke up company
of "bellers" appeared on the scene and
were not turned away without having
the inner man satisfied.
Mrs. Charlotte Edwards of Sparta.
has been chosen by the state board OF
control, for matron in the home for de-
pendent children in that city, to take
the place left vacant by the death of
the wife of Superintendent Bright.
w B. Tscharner has been reappointed
postmaster at La Crosse. He has filled
the place for eight years.
The Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway will begin the construction of a
new 81, 600, 900 bridge over the Missis-
| sippi river at that point, within the
next sixty days.
Black River Falls wins the $1,000 prize
of the Wisconsin nti-Tuberculosis as
ISOLATION TO the city having less than
2, 600 population in 1905, which sold the
largest number of Christmas stamps in
proportion to population from Novem-
Der 20 to December 81. The average
sale per inhabitant was so 57-100
Two important news items are waited
/ in for the CENSOR from Coon Valley
that Banker Knudson has been voted a
medal for the largest footed manin the
community, and that the home of Louis
O. Brye, secretary o. the Hamburg in
surance company, has had visit from
the stork.
A Chaseburg CORES pondent gives the
unwelcome information that former
Sheriff G. r Ward has disposed of his
property holdings at that place, and
with his family, will soon move to Mon
tana, to take up a new residence and
become a boomer of the wild and wociy
west. Charley has long been hive
wire in his neighborhood and the coLn-
ty, and his determination to wrestle
with the west will be received with re-
greet by friends.
Harry, son of Elias Fox of Hills
boro. recently sailed from New York
for South America, with one of the
nations fleet of iron-clads. The trip
will cover nearly month.
The death of Mrs. Mary Brandon,
which occurred at the pioneer nome in
Greenwood town, takes from the scenes
of usefulness a mother who did much
to make blossom with the efforts If
good home making the eastern sec
tion of our county. With her husband,
Mrs Brandon located in Greenwood
over fifty years ago. Mr.. Brandon
passed away twenty years since Death
to this good woman came without warn
ing, dying instantly while converting
on the evening Of December 16.
At the age Of seventy years George
Dingledine died in the village of St0d-
dard on the evening of December 81,
after protracted Illness.
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