Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-09-27
STATEMENTS


Gaiesville.-A hearing on the re
port of the commissioners in
charge of the work of draining 7,0e0
acres OF lands in the bottoms of
Trempealeau will be held al White
hall October IL. This report includes
a description OF the property. award
OF damages and assessments for the
work.
1t is estimated that the proposed
work will cost approximately $4,000.
The district comprises more than a.
600 acres of lands in TrempeaIeau bot
toms. Should the work be completed.
more than 5000 acres of now useless
lands would be reclaimed and con-
verted into fertile fields.
The law is such that the property
itself is assessed for its own recIama-
ton, and the assessments for the CON
struction of the work may be paid in
annual installments extending over a
period of fifteen years, thus giving the
owner OF the property opportunity TO
cultivate the land after its improve
ment and pay his assessments from
the net profits.
The law also makes it optional with
the property owner whether he will
pay his assessment in advance or take
the installment plan.
Appleton.-Forty-nin years ago.
old settlers in Appleton and other
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remember, occurred one OF the most
remarkable events in the Badger
states history--the Indian scare. On
a day in which the sun had been hid
den by dark, threatening clouds, news
came into the cities, or rather towns
at this time, that the Indians were
COMMUNICATING on them with faces
painted in the gaudiest of war coiors,
and with arrows whose points were
fairly hot with the sharpening of sew
eral months. And the quaking settlers
heard and believed. Teams were
hitched to the crude wagons. the fam
lies hurriedtly piled in and started
for the nearest centers of population.
But there were brave hearts among
the number, who ridiculed the idea
and who, in consequence, started ont
in search of the supposed revenge
seeking redmen. And, of course, their
quest was happily vain.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Catholics laid
the cornerstone of the first strict
ly English church of the demon
ination in the city. Three thousand
people, many of them from different
sections CT southern Wisconsin, at
tended the ceremonies. The church is
to be known as the st. Thomas church.
The cornerstone was laid by Rev. 8.
Traudt, secretary 70 the archbishop,
the ceremony being performed by
Rev. j. Simons of Chicago. The new
church win cost $4,000.
Kenosha. - Hugo Anderson OF
Waukegan and K. BUST of Racine
are both in the Kenosha hospital as
a result of injuries received in the
motorcycle meet here. Buist and An
derson both left the track while
racing. Buist escaped with bad
bruises, but it is feared that Ander-
son is internally injured He was un-
conscious for several hours after the
accident.
Ashland.-H. j. O'Sullivan. OPP
orator at the Northern Pacific depot,
was accidentally shot by D. s. McKie.
a member of the Ashland school board,
while the two were hunting together
O'Sullivan was shot in the thigh and
abdomen, but will recover
Sparta Sept. 20.-Forest, the four
teen-year-nld son of Ellis Matteson.
Leon, was probably fatally wounded
by being shot through the bowels by
a 22-caliber bullet. He was loading
repeating rifle when the gun was acci-
dentally discharged.
Oshkosh.-when President Taft
arrives in Oshkosh on October 20
he will be met at the station by 10
automobiles, given trip about the
city and will then make a speech at
the opera house at 1890. At
O'Clock he will speak from stand in
the center of the town and will be
guest at a luncheon at 1910
Marquette - Fire at Chatham,
east Of here, destroyed the gen
eral store of C. c. Brown. in which
the postoffice was located. the feed
warehouse of j. H. Gatiss, groceryman,
and the saloon OF Edward Levy. The
loss is $4,000. partially covered by
insurance.
Madison.-The Dane county fair
opened here upon what is ex-
pected to be its most successful year.
There win be unusual horse races and
automobile races on Friday. Last year
22.00c people attended and this rec.
ord. it is thought, will be broken.
Stoughton.- The funeral of George
Heinrich. aged seventeen, who was
killed while hunting. was held in
the First Lutheran church. More
than ESQ high school students
accompanied the body from the house
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