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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-10

The supreme court has rendered a
decision holding lawful and constitu-
tional the state civil service law. And
that means that the civil service COM
mission has more power than all the
departments of state combined.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-10
First publication April %. 1915

4NOIlce OF sac on ForecIOsure.
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COLI
IT for Vernon County
c. M. Butt as administrator of the estate of C. M.
Butt. Junior, Plaintiff, against Martha Hol-
comb, Defendant.
Notice is hereby given. that by virtue Of a j;1dr.
ment OF foreclosure and sale rendered in tn above
entitled action in the court aforesaid on {he iSth
day OF April, A. ID. 1910. the UNDERSIGNED shsr;fi
OF Vernon county. will on the sth dsy Of June. A.
at the front door of the court kanSa n .h &c,
vlroqna' IN SAID Vernon c,sunty, Wiseonsin, offer
for sale and sell to the highest snd best bidde,
aor e assn; the follow s DESCRIBED premises WINS
iage OF Keadstc Vsrnoa county Wiscon sC ''
od5s.;e -, block two t2) of Hale's and Cade';
Of PILL the Village of Readstown. on east side
600 stssE MARTIN ROOT,
Sheriff of Vernon County. Wisconsin
Gated &s Niroqua. Wis, April &c, 1911.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-10
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS
First publication April le. 1871
PROBATE NOTICE.
order limiting tine. az 80

/ Order limiting time and notice
| VERNON COUNTY CoURT-N PROBATE
In the matter Of the estate of Andrew len.
On the application Of Norton A Anderson ~
scutor o. the estate of Andrew Jenson lata ~
so~n OF Coon, Vernon county deceased M one
naVing required the appointment OF Commission
II Is ordered. that all creditors are reonires ~
plsSenI tner claims and demands against the
said estate Of Andrew Jenson. sleeease.j for
M lAilon ana allowance, on or before the first
toesoay OF December. A. ID. 1871 which time e
nSIeDy allowed and limited for that purpose
~ i further ordered. that all claims and de-
1aa1os Of all persons against the said estate Of
andrew Jensen. deceased will be received ex-
ahmed and adjusted before this cosrt at its co,rt
.ooins IN the court house. IN the city Of Virooga
N sau county. at regular term thereof appointed
70 oe neid on the first Tuesday of December 1911
ana an creditors are hereby notified thereof
" y further ordered, that notice of the time
ana place at which said claims and demands wiz
De received, examined and adjusted as Aforesaid
ana OF the time hereby limited for Creditors IN
present their claims be given by publishing copy
OF TINS order and notice for four weeks succes-
SSlxely once IN each week, in The VERNON COUNTY
1ENsoR a newspaper published IN the city of
siroqua IN sad county. the irst publication TO be
W,Inln ten days from the date hereof
Dated this 18th day of April, 5feiI
BY the Court. ID. o. MAHoEEY County Jud0e
- W. Graves. Attorney for estate
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-10
First publication April ID. ieli-s.
SUMMONS

| GTATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT co1rRT
/ - Vernon County NSSN l
Andrew Hankins. PlainSig. Tvs. William Han.
kins. EDWARD Hankins. Eliza. Esansins Aiex Han
KIns. Motley Hankins. Jane Hsakins. The Unknown
known Heirs of A. B. Snow deceased Sefen5a,ts
LIE STATE or WISCONSIN,. TO THE SAID De
You are hereby summoned to appear within
twenty days after service Of this summons ,,nor
you exclusive q the day Of service, and defend
tfls above entitled action in the court aforesaid:
sal y ae-e Of your failure so to do Judgment viii
~AssaefsF against you according to the demand
o e ~~Bisift, Of which copy is herewith
OF the c.
served upon " ..,ss,
C. ]. SMITH. Plaii IN 4ttofheS:
?. o. Address. Viroqua. Vernon COUNTY Wis. /
of the circuit court for Vernon couits Wisconsin,.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-10
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L3S tSS CGJL81 INSTRUMENTATION Jt
CEVERAL years ago, we made thorough ex-
~ animation of the various high grade pianos
on the market, in search of the best We de-
cided the KRANICH & BACH people were
making pianos and representing ideals that
were bound to be recognized GTO-DAY, the
fact of the KRANICH & BACH being sold as
leader in the greatest music stores of the world,
is a pleasing reinsurance as to the result of our
investigation and judgment. r2~1r2Jr21r2Jr2J
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-10
First publication May 3. 1918.
PROBATE NOTICE

C. ]. Smith. Plaintiffs Attorney.
The Holbrook news., 1911-10-20
Ragged Husband Gets Laws Sympathy

D DONE, IA.-Judge R. M. Wright of ID Fort Dodge, presiding jurist of this judicial district, has handed down decision which is regarded as most remarkable legal document Coming, as it does, from jurist who is-kindly, home loving, and tender-hearted old man, it is all the more remarkable.
 Judge Wright recently listened to the evidence in a suit for separate maintenance. His kindly face betrayed nothing of what was to come in the opinion handed down.
 He says that if the good Lord ever made a man who could live at ease and comfort with the woman who was suing he would like to see him, for he would be phenomenon. The opinion has been read by all attorneys in this city and is attracting much attention
 "A bright, capable and fairly good looking woman" says the judge, 'thas obtained divorce from two husbands on the ground of desertion and has two or three times brought actions for divorce against her present husband. based on no just ground, needlessly putting him to great and inexcusable expense in paying costs and attorneys fee on both sides.
 'T have given this case much thought, care and attention, and have
The Holbrook news., 1911-10-20
Identifying an Author.

An elderly man walked into Brook lyn branch of the public library the other day and addressed the young woman behind the counter in this fashion:
 q want certain book by certain author and both the title of the book and the name of the author have es- caped my memory. In appearance the author looked like mixture of Robert Louis Stevenson and Hall Caine and had, I believe, cataract of the eye. He had written much about Japan in every style of writing. If you can tell me his name I'll look up the book. Can you do it7"
 The young woman pursed her lips meditatively. She answered.:
 Could 1t be Lafcadio Hearn that you are thinking off"
 It was.
The Holbrook news., 1911-10-20

NEWPORT, R. Newport is place IN that is consecrated to pleasure. The people who have their summer homes here represent the acme of wealth and fashion and exclusive so- ciety in America. With the possible exception of one or two local chari- ties with which they concern them selves actively but unobtrusively their sole occupation during the months that they live in Newport is to amuse themselves. Photographers have tried to get pictures while the idle and fashionable rich were disporting them selves on an exclusive beach, but in every case they were detected and their apparatus smashed. One corner of the beach is reserved for children the children of millionaires.
 Everybody who is anybody at New port is ardently devoted to horses and horseback riding or pretends to be.
The Holbrook news., 1911-10-20
Latin and Greek.

The action of Amherst college in seeking to restore Latin and Greek to their supremacy in the scheme of higher education may be the begin ming of a great reaction. Or it may be another case of Mrs. Burlington with her broom trying to sweep back the rising tide.-The World
 And 1t may, and doubtless will be, neither. Latin and Greek may be Ire stored to their supremacy" in Am herst college, and perhaps to the profit of the college and of the country, without creating an educational reac- tion. It is not at that that Amherst seems to aim. Rather in this age of specialized education, she is choosing the old-fashioned classical education as her speciality. It might be said that she proposes to specialize in a general education which shall aim to train sound thinkers. Latin is still extensively taught in this country, but Greek gets less and less extend ed attention. It does not seem like ly that 1t will again be urged upon the general run of college students. Nevertheless, scholars will cling to it. Man in this hemisphere will not live by bread alone nor give his strength to material development or economies or scientific research. = Harper's Weekly.
The Holbrook news., 1911-10-20

tried to find from the evidence some way whereby I could decide in her favor and award to her some money for maintenance, but have been un- able to do so.
 "She has badgered her husband with annoyances, some of them small, but all of them humiliating to the last degree. At the end of 1t all I am forced to the conclusion that the de- fendant was practically driven from home, and that he was fully justified in leaving it, as life there for him had become not merely extremely difficult, but impossible
 After the plaintiff had threatened to shoot him he was justified in notify ing the merchants no longer to extend credit to plaintiff on his account, and after his repeated trials he was justi- fled in packing up his little personal effects and leaving the plaintiff and in afterward refusing to go back to the sheol he had left"
The Holbrook news., 1911-10-20
Automobile an Aid to City Criminals

office was cracked and the contents taken. The villagers learned of the crime the next morning.
 The very next afternoon the same taxicab, apparently, appeared in Bleecker street in this city and one of it's three occupants entered a shoe store and held up the proprietor Owing to miscalculation the robber was not successful in obtaining any cash, but he succeeded in escaping as did his companions in the auto.
 This series of crimes in such quick succession has alarmed the police, who see vast possibilities in the auto mobile as an aid to the criminal ele- ment and they feel utterly unable to cope with the situation The automo- bile criminals, as proved in the jewel ny store case, are prepared to com init murder to protect themselves from capture A thing that makes the hold-up man willing to draw his re- volver is the ease with which he can use his weapon without attracting at tention. single revolver shot or even a volley of them in city street little attention now compared with a few years ago. The automobile is responsible for this. All day and all night long, all over the city, there are automobiles giving forth explo- sions that sound like revolver dis charges.
The Holbrook news., 1911-10-20
AVENGES PETS DEATH
SHOOTS WOMAN IN AUTO BE. CAUSE OF HANTAM's DEATH.
Motor Car Killed Ills Feathered Pet and This 12-Year-oId Boy Lay In Walt for Other Auto
 mobiIIsts.


 South NorwaIk. Conn.-Miss Evelyn Hammond of Coaticook. Canada, lies at the home of her uncle, Dr. Walter Hitchcock, with a bullet lodged against the spinal cord at the base or her neck. Her body is paralyzed and there is little hope she will survive. The young woman is the victim of small boys desire to avenge the kill ing of a pet bantam.
 Twelve-year-old William H. Beers, Jr.. who fired the shot that may cost Miss Hammond her life. is under ar rest tearfully protesting he meant nothing so serious when he lay in ann bush with a new rife for the first au- tomobile that should pass his home. He only meant to shoot hole in the tire" he says.
 An automobile ran over and killed a bantam belonging to the boy. He was inconsolable over the loss of his pet and swore vengeance, but his par ents thought 1t only a childish threat and did not hesitate to leave him alone in the house. As soon as they had gone young William broke open his toy bank and counted the dimes. nickels and bigger coins that fell into his lap Then he ran to a hardware store and bought the biggest rifle his money would pay for and some am munition. Then William hid on the porch of his home and waited for the enemy.
 He did not have long to walt. for the house is on the main road, and soon he saw the motor car of his neighbor. Dr. Hitchcock. come along with the doctor and his young niece as passengers. William raised his new rife. aimed and fired.
 There was a scream and Miss Ham, mond fell to the floor of the car Dr. Hitchcock saw at once that the wound was serious and with only glance at the boy. who had been frightened out of his ambush at the young woman's cry, he hurried the victim to his home and sent for other physicians.
 As soon as the gravity of Miss Ham, mond's condition was realized, young Beers was arrested He cried bitterly and insisted he had not intended to do any bodily harm with his rifle. but only to make life miserable for auto mobilists by puncturing their tires. which the killing of his pet warranted. he believed. The boys parents were in New York when the shooting oc- cured and were hastily sent for.
The Holbrook news., 1911-10-20
Playground of Idle Rich in America

Therefore the horse show each sum- mer means much to fashionable New port. It is a far more exclusive affair than the tennis tournament, for the latter Is not only a public but a nation al event. The horse show is more select and perhaps the most peculiar thing about it is that the horses ap- pear to take a more keen interest in what is going on than the persons who own them.
 One of the scenes of most brilliant social life at Newport is Alfred Van derbilt's place at Oakland farm. His garden parties are among the mile stones of the summers progress These gatherings are undoubtedly the finest expressions of summer social entertainment in America and are most beautiful to look at. The women in the smartest of smart frocks, the men in summer garb, the retinue of servants moving about-these make the life of the picture that is set in frame of shady lawns, with the splen- did mansion as a background. One or two bands or orchestras make music that is pleasant without being obtru- sive. Even the most rabid proletarian could not glimpse the scene without falling under the spell of its charm.
The Holbrook news., 1911-10-20
To Leave Lonely Cell After 37 Years

NHARLESTOWN, MASS.-Jesse H N Pomeroy, known for almost four decades as "the boy murderer of Bos- ton," and held by an earlier genera tion to be the most desperate criminal abnormality of the age, is soon to leave his cell for greater freedom in the state prison here, after having spent 37 years in solitary confinement. This announcement was made when it was declared that Governor Foss, inn pressed by evidences submitted to him from many sources of the great change in Pomeroy's character, has decided to allow the life convict to enjoy many Of the liberties granted well behaved prisoners.
 Governor Foss will never grant Pomeroy a full pardon, and 1t is gen erally believed no other governor ever will take such action; but to give the man who has inspired dread in the hearts of even his keepers ever since the day when as a fourteen-year-old boy he was thrust into a punish ment" cell in the Charlestown prison, any portion of the freedom enjoyed by tractable convicts is considered evi- dence of a transformation in the crim- tnal's makeup.
 Pomeroy's greatest champion has been his mother. now . Ead faced,
The Holbrook news., 1911-10-20
The TIds at Mount st. Michel.

At five in the afternoon people gather on the causeway that connects this islet with the French coast, to watch the coming of the tide, one of the sights of the world. As far as the eye can reach stretches the gray sand, silent, empty. Seven miles and a half lie between the ocean and the rock. Presently strange murmur per vades the air; it seems to come from nowhere, and yet to be everywhere And then far on the horizon lifts a line of white. Every moment 1t draws nearer, and the sound in the air swells louder; and then with astonishing speed up the line of crested sea, and In a moment, where 1t reaches the sands, there is but space of swirling water And on the wave ride in the fishing boats that have gone out to sea on the tide at dawn. Many a tragedy has been caused by the swift thrush of this true tidal wave, for, save along narrow paths, the bottom of this vast, strange bay is but quick sand, and after the tide has once turned and the sound of its coming is heard, no man can hope to escape its reach unless he be close indeed to the mount or the shores of the main land.-Travel Magazine.
The Holbrook news., 1911-10-20
RELICS IN AN INDIAN GRAVE
Human Skeletons, Pony Bones and Beaver Jaws Are Found In
 Wisconsin.

Oshkosh, wis.-One of the most noteworthy finds of Indian remains and relics has been discovered at a sand pit five miles west of Oshkosh. Workmen employed in stripping the surface for sand have unearthed what is believed to be part of an ancient Indian burial ground
 The skeletons or five Indians were taken out. one of them, a man evil dently of massive frame and presum- ably more than six feet tall. He was buried in a sitting position and close to him was found the body of pony and the body of a squaw and the skeletons of three smaller persons. one of which may have been another squaw. or the three may have been children
 On the bones of the arms of the squaw were found copper bracelets. Among the articles found buried with the Indian chief was a broken black pipe made out of hard clay, four bea- yer jaws with the teeth intact, a piece of an old-fashioned trap. a sheath knife of steel. a rusted section of a hintlock gun and four large clam shells. presumably carried from the Mississippi river
The Holbrook news., 1911-10-20

NEW YORK.-The automobile as an " aid to criminals is likely. to figure prominently in future. Out, in the west 1t has been used for a year or more by the robbers of village banks and the looters of postoffices Now it has begun to figure prominently in this city. Two weeks ago a jewelry store at Sixth avenue and Thirteenth street was robbed of a tray contain Ing some $10,000 worth of gems by one of three men who had driven up to it in a taxicab. The man smashed a window, abstracted tray of diamonds and shot dead the clerk who had rushed to the door on hearing the noise of the broken glass. No trace of the criminals has been found by the police.
 The next night a red taxicab, be Heved to be the same and containing three men. dashed into the village of River Edge, few miles from Hacken- sack, N. J., and while severe thunder storm was raging the safe in the post
The Holbrook news., 1911-10-20
WEDDED FOR ONE YEAR ONLY
People of EifeI District in Germany Arrange Trial Marriages at
 Annual Fairs.

The ancient custom of holding fairs for selecting brides and bridegrooms on trial still exists in some villages of the Eifel district of Germany.
 On the day of the fair the young men and women who have been noti- fled stand in groups on adjacent hil- locks, their names being inscribed on roll in the possession of the fair officials, who sit round table between the groups. The ages of the young men are stated on the roll, but not those of the girls.
 Males are then called forward by name in the order of their ages, the oldest coming first, and one of the girls is called to meet him; if neither objects the young woman is presented with wedding ring. and the couple are declared duly welded for year on approval.
 At the end of the year they may separate and each is free to marry again; or if they are not quite sure whether they will be happy they can arrange to separate for day or two before the next fair, and then be welded again for another year. If 8 couple remain together over the year the marriage becomes binding for life, or if any family is born the union is also valid for life
 If a maiden refuses the first man she is supposed to marry the next offered to her; but this rule is not rigidly enforced now, though formerly the names of candidates were taken haphazard by the head man of the community, who did not put up with nonsense about maidenly coyness.
 Nowadays it is generally arranged beforehand to call together only those couples who have been courting The system has worked with good results for centuries and will probably last some while yet, until the farming dis tricts become crowded with factories and towns.-Tit-Bits.
The Holbrook news., 1911-10-20

such a coordination of land and sea losses, and they have yet to be under taken.
 The first object of the recent ma neuvers was to mobilize the naval mil itia with the regular navy and give the amphibious organization whose units tread the quarterback of the dry goods store or the machine shop dur ing the year, with now and then spin for an hour or two on their various militia ships a chance to get their sea legs, taste the salt air, and gulp down solid chunks of Atlantic fog with the zest on the side of war feel ing and spirit.
 It is one thing to know captain from a hawser and to be able to eat deviled crabs when afioat on fresh water without coveting handhold on the rail, but to really go to sea, to stand watch in the pitchy hours of the night, to hitch your eyeballs to the stars, and glue your mind to the fath- omless void out of which at any mo- ment the winking lights of the "en- emy's" ships may suddenly be seen, that is something like real sea serv- ice under the flag.
 For the most part the naval militia man feels that he can at best learn but e smattering of what he would like to know to 1t himself to be of val ue in time of war. His militia ship. c gift from the government, serves
The Holbrook news., 1911-10-20

white haired woman nearing her sev- entieth year. Although denied even the right to see her son and having to accept the truth of the fact that he was regarded all over the civilized world as the most atrocious example of a wanton murderer, his mother never faltered in her faith in his in- nate goodness.
 Pomeroy killed two children, boy and a girl, after treating them with barbaric cruelty. He inveigled other children into isolated sections, stripped them of their clothing, tied them to trees or upon boards and, then beat them until they were unconscious. He delighted in sticking pins into their unconscious forms and cut them deep- ly with knife. When this juvenile monster, then fourteen years old, was
 finally run down and captured he barely escaped lynching. His youth alone saved him from execution.
The Holbrook news., 1911-10-20

GAIN the mimic battle between
 the "enemy" and our navy has H been fought; once more New
 York was the objective, and like wise once more New York is safe. The war game, now such a fixed institution in both the army and the navy and always of great value to the professional and the layman, serves with every repetition to assure the country that the measure of safety se- cured by the enormous expenditure of the last twenty-five years is assur- ing, and in all probability all that the most saguine claim for it.
 This time it was purely a naval game. The army did not participate except that the range and power or gun fire from the coast Notifications involved in the theater of war were taken into account as factors, and have had their weight in the theoret- ical defense of the country. But the active forces were wholly naval, and all credit for what was accomplished goes to that arm of the military estab- lishment.
 The idea of testing the training and attachments of the army and navy by problems and sham battles is one that has for it's primary purpose the actual test of men and systems, but beyond that the more important pur pose is to demonstrate more and more the field of effort for improvement both in material and personnel.
 In real war the problem for the United States would at once assume different proportions from these sue ceeding small battles of peace. In the first place the forces of the army and navy would be co-ordinated in manner that would surprise those who remember the famous campaign before Santiago when the navy day after day sought to drown out Cervera's fleet with a deluge of projectiles, and the army and navy could never get togeth- CT in any well-planned program that would shorten operations and deter mine results. None of the war games have yet been played on the basis of