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TOWN AND COUNTY: -Mr. Jed. Barnett's new City dray is gorgeous and convenient. The First National Bank of Boscobel will shortly begin process of liquidation. -Mrs. Mary Studebaker, daughter of S. H. Farnsworth, arrived yesterday from St. Paul, to make a visit of some length at her father's home. A donation will be held in the village of Cassville on Friday evening, Feb. 7th, for the benefit of Rev. G. D. Stevens. All persons are invited. -A stave factory in Crawford county, opposite Boscobel, belonging to Wm. McWil_ liams, was burned down January 17. Loss $5,000; insurance $3,270. will be seen by the city order pubs lished to-day that a new street, heretofore without a designation, has been appropriately named after our first Mayor. -A splendid farm, situated where it can have all the benefits of the new railroad, is offered for sale by Mr. Geo. Aupperle. His advertisement will tell the rest. -Mr. Jos. Osborne, of the thriving little village of Mifflin, just over the Grant line in county, offers a farm in that vicinity for sale. Refer to advertisement in this paper. -A little money now and then, So say the editors, Is relished by the wisest men, And other creditors. -Grant Bonham brought to town last Thursday the biggest hog in the countyweight 760 pounds, He sold twenty to Nathan. Schreiner & Co., that averaged 455 pounds. -Mr. Thos. Tuckwood, between Bloomington and Beetown, offers stock and other farm property for sale at auction. For other particulars see advertisement. Geo. W. Lumpkin, auctioneer. -Joseph Kyser, of Jamestown, Wis.. aged about 40 years, died January 24th of consumption, leaving a wife and three children to mourn his loss. The funeral took place from the Church at Sinsinawa Mound. -Thirty-two couples attended a dance at Jamestown, Wis., for the benefit of Joseph Sweat, of that place, who lost his hand recently, while working about a threshing machine. The affair netted a handsome sum. -Report comes that Harry Hall, who enlisted in the temperance army a large number of Rum's customers at Cassville, has opened office for recruits at Potosi. He began on Monday; enlisted about 40 that evening, and goes on with increased success. -Mr. J. W. Graves, formerly of Bloomington, and who recently went into business at Prairie du Chien, is reported to be in a very critical condition. He has been for years badly afficted with asthma which, combined with some disease of the lungs, makes breathing almost an impossibility. Hosts of friends sympathize with him most heartily. -The 12th Annual Meeting of the Blake's Prairie Agricultural Society will be held at Brown's Hall in Bloomington, on Thursday, February 6th, 1879, at one o'clock P. M. The election of officers, revising Premium List and other business of importance will be in order. By order of the Executive Committee. JESSE BROOKS, Secretary. -The convention of Good Templars at Boscobel last weet, was participated in by large numbers. Its proceedings were conducted mainly by Phil. Allen and Miss Emma Sprague. Their efficient co-worker, Seth D. Curry, shares in the honor if making the meetings large, lively and interesting. The next convention will be held at Patch Grove. -The last day of January Ted E Barnett, who with the assistance of bis faithing drivers, Charley Weber and Dave Johnson, has carried the mail between Lancaster and Bo-cobel, through cold and heat, mud and dust, rain and sunshine with promptness and reliability nearly equal to railroad time, will withdraw his trains, and on and after February 1st the mail will be carried on the Chicago & Tomah R. R. -One who cannot tell what he wants when he goes to buy should not complain if he does not get what he wants. This is applicable to a lady or gentleman in purchasing a hat or elothing, to farmers in purchasing utensils and to persons getting work done at a printing office. And a man who can't tell the difference between lithographic work and the print of ordinary types exposes his ignorance when he puffs or criticises the print. -Some weeks ago there came to our office beautiful circulars announcing a forthcoming literary weekly under the name " Penn Yan Mystery," to be edited by the " well known, learned and brilliant writers aud authors, Leon and Harriett Lewis." Accompanying these circulars was a proposition to exchange if we would give the great, story, literary and scientific paper a notice. The only notice we gave it was to throw the whole thing in the waste basket, but we felt, afterwards, pleasurable sensations running through our veins when we noticed how liberally many of our exchanges "noticed" the new enterprise. In due time the first number of the Penn Yan Mystery arrived. It was a great, large and beautiful paper. Part of space was devoted to an obituary of Mrs. Harriett Lewis, one of the publishers. It is said there was a second number issued. A week later, and here comes this item in the daily newspapers: The Penn Yan Mystery man has eloped with a 16 year old girl-gone to Europe-after collecting $20,000 on subscriptions to his new paper." -A quiet and unpretentious but very enjoyable entertainment was provided for the public at the Methodist Church last Friday evening. The audience was a good one, although not as large as we hoped tosee. Those who defer going to such an affair until they are sure that it will be worth attending, are