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The Farmer's Institute at Elroy wa largely attended. Eau Claire Democrats nominate thei City ticket March 30. The Evansville tack factory con sumes a ton of iron daily. The license party were successful a the Black River Falls election by 9 majority. Judge Gilson, of the 4th Judicia district will be re-elected withou opposition. Daniel Dowling, aged 57, contracto and builder fell dead on the street a Janesville, from apoplexy. S. A. Keen & Co., Chicago, tool $7,500 Junean County five year bonds at 51 per cent interest. Milwaukee can have the next State Fair if the business men will donate $15,000 to the society. A Sun Prairie stock-buyer. name 0 Keefe is in trouble, being charge with using false weights. The store of Lorenz Debus, a Menomonee Falls, was burglarized safe blown open, $85 stolen. Nat Weston,Frank Beandreau,Georg Weston and others, of Stevens Point have gone to Arkansas county, Ark. to build and operate a sawmill. Nearly $28,000 have been paid by fifteen insurance companies on forty policies to sufferers by the Augusts fire. It is probable the Colby-Wausar spur of the Wisconsin Central will be built and cars running by December next. Work on the projected state in dustrial school at Sparta is to be com menced as soon as the snow is off the ground. A defective flue set fire to two millinery stores and candy factory at Barboo, all burned. Loss $2,500. in surance partial. At Darlington, the cashier of the Citizens bank was elected mayor over the cashier of the First National bank after a sharp contest. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morgan of Black Wolf have celebrated their gold en wedding. They were pioneers o Oshkosh county. Three-hundred thousand facing brick for the new state school for dependent children at Sparta have been made at Driesbach, Minn. At the Receiver's sale of the uncon verted securities of Strong's bank at Green Bay, assets of the nominal value of $90,000 brought $1,240. The politicians at Green Bay are talking about J. C. Neville, A. L. Gray and W. E. Persons to succeed Congress man T. R. Hudd in the state senate. Mr. Kane of Harvard Ills, and Mrs Smith of Fond du Lac, aged 70 and 65 years, married on the 5th, and Mrs Kane is enjoying her third bridehood Hon. E. A. Bleckman, of Sparta, will deliver the leading address at the anni versary of the Wisconsin Valley Association of Odd Fellows in Portage, April 26. Michael and Thomas Mulcairns are under arrest at Janesville for assault ing a woman 50 years old last October After the crime they fled and have just returned. John Nagel, a teamster living in Sauk City, committed suicide by hang ing himself 111 his barn. He had beer very despondent on account of ill health. At Racine the chickory factory [of Sass and Krene, fired by an incendiary supposed to be a discharged employe burned on the 5th. Loss $11,000. No insurance. The annual payment to the Indians at Tomah has transpired. At $82.55 per head. about $15,000 was paid out to them. The head of one family drew $390.60. Geo. Somers of Green Bay has sold his residence and is closing up his busi ness preparatory to moving to St Paul to engage in wholesale business with his sons. John Kasza, of Maple Grove, amem ber of a frolicksome wedding party was accidently shot by Martin Johin skie. The ball entered the back near the right kidney. At the first charter election at Chippewa Falls, a Republican mayor was elected. the clerk, treasurer and assessor all Democrats. The counci stands 10 Republicans, 6 Democrats An effort is being made at Appletor to break the will of the late W. C Scarboro, who devised $12,000 to the Methodist extension fund. His mother claims that he was not of sound mind The clergymen of Oshkosh have started out on a new evangical plan They divided the city up into districts and are going about in apostolic pairs visiting every house and every family in the cause of religion. The Waukesha County Agricultural society has made application for admission to the National Trotting association, and it has been settled that the August meeting of the Wis consin Trotting association will be held at Waukesha. The fees and perquisites of the sheriff of Oshkosh county amount It $9,000 a year, and the county board propose to make it a salaried office a $2,500, per year. and also to make the offices of clerk of the court and register of deeds salaried offices. The assingee of Hodge's bank of Lancaster has secured a judgement in the circuit court of Grant county for $67,991,43 against N. H. and H. H. Virgin. The money was lost in Chicago board of trade speculation and caused the failure of the bank. The tobacco sales at Viroqua by Vernon county growers are at 3, 31, and 5 cents. C. Puls, of the town of Sterling, sold 4,320 pounds at 5 cents The buyer at Viroqua says the crop is a poor one the country over, and that