of the Peace, Notary Public, the municipal executive, and last of all, is the editor of the Ossian Bee, which paper, under his administration, is the only newspaper venture ever successful in Ossian. He is also the main plank of the platform of the Democratic State Central Committee.

John Heinen is the proprietor of the Ossian Marble Works.

Prohibition is not enforced in Ossian, there being seven places where contraband liquids are dispensed.

While in Ossian, we met quite a number of our farmer friends, although the day was a damp, disagreeable one. They treated this Republican pilgrim very cordially.

The B. CR. & N. road, which reached Ossian a little over a year ago, gave considerable impetus to the town; but the bulk of the shipments go over the rails of the old pioneer, the C. M. & St. P.

Our stay in Ossian was pleasant. We found the people wide-awake and enterprising. They hang together for the benefit of their own town against all outsiders."

These teachers with an Ossian address attended a county association meeting: Prof. F. C. Clark, Sarah Owens, John S. Nelson, Meda Oxley, Elma Nicholson, Jennie Dean, Frances Hall and Lucy Bullard.

The taxable valuation of the Milwaukee railroad line is set at $5,000 a mile. The corporation contained .67 of a mile, or $3350 The valuation assigned to the Burlington is $2000 a mile, or $900 for the .45 mile in town.

John Collins will plat a portion of his newly acquired Beck farm into dwelling lots of -§- to 5 acres. The street (Boody) will be opened from the B. Cr. & N. depot to the Frankville road.

Frank Limbeck is an energetic man. Monday, he bought and loaded two carloads of hogs in Ossian; was married in Praire Du Chien in the evening; and returned in time to ship two more cars by 5:00 A. M.

The first commencement exercises of the Ossian public school were held in 1886. These eight students were the graduates: Libbie Bullard, Caddie Green, Mabel DeCou, Maggie Tinling, Marie Larson, Frank Baker, Earnest Baker and Elmer Auchmoody.

Evidently the municipal election was held in the fall of the year in 1886. The following men were elected to office: M. J. Carter, mayor; C. J. Mills, recorder;

D. Weitgenant, assessor; E. Frank, treasurer; D. D. Rosa, marshal and poundmaster;

E. Schoonmaker, George McWillians, Frank Dessel, J. J. Schmitz, C. H. Holbrook and John Collins—councilmen.

NOTICE: Saloonkeepers are hereby notified to close their saloons promptly at 10:00 P. M. in order to avoid prosecution. This is not a note from a temperance fanatic, but from a licensed businessman. J. J. Schmitz will tell all inquirers who places this notice.

The following letter to the editor was written by a citizen of Ossian with a date line of Sept. 13» 1886:

"Your correspondence from this town seems to be of the occasional and irregular kind. This is not certainly because there is a lack of interesting matters to write about or a dearth of items to be gleaned. It must be because our citizens are too occupied with business for any of them to find time to devote to writing news items.

Though the general complaint about the country has been that business has been dull, the business men of Ossian have no cause for finding fault. There has been hardly a day, rain or shine, during the whole spring and summer, but our streets are thronged with teams and our stores well filled by customers. It is an almost every day occurrence that seventy-five to one hundred teams can be counted on the main street at one time.

The old Baker corner seems to lead the trade in the general line. The hardware trade seems to be about equally divided among the three houses in this business, all doing a good trade. The same may be said of the two drug stores, as may be judged by their reports of the stimulants sold for medicinal purposes.

There are only six places where the thirsty can quench their thirst with "ginger ale" and pop! The furniture business has one representative, and the business done