late 19th century."

THE CATHOLIC ORDER OF FORESTERS

A court of the Catholic Order of Foresters was installed by J. J. Berg, deputy high chief ranger. The following were elected as officers: Rev. M. ¥. McCarthy, court chaplain; John Heinen, chief ranger; L. A. Meyer, vice chief ranger; W. F. Cody, recording secretary; Theo. Fleisher, financial secretary; Theo. Scheidelmantel, treasurer; O. Glisner, John Wolfe and John Wirshing, trustees; Wm. Funke and H. Scheidelmantel, conductors; Dr. A. Pegg, medical examiner. (We surmise this was Dr. Austin Pegg Jr.) The court has twenty charter members.

The town election resulted in I. H. DeGraff gaining the office of mayor; L.A. Meyer continued as treasurer; W. F. Cody became the new recorder; and John Heinen and F. W. Dessel were elected as trustees.

M. J. Carter served as referee in a championship wrestling match between Farmer Bums and Jack King at Decorah. The first fall, awarded to Burns, came after two hours of struggle. Burns won the champion's belt and a purse of $400.

The wages of country school teachers in Winneshiek county range from $20 to $35 a month. Editor Carter estimates their expenses to be at least $280 a year.

He wonders how they can survive.

New York City publisher, John B. Alden, offered paper-back copies of Uncle Tom's Cabin for 5¢ , postpaid; cloth-bound at 10¢, plus 7¢ postage.

The C. M. St. P. railroad is now running 12 scheduled passenger trains daily through Ossian; the B. Cr. & N. four.

A severe storm in July demolished one of the Burlington's warehouses. It blew down the Milwaukee Road's windmill and the elevator's smokestack.

The only graduates from O. H. S. this year were Belle Maley and Nellie Owen.

Postmaster Heck installed 60 lock boxes, 240 call boxes and 50 general delivery boxes in the post office. The rent for these will average only about one third of the price authorized by the federal government.

The railroads reported that 404 Ossian residents have taken advantage of the excursion rates to attend the World's Fair in Chicago; eighty seven bought tickets for "Iowa Day." There were 623,594 pounds of butter and 275 carloads of livestock shipped from the local yards this year.

Residents were treated to an exhibition of accurate shooting by a couple of itinerant cowboys. They threw bricks, oranges and nuts into the air—their bullets finding the targets without a miss. However, when our local sharpshooters--Elvidge, Townsend, Andrew Lee, Kenyon, Joe Spillman and Peter Meyer—attempted to duplicate the feat, not a target was scored. We question our boys' veracity when they maintain that their cartridges were all blanks.

The whistle of the first grist mill ever built in Ossian will soon be heard.

W. W. Carter, the proprietor, is about ready for business.

The past few evenings, an itinerant dentist has been practicing his profession on Lydia Street. He pulled teeth without charge in full view of the public. However, soap, song books, etc. are offered for sale.

L. A. Meyer was master of ceremonies at a wood-sawing bee held at the Catholic Church. Forty eight cords were sawed for the winter.

NEW CONSTRUCTION IN 1893