On Sunday night some miscreant
visited the poultry house of Rudolph
riauer, about three miles south of the
city, and stole a lot of ducks and
chickens.
The city administration have passed
their revenue bill, and it shows a ma
terial reduction from that of last year,
—the rate of taxation being three per
cent, for 1893, as against three and
one-half per cent, for 1892. The total
amount of taxes to be raised for all
purposes is $14,315.28.
The C. M. & St. P. railway company
owns and operates 6,150 miles of rail
way exclusive of second track, con
necting track or sidings. It employes
27,000 men, and its pay roll amounts
to about $1,000,000 per month. It
owns 800 passenger coaches, 27,000
freight cars and 800 locomotives.
The case of Lane against the city of
Madison has been ailirmed by the su
preme court. It was brought to re
cover |2,000 damages received from a
defective sidewalk in 1889. The caae
was heard in the in the lowa county
circuit court, the plaintiff getting a
judgment against the city for $l,BOO,
from which an appeal was immediate
ly taken.
lowa County Democrat.
Samuel Harris, sr., died, suddenly,
at about 11 o’clock, this (Thursday;
morning. He was 89 vears old, and
one of the very early settlers of Min
eral Point.
Mr. Clinton Sherman was called
here this week from lowa, and Mrs.
Gussie Lanyon from Missouri, to at
tend the funeral of their father Mr.
Charles Sherman.
A convention of school teachers will
be held at Darlington, Dec. Ist and 2d.
The will of ex-Secretary Husk was
on Tuesday presented for probate to
Judge Wyman of the Probate court of
Vernon county, by whom it was drawn
up the week before the general’s death.
