The Lancaster bathers have mu
tually agreed to close their places
of business on Sunday.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
yard men at LaCrosse handled 280,
792 cars during the year 1884,
At the meeting held on Monday
evening the council extended the
time for collection of taxes forty
five days.
Monroe proposes to have her city
charter amended so as to make the
office of street commissioner and
clerk elective.
Another council meeting will be
belli next Monday evening, to con
sider tho proposed amendment to
the city charter.
Mazomauie has a ghost sensation.
It is in the form of a women in
white, who, it is alleged, Hits about
tho streets at night.
County Treasurer Paulson notifies
taxpayers that suits will be com
menced to collect all taxes delin
quent after March Ist.
Mr. Connoly, of the firm of Mar
shall fc Connoly, lawyers ot Darling
ton, was in town this week attend
ing to pension business.
The farmers of Richland county
will meet in convention on the 11th
and 12th of February, for the dis
cussion of farm topics.
The republicans of Richland
county will hold a convention on
Saturday, February 29, to nominate
a candidate for county judge.
The Galbraith Brothers, of Janes
ville, received seven premiums on
the eight Clydesdale horses placed
on exhibition at New Orleans.
Walter Pollock, of Lancaster,!
writes interesting letters to the press j
of the state —regarding the doings i
of the legislature at Madison.
A call has been issued for a meet
ing of bee keepers to be held at
Madison on the 6th of February to
1 organize a bee keepers association.
The Janesville Recorder reports
j the death of one of Burr Robbins'
i fancy dromedaries, a rare and valu
able species of the Arabian camel.
