Assignee C. V. Elston, announces
that creditors of the bank of A. .1
McCain A Cos., Muscoda, will be paid
50 cents on the dollar dividend as
fast as they call and the remainder
will bo paid in full carlv next fall
—Teller.
The celebration of the sixty-fifth
anniversary of the formation of the
order of Odd Fellowship in the
Dinted Stales was observed at Free
port on Saturday last. There were
at least ton thousand strangers in
the city and over fifty subordinate
lodges wore represented.
And still the preparatory work
goes on toward Orville Strong’s new
bank building. The present build
ing is to be moved to the north side
of the lot, and a tine veneered brick
building put up in its place on the
corner. Boom will be left between
the two fur a twenty foot building
should it ever appear policy to
erect it.
Madison will have a number of
interesting gatherings the coming
season. The National Teachers Con
vention promises to have a large
attendance, the Monona Lake As
sembly will be a grander affair than
ever, and other meetings and ex
cursions will give Madison this year
a share of the summer travel to
which she is justly entitled.
Tno “devil” of the Lancaster
Teller office, the other evening
washed his face, put on a clean col
lar, and went to hear Wendling’s
lecture on “ Satan, or is there a per
| sonal devil.” But “Wendling utterly
; failed,” says The Teller, “ to mention
anything that cmdd be taken as a
sign of recognition.” The poor fellow
is out just fifty cents, and refuses
to be comforted.
