INSPECTORS OF ILLUMINATING OILS.

Giving the names of the deputy inspectors, with their post office address, and the boundaries of the districts assigned them as in force October 1st, 1898.

Langlade county, and the towns on the Ashland division of the C. & N. W. Ry. in Shawano county from Antigo to Buckbee inclusive.

Outagamie county, except the city of
Seymour, also the city of New Lon-
don in Waupaca county.

Ashland and Bayfield counties.
Towns on the C., M. & St. P. Ry. from
Randolph to Rubicon, inclusive, in-
cluding Fox Lake and Burnett June-
tion.

Elk

Oak

South half of Rock county.
The towns of New Diggings,
Grove, Benton, Smelzer, Hazel
Green, Shullsburg, White
Springs, Monticello, and Jamestown
in La Fayette and Grant counties.
Jackson county, except the towns of
Garfield, Cleveland and Merrillan.
Towns of East Troy, Spring Prairie
and Lyons in Walworth county,
towns of Waterford, Rochester and
Burlington in Racine county, towns
of Wheatland, Randall and Salem, in
Kenosha county.

Barron, Washburn and Sawyer

coun

ties, and towns on the Soo Rallway
in Chippewa county.

South half of Chippewa county, towns
of Thorp. Withee and Hixon, in
Clark county, and towns on Wis.
Central railway in Dunn county.
Calumet county, including the village
of Kiel in Manitowoc county.
Towns of Darien, Richmond, Delavan,
Sugar Creek, Troy and LaFayette in
Walworth county.

Pepin county, and towns on Burling-
ton Ry. in Buffalo county.

Eau Claire county except the town of
Fairchild.

The city of Janesville and towns on
the C. & N. W. Ry. from Janesville
to Evansville and Footville inclusive,
all in Rock county.

Fond du Lac county except the city of Ripon, the south half of Green Lake county, the towns of Chester, Le Roy. Lomira, Williamstown and Theresa in Dodge county.

Florence county.

Burnett county.

Brown, Kewaunee and Door countles,
and the city of Seymour in Outa-
gamle county.

St. Croix county. Towns on C., St.
P., M. & O. Ry. In Pierce county.
Iron county.

Kenosha county, except the towns of
Wheatland, Randall and Salem.
La Crosse county, Trempealeau
county, except the northern tier of
towns; all of the towns on the Bur-
lington Ry. in Vernon county.
Towns of Geneva, Lynn, Bloomfield,
and Walworth in Walworth county.

INSPECTORS OF ILLUMINATING OILS - Continued.

INSPECTORS OF ILLUMINATING OILS Continued.

Inspector.

Post Office Address.

Territory Forming the Districts.

Towns on the C., M. & St. P. Ry. in
Sauk, Dane and Iowa counties, from
Prairie du Sac to Spring Green in-
clusive.

Town of Sharon in Walworth county.
Sheboygan county.

Portage county. Waupaca county, ex-
cept the towns on the Wis. Cen. Ry.
and the city of New London.

North half of Monroe county, Juneau
county except the towns of Necedah,
Plymouth and Wonewoc.
Vernon county, except the western
tier of towns. Also towns on the C.,
M. & St. P. Ry. from Viroqua Jet.
south.
Jefferson county except the town of
Palmyra; towns on the C. & N. W.
Ry. from Watertown TO Juneau.
Towns on the C., M. & St.
P. Ky.
from Watertown to Elba.
Waukesha county.

Marathon county except the towns of
Milan and Athens.

Crawford county. Towns on the C., M.
& St. P. Ry. from Prairie du Chien to
and including Avoca: towns on the
C. & N. W. Ry. from Woodman to
Werley. Towns on the Burlington

Ry. in Grant county to Cassville in-
clusive.

Washington and Ozaukee counties.
Douglas county.

Towns on the C. & N. W. Ry. from
Summit to Merrimack in Monroe
Juneau and Sauk counties.

*See Appendix for changes.

APPENDIX.

Since October 1st, 1898. the following changes have taken place in the st of deputies and their districts:

Mr. W. H. Nehls of Benton has resigned and his territory been turned over to other inspectors as noted below.

Mr. A. M. Anderson of Grantsburg has resigned and Mr. A. E. Nelson of the same place appointed to the vacancy.

Mr. Rob't McConnell of Madison has resigned and Mr. John Curran of the same place appointed to fill the vacancy.

Mr. Richard Maguire of Manitowoc has resigned and Mr. A. A. Whitney of the same place appointed to fill the vacancy.

Mr. W. J. Suelflohn of Marinette has resigned and Mr. Edward Peterson of the same place appointed to fill the vacancy.

The district presided over by Mr. B. T. Raymond of Monroe has been changed slightly so that it now reads, "Green County and Towns on Ill. Cen. Ry. in LaFayette County.”

Mr. A. A. Heald of Osceola has resigned and Mr. S. C. Brown, whose post office address is St. Croix Falls, has been appointed in his place, "Polk Co." Mr. Geo. Sullivan of Sheboygan has resigned and Mr. C. DeMasters of the same place appointed to fill the vacancy, and the district changed to read, "Sheboygan County only."

Mr. W. C. Bratz of West Bend has had his territory enlarged so that it now reads "Washington and Ozaukee Counties."

Mr. John Fawcett of Platteville has resigned and the territory in Grant, Iowa and LaFayette counties divided as follows:

Mr. Chas E. Stehl (Inspector), post office, Arthur, Grant Co. Territory, Tank stations at Platteville, Lancaster and Cuba City,

Mr. Thos. R. Mundy (Inspector), post office. Dodgeville, Iowa Co. Territor assigned. South half of Iowa county except Mineral Point; also tank stations of Montfort and Fennimore in Grant county.

Mr. James McGinty (Inspector), post office, Darlington, LaFayette County. Territory, LaFayette county except towns on the Ill. Cen. Ry., also Mineral Point in Iowa county.

MISCELLANEOUS STATE SOCIETIES.

The following associations and societies are not under the control of the state government, but are given here as a matter of information and reference. Some of them are encouraged by annual appropriations from the state, while the transactions of some of the associations are published by the state. The State Historical Society is the corporate trustee of the state; the governor, secretary of state and state treasurer are ex-officio members of its managing board; and vouchers for disbursements from its annual state appropriation are by law filed with the governor.

The Historical Society of Wisconsin was originally organized by members of the territorial legislature, in October, 1846, with A. Hyatt Smith as president, and Thomas W. Sutherland as secretary. January 30, 1849, there was a reorganization, with Gov. Nelson Dewey as president, a list of vice-presidents covering all the counties of the state, and Increase A. Lapham as secretary. But for various reasons the society did not prosper during its earlier years, and a second reorganization, with a new constitution, was effected under an act of legislature approved March 4, 1853. This charter the society still works under, and since the annual meeting on the first Thursday in January, 1854, the growth of its influence and importance has been steady and rapid. At this meeting, Lyman C. Draper, then of Philadelphia, was chosen secretary. With conspicuous ability, he served the society for thirty-three years, until the annual meeting of January 6, 1887, when he declined re-election; he was then in his 72d year, and desirous of devoting his remaining days (he died August 26, 1891) to completing some individual literary work which he had long had in hand. At this annual meeting of January 6, 1887, Reuben G. Thwaites, who had been for two years previous the assistant secretary, succeeded Dr. Draper as the executive officer of the society, and the editor of its publications. Daniel S. Durrie became identified with the society in 1856, as librarian, remaining constantly in service until his death, August 31, 1892. He was succeeded by Isaac S. Eradley, who had been assistant librarian since April, 1875.

When Secretary Draper took direction of the society's fortunes, its library consisted of but fifty volumes and pamphlets; there was neither museum nor art gallery, and the institution was quartered in a corner of the secretary of state's