Scarlet rash or scarlet fever, which is it? was the question of the day. Now there are new cases, and some of the recently afflicted are seen on the streets, and the excitement is dying away. The carelessness of some of our people in dealing with contagion deserves severe criticism.

Pliny Masters is down with some grippe complication.

Wm. Flemming made a flying trip to Iowa. Just returned.

Last week Ellis Breese left for Lincoln, Nebraska, where he will visit for some time.

What has become of the Sunday-school? we have not heard the bell for several Sabbaths.

Miss Carrie Barnes is on the sick list. Her sister Emma is filling her place as teacher in the primary department of our school.

The winter term of school will close March 10th. Arrangements are being made for an entertainment in the evening.

Our factories and fisheries will soon furnish employment for all weary of resting.

The morning sun strikes Dayton squarely in the face and makes her smile again.

The interest in the World’s Fair is growing. This is right. We should be pleased to see vigorous steps made towards a good representation of the American Indians at the Columbian Exposition. A large encampment of Indians, with all their rude equipments on the grounds, would make a grand contrast between then and now.

FISHER¹

1. Ottawa Republican-Times, 3 Mar 1892, p4.