It is insinuated, not without some reason, that Kentucky would be better off if it would keep whisky out of its politics and that South Carolina would be better off if it would keep politics out of its whisky. Main Street, Cortland, N. Y.

ENUMERATION BEGINS. THIRTEEN LOCAL MEN START OFF THE WORK. Under Direction of State Excise Agents They are at Work To-day in the First, Second and Third Wards--Will Take but Two or Three Days.

Thirteen local men started in this morning in the three wards lying west of Main-st. to take an enumeration of the city's inhabitants. These men are working under the supervision of the Raines law inspectors, and the list is made up of Fred G. Dibble, Floyd Griffiths, O.

P. Miner, J. R.

Birdiebough, Fred Birdlebough, C. E. Van Gorden, Frank Place, Jr., L.

L. Gillet, Fred W. Kingsbury, Joseph Jarvis, Delevan Brusie, Frank E.

Phelps and Edward Carley. They will probably finish the first three wards to-day and be ready to begin work to-morrow in the wards lying east of Main-st. The excise enumeration now being taken is calling forth a great deal of speculation concerning the results.

That Cortland will show a population of more than 10,000 is the opinion most frequently expressed. This is based upon the fact that the houses in Cortland are better filled this spring than they have been for years, in fact, it is quite the exception to find a vacant house. The enumeration is being taken with the utmost care and precaution.

The men are thoroughly instructed in their work and Cortland people will soon know just what is the population of the new city. "The Missouri Girl" "The Missouri Girl" is booked for to-morrow night at the Opera House. One of the brightest things in the theatrical firmament that has cropped out of late years, is Fred Raymond's domestic play, "The Missouri Girl," which depicts principally the country life in southwest Missouri during the exciting times when lead and zinc ore was being discovered in large quantities in nearly every farmer's dooryard or cornfield.