-The Dubuque Herald recently sent out letters of inquiry to all the principal towns in the state concerning the workings of the prohibitory law, and in its Sunday issue printed several columns of replies.

The following is the report sent in from Osage:

"Liquor and beer are not sold openly, but is believed to be sold on the sly from pockets and possibly from two or three other places. There were no saloons a year ago $500 was the license formerly required. This city has not granted license for many years. The last granted were three at $500 each per year. Drunkenness has increased with us for the last year. We were sufficiently near the state line for parties to go to Lyle in carriages, which they often do and till their stomaches and pockets, and sometimes more. A pretty hotly contested suit has recently been adjudicated here on appeal from St. Ansgar, to determine the amount of liquor a man may have in his possession for his own use, and decided in favor of the fifteen cases of beer, two kegs of beer, and a quantity of whiskey. The revenue formerly derived from saloons is obtained now by taxation. The sentiment in our county as regards the advisability of a repeal of the present law is divided. My own convictions is a republican will be chosen by this county this fall for repeal or marked modification. The democrats of this county favor $500 with local option."