Out of the past February 26, 1896 The meeting of the stockholders of the Sidney Electric Railway Co. and others interested in the enterprise, held at the Wagner House last evening, was one of the most enthusiastic and unanimous business meetings ever held in Sidney. An audit of the subscriptions showed 401 shares, amounting to $10,025, had been subscribed. A total of 379 shares were present at the meeting in person. The stockholders elected the following to the board of directors: I.H. Thedieck, Charles Timeus, Hugh T. Mathers, Fred Colburn, and Frank Hunter. ——- A blacksmith and wagon-making shop, near the residence of Ed Pruden, in orange township, four miles south of Sidney, caught fire last night and was entirely destroyed by the blaze.