Good old days - March 10, 2011

8 years ago, March 12, 1886

On Saturday last two were arrested and one fined five dollars for driving faster than a walk over the Cooper Lake bridge. The sign notifying people to drive slow over the bridge under penalty of a fine means business, and if persons get into trouble for not heeding it, they have only themselves to fault.

Gen. Livingstone informs us that he is making preparations for putting in water works in the spring. It is his intention to erect a large reservoir on the hillside at the Hull place and run six-inch mains through the principal streets. These works when completed w...