Good old days

8 years ago

The Commoner

April 12, 1889

South end residents are asking that the practice of dragging dead horses up Spring Flat, just outside the city, and leaving them uncovered, be discontinued, the odor from which is not exactly pleasing to the sensitive olfactory organs of South enders when the wind is fair, nor beneficial to health. Dead animals should for the sake of decency and healthfulness be given Christian burial even though outside city limits.

Jailer Walters has been exercising the seven prisoners under his care for a few days past in cleaning up the large amount of filth and ru...