145 years ago

jan. 30, 1880

Town pride is booming.

The new crossing on 3rd St. is ridiculed by some, but that makes no difference. Let’s try it a while before condemning it, anyhow.

There never has been a crossing in town worth shucks, and if this proves to be a good thing, as we believe it will, we shall take great pleasure in remarking that those laugh best who laugh last.

Valentine Day approaches.

Winter can’t restrain the spirit of improvement abroad in this city. A half-dozen new houses are being erected in spite of the weather. As soon as winter is over, building operations will be resumed on a big scale.

The work of macadamizing the 25-foot strip through the center of Main St. is about completed. It is a fine thing for Main St. and for the city.

Now if curbing and guttering could be done in some way by public effort, we believe the owners of lots on Main St. would finish the macadamizing immediately at their own expense.

Or even if the city would permanently establish the drainage routes and inclinations, many individuals would curb, gutter, and macadamize at their own expense.