The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-09-25
FIRE LIMITS.

FIHE Llul1S.
The Village Council hold their regu-
lar meeting on Thursday evening next
at which time, we learn, the question
Of establishing fire limits in Worthing-
ten will he taken up. Mitchell and
Pierre, Oak, and Anoka, Mimi, have
recently suffered from disastrous fires,
and Wortl,ngton's time may come any
day. TIE question will be whether or
not to prohibit the building of any
more wooden buildings along Tenth
street, say from Second to Fourth ave-
nueS.
The disposition of parties who desire
to build to ask the Council to vacate
alleys, has became so sOmmOn rs to de-
mand the serious attention Of the
Council. Either fire limits must be
established or the alleys must be pre-
served.
ROADS,
We recently had occasion to drive
over some Of the roads in Osceola and
Lyon counties, Iowa, and had an OPP
portunity to compare their roads with
our own Some of the roads in those
counties are turnpikes compared to
those in Nubles county and it occurred
to us that our people ought to be
ashamed of their roads.
The road from here to Bigelow is
merely Il track across the prairie and
ought not to be called road. The
diagonal is pretty fair road for a few
miles out in good weather. The road
north, OF. as it is called. the Graham
Lakes road. is execrable and the worst
part of it is probably from Col. Mat
sons place into town.
s. far rs the village of Worthiagton
is concerned, it ought to make it the
first duty of the Street Commissioner
to make good solid approaches to tile
town on the main thoroughfares, aud
if there is anything left after that let
it be put to opening up new streets and
roads. IT the business men Of Worth
ington would raise 4 fund and coop
crate with the farmers along the dag
work to offset our money, and make a
good road northwest. reliable at all
Seasons, the trade of Worthington
might he nearly doubled. There are
many lateral roads leading into this
diagonal road and the farmers tell US
they want a main hard road which they
can reach and get into town and then
their trade will mostly come to us.
Outside throughout the county there
are bridges, large and small. which in
some cases are useless and in others
nearly so, because the districts have
not made the approaches as agreed
The Commissioners have appropriated
hundreds of dollars to build bridges
and much of it has been virtually
thrown away because the approaches
are not made or not kept up.
Il CITY STORE
Elsewhere appears the double-column
ad. of Henry Davis, who is now ready
for tie fall and winter trade with a
large stock of goods. Mr.. D. has re.
moved the rear partitions in his new
brick store and added Il large stock Of
Clothing. Parties wishing fall and
winter clothing should not fail to call
and see his stock 1T least, for he has
purchased with reference to suiting all
tastes and purses.
Another thing. Much complaint has
long existed il Warrington because
our merchants did not carry first
class line Of ladies' goods. Mr.. y. is
aimingeto meet this want, Mrs. Davis
having gone to Chicago herself and
selected the goods.
Mr.. Davis is the pioneer merchant of
Worthington, having opened here in
the fall of 1871. His t'Sx10'' store has
expanded into 4 fine brick fitted up in
city style and his living rooms over the
store have been exchanged for the
handsomest residence in town. Good
for him. lie deserves it for holding On
so long.
SCHOOL MA7YERS
The new Board of Education met ON
Saturday afternoon last and organized
be electing the following otficers:-
President, G. II. Smith, Clerk, Il. r.
Miller. Treasurer, Geo. D. Dayton.
The Board decided to accept an offer
to take the proposed ST eco bond run.
ming seven years at per cent. at par,
that being the best offer made.
Tie school levy was made amounting
to So, 600 for the ensuing school year.
TIE 7IfRESHHR.
q. l.. I.inqnist, Of Bige1ow. has
threshtd. His flax went about ISL bu.
t" the acre, oats so, wheat, old Fife, 10.
J. 3. Greene;s oats went over 81 bu.
to the acre. barley over Al and flax TO-
John Fitch, of Jersey, tl'reshed 22S
bushels of flax from II acres.
Mr.. Bass, who is tllreshing with Lis
tiko. says they threshed 1864 bushels of
flax the other dav in five hOnrs The