125 years ago

april 9, 1886

Council Meeting

Council met in adjourned session Wednesday night, April 7th, with the Mayor and all of the Councilmen present.

Bids for the calaboose and lot were opened, and the bid of J.H Buchanan of $303 cash accepted. This was the highest by over $50.

Petitions for vacating a part of Monroe street, and six feet off of south side of Lawrence street indefinitely postponed.

R.S. Mack was awarded contract for furnishing stone for crossings at ten cents per foot on the ground, or fourteen cents laid.

Ordinance No. 13 was passed providing for sidewalk on the west side of Lincoln Avenue, between Sherman and Welch streets, and on the east side of 10th street between Grand Avenue and Weldon street.

The City Clerk was ordered to draft the following ordinances: To provide for the repair of all sidewalks now down at the expense of lot owners; to change the fire limit so as to except the piece of ground on the north side of Main street, between the west end of the stone bridge and east side of Fifth street; to provide for sidewalk on the east side of Elm street, commencing at the north line of Main street thence north to Lawrence.

For the benefit of the young ladies of the city, we will say that the name of our nice, new printer is Will Matlock.

Wessler the tobacconist and confectioner, has a miniature electric light which is a curiosity to anyone who has never seen anything of the kind, and it will pay such to go and see it at his establishment.

A meeting of Highland Cemetery Association was held at the office of President A.D. Billings Monday afternoon. It was moved and carried that all monuments, etc., hereafter erected shall have foundations of at least one foot in the ground. President Billings was authorized to superintend the cleaning of the cemetery of all grass and rubbish, preparatory to burning the adjacent prairie, and with a view to keeping the grounds in better condition hereafter than heretofore. In this work, he hopes to have the hearty and immediate cooperation of all lot owners in the cemetery.

Charlie Bowron, late of the Marion Roller Mills, and Henry Siebert, of the firm of Lockwood & Siebert, have swapped places and interests, so that the former now serves the throng of customers in the store, while the latter becomes partly responsible for the excellent brands of flour the mill is constantly turning out.

The stone work of Marion’s new, three-story, stone hotel is about done.