S. E. Cooper & Co., are unloading another car of furniture today. They handle lots of it.
Mr. Metcalf, the Milwaukee Railroad man is in town to-day looking up matters generally. He says the piling will be here soon for the wagon road across Calamus, south of town. The Railroad Company furnish the piling free of charge. I hope the people will see that we have a good road in that direction. Now is the time to work while the ground is dry.
Dr. GOODMAN's new residence is almost enclosed. It will be one of the finest in the county. He also has a fine office on the street and is doing a good business.
We are sorry to announce the death of Thomas Dunlap, just east of town. He was an old resident of this county, loved and respected by all who knew him.
MAXWELL.
The ladies of the M. E. Church have made all the necessary arrangements for a public Thanksgiving dinner and supper on Thursday next, in Starr & King's building, for the benefit of the M. E. Church, now in course of construction.—(Nov. 29, 1882.)
The tile works are burning their last kiln for the winter. The proprietors expect to commence operations March 1st, doubling the capacity of their works.
The Maxwell House is doing a land office business, so to speak, crowded to excess.
The freight war between the C. M. & St. P. and the R. I. R. R. has its effects at .Maxwell, as the live stock buyers have been paying Chicago prices for hogs during the past week. Farmers are taking advantage and selling their stock. Several car loads were shipped on Saturday.
In consequence of the church being freshly painted the ladies of the Methodist Episcopal Church Aid Society, were compelled to postpone their social and supper for one week, or from May 2nd, to Wednesday, May 9th.—(May 2, 1883.)
The sixty-fourth anniversary of the Lodge of I. O. O. F. was a success in every respect. The social at the hall was enjoyed by the brethren, their wives and invited guests; and the supper at the Bowen House was par-excellence.
The school board selected a site for the school house and accepted plans at their meeting last Saturday. The work will be pushed forward at once.
Arrangements are being made for a grand, old celebration here July 4, 1883.