Good old days

8 years ago

The Commoner

Aug. 30, 1889

We can state without contradiction that the dust was laid Tuesday morning in grand style. It was not done by Colfax's sprinkling cart, but someone "pulled the plug" from the heavenly cart and let a few drops down on our city.

We are informed by one of the brick masons in this city that there are over three million bricks yet to be laid to complete the asylum now under construction at Medical Lake in this territory.

The Colfax baseball club has accepted a challenge to play a friendly game with the Tekoa boys on the Colfax grounds, Sunday.

Last Monday eve...