BRIDGES BUILDING.

   ON AUG. 29, 1883, MEXICO AND DIXFIELD WERE BUILDING THE JEFFERSON WHITE BRIDGE ACROSS WEBB RIVER, NEAR THE FAIR GROUNDS IN DIXFIELD.  THIS WAS A DROUGHT YEAR AND SWIFT RIVER WAS BUT A BROOK AND FORDING IT WAS EASY.

ON SEPT. 6, A STEAM MILL WAS OPERATING AT MEXICO CORNER AND THE HOP PICKERS WERE VERY BUSY AND EARNING A FAIR WAGE.  H. W. PARKS BUILT A STONE WALL ON BYRON ROAD COSTING $500 PER ROD.  THE WALL HAS' GOT TO BE BUILT WHETHER THE MINISTER COMES OR NOT.'

PETTENGILL WAS REPORTED ON SEPT. 12, AS BUYING ALL RIPARIAN PRIVILEGES AND MESSRS C.D. BROWN AND H.J. CHISHOLM WERE INTERESTED IN THE LAND AROUND THE FALLS.
 
HIGH SCHOOL OPENED AT MEXICO CORNER, MONDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 1883, WITH 30 PUPILS WITH TEACHER JOHN PARLIN OF PARIS.

KIDDER'S HOUSE WAS ALMOST BUILT.

ON OCT. 5, 1883, R.L. TAYLOR HAS MOVED TO THE EDMUNDS FARM HE HAD BOUGHT IN THE SPRING.  SAMUEL KNAPP'S NEW HALL WAS DEDICATED IN OCTOBER AT HOP CITY, BYRON.  THE TOWN OF MEXICO HAD THEIR ABUTTMENT NEARLY DONE FOR THE JEFF WHITE BRIDGE, MADE ENTIRELY OF SOLID GRANITE.  LISTINGS WERE ISSUED OF THE SCHOLARS WHO REFRAINED FROM WHISPERING AND WHO WERE NOT TARDY.