From the Wednesday, July 19, 1972 Potsdam Courier & Freeman under the column "A Century Ago":

 Norwood News July 16, 1878:

 Regular Meeting of the Village Board:

 A petition was presented to the board asking that Maiden Lane (so called)be opened and established as a public highway, which petition was largely signed by free holders residents of the village. Said petition received the consideration from the Board and a committee appointed to look after the matter and report at the next meeting.

 A petition asking for street lamps in different parts of the village was also presented to the Board. Said petition received due consideration and Board recommend that if the people want street lamps that they vote a tax for that purpose, and as there has been no appropriation made for lighting the streets, the Board decline to light the streets until an appropriation is made for that purpose.

 All who perform labor on the streets can verify their accounts and receive orders for the amount due by getting their accounts from the street commissioner and presenting then to the clerk at his office, with G.H. Waldo over J.F. Collins' drug store, every Saturday night at six o'clock, get your accounts and come for your orders.

 All the passenger trains on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad were beautifully decorated with flags, bunting and evergreens on the 4th. Conductors O.A. Hine's and Pete Eagan's trains were especially noticeable.

 The mowing machine contest that was advertised to come off the 5th was a failure because of the non-appearance of any machine to compete with the challenger.

 A company consisting of F. H. Peck, L.H. Martin, Mrs. M. Parker, Miss Mollie Land and Miss Delhia Phelps have gone over on the St. Lawrence River to spend a few days.

 Young and Estes, two professional billiard players gave an exhibition game at the American House billiard room Tuesday evening.

 D.G. Butterworth has procured a part of McClelland's harness shop on Mechanic St. and hung out his sign. Dan is a good barber and many of his old customers are glad to see him start again.

 Hiram Rodee, proprietor of the grist mill here, has received 15,000 bushels of grain this week and will continue to receive 10,000 to 15,000 every week hereafter which will be ground into feed. This is one of the largest mills in the country and has the facilities for turning out a large amount of flour, grain and feed of all kinds.

 The Potsdam Sandstone Company has secured the contract for furnishing the stone for one of the new buildings of Columbia University in New York City.

 James G. Blaine will be in attendance at the Ogdensburg Fair.

 G.N. Macomber, M.D. homeopathic physician of Keesville, N.Y. has come here for the purpose of practicing his profession and has taken rooms at the residence of Geo. Rouse. Office hours 8 to 9 a.m., 1 to 3 and 7 to 9 p.m.

 Died-Hutchinson, in Norwood, July 27th, 1878, Miss Maggie Hutchinson, in the 40th year of her age.