Show the east part of town last friday morning assisted by tea hands undertook atie draining 01 the large pond in the baat ern portion of town the work has successfully that yesterday two feet of water had been re moved leaving over one hundred acres dry as a mr thurman in lurins ua that to make the draining per ruck vork or blaming will have to be dune by city to keep the quicksand from ailing up the ditch we duink the city would do well to lake right hold of this matter aud ac what ia heaired de aired A successful aad permanent draining of this land vill nut prove of great benefit to that pan ot but ill also result in u benen cial en act so far as tho future health of our city ia concerned |