Hello
Fellow Time Travelers,
Well it’s time to fire up the old “Time Machine Chair” and travel back in time to January of 1886.
For
today’s trip Betty Simon-Wochinski
will be sitting in the front seat operating the Time Machine. The big wheel is spinning, the years are
clicking back and in no time we are back on Wisconsin
Avenue on Kaukauna’s Northside.
- Happy New Year 1886.
- Very cold temperatures
keep people indoors
- The Badger Mill has installed
electric lights
- A new postmaster for
Kaukauna
Charles Raught, Times
owner, has left the newspapers for us on the chair.
Your old newsman - Lyle
January 1, 1886
About 1,600 pounds of pike, pickerel and bass have
been received here within a few days. They were speared through the ice in
lakes in the vicinity of Chetek by Indians. The Indians make a profitable deal
by disposing of the fish to second dealers at a rate of 3 to 4 cents per pound.
There are good prospects for two chemical pulp
manufactures being built here sometime within the next few months, though
nothing definite is known. One of these is contemplated by Oscar Thilmany, of
the American Pulp Company and other members of the syndicate, who have recently
purchased the state right to manufacture by the Michtelich process, a new
process widely used in Europe.
Mr. Thilmany, we learn, is making great efforts to
have a mill erected on the American Pulp Co.’s power and in the next issue of
THE TIMES we hope to be able to state more definitely the possibilities of the
mills locating in Kaukauna.
The Badger Paper Company has placed an Edison electric
light plant in their new mill and on last Tuesday, both the office and the mill
were brightly illuminated by this light.
Williamsburg,
Ky. - The moral effect of hanging as
a preventative of crime received a novel illustration a few days ago. Some of
the crowd were drunk, a row was started and two pistol shots fired under the
gallows while a victim was upon it saying to the hangman, “I am ready when you
are.”
Wyoming - The governor of Wyoming has begun early demands of
his territory for admissions as a state. In 1870 the population was 9118 now it
is estimated to be 68,000. Wyoming is mostly mining and grazing country. In any
case, Wyoming should wait until Dakota and Washington are admitted, before
pressing her claim.
Syracuse,
N.Y. – The Fisk University jubilee
singers consisting of thirteen men and women were in town to perform a concert
with the proceeds given to the sufferers by the great Chicago fire but were
refused accommodations in two hotels on account of their color. They obtained
shelter in a third only on condition that “We would hide ourselves from the
other guests”. As the group traveled
across the country singing they were forced to sleep in barns and sheds and
were subjected to gross indignities.
January 8, 1886
Two young boys died this past week in this city each
from inflammation of the bowels. The town’s people share in the sorrow of the
two families.
New York
City – The Grants are living quietly
in the old home on Sixty-Six Street. The Frederick and Jesse are engaged in
bringing out the second volume of the General’s memoirs. President Grant had
died July 23rd of last year. Mrs. Grant goes out seldom. She is not
in good health.
Dallas,
Tex., - Joe Parker, colored, died
last week at the poor farm, at the age of 126 years. He was a slave for a
century, most of the time in Tennessee, where he was fortunate in having kind
masters.
A million dollars, it is said, will weigh 1 2/3 tons
in gold.
January 15, 1886
A hook and ladder truck would be a decidedly valuable
addition to our fire protection. Some are even inclined to believe that
Kaukauna should be possessed of two such outfits. -one on each side of the
river. Our city fathers should take this matter under consideration.
East St.
Louis – The police are greatly
dissatisfied at the inability of the municipal treasurer to pay them the last
two months’ wages due to no money in the police fund. Officers have made no
arrests for the last forth-eight hours and the whole force threaten to resign
if they are not paid in a short time.
Not a stone or memorial tablet marks the grave of John
Brown.
January 22, 1886
We have learned this week that a new postmaster has
been appointed at Kaukauna, and Jos. J.
Wirtz is the fortunate candidate for this position. Hon. Geo. W. Lawe, the present P.M. has
filled this office since February 1878 thus serving a term of eight years.
The average wages in this country at the beginning of
the century was $65 a year with food and lodging. Six dollars per month in
summer and $5 in the winter was the rule in Pennsylvania.
Helena, M.T. – The residents of Montana are quite enthusiastic
over the prospects of its admission as a state. It is generally regarded as a
Democratic state and will offset the Republican Dakota.
January 1886
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Lemberg,
Bavaria – An enormous haystack used
by a congregation of tramps as a lodging house, was burned in the night. Twenty
dead bodies were taken from the ashes and it is thought others were entirely
consumed.
Joliet, Ill - The sheriff of Johnson County, Wyoming, arrived
here with a gang of territorial convicts, consisting of cowboys and Indians.
There were two powerful-looking Arapahoe Indians bound together by heavy chains
and irons. The two Indians were young men fully six feet in height with raven
black hair that hung half way down their backs. They were convicted of killing
beef in the mountains near the Buffalo agency. It is said that the Indians are
in a starving condition owing to the small amount of supplies furnished by the
government. Although they have the sympathy of everyone at the agency they were
given a year for the crime.
January 29, 1886
Officer Conlon gave lodgings in the cooler to several
tramps this week. The north side schools
were shut down Friday last, on account of the cold weather.
The terms today for a laborer in Germany is as
follows: For thirteen hours a day in
summer and from sunrise to sunset in winter, he gets use of a garden patch
together with about $20 a year in cash.
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