Time Machine Trip to September 1886

September 3, 1886

The swing bridge was open about half an hour last Wednesday afternoon and before it was closed thirty teams stood in waiting to cross. Tempers were high toward the official in charge of the bridge.

September 10, 1886

The work on the Wis. Ave. project is now nearing completion. To hasten the work, Contractor Geo. Kelso has put on a night crew, and now runs the crusher both night and day. The amount of macadam used on the streets in Kaukauna this year, has made a very large excavation in the island quarry, much of the material being fine coursing stone which it seems too bad to break up for this work. However, it is making an excellent road bed.

Seventy thousand volunteers enlisted forty years ago for the Mexican War.  They brought to our country a million square miles of territory. The weight of gold and silver recovered is more than the weight of all the soldiers. Ten thousand of the volunteers still live and the recent law of Congress gives them each a pension of $96 a year.

September 17, 1886

 The Fourth Street Viaduct – View South up 5^th Ave. (Reaume Ave. today)

Geo. Haas has completed the bridge across the 5th Avenue ravine on 4th street. This bridge is a handsome structure and is a credit to Mr. Haas and the city.

September 24, 1886

The macadamizing of Wisconsin Ave. is now completed, and Kaukauna may now boast of possessing the finest pavement of any city in the state.

There is one plan, one solution of the so-called Southern question, that has never been tried. At the present it seems to be the best choice: Let the negro alone. The negro is doing as well as could be expected under the circumstances. Leave him to the same laws that govern all over the land. He is not an anarchist or a bomb thrower he does not threaten law and order or society. Just at present we do not see where a better labor can be had. With a population like that which makes life unsafe in Chicago, the South might quickly and gladly reimport its banished negros.

Yahnozha  –  Chappo  –  Fun  -  Geronimo

Dispatches arriving on the 4^th reported that Geronimo, Natchez and three others have surrendered unconditionally to Gen. Miles. The Indians, it is said were without provisions and were in a starving condition. According to Capt. Lawton all will be shipped 2000 miles east. He is also moving all from Fort Apache in the same direction.