November 4, 1887
Jos. Towns, age 12
years, met with a bad accident about 3 a.m. Monday morning, while helping a
friend oil some cog machinery. The
wheels caught his hand and drew it to the elbow, badly crushing the arm. Dr.
Tanner amputated the member a little below the elbow joint.
Otto Runte’s store
windows presented a very attractive appearance nowadays now shows his goods
through a plate glass which calls forth much attention from the passersby.
November 11, 1887
The water was let out
of the Meade Edwards Canal yesterday and the mills stood idle for a short time.
The water was let out in order to make improvements at the different mills. The
boys had immense sport catching sturgeon in the canal. During the low water
four of the monsters were captured, the weight of each averaging about forty
pounds.
A Minneapolis woman was
fined $10 for breaking her umbrella over the head of a street masher, but the
public sent her over $200 to pay her fine.
Next year (1888) will
be a peculiar one in this respect, that the last three numerals will be the
same. This only occurs every 111 years the next being 1999.
November 18, 1887
An exchange says:
Fortune knocks at every man's door, but it doesn't go hunting through beer
saloons for him if he happens to be out.
Chicago, Ill., - At precisely 11:54 the afternoon of
November 11 the drop fell and the four Anarchists paid the penalty for the
massacre at the Haymarket on the night of May 4, 1886. Seven policemen were killed and sixty others
were injured by the bombs set by the six Anarchists. Two of the six men killed
themselves in their cells while being held.
The Times reporter was
informed that a lady on the south side of town has one of the children that was
left homeless by the killing of the policeman at the Haymarket riot in
Chicago.
Kaukauna Fire Department - Island Street
November 25, 1887
We are sorry to hear
that Buffalo Bill is having a demoralizing effect upon the English youth, and
that a number of boys, heavily armed with revolvers and knives, have been
arrested as they were about to leave England to fight Indians in Boston. Is it
time Buffalo Bill should come home?
Newark, N.J. – There are about 500 Anarchists in this city
and police are engaged in locating them. The city has withdrawn the license to
hold Sunday meetings.
Two of our largest pulp
mills went up in smoke last night. Gone to ashes are the Kelso Pulp Mill and
the Union Pulp Company. The fire started near a stove in the Kelso Mill and
spread to the Union Pulp Company. The flames had gained such headway that in
less than an hour and a half all was lost. The burning of these mills will
prove very disastrous for our city, as a large number of men have been employed
in different ways.
As the taxable property
in Alaska is considered to be worth over $10,000,000, while the value of the
mineral deposits, timber, furs and fisheries is incalculable, it is evident
that the United States made a good bargain when it bought the whole territory
for $7,200,000.
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