November 5, 1897
The Williams Brewery of
Little Chute was totally destroyed by fire last Monday night. The institution
was only about a year old, twice before it had been partially destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at $1500 of which is covered by insurance.
The Thilmany Paper company are shipping this
week 2,000.000 fruit wrappers to the Island of Jamaica.
Miss Lutie A. Lyttle is the first colored
woman ever admitted to the bar in any court of the United States. She is 23
years old and a native of Tennessee. She attended Nashville Central College
where she completed the full law course.
A fellow named Pat McDonald, of Appleton, was
employed here taking out the debris at the Badger ruins, filled up on tarantula
juice one-day last week and was jugged by Officer Hurtenbach. He was given
sixty days on the stone pile. In the future when he visits here he will leave
his “red paint’ out in the suburbs.
Oscar Thilmany, of the Thilmany Pulp and Paper
Company, has just served notice on the Green Bay and Mississippi canal company,
who last week constructed a dam across his tailrace, that he should hold them
responsible for damages to his property to the extent of $50,000. Several years
ago, Mr. Thilmany entered into an agreement with the above company in regard to
water rental and rights which were binding for 99 years. He has since been
paying rent for water used as agreed upon in the agreement.
November 12, 1897
Sixteen car loads of
print paper from the Combined Locks mill, passed through here in one train last
Friday, en route to Japan, where a new field of trade has recently been opened
for the mills of the Fox River valley.
The work of re-planking the government dam at
this point was finished today. 4-inch plank closely joined together were used
for the work.
November 19, 1897
Passino & Hilfert,
the enterprising druggists of the south side, have made arrangements to receive
weather bulletins daily and will hereafter display the signals from the staff
on the Corner Drug Store, thus informing Kaukaunaites what to look for within
the next twenty-four hours.
The salaries of various County officers were
set as follows, large cuts being made throughout: County Clerk to $1200; County
Treas. To $1400: Dist. Atty. to $800: clerk of the court $500: superintendent
of workhouse to $1800: County superintendent of schools to $800.
Winnipeg, Man., - Attorney General
Cameron when asked for his opinion on the reported pronouncement by the Pope on
the school question in which it was declared that the children of Catholic
parents should attend none but Catholic schools. “The decision of Rome if
correctly reported; it is to be regretted.”
November 26, 1897
Local paper mills have
been so crowded with orders of late that they have again returned to Sunday
work to keep up.
John Van der Hei is proprietor of the only bus
and baggage line which makes all the trains stopping in Little Chute. His home
is near the depot.
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