Time Machine Trip to November 1888

November 3, 1888

The Prospect Hotel damaged by flames and water. The loss of about $7,000 on building, furniture and stock was sustained.

November 9, 1888

The election of the city passed off quietly there being no rowdy’s or drunkenness displayed upon the streets. County Officers elected— Sheriff, R. Conlon Treasurer, M. Werner Clerk, Jas. Canavan Register of Deeds, John Baer District Atty., John Goodland Clerk of Court, H. Fredrichs Surveyor, E.Spencer - Coroner, F. Peterson

Now that the campaign is over the Times will once more appear in its weekly form published as before, on Thursdays. The Semi-Weekly as announced was only issued for campaign purposes.

Fall River, Mass., - A find of buried treasure near Westport has created great excitement in the city. A family named Eddy has owned a farm down through many generations. While digging on the farm James Eddy struck an old-fashioned iron kettle filled with 50 silver doubloons. There were many more coins including 1200 Spanish and 350 with other marking. Mr. Eddy’s says his ancestors had sailed with Capt. Kidd. He is confident that there are more Spanish gold doubloons buried on his farm.

 

November 16, 1888

School boys seem to have acquired a disposition to mark and disfigure the fences along the street on the route to school. This is being watched and the boy or boys caught in the act will receive merited punishment.

November 23, 1888

Frank Van Lieshout, employed at the Combined Locks improvement, was quite badly injured by the explosion of a dynamite cartridge. He was engaged in capping and attaching a fuse to a cartridge, when he accidentally dropped it. The force of the explosion threw him forcibly against the side of the shed in which he was working, bruising and lacerating his body in a bad manner. Upon examination by Dr. Tanner it was found that a large piece of wire had penetrated his left thigh to quite a depth. The shed was demolished, and several parts of the steam boiler housed in the building were broken.

November 30, 1888

Wood has been very plentiful in this city of late. On Friday last thirteen loads were counted standing on the street at one time awaiting buyers. Purchasers were probably found, for the wood vanished as the afternoon passed.

The building near the Combined Lock improvement which has been occupied during the past summer as a saloon by Jos. Carney was destroyed by fire on Friday night. The building is a total loss; there was no one in the building at the time it took fire.

Jacksonville, Fla., - New cases of yellow fever, 12 deaths bring the total to 405 dead. There are 4659 cases to date.

London, Nov. 21 – Great excitement was occasioned this morning when it was reported that another woman had been murdered and mutilated in white chapel. An enormous crowd rushed to the vicinity in which the crime was said to have been committed, where it was learned that another murder had been attempted upon a low woman by a man. She had struggled desperately and had succeeded in freeing herself from his grip and screamed for help. He fled without completing his work. The assassin is a well dressed young man with a light-colored mustache. Scotland Yard does not believe that this is the work of “Jack the Ripper” and that the woman may have cut her own neck.  

Denison, Tex., Nov. 11 - Officers, after a long chase extending over a week in the Choctaw Nation, succeeded in overhauling and killing John Barber, one of the celebrated Kep Queen gang of outlaws.

Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 21 – Charges have been preferred against ten policemen for refusing to obey the orders of an inspector at the time of the car strike last week. They refused to aid in removing obstructions from the tracks on the ground that they were not paid for that kind of work.

Montreal, Que., Nov. 23 – There is much excitement here over an alleged interview with Gen. Harrison in which the President-elect favors the purchase of Canada by the United States and that steps to this end will probably soon be taken.