November 1, 1889
News reached this city
last Friday that a flow of natural gas had been struck in the town of Buchanan,
three miles from Kaukauna. It is on the farm of Nic Orth and was found while drilling
a well.
A defective flue sets
fire to the Avenue House. Fortunately, the fire was confined to the one building.
The firm of Kimberly,
Clark & Co. has decided to change the pulp grinders at their mill at
Kimberly. Two accidents that have resulted in two deaths having occurred there
within a week resulted from broken stones.
November 8, 1889
The water was so low in
the government canal here about 10 o'clock Sunday night that the bottom could
be touched most any place with a yard stick. The “City of Berlin” was anchored
in front of the Thilmany paper mill at the time with a load of poplar wood, and
almost the entire hull was above water lying on the ground.
The corset is a
paradox. It comes to stay and yet goes to waist.
With the additional twenty-five
patrolmen provided by the city council Milwaukee police force will consist of
172 men.
November 15, 1889
Geronimo, the Apache Chief is becoming civilized at
Mount Vernon Barracks. He plays cards and gets drunk for amusement.
There are now 521
prisoners at Waupun – 506 men and 15 women.
The Outagamie County
Insane Asylum is almost completed and will by ready for occupants about January
1st.
Many farmers were in
town last Saturday and the business streets assumed a lively appearance. There
is a good market for their produce in this city.
November 22, 1889
Willie Jacobs and Frank
Glaff were arrested last week charged with cutting down and converting into
wood for their use, trees from the land of the Water Power Company. They were
fined the usual amount according to law in such cases.
“Fannie,” a warhorse of 31 years, died at Charleston, W.
Va. last week. Her owner was shot while on her back during the war.
Now that Washington has
been admitted as a state people will find it necessary to use the new value for
the city of Washington as Washington D.C.
New York – There is a paper mill at Fort Edward which
is run day and night. Half the girls go on at 7 am and work to noon being
replaced by another group that works to 7 pm. At this time the first crew
returns and works to midnight. They are then replaced by the other group. The work is exhausting lifting heavy sheets
of paper. The girls are paid 62c per
day.
November 29, 1889
Ladies in this city
whose husbands are often out late to the "lodge," are about to adopt a
new password by which said husbands can gain admission on their return.
"Six slim slick saplings" distinctly, the inside guard will remit
them, but if they cannot, they will be allowed to stay out all night or until
they can rattle off the passwords.
Petersburg Va., Nov 23 – Bland, the negro who assaulted the
daughter of Dr. Gee, was taken from Prince George County jail and hanged to a
tree near the jail. His body was then riddled with bullets.
Milwaukee – A man is reported to have sold his wife to
satisfy a $1500 mortgage.
Saturday morning the
body of a young man was found north of Wrightstown upon the railroad tracks
after being run over. There was no pocket book or papers on the body and his
remains are unknown.
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