Time Machine Trip to October 1889

Kaukauna Time - By Lyle Hansen

October 4, 1889

A condemned criminal in England must be allowed to see three Sundays between his sentence and his execution.

Nothing makes so much noise as a rickety wagon, with nothing in it unless it be a man who insists on talking when he has nothing to say. 

Texas employed its convicts last year in raising sugar cane and refining the juice. They not only supported themselves but made $65,000 for the state. Some folks are saying that state ought to withdraw the convicts and let honest industry reap the benefits.

October 11, 1889

Almost daily some weary sportsman can be seen returning from a day's hunt, and almost invariably comes back as he goes without game. Hunting in this locality is about done for.

Jamboree, W. Va. Oct. 4. – The old Hatfield-McCoy feud has broken out again and at least three more lives have been taken. The shooting occurred at a marriage of Peter McCoy’s daughter and John Hand, a relative of the Hatfield gang. Members of both families had sworn to prevent the union. As the couple were about to say their vows a volley of shots poured through the window killing them and the minister. 

At the common council meeting Tuesday evening a letter was received from Oshkosh. It was from the Chinaman whose property was destroyed in the riot on the south side of Kaukauna. It stated that the case could be settled by the payment of $550 and all cost incurred. The TIMES believes that this case should be settled at once. The sooner it is settled the less the cost to settle. There is no doubt the city is responsible for the property that was destroyed.  Southside marshal Wm. Sludy made no effort to stop the attack. Let the city settle and then bring those who participated in the riot be arrested and punished.  

The Grand View Hotel has been thoroughly lined for electric lights. Every room in the house will supplied with a globe.

October 18, 1889

Helf Bros. will build a new brewery on the south side, work having been commenced this week. The capacity will be 10,000 barrels of beer per year or about double the amount being manufactured at the present works.  

John Earles, who canvassing the City for the Kaukauna Electric Light Company, has reported there is very laughable objections to putting in the lights. Some people would put them in if they were free. Others object to the electric wires in homes as very dangerous and would expect to depart this life within a few days if they were installed. The Times office has been wired for lights this week. 

While labors were excavating for a cellar on the south side yesterday, they exhumed the remains of two people, a grown person and a child. They were not Indians but civilized people as they were buried in wooden boxes about 30 or more years ago.  The bodies which were believed to be that of early French settlers were placed in new coffins and reburied in the cemetery.  The owner of the lot’s wife stated, she will not live in the house if it is built on the lot.

The new French Army law extends the age of liability to service from 45 years to fifty years of age.

                                                                                        

Peter Topic, a brakeman of the Lake Shore Road lost a finger while coupling cars on Friday. Mr. Wells, a brakeman for the Northwestern road lost the toes on his right foot when a train car passed over his foot.

Chicago, Ill., Oct. 11 – A good looking young woman from Australia arrived in Chicago last night after a 10,000-mile journey in pursuit of a married man who had wedded her under pretense that he was single. The fellow is now in jail.

October 25, 1889

Among the novelties possessed by Kaukauna, is that of a woman barber who presides over the tonsorial parlors with as much success as her competitors of the sterner sex. Her name is Mrs. Abele and she came from Fond du Lac, where she learned the trade, in a shop owned by her husband.

Milwaukee – Manager Litt, of the Bijou theatre has been sued for $2500 damages by several colored people who were excluded from the opera house. 

The air has been smoky about this place lately a sure indication that forest fires are raging about us.

Patrick Murphy, a brakeman on the Lake Shore railway was run over in Forest Junction and killed. The wheels passed over his chest and he was cut in half. He was a single man of 26 years of age from the south side of Kaukauna.  He was a great favorite among the “boys.”

Articles of incorporation have been filed with the register of deeds for the Kaukauna Electric Light Company which is organized to establish and maintain a plant for the generation of power.