Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Time Machine Trip to November 1889


Kaukauna Times - By Lyle Hansen

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 Waterpower 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 name 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 pocketbook or papers on the body, and he remains unknown.

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