Kaukauna Times – February 1891
By Lyle Hansen
February 6, 1891
After looking over the
annual financial report of St. Mary's Church there is not one dollar of encumbrance
stands against the property of the south side Roman Catholic Church. Its church and schoolhouse, parsonage, and
sisters' residence, together with necessary lots and a large cemetery is
entirely paid for, property valued at $25,000. The faithful and ceaseless
labors of Rev. Fr. Hens have brought about this condition.
The bricklayers and
stonemasons of the Fox River Valley have organized a union for the purpose of
preventing incompetent men from receiving the same wages as members of the
union.
February 13, 1891
Liveryman Mulloy lost a
valuable horse last Friday night. A Little Chute fellow hired the horse for the
day and upon returning in the evening, a runaway occurred, and the animal ran
into a post. The horse died of its injuries and the fellow may have to pay the
loss.
A furniture factory is
among the new industries that will be built in Kaukauna this summer. Negotiations
for the site are now being made, and within a few weeks we may be able to describe
in greater extent the factory and the prospects of how extensive the furniture manufacturing
business will be in Kaukauna.
Luther Lindauer has a
large crew of men at work on the government canal taking out huge cakes of
crystallized aqua.
February 20, 1891
Policeman Daniel Reardon says the council will
have to purchase a new star, as there has been an acquisition to the police
force of this city. The new member arrived last Friday at Dan's residence. His
weight is about ten pounds.
The employees of the
Lake Shore shop now labor 10 hours a day commencing Monday of this week.
Again, has the deadly
rail added another victim to the long list already recorded, this time a
popular young man of the South side Richard Bean. Mr. Bean had been employed as
a brakeman on the Milwaukee Lakeshore and Western Road for about a year past.
While riding on the side of a boxcar he was brush therefrom by another car on
an adjoining track which pushed him enough that he fell beneath the wheels of
the moving cars, both limbs and his arm were almost severed from his body and
left him horribly mangled. He was brought to Dr. Tanner's office where
everything was done to reduce his pain.
New York, February 14 – Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
died at 1:50 this afternoon.
“The most dangerous
custom in daily use”, says well-informed electrician is the habit of placing a
hand over the bell on a telephone when a call is made to avoid making a noise.
This habit is quite common yet if a line should happen to be crossed, the
effect would be more fatal than contact with an electric light wire. The hand
should never come in contact with the metal on a telephone.
Nine-year-old Archie
Hoberg nearly escaped drowning last Thursday afternoon. While on the ice near
the Kaukauna paper company’s office he broke through and was carried under the
ice by the swift current. Fortunately, he was seen after floating about 20 feet
under the ice and he came to the surface in an opening in front of the Thilmany
Mill where he was rescued.
February 27, 1891
“Horses are scarcer
than they have been for a number of years in Menasha" says a Neenah paper.
Well, we always knew Menasha was a dull place, but when the horses even move -from
town it must be horribly quiet. Quite a number of those Menasha residences can,
in all possibilities, be found in Kaukauna, having decided to locate in a
booming town.
A mob of 3000 union men
drove the workmen away from the World’s Fair site in Chicago Monday. A large
number of police were called into service and succeeded in quelling the riotous
gang.
The work of clearing
away debris from the burnt Kaukauna paper mill continues. The engine room will
be cleared this week and ready for rebuilding.
The well-dressed lady of 1891
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