Friday, March 5, 2021

Time Machine Trip to March 1891

 

Kaukauna Times March 1891

By Lyle Hansen


March 6, 1891



The Post says that "Officer Reardon, of Kaukauna, now engages a box car to convey the tramps to Appleton where they are lodged in jail."

 


The work of rebuilding the Kaukauna Paper Company’s plant has now commenced in earnest as most of the debris has been cleared away and a crew of men placed at work preparing the necessary timbers. 

 

Kimberly property owners are preparing a petition to present to the town board of Buchanan that the village is provided with police regulations. This step has been thought necessary to preserve the peace against the thugs from Appleton and Kaukauna, who have the unpleasant habit of making Kimberly the scene of general blowouts.

 

March 13, 1891

A gang of 200 men were discharged at the Colby mine in Bessemer last week. Most of the men are of a rough class, without money, and will most likely "take to the road." Look out for an influx of tramps for they are bound this way.

 

Police officers Kuehn, Reardon, and Sadlier, have had papers served upon the Appleton Crescent, commencing an action for libel. The Crescent published an article stating that Kaukauna police were attracting tramps hither by furnishing them money to buy liquor and tobacco. The action calls for $5000 damages.

 

About two weeks ago it was reported in the papers that a monstrosity called devil child had been born of Scandinavian parents at Duluth. A woman from Duluth said she had seen the child and it was just as had been described. The infant was born with horns and an 18-inch-long tail and clothed feet and soon after birth was hopping about.

 

New York - A miser is willing to marry if he can find a woman sufficiently economical. He promised that to any woman who will be his lawful and legal spouse he will give her lodging and board and every third day will give her five cents for spending money.




Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull

Washington DC – The secretary of interior today granted permission to Buffalo Bill to engage 100 Indians for his Wild West show from the Sioux reservation.

 




The fire department experience considerable trouble during the fire last Saturday night having three different sections of their hose cut. The hoses were cut by heavy bobsleds driving over them. All parties are warned in the future not the pass over a line of hose with a team or any kind of vehicle for an arrest will follow immediately.


March 20, 1891

John Brill has a three-year-old colt that tips the beam at 1,950 pounds. She is a monster and most likely will weigh a ton before another year passes. Mr. Brill has some very fine stock on his farm and is proud to exhibit it.

 

Over 8,000,000 acres of government land heretofore monopolize by the Indians has been opened for settlement by the legislator last Congress. The land which cost government about $9 million will be sold to settlers at a $1.25 per acre. The cultivation of these lands will vastly enhance the national wealth.

 

Henry Cooley picked up an old coat belonging to his late father, Judge H. M. Cooley, who died a few days ago at St. Paul. Feeling something like paper on the inside ripped open the lining and found $9,700 securities, a $100 bill in one $500 bill. The coat was selected as part of the burial outfit, but the undertaker found it too small for the dead jurist and another was fortunately used.

 

March 27, 1891

Thus far this winter but two sturgeons have been taken from Lake Winnebago, says a Neenah newspaper. Previous winters, large quantities of the fish were caught, and fishermen are unable to account for the absence.

 

Mr. Sullivan feels deeply grieved over THE TIMES exposure of his manner in getting a nomination for mayor and is endeavoring to find some means of “getting even”. We understand that a delegation left for Appleton this morning to buy up some paper there in which to publish their matter which consist of articles intending to prove that THE TIMES editor is a bank robber or something of that nature.

 

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