Time Machine Trip to September 1881

 

Kaukauna Times - September 1881

By Lyle Hansen

September 2, 1881

We are informed by Mr. H. A. Frambach the re-building of the Eagle Paper & Pulp Mills is a positive fact and on a considerable larger scale than the old mill. This will be pleasant news for Kaukauna.

 

Indians attacked the town of Eureka, New Mexico, on the 26^th killing all the citizens said to be about seventy in number. The Apache’s numbered about seventy-five and are being pursued by troops of soldiers and Indians scouts.

 

September 9, 1881

While three young men were driving on the street near the stave factory, one of them named Vanderheiden was by a jolt in the road, thrown out, breaking his elbow. Dr. Lord reset the broken member.

 

September 16, 1881

The Times has advertised for good, honest, sober, and industrious lad, stating that wages were no object if such a youth could be secured to work in his office. But yet none has been found, although there are plenty of such in town.  Now then if there is such a boy in town who is bad clear to the core, one who would just as soon put paris green in the teapot, fill his grandfather's pipe with gun powder, clip off the family's cat's tail, spit in his brother's eye, hit a deacon's stiff hat with a stone, or any other act, he can find employment at this office.

Gallows at Ft. Smith

Five murders, three (white) and two (Creek Indians) were hanged at Fort Smith, Ark., on the 9^th. The execution was private.

 

September 23, 1881

The Kaukauna Sportsmen's Club is already preparing for its annual onslaught for deer. The boys will go up on the M.L.S. & W.R.'y where game is numerous.

 

Two hundred men rode to the jail at Dardanelle Ark., on the 10^th and took two murders named Taylor and Bruce. The prisoners were dragged through the streets with ropes around their necks to a clump of trees, where they were left dangling.

 

September 30, 1881

President Arthur

Monday, the day appointed by the newly inaugurated President Arthur as a day of mourning for the late President Garfield, who died September 20 of wounds received on July 2nd. A touching exhibition of sympathy was displayed by the citizens of Kaukauna and Ledyard. As fine a procession as ever paraded in the streets in honor of the dead President Garfield.  Good estimates of the number of persons were set at eight hundred and lasting twelve minutes in passing the office of the Times. When the procession reached Park Street, the ranks were ordered drawn apart in two columns, while the speakers and marshals passed between and up to Park Street. Rev. Q. Dowd opened with prayer.

 

A train which left Texarkana, Ark., on the 23^rd was boarded by three young men.  The men drew revolvers and ordered the conductor to stop the train. They robbed two passengers of $700. Then went to the express car and ordered the safe opened and took $30,000 in currency.