Kaukauna Times - December 1881
By Lyle Hansen
December 2, 1881
Mr. Geo. W. Fargo,
formerly of Appleton, has opened in the store formerly occupied by druggist
Kellogg on Wisconsin Avenue. He has a fine stock of Furniture. Mr. F. is an
experienced furniture dealer and will no doubt do a good business in Kaukauna.
Canandaigua, N.Y. - A fellow who stole
a church contribution box containing only twenty cents has been sent to state
prison for ten years, being one year for every two cents stolen.
December 9, 1881
The Gates House (for
such is what Ledyard's new hotel is to be called) is approaching completion and
will be formally opened soon. Landlord Gates will do something handsome at that
time, or the Times is mistaken.
December 16, 1881
What might have been a
destructive fire was nipped in the bud on Monday night last, in the building
occupied by D. W. Krebs & Son. At about 8 p.m. the family upstairs, smelled
smoke coming up between the floors and at once gave the alarm. Help was at hand
and as the flames were seen issuing from the side of the building clapboard was
torn off and the fire extinguished. There were several persons sitting in the
store at the time, and not a sign of fire was seen by anyone.
December 23, 1881
A valuable horse owned
by John Stoveken was killed on Saturday last by a derrick, which is at work at
the Union Pulp Mills, falling upon him. A man, we hear came very near being a
victim to the falling mass of timber, also. The horse killed was a fine one,
and the loss to the owner is considerable. If there is such a thing as cessation
to bad luck, when once started on a person, it should be tried in Mr.
Stoveken's case, and all hope for the same.
The rain from November
as turned to snow and the ground is now covered. We are in for a beautiful
Christmas. Sleigh bells can be heard on the streets in town.
Nearly 700,000 emigrants
from abroad came to the United States this year. The Pennsylvania state board
of charities have had brought to their attention the fact that many of the
immigrants are either hopeless diseased or are dependents. A large number are
sent over by the authorities in foreign countries and others sent adrift by
their friends and family, who are desirous of getting rid of the expense and
trouble of caring for them.
December 30, 1881
George W. Fargo, the
furniture dealer, as will be noticed in his advertisement, also attends to
undertaking in all its branches, and with experience of years, is enabled to
give the best of satisfaction.
A young man named
Sullivan, while chopping logs at Wrightstown, cut a fearful gash in his wrist.
Hackensack - When an Indian boy is
born the “Medicine Man” looks out of the door and the first object he sees furnishes
the child’s name. If this rule were followed here, most of the children would
be called “Bad-Sidewalks” “No-gas-on-moonlight-nights,” “Boy-with-a cigarette,”
or “Stick-in-the-Mud.”
