By Lyle Hansen
July 6, 1883
The K.W.P. Co. has a large force of men at work graveling
the street. The gravel is obtained from the old bed of the river. The street
leading from the depot is receiving a coat of gravel about one foot in
thickness, which will place the road in first class condition.
The Custer monument is now ready for inspection at
Montello. The monument is polished on all four sides and has lettering on every
side. The weight of the work is eleven tons.
A little girl touchingly testified to the excessive
drudgery of her mother’s life. She was asked “Is your mamma’s hair gray?” she
replied: “I don’t know. She’s too tall for me to see the top of her head, and
she never sits down,”
July 13, 1883
The news columns of newspapers nowadays are overburdened
with particulars of various wind and rainstorms in nearly every part of the
country. Monday's storm was particularly
severe in this state, and the damage to growing crops was immense.
July 20, 1883
P.T. Barnum and Tom Thumb
Tom Thumb, the famous dwarf, died at his home in
Middleboro, Mass., on the 15th. His proper name was Charles Sherwood
Stratton. He was 45 years old and had for many years been with the P.T. Barnum
Circus being 3 ½ feet tall.
Roadmaster Kramer continues with street improvements. Culverts are being constructed and bad roads repaired.
This week extensive work is being done on Wisconsin Avenue.
Dakota is not to be alone in demanding admission to the
Union. Utah has claims as well. The issue is the question of polygamy. The abolition
of polygamy will be made a condition of admission according to congress.
The existence of a tribe of Indians in Paraguay with tails
is asserted on good authority. A group of explorers were attacked by a tribe of
Guayacuyes Indians. A young boy was captured after being injured in the attack.
He was taken to an Argentine residence where it was discovered that he had an 8-inch
tail. The boy is very ugly, and his body was covered with hair. It is common
knowledge in this area of a tribe of people that have tails.
July 27, 1883
On Saturday, July 21, occurred one of the greatest, wind and
rainstorms ever seen in this vicinity. Houses were unroofed, chimneys blown
down, trees uprooted. The railroad suffered severe damage between Kaukauna and
Dundas resulting from trees and mud slides on the tracks.
A young lady in Denison, Texas, received a note from a
young man she was acquainted with filled with improper language, requesting an
interview. She made an appointment and when he made his appearance, she drew a
revolver and snapped it at him twice. Fortunately, there was no explosion, and the
masher escaped.
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