Kaukauna Times – November 1893
By Lyle Hansen
November 3, 1893
The city treasury is
empty and a little more so. Only $1,279.88 is on hand November 1st
and bills amounting to $2,020.45 allowed Tuesday. “Busted By Gosh.”
The dangers of the deer
season seem to be on the side of the hunter. Set guns and the hunters who shoot
at everything they discover on the move, make the deer country a place to avoid
by those who prefer to live.
An interesting will
contest will come up for argument in Oshkosh on November 22. Dr. J. M. Brown
has protested the will of his father Isaac Brown, who had recently died. By the
will Mrs. Brown, who was the third wife of the deceased and is only 24 years of
age, while her departed spouse was over 70, was given the major portion of the
estate, valued at $30,000. She had also been given a homestead worth $30,000.
Dr. Brown alleges undue inference on the part of Mrs. Brown and claims the will
produced in court is not his father’s.
A man who recently came
down from Ironwood tells that he saw bills posted about that town calling for
one thousand men at Ishpeming. Ishpeming is not looking for more men due to
having many unemployed at that location. This is just a scheme to get rid of the
unemployed at Ironwood.
The inside woodwork at the new pulp plant at
Little Chute is practically finished and the setting of machines will soon be
commenced.
An Omaha preacher had told his parishioners
how to vote. Pretty soon some of them will be telling people how to pray.
John Johnson, Little
Chute, was thrown from his wagon and badly injured. His leg was broken, and his
face was severely cut.
World’s Fair Summary – The total admissions to the World’s Fair in
Chicago have been 21,458,910. The gate receipts will approximate $10,500,000
and concession receipts $4,000,000.
November 10, 1893
The board of sewerage
commissioners has presented their final report, recommending the adoption of
the sewers as completed, and the same is now
in the hands of the sewer committee. They also recommend the levying of taxes
on both sides for sewer purposes.
John Murphy, claiming
to hail from Pittsburg, was arrested for drunken and disorderly conduct
Wednesday. He pled guilty before Squire Mulloy, Kaukauna, and was fined $1 and
costs. He had enough change left to again fill up which he proceeded to do and
was again lodged in the cooler. He had to be jailed for five days the second
time.
Fayetteville, Tenn., Nov. 4 – Early this morning
on the farm of Jack Daniels, near Lynchburg, Ned Waggoner, his son Will and
daughter May and son-in-law Motlow, were found hanging on one tree. All the
parties are colored and the only cause at present assigned for their fate is
that they were supposed to have been implicated in the numerous barn burnings
which have taken place recently. The lynching was done by a mob of 200 men.
The fire protection of
Kaukauna is so poor that insurance companies are gravely considering their risk
here. The fire of Monday night resulted in the canceling of considerable
insurance on “shaky” risks the next day.
Since the putting in of the sewer on Kaukauna Street
all the water has leaked out of the reservoir at the corner of that street and
Wisconsin Avenue. The fire engine pumped in water to fill the reservoir, but it
leaked out as fast as it was put in and as a consequence that end of town is
without any water supply in case of fire.
November 17, 1893
The Ute Indians believe
that one God, or Great Spirit, rules all the Indians and that He desires his
children to be mighty hunters and brave warriors. In the future his soul goes
to the Happy Hunting Grounds, of high mountains, large forests, and rivers of clear
water. The Ute Indians do not fear death, and none are cowards.
A new electric light has been placed in the
center of the river bridge.
The Kaukauna creamery
has been closed for the winter season, owing to scarcity of milk.
Dr. F. J. Wilkes’s annual report of the work
he has done for the Humane Society shows a total of 1.334 cases attending to,
374 under the heading of cruelty to persons and 960 cruelties to animals.
An enterprising man
recently discovered that electricity from an ordinary battery when applied to a
person with a “jag” will speedily sober him. It would be a good idea for saloon
keepers in Wisconsin to put batteries in their saloons.
Oscar Thilmany carried off first
prize at the Appleton skat tourney last Friday.
The new iron bridge at Little Chute is being
laid this week.
After thirty years of separation
Hiram Jefferson and his son Thomas are reunited in Janesville. The father
became separated from his family just after the capture of Fort Donaldson, he was
a slave on a plantation near the fort.
November 24, 1893
The storm of Tuesday
was welcomed by residents living on the outskirts of the city. A fire had started
in the Zink woods on the south side Monday and owing to the dry conditions of
everything crept up close to the city limits toward evening, causing a little
alarm among property owners around Tenth Street. It became necessary for a
party to go out and check the onward march of the flames, a watch being kept on
duty all night.
Chicago Ill., Nov. 16 – Three men are under arrest for
complicity in the recent fire of the Chicago City Railroad’s car barns. About
$180,000 worth of property was destroyed including 400 horses that were burned.
The boys have been enjoying
skating on the ponds during the last week. Don’t venture too far boys and compel
The Times to chronicle a drowning accident.
Chas. Specht’s hack is being
laid up for repairs this week. His team which was tied in front of the opera
house last Sunday became frightened by the hook and ladder truck that was
harried by to a fire and ran away, turning the vehicle over on its side and
badly demolishing it.
The river was covered
with ice clear across yesterday morning.
1893 Fashions
School Girls Ladies Hats Formal Attire
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