Kaukauna Times – December 1893
By Lyle Hansen
December 1, 1893
Hunters in the northern
part of the state will petition the next legislature to change the game law so
as to allow hunting of deer in November instead of October. The lack of snow
and not allowing the use of dogs, results in nearly half the deer shot are lost
in the woods.
A tramp was arrested at
Fond du Lac last week for stealing soap. What’s the world coming to when a
tramp steals soap.
Henry Stittgen, a
farmer of the Town Center, was robbed in his own home Saturday night by two men
who drove up in a cutter and covered him with revolvers. The thieves got only
one dollar. As they drove away Stittgen seized a shotgun and fired both
barrels, filling the back of the cutter with shot. The man returned fire. No
one was hurt and he followed them to town where they abandoned the rig near the
barn where it was hired. The police were notified, and the men soon located at
a hotel where they are captured in bed. Both are Green Bay boys ages 17 and 19.
December 8, 1893
Water and anchor ice
backed up the rapids Tuesday night and carried away one of the derricks and a
part of the tramway that had been built by Messrs. Lindauer & Smith in the
construction of the piers for the new viaduct. The framework was scattered all
along the rapids as far as the railroad bridge. The ice has backed the water up
to such a depth that work on the piers has been temporarily suspended.
A queer looking outfit
was seen on the streets at Green Bay during a snowstorm. It was made up of a
team of ponies, a bobsled, four men, two sheep, a cat and a rug carpet being
used as an awning to protect the occupants from the falling snow.
Liveryman Thos. Malone
had a horse killed by a Northwestern train on the north side last Saturday. A
boy was riding the horse at the time and stopped near the crossing to allow the
train to pass. The horse took fright and bound in front of the locomotive and
was killed. The boy escaped without injury.
Dr. H. B. Tanner stands at the head of
Outagamie MDs in the number of births attended during 1893. It is certainly
evident for Kaukauna that the census taker will find quite an increase in
population in this vicinity when he comes around.
It is a frequent sight
these days to see a pair of arms wave frantically in the air two or three times
and then hear a coat tail bump the sidewalk with a dull thud.
The new pulp mill at
Little Chute will use 40 cords of wood daily when running at full capacity.
Wildcats appear to be
growing more numerous in Wisconsin. The Secretary of State has been called upon
in the last two days to pay bounties for 48 of these animals, nearly all from the
northern part of the state. The state pays a bounty of three dollars on each
scalp.
December 15, 1893
Whiskers seem to be in
fashion, judging from the appearance of innumerable faces about town.
The new Congregational
church on the south side was dedicated Sunday. Rev. Q.L. Dowl is the first
pastor of the church.
Butchers on the south
side have agreed to close their markets on Sundays.
Ony Darens, a Beloit
young man, had a terrible experience a few days ago he was inside an iron tube
20 inches in diameter painting with a bucket of naphtha paint and a candle,
when the paint took fire. He was 15 feet from the opening and was terribly
burned getting out. He will probably recover.
The notorious Mollie
Sweeney, of window smashing fame, paid Kaukauna a visit last Friday, but was
hustled out of town by Officer Earles before she had broken any windows. She
informed the local police that there were several fine fronts here for her to
work on, and if she wasn’t taken care of at once she might conclude to see how
hard they were.
The stalls at the
engine house are being rearranged to accommodate another horse. The city now
owns two teams, one for the engine and one for the hose wagon.
Everyone seems to be
having an attack of the grippe nowadays. Postmaster Reese has been on the list
of grippe victims this week down.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., G.W. Guerley, a non-union telegraph operator
was taken to the hospital yesterday, died of arsenic poisoning. He had taken
sick on Thursday after eating at a restaurant. It appears that during the week
from 30 to 40 of the nonunion men who boarded at the same restaurant suffered
from severe stomach cramps.
December 22, 1893
Tramps are not as
numerous as usual in Kaukauna this season. In all probabilities, there are few
cities in this broad county where the hard times have been felt as in Kaukauna,
or in fact the entire Fox River Valley.
A large supply of
Christmas turkeys and geese are at J. Weifenbach & Co’s south side meat
market. Make some poor family a present. Orders received by telephone.
Albert Pennings was
arraigned before justice Mulloy last Monday on charge of having filled his skin
so full of the “elixir of life” that he became disorderly. One dollar and cost
was his Christmas present.
Long-distance telephone
service is becoming common in this country and growing demand for it causes a
gradual extension. The longest continuous line now operated is from Boston to
Milwaukee, a distance of 1300 miles. Five minutes is the unit of time upon
which prices are based. Between New York and Washington, the service costs two
dollars for each five minutes used and between New York and Chicago it is nine
dollars for the same time.
December 29, 1893
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Dick Egan came to town
Sunday and proceeded to swell up on bug-juice. He hung up his Christmas
stocking in the city cooler.
Abilene, Kas. - A package of letters outlining a plan for
kidnapping of the president’s daughter Ruth Cleveland and holding her for
ransom. The letter was found here, and the police have identified the
recipient. Three women and two men were named in the letter, two of them
residing in Washington. The scheme is evidently a serious one. $20,000 is
claimed to be secured.
Several cases have been
brought to our notice this week which may merit publication, but it has never
been the policy of the TIMES to kick anyone who was down, and we will therefore
refrain from giving the matters anymore publicity than they have already
obtained.
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