Kaukauna Times – April 1884
By Lyle Hansen
April 4, 1884
Sitting Bull, the old chief of the
Sioux band which massacred Custer and his gallant company, is now a prisoner at
Fort Randall, Dakota. He was taken to St. Paul, Minnesota last week and shown
the sights of the city. He showed a get deal of surprise in the telephone and
the size of the houses in the city.
Cincinnati, Ohio — There is great public indignation over the verdict of the jury in the
case of Wm. Berner, a confessed murderer. The jury found him guilty of
manslaughter, and he was sentenced to prison for twelve years. A mob started
for the jail. The sheriff refused to hand him over and telephoned the militia
for help. Shots were exchanged a police officer was killed along with several
of the mob killed and wounded. The prisoner was led out a back door and put on
a train to Columbus. The train was stopped by a mob in Loveland by people bent
on lynching the prisoner. During the attack Berner escaped into the woods. He
was later recaptured and sent on another train. 1000 militia were called out
when it was learned that the mob was armed with dynamite. A Gatling gun was
then put in use and six of the mob went down and hundreds being injured. It is
estimated that 200 people were killed during the firing and the courthouse is
in ruins. The rioting continued for the next three days in Cincinnati with the
militia using the Gatling gun shooting over the mob to protect property. The
mob broke into several government buildings, setting them on fire.
A party of young bloods
returning from a charivari near Coleman, Mich., on the night of the 24th,
commenced to raise a racket in the front of the residence of an old German
named Von Valkenburg, whereupon he fired into the party killing Charles Cleave.
April 11, 1884
Charley Grignon carried
away the feather at the trial shoot of the Kaukauna Rifle Team on Saturday
last, his score being 41 out of a possible 50 points.
It is stated that in 1882
nearly 1300 murders were committed in the United States, and in 1883 about
1500. Only ninety-three were executed during this time. The alarming
disproportion between the numbers is having a significant effect upon the
public mind.
April 16, 1884
Our public-spirited
friend Jim Driessen is at it again. This time he has built a substantial
sidewalk on the edge of the ravine near his residence, all for the convenience
of the public.
April 18, 1884
The work of tending the
draw bridge was let on Monday last to N.B. DesMarteau for the pay of $18.50 per
month.
Will the end ever be
reached in the possibilities of the telephone? By means of a large copper wire
stretched between New York and Boston a conversation is now carried on between
the two cities. There seems to be no limit to the capacity of the wire to convey
sound once it is in place.
Mr. T. A. Matsudaira, the
new city engineer of Bradford, Pa., is a native of Japan and the first man of
his nationality to be chosen to a civil office in the United States.
April 25, 1884
Marshall Conlon is doing his duty as
an officer, in enforcing an ordinance passed at the last Town Meeting obliging
all parties to keep their hogs and geese from running at large. He already has
a number of hogs in the pound awaiting owners.
The remains of Gennie Jeffers, queen of the gypsies of the United States, were interred with ceremony at Dayton, O., on the 15th. About 1500 gypsies were present.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Konrad took a rather cold dip when their small rowboat capsized near the canal.
Mr. Henry Schubert was nearby and pulled the couple from the river.
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