Kaukauna Times – June 1884
By Lyle Hansen
June 6, 1884
How about that new
street sprinkler the boys were talking about last week? Isn't it time that it
made its appearance? The streets are
getting very dry and dusty.
Mexico set a good
example for Missouri. On the 15th of last month, a gang of forty
masked men tore up a section of track resulting in an accident killing a
fireman. They then robbed the passengers and secured $20,000 from the
safe. A week ago, seventeen of the gang
were killed by lawman. The rest have been arrested and will soon join the
seventeen. Swift execution of the law is what deters criminals.
A young married lady
named McCoy has a narrow escape from premature burial at Richmond, Mo., on the
29th. She was revived from a trance after her body had been prepared
for burial.
Men working in the
baggage car in Boston, when a box was placed against the wall of the car a
voice cried out “Don’t stand me on my head.”
The man placed the box on the floor and then the voice said, “Could you
turn me over now you placed me on my face.”
The man turned to the owner of the box and told him he must pay fare for
the boy in the box. “I never pay fare for him in the past and we have traveled
thousands of miles.” “No matter” said
the baggage handler “You can’t smuggle nobody over this line.” The conductor
came along at that time and saw what was going on. He explained to the baggage
man that there is no one in the box; he had been entertained by Signor Blitz
the ventriloquist.
June 13, 1884
The Kaukauna railroad shops
business is "booming," and it is almost impossible to keep up with
the orders. A locomotive was completed here last month and an order for eight
more has been received.
It is interesting that one of the commencement orators out of a class of 200 in Harvard is a young colored man named Robert Heberton Terell. He was born in Virginia of slave parents in 1857. He now graduates with honors from his class. His remarkable successful career will be an inspiration to thousands of his race. Who would have dreamed in 1860 that in less than a quarter of century a child of slavery would be an honor graduate of Harvard?
Cleveland – Twenty-four men and
women belonging to the Salvation Army were arrested last evening for disturbing
the peace by parading the street, singing, shouting, and playing musical
instruments. They were kept in jail overnight. The leader was fined $15 and court
costs. The others were fined $5 each. The remaining demanded jury trials and
put under bail. All were warned that if they were arrested again the full
penalty of the law would be taken.
June 20, 1884
A special train took a
load of people to Appleton last week, the circus at that place being the
attraction. The majority pronounced the show a fraud. Well, another fraud of
the same kind, but larger, will be in Appleton next month, and all will have
another chance to be "taken in."
Fred. W. Clark,
formerly a respected businessman of Milwaukee, closed his eyes forever in the
police station at that place on the morning of the 17th, a pauper.
The old, old story: whisky.
The Kaukauna Electric Light Company has been
formed, with H.A. Frambach, H.J. Rodgers, and Geo. F. Steel, as incorporators.
The capital stock is to be $10,000 with shares of $100 each. It is the
intention of the company to immediately place poles in position, string the
wires leading to the mills, factories, business houses and private residences
of Kaukauna and Ledyard, and before many weeks all will be lighted.
The supreme court of
Iowa has rendered an adverse decision in a suit for divorce on the grounds that
her husband was a confirmed drunkard. The evidence showed that the woman knew
of the man’s intemperate habits before she married him. Therefore, you
voluntarily chose a drunkard for a husband and therefore you must make yourself
content with the sacred relationship.
At Leipsic, O., a woman
who to all appearances had died came to life after her body had been placed in
a vault, on the 14th, and on being removed to her home gave birth to
twin girls. The report says the mother and children are doing well.
Probably the largest
solid gold nugget that has been discovered in the United States is on display
in Philadelphia. It was discovered in a North Carolina mine several years ago.
The nugget weighs over four pounds and is 99 per cent pure. Its estimated value
is set at not less than $1000.
The steamer Henrietta has made its
appearance here on her way down the river, Monday morning last, looking neat,
new, and clean, and walking into our affections with courage, and confident
amiable to behold. She will ply regularly between Oshkosh and Green Bay,
favoring excursion parties and business interests.
June 27, 1884
The work of blasting in
the stone quarry continues and every day there is an increase of the fine
building stone at this place. At the same time, the tailrace of the waterpower
canal is being deepened.
The English press is
fond of lecturing Americans on the lawlessness of our citizens in that the
frequency with which the people of this country take the law into their own
hands.
A family of emigrants
who came to Baltimore has been suspected of starting the smallpox in that
county. Two of the family has died and seven of the neighbors are down with the
disease.
A party of citizens
surrounded and captured a gang of horse thieves in McLeon County, Dak., on the
23rd, and hung three of them and shot a fourth.
A dispatch of the 19th
says: The King of Cambodia has transferred the administration of his kingdom to
the French governor in Saigon.
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