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Kaukauna, Wi 54130
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Kaukauna Times
By Lyle Hansen
December 4, 1885
William Novok, alias “Whiskey Bill”, was
brought before Justice Mulholland on Friday last to answer to the charge of
vagrancy. This is the second time in two weeks he has been so charged. This
time he was given 21 days in the county jail.
The mortal remains of Thomas A. Hendricks,
the fifth vice-president of the United States to die during his term of office,
were conveyed to the tomb today in Indianapolis, Ind.
December 11, 1885
A genuine Dakota
"blizzard" visited Kaukauna and vicinity on Wednesday. Commencing
Tuesday with a moderate snowstorm it increased in violence and on the following
day was about as disagreeable as was ever experienced in this part of the
country. Let us hope that this will be the last of such weather for the season.
Tombstone. Ariz. – The military at Fort Bowie fear an attack of
hostile Apaches for the purpose of rescuing their squaws, who are prisoners
there.
Judge Hamilton of the
circuit court, Milwaukee on the 5th instructed the jury in a case
that it was not a slanderous utterance for one man to call another a dynamiter,
so a verdict of 6 cents was rendered. The complainant wanted $5,000.
A lady in Santa Crus, aged 40, is suing a
gentleman of 60 for breach of promise. She considers $50,000 the proper figure
for affections unduly trifled with. She has had two husbands, so that her
affections are thoroughly broken to double harness.
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Marshfield. Wis., Jess Hallock, 15 years
old, was hunting and shot a deer which his dog followed. The boy found two
Indians skinning the deer and his dog dead. The boy claimed the deer and the
scolded the Indians for shooting his dog. He was assaulted by one of the
Indians with a knife. Hallock shot the Indian and then shot the other as he was
about to attack. Hallock surrendered to the Neillsville authorities and was
discharged.
December 18, 1885
In order to accommodate
our advertisers during the holiday season The Times will issue an
"Extra" edition which will be delivered by carrier to all city
subscribers and by mail to all others. A Holiday Budget will also be issued
from the office, several thousand copies of which will be distributed free
among the citizens of Outagamie County. Watch for them.
New York – The late William H. Vanderbilt’s
$200,000,000 has been divided according to his will.
The Wrightstown roller rink opened on Tuesday
evening last under the management of Peter Leonard. The building used for the
rink is the old Turner Hall.
December 25, 1885
A Merry Christmas!
C. Reible, the popular South side restaurateur has ornamented his store window with a beautiful Christmas tree.
Great stories of gold
discovery came from Alaska and that bleak region after all may prove worth far
more than the $7,200,000 paid to Russia for it. Should the tails of gold be
realized in Alaska it may bring down the value of gold.
Gov. Rusk pardoned
Jerry Wilson under the stipulation that he should not return to Wisconsin.
Wilson was convicted of murder in Milwaukee twenty years ago, but the
production of testimony recently tends to show he was not guilty.
George Bird Grinnell of
New York has been visiting the Yellowstone National Park and says there are
only 700 buffalo left on the American continent.
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The funeral of the Rt Rev. F. X. Krautbauer,
late bishop of the diocese of Green Bay, was held from the cathedral in that
city. The funeral was largely attended by citizens from all parts of the state.
