Kaukauna Times - September 1891
By Lyle Hansen
September 4, 1891
A team owned by farmer
Rosenthal of Buchanan ran away on the south side Monday afternoon, and a little
10-year-old son, who was laying in the wagon, is in critical condition.
The new machine for
making tissue, now being set up in the Thilmany Paper mill in this city, is a
very peculiar one in construction. It was made by the Beloit Iron Works from
plans secured by Mr. Oscar Thilmany abroad and is the first one of its kind
ever made in this country.
Why are colts like rich
men’s sons? Because they don’t work until they are broke.
Joe Lenz, post-master
of Little Chute was serenaded last Saturday evening by the “Social Band” of
that place in honor of his Wooden Anniversary. The band is under the direction
of Arthur J. Hollensworth of this city.
Barns Burned – The thunder and lightning storm of Tuesday
night was a disastrous one for the farmers in this vicinity; four large barns
have been destroyed. The loss amounts to many thousands of dollars with but
little or no insurance.
The Wisconsin Telephone
Company has secured a temporary injunction restraining Frederick Ballard, of
Appleton from cutting down their poles. Some of the poles on the new line were
located in front of the property belonging to Mr. Ballard's mother. Thinking that
the poles were a detriment to the property he cut them down.
Three runaway lads from
the south side of Kaukauna were arrested in Manitowoc yesterday and placed in
jail, where they will be kept until Sunday and fed on bread and water, such
having been the parents’ orders when notified of their capture.
September 11, 1891
John Brill brought
another one of his Perchen yearlings to town yesterday and placed the horse on
the scales; the beam was tipped at 1,320 pounds. The horse is a beautiful black
stallion, and a beast of which John can well feel proud.
Chas. Egan of the north
side while engaged in digging a well on the premises of Mr. Hart, Monday of
this week, was quite badly injured by the falling of the mud bucket. Mr. Egan
was down in the hole and the bucket was being lowered to him when it became
detached from the rope and dropped. The bucket was fortunately empty at the time,
or he might have been killed.
Merchants and others
who depend upon electricity for elimination were compelled to resort to their
lamps Tuesday evening, the water in the canal being so low there was not
sufficient power to drive the dynamos of the electric light company.
George Kelso returned
to the city last Thursday night greatly emaciated, caused by sickness. George
tipped the beam at 280 when he left Kaukauna several months ago and returned
with only 170 pounds to his credit.
New High School – The finishing touches are being put on the
new high school building on the island and the doors of the same will be open
for school session the next morning. The high school will enjoy far better
accommodations this year than in the past year the building being better, and
accommodations and the grounds are enormous and shady. The school is fortunate
in securing the services of a very successful teacher, Miss Baxter of Ranney,
Wis., for the ensuing year.
September 18, 1891
A new assistant chief
has been added to the roll call of the fire department. He arrived at Wm.
Klumb's domicile one day last week, and although not very large, is a
trumpeter.
Two murderers lynched – Somerset, Ky., - About 1 o'clock in
the morning a crowd went to the jail where the Gilliland brothers were confined
on a charge of assassinating Sheriff McCargue. They overpowered a guard and
forced the jailer to give up the keys. The Gilliland boys were then taken out
to a ravine a short distance west of the city and hanged. No confessions could
be procured. The boys declared to the last they were innocent.
Twenty-seven vehicles,
many of them farmer’s rigs, were hitched on the business streets of the South
side at one time last Saturday.
Waupaca and DePere
voted for high saloon license Tuesday. If Kaukauna saloonkeepers were compelled
to pay $500 a year, there would not be 40 saloons in this city we dare
say.
Water is getting so low
that navigation will soon be declared off.
The Kaukauna electric
light company is arranging to put in steam power with which to run the dynamos.
Bicycles and Indian
pony races will be among the interesting features at the Oshkosh fair,
including the native dances with the Menominee Indians in full war paint,
September 21 – 25.
September 25, 1891
An old crow-bait of a
horse owned by a rag-gatherer named Koutz was shot yesterday in accordance with
orders issued by Dr. Kurz of Appleton, who declared the animal was afflicted
with the glanders.
And now the Tommy
Democrats through their platform threw open the gates for the colored voter and
invite him to enter the ranks. Kind of a “walk into my parlor said the spider”
clause.
Fined 100 Spectators – Greensboro, Ga., - Sept. 19 – The trial of
John Gilpin for the murder of his brother-in-law both being jealous over the
favors of a young sister had dramatic ending last night. Public sympathy as
well as the evidence was overwhelming against Gilpin. At the conclusion of the
closing argument the audience burst into cheers, which it took Judge Jenkins
five minutes to suppress. The prisoner thought he was going to be lynched.
Judge Jenkins had the doors shut and fined every one of the 200 people present,
after which he discharged the jury and declared the case to be a mistrial.
Wisconsin lynching Bee – The first lynching which has occurred
in Wisconsin for some time took place at Darlington, on Monday noon. Anton Sieaboldt was the man who paid the
penalty with his life. Last Wednesday afternoon the body of James Meighan was
found lying on the roadside. He and Sieaboldt started out together, according
to the latter’s story, they got into a quarrel and Sieaboldt murdered Meighan. Monday
a mob approached the jail and dragged Sieaboldt from his cell. Placing a rope
around his neck they hung him to a tree in the city Park. The man's mother, who had come to town to see
her son, witnessed the hanging. When the body was cut down and taken to the
jail her grief was pitiful to behold. With awful groans she threw her arms
around the neck of the corpse and refused to be comforted. It is not expected
however anything will ever be done with the leaders of the mob.
Johnny Ward, a
youngster from this city, was arrested at Appleton a few days ago while in the
act of running away from home. He was taken to the Industrial school Monday.
