Kaukauna Times and Kaukauna
Sun
By Lyle Hansen
August 7, 1885
Several excursionists,
on their return from Oshkosh, stopped in Appleton just long enough to get
"boozed" and returned from there on the evening train. It was
"pitch" dark after they left the depot at South Kaukauna, and they
were consequently obliged to feel their way on the disconnected sidewalks. It
was all right until they reached the low place between C. Reible's residence
and Aug. Mill's block. It was then they stepped into air and their profanity,
on coming suddenly down upon themselves, was enough to rise to the proper
grade, the buildings on 4th Street.
Shamokin, Pa., - Five hundred boys have been discharged from
work as result of the laws passed by the Legislature forbidding child labor in
mines and as coal breakers.
Sixty Russian prisoners
sentenced to exile in Siberia, while on the way, rose up against their guards.
Twenty were shot dead and thirty escaped. Two soldiers were killed.
August 14, 1885
The work of building
the flume for the new Badger Paper Mill is progressing as rapidly as possible.
In the meantime, Kline Bros.' Flour Mill, the Bradner Smith Pulp Mill, and the
Delaney Machine Shop are shut down for want of water. However, they are all
improving the time by making necessary repairs and will be ready to run with
full force when the water is again let into the canal. The railroad shops have
the advantage of other manufactories on an occasion like this, their flume
being above the head gates of the canal, and receive their water direct from
the river.
The first of the new sidewalks on Wisconsin
Avenue was laid last Saturday. Since then, the sounds of hammers and saws fill
the air and soon many places will have new plank walks.
The state department at
Washington is advised from Honolulu that the terrible disease of leprosy is
increasing in the Hawaiian Islands so rapidly that there is no hope of ridding
the kingdom of it. The leprosy was introduced there about forty years ago.
August 21, 1885
The Union Pulp Co. soon
will take out some of the Taylor water wheels and replace them with
"Elmores." This improvement is expected to give them better waterpower
advantage.
Druggists say that the
price of patent medicines has gone down so much that there is little money in
them now. The day of large fortunes from them is over.
Elmore Creel living
near Greeve’s Run, W. Va., having established for himself a bad reputation for
cruelty to his family was called upon by a mob of masked men and punished. They
took him from his bed, tied him to a tree, and gave him 100 lashes with a rawhide.
August 28, 1885
A caravan party, made up of "kids" from ten to fourteen years of age started fourth on Sunday evening last, and proceeded to make the night hideous with tin pans, horns and bells. When, in the midst of their music, Officer Mulloy was espied by one of the sentinels and the whole gang scattered. The policeman started in pursuit but failed to overtake any of them. One of the boys, in his sudden flight, stumbled over a stump, at the same time receiving the full force of the policeman's club in a very tender spot, which drew from the lad a most unearthly yell. The boys will probably be more careful of their serenades in the future.
Green Bay Advacate: The new city of Kaukauna is prospering and being rapidly built up. The frequent fires that have occurred there have only resulted in replacing the buildings. The south side of the city has more growth than the north side.
Rev. Fr. F. Rohde, pastor of the Catholic
church in Kaukauna informs us that six lots have been purchased in South
Kaukauna and a congregation incorporated there. He has now the oversight of
about 400 families.
Fifteen years ago, a
stagecoach coming out of Blackfoot Idaho was robbed of five hundred pounds of
gold dust. The robbers were arrested and
sent to the penitentiary, but they had succeeded in burying the gold. They will
be released in a few weeks, and the inhabitants of the town are said to be
watching the prison door to follow them when they get out.
A long open trestle
spanned bridge about sixty feet high is located at Marlborough, Md. The
engineer of the train approaching the bridge was horrified to see a woman
crossing the bridge carrying an infant and leading a small child. The engineer
at once applied the brakes and blew the danger signal, but he saw it was
impossible to stop in time. To jump to the water was certain death and to
remain was sure death for them. People seeing the situation began screaming for
the train to stop but this was impossible. The engineer went to front of the
train in hopes of catching them before impact. As the train came upon them the
woman grabbed both children in one arm and swung over the side as the train
passed. When the train stopped the crew ran back to see if they could see them
in the water. They found her hanging over the side by one arm with both
children in the other. She and the children were pulled up to safety.
This is a view of the 4th Street bridge looking south up what is today’s Reaume Ave.
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