Kaukauna Times - July 1891
By Lyle Hansen
July 3, 1891
A Kaukauna fishing
party claims to have caught 3,290 speckled beauties in seven days, an average
of 470 struck each day. The De Pere News thinks this is a rather good story,
but we'll wager a can of bait that Postmaster Armstrong can tell a bigger one
with both eyes shut and one hand tied.
Eden Park will be the
scene of another gathering. The Juvenile Brass Band will discourse music at the
event.
Sickness is nature’s “I
told you so.”
The fellow who forges a
check is very apt to wear a check suit.
The tramp works harder
doing nothing than the fellow who performs an honest day’s work.
The fellow that
imagines the world owes him a living usually owes everybody in his circle of
acquaintances.
SUED FOR BREACH OF PROMISE - Beta Kaesman,
residing in Baltimore. Md. has filed suit in the United States circuit court at
New Orleans against Browniee Taylor for $100,000 for breach of promise of marriage.
Defendant is also charged with having circulated reports affecting the
plaintiff’s character, knowing that the charges were false and untrue. Taylor
stands high in the business circles here.
Knew His Business – “Tickets please” said the conductor of Lake
Shore train running out of Antigo as he entered the car one day last week. One
man was just looking out the window. “Ticket please.” said the conductor again.
The man turned to him and said, “Haven’t got any.” “Well then the money,” said
the conductor. “Haven’t got any money” the man replied. “If you don’t have any
money or a ticket, I must put you off the train.” “Now are you going to get off
without a fuss?” The man sighed and said he would go off quietly. The conductor
then pulled the rope and the air brakes engaged and the train scrunched to a
stop. The man stepped off then handed the conductor a ticket. “Why in thunder
didn’t you give me this before, you could ride another five miles on this
ticket, hop back on.” “Never mind captain. I would have to walk five miles back
if I did. I live right over yonder. So long Cap.”
Printers Must Work Ten Hours – New York, June 30 –
The New York Typographers has considered the proposition of the printers
working hours being reduced to nine per day, but it was decided that it would
be impossible to make the proposed reduction.
Fort Smith, Ark. June 30 – Bondinet Crumpton alias Bud Bruis, was
hanged the morning. Crumpton made a statement on the gallows saying whisky had
brought him to his present condition. He protested his innocence to the last,
saying that his enemies had sworn his life away and that the real murderer
would some day be apprehended.
Streetcar Employees Locked Out – Indianapolis, Ind.,
June 29 – About seventy streetcar stablemen are locked out on account of a
disagreement over wages and hours of labor. They have been working 10 ½ hours
and receive from $1.25 to $1.50 per day. The company wanted to reduce the
number of hours and slightly increase the pay per hour.
Fellow giving his name
as John Norton was arrested in Kaukauna by Marshal Kuehn on Monday for entering
the residence of Mayor Lindauer and stealing a pair of trouser. He was brought
before Judge Mulloy who gave him fifteen days in the county jail.
Opening Races at the Kaukauna Driving Park – Last Saturday
afternoon Kaukauna's Driving Park was opened to the public for the first time
and a large crowd was in attendance to witness the first races on the new
track. Last year the Association was formed for the 180 shares offered for sale
at $25 each. 20 acres lying about a mile from the city on the North Side bank
of the river was purchased for $1500. The ground is surrounded by a substantial
board fence and the grandstand judge’s stand, refreshment stand all built in a
neat manner. The drawing card of Saturday's matinee was an exhibition 1/2 mile
heat trotter by Col. H. A. Frambach’s new horse “Peter K”
July 10, 1891
Although Kaukauna had
no general celebration on the 4th, most all seemed to have passed the day
pleasantly. The picnics in the various parks drew forth large crowds,
especially Holy Cross Church picnic at
Schultz’s Grove.
The
steamer Danube has returned to Victoria, British Columbia with 18,000 seal
skins gathered from the Victoria fleet which is in the Bering seas. She reports
that all vessels will continue sailing despite the order in Council.
George
Coppus of Kaukauna was arrested by officer Reardon last Tuesday for fast
driving across the bridge he was fined $5 and costs amounting to $9.95.
A servant girl named Mary Zumba was
arrested at Green Bay charged with being the mother of the child found floating
in near East River last week.
A.
W. Patten has presented the Appleton fire Department with $50 for their
excellent service at the recent fire in his paper mill there. This reminds us
of the fact that although Kaukauna Fire Department worked 13 consecutive hours
at the fire and saved a considerable portion of the mill, they never even
received a thank you from the owners.
The
North Kaukauna post office was recently raised to the presidential class. Pres.
Harrison appointed Thomas Reese as postmaster.
A Fatal Accident – Little Chute
Kermiss closed with a death. The semi annual Kermiss which closed at Little
Chute Monday night ended with a fatality in the village, which had been filled
with a merry crowd all day, was soon mantled with gloom. About 6:30 in the
afternoon the party of seven climbed into a light three seated wagon and
started for Kimberly at a lively gait. While descending the hill which leads to
the Little Chute drawbridge one of the bolts which fastened the tongue to the wagon
dropped out allowing the poll to fall. This so frighten the horses and they
commenced to gallop downhill. Unable to turn at the bottom of a hill the wagon
crashed sideways into the bridge railing knocking off two wheels and dumping
all the occupants into the lock. Cries for help brought assistance and after
considerable time all but Mrs. John Welhouse were rescued, this lady was
drowned. The accident is a very sad one as Mrs. Welhouse is a young lady and
only six weeks ago was united in marriage to Mr. John Welhouse.
Works both ways – “The consumption of
beer at this park today staggers me,” send men who happen to wander over to Schulta’s
Grove during the afternoon of the Fourth of July. “Yesh, hic, me too,” mumbled
a fellow who had both arms clasped about good-sized tree.
Indians Sent to School - Monday evening 26
Indian boys and girls from the Oneida reservation left DePere by train for the
Indian school in Carlisle, Pa., to remain three years and be educated at
government expense. They are in charge of disciplinary said Campbell, of the
school, who is on his return from Montana and Minnesota, where he selected
about the same number each of youth from the Sioux and Chippewa and sent them
to the school.
Death Claims Four – Sing Sing, N. Y.,
July 7. – The four murderers: Slocum, Smiler, Wood and Jugiro – were executed
by electricity this morning within the walls of the prison. The first was
killed at 4:42 and the last at 6:06.
Struck in a Whirlwind – While driving
up Union Street at Appleton last Saturday, a bus load of young people from
Kaukauna were struck by a whirlwind which resembled a cyclone in size and
strength. For a few moments, the flying dust and sticks made it impossible for
the occupants of the bus the see others and driver could not see his horses.
Had it not been for the heavy load, the whole thing would have been ditched.
When the excitement was over, the party looked as if it were about to embark in
the real estate business.
Grasshoppers in Wyoming – Cheyenne, Wyo., July
7 – Portions of the Cheyenne County have been devastated by grasshoppers. Three
weeks past they hatched out and cover the prairies for miles west. A strip of
land 10 miles wide and extended to the southeast direction across the entire
country is completely hidden from view by the grasshoppers. They meet with
occasional difficulty in crossing the railroad in consequence they settle upon
the track causing the wheels of the engine to slip so that it requires two
engines to pull trains through these places.
Fifty-one new subscribers have been added to
THE TIMES list within the past two weeks. Everyone wants the Boss Local.
July 17, 1891
A horse attached to a sulky with a drunken
driver caused considerable excitement on the south side last Saturday
afternoon. The fellow raced up and down Second Street endangering lives until
arrested by officer Moran. The fellow paid a fine and was dismissed with orders
to get out of town.
The Kaukauna House, corner of Wisconsin Ave.
and Desnoyer, one of the old landmarks of the city, is being removed from its
present site. Mr. J. Reith has divided the building into two sections and will
move the same to a rear lot and convert them into dwelling houses.
Machine that Plays
Poker
– Milwaukee saloonkeepers are putting in the latest new wrinkle in the way of a
nickel in the slot machine. It is a poker playing apparatus and is as ingenious
as anything in that line which has yet appeared. In outward appearance the
machine resembles a cash register, but the glass top reveals not an array of dollars
and cent figures, but 5 packs of cards arranged on very small revolving drums. A
nickel is dropped into the slot, a crank is turned and the five wheels with the
packs of cards revolve rapidly, drawn by a strong spring. When they stop one card
out of each deck shows its face and the five constitute a hand. The player than
holds the card's he wants to draw to, while another turn of the crank, this
without putting in another nickel revolves the other decks and brings new cards
to the surface. There is no opportunity for bluffing. It is said to be a
perfectly “straight” game and in no way superior to the regular game.
San Francisco, Cal., July 14 – Mrs. Lucy
Pratt, a young widow, yesterday sold forty-five square inches of her skin for
$100. A strip of skin 9 x 5" was cut from her body by surgeons and grafted
to the leg of William A. Daggett; a railroad mail clerk was frightfully injured
in a railroad accident.
A cock fight took place in a barn at Appleton
last Sunday morning. 12 birds participated in the contest fighting with steel
spurs.
The watchmaker that got the worst of the deal in
Kaukauna a few weeks ago took to Oshkosh last week and found new “suckers” more
than he did here, doing a rushing business in a few hours.
Expensive Wards – Final settlement was
made last Monday between the city of Kaukauna and the town of Green Bay for
support of the four Wilcox children. They will be brought to Kaukauna then
taken to Milwaukee and placed with their father. The total cost to the city for
the care and maintenance of the children has been $750, which could have been
saved had the Council in 1889 taken the case in hand and settle it. It will be
remembered that in 1888 Mr. Wilcox’s wife departed this life leaving five
children. A few months later Mr. Wilcox conveyed the children to an Orphans
House 16 miles north of Green Bay and placed them there arranging to pay $20 a
month for the support. Wilcox failed to meet the obligations and in May 1889
the authorities of the town of Green Bay notified the proper officials of
Kaukauna of existing circumstances requesting that said city to take charge of
the children. Instead of giving the case proper attention it was allowed to run
unsettled until a few months ago when the present Council received a large claim
from the Orphan Home. A committee was at once appointed to investigate the case
and found that the city was liable for the simple reason the officers in 1889
had been negligent in their duties and failed to notify the Green Bay town
authorities that the city would not be liable for their support. We speak of
this so that the taxpayers blame the council of 1889 and Mr. Sullivan’s
administration.
The case of John Hoberg Jr. versus Theodore
Vandenberg came off before Justice Mulloy in Kaukauna Tuesday morning.
Vandenberg was found guilty of using obscene language toward the complaint and
was taxed a $2 fine and costs amounting to $15.03.
A Mound Builder - Remains of an
ancient inhabitant have been exhumed at Clifton, a box is on exhibit which
contains the skeleton of a man. The skeleton was dug out of a mound in that
vicinity and when found was in a sitting position. It is unknown if it is a
white man or Indian. In our opinion the cheekbones are too low for it to be an
Indian and it is of different slope to be a white man's. A professor from
Harvard University who has become interested in the matter will visit Wisconsin
shortly and examine it and the site, thereby clearing up the mystery. - Chilton
Times
Continuous Celebrations
Stopped
– Rev. Father Verbeck, pastor of the Catholic Church in Little Chute, was a
caller at THE TIMES office Monday. The
Rev. Father is opposed to the two-day dance or Kermis which has been in vogue
at Little Chute for many years and in a sermon last Sunday scorned his congregation
for participating in such carousing. He has forbidden them in the future to
continue these dances for more than one day. He says that the custom is one
which is practiced by all Hollanders to celebrate harvesting and enjoy
themselves after hard summer's work. This class of people if left to themselves
are quiet, causing no disturbance. But the date for this is passed at Little
Chute for the coming of Kermis is now heralded with the delight by all the
rough elements in the surrounding country, while women of ill- repute prepared
to congregate there to carouse and “paint things red”. In consequence of this
Father Verbeck believes the second day dances must be suppressed and has issued
orders to that effect.
The school census, just taken, shows there are
900 children of school age on the south side district. This is an increase of
125 over last year. The north side reports a total of 1034 children this is an
increase of 172 over last year.
Surrounded by Forest Fires - Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich., July 11 – The entire wooded portion of Chippewa County and a Canadian
territory north of it are all on fire. Settlers are being burnt out and everyone
is fighting the flames. There has been no rain and over three months in the
country is very dry. The sun is obscured; breathing is difficult and so dense is
the air with smoke that river navigation is difficult, resulting in the
grounding of boats.
The plaintiff is the granddaughter of Judge
John Lawe and daughter of Mary F. Meade, who in 1858 married a Catholic priest
in this city named Charles de Vivaldi. The couple moved to South America after
their marriage, where the plaintiff was born and still resides. She claims title to the property thought her
mother. It consists of the waterpower and mills in Kaukauna and the defendant
places the valued at $300,000. The claim was that of Mr. Dominique Ducharme’s
claim originating in a deed with certain Indians in 1793 and recorded in the
register's office of this country and 1808.
Buffalo Bones – Not content with
killing the Buffalo, enterprising men now picks up the dry bones as they are
found over the state and sells them to Eastern manufacturers. Only a few years
ago these animals numbered millions. Now there are but 500 within the state.
Where the buffalo flourished there are now domestic cow, sheep, and horses.
From the single station at Minot N.D., there were shipped of buffalo bones in
1886-425 tons; in 1887-600 tons: in 1888-375 tons: in 1889-2,775 tons and this
year from that one station 2,400 tons. The bones bleaching in the sun were once
the framework of 7000 Buffalo.
July 24, 1891
Work of erecting a state free high school
building will be commenced at once, says the common council at their meeting
Tuesday evening. The site is a parcel of land near the opera house on the
Island for a term of five years and erects thereon a building not to exceed
$800 in cost. By locating the school on the Island, it places the same midway
between the north and side sides; thus, making it equally convenient for people
from either side to attend.
The Michigan Fires – A gentleman from
upper Michigan gives a vivid account of the forest fires in that country. He said
that the woods for a distance of 25 miles are all ablaze and, the train that
was running through some regions, the car windows were so hot that it cannot be
touched with the hand.
A south side father was under the painful
necessity of administering a severe spanking to his son Johnny the other day.
After it has completed his labors, he said sternly to his suffering victim.
“Now tell me why I punished you?” “That’s it,” sobbed Johnny; “You nearly
pounded the life out of me and now you don’t even know why he did it.”
Rebel Chief in Bronze – Lexington, Va., July
21 – In the beautiful rolling hills, acres of green grass, white clover, and
fields of golden wheat was unveiled a monument to Gen. Stonewall Jackson.
The committee in charge of the count of cash in
the treasury of United States completed its work on Monday, July 13. The total
amount of money counted was $614,511,582.32. The money was found to be
corrected to the cent. The dollar which was lost in the breaking of a canvas
sack was found. The count lasted two months and most of the time 60 people were
employed on the work.
Nashville, Tenn., July 20 – Gov.
Buchanan has ordered the entire state militia to Briceville, Tenn., to protect
convicts at work in mines at that place. It is stated that 2000 and minors are
marching to the seat of the war. It is feared there will be bloodshed before
the miners will yield the convicts taking their places.
Bill Daniels, of Rhinelander, the pugilist that
fought eight rounds in this city with Tom Burdick, a few weeks ago, killed a
man named Jim McCormick in a glove contest last Wednesday night. During the
first part of the battle Daniels got a right-hand swing, on McCormick's
jugular. The latter was knocked unconscious remaining until Saturday, when he
died. Daniels and his seconds Frank Broulette and George Dailey have been
arrested and will be held on charge of murder.
July 31, 1891
The solemn words which united in wedded bonds
Mr. Charles E. Raught and Miss Minnie Claspill were pronounced by the Rev. E.
B. Boggess at the residence of Col. H. A. Frambach, at the bride's home, last
Tuesday evening, at 8:30 o'clock. The guests were limited to relatives of the
contracting parties.
The village of Cecil, near Shawano, comes to
the front with several “mound builders” remains which have been exhumed there.
Kaukauna might line up by digging open a mound or two on the flats and rolling
out a few skeletons.
A child was recently born in the town of Poygan,
Winnebago County that is strongly marked after a frog. It has a frog shaped head,
bulging eyes like a frog and hands like a frog’s feet. The mother of the child
is said to have been frying frogs at one time and it is supposed marked her
offspring after these creatures. - Oshkosh Times.
A Maine farmer sent a 10c piece to a man who advertised
information on a way to farm without being troubled by potato bugs. The answer
was as follows: “Plant fruit trees instead of potatoes.”
A shocking accident by which a little
6-year-old daughter of James Hayford who will lose both feet as result of an
accident south of DePere Friday morning. The accident happened on the farm of
her uncle, Isaac Peep. She had gone out to the field to call the boy, who was
running a mower, to lunch. The boy had stopped to adjust the machine. She
jumped over the sickle just as the horses started up and the blades striking
her feet.
Kentucky Race War – Catlettsburg, Ky.,
July 27. - Last Saturday a battle between Negroes and Italian workmen on the
railroad in Logan County, W.Va., was fought in which one Negro and two Italians
were killed and several wounded. Trouble arose over an Italian’s wife, who left
her husband and went to live with the Negroes. No arrests have been made.
