Ozaukee County Newspapers

January, 1885

The Cedarburg Weekly News
January 7, 1885
Cedarburg, Ozaukee, Wisconsin

LOCAL MATTERS

The Cedarburg Woolen Mills has shut down for about two months on account of too muchstock on hand.

Yesterday the Cedarburg Mutual Fire Insurance Company held their annual electionof directors at the Turner Hall.

The Ozaukee County Agricultural Society holds its annual meeting on its fair groundsat Saukville, Monday, Jan. 12th, 1885 at 10 o'clock A.M., for the election of officersfor the ensuing year, and other business of importance -- L.C. LARSEN, Secy.

A young child of Mr. Wm. H. FITZGERALD is sick with diphtheria, but is slowly recovering.

A week ago last Monday, Mr. Hugh McELROY of this village accidentally slipped andfell on the sidewalk, dislocating his arm near the shoulder. Dr. HARTWIG was calledwho set the arm in its place.
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MARRIED -- We take great pleasure in announcing the marriage of Dr. Albert FUCHSto Miss Emma DETMERING, which took place at the residence of the parents of the bridein the Town of Farmington on the 30th of last month. We wish the newly married coupleall the happiness that this earth can afford, especially as we count the parentsof the bride among our earliest friends in Cedarburg as also the father of the groomwhose acquaintance we first made in Madison, but who is no longer in the land ofliving to witness the happiness of the young couple.
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West Bend had two conflagrations during the last year, the loss however was nearlycovered by insurance. This puts us in mind of the great fire of Goetters Hotel whichoccurred about the same time or at New Years day in 1864, on the coldest day we everhad before or since that time. It is a very bad thing for people to be turned outof doors with the thermometer ranging over 20 degrees below zero and in the deadof night. Overheating in cold weather is mostly the cause of such fires.
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ITEMS FROM THE PORT WASHINGTON STAR
Fire At Holy Cross--New Year's night, Jan. 1, the residence of Mrs. Mary KOLBACH,adjoining the old college grounds at Holy Cross was totally destroyed by fire. Thelady with her sister and little girl, had barely time to escape from the burningbuilding with their lives. Absolutely nothing was saved, the fire being under suchheadway when discovered that no attempt could be made toward saving the contents.The loss exceeds $1,000, with no insurance.
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The Christmas tree jubilee which was to have been held in the Lutheran church Christmaseve, and which was postponed on account of the illness of the pastor, Rev. E.C.F.ERNST, came on Wednesday, New Year's eve. A fine time is reported.
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WISCONSIN CENTRAL R.R.
This is one of the best roads in Wisconsin and has lately extended its line intoMinnesota. The St. Paul Pioneer Press has this to say about the new enterprise: “Theextension of the Wis. Central to St. Paul was probably the most important railroadconstruction work done in the Northwest during the past year. Though it originallywas the intention of the Wisconsin Central company to build to St. Paul its westernterminus has heretofore been Chippewa Falls, Wis. The road is not built beyond thatpoint, owing to satisfactory contract being made with the Omaha company for the transportationof its cars from Chippewa Falls to St. Paul. For years this contract remained inforce, but for some little time past the relations between the two companies havenot been just what each wished. This disagreement resulted in the Central peoplecarrying out their original intention. The extension was not built by the WisconsinCentral proper, but by the Minnesota, St. Croix & Wisconsin, incorporated forthe purpose. The line is seventy-eight miles in length, nineteen and a half milesof which are in Minnesota. It runs from Chippewa Falls a little north of westerly,keeping from ten to twelve miles from the Omaha road. It crosses the St. Croix Riverabout fur miles above Stillwater, and connects with the St. Paul & Duluth atLake Phalen, four and a half miles from St. Paul. Entrance to St. Paul is made overthe St. Paul & Duluth tracks, and to Minneapolis over the Manitoba tracks. Thecompany has erected a freight depot, costing $5,000, on the north side of Third street,some distance east of Broadway, and made other improvements in the city costing upwardof $5,000. No branches were built, but along the line of road depots, side tracks,water tanks, engine houses, etc., were built for the complete operation of the road.The approximated cost of the total construction was $2,250,000. It is the intentionof (unreadable) terminal facilities in St. Paul, and also to erect in Minneapolisthe buildings required for the proper conduction of its business. In addition tothe moneys expended for building improvements in St. Paul proper, the company hasmade real estate purchases costing in the neighborhood of $350,000.
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DIPHTHERIA
Diphtheria and especially measles are at present prevailing among the children here,so that the school board has concluded to close our public school for the presentuntil the 19th inst.

The former sickness when it assumes a malignant character is almost sure to end thelife of the patient because it cannot be reached in the throat except by a surgicaloperation of very doubtful result. Among some of the remedies recommended we findthe following in an exchange and as the cure seems to be well authenticated we publishthe remedy in full. To say the least, its application is not painful, it can do noharm especially when physicians give up or are about giving up the stricken child.Will not some one of our physicians test this remedy, at least after exhausting invain all others that he may have tried from his own experience?

"Ruth Lockwood, the nine-year-old child of Thos. Lockwood, a compositor in theNew York Times offices, because violently ill with diphtheria a little while ago.She was so weak that it was deemed dangerous to try tracheotomy or cutting open thewindpipe. A day or two before, Dr. Nichols, who was attending her, received a copyof the Paris Figaro, which contained a report made to the French Academy of Medicineby Dr. Dethil that the vapors of liquid turpentine would dissolve the fibrinous exudationswhich choke up the throat in diphtheria. Dr. Dethil's process was prescribed. Hepours equal parts of turpentine and a liquid tar into a tin pan or cup, and setsfire to the mixture. A dense resinous smoke arises, which obscures the air of theroom. “The patient,” Dr. Dethil says, “immediately seems to experience relief; thechoking and rattle stop; the patient falls into a slumber and seems to inhale thesmoke with pleasure. The fibrinous membrane soon becomes detached and the patientcoughs up microbichids. These, when caught in a glass, may be seen to dissolve in the smoke. In the course of three days afterward the patient entirely recovers."

Dr. Nichols tried this experiment successfully with little Ruth Lockwood. She waslying gasping for breath when he visited her. First pouring about two tablespoonsfulof liquefied tar on an iron pan, he poured as much turpentine over and set it onfire. The rich resinous smoke which rose to the ceiling was by no means unpleasant.As it filled the room, the child's breathing became natural, and as the smoke grewdense she fell asleep.

The Cedarburg Weekly News
Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
January 14, 1885

LOCAL MATTERS

Mr. G.A. BOERNER and wife returned home last Saturday from their wedding tour.

Mr. James CORRIGAN of this town, sold his farm to Mr. Michael HICKEY last Wednesday.Mr. C. will leave for Sioux City, Iowa, in a short time where he intends to go intobusiness.

The oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Rev. Theo. FINK of Cascade, Wis., died last week.The remains arrived here yesterday for interment in the Cedarburg cemetery. The funeraltook place at 4 o'clock P.M. from the house of Mrs. FINK's parents, Mr. and Mrs.John BUCH of this village.

The many friends of Mr. WIRTH, formerly of Cedarburg, but now of Fergus Fall, Minnesotaand one of the firm of Topp Bro's & Wirth, will learn with pleasure that he iswell and prospering. He writes us in sending the amount of his subscription that“he is greatly pleased with the NEWS and it has become a welcome visitor each week.”Our thanks!
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Last week we had the pleasure of meeting Professor ROSENSTENGEL of the State Universityin Milwaukee and taking dinner with him at the St. Charles Hotel. Of course we didnot fail asking him about our two young friends from here now pursuing their studiesat the University, the sons of Mr. Burchard WEBER and of the late Fred BOERNER, respectively,and were glad to hear that the Professor thought very highly of both, not only asto the conduct of each, but also as to the progress they have made in their studies.We hope and do not doubt that both these young men will continue to earn the praiseof their teachers so as to become useful and prominent citizens after their studiesare complete.
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We must beg the pardon of our readers living outside of this county, for occupyingso much space in a matter wherein they can have no special interest beyond wonderingthat there is a law and a contract under it enabling a smart and greedy fellow totake advantage of by absenting himself from the county during the busiest schoolmonths of the year, for the purpose of studying medicine in Chicago, at the expenseof the county, so to speak; a small county of about half a dozen townships that payshim $800 per year, while the Superintendent of Dodge county for instance, gets only$1,200, who should have $2,400 if paid in proportion to our own for the businesshe has to attend to and according to the number of inhabitants.
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THE WOOLEN MILLS
In our last issue we stated as a local Item, that the Cedarburg Woolen Mills werestopping work for two months for having too much stock on hand. This was told toour local reporter by one of the young men in the office of the mills which we ourselfwould have considered good authority for publication without further questioning,especially as more than half the mills in the country have been doing so, while mostof the rest run on shorter time, the natural consequence of a high protective tariff.When reading proof of that local item ourself, we never doubted its correctness becausethe president of the mills himself had said but a few weeks before in public thatthe company would like to shut down for a few months, were it not for the difficultyof obtaining operatives again as they would scatter and look for work in other places,while factories in cities could always get the necessary supply.

We hear that the mills only stopped for repairs.

The Cedarburg Weekly News
Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
January 21, 1885

LOCAL MATTERS

Mr. H. SCHUETTE, of Iowa is home visiting his parents.

The youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. CLEMENT died last Sunday.

Our town treasurer, Mr. Conrad WIESLER, is busy collecting taxes.

All persons indebted to the late firm of ZAUN & HILGEN are requested to settleat once with Jacob ZAUN.

Mr. Henry BENTZ of Herrington, Dakota, is home visiting his parents.

For want of room on our local page last week we forgot to notice the death of theyoungest child of Mr. and Mrs. Albert WEBER which occurred last week Tuesday.

The Cedarburg public school opened again last Monday after a vacation of about threeweeks.
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We had the pleasure of a friendly call from Mr. John H. WINNER of Milwaukee, thePresident of the Hilgen M'fg Co. of this place, on his return from a trip to thenorthern pineries last week where he in company with Mr. D. WITTENBERG of this place,had purchased large quantities of timber, logs and lumber. The Company has done agreater business the past year than at any time previous.

These large purchases of many millions feet of lumber with direct and cheap transportation,enables them to manufacture their articles as cheap as any other establishment in the state with perhaps a larger profit, while all those needing lumber of any descriptionfor building will find that the real good Wisconsin pin lumber can be bought herecheaper than at Milwaukee or elsewhere.
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We hear with much regret that Mrs. HILGEN, the widow of the late Fred HILGEN Esq.,is yet ailing and confined to her room, but hope that she may soon recover. Her latehusband has done more the growth and prosperity of this village than any other mandead or alive. At a time when most men are glad to retire from active life on a competencywhich he possessed, he went into the manufacturing business and started the WoolenMills and the Hilgen Manuf'g Comp., two institutions that will always be identifiedwith his name and by which he will be remembered with gratitude. Cedarburg wouldhave remained a small and insignificant place but for these improvements.
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Mr. Ernst HILGEN, who for some years back had charge of these Mills as a silent partnerin the business, has now gone out and will soon open his new Cash grocery store nearthe Mills. Mr. Jacob ZAUN together with Mr. HILGEN have (unreadable line). . . thevery liberal support they have received from farmers and other customers. Mr. ZAUNhas engaged experienced millers who will give the same satisfaction to customersas has been done heretofore, and trusts that all of his friends and customers willcontinue to favor him with their orders. Mr. Z. is a stirring and enterprising manand we wish him all success possible.

The Cedarburg Weekly News
Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
January 28, 1885

LOCAL MATTERS

DIED - At her home in the town of Cedarburg on Saturday night the 24th inst., Mrs.J. GALLIGAN, widow of the late J. GALLIGAN. The funeral took place last Monday forenoon.

On Saturday the 14th day of Feb., the Grafton Cornet Band under the instruction anddirection of Mr. Alb. WEBER, will give their first concert in J.B. SIMON's Hall.In connection with the concert they will also have a grand masquerade ball to whicheverybody is welcome.

On Sunday the 1st day of February, Henry HAAS of Thiensville will have a grand masqueradeball. The Cedarburg band furnishes the music.

DIED -- Reinhard STALLMANN aged thirty-one years and nine months, born in Cedarburgand son of the late Elert STALLMANN, learned the blacksmith trade in this place.He removed later to Milwaukee where he did a prosperous business at his trade onOregon St., where he died on Saturday last from a tumor in the stomach. His bodywas brought up here for interment and the funeral took place yesterday from the residenceof his mother, a large number of relatives and friends following the body to hislast resting place. The deceased leaves a widow and two children the former is adaughter of the Grafton Hotel-keeper, Mr. JUNG. The family have our sincere sympathyin which all of our people join who have known the deceased from infancy.
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CEDARBURG FIRE INS. CO.
The following Directors were elected at the annual meeting held January 6th, 1885:

Mr. Franz WILDE, J.W. MILBRATH and Wm. HEIDEMANN of Mequon; William VOGENITZ andJohn BRUSS of Cedarburg; Burch. WOLFF and John F. BRUINS of Grafton; John JAEGERand Carl ZARLING of Jackson. Out of which the following officers were chosen: JohnBRUSS, Pres., J.W. MILBRATH, Vice Pres., William VOGENITZ, Sec. and acting Treas.;Wm. HEIDEMANN, Treas.

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