A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Wisconsin > Ozaukee http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1540 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=29552 Submitted by: sagg Article Title: Cedarburg News Article Date: February 5 1890 Article Description: LOCAL NEWS Article Text: LOCAL MATTERS Disagreeable weather. February, and again no real winter weather to begin with. There are still many cases of sickness in our city at present. Mr. John VOEGENITZ of Milwaukee spent Sunday in the city with friends. The upper department of our schools re-opened last Monday, Mr. LAU being well again. Mr. P. McGOVERN of Chilton, visited his brother, the doctor, Saturday and Sunday. St. Valentine’s day will soon be here; cupids mottoes are on sale already at the different stores. W. P. JOCHEM is confined to his bed having the misfortune to break a small bone near the ankle of his foot. Don’t miss the masquerade ball Saturday evening. And don’t forget to join the procession in the afternoon. Wm. P. JOCHEM’s masquerade ball at the Park takes place on Saturday, Feb. 15. Remember the day and date. Some of our saloon-keepers and butchers have harvested their supply of ice, but the majority are waiting eagerly for the next crop. The W. S. HANCOCK Post G. A. R. of this city will have a special meeting next Friday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. sharp for the purpose of installing the newly elected officers. Some prominent members of the order will be present at the occasion. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James HULLAHAN was arrested by the city marshall last Thursday and locked up. Next morning, he was fined one dollar and costs by Justice SCHROEDER for being drunk and disorderly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Almost every day tramps seek shelter at the city jail and most of them are young and stout fellows. They should be put to work for the city and thus pay for their lodging and breakfast. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Messrs. W. H. HORN and F. TOLL returned Monday from a pleasure trip up north. They caught about one hundred pounds of fish, pickerel and pike, which they distributed among their friends here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARRIED – Mr. D. WITTENBERG Jr. to Miss Dora WIESLER on Saturday last at the home of the bride, Rev. E. G. STRASSBURGER officiating. The newly-married couple are both well-known young people of this city and enjoy the esteem of a large number of friends who wish them a life of joy and happiness. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Otto VOLKMANN, who resides with his parents on a farm in the town of Jackson, while cutting feed at home last Saturday, his arm was caught in the machine and smashed. Dr. HARTWIG amputated the arm near the shoulder and the thumb of the other hand, which was also badly smashed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Next Saturday evening, the 28th annual masquerade ball of the Cedarburg Turn Verein will take place. The society worked hard to make this ball the most attractive one held thus far. A very large crowd will undoubtedly be in attendance if the weather permits. Tickets can be had at Wm. P. JOCHEM’s at Cedarburg Woolen Mills and L. E. JOCHEM’s. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Among the strangers in the city, attending the WITTENBERG-WIESLER wedding last Saturday were: Messrs. WINNER, Fred. MEYER and wife, Mrs. Geo. BACH and daughters, and Mr. Otto BECKMANN of Milwaukee; Mrs. BECKERS, Miss Mathilda BECKMANN and Mr. W. H. C. WIESLER of Chicago and the Misses VOLAND of Kiel. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr. Frank SCHUBERT, while trying to pull a large cake of ice out of Mud Lake, where they were cutting ice, fell into the lake and under the ice; he was saved by the men near, who pulled him out with the hook. A team of horses were also nearly drowned, the ice broke through with the heavy load, and the horses started to run before the wagon was too far down which saved them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PORT WASHINGTON H. L. COE was out to SCHUE’s on duty. W. J. TURNER for DRUECKER Bros. and J. W. MEYER for Chas. TRUPP were in the city Thursday, taking testimony in case of TRUPP vs. John and Jos. DRUECKER. The plaintiff claims to have invented a time burner and made models for defendants which he brought suit for pay. The defendant claims that plaintiff did not invent the burner, admits that he made models, but claims that they have paid him and the Western Malleable & Grey Iron Co. for whom plaintiff was working, for all work done by plaintiff. Conductor O’BRIEN and C. W. CRAIG of Kaukauna were in the city. Who is the attractive? Carl FEHLANDT, editor of the Zeitung, has been confined to the house nearly two weeks with the grippe. Attorneys are busy preparing for the next term of court which commences on the first Tuesday in March. Adolph HEIDKAMP was visiting friends and relatives here last week. H. W. LYMAN made a business trip to Milwaukee and Chicago in the interest of the foundry. The factories at Port are running over time. Mrs. John DIEDRICH who has been on the sick list for some ti9me is now rapidly improving. H. W. BOLENS, of the Sheboygan Journal, was in the city. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MEQUON Mr. Ferd. DUWE Jr. of Milwaukee spent Sunday at home. The cattle fair was largely attended and a good deal of trading was done. Mr. August THIERMANN was confined to the house a few days last week under a slight attack of influenza. Mrs. Ernst ALTEN had the misfortune to fall and sprain her knee. She is recovering rapidly. Mr. Robert MUELLER formerly teacher in this town and now photographer at Milwaukee, was here last Sunday. A grand prize masquerade ball will be held at P. HAMMACHER’s next Sunday and one at FUCH’s on Feb. 16. We are glad to state that our Dr. H. A. ALBERS has recovered from his attack of the grippe. The doctor is very busy attending to patients far and near. The masquerade at Ed. SIMON’s hall in Thiensville was a splendid affair. In spite of the inclemency of the weather, a large attendance was drawn from far and near. A great variety of original characters were represented. The ball was in every respect a great success. P. J. KIROEHNKE & Co’s flour mill is still doing an immense business. They receive carloads of wheat from the northern part of the state which they turn out into their unrivaled flour which always finds a ready market in Milwaukee. After several years of absence of switch lights at Thiensville, the M & N r. R. has at last ocme to the conclusion that it could afford to have them. During all this time, trains have been run through unmindful of the fact that the employes and passengers were thus hazardously exposed to jeopardy of life and limb. The saloon-keepers in Thiensville have all laid in their supply of ice last week, and now Mr. August GERLACH, our brewer, is busy at harvesting his crop of the clear crystal. He has engaged a large number of teams to haul the same to his capacious ice houses situated near the brewery. Mr. B. HERZIGER, our butcher, has also laid in his supply. On Tuesday of last week, Mr. Oscar PETZOLD, a resident of the town of Granville and well-known here, died. The deceased has for years been suffering from the effects of a paralytic stroke, but the immediate cause of his death was a severe attack of the grippe. The remains were interred at the G. OPITZ Mequon cemetery. We will not close however without some comments on the communication from Mequon the the last number of the NEWS. When we undertook to send the correspondence to this paper, we had the firm intention to gather all the news of the town and to give it to the readers without any partiality whatever and, as we have always adhered to this principle, we sternly rebuke the insinuation of the correspondent. We recollect having once sent an article about a much spoken-of event, occurring in the village of Mequon, but it was not published in the NEWS for the reason as we supposed, that an editorial on the same subject appeared in the paper. Probably this omission has engendered the wrath which the correspondent exhibits. We are much obliged for the business directory and the list of the prominent men, as it might aid us as reporter. We would gladly reciprocate with a list of prominent men of Thiensville, but as our name would appear in it, modesty forbids us. We consider any att! empt at reviving the strife between the two villages the quintessence of foolishness. It has done no good to either of them, therefore, let the hatchet remain buried. We wish though to correct the statement in regard to the post-office. The first post-office in the town of Mequon was not established in the village of Mequon, but at a place in Thiensville where Mr. Wm. CARBYS now resides; hence its name Mequon River (Pigeon Creek). It was taken to Mequon and in due time, returned to Thiensville. Now, to use the words of the correspondent of Mequon, “we are at a loss to know the motive by which he governed” in giving this false statement. “It cannot be ignorance,” is it done to conceal his personality? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GRAFTON Mr. Peter LAABS is on the sick list. Miss L. A. MUELLER, of Port Washington, principal of the public school of the town of Mequon, was in the village Sunday. A little child of Mr. and Mrs. M. BESCH of this town died last Tuesday. The funeral took place Thursday; the remains were interred in the Catholic cemetery. DIED – Last Saturday, after a short illness, at his residence in this town, Mr. F. A. SCHEER, aged 48 years. The funeral to the Luth. Cemetery at Grafton took place Monday. He leaves a widow, seven daughters and four sons who mourn his demise. Mr. Wm. WEBER, our enterprising brewer, is about making preparations to tackle the ice before it melts. Mr. W. has two breweries in good working order and furnishes an excellent quality of both brown and weiss beer. His weiss beer, we are well informed, is fully as good as the Milwaukee make and in consequence thereof, everyone should give the preference to the good home-made article. A select masquerade ball will be held at J. J. SIMON’s hall, Saturday, Feb. 8. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SAUKVILLE Mr. Jos. MAERTZ and Miss Katie DICKMAN were married at the Catholic church last week. After the knot was tied, the party left for the home of Mr. M’s parents where an elegant dinner was served. All present enjoyed themselves in dancing, games, etc. Success to ye. Miss Susan BRENNER returned to her home in Minnesota after a short visit with friends here. Ice dealers of Port Washington are busy hauling their supply from the Milwaukee River. The Mequon brewery is now furnishing beer to the saloon-keepers here. It was rumored that Chas. SCHU, who recently bought the old TILLEPAUGH homestead, found $1200 in cash and a $200 note under the granary. The report spread rapidly over the northern part of the county. Two (disinterested) gentlemen hitched their Rosinante and drove to the residence to inquire about the hidden treasure. Mr. S. was quite astonished when informed about his luck and told the gentlemen that if he should find any, he could made use of it himself. They drove home and discovered that an old gentleman near Port Washington had circulated the story to cause a sensation. Last Saturday evening about 6 o’clock fire broke out at the residence of Frank ZIMMER, and burned to the ground. Mr. Z. sustained quite a loss. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BELGIUM A barn belonging to Mich. THEISEN of Belgium was destroyed by fire a few days ago with its contents. The fire started at noon, and Mr. T., being on his way to Cedar Grove with his team, and only a mile from home, took no notice of the fact until he came back. A boy at work in the woods and a few neighbors came just in time to save the cattle from a cruel death by cutting the chains with an ax. The loss is fully covered by insurance. Mr. John ELLENBECKER, the store-keeper of Belgium station, has returned from a visit to his brother at Chilton. John will visit friends in Kansas and Dakota this spring with the intention to find a new business place there. Go west young man. Will be married at (unreadable words) week. Mr. John FEIERSTEIN and Theresia ARENDT of Dacada. Widow Johanna SCHUMACHER died at Belgium and was burned at Lake Church cemetery last Friday. All the saloon-keepers at Holy Cross were down with the grippe and in one case, a physician had to be summoned. County Supt. KRIETZER has been visiting the schools in Belgium last week. Mr. BLONDELL, ex-principal of the Pt. Washington High school, was a Belgium last week selling a new reading chart which every district in the county should have. Holy Cross church is locked at present and the congregation awaiting the pleasure of the bishop for a new candidate to fill the place. Business is very slow and saloons very lonesome in consequence. The ice harvest was begun and ended during the cold snap last week. A baby boy made his appearance at the home of John B. KRIER’s, the hardware merchant at Belgium station, last week. The Belgium Mutual Fire Ins. Co. established five years ago, seems to be in a flourishing condition. The losses of the company have been small and it has stood the test well with quite an amount of cash in reserve. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com