William Shadel is killed by a train near Milton Junction. His sleigh was demolished, but his horses escape unscathed. All construction work in the city grinds to a halt. Journeymen plumbers strike for higher wages. Local contractors hire non-union masons.
Comet parties become popular.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show performs at the fairgrounds. Furer had planted by his shanty. Workers strike at Janesville Machine over a wage cut. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rothstein of Janesville host officials of a Chicago synagogue who perform circumcisions on their sons. The Edgerton ordinance prohibiting the sale of alcohol to women is ruled void.