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1888 Thomas Heraty's Diary
| Date | Day | Entry |
| Jan. 2 | Mon | Mike Donahue with team and sled passed. The first since the storm. Ball at Jordan's, Waldo and at Hackett's in Adell. |
| Jan. 4 | Wed | Mike Murray collected taxes at Thackeray's. |
| Jan. 8 | Sun | Paid Aden Brown $30.00 on binder notes and $8.00 on twine in full, in presence of Pat Murray, Sr. Murray rode with me to Geraty's. I stopped in to see Pat Geraty. He looked much worse. His days are numbered. Saw parties about post office petition. The Crosby's and P. Murphy refused to sign. |
| Jan. 9 | Mon | The McGrath family with Mr. Buckley called this evening and Connell youngsters and Thomas Daley all spent the evening pleasantly, at singing, dancing, etc. |
| Jan. 21 | Sat | 40 degrees below zero this morning at 7 a.m. |
| Jan. 30 | Mon | I left home at 10 a.m. to get signers for post office petition. Connors, Dwire's, Naughton's, everybody signed but the 2 Jordan's. Jim Reddington sick. |
| Feb. 4 | Sat | Heard of Joe Bowser's 2 year old boy being poisoned by drinking concentrated lye. The child died this evening. Dance at Slattery's in the evening. |
| Feb. 6 | Mon | Another boy born to the John Lindsay family. |
| Feb. 13 | Mon | Speckled Johnny Murray's house burned down this a.m. in Mitchell. |
| Feb. 21 | Tue | The schoolhouse District #1, burned down from defective pipes and stoves. William Gilboy hauled first logs here. |
| Feb. 22 | Wed | Had meeting in the evening to consider the schoolhouse matters at Crosby's. |
| Feb. 25 | Sat | Michael Gibbons quite sick. Stopped in to see him. |
| Feb. 27 | Mon | Michael Gibbons died at 1 a.m. |
| Feb. 29 | Wed | Michael Gibbons buried. Father Norton said mass. Casey at Milwaukee. |
| March 2 | Fri | A special meeting held at Crosby's for the purpose of building a school house and talking the matter over. Meeting concluded to raise $400.00 for the purpose. Meeting adopted a plan for the building introduced by Daley of Osceola and the seats to be of the old gang style used in the old or former schoolhouse. The whole proceeding was illegal and gives a chance for "Tax Kickers." |
| March 5 | Mon | School district #1 had a bee at hauling lumber for the schoolhouse. |
| March 7 | Wed | Mrs. Dr. John O'Brien, nee Smith, of Milwaukee, died. |
| March 8 | Thur | Mrs. John Knowd of Plymouth died. |
| March 11 | Sun | Billy Gilboy's, Peter Murphy's and Mike Reilley's babies baptized. |
| March 13 | Tue | Patt Brogan sick at Holland. |
| March 16 | Thur | Tom Henry's boy was buried today. Died from having his leg amputated caused from blood poisoning from diphtheria. |
| March 17 | Sat | Tommy Jordan's auction. |
| March 22 | Thur | Honora Connell died at 8 o'clock this evening. |
| March 24 | Sat | Honora Connell buried today at Osceola. Father Casey said the mass. 65 teams at the funeral. |
| March 25 | Sun | Late mass at Mitchell. Father Casey at his old "thranteenes" again today. The worst I ever saw him act. He was a disgrace to himself, his congregation, and his church. To be plain, he was beastly drunk on the altar and talked foolishly. |
| March 27 | Tue | Dave Twohig and Michael Early had auctions. Early sold personal property and Twohig, real estate. |
| April 3 | Tue | Town meeting day. Ran for town clerk on the Burke ticket.. All the ticket elected but me. Crosby received 115 votes. I received 97. Stayed at the town hall till dark and till after the votes were counted. Rode home with Jim McGraw. In a pecuniary view, the defeat is a benefit to me, but in reputation as a politician, it is not. Damn the politics. |
| April 9 | Mon | James J. O'Connell opened his factory in the prairie at Prindiville. Mailed letter to Hudd about post office biz. |
| April 13 | Fri | Tom Dwire reported sick. Old Lukey Gahagan was buried in Mitchell. |
| April 14 | Sat | Dr. Fitzgibbons called on his way home from Tom Dwires. |
| April 22 | Sun | Heard Father Norton was to be removed from Osceola parish. |
| April 23 | Mon | Our factory started this morning. First time in "88." |
| April 24 | Tue | Sold and delivered to John Slattery, 6 bushels of barley at 76 cents per bushel. |
| April 26 | Thur | Old Mrs. McNair died. |
| April 29 | Sun | Went to Mrs. McNair's funeral. Burial in Greenbush. |
| May 2 | Wed | Old Hosea Chase died, town charge. |
| May 3 | Thur | Old Hosea Chase buried at Nelson's this a.m. |
| May 16 | Wed | Heard this evening of old Mrs. Duggan's death today at Antigo. Tom Franey called on castration tour. |
| May 17 | Thur | Heard this evening of old Mrs. Norris' death this morning. |
| May 18 | Fri | Mrs. Duggan buried in Mitchell. Mrs. Norris, formerly of Sherman, buried in Mitchell. |
| June 3 | Sun | No mass at Mitchell. Father Casey sick. Self and Mona drove down to Fitzpatrick's in the a.m. to see Mrs. Fitz, who is quite sick. Stopped in at Jas. Reilley's in the evening. Met a Mrs. Duffy there. |
| June 4 | Mon | Old Tom Henry, on his way home from Cascade, had his clothes catch fire from his pipe, and his clothes and rig burned down in the road. He is not expected to live. |
| June 5 | Tue | Old Tom Henry died at 2 p.m. from the effects of burns. Mrs. Catherine Fitzpatrick died at _______ o'clock last night. Lord have mercy on her soul. Amen. |
| June 7 | Thur | Val Alberts was killed at Milwaukee by being run over by the cars in the St. Paul Rail Road yards. |
| June 8 | Fri | Mrs. Fitzpatrick buried at Cascade. |
| June 9 | Sat | Miss Verdon, sister of Old Matthew Verdon of Mitchell, was buried. |
| June 11 | Mon | Mailed post office papers to Washington. |
| June 13 | Wed | Soldier's reunion at City of Plymouth today. |
| June 14 | Thur | A man killed at Waldo by lightning this morning. |
| June 16 | Sat | Big dance at Johnny Franey's barn tonight. All youngsters attended. |
| July 8 | Sun | Miles Daley died this morning. Lord have mercy on his soul. |
| July 10 | Tue | Old Mrs. Dan Sullivan of Osceola died this morning. Miles Daley was buried. |
| July 15 | Sun | Early mass at Mitchell. Casey off his base again. Johnny Baker called to be married at Osceola. |
| July 17 | Tue | Received notice from Con(gressman) F. R. Hudd that I was appointed Post Master at Pius, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin on the 12th inst. |
| July 22 | Sun | Johnny Slattery and Mary Michaels were called to be married. Father Casey talked of leaving this congregation. |
| Aug. 1 | Wed | Johnny Slattery and Mary Michaels were married at Cascade by Reverend Casey. A wedding party and dance in the evening. Hanna Alten did the wedding. A pair of twin girls born to the George Lindsay's at 12 o'clock noon. |
| Aug. 5 | Sun | Late mass at Mitchell. All attended. Father Casey all right. He spoke of going from the parish. The congregation held a meeting after mass and appointed a committee as follows: John Brogan, John Burke, chairmen; Michael Butler, Richard Phalen and Thomas Heraty to write the Bishop on church business. George Lindsay's twin girls baptized. Named Frances and Isabell. John Heraty and Kate Connell, J. Gaynor and Min Murray sponsors. |
| Aug. 12 | Sun | Early mass at Mitchell. None of us attended. Casey on the rampage. |
| Aug. 18 | Sat | School picnic. |
| Aug. 19 | Sun | Dance at Slattery's. |
| Aug. 28 | Tue | Dan went with mail today. Received 500 postal cards. |
| Sept. 5 | Wed | John McGrath sold his farm to Phillips son for $10,000.00. So reported. |
| Sept. 6 | Thur | Congressional Convention at Sheboygan. T? R. Hudd for Congress, 5th District. |
| Sept. 14 | Fri | Farm Caucus at Town House this evening for electing delegates to County and Assembly, to be held at Falls. Big crowd, 100 votes cast. Connell, Fitz and Murphy for County. Heraty, Crosby and Reiley for Senate. |
| Sept. 17 | Mon | State Fair begins at Milwaukee. Johnnys birthday, 1869. |
| Sept. 18 | Tue | One of George's little twin girls died today. |
| Sept. 20 | Thur | Left this morning at 4 o'clock for Plymouth on the way to State Fair in Milwaukee. Left for Milwaukee at 8 a.m. Got to Milwaukee at 10:20. |
| Sept. 21 | Fri | Called on Bishop. He said no priest for Mitchell till he finds a place for Casey. Went to depot at 12 � and stayed till train time. Left at 1:35 at night. Got to Plymouth at 4:40 a.m. |
| Sept. 22 | Sat | Started home on foot. Walked as far as Whitecapp's, then to Mayhew's. Met Dan. |
| Sept. 25 | Tue | Ed called about his family troubles. Mona and Mrs. Connell and Mrs. Naughton responded. Drove to Cascade after Doctor. His services were not needed. Ed met and returned him. Ed's boy born at 11 � p.m. |
| Sept. 27 | Thur | The Democratic Senatorial Convention at Sheboygan Falls. I attended as Senatorial Delegate from this town. I rode to Falls with Jas. McGrath. M.E. Mead nominated for Senator. Stayed there until Lakey was nominated for Sheriff. |
| Sept. 30 | Sun | Sent with Johnny $1.00 as first installment of priests salary to Father Norton of Osceola. Joining the Osceola parish. |
| Oct. 2 | Tue | Sold cheese, the highest of the season, at 9 � cents. |
| Oct. 3 | Wed | The Republican County Convention was held at Plymouth today. |
| Oct. 21 | Sun | Jim Redmond was buried at Osceola today. |
| Oct. 23 | Tue | Sold pigs to Fisher at $1.50 each = $10.50 |
| Oct. 25 | Thur | Auction at Jim McGrath's. Attended all day as clerk. Sold a pile of stuff at high prices. Amounted to about $2000.00. Dwight McLaughlin was auctioneer. |
| Nov. 3 | Sat | Dan went down to Reily's after the mail. Received from Post Office Department a letter telling that Jim was awarded the contract of carrying the mail from Pius to Cascade and return at $180.00. |
| Nov. 4 | Sun | Father Casey announced it was his last Sunday at Mitchell. |
| Nov. 6 | Tue | Election Day. Grover Cleveland will be elected President of these United States of America today, with the help of God. |
| Nov. 7 | Wed | Heard this p.m. of Harrison being elected President. |
| Nov. 8 | Thur | Mail to be carried by T. E. Smith of Cascade, rode with him to town. Voted Democratic ticket. |
| Nov. 12 | Mon | At mill all day, all hands. |
| Dec. 18 | Tue | All hands at mill today. |
| Dec. 25 | Tue | The finest day for Christmas that I have ever experienced in Wisconsin. Clear and warm with no frost in the ground. No snow. Chickens in east lot, picking stubbles and cattle out in the lots laying in the warm sun. Received notice from Washington that Jim Connell's contract was accepted by the Department. |
| Dec. 31 | Mon | Paid up numerous bills. |
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