Flash From The Past - 1876
**ACCIDENTS - A
Norwegian, who arrived in this country
only a few months
ago, had his hands and feet
frozen in the cold snap
about three weeks ago.
He had taken a job of
getting out cedar posts, and
went to work before his
feet were quite
well. Last week he hurt
his foot in some way and was again
frozen to such a degree as
to render amputation of
the big toe necessary.
The operation was performed
by Dr. O'KEEFE, who reports
the man doing well
.
On the 23rd, Inst, Chris
HENNING, a Norwegian in the
employ of Mr. Rod
GILLET of Gillett town,
while tending a knot-saw had
the little finger of
his right hand split open
from the root of the nail
to the 2nd joint. Dr. O¹KEEFE dressed
the wound and tried for some
days to save the finger,
which he thinks could have
been done, had it been
attended to in time. The
Doctor found it necessary
on last evening, the 29th
Inst. to amputate the finger
and reports the patient
doing well.
The steamer Union was sold on Tuesday of last week at Sheriff’s sale. She was bid in by D.A. Demorest of New York for $ 2,000.
We are informed
that Anson Eldred of Stiles is negotiating
for the purchase of the England, Taylor & Co., Mill property in
this
city.
Mr. E. H. Percy’s new and fine residence on his farm in the town of Oconto is completed and occupied. He has a very neat and pretty place.
We see that N. Richards has moved his meat market into the rooms formerly occupied by Mr. James Porter, barber, the first door south of the post office.
**ACCIDENT - As
Frank ROTH, was loading the top log
onto his sleigh in
Spies¹ Camp some
80 miles up river, on Thursday
afternoon, it rolled of the
opposite side of the sleigh
falling upon him and breaking
his leg off
between the knee and
hip. He is now under the
care of Dr. MORIARTY and is
as comfortable as could be
expected under the circumstances.
**Lost on the Ice.
A man by the name of Nels
DOLMAN who live on the Bay Shore not far
from Menekaunee, started
from that village for his
home a few days ago. He was on skates and pushing before him
a small
sled loaded with provisions. Near the evening of the same day
it
is supposed that he was seen on a field of
detached ice, since that
time he has not been seen
or heard from. He must
be either drowned or frozen.
** A Cut Throat
Affair. A Would Be Suicide.
Early on Wednesday morning
Talbert ROUSE, who is known to all the
inhabitants of Oconto, as
the "Fat man of Frenchtown"
attempted to put an
end to his life by cutting
his throat with a razor.
Mr. ROUSE has for some
time been subject to fits
of despondency and insanity,
and on Wednesday
morning in one of these
fits he cut his throat from
ear to ear. Dr. BEEBE
was sent for and found the
unfortunate man lying in
a pool of blood. He
immediately sent for Dr.
O¹KEEF who arrived in
a few minutes, and they at
once commenced caring for
thewould be suicide.
Fortunately the
accumulation of fat on
ROUSE is so great that although
the incision was fully two inches deep, he failed to reach the
arteries.
The wound presented a most ghastly apprearance, extending from the left
ear completely round to the right,
being fully from one to two
inches in depth.
Drs. O¹KEEF and BEEBE
dressed and sewed up the wound and left the
patient
comfortable. Had any ordinary man made
such an incision it must
have severed the arteries
and windpipe without any
hope of recovery. We
learn from the doctors that
they feel confident of
saving ROUSE.
**Accident.
We learn that an other man,
whose name we did not learn, a few days
ago had his leg broken in
Jacob Spies' camp, on this
river. This the second
accident of the same nature
that within a few days
has happened in the same
camp.
**Later.
Since
placing the above in type, we have
learned that the man refered
to is a Bohemian, named
James FENCEL. His leg
was broken between the ankle and the knee by a hand spike. He
was
brought down to Oconto and Dr. O¹KEEF was called in.
He found
both shin bones broken, and badly splintered, in fact so complete was
the
fracture that the leg could be doubled up. Dr.
O¹KEEF has a
method of getting fractured limbs by which he dispenses with the use of
the ordinary wooden splints substituting one of plaster Paris, which
has
the double advantage of keeping the broken parts perfectly immovable
and
enabling the patient to go about the house and out of doors. In the
present
instance the limb was set on Friday evening and on Monday FENCEL was
about
town on crutches. The advantage of this method will be seen
at once
when it is noted that the the patient need not keep his bed for more
than
24 hours, instead of lying on his back for months.
**One of
Johathan¹s College Trials.
My Dear Tom.
The sad affliction recorded
in the following obituary, was actually
laid upon me. You
can not imagine my feelings
until you have been called
to pass through the same
ordeal, (which, you will
allow me to say, is not
likely soon to occur if we
measure probabilities by
the innocent and
feminine sweetness of your
upper lip) But the
startling fact that you
might be compelled to part
with such a treasur, will
doubtless reconcile you in a measure, to the presimony of nature in her
beatowments. Yet you will
probably receive as truth
what Queen Vic¹s poet
Lorretta says:
"It is
better to
have loved and lost
Then never to have loved at
all"
I have much to
comfort me however in the sympathy of
friends and
especially of my dear chum
Tim Tickleum, I owe him
a debt of eternal
gratitude, for the
following pethetic.
OBITUARY
Departed this
life on the thirteth day of November
1850,
after a precarious and
scanty existance of only a
few months ---my moustache.
Accompaning this effecting
little missive was a short
poem
which he composed
himself. I will say that,
young as he is, no full
bearded poet, unless it
should be myself, could have
down better. It is sentimental and pathetic and to these must
be
added a very rare quality in poems, --it is truthful to nature. He
couldnot have bat the mark more squarely if he had been in my
place. He
gives you my feelings exactly. Here is the immortal poem.
Long cherished pet and must we part?
Has fate decreed the honor?
Must thy destruction read my heart?
Has fate resistless power!
Child of my youth, in manhood¹s prime
I hope that thou wouldst shine
Upon my lip through coming times,
An ornament divine.
I cherished this boyish pride,
I smoothed thy fuzzy down
My warmest love I did divide
Twixt thee and Mollie Brown
But now adieu! a last adieu!
I and my pet must part
Relentless barber, why will you
Thus wound and break my heart?
Away with your huge shears, away!
Don¹t touch my cherished child.
But no, he slashed it, lackaday!
My brain is running wild.
O barber, what a hardened wretch!
No innocence you space
You ought upon a rack to stretch
For my departed,--moustache
Insane Hospital.
In the new
appointment for the Northern Insane Hospital,
Oconto County is represented:
Full No., 11 No, in Oshkosh
and Madison 10; additional
patients, the county is entitled to, 1/ We are rather of the opinion
the
statement is incorrect. From the year 1867 to the present, the
following
is the report of the County Judge, of Oconto county:
Admitted
1867, Mrs. John
Autel, Aug. 18, discharged
1868, Anne Anderson, May
25, died
1870, Neils Wedden, April
6, died
1871, Thomas McAlpine, Dec,
19, discharged
1873, George Pinkham, Oct
13,
1874, S. H. Thomas, Jan. 23,
1874, Annie
O’Neil, June 1, discharged
1874, Daniel Davis, July
1875, John Broder, May 23
1875, John Egan, Feb 23
1875, Mathias Hill, Jan.
1875, Roderick McDonald,
Sept.
Patients from
Peshtigo from whom no information has
been received since admission, and probably may be discharged.
Admitting
the Peshtigo patients to yet be under care, we find that Oconto County
has only six patients in the Insane Asylum, leaving us more privileges
as to admission, than the new apportionment allows us.
SAD ACCIDENT - We
are pained to learn of the occurance
of a serious
accident to the pay train
at the Jackson Mine Tunnel
on the Peninsula Division of the C & N. W. R. R. by which the
train
was precepitated down an embarkment and Paymaster J.E. REYNOLDS and
Road
Master A.J. PEVIN were cruched to death by the safe. Both men
were
old and valued employes of the company.
**Ice Harvest.
Our townsman, Chauncey SIMONS has
commenced his annual ice harvest.
The ice though not as thick
as it is some winters,
is very good, being twelve
or fourteen inches in
thickness and very clear and
transparent. We apprehend
that there will be no
trouble in securing a sufficient
quantity of ice for
the city market during the
next summer, certainly
not if next summer is as
cool as the last one.
Now there is talk of a dancing school in town. We propose a teacher be engaged who will teach the boys to dance over the potato fields while the girls dance around the kitchen.
Ex-city treasurer James O’Hare is again on our streets. He looks just as natural as he did before he became a citizen of California.
Mayor O.F. Trudell
of this city went to Madison Tuesday
in the interest of the city for the purpose of securing a loan from the
state to enable the city to build a respectable high school building.
CORRECTION. - Although we stated just what we were told, we were in error when we stated that John STONE, who was run over by the cars in Oconto Company¹s Lumber Yard last week was instantly killed. The facts are that though run over in the forenoon, he lived until about six o¹clock in the evening suring which time he in his anguish, suffered more than a thousand deaths. Young STONE was a steady and industrious boy, and by his sudden and terrible death an aged mother is deprived of her sons dependence and support.
**Funeral in
Prospect.
We
don¹t know just when it is to
come off. But we think that we could
point out the place where
the corpse will be found.
It is at the "Log
Slide" of the Orr mill,
where the boys congregate
daily and nightly in
large numbers, and on hand
sleighs, barrel staves,
and pieces of board, slide
down its steep incline on
to the river.--This is very
dangerous business, as a
slight mistake in guilding
their sleighs would land
them against one of the
two piles that stand near
the lower end of the slide
in which event it
would be scarcely possible
for the occupant to escape
without serious accident or perhaps death.
OCONTO
COUNTY
REPORTER
***ACCIDENTS. - On Friday of the last week, a young man employed in one of the lumber camps near Shawano, was struck in the abdomen by a sleigh. He was taken to that place, where his wound was pronounced fatal. He lingered until Tuesday evening when death put an end to his sufferings. His parents conveyed his remains to their home at Neenah.
***ACCIDENTS. - Friday the 11th inst., an accident of a terrible character occurred at one of Anson Eldreds lumbering camps on the North Branch of the Oconto. The scaler, named Garrett FARRELL was assisting a teamstr to unload a load of logs, one being on each side of the sleigh, when the logs on the scalers side suddenly rolled off and caught him between the load and the logs already on the ice, crushing his head, and killing him instantly.
OCONTO
COUNTY
REPORTER
The masquerade
ball given by the Turners of this city
on the evening of February 22, was quite largely attended.
First
ladies prize was awarded to Miss Dora Arnold; second, four seasons,
represented
by Mary Spies, Mary Baker, L. Rolock and T. Raisky; third, by
Shedler’s
ostler. First gentlemens prize was won by Wm. Zipple as King
Wiilliam.
On Monday
afternoon about two, there occurred in this
city a circumstance that perhaps has few parallels in the history of
this
or any other city. At the time mentioned within three feet of
the
south east corner of H.M. Royce’s store, two determined
Grangers actually
bagged a full grown and large sized lynx.
Married—At the M.E. parsonage in Little River Feb. 22, 1876, by Rev. O.B. Clark, Mr. Hiram D. Cool of Brookside to Miss Adda DeLano of the same place. At Brookside, Wis., by Squire Minnick, Mr. Nelson P. Chase to Miss Martha Ann Gossage Feb. 13, 1876.
OCONTO
COUNTY
REPORTER
***The Division of Oconto County
We would say to the Oconto County papers, that they tell an unmitigated falsehood, when they say that the movement to divide their county originated with citizens of this county. The petition was gotten up by residents of your county, and signed by all the inhabitants of the territory inwhich the bill proposes to detach. As far as merit is concerned, there is a great deal in favor of the division, and not any against it; and if the Legislature takes merit into consideration, they will certainly pass the bill and give the citizens of that part of your county the asked for relief which your county has so often refused them.-----Shawano Journal And we, speaking for one of the papers of Oconto county, would say to the Editor of the Journal that an impartial review of the circumstances attending the proposed division will certainly cause his ill natured, and ill-advised charge of unmittigated falsehood , to re-act upon himself. Even if our charge was false in fact, circumstances were extremely mitigating, for they pointed and they still point, to the existance of the truth of our charge, as unerringly as circumstances, in the absence of positive proof, are competent to establish fact.-- What are the circumstances? Simply these, that less than thirty inhabitants, all told, of the western part of the county, very few of whom are permanent residents, and most of whom are keepers of "Half-way" houses and whiskey hells during the winter, and hunters and fishermen during the summer, made application to the Oconto County Board to give them a town organization, which, according to their petition, should embrace many townships of territory. It is the undoubted right of the American citizen to petition for his rights, and to be heard in his defence. And the papers of the Oconto Co. did not oppose the organization prayed for in the petition--nor would they oppose it now, did not the sudden and extraordinary growth of the demand force upon us the conviction that it is no longer a demand in the interests of the bonnafide residents of the territory in question, but a diabolical and well concocted plan to steal from theterritory of Oconto County an area larger than the State of Rhode Island and the District of Columbia and attach it to Shawano County. It is no longer a petition for a new town organization, it is taken from the County Board, and brought before the Legislature in the form of a bill to detach from Oconto, and attach to Shawano nearly one and a half millions of acres.-- Said bill presented by Shawano¹s member of the Assembly, backed up and "lobbied" for by a strong delegation of Shawano Co's strongest men. Surely the Editor of the Journal must be practicing on our creduality, when in the face of these facts he can asks us to believe that Shawano had nothing to do with originating this huge injustice, not only to Oconto County, but to the persons who by this act would be transferred to Shawano county. Had Shawano county an object in sturing up this matter, or an inducement to work for the consummation of the division of our territory? Let us see, she is very anxious to secure a Railroad, and we don't blame her, and to this end the county has once bonded itself for $100,000; the project is so far a failure, but the county stands ready to execute its bonds in like amount to another company, to secure a road. The county is heavily taxed and its orders are sadly depreciated in the market. Under these circumstances, would between 50, and 60 townships of valuable tax paying territory be worth "reaching" for, we apprehend that it would, and, knowing what we do of some of Shawanos leading men we are lothe to believe that they would be at all slow in reaching for it. Now, we do not insist that Shawano county is alone in this deviltry, we know that there are some men who occupy exalted positions in certain legal institutions of the state who are owners of numberous acres of Cranberry Marsh in the western portion of the county, who after due trial have found it extremely difficult to reach their land with "top" buggies, and are therefore very anxious that the dear public should construct some highways by which they may go a berrying with less discomfort to themselves. We know that honest "Philetus" thought he saw something to reach for--but has since changed his mind. We know that a certain delegate, chosen by the county Board to go to the Capitol to guard the county¹s interest, sold himself, body and soul to the division party. Finally, Mr. Journal, we know that this whole business was conceived in iniquity, and born in sin, and that it will die at the hands of the law, and we don¹t blame you for denying your complicity, but it is useless, the evidence is strong against you.
March 4, 1876
Tuesday morning
between 12 and 1, the city was aroused
by the fire alarm. The old city Planing mill recently
property of
Mr. Lewis Newbauer was found to be on fire. The fire had made
such
progress before being discovered that it was found impossible to stop
or
control.
Mr. W.W. Pease,
one of our Bay shore fishermen, gave
us a call on Tuesday of this week. He informed us that the
gill net
fishing is over with for this winter in deep water and that the
fishermen
are bringing their nets farther in-shore preparing for the spring catch
of Dora and Herring.
KILLED AT STILES.--On Thursday of this week Peter JARVEY was killed at one of Eldred¹s logging camps, one and a half miles above Stiles. We learn that he was loading a load of logs and becoming impatient, jumped on the load and threw his weight on the chain by which a log was being drawn up. The team feeling the extra weight threw itself into its work with increased vigor. JARVEY being unprepared for this lost his footing and was caught between the side of the load and the ascending log and was crushed between them. The deceased was a young man raised on the river, and was a brother to Mike JARVEY who was killed by the Cars in Fort Howard a few years ago.
**There is Method
in his Madness.
For a week or more the people
of our city have noticed a rough and
ragged tramp perambulating
the streets. It was
noticed tht he was a very
industrious tramp, always
on the move during the day,
there is not a street
in the city but that he
thoroughly surveyed.
At night he sometimes
occuppied a school house,
sometimes a hay loft.
He found pretexts for
effecting his entrance to
most of the residences in
the city. He began to
be very suspiciously
regarded by our citizens, and
was generally pronounced
crazy. One day
this week he found a man for
whom he evinced a warm regard, and instantly pressed upon his
acceptance
a pair of substantial and highly polished "bracelets," and requested
him
to take a seat in a livery rig that
somehow happened to be
handy just then. And
the two, in company with the
driver, sped swiftly away
to the merry music of the
gingling bells, in the
direction of Green
Bay. It is said that the
"tramp" was from Canada and
that he was in quest of a
man who is charged commission
of murder some
three
years ago.
**Gone to Reform
School.
Two of Oconto's fast young
citizens on Wednesday started for Waukesha
to get some schooling at
the State expense.
It will take about six years
for Mr. Napolion FISETTE to
finish his education,
and about eight years to
polish off Mr. Pope BIRD.
It is hoped that when
they
return as men they will evidence the
possession of better
principles than ever actuated
them as boys.
**Another Arrest.
Tuesday a despatch was put
into the hands of under sheriff Mosher
requesting the arrest of a
man who has for some time
been in the employ of
W.B.Smith, this
city. The man it appears is
a resident of or near New London Ohio, where he owns a farm.
Some
Time ago a R.R. company without his consent, and contrary to his
wishes,
laid a track through his land. In retaliation the man
foreably entered
the company¹s cars and removed there from and converted to his
own
use a considerable amount of property. But the company
entered an
energetic protest against this proceeding, and the man became
frightened
and cast about him for knowledge of a community supposed to be made up
entirely of honest men, in which a scoundrel would be comparatively
safe
by reason of his respectable surroundings.
Hearing of Oconto he
cried "Eureka"
and straightway hastened to our hospitable city. But alas, by
some--to
him unknown agency his where abouts was made known to the officers at
his
former place of residence. And the result was the forwarding
of the
request for his arrest and detention until the necessary papers could
be
procured for
his transfer to Ohio.
ATTEMPED SUICIDE. - A Mrs. ENGBURG living about two mile south of Pensaukee attempted suicide on Wednesday evening last by drinking a cup of lye. It is supposed that she can not recover. Domestic trouble is the probable cause.
**An Error
Corrected.
The interment in our last
issue of the decease of
our townsman, Joseph
WHITEBREAD was somewhat
premature. We gave undue
credit to a groundless rumor, from the fact that his death was daily
expected.
His death took place, however, on Tuesday of this week, which statement
we regret to say is correct. That another old settler is gone.
**A Mysterious
Case.
Early on Wednesday morning,
a Gentleman of this city going towards the
School Section, when in the
vicinity of Mr. Peter
ESSEN's residence, was
beaconed a short distance
from the road into the field
by an Indian. On
coming to the place
indicated, he found another Indian
lying on the ground
who, on examination he
found to be quite dead though
apparently life had
not long been
extinct. There were but slight
indications of violence about
the body. The
Authorities of this city were
notified, and an inquest held over
the remains by Justice
MITCHELL.
**Maple
Valley
The following are the returns
from Maple Valley. Supervisors--John
ERICSON,
chairman, Theodore CHRISTISON,
John KELLEY. Clerk--John C. GILLIGAN.
Treasurer--Christian
JOHNSON. Assessor--Pat KELLEY. Justices of the
Peace--John
C. GILLIGAN, Mike PETERSON, Pat KELLEY.
Constable--Gustave
YANTZ, John E. RASMUSSON.
The steamer Northwest will run between Sturgeon Bay and Green Bay the coming season, stopping at this point coming each way. Her captain, Henry Hart, has refitted her for the seasons travel, adding much to her cabin facilities.
Wm. Van Able has just opened a new grocery store on Main Street opposite Funke’s Hotel.
MARINETTE.
SUICIDE. -- This community was startled
Wednesday evening by the report that a woman had hung herself at
Menakaune
that afternoon.
Inquiries proved that the
report was true. The
victim was Mrs. Anna J. OLSEN, wife of William OLSEN, a resident of
Menakaune.
It appears that a boy of the deceased, while at school a few days
before
the sad event, had been accused of finding or stealing a handkerchief
worth
five dollars, the fact being that he found one worth a few cents
only.
Some gossiping neighbors magnified this into a heinous crime, for which
the whole family was to suffer punishment. The deceased, who
could
not read in English or understand but little of it, was greatly
affected
by the matter, and although assumed by her husband that no
harm would
be done them persistent in believing that they would be made to suffer
for it. It preyed on her
mind so much that her
husband went to the school teacher,
who assured him
that there was nothing in
matter worthy or notice,
but even this assurance
failed to satisfy Mrs.
OLSON.
On Tuesday afternoon some
boys were around leaving bills for the Blitz
entertainment One of which
was left at her house,
and which she, unable to read, immediately construed into a warrant of
arrest. It was with difficulty
that her husband removed
this impression. Wednesday
morning she saw a man going up town and told her husband that he was
going
up to get a warrant. The husband left the house towards noon
and
did not return until three o¹clock in the afternoon, when he
found
the body of his wife in the wood-shed, suspended by a cord to the end
of
the rafters. He called for help and cut the body
down. The
unfortunate woman had taken a stool, stood upon it, tied the rope
around
her neck and kicked the stood down, but finding that her feet touched
the
ground must have drawn them up sufficiently to strangle
herself.
Another rope was alongside of the one she used, which she evidently
intended
for her husband.
Justice HOLGATE was notified
and made arrangements to hold an inquest
on the body.
From the testimony taken
before the jury we give that of her husband,
which gives the
fullest particulars of the sad
event.
William OLSON, swon, says
I am the husband of the deceased. She was
48 years old; we were
marrid 20 years ago this fall
in Norway; we have had
three children; two of them
are now alive; they both
live here at home; the
girl is 17 and the boy is 9
years old. I last
saw my wife alive between 11
and 12 o¹clock
this morning, when I left the
house and went down town; I
came back at 3
o¹clock this afternoon; I left
my wife alone; the boy was at
school, and the girl was at
Marinettte; there was
no one at home when I
came back; I staid in the
house a short time, went
out in the yard, saw my wife
was not there; then went to
the wood shed; saw my
wife there; went up and I
took hold of her arm and
asked her to come into the
house; she did not
speak, and looking up I saw
the clothes line, and
saw that she was hung;
she was standing up with
her feet on the ground; there
was a bench behind her; it was tipped over; I scarcely know what I did
then, but went out in the
yeard and halloed and
called Mr. Ole THOMPSON from
his house, we then took her down and tried to bring her to, but she was
quite dead; we untied the
rope; did not cut
it. She complained this morning
of feeling unwell, but
not much; she was worried a
good deal about it haing
been said that the boy
had stolen a handkerchief
worth $5; the boy had not
done so; he had found a
small handkerchief worth 5
cents, and when the bill
carrier left a bill at
the house the other day for
a show at Marinette, she
thought it was a
warrant as she could not
read English, and that worried
her a great deal.
She saw a gentleman going
towards Marinette yesterday morning; the
next day the hand bills
came around; she said it was
just as she thought it was
going to be; I told her it
was no such thing; she
said the she would depend
upon me, and I must depend
upon her and we would both
go together; that was this morning, and was the last words she ever
spoke
to me. My dinner was on the table all ready for me when I
came home;
the tea was kind of lukewarm.
** The new bridge placed across the Pensaukee river last spring where the Stiles and Green Bay road crosses it has been carried away by the jam of longs and ice. It has been secured in two parts a short distance below.
** Arm Broken
On Thursday evening as some
little boys were playing in the street
they got into a tussle, and
during the melee one of
them, Charley HANSEN, was thrown so that one of his arms was doubled
under
him in such a manner as to make a very bad break. Bothe bones
of
the arm were broken at the wrist. Moral--Keep your boys off the street.
DEATH BY ACCIDENT. - On Friday morning of last week Mr. Micheal LOON of this city, employed by Messrs, Lynes, Sargent & Jennings, on the drive up the river, while engaged in driving the logs over the rapids, was thrown from the log on which he was riding, into the river, and though he made heroic efforts to save himself, the logs came down upon him with such force and rapidity, striking him from every quarter, and probably injuring and disabling him, that every effort was in vain, and he was drown. Those who are familiar with driving logs will understand the situation--The accident occurred about 9 o¹clock in the morning, and the remains arrived in town early Saturday morning, and were deposited in the Waterloo House. His brother and family, who we believe are his only relatives here, took charge of the remains. The Good Templars, one of whom he was, made immediate preparation to attend the funeral which occurred on Sunday, in a body, and did so, performing the last sad service for their departed brother in an impressive manner. The funeral service was held at the French Catholic Church Sabbath afternoon, and was attended by a very large concourse of people.
Oconto
County
Reporter
A popular ballad in Oconto just now is “Little Low Log Cabin in the Lane.”
Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Richards gave a social party at their residence on Wednesday evening which was much enjoyed by those in attendance and is spoken of as being a very enjoyable affair.
The schooner Richard Mott, Capt. Soyer, carrying lumber for Holt & Balcom, cleared for Chicago on Monday on her second trip which we venture to say is in advance of anything afloat.
The teachers of
the Douglas school, Misses Barlow and
Beyer, have set a commendable example in the way of planting centennial
trees. They with the aid of their scholars have set out 25
splendid
evergreen trees in and about the school grounds.
VIOLENT DEATH. -- A dispatch was received here on Wednesday evening stating that Mr. Louis TAGGART for several years a resident of this city and recently employed by Thos McGOFF in the livery stable, was killed at Worcester Wisconsin whither he had gone we believe to work in getting out railroad ties. The dispatch gave no particulars. Mr. TAGGART was generally known having been some time in the employ of Mr. H.L. BARLOW. He had no relatives here we believe, his parents and other relatives we believe live in New Jersey.
FAIR PLAY--Oconto May 2d:--A little disturbance took place at a funeral, in the Roman Catholic Cemetery last Sunday afternoon, that might have proven disasterous in the extreme. A man by the name of Frank LOON was drowned last Friday; he was a member of the French Catholic Church, and also of the I.O.G.T. Lodge. The friends of the deceased consulted with the Rev. Father VERMER of St. Peter¹s Church, and he reluctantly gave his consent to officiate at the funeral, and granted the members of he lodge the privilege of conducting their burial services at the grave. The plans were duly executed until after the arrival of the cortage at the grave. After the Priest had concluded his services, the members of the fraternity were just on the verge of beginning theirs, when an officer that was standing near the Priest under his direction, prevented them from proceeding. They then requested that a chant might be sung, but he like wise refused to grant that request. The brothers and sisters of the order, seeing that if they persisted in carrying out their designs, trouble was inevitable, sorrowfully relinquished their project, and wisely dispursed.
DROWNED AT MENOMINEE. -- On Sunday night last, four men in attempting to go from the shore to a vessel lying in the bay in a small boat, were all drowned. The waves were running high at the time, and it seems that the men were not in a condition to manage the boat, having been drinking hard during the day. The Journal gives the names of the men as follows, the last named being a sailor; the rest being residents of Menominee: John VANDERLIN, Harry SHIVERS, Oliver LaCOMBE, and Louis KERNIG.
** We are happy to state that our legal friend Mr. J. McNARNEY has taken a bath. Although It was involuntary, it was in a good cause and none the less refreshing, as much to his friends and lookers on as it was to himself.
OCONTO
COUNTY
REPORTER
**Attempted Suicide
One of the demt mende living
just outside of the city on the Pensaukee
road, having apparently
become tired of the things
of this life tried the
experiment of stepping down
and out at her own dictation
by taking about 10
grains of morphine, on
Tuesday night.--
A Physician was called and
succeeded in saving her
life after a very narrow
escape from
failure. She is a woman about 25
years old, and the mother of
two children, one of whom
is with her. The only
reason assigned for the
deed is a quarrel with some
one having the semblance
of a man.
**The Tornado
One of the fiercest storms
ever known in Northern Wisconsin visited
this county last Sunday
afternoon. As usual
with such storms, its extreme
force was felt through only
a narrow strip of the
country--no more than
five miles wide, and this
was divided up into narrow
"streaks", from a few rods
to a half a mile wide, and
all that happened to come
within these pathways
had to meet its
fury. That fury was searching
in the highest degree. It
seemed as though the
elements were trying to get at
the "true inwardness"
of things and not hurt any
body. The hurricane
traveled from southeast to
northwest and did the most
damage in the town of Gillett
and that vicinity.
Rodney GILLETT had one barn
completely demolished
and one unroofed. Matt FINNEGAN's house and barn were blown
down;
the latter, a very substantial structure lost three tiers of timber all
the way around and yet none of the family injured. Thos.
RIERDON's
house and barn were torn down. The house which was built of
heaving
hewn timbers, was blown down to within two legs of the ground, and some
of the bedding blown full three miles away. It
seems most remarkable that
some of the family were
not injured or killed.
Even the baby which was in
the crib, was unhurt, though
one of the rockers
was broken by falling
debris. A Mr. BRUSE's
buildings were blown down.
Mr. Thos. JOHNSON's house
was unroofed, and we learn
that he was sleightly hurt. At the McDOUGALL farm, the Oconto
Co.¹s
barn was blown down, and though the barn was only about five rods from
the house, the latter did not feel much of the force of the
hurricane.
In one place, a table was blown across quite a large lake and landed
against
another man¹s barn which was also demolished. The
Oconto Co.
had two young cattle killed and in some cases many trees had to be cut
away to release some that were shut in by fallen trees. The
smoke
stack of Gillet's mill was blown down. Mr. John VOLK and wife
who
were returning from Gillett to the Falls in a buggy narrowly
escaped death. A
tree fell just in front of
them killing their horse. The
damage to green timber will
be considerable.
Those who were so unfortuate
as to lose their homes,
were aided by their neighbors
who turned out
genrally and helped to
rebuild and ere this they are
rehoused. The main
force of the storm did not
touch this city, consequently
no damage was done
here.
**NARROW ESCAPE.
On Saturday night, of last
week, Mr. Wm. PHILLIPS met with a narrow
escape from what might have
been a violent death,
at ELDRIDs mill. He was
employed on the night
tour. The man who "dogs"
the logs at the foot of the
slide where the logs are
drawn up into the mill, having
got wet went to
change his clothes, and Mr.
PHILLIPS took his place.--Having
got the logs
into position and driven
the dogs into the logs, he
took the other end of
the chain to hook it into
the bull-chain which draws
the logs up; before he
had completed it, the man
in the mill, who operates
without coming to see
that all was ready, as is
customary at night, started
up the chain,
catching three fingers of
Mr. PHILLIPS in the hook
and dragging him up, partly under and between the logs; his feet fast
between,
and his fingers being crushed
at the hook, it was not an
enviable position.
Knowing that death was sure
if he did not get loose
before he reached the bark
hole at the top, the
logs spreading a little, he
freed his feet and was
then able to jerk loose from
the chain by jerking off
the end of one finger.--Aside
from bruises no
other damage was
done. He will soon be all right
again.
**The Fire.
About half past five, on
Tuesday evening fire broke out in the hayloft
of Jacob
DUNTON¹s Livery Stable.
The wind was blowing almost gale from
the northwest, and the
flames spread almost as quick
as thought over the
entire structure.
The alarm was given as soon
as discovered, and the
engines were soon on
hand. It was evident from
the first that Geo.
McCONNELL¹s house
and saloor towards which the
wind blew, must go, and so
rapidly did the flames
spread, carried by the wind,
that the contents of
the house were not entirely
removed by the many who
offered their services, ere
the whole was lapped up by
the flames, and other buildings
across the
street and the Millidge
building a little to the south,
where threatened. But the
fire department which in
the hurry seemed slow in
getting up steam, now got
to work, and began playing
upon the fire, and upon
the other buildings in
danger among which were the
REPORTER office, and the
fire was stayed from
further damage.
The roof of Mr. MILLIDGE's
building took fire from the sparks, but was
promptly
extinguished. The wind blowing so strong
carried the sparks to a
great distance and
necessitated sharp vigilence on
the part of property
owners in the
vicinity. Sparks were carried
across the river, and the jail
and the Sheriff¹s
residence took fire but were
extinguished before any
damage was done.--The door
of the Court House having
been left open fire
caught in the shavings
inside, but was discovered
in time.
Mr. DUNTON¹s horses
all being out and plenty of help at hand his stock
of buggies cutters and
harnesses, etc. were all saved
save perhaps a single
harness or so, and a pair
of bob-sleds. His
loss, aside from the building
and being thrown out of
business, will not exceed
a hundred dollars. No
insurance.
Mr. McCONNELL¹s goods
were mostly saved though in a rather mixed
condition. And
although he had insurance to
the amount of $800, the fire
is quite a disaster to
him. He is thrown out
of home and business in the
worse time of year, and his
garden and fruit trees--improvements
of a permanent
nature--were entirely
destroyed.
The fire department did good
service and were on hand as soon as could
be expected considering the
disadvantage they are
placed in having no teams
of their own to depend
on. Engine No. 1 was
working in about 15 minutes
after the alarm was given,
and No. 2, having a greater
distance to go, in
about 20 minutes.
The little hand engine belonging
to HOLT & BALCOM did some good work
before the other engines
were in working order, and
is credited with having
saved Mr. LAMPKEY's barn
and probably his residence,
joining the livery
stable. Much
credit is due our brave Firemen
for their succesful efforts
in keeping the fire under
control during such a fearful
gale.
**FIRE AT
BROOKSIDE.
On Friday morning of last
week, the dwelling house of W.W. DeLANO at
Brookside Station caught
fire and was burned to the
ground. Mr. DeLANO
being absent at the time
and Mrs. DeLANO and family
being alone until the
flames had made great
headway, that little of the
household furniture etc.
were saved. The
fire is supposed to have caught
from a defective stove
pipe. The house
was insured for about $800.00
while the loss was about
$1000.
**ACCIDENTALLY
SHOT.
On Saturday of last week
a shocking accident occurred to Rodney, a 16
years old son of Mr. Rodney
RICE, living a short distance
above the Falls.
It seems his brother had
set a trap gun, a double
barrelled one--one rifle,
and one shot-gun
barrel. The victim having it
in his mind that the shot
barrel was loaded, in
coming up to it saw it was not,
and carelessly put
his foot on the line when
the ball from the rifle
barrel struck his leg a short
distance below the hip,
shattering the bone of the
limb in a fearful
manner.--The attending
Surgeons, Drs. ALLEN and MORIARTY
thought at one
time that amputation would
be necessary, but now hope
to save the limb.
**A STRANGE
DISAPPEARANCE.
On the 24th day of September,
Mr. G.J. TISDALE, a lawyer, who has been
a resident of this city
about two years, and more
or less prominent among
business men, also agent of
the Sturgeion Bay Canal
Company here took the
train south, having
previously stated to his wife,
a bride of about two
months, and to his
brother-in-law, Mr. VANAVERY, who
has charge of his
office in his absence, that
he intended going to Madison,
then to
Milwaukee, thence by boat
to Washington Island, thence
to Sturgeion Bay, and thence home, intending to return on the boat Oct.
5th. The next morning, the
25th, he addressed a letter
to his wife dated and
post marked Chicago. Stating
that he failed to make
connection at the junction
for Madison and bought an
excursion ticket with small
extra expence direct for
Chicago, and that he
intended starting the same
evening for Madison.
Nothing has since been
heard from him.
He has not been to Madison,
nor indeed any of the places
he contemplated
visiting. It is known that he
had considerable money with him
on going away, and fears
are entertained that he has
been a victim of foul
play. So far as
known at the present writing,
his business transactions
are "square" and if his
disappearance from this community
is voluntary and
premediated on his part it
is yet to be proven.
Every effort so far, to
obtain a trace of him has
proven fruitless.
ATTEMPED
SUICIDE. On Monday morning and old man
by the name of McGIONE, living near Well¹s station about six
miles
from town, attemped to take his own life by cutting is throat with a
razor.
No cause is known for the act
except he was out of is
right mind as he is provided
against want. His
wound which was not fatal
was dressed by Dr. O¹KEEF
of this city. He has
since said that he did not
know what he was about.
Great age had probably
weakened his mind.
DEATH OF H.L.
BARLOW. -- A private letter from a recent
business partner of Mr. H.L. BARLOW recently of this city brings the
sad
intelligence that Mr.
BARLOW died on last
Saturday, the 4th inst. at his
residence in Neenah.
His remains were taken to
Janesville and buried on
Monday. Mr. BARLOW was a resident of the city for quite a
number
of years, being at first in the
employ of the Oconto
Company, and afterward engaged
in the retail Hardware Business for about six years then disposing of
his
business, removed to Neenah where he has since resided. He
was most
intimately known here among all classes who will most sincerely
sympathize
with his sorrow stricken family and relatives some of whom reside
here.
Mr. BARLOW was about 40 years of age and leaves a wife at present quite
ill, and three young children.
**A BROKEN ARM.
One day early this week a
young daughter of Mr. Mike O¹NEIL, of Little
River about 13 years of
age, while playing at school
was so unfortunate as
to have both bones of her
left arm broken between
the elbow and wrist.--It
seems she fell down where
there was a small
hole in the ground, and some
other scholars, in their
play, piled on top of her.
When this melee was
over it was found her arm
was badly broken.
Dr. ALLEN was called and the
patient is doing
will. This story furnishes
a valuable moral for some
other schools.
**A BLOOD CURDLING
INCIDENT.
Not many weeks ago, just
as the shades of evening were gathering
about the earth, two
ladies, while coming up Section
St., and just this side of
Mr. G.T. PORTER¹s
residence, were startled by
hearing most horrible noises
coming from the direction
of the few trees in Thos.
MILLIDGE¹s vacant lot,
where that man was hung
some time ago, which they
were about to pass. For
an instant they were
petrified and stood as if rooted
to the spot, thinking
of hob-gobblins, or that
some raveous beast, which
was about to set upon
and devour them, was
lashing itself into a frenzy
of rage and bloodthirstiness.
Above their fears, however,
they were enable to make
out the tones of what
once had been a human voice
and the horrible truth
forced itself upon them
that the sounds which
reached their ears were the
ravings of a maniac. In
terror they fled the spot,
and upon reaching home
related what had
occurred, to their friends
and neighbors. A
large party immediately
organized, and armed with
guns pistols, pitchforks
etc, proceeded in column
at once to the spot in
order to effect the llunatic¹s
capture. The ground
was surrounded and grand
rush was made, and the madman
secured. When lo!
It proved to be only a
young man who went to the centennial,
and seeing Booth
play Hamlet, suddenly took
a foundness to stray away
by himself, and recite
the works of Shakespere.
At Eldreds mill, Mr. Cowan, the superintendent, has Mr. Salcheider, the mill wright, employed with a large force of men busily engaged in overhauling the mill. The work has been going on ever since the mill shut down, about a month ago, and is but little more than fairly begun. The mill is being greatly enlarged and its capacity increased in almost every direction.
As announced last week, the dedication service, dedicating the Presbyterian church edifice to the service of God, and the installation of the Rev. R.C. Burdick as pastor, took place on last Sabbath, morning and evening.
OCONTO
COUNTY
REPORTER
Master Harry Wilson, for the past year a student in the city telegraph office with Mr. Malt, has passed the requisite examination, and has been duly installed manager of the office at DePere, for which place he took his departure on Thanksgiving day.
We are informed by Station Agent Mullen that the present prospects are very flattering for the erection of a new depot in this city. The present structure is entirely inadequate for the business of the place, and its appearance is far from creditable to either the city or railroad company.
Deer hunting this fall has brought small returns. The deer are said to be plentiful but difficult to get near them, because of there being no snow.
Lumbermen are still waiting and watching for snow. We are less favored in this respect than any of our southern neighbors. Deer hunting this fall has brought small returns. The deer are said to be plentiful, but difficult to get near them because of their being no snow.
We are informed by Station Agent Mullen that the present prospects are good for the erection of a new C. & N. W. Ry. In this city.
F. Deimer has just received a new and full stock of photograph frames, fancy brackets, pictures, etc., for the holiday trade.
The Oconto Companys planning mill is the only mill in operation, and will probably run all winter.
**A SERIOUS FALL
On Sunday night a man by
the name of Preston WILEY, in the employ of
Levi LINDSEY, on his way to
this city, with a team,
from the Waupee, put up
at the Falls.
While taking care of his team
in the dark he went up into
the hay mow, and being
ignorant of a large opening
in the middle of the floor
where hay had been put up,
walked off, falling to
the floor below with
great force, striking
across a wagon tongue, breaking
one of his legs about
halfway between the knee
and hip. He was brought
to this city very early
Monday morning, and was
cared for by Dr. ALLEN.
**ALMOST SERIOUS
On Tuesday evening, as Mr.
Wall PHILLIPS started to return from
Stiles,driving a spirited
two horse team, hitched
to a buggy, the king bolt gave
way suddenly letting the
forward wheels out, and throwing
Mr. PHILLIPS
headlong to the ground in
the vicinity of the horses
heels. Striking on his
head on the frozen ground,
and the team running at
a breakneck pace with
the front wheels attached,
was not the most pleasant
position to be placed in.
Mr. PHILLIPS held on the
lines like grim death and
stopped the horses after
being dragged some three or
four rods. It was
a narrow escape from death,
at least. The
injuries received was a bad blow
on one eye nearly closing
it and the cords of the
neck badly strained, which
is however, preferable to a
broken neck, and a general
banged up condition.--This
will pass off in a
few days.
**ACCIDENT
A sad accident occurred last
Wednesday evening at the Pensaukee
Planing Mill by one of the
employes named John WARSCHKOW
getting his right hand caught in one of the planers. The hand
was
so terribly mangled that Dr. ALLEN, who was immediately summoned, found
amputation at the wrist to be necessary. The opperation was
at once
performed and the patient is now
progressing favorably.
KILLED BY THE
CARS. On Saturday morning of last
week, as the southern
bound freight train neared
Peshtigo, Brakeman Thomas
BURKE, lost his footing and fell between the cars, and was instantly
killed.
Five loaded iron ore cars and the caboose passing over his body,
severing
it nearly in two,
mutillating it in a most
horrible manner. The
particulars of the sad
affair are as
follows: As the train neared the
station, young BURKE and another brakeman, as was the custom, started
out
of the caboose; BURKE going forward and his companion stopping at the
brake
on the platform of the caboose.
The weather, it will be
remembered, was very cold
and rough, and the ore car being covered with ice and snow, were
anything
but safe. It being before
daylight necessitated the
carrying of a lantern.
The ill-fated young man
had passed on but a few
moments when his partner looked
up and failing to see the lantern knew that he must have
fallen.
At that very moment he was
horrified to see the form
of BURKE pass under the
caboose on which he
stood.
The horror stricken
employes of the train gathered
up the remains of their
late companion and brought
them to this city where
the parents of the
unfortunate young man
reside, his father being employed
on the railroad in
the capacity of Section
Boss.
Young BURKE was 21 years
of age and was well known, especially among
railroad men, was
considered to be one of the most
effective brakemen on
the route, and a general
favorite. Less than
a year age he was married, and
lived at Marinette with his
young wife whose side
he had left but a short
time before the accident,
and whose mind it is feared
is seriously impaired
from the shock the accident
caused. The funeral
occurred at the St.
Joseph¹s Catholic
church in this city on Monday.
H.C. Sweet of this city has purchased the stock and fixtures in the grocery and provision store formerly occupied by A.W. Pierce.
The new road running from this city to Maple Valley, by the way of Leighton, is now open, and all that is needed to make a good road of it is a snowfall. Nearly nine tenths of the travel from the city to lumbering camps on the North Branch will go over this road as soon as there is snow enough.
The city council has closed a contract with the Burnham Bridge company of Cleveland, Ohio, for the construction of an iron bridge at the Section street crossing. The bridge is to contain three spans, one of 75, one of 55, and one of 45 feet.
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