** A Move to Divide the County
A
move is being
made by some Chicago parties with the
end in view of
making
a new county on of
some 29 townships in the
southwestern portion
of
Oconto County. The
petition is signed by one Taylor.
** REMOVAL.
Squire Wm. B. Mitchell has removed his furniture store and shop, from the old stand into the brick block owned by Klass, on Superior Street. Where he will soon be prepared to box you up for all time, to settle any little differences, or to bind you over to keep the peace, as the case may be.
** Kerosine is up to fifty cents a gallon and it begins to look as though it would cost something to blow up an old stove and hired girl this winter.
** The man who keeps a girl out on a terrace until her fingers are numb and her lips coated with ice, had the dog set on him the last time he visited 2d street.
** The city is foraged by thieving tramps, and residents should take care and place their valuables where they will be safe.
The new bridge at the Section street crossing is to be built on nearly a level with the street, giving it just sufficient height to permit a raft to pass under it.
Frank
Elliott,
young son of W. H. Elliott of St. Nathans
(now Chase), in this county, caught a monster wildcat in a small three
inch steel trap on last Saturday morning.
The
funeral of
Levi W. hart took place from the residence
of Mr. T. C.
Stiles,
No. 451 Prospect
Street, Wednesday afternoon
Jan. 8. A large
number
of the friends of
the deceased, including relatives
from Akron,
were
present. A profession
of beautiful flowers, tastefully
arraigned,
lent
their fragrance to the
sorrowful occasion.
The
Rev. Mr. Pomeroy spoke
impressively of the sad
event of their
gathering,
and thought that
under the circumstances,
no sermon was
necessary.
He was followed
by the Rev. Calhoun, who
made some appropriate remarks. A quartette composed of Miss Sarah
Gates,
Miss Walters, Mr. Stewart
Chisholm
and Mr. Fulkerson,
sang some pieces suitable
to the occasion.
The
Rev. F. A. Horton
pronounced the benediction,
after which the
remains
were taken to Lake
View Cemetery and placed
in a vault.
Cleveland
Leader
FATAL ACCIDENT AT MARINETTE. We see by the Eagle that an accident resulting the death of Mr. Joseph PARENT occurred between three and four o¹clock Thursday afternoon of last week. Mr. PARENT was at the time of his death, employed by the Boom Co., and engaged about two miles up the river hauling boom-timber. He drove a large team of horses, using one bob on which the timber was fastened allowing the hind 1 to drag. When just before entering the main road he encountered a rough place and in passing over it he must have slipped and the entire load of timber passed over his body about the middle, in which manner he was found by another teamster about a half an hour after the accident, which undoubtedly had caused instant death. The deceased is a young man about twenty years of age, and is a brother of our townsman Mr. C. E. PARENT, of Menominee, at which place his father resides.
**ACCIDENT.
We regret to learn that on
Saturday last as W.B. SMITH of this city
was
placing logs on a coal
pit some miles north of
this city, he slipped and
fell
the log at which he
was at work striking him
in the breast injuring
him
very seriously by
rupturing some of the internal
blood vessels from which
he
lost a large quantity of
blood. On Sunday
he was brought to his home in
this
city.
Deputy Sheriff O'Leary arrived on Wednesday evening with the notorious Madame King from Peshtigo. She attempted the life of her sister, and will board in the Cross Bar Exchange for six months to come, at the expense of the county.Telegraph agent Mott in compliance with instructions from the general managing office, displayed on Wednesday, for the first time, the warning signal for the benefit of commerce. The chief signal office at Washington, when heavy wind storms are expected orders "up signal" contrary, "signal down". Flags are used by day, red lanterns at night. The signal floats from Music HallThe Marinette Eagle says an accident resulting in the death of Mr. Joseph Parent, occurred between three and four o'clock on Thursday afternoon. Mr. Parent was at the time of his death employed by the Boom Co., and engaged about two miles up the river hauling boom timber. He drove a large team of horses, using one bob on which the timber was fastened, allowing the hind ends to drag. When just before entering the main road he encountered a rough place, and in passing over it he must have slipped and the entire load of timber passed over his body about the middle, in which manner he was found by another teamster about a half an hour after the accident, which undoubtedly had caused instant death. The deceased is a young man about twenty years of age, and is a brother of our townsman, Mr. Thomas Parent, as also to Mr. C. E. Parent of Menominee, at which place his father resides.
**FATAL
ACCIDENT.
Tuesday night last Dr. BEEBE,
of this city left his horse in the barn
in
apparently as good
condition, and with as safe
surroundings as usual.
Wednesday
morning on going
to care for his horse he
found him past all need
of
care. He had
pranced his last prance, competed
for his last prize; his
mission
was accomplished
and in the still dark hours
of night he kicked his
last
kick.
**DEAD--DRUNK.
A groan was heard, like a
funeral note, from a toper in mud half
buried,
and the constable
"drunk and incapable" wrote,
when his form to the
station
was
hurried. We hurried him swiftly
at dead of night, and off with
our
truncheons spurning,
under many gas lamp¹s
flickering light, through
alley
and crooked
turning. In rags and taters
the toper was dressed, for
in
poverty drink and bound
him, and he lay like a
pig in a gutter at rest,
with
little pigs squeaking
around him. We lifted
him up, but he fell as one
dead,
and we tumble him
into a barrow; and the idle
spectators shouted and
said,
"He¹ll be
fined with a caution to-marrow!"
Lightly they will talk of
the
spirit that¹s
gone, and o¹er his empty
bottle upbraid him, but little
he¹ll
reek, as
they let him sleep in the cell
where the constable has laid
him.
No curtain
had he in his lonely den, and
a rough deal plank was a
pillow;
he will wake with
parched throat and an aching
head and thirst that
would
drink up a
billow. Roughly, yet sadly
we laid him down, that toper,
worn,
haggard and hoary,
and wished that the dessolute
youth of the town a
warning
might take from
this story.
**LOOK
HERE, SIR
By the merest accident we
discovered your name. We mean the
pussillanymous,
unmanly
puppy who cut down the halyards
from our flag
staff,
on the night of the
21st inst. and if he does
not before the next issue of
this
paper make good the
damage, we will place at
the head of our columns
his
name, in letters so
large that the nearsighted
may read it without
trouble.
It is
high time that this sort of vandalism
was stopped, and we
pledge
our word that we
will do our duty in assisting
to stop it. If our
demand
is not complied with
we will put the mark on
one person, by which
all
other persons may know
him and enabled to watch
him. Better come sir.
W.
B. Smith, who
has for sometime been expected to
die, has thought better
of
it and concluded to get
well.
**LOST.
In the City of Oconto, or
on the Pensaukie Road on Thursday Feb 22nd a
Morocco
Sewing Machine
Needle (Pocket) case nearly
full of Needles. The
finder
will be suitably
regarded by leaving it at
the Reporter Office in
Oconto.
J.C. BANTA
**VICTORY
IS OURS
On Wednesday forenoon the bill
to divide Oconto county was defeated in
the
Senate by a vote of 21
to 10.
The thanks of the taxpaying
and honest portion of the citizens of
Oconto
county are due to
the Senate of Wisconsin for
the honorable and just
action
of the majority of
that body in refusing to
assent to the unjust
division
of the territory
of this county, as attempted
by the Assembly.
More
especially are their
thanks due to Senator GRIMMER
of this district,
who
(in marked contrast to
another official of the
district) refused to
forget
his pledges to those
who elected him, and firmly
and bravely
defended
the interest of
his constituents. We
take pleasure in assuring the
Senator,
that in as much as
he remembered, and defended
Oconto county, Oconto county will remember him. So also are
Messrs.
George FARNSWORTH, Uri BALCOM, R.W. HUBBELL, O.A. ELLIS, O.F. TRUDELL,
J. HALL AND R. A. JONES, entitled to many thanks, and much credit for
the
public spiritedmanner in which they met and defeated this iniquity.
**THE
TOWN OF
MAPLE IS NO MORE.
At the session of the County
Board the town organization of Maple
Valley
was annulled, and
its territory divided and
annexed to the towns of
Gillett,
Stiles and
Oconto.--The Town, during the
past two or three years
had
fallen into the hands
of a few ignorant Sweeds,
who held the balance of
power
at the town elections
and through their blundering
ignorance were
unable,
through gross
illegalities, to collect any
tax, and as a natural
result
the town became
bankrupt. Thus this action
on the part of the
Board.
**PAINFUL
ACCIDENT
On the first day of this
month, Mrs. Tho¹s TRICURTEN, of Maple Valley,
was
severely and
dangerously burned on the face and
right arm. A kettle of
pitch
which was being
melted on the stove, caught
fire and Mrs. TRICARTEN
thoughtlessly
attempted to
extinguish it by casting
cold water on it.--The
result
was that the hot
pitch flew out of the kettle
and on to her, burning
her
as above stated.
At the session of the County Board, the town organization of Maple Valley, was annulled and its territory divided and annexed to the towns of Gillett, Stiles and Oconto.
A call for O.F. Trudell for Mayor is being circulated and extensively signed by our citizens.
Mr. Geo. McConnell has leased and occupied the John Classon building just across the street from the foundry.
At
about midnight
Monday of this week, our citizens
were roused by the shriek of the fire whistle. The fire was
found
to be in the residence of Mr. R.W. Rouse, corner of Section and Second
streets. Mr. G.T. Porter was just passing the house when the
alarm
was given and it is chiefly owing to his prompt and energetic action
that
all the effects in the lower story were saved.
**THE
AGES OF MEN.
Rutherford B. HAYES will
be 56 years old October 4, 1877. William A.
WHEELER
is in his 57th
year. Samuel J. TILDEN
is in his 64th year. Thomas
A.
HENDRICKS will be 58
September 17th 1877.
Ulysses S. GRANT will be 54 April 27, 1877. Thomas W. FERRY,
President
of the Senate, will be 50 June 1, 1877. Simon CAMERON will be
78
March 8, 1877. William Maxwell EVARIS is 59 this month,
February,
1877. Oliver Perry MORTON will be 54 August 4,
1877. George
F. EDMUNDS was 49 February 14, 1877. Fredrick T.
FRELINGHUYSEN will
be 60 August 4, 1877. Allen G. THURMAN will be 64 November
13, 1877.
Thomas F. BAYARD wll be 49 next October.
**SERIOUS
ACCIDENT
Mr. J.H. RYMER an enterprising
farmer of the town of Little Suamico,
met
with a serious accident
o Monday afternoon of
this week. He was
chopping
off a log and the
ax glanced and split the
big toe of his right
foot,
and the cut extended
nearly half the length
of his foot, this is very
unfortunate
as the busy
season of the farmer approaches.
We hope his
neighbors
will give him a
call.
**RUM
AND ROBBERY
On the night of Thursday
the 5th inst. a man by the name of McDONALD,
an
employe of the Oconto
Company, when on his way
to the Theatre stopped in a saloon and indulged in some of the poison
sold
there; under its warning
influence
he was induced to
engage in card plaing,
each game was followed
by
drinks, and with each
drink their recklessness
was increased. McDONALD being the only one in the game who
was supplied
with money, it was not at all surprising that he was the only one
beaten.
The Theatre was forgotten, midnight came and still the game went
on.
McDONALD had bought and helped to drink $6.40 worth of ROT
GUT. Becoming
tired of the game and disgusted with his bad luck McDONALD started for
home, never dreaming that the three ten and one twenty dollar bills
which
he had displayed in his settlement at the bar would get him into
trouble
before he reached it. Shortly after McDONALD left the saloon,
one
NELLIGAN,who had been a party in the game was observed to leave the
saloon
and go in the same direction in which McDONALD had gone.
McDONALD had reached the vicinity of
the Scandinavian Church when a man approached him hurriedly from
behind,
clasped him tightly about the neck, put his fingers in his mouth
betweeen
the jaw and cheek, and forcibly threw McDONALD on his side lacerating
his
cheek badly, and otherwise injuring him, holding him in this possession
until he secured McDONALD¹s pocket book containing the afore
mentioned
money. The robbed man claims to have identified NELLIGAN as
the robber,
and circumstances go far to confirm the truth of the
identity. The
accused was araigned before Justic MITCHEL, but a stay was taken in the
examination and NELLIGAN was put under bonds to appear for examination
on to-day.
We
thought there
was an eclipse of the sun, but there
wasn’t, it was the shadow of our old friend, Eli Urquhart,
about two minutes
after the shadow appeared Eli came also and nearly wrung our arm off at
the elbow. Eli is located at Westboro, on the Wisconsin
Central and
reports business as pretty brisk out there.
One of our oldest settlers, Mr. Bernard Brophy has sold at great sacrifice his fine premises on Main street to James Bellew for $ 1,600, and will soon start with his family for the plains of the Lone Star State.
Mr. A.G. Cowan for many years business manager for Anson Eldred is soon to leave the city to engage in business for himself in Chicago. It is said that Howard Eldred is to succeed to the management of his fathers business in Oconto.
**THE
DRIVE.
The lumbermen are ready for
the drive, but are unable to do anything
until
a rain storm raises
the water in the river.
The water is lower than
ever
before known at the
breaking up, so low that
it is useless to drive.
A
heavy rain storm is
needed at onec.--Marinette Eagle.
**MARINETTE.
The river is very low and
there is said to be no water in the swamps
and
no snow in the woods,
so that the outlook for
the drives is not
encouraging.
The
ice is thawing rapidly and
in a few days will probably be
all
out of the
river. The weather has been quite
warm for the past few
days,
but the main stream
has as yet not been effected
by it. We do not
remember
to have ever seen
the Menominee river so
low at this season of the
year
as it is
today. Opperations feel confident
that all their main river
logs
will be secured, but
to get them they must have
more or less rain, in
fact
it all depends on
that. It usually takes
from 30 to 40 days to drive
logs
to the main boom, but
as many of the logs are
in the main river, there
will
be plenty of stock in
the boom as soon as the
ice goes out and the
mills
will start up at once.
**ACCIDENTS.
A son of Felix PECOR, who
ws in the employ of HOLT and BALCOM while
scuffling
at noon on Monday
of this week, was thrown,
and in the fall in
some
way had one of his
legs broken below the knee.
Dr. O¹KEEF reduced the fracture.
Wm. DORAN at the planig mill
got his hand badly torn of the circular
saw,
Monday
afternoon. He is under Dr. BEEBE¹s
treatment and will soon be
able
to be at work again.
A little daughter of Lewis
BELLONGE while at play Monday of last week
fell
and hurt her
arm. Dr. BEBE was sent for
and found the elbow dislocated, instead of broken as they supposed.
**LIGHT
HOUSE AT
MENOMINEE.
Mr. T.H. MILLER arrived here
last wek and is engaged in putting up a
light
house on the end of
the north pier. The
building will be constructed
entirely
of iron and wll be
octagon in shape, 84 feet
high and 14 feet in
diameter.
The
light will probably be what is
known at "4th glass", and
will
be visable about 12
miles. The position
of the light will make it very
convenient
for shipping as
the main channel passes
very near the end of the
north
pier. The
attention of the government
was directed to the matter by
a
joint resolution of
Legislature indtroduced by the
member from this
district,
and the work is
being done under the direction
of Light-House
Board.
Menominee
Herald.
**PERSONAL.
W.B. ROUSE, for some years
a resident of our city, and whose dwelling
was
recently burned started
by the steamer North West
on Thursday last, for
the
central portion of the
State. He took with
him his team and intends to
drive
it from Green Bay,
leasurely examining farms
on the way, and when one
is
found with which he is
satidfied as to price and
location, he will
purchase,
and hereafter
devote him self to farming.
Mr. ROUSE¹s family
during
its residence among
us made many friends who
will regret to lose
them.
**GOOD
ADVICE
Now is the time of the year
for Pueumonia, Lung Fever, &c. Every
family
should have a bottle
of BOSCUE¹S German
Syrup. Don¹t allow for one
moment
that cough to take
hold of your child, your
family or yourself.
Comsumption,
Asthma,
Pneumonia, Croup, Hemorrhages,
and other fatal
disceases
may set
in. Althoughit is true German
Syrup is curing thousands
of
these dreaded diseases,
yet it is much better to
have it at hand when
three
doses will cure
you. One bottle will last
your whole family a winter
and
keep you safe from
danger. If you are consumptive,
do not rest until
you
have tried this
remedy. Sample bottles 10
cents. Regular size 75
cents.
Sold by
your Durggist, S.W. FORD.
OCONTO
COUNTY
REPORTER
May 12, 1877
**THE
DRIVE.
The heavy snow storm has
as yet had no log driving. The dry ground
has
about absorbed all the
mosture from the melted
snow so far. The cold
nights
have materially
retarded the melting of the
snow, and almost spoiled the
good
effect it would
otherwise have. The driving
crew sent up the river by
N.
LUDINGTON Co. quit work
for a few days this week
on account of the low
water.
About
3,000,000 feet of logs have been
received in the main boom,
which
is the extent of the
drive so far. Warm
weather will melt the
remainder
of the snow and
raise the river, but not
near enough to bring
down
near all the
logs.--Marinette Eagle.
**FIRES.
On Wednesday evening about
the hour of 8 o¹clock Mrs. Geo. W. BOWER's residence in the
South
Ward was discovered to be on fire. The alarm was promptly
sounded
and after the usual delay, waiting for teams the engines commenced
work,
but to late to save the burning building. The fire
originated
by the explosion
of a Kerosene Lamp.
Loss about $1,200
Insurance
$1,000.
Also on the same evening
about 11 oclock the vacant building of Mrs.
LINDSEY
in the South Ward,
on the old LINDSEY place,
was burned.
**WHO
BOUGHT THE
CANAL LANDS.
In order that our readers
may know who purchased canal pine lands on
this
river and how much
they paid for them, we give
below the names of the
purchasers
and the amount
paid by each:
URI
BALCOM,Oconto......$
15,655
S.
A. COLEMAN
.... 2,654
JOHN
LEIGH ....
205
Peshtigo
Co.,
Peshtigo...13,325
ELLIS
& McGREGOR
.....4,080
F.
ARMSTRONG
.... 570
JESSIE
SPALDING,
Chicago.... 450
J.S.
McDONALD,
Fon du Lac...13,301
Total..
$50,231
---Marinette
Eagle
**LOOK
OUT FOR HIM.
Our old friend Chase LOWELL
of West Pensaukee has been promoted. The authorities having
appointed
him Constable to fill vacancy caused by the
failure
of the constable
elect to qualify. For
our part we will be very
civil
to CHASE, for we have
a distant recollection
of having seen him make
an
arrest years
ago. We know just how he does
it.
**FIRES.
Allowing young children unlimited
control of their own time and
actions
frequently leads to
very serious consequences
as is well proved by two incidents in this city within the past
week.
On Sunday last several boys
were
observed to come
out--in a hasty manner--the
barn of Frank BENNEHOFF, almost immediatedly thereafter flames were
observed
to issue from the barn. The unavoidable inference is that those boys
intentionally--or
otherwise--fired
that
barn. At anyrate those
boys had no business there,
and
if they had been with
their parents, at home or
at church, the
probabilities
are that the
fire had not occurred.
The barn was totally
destroyed.
The
engines were on the ground and
prevented the fire
spreading.
On Tuesday morning about
five o¹clock some children who had a play
house
arranged in Mr.
LAMPKEY¹s barn, repaired
there for an early morning
romp;
in a short time they
had managed to fire the
barn but by prompt
action
the fire was
extinguished before much damage
was done. It strikes us that a barn is not just the place for
the
construction of a play house, and
further,
that five
o¹clock in the morning is
quite an early hour for
children
of play house age
to be out of bed, and out
from under the
supervision
of their
parents.
DROWNED.
On Sunday afternoon last
a seven year old son of Joseph PECOR, fell
into
the river at the
Brunquest dam and was drowned,
up to date of present
writing
(Tuesday) the body
is not recovered, though
parties have kept up an
almost
constant search for
it. The parents have
the sympathy of the entire
community
in their
bereavement.
**CRIMES
AND
CASUALTIES.
The Anchor Line steamship
Sidonian, from New York, April 20, for
Bristol,
Eng., which
exploded her boiler April 29,
killing her captain,
three
engineers, two
firemen, and one coal trimmer,
arrived in the British
Channel,
Sunday, the 20th
inst. The board of
trade will shortly hold an
inquiry
on the accident.
**MYSTERIOUS.
We are indebted to Geo. BARMINGHAM
of Pensaukee for the followng which seems wrapped in deep
mystery.
Two weeks ago last Saturday, while two men were traversing the woods
between
Pensaukee and Little Suamico, they discovered crowded into the hollow
of
a stump, an old coat which they examined and found marks of blood
around
a hole made through the coat in the vicinity of the breast, by a gun
shot,
and also on the sleve as if the arm had been drawn over the wound
inflicted
in the moment of pain. The question is who ownes the coat,
and why
was it hid there to moulden and decay.
A gentleman from Appleton, whose name we have not learned, is negotiating with Mr. W.L.Davis for the renting of his store building in the South Ward, with the view of starting a restaurant.
Our young friend, Charles Keith, Left on the train Friday for a visit to the Green Hills of Vermont, the home of his childhood.
The
juvenile
singing class, conducted by Mr. McNeel,
closed the term on Thursday evening of last week with an
“open school”.
A large number of the parents and friends were present and listened
with
great pleasure to the music recitations of the class.
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