OCONTO COUNTY REPORTER
Jan. 6, 1877
DEATH OF CAPTIAN HART.-
The terrible Rail Road accident and the loss of life at Ashtabula, Ohio,
on the evening of Friday the 29th ult, thrilled with inexpressible
horror every heart in the land, and the result has filled a thousand
homes with the gloom of grief. The electric spark that conveyed the
message of horror over the land, left hear and there a word loaded
with
a sorrow that was well high crushing. To more than a hundred homes
this
silent messenger came and left a shadow that no future sunshine can
remove.
This dire calamity has brought sorrow and grief to a large circle of
relatives and friends in this vicinity. Captain LEVI W. HART of Akron
Ohio, formerly of this city, brother of the Editor of this paper, and
second son of Edwin Hart Esq. Of this city, was a passenger on the
fatal
train and was taken from the wreck a corpse.
Capt. Hart's career, though not a long one, was somewhat
checkered and full of incidents. Born at Green Bay Brown County Wis.,
on
the 22nd of December 1835, he spent the first 19 years of his life
in
Brown and Oconto Counties. He, in 1874 removed to Chicago, where he
was
for sometime engaged in a Lumber Yard, which business he finally
exchanged for the mercantile, which he continued until the fierce
storm
of civil war broke, in all it's fury, over our country when he, animated
by a patriotism which his subsequent record as a soldier, marked with
a
proud emphasis, enrolled himself with "Taylor's Chicago Battery," of
which he was elected 2d Lieutenant He, with his Battery, was assigned
to
service with the forces which shortly after fought the battle of
"Belmont," on which engagement Lieut. Hart entered with one gun and
came
out with three, receiving for his gallantly in this his battle, a
handsome compliment from his commander. He was with his battery
at the
sieges of Fort Henry and Donaldson, on the Tennessee River, and at
the
latter place was in command of the Battery, and at which place he was
conspicuous for his gallantry. The enemy charge on the Taylor Battery
and succeed in capturing one of the guns, Lieut. Hart called on his
men
to charge for the recapture of the gun, which at large loss, and with
fearful hazard, was handsomely done; with a rope fastened to the "tail"
of the gun they actually dragged it away from the enemy. His gallantry
on this occasion was rewarded by Gen. Sherman prompting him,
on the
field, to a First Lieutenancy. He commanded his Battery at "Bloody
Shilo" where it had the honor of opening the first fire on the enemy,
and where it did credible and gallant service throughout the entire
engagement. He, with his Battery was engaged in various engagements,
skirmishes, marches and counter marches, which finally resulted in
the
investment, siege and capture, of the stronghold, Vicksburg by Gen.
Grant. At Vicksburg he was detached from Taylor's Battery and put in
command of a siege battery, which he commanded until the capitulation,
after which he participated in the Battle of Black River, and in the
capture of Jackson, Miss. By this time the hurrying and fatiguing
duties of campaigning together with sever injury received in
battle, so
undermined his health, that rest was a necessity and he was furloughed.
Under the influence of a healthful climate and the ministration of
kind
friends his health soon sufficiently restored to enable him to return
to
duty, which he did, and was assigned to the command of the "Silverspear
Battery", with which he remained until his final Muster out; with it
he
was at Arkansas Post, and in numerous other engagements of minor
importance, and before leaving it he was appointed to a captaincy.
After leaving the army Capt. Hart engaged in the furniture business
under the firm name of Wm. Hart & Co. at Cleveland, Ohio. After
following this business for a time he sold his interest and embarked
extensively in the oil refining business in the same city. Here
misfortune overtook him, and he was obliged to succumb to the pressure
of depressed markets. After this he was engaged in the drug business
for
several years, at the same place, which business he disposed of in
1872
and came to Oconto, where he engaged in the manufacture of shingles
and
the mercantile business. But misfortune seemed to have set its seal
on
all his enterprises; financial embarrassment came upon the country,
and
he and ten thousand others was involved in the ruin that came with
it.
Though beaten he was not discouraged.- He bravely took up the gauntlet
thrown down by misfortune, and again waged battle for the mastery.
Receiving an offer for his services from the mercantile house in Green
bay he at once accepted it and remained with the house until he received
an offer from a house in Akron Ohio, at an increased salary, which
he
accepted. He remained with the last named house for one year, when
he
received, and accepted a lucrative offer from a wholesale firm in Toledo
Ohio, in whose interest he was traveling at the time his life went
out
in the fearful crash at Ashtabula.
Capt. Hart leaves a wife and two children; to them he was a kind husband
and indulgent father, to his parents he was a kind dutiful son, to
his
brothers and sisters he was all that the word brother implies. - To
those with whom he was brought in business, or social contact he was
proverbially kind, coitus and considerate. His gentile qualities
endearing him to a large circle of friends in every locality in which
he
resided.
He had gone. For more than three years he passed unscathed through the
turmoil, the uncertainties; the deadly strife and dangers of a terrible
war, in which all the most approved engineer's of destruction which
has
been devised by the ingenuity man was employed; a war in which all
the
elements of human passion, of human hatred, of human vindictiveness
were
united with the hurling shot, the bruising shells, the shock of the
charge and the multitude of unseen dangers that are incident to war
for
the extermination of the soldier. Through all this crash of destroying
elements he passed only to at last go down in death in one of natures
most terrifying storms, and amid the terrific crash of one of the works
of man's ingenuity, reared in the interest of peace, and for the
advancement of civilizing and humanizing influences. "In the midst
of
life we are in death."
Killed in the Woods.
On Monday of this week, James Carlin, who was in the employ of
Gilkey &
Chamberlin on the Peshtigo
River was instantly killed. He was helping to saw a tree that lay on
a
side hill, when the log on which he was at work became detached from
the
tree, very suddenly rolled down hill, crushing him to death between
it
and another tree, or stump. Mr. Carlin was a resident of Oconto County
for more than twenty years, and leaves a large circle of relatives
here.- he also leaves a wife and five children, we believe. He was
a
good soldier in the late war, having served three years in the battery
commanded by Charles Bagley.
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OCONTO COUNTY REPORTER
May 26, 1877
DEATH OF M.D. PEAK.
President STRONG of the First National Bank
of Green Bay is in the
receipt of a dispatch this morning, announcing the death in Paris of
M.D.
PEAK, Esq., for many years cashier of the bank. Less than a year
ago he
went to Europe with his wife, hoping that rest from business and breathing
the Continental air would restore him to health, but he died on Saturday
in
Paris. He was one of the most prominent and enterprsing citizens
of this
section, aside from his connection with the bank, having for years
been
Vice President of the Green Bay Hide and Leather Company, and stockholder
in
various other industrial concerns. He had life insurance for
$25,000 in
the Equitable, Mutual life, Phoeniz and Universal. His estate
will amount to
$100,000, and his widow and one daughter probably the sole legatees
AN OLD RESIDENT GONE.
Wm. B. Smith, who died in this city on Friday
of last week, was a
resident of this place for nineteen years.
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OCONTO COUNTY REPORTER
June 02, 1877
SAD POISONING CASE.
Louis SCHUTTA, of Pensaukee, poisoned by eating of wild
parsnips.
ONE BY ONE THEY PASS AWAY.
J.S. FISK, for many years a resident of Brown
County, and widely known
throughout the state by reason of his extensive business connections,
died
at the residence of his son in Depere on Sunday moring last.
Mr. FISK¹s
admirable social qualities, and his strict integrity as a business
man, and
his unswerving observance of the honorable in all relations of life
endeared him to all with whom he came in contact. A large circle
of his friends
will mourn his death.
DIED FROM FATIQUE AND EXPOSURE.
One week ago last Saturday a shabbily dressed
and care worn traveler
with satchel in hand, called a CORORAN's mill about 8 miles from this
city
and asked permission to stop there stating that he was sick and unable
to
travel further. He was told that there was no room for him, and
started on
his lonely journey towards this city. When about half way here,
overcome
by fatique and sickness, he fell by the wayside and remained in an
unconscious
condition until discovered by some good samaritans a few hours afterwards,
who procured a hand car and removed him to the house of Geo. W. HUGG.
Medical aid was summoned but too late to avail, for he died on the
following Wednesday, and was burried at the expense of the County.
He gave his name as Andrew HOVERS, is a native of Germany and has no relatives
in this
country.
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