**EMANUEL MATISON, who formerly resided in this city, but of late has
been stopping at Stiles, committed suicide Saturday, by shooting himself
in the mouth, dying almost instantly.  An inquest was held by Dr.
Oshwaldt, justice of the peace, and the fact elicited as above
chronicled.  No cause is known for the act.

**ON FRIDAY LAST, Mr. And Mrs. Antone Richard lost a babe quite
suddenly.  The little thing was taken sick in the morning and died near
noon.  The funeral took place the day following, services being held at
the house.

DIED

**MRS. McDONALD, mother of Alex. McDonald, who is connected with the St.
Paul road died last Sunday, at 9 o’clock a.m. of the heart disease.

**GEN. JOHN A. KELLOGG, of Wausau, who at the close of the civil war,
commanded the famous Iron Brigade, died last week after a short
illness.  His genial ways and kindly countenance will be missed.

**SATURDAY last, Mrs. Ed. Lyannais presented her husband with a 13 pound
boy.  Mother and child have done well, and ed is tickled nigh unto
death.
 

** PETER JOHNSON, the poor fellow who was so badly injured about three
week ago in the woods and brought to this city for treatment, died at
the residence of Mr. P. Maloney Thursday morning. 
 

**MR. AND MRS. MARTIN HUEBSCHER, of Oak Orchard, lost a babe on the 3rd
inst.  The remains of the little one were buried Monday, the Rev. C. J.
Kuntz, of this city preaching the funeral sermon.
 

OBITUARY
DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE, in this city, at two o’clock on the morning of
the 12th inst., Baltaser Arnold, after a long and painful illness of
several months’duration. 

DURING the earlier part of the week, while Mrs. P. Gurty, of Gillett,
was in the loft of her husband’s barn engaged in feeding their cattle,
she fell through a hole and sustained injuries that resulted in her
death Friday. 
 

**DAN HANSCOMB died Sunday, at his residence in the town of Oconto,
never having recovered from the stroke of paralysis which he experienced
last summer.  The deceased had been a resident of the county many years,
and was well thought of by those who enjoyed his acquaintance.
 

**A MOST DISTRESSING accident, with fatal results, occurred in the
Bellanger settlement last Monday afternoon, in which Frank Racine was
the victim.  The deceased was a man of middle age, and leaves a wife and three 
children to mourn his untimely death. The verdict of the jury was, that the death of the deceased
was caused by the accidental discharge of a gun in his possession.

**MRS. FRANK RUELLE, who has been a resident of this city for many
years, died very suddenly at the residence of her husband in this city
yesterday morning.

**AS WE GO to press, we learn the sad intelligence of the sudden death
of Mrs. John Klemp, of Gillett. 
 

WE record today the death of our old citizen, Nicholas Dixon.  About the
year 1853, he cast his lot among us. The funeral took place Friday forenoon from St. Joseph church, and was attended by a large concourse of sympathizing friends.
 

MRS. Charles Lingren found relief in death Wednesday afternoon.  Her funeral services
were held yesterday. Mr. Lingren has been peculiarly unfortunate in the past, and in the
present affliction has the sympathy of all that know him.

AT the residence in this city of his brother-in-law Henry Lemerand,
Wednesday afternoon, May 23rd, Mitchell Burnett, of consumption.  The
deceased  was a single man. His funeral took place yesterday from St. Peters church.

MAY 17, 1883, Elsie, infant daughter of Archie and Eliza Mott, aged six
months. The funeral services were held Saturday, and the remains of the little
one laid away, being followed to their last resting place by many of the
friends of the bereaved parents. (Note: Mother was Eliza W. Turvey Mott, parents immigrated from
Armstrong's Brook, New Brunswick, Canada)

 Mrs. Clara Sailor Hoeffel, wife of Mr. Frank Hoeffel,  left the loving and loved ones at one p.
m., May 18th.  Consumption had marked her for its
victim

ON the morning of the 23rd inst., at the residence of his daughter, Mrs.
Charles Cook, the spirit and body of Mr. Fredrick Steward parted
company. The deceased was born at Scarbough, Maine, than a part of the province
of Massachusetts, on the 17th day of December 1798, which made him 84
years and six months old at the time of his death, he being the second
oldest man in our city. The funeral services were held yesterday, the Rev. J. H. Kerr
officiating, who pointed the heart of those who mourn, to the Comforter
for strength and consolation in their affliction

TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.  Last Monday, while Louis Gilman a brakeman on the
freight train going north and which reaches this city at 3:57 p.m., fell between
the cars upon the track,  he died a few minutes
after the accident, retaining consciousness to the last.  The body was
taken to Escanaba, his home and delivered to his friends.

THE black robed angel of death has again visited our vicinity, and has
taken from our number Mrs. R. Cleveland, one of our most beloved and
esteemed friends, she was a kind mother and affectionate wife, and
leaves to mourn her absence a husband and three children. 

**DENNIS FITZGERALD who had an operation performed last week for the
dropsy, died Monday. 
 

**PASSED to a higher life, the infant son of Jacob and Belle Lince.
  “Tis an empty sea shell—one
   Out of which the pearl is gone,
  The shell is broken—it lies here—
   The pearl, the soul, the all, is there.    H

**MAXIMILLIAN RAUNER, one of the first settlers of Marinette township,
died last Friday night  Yesterday, a large
concourse of sympathising neighbors testified their esteem by
accompanying the remains to their last resting place.
 

SAD DEATH.  Edward Laffin, about five o’clock Tuesday evening,
death mercifully interfered and put an end to his agonizing
struggles.

Ed. Laffin was a native of Ellsworth, Maine, and was a comparatively
young man, being only about 28 or 30 years of age.  The funeral took place at St.
Joseph’s church on Wednesday afternoon, and the remains were followed to
their last resting place by quite a train of sympathetic friends.

BROOKSIDE, June 18, 1883.  Passed to the higher life, June 18, 1883,
Mertis, beloved daughter of Cornelius and Elizabeth Lince.
 

**DESIRE DEION who had one of his leg broken at the Oconto company’s
mill two weeks ago Wednesday night, died early Sunday morning (July 4) and was
buried Monday. 

**JOHN B. SALSCHEIDER, of Big Suamico, was killed by lightening during
the rain storm of Tuesday of last week (July 10).   He had been
married only thirteen days.
 

On Saturday, July 14th, Mrs. Peter Schufelt  departed this life
after months of lingering illness. 

**MR. WARD SMITH, of Pensaukee, had a little waif of the feminine
gender, weighing only two pounds, left in his cae, but its experience in
this world was destined to be of short duration, and now it is no more.
The afflicted parents have the sympathy of many friends.
 

DIED.  Monday afternoon, H. F. McCarty, popular known as “Chub.”   His funeral took
place at the M. E. church Tuesday afternoon.  The funeral services were conducted by the
Rev. S. Renyolds
.

Will Daily, a boy of about 13 years employed in Eldred’s water-mill at Stiles, was accidently killed on Monday by his apron being caught by a shaft.  The shaft makes several hundred revolutions a minute and he was whirled around by it some three minutes before it was stopped.  He was badly mangled and died shortly after being taken off.  He was buried at the catholic cemetery at this place on Wednesday.

Mrs. Mates Knadlehans died last Saturday morning after a long illness.
 

**FATAL ACCIDENT.  On Monday morning, Willie Daily, a young lad of fourteen,

**PETER CHRISTIAN lost a babe by death last week.
 

**MR. AND MRS. WAVERICK lost their youngest child by death on the 11th
inst.  They have the sympathy of many friends.
 

OBITUARY
Died at her residence in the town of Gillett, near the village of
Pulcifer, Tuesday night, Mrs. Eliza Tibbitts, wife of Hillman Tibbitts,
aged 34 years, 9 months and 15 days.  The remains were brought to this
city Wednesday night, and the funeral obsequies were held at the
Methodist church Thursday afternoon, the services being conducted by the
Rev. J.H. Kerr, pastor of the Presbyterian church, the pastor of the M.
E. church being absent. 

**LAST Saturday afternoon, Claus Vollmerdied suddenly of the heart disease. 
His funeral took place Tuesday, The sermon being preached by the Rev. J. H. Kerr of the Presbyterian church.

**MR AND MRS. E. C. WHITNEY lost their babe by death, last Monday
evening after an illness of short duration.  The funeral took place from
their residence Wednesday afternoon, the services being conducted by
Rev. J. H. Kerr, pastor of the Presbyterian church.  The remains were
interred in the cemetery near Brookside.
 

MR. AND MRS. ISAAC Dickey have the sympathy of the community in the
death of their son aged 15 months, which occurred last Thursday
afternoon.  The funeral took place from the residence on Saturday.
 

AT REST
FARLEY.—Passed to a higher life, September 21st 1883, Owen Farley, aged
71 years.

**A German by the name of August Schroederhad a fatal accident  in the Peshtigo Co.’s mill, at Peshtigo, on Monday forenoon.
 

CALLED HOME.  Died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. H. Bacon,
Ishpeming, Mich., Friday night, September 28, 1883, Mrs. Dorothy
Tibbitts, to the 72nd year of her age.
 

Wednesday last, John Bureby who lives near the
Maple Valley Station met with a terrible
accident that may prove fatal. 
 

NOT THE END.
DIED at the residence in this city of her daughter, Mrs. J. S. McKenzie,
October 5, 1883, at 11 o'clock a. m. Mrs. Laura A. Purse, aged 43 years,
10 months and 5 days. The funeral services were held at the M. E. church Sunday afternoon, the
Rev. Mr. Yarwood officiating in the absence of a regular pastor.

**JAMES ELLIOTT, died last Monday, after a short illness of a fever.
 

DIED, at her residence in this city, Oct. 9th, 1883, Mrs. Archie Mott,
aged 32 years. (Note: her name was  Eliza W. Turvey Mott, immigrated from
Armstrong's Brook, New Brunswick, Canada)

**MR. AND MRS. JOHN FOLLETT lost their babe by death, Saturday morning
of last week.  It was buried Sunday afternoon, the funeral services
being held at their residence on Court Street.

Last Wednesday night George Daniels, of this city,  had died  either a natural death or by his own hand.
 

Last Thursday morning,AN OLD MAN by the name of Trudell  was found
lying in one of the streets in Frenchtown in an unconscious condition
and died soon after being removed to a house near where he had lain
during the night. 
 

DIED.  Last Saturday forenoon, John H. Goddard, Sr., of Brookside, died
very suddenly of heart disease. His funeral obsequies took place Monday in the school house, at
Brookside, the Rev. S. H. Couch, of the M. E. church officiating.
 

**UNCLE BEN DONEY whom many of our citizens have known for years and who
had only one enemy on earth, and that himself, died at Stiles, Monday
morning.

**THE SAD intelligence reached us this morning of the sudden death of F.
B. Gardner at Pensaukee.  Mr. G. has been so long connected with this
town that he will be much missed.

**A WEEK AGO Tuesday night, a man by the name of Alexander H. Crooke,
committed suicide by hanging himself