Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-03

cheers and we were not bothered
by them any more. Thus ended
bloodless war.
That was the first time your
correspondent ever stood in line of
battle with the intent Of defending
his own rights at whatever cost.
We are glad to-day, and always
have been since that day, that the
parties who came to that mill for
the purpose of trespassing gave
us the field without a struggle,
otherwise we are satisfied that the
results would have been serious.
NeWberry after leaving Hoxie at
Baraboo, went to Lodi where he
| found Daniel T. Bunker, a man
that did not possess single
honest principle nor had he an
honest hair upon his person, or
room for one, for his whole system
was completely encased in villainy
although he had two ears on one
side of his head and one eye was
from an inch to an inch and a
half higher than the other and his
mouth cut correspondingly up
and down cornerwise; a man that
had run away from the state Of
Maine between two days, leaving
his creditors minus over $4,000.
He came to Wisconsin to sWindle
his mother out of the last bushel
of wheat that her husband had
raised before his death and then
throw her on his brothers and
sisters for support. Mr.. NeWberry
also met L. d. Barnes, of Lodi, a
worthless, fopish bankrupt. Such
were the parties upon whom c. d.
Newberry depended for help out
of tight place, and they succeed
ed admirably for they gained what
right he had in the premises with
the promise of settling with his
crew although they had not a
dollar to do it with nor did they
mean to pay a cent. But they
sold their rights to Miller & Avery
of Clifton, Dane Co., Wis, and
took their notes payable to George
Lay, a renegade that was then in
Minnesota and who had barely
escaped States Prison, by some
legal technicality, for stealing and
slaughtering his neighbors cattle
and selling the beef to the lumber
men in the Wisconsin Pinery
while his brother-in-law, Frank
Tompkins, did go to States Prison
for the same crime. Lay got his
money when his note was due and
with it went to Minnesota and
Bunker followed him for a share
of the spoils but how he succeeded
we know not. This we will say in
honor of Wood Co. that neither
Bunker, Barnes or Lay ever had
a settlement or residence in the
county, but frequented it as sharp
ers, brigands Or despoilers Of the
peoples interest until Wisconsin
became too warm for them and
they left the state and were lost
sight of. In the mean time VIM.
w. Shutes built and operated a
sawmiIl on the SWI of the SEH
of Section "a, Town p, North of
Range 3, East; and D. R, William
built sawmill on the SEX of the
NEH Of Sec. 2I in the same town
and range, known as the Octagon
mill, and the farm that was opened
in connection with said mill was
known as the Octagon farm
Williams sold said property in
1858 to Gen. Allen. Allen sold in
1858 to O. w. Pitts, who sold tc
G. w. Vaughan in 1859. Said
property is now owned and occu,
pied by c. 3. Long.
The Hurbert Bros, Henry
Hiram and Joel, came to the
neighborhood of what is now the
town Of Wood and city of Pitts
Vile and in 1855 bought a large
tract of pine land and built {
f steam sawmill in 1856 on the SWH
!. of NEA Of Sec. 8, Town p, N
l of R. 5 E, and called their place
! Hiawath, but they not being
+ lumbermen made mistakes anc
: failed in business and there i!