Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2025 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== The Manitowoc Pilot Thursday, 6 July, 1876 Mr. B. ELIAS, one of the hotel and saloon keepers of Hayton, committed suicide on Tuesday, the 22d inst., by hanging himself with a strap to a beam in his stable. No cause can be assigned except excessive drinking and financial embarrassment. Deceased was about fifty years of age, and leaves a wife and seven children. ===========================================================================