The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-11-18
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way they c,,sled was a CANTON I can
tell Won Then couId hear then, get
ting up. and one fellow called out. II
toll Won 60, Won see what yon,ve
donei You've broken the rope and
Lost the brick. now they will find us
out - saw a head poked through
the hole. and a lone-necked fellow
Looked down 10 see .wbere the brick
could he raised NV gun-for I was
ordere,l In shoot ANYBODY I caught
steaIinc-but to save nv life couldn't
sho"t the ;ok,. was 40 good. and then
7 hadn't cot through laughing at the
xvav they tnmbled on the floor: so T
inst called out. aft YOU all up there
touch one of those potatoes again IN
shoot You could have heard a pin
drop. The fellows head went back
with n Jerk like q snapping-turtie's
and the port hole was closed at once.
The next day, when the officers went
up there to examine the place, they
had great difficulty in finding the hole
It was SO nicely cut and the rlanks
fitted SO well together, that if We had
not known it was there We would
never have found it.
Tho commanjant of Libby Prison
was Mai Turner. He. like all the
other Officials there. has moved from
Ricbmond When the war broke out
no wos q cadet at West Point. and re-
s;onad Tn come South. Although a
vomn~ man he WAS made commandment
~ T.;5bv and held that important
,,os;tion until the end of the war.
4 rtar the evacuation of Richmond he
ieJ an adventurous life. FLYING from
Richmond 10 !he uuil o.a.es, ne w.'
10 MeAico; anu m"s rn,,,,ad 10
Ht;na i a.vs nm the idea of being
'Id;ap p,,,,SS;aS dentistry and Is now
2 tha nroSsss;on ~ dentist i'm
r1nh;s W ,r.S when last heard
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Those VINO were PRISONERS ~ i., ,.r,
lnSthe year 1908 VIII re.hem n, Cu
Ben" anu MS lieutenant, e usn
eral." "Oid Beh was one oi tne Jew
men who had the ireeuonl ., .he PIlsoh,
aud the city. ny sunrise ne ehteleu
the quarters, anu WIN o .uI'
would be fortune 10 new 10TH
aucti0neer. woulu WAX up .He Pi E:n,
ers with big news I ns ' Hn;a, soraa.
TAI Lee neeru Inn, ..NII D. ,vas
win de victory, e ~ nsn
about 6o, ana genius ne y; was s"p,
ana picked up snug eu'n III o"e T IL,
OF announcer rom 'me p .h o,,IJ
aim was 10 Drihg MI .ne nems NJ 'o ,'rl,
10 the anxious I"ia s d ~
gress OF the war, anu wh en-, nc nau
full budget he..sahg out Nv NV"
Ta!igrifhc spaches rom e'ers "n ni. .
Old Ben, however wou,u c,'en ,''i nv
up his "taligrimc spacnes anu III m;s
speciais ceased TO be consiuereu le,,-
able. According 10 MS statements nus
there was scarcely aay 'i'a' nc L,,.'
not seen President DAVIS III eoisui ,
ton with Mr.. beh)anhin. WI:,
both lOOk'd sorter anxious l,Ae: Onu
Ken knew the cheering cree. us
statements had OH inc Cnloh pisc
ers, and the sly oid darkey was , -"
mean student Oh human n.'u.
When the war ehhed MS ocruP'','on
was gone. lie huhS arounu ."e L
by long after It was d's! ,se,; Us P Ir;ol
anu 'heu nc $3.50 IL liz, ,Lnn,