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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-05-11

I last. 1t was four o'clock in the
morning when the foe Parted, and all
went down, only chair floating, - il
in n.ockery invitin, them to rest.
Then they would sleep little, but it
was not Permitted. A cry Of alarm
called all to escape. from crevice in
the ice. 1t opened just through the
captains tent, and the driven party
must move again before they could
prepare to leave the scene.
Then began what they term "the
retreat" Twenty-nine days they strug
gled southward. Three hundred miles
Of broken ice were thus passed over.
Foar miles day was thought good
fortune, and they had to know that
after one series Of fourteen days they
were twenty. seven miles further north
than at the first. Just hire belongs /.
curious fact. While working over the
ice, dragging three boats, they dispoy.
cred new island, which they named
Bennett Island, and to explore which
they spent three weeks Of their precious
summer days, and expended much Of
the limited supply of food. To this
detonr, those who survived attribute
much of their suffering, and the death
Of The Commander, with nineteen men
After three months Of this perilous
and exhaustipg work, they came tt
blue water, aud, then, with fair winds
took curse for the mouth of the Lcns
river, but d nger was ever present
Melville's boat was stove rgainst Z
block Of ice, through the misman &c
ment of seaman Coal--ths first signl
Of his failing mind. The CaptainI
boat lost her mast and sail, and Lieut.
Chips boat is wholly missing, with
all on board. They were parted in ,
storm. The Captain landed with al
we'll, but abandoned the boat, ss tn,
water was shallow, and they would no
make the channel Of the river Mel
ville's boat got in, and they soon fount
natives, which proved their salvation
Those Of this boat are all alive, bu
Lieut.. Daneuhower has lest an eye, an,
is suffering still, always fearing tn
loss # the other; and seaman Coal ha
lost his mind. Of the Captains party
all are given up as lost, save the tw'
strongest who were sent ashore for sue
cor. They were found almost helples
by natives, and taken in fourteen day
after leaving their starving companions
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-05-11
THE GARFIELD MONUMENT AT
WASHINGTON.

Prominent among the undertakings
to honor and perpetuate the memory
of the late President Garfield, the So
ciety of :hc Army of the Cumberland,
of which Gen. Garfield was prominent
member, has far advanced plans for
the erection of a magnificent noun
ment or statute at the National Capt.
tai, that is rapidly beeomiug popular
national movement. The Society are
merely directing the raising of the nee.
essary funds, and the erection Of the
monument. which, when completed,
will be turned over 10 tho President
of the United States, as the property
of the Nation. " hilc nothing definite
as to the character Of tho structure has
been determined upon, tho plans Of the
Society contemplate the raising of the
largest amount possible, when a CON-
mission will be organized of the mcst
eminent sculptors and architects, to
whom will he entrusted the duty Of
Gre ting structure that, in point of
design and artistic excellence, shall
equal, if not excel, any similar work
in America; that it may thus exem.
plify the exceptional regard that is
held for our late Chief Magistrate in
the hearts of bis countrymen.
The committee consists OF the follow
ing gentlemen, who were appointed ny
Gen. p. II. Sheridan, the President o.
the Socie y, as possessing peculiar fit
ness for the duty intrus'ed them: Gen.
James Barnett, merchant, of Cleveland,
Ohio, Chairman; Gen. Henry M. Cist,
attorney at law, Of Cincinnati, Ohio,
Recording Secretary; Gen. w. a. Rob.
inson, banker, Pi'sburg, Pa; Gen. A..
B. Underwood, U. S. Surveyor Custom
ilUuSt, puototl AhaS>.y 'cu. AHsot W.
McCook, M. c., Of New York City;
Gen. J. G. Smith, Chicago, ILL.,; Gen
J. G. Parkhurst, of Coldwater, Mich.
Lieut.. John Ruhm, of Nashville, Tenn
and Col H. c. Corbin, Asst. Adj.
Gen, U. S. Army, the latter of whom
is Corresponding Secretary aud Treas
urer.
In the desire to make this movement
one in which the whole people may be
represented, by even the smallest con,
tribution, the Postmasters of every
town in the country have been sp
pointed agents for the collection Of sub
scriptions, and ore especially charged
with the fact that no subscription
however small. will be refused. I,
seems eminently fitting that such mou
ument should be erected at the Nation
al Capital. where the deeds Of many
! Of our most distinguished eountrymer
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-05-11
OBITUARY..

When an old resident Of Lewiston,
Ike Mrs. DR.. M. A. Kelly, departs
from this life, something more than a
mere notice informing her friends and
nelghbors of the time and place of her
funeral and burial seem to be required.
This we propose 10 the remarks which
will follow:
Mrs. Kelly was born in Old Town,
Maine, March 7, 1912; she died in
Lewiston, May 2, 1882, and was a
little more than 40 years old. Mrs.
II. n. Gordon emigrated from Maine
to California in 1854 with her three
daughters, Abbie, Lilly and Hattie.
These girls were educated in the
Noterdame Catholic school. Hattie
married Dir. l.. Mcclure in 1861, Ab.
bic married DR.. NJ. A. Kelly in 1862,
AID Lilly married John Kester in
1870. Abbie, the subject of these
brief notes, with her husband, moved
to Lewiston during the first year oI
her married lite, and lived here to the
date of her death.
Twenty years ago this place was a
frontier town with very few educated
respectable women residing here-rc
sembIpg a desert Of sand, more than
the thrivip: little city i, now presents
Mrs. Kelly must have felt the loncli
ness of her situation in place as des
titute of lady friends, as the country
was of refined and christianized society
But most frontier towns soon change
in population, and better class oi
people will prevail. This has been sc
here, and al along in it's history the
subject of this memorium has had q
very marked influence in moulding so
ciety after better nodded. She has
always been very ardent in her sympa
thies in this direction. Always bein.
very benevolently inclined; she has
made hosts of friends by the imprint
Of her philanthropy in the hearts Of
others. She was the welcome fri.i q
in the home Of the sick, and in the
home of poverty; and the remark is
cJmmon, that she has not an enemy in
The world. She was not only Il woman
of great bsnevolence Of feeling, but
she was also endowed with a brillian,
intiect-so that she could not only
gain friends by her goodness of heart,
but by her intelligent force.
But pushed to speak, particularly
of her declining days. Her health
began to deciine in 1875. Since then
she has not been able to engage in any
thing which would severely .ax either
mind or body. In 1880 she became
victim to ephithelial cancer Of the womb
"a species Of slow, painful consamp
ton. This was removed by Drs. Jones
and Wells Of Portland, Oregon, but il
did not stop the poisonous effects of the
disease, and with person Of her ner
vous sensibilities, she became an intense
sufferer. Her whole body became thu
! theatre Of intense neuralgia pains
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-05-11

THE JEANNETTE,
How She Went Down In the Crue
Waters Of the Arctic.

Dr. II. G. Ledyard, IN American
gentleman now in Siberia, travelling
overland from Viadivostock, Eastern
Siberia, to St. Petersburg, at Irkoutsk
met Lieutenant Danenhower, of the
illfated jeanette. From a private let
ter of DIR. Ledyard, kindly furnished
the CAL by its recipient, We are en-.
ahled to give particulars of the loss Of
the Jeanette never yet published.
Under date of Irkoutsk, January 25,
DR.. Ledyard writes as follows:
And here we received call from
Lieutenant Danenhower, of the Jean
ette. He is the first in command now
as only two officers were saved, as is
believed. The chief engineer, Melville
is actually in charge, having received
written orders from the lost captain
Delong, because lieutenant Danenhow-
er had lost the sight of his left eye,
through exposure, and was in peril Of
losing the other. He protested how
ever, at losing his right, and as it seems
did most Of the work of navigati at
last, as he was placed in the same boat
with Melville.
The naturalist, Raymond, and L.
Newcomb, were also in Melville's boat
and weathcred the "Retreat." OF
this l must tell you something: the
other part you know already from the
papers but this story has not yet gone
to America, they tell me. And now
can hardly say when the "retreat" be.
gan, for since the first Fall, when they
were caught by the ice in trying to
reach Herald Island, they have never
taken course, but were held as in the
jaws of death, squeezed till every tim.
ber quivercd, turned this way and that
thrown foa ing and then caught again
and every hour in suspense, never
knowing when the ice would close upon
them little more, and even the frail
foundation of the deck sink beneath
them, and leave the floating, broken
ice, as the only refuge and such a
refuge! But throughout this strain
they were well, and trying to be cheer
full, playing and working, working
overtime too, very hard, for the en-
CINE and men we're barely able to keep
the water out; after one OF those fear
ful nippings. Always thereafter they
had to pump-pump for year and a
half Does 1t not seem too much Tor
man to bearl And to feel sure that
at last she must nc left, or would leave
them. 1t was June III, 1881, when
the crisis came.
The ship showed greater straining
than before. The deck quivered, and
inexplicable movements, with groan-
ings and new noises, warned them, but
frightened no one. Coolly they pre-
pared their boats aud made their camp
beside the vessel, there to await the
last and solemn moment when nature
should bury nearly all they had or
knew of this world, and leave them
like doomed men, with little more than
time to come" before them. She roe
and turned more and more in her era.
die, till her yards touched the ice
then the rigging gave way, and her
masts lay PROSTATE. The water had
flooded below where it would. The
sun, it seemed, was staying up to see
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-05-11
IN INNOCENS SE.

BY WILLIAM r. WARD.
Dwelt my soul in dreaming days
In a palace rich and wide,
There down dim sequestered ways
Moved an angel by her side.
Holy was her face and sweet,
Aud her lips breathed forth perfume,
AMI underheard ber voiled feet
Sided through the scented gloom.
Where all things were wondrous fair,
And the cleaning golden doors
Shed a my site light and rare
Over tessellated floors;
And mighty harmony
Ever rose and poured along,
In a rupturous melody
Swecter than the sweetest song.
When at eve the sunset turned
All the western skies to flame
Then the rooms in glory burned,
Ever beautiful and same
Said the angel, "Soul, thou must
Guard the doors e,e darkness falls,
With the bars oi prayer and trust,
Gainst the foe without thy walls"
And my soul her answer made,
Smiling, "Have need to fear?
Is there ought to make afraid,
., my angel with the neari'
Thus one eve the palace lay
Dreaming in the food Of gold,
Which divinest diving day
Wrapped the earth in, fold on fold.
Then my soul thought not Of prayers.
But in doubtful, worldly mood.
Longed for earth; till unawares,
Dropped the darkness where she stoot
Fell upon my soul fear
As the frost falls on the flowers;
And the angel whispered near.
''Lo, the foe have gained thy towers.
Tears were in the angels eyes
AS she winged her flight in pain
With cry to Paradise
Viii she ever come again?
Who can tell? ah, woes the day
For my soul knew not the sin
Till the angel fled away
And demon entered in.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-05-11

CHICAGO, May 1.-Sows time ago
the Indian Department requested thu
military to arrest Captain Jack Of the
White river Utss, who var in the VI.
cinity Of Fort Washskie, Wyoming.
The arrest was made April Goth. Short
ly after he attempted to cscaps and fed
to tepee near by, where hs secured 3
carbine and killed Ssrgsat Richard
Caxey Of the Sd cavalry. A mount .in
howitzer was then fred into the tepec.
killing Jack instantly. Capt. Jack was
a notorious leader in the Th rnberg
and Meeker massacres. and vas very
dangerous and bad Indian.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-05-11

It appears TO DO quito we'll establish,
ed that ants asd few other insects
have the highly organized facility Of
communicating their ideas 70 ono an
other. The researches of modern OH
servers, such as Lubbock and McCook,
have confirmed the belief in such )
power. DIR. Franklin shared tho belief,
and tested the matter in an intercst.
ing experiment. He placed : smsli
jar, containing q little trsaele. in .
closet, where q number of ants soon
collected to prey upon the vessels CON
tents. When al! was eaten the doctor
cleared the jar Of the ants, and putting
some fresh treacle in il. suspended it
by string from q nail in the ceiling,
A singla ant remained IN the jar, which
ate until satisfied, and then sought -
find its way out. II was for some tima
perplexcd, but finally climbed the string
to the ceiling. and escaped down the
wall. 1t had been gone bat . short
time when large swarm Of ants flock
ed into the closet, climhedsp the wall
to the ceiling. and then descended by
the string into the jar. whore they re-
mainsd until the treac!e was dsvoured
and then departed BY the string. It
is hardly possible that this should have
taken place had not the first ant made
some communication to the othsrs.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-05-11

The celebrated "Kent's Hole" Of ths
biologists is located near Torquary. II
Devonshire, England. This remarka,
hle cavern. first scientifically exploeed
in 1924 by Catholic clergyman. hss
given up remains of the mamnet1s 4
rhinocerous. hyens, elk, and other q q
mails now extinc. 10 England. togSo Der
with many fiin,s and other relics Of
ancient man. The earth II Ne oAve
has now been explored to : grnt depth
and the finding of . hanan NV iAy
below the surface has addsd : link 10
the chain Of evidence sstAblishias nan'@ 5
great antiquity.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-05-11
NUMBER 8l.

are honored in enduring hrouse and
marble, and tha. il should Le the gift
Of the whole people. in rseosnition q
the fact that from among ~ hunlblest
cne Of our number aross 70 the high
est 10 the land. We cordially cclA-
mend the undertaking TO oar people.
and trust that our town will b liberal.
ily represented in the coming memorial.
Our Postmaster il duly authorised, and
will be pleased TO receivs the smsiisst
contributions. A Handsome engraved
receipt will be sent TO every subscribst
cf one dollar sud upwards, that MAJ
bc preserved ~ IN elegant sopvenirI
of tho fact.
1t is suggested that societies. n,u,icsl,
literary, or otherwise, throughout the
Territory, give benefits In aid Of .his
project. These, in connection with he
benevolent and patriotic ladies and
gentlemen in our midst, should rsudes
the committee having this great work
in charge most valuable assistance.
Let the good work bs done. Partio-
ular attention is invited 70 the fact
that theirs is thoroughly National
project, and has no copnection With tha
Cleveland Monument, Of any Other
purely local enterprise.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-24

I'D. HEISLglS, Esq, OF the firm of Helm.
!ein Bros. of Bellaire, the most extensive
boot and shoe dealers in Eastern Ohio, started
Fast this morning. in response to message
FROM one OF theirageHts there, tor the pur.
pose OF experimenting the shipment Of
goods. This enterprising firm, during. the
last six months, have been quietly watching
through their agents in the Eastern cities
opportunities to buy goods that were forced
upon the market, and in many Instances
boughtat onehalf their real value. As a
result Of this enterprise they now have in
their possession and ready for shipment an
Immense stock OF fall and winter goods OF
the best quality anu make, which they can
Afford TO sell ut le>s than manufacturers
prices: These goods they propose to sci! In
Wheeling, in the large store room IN Gran.
giles Block, eppnaite the opera House. This
hfm have leased these magnificent rooms for
three months only, and tho entire stock, con.
sising OF many thousands OF dollars worth
q Mems, Women's Misses, and Child1en's
Menr must and will basoll during that time.
lhese gentlemen propose continuing this
business In Wheeling every fall and winter,
taking advantage If the busy season and
aHoIdiHg the expense OF keeping up afi estab.
liSl'mcnt during the dull season when moth
ing Or little IS Sold
The ci.izens OF Wheeling will readily see
that this manner OF doing business.
though new and out OF the old beaten track
Of merchandising, will place the goods in
The hands at the CONSUMER ut less price
than oan be reached in any other way. The
first shipment OF these goods will be opened
md ready for sale on or ABOUT November
Isl: !fyou desire 10 save money do not
lal to SEQ .hem before purchasing. Look
out Tor c'rcnlars'nest week giving prices.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-24
HIPE'H STORY.

J Ne
i Peculiar Case or Mi..akcu {t,en ,liy
ana IL Bruised Physiognomy.
Sunday afternoon an individual entered
the stamm House office, the appearance Of
whose head would lead ono to imagine that
1t had been used for foot. ball, Ills
physioguomy was in u badly damaged con.
dition, being u mass Of bruises. lie took up
pen and wrote on the arrival book, MN.
Il. Sipe, Saralsvisle, Ohio" and then asked
for u room and doctor. The ustonislicd
clerk, who had been endeavoring to make
out what, the object before him
Eas, at this junctulc managed to ask what
story, which wa cs follows: On Satu nlay
night he was coming to Wheeling on the
Central Ohio trim, due here at go 4. NJ At
Belmont station the train stopped and he
deaiIell 10 step out aud stretch himself a
little, as hewas feeling sleepy. lie had barely
stepped off on to the platform before some
one rushed up 10 him, and saying "Qhl here
YOU pre-" de4it him crushing blow betYeeu
the eyes with bis fist, in which was either .
stone or a pair Of knpealers. The first hloW
was followed in quick suggestion by
other SIMILAR blows. Sipe fell and
the fellow kicked him most severely
about the head. This was all done In a
moment, aud before the Persons about could
come to the rescue. The assailunt seeing the
train hands coming towards him started to
pick Sipe up, it is presumed to give him
another blow. when be dropped him. and
exclaiming, "By G.! its the wrong man."
darted away into the darkness. This was
aboard The Train md brought to
covered his wounds 10 be serious
he wanted place in which he could lay
quietly by few days and recuperate. The
back OF lis head and his body is bluck ind
blue. Ills right eye Is closed and his left
nearly SO; his nose Is badly cut, and there is
not u squire inch Of his face that is no dis.
figured. lie is badly used up. F
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-24
bs'centeintni Celebration III tho Land.
Ing OF william Penn.

| ." y W. " AaliNHl tCuus
The tw.o ltundrcdth anniversary OF the
landing of William Penn, will be celebrated
ut Philadelphia, by u grand carnival and
series Of gorgeous pagents during four days,
October 18th, ejth, 10Th and eth, 1882.
The street parades and ceremonies, Incl.
dent 10 this denlo nstratiOn, will be conducted
on Il scale Of grandeur and maghiiicence
never before attempted upon the continent.
All tho religious, benevolent, social, literary
civic. military aud naval Organizations will
participate III the daylight parades, and ut
nights there will be n splendid procession of
allcgorical tableaux and displays of fire
works, representing scenes in the history OF
Pennsylvania, and illustrating one OF the
great epic poems Of luda, "The Ramayann,"
TO accommodate all persons desiring 10
witness or take part In these imposing cere.
monies, the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St.
Louis Hallway Company lpan.lIandle Rou,e)
viii cell excursion ticke's Mt greatly reduced
rates, from Wheeling. Tickets will be good
going East on any regular train October q,
% and 90, 1852, aud available for continuous
return passage, leaving Philadelphia not later
than October Is. 1852.
No pleasanter time could be chosen for IL
Trip 10 Philadelphia. The views along the
Inc OF the Pennsylvania Railroad are famed
the world over. and the Allegheny Noun.
taiaa T.! this season of the year are clothed
win leaiy robe OF gold and crimson glory,
which seen through the hazy atmosphere Of
autumn, presents visions Of beuuty TO be
found upon no other railroad line III Amer.
lea. Riding, in !uxuriously upholstered ours
oves'a superb roadway, and through scenery
approached in loneliness only in encanted
dreams OF Fairyland, travel is robbed of
fatigue, and the tourist stores his mind with
olleclions that will prove u well spring Of
pleasure for all time to come
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-24
lie WOULDN'T WED.
DuAky I.othnrio Who Rejects the
Stllkcu llOutlH.

A DusIsy Lothnrio Who Rejects the
. Siiltcn Donts.
'sYuire Philips had a case before him last
evening which has all the elements OF u
romance iii real life, and would offer tempt.
ing theme for the novelist, who might do 1t
up under some such title Us "The Unwilling
bridegroom; or, James Alexander BALD.
nnder was the hero OF the story
brought out by tho trial. and Fan mic
johnson was the heroine. They boil, came
from ltarfisonburg, Va, and are young col.
ored people Of pretty good appearance and
intelligence. 1t seems that they had known
and loved before they left tho "O!d Dorlin.
ion," and Fannie had "loved not wisely, but
too we'll" Baldwin cine 10 Wheeling, and
the girl followed him at his request. lie
kept postponing the marriage ceremony I'm.
I'll Fannie became impatient, and yesterday
she made complaint before Squire Philips,
charging James with being the author
OF her ruin. James 'fessed up, and was lined
$50 and costs. He said be coull not pay,
and the Squire made out a commitment and
started an ctlicer for jail with the prisoner.
Fannie inteifercd, however, and proposed to
drop the matter II James would marry her.
10 this James consented, but new difficulty
arose. To be married they must have d
license, and license costs dollar. The
bridegroom elect started out TO see If he
could borrow dollar. The constable sug
gested that while he was ut il
lie might as well raise enough 10
pay the costs, and the Squire promised 10 re-
nit the fine. A dollar was coon pYacu.eL,
and the Squire and would-be bride procured
the license. James was still out hunting
money topay the costs, and be stayed SO long
the spectators began to think there was a
chance far another novel, "He con,eth not,
she sald." Finally. howeyer, Baldwin show
ed up, but in Ills canvassing AROUND TO ret
funds be had raised enough ito pay fine aud
all, and he expressed his preference for this
course, acted accordingly and departed,
leaving Fanny sal1cr and wiser girl.