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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-30

rVRUSTEE'S SALE OF \ FINE PA.
1 MUNKEY-RIFER FARM NJ NE| CAS-
TILL ~ KING WILLIAM COUNrI.-As trusi &c
ia a deed OF trust executed 10y II. -. Tomlin, jr,
dated the 10th day OF. June, l93Q:2ld OF see;}rI
iu the clerks snlce OF the County Court or hing
william county, and at the request Of the boiler
Of the note secured therein. | shall on
FRIDAY, AUGUST Is, 1854,
offer for sale al public auction, the premises rs
ii A. ~, an UNDIVIDED ONE-FlURIlIlN IN
TFREsT IN THAT YALU ABLE AND HILL
IY-IMPROVED FARM CALLED EOCL' T..
The FARM contains SAT ACRES, more or less,
situated Immediately on the PamunSey river q.
New Castle ferry, ia King William county, aud Is
one Of the most fertile farms In that section.
The sale will be midc subject 20 the rights OF the
tenants for the p esent year, the purchaser 70 taAc
lie rent from the day OF sale.
TERMS or SALE: Cash enough - pay all costs
Of executing the irast, about 800, sad 20 pay the
debt thereon secured, 1924, With interest ON the
IOth Of June. s63, and the rem1in1er IN tw1
equal paymenis al six and twelve months tbs
rnrchaser b. receive do'd, aad b give trust.
iced upon tie properly T. secure 1he netgrred
payments. bGoHnT r mnH.
~ l7-30t IrhIe'.
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: - Sa,,,.s ,ss iiscas X, Aas,issssSs


nv ouarles q kfeCnri ~, Aacuoneers
u,RusTEYs SALE OF DEstRAS 81. Z
RICHMOND BAZAAR. ON
WEDNESDAY, JULY so, 1885,
Arto OUTLOOK liza execution 81 certain ~ III.
OK trust from Henry Q. McGr.der, a i,a uc,crts
oS,r. ~ sichr.ond Chsncery Ccnrt, ps .as53
ye1alred "a 10 90 BY the hob1er OF tne q, ~ ,,s
setnred the reby default having been maoe in ~
80 y,ent ~ a t,ortion OF the sane. aud ~ cpny'ns
II he grsator In aid dced will Offer fr All ~ ~,
tl,a Mae. M at llic hour above meniioOn ~ -
pr EpTV r.nyeved by eaid deei. con sstn@ =,
SiNE wfLL-pR6KE I w .Nos 9g w ARTS.
Eo,ft, nt,Ays. FOUR DOUBLE AND I"v
sisesI.E sSTs of HARNESS. COMvLEts., ~. ~,
In good order. and nov bong used In tne NS"~"
TERMS BY son.nt Of Al parties; es ne,o gp s
sums under sivv ,rcst added. and 10 be endorsed
70 he saiisfAcsion a the VT g. TODD, Truree
N coov .,-t,arcer. ~ ~
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-30
DICHMoND BAZAAR, ESC
sos. 1893 AND 144o FRANKLIN STREET

Oar reguIsr sale will take place
TODAY
AZ 10 O'Clock, al which time we VIII ofsr Fcs'''
try OF
EXCELLENT HORSES AND MULES
from which frsf-class selections may Dc m'ie'
we name IL part;
1poAN MARE. six yeals old. reliable driver;
/ VROWN MARE. warranted " every way, 'c.y
stylish. is really beauty, can tr't Ia 2'oO, aha
pair FSRM.HoRsEs, sound, aud good work
7 sIiPfRI0R FAMILY MARE, reliable driver.
Attention Is asked 10 trustees SAFE III sho''oi
"I ~ 40 b. COOK, Auctoneer.
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nEAn EsrATr AT IyA1EI;I SALE.

RIAL EtfATf At FKiFAfh N No
NOR SALE, THE MILLER -
4 FARM In Campbell county. Va, on L.
the Campbell Courthouse road. eight miles from
Lynchburg, Va. In the i;on-Ore belt. Fallahle
ron deposts have beea fOInd IN TIE place. This
f,rm has on Il ilne frame dwelling and hume
rous out-houses. about 800 acre. OF low-grounds,
oGU acres Of wood. land. aud $50 acres OF excel
lent up.land Well adapted for tobacco, WHEAT.
COIN and ots. or would suit admirably for stocS-
S,rm Aldrcss X. T.. MILLER,
Com missioner,
Post-Oflce Box 29i, Lyhehburg, Va.
iv4-lms
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DyR. Il Chatin & Co,
Real Estate Auctio1c r..
JULY 81, 1884, AT )
O'CLOCK 2. 81, on THE PREMISES,
ADMINISTRATORS AUCTION SALE QE
ROSE COTTAGE,
Dy Il. Il Chatin & Co,

thnletc res. :erce Of r. Y. ThGr3, ae9clse !. on The
NJ &c. llill read. about two AMI hall Inll iion
The city Of Richmond. couttnlu III AtdL>
DWELLING, ten rooms, dry cellar; "A nuM)2r on
ott-Iuifdiugs: shady yard extending down - thr
public road; two wells Of excellent watc.' one IN
he kitchen; very fine cr:hlri abon two acre, ~
as1llra.,tis. Welding = handsome profit. One n ]!
Lud cleared and In Vtryh gh stat Of cuiiV ltioa
about twenty acres we'll set IN gra5s. balance IN
woods. Nei- haorhOOG un5ur Pi3sel' Sth)'t "Itii-
ia one hundred Har9s. - , ,., -,
Also, Mi FNHMISG UTENSILS, TWO MULES.
and THREE GOOD COWS, one Ot Wntch Is
thoroughbred AlCerneY. -
Trpst-: Al ale DIR. j. j. HAWKS,
Admin ,tri.Or.
H~ - " ~ g. 20
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THE AUCTION SALE OF THE PER-
l sONAL PROPERTY OF THOMAS HUNTER,
0fceased, heretofore ADVERTISED 10 take place
Thursday. July 3lst, 1885,, At his late re'idence
near Lsdor,, Amelia county, Virginia, has been
d.-penssd with and WIN NOT TAKE PLAtE
EsPI-BTISUrD. TAIEWELL ELLErr.
Administrator Of Thomas Hunter decea5eL
fr Ia
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-30

ECEINER'S SALE OF 4 LARGE
Ii AND DESIRABLE STOCK OF GOODS Ar
TIE CORNER OF HULL AND THiSTtaNtH
STREETS, ADMINISTRATION decree or
che Iluetiu2s Court Of nche5ter, entered IN Tue
chaneery suit OF 4. f. ainor, VINO sdesi &c., rs.
Lucy }. Ccrscy 4 ais, shah, on
FRIDAY, AUGUST l, 1851
sell at public auction, at the late store Of Mrs. Lney
}. Cersiey, a LARGE STOCK OF GOODS, c)h-
.isting OfLlQTORS and GROCERIES sufA as are
sold IN Gr,t-cass grocery store, commencing 10
10 O'Clock A. NJ, ana continuing ultil the ,ait o.
concluded. -,
TEENS: cash for all sums under ego, and for
ali sums Of $50 and upwards purchasers may eve
their EeeOiable notes, with Interest aldel' WIN
jya7 HENRY FiTzGER AID, Recover.
cALEOF MULES, MARE AND COLT.
- WAGONS. lUMPER, II 1--WE SO We. IRON
SAFE. CORN-SHFLLER, WllEAT-FAN, Ot-
FICE FURNITURE &c.-On
THURSDAY, July 81. 1884,
at l o'clock 4. NJ. the underslCnc !, trustee In
deed from Richard II. Smith e. secure creditors 3,
viii sell at his late pace Of bu'is,s. w.. 1919
Clsl Franklin street, TIE following PROPERTY;
! MARE AND COLT,
Q WAGONS,
! ySlr or HOWE SCALES,
/ LARGE IRON SAFE,
/ CuRN-SUELLER,
/ WIFE NT-FAN.
OFFICE FURNITURE.
and such OF the MERCHANDISE IOCh % my
bc on hand and uusold ri that time. 80,
TERMS: Cash as 20 al sums not eNoeedinS sIOV;
and on sums exceeding elOO note win apprpFei
security. H. VI. SMITH 1k-
iy ~ lrI-...
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TALIsNAEIc LETTER.

In Que Of the preliminary sledge.party
expeditions to Hall's Rest, on the Green
land side, every match but one in the party
had been exhausted. The shiyering group
had no hope OF life save in their ability &c
strike a spirit-lamp from this remaining
match. and the man now dead wrote
this description: "The match snapped,
cracked, and showed little fame, which
Inv dexterous management was communi
Gated to the wood and trlumphantly ap
piled 10 the wick OF the spirit-lamp. But
great Heavens! the wick L. wet from tia
falling moisture OF the tent IL sput
ters-fizzles--the match itself II burned
np TO the benumbed fingers O
the holder, when one Of The az
enized spectators springs IRON bis bag and
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Y y .-...s.1. .;;.i.,;...i:iss. i......s,A:
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAIL
- WAY.-SCVEDULE IN EFFECf JUNE 20,
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FREIGHT.
Freight received daily fer Norfolk, Portsmouth,
smi.hne'd. and Hampton Washington, ID. CT
kcwlern, WashiB gt0n. and farb0ro', y. q. and an
points In Eastern North Carolina; also, for East
James river, at LOWEST RATES, aud through
bills Issued l.. v. TATIM,
~ II Superintendent.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-12-04

Becky Jones, the New York housekeeper
who refused to testify in the Hammersly
will case, is not ljkely to gain her freedom
ment originated with Ferdinand Ward, the
swindling banker, who employed counsel
to secure Beckys release.
A telegraph lineman at work in Brook
lyn saw that something had befallen his
fellow-worSman eighty feet above, and
made the ascent in time to lash him to the
pole before he became unconscious from g
nervous fit. A policeman then found q
fireman's sectional ladder, and the sufferer
was rescued.
Advices from New Orleans say there was
a cyclone in st. Johns parish Saturday
evening, causing loss OF life and property
A residence in St. Martin, on the Perrt
plantation, was completely Gemoralizei
inatole Perri,t was almost instantly killed
rne Others in the house were uninjured. A
residence on the Mialiriates plantation was
also destroyed, and Mialiriates killed.
J. W. Aiken and his son Joseph were
killed recently in a pitched battle with the
>herIff and posse a. Sherman, Texas. DR.
Barnes, who was with Aiken and party. bu
did not take an active part in the fight.
WAS wounded, but not seriously Officer
Milton OF the posse WIS slot through thu
EFT breast. The trouble originated in az
attempt by the Aikens to paint the town
red, End when they were called upon
by Officer Milton to surrender, began Los
Utilities.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-12-04
WASHINGTON TOPICS.

The Siamese Govern ment hes made ap
| plication a, Washington to become mem
Der of the Universal Postal Union.
The issue of silver dollars for the week
ended November % was $4S, 497; for thu
corresponding period last year, 500 ,99S.
The Congress committee appointed to
select q site for the Garfield statue, deci
ded to place the monument in the circle b
the foot of the grounds on the west front OF
the capitol.
The waste in gathering timber and the
reckl manner in which our forests ar.
,eing cut down, is the subject for sensible
comment in the annual report Of the COM
missioner OF agriculture.
members of Congress will visit the New
er both houses will take an early adjo urn
ment for the purpose OF the visit.
The Commissioner of pensions will b.
compelled to wait until next month for a
portion of the ST. 1000, 600 required to fiji
his recent requisition, as the treasury Off
Gals are unwilling to report an apparent
increase in the public debt.
The House Committee on Appropriations
met at the Capitol to map out their work
for the next session. Chairman Randall
and Messrs. Ellis. Townshend, Follett and
Ryan were present, and Messrs. Keifer,
Holman and Forney were represented by
Others.
The Democratic les deis al Washington
propose for the Cleveland inaugural pro-
cession q battalion of five hundred veterans
of the civil war from every State in the
Union, with General Hancock as CHIEF
marshal, his staff to be selected in equa
numbers from the leaders in the great strug-
gle.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-12-04

| The Boston Knights of Honor Observer
charges that Robert J. Breckenridge, ls tie
! Supreme Treasurer of the Knights OF
Honor, is dsfaul:er for $1,000 Sreck-
enridge denies the charge, AMI will sue toI
libel.
A verdict has been rendered in the United
States Court in favor OF the United States
against David H. Bailey, for $39, 800, fees
collected BY Bailey as Consul at Hong
Kong, China, and not accounted for. Bailey
made no defense.
The jury in the suit brought by VIM. II
| MuDdy against Eliza Powell, in the New
York Supreme Courr, Tor 100000, for ma
| iciousiy running his character aHd Iepu,a.
| ton, disagreed and were discharged.
News has been received in Cincinnati, O.,
| amour cling the death of Bishop | w.
| Wiley OF the Methodist Episcopal church,
| now engaged in church work in China. He
| died at he residence Of n. J. Plumb, Mis-
iOnary at Fee Chow.
David Eastman, OF Harlem Illinois, lost
| a IS 600 farm by betting on Blaine, anu
long after election day refused an offer OF
S4OO to draw tn. wager. A young lady o.
afro is said to have won husband by bet
ting on Cleveland.
The Recorder Of New York imposed a
fine IF 300 and sentence of thirty days in
the city prison upon Rev. William II
Ramscar, Superintendent of he home for
children, for sending two young girls Out
to beg provisions.
At New York Marshall Orne Wilson and
Miss Carrie. daughter of William Aston
were married, at the residence OF the brides
parents. This was the society event of the
season. The presents to the bride are
valued at a quarter of million dollars.
Gen. Miguel Guadia, of Costa Rica, who
arrived in New Orleans a few days ago,
rom Port Lamar, died suddenly of hear
disease aboard the steamship, about twenty
miles below that city, to which he was re-
turning.
Congressman Tucker, of Lynchburg, Va.
recently elected from the Tenth District by
the Democrats, has been appointed guard
ian for the minor children Of the late
President Garfield. His trust includes all
the property owned by General Garfield in
Virginia. Mrs. Garfield in making the re-
quest referred to the kindly relations which
existed between Mr.. Tucker and her hus-
band
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-12-04

York, Lake Erie g. Western Road held
meeting at New York few days ago anc
elected officers The largest vote cast wa:
as follows: J. @. Mccullough, Park Mills
interest in stock and bonds $40 600
John King. English interest, $40, 600 600
H. l. Wovmssr 81 500, 900, Dre1el, Morgan
e. Co. 100000, Suikam Grant S2,OOO,OOo
The Eastern Pig Iron Association o
Reading. Pa, OF which Henry s Eckert il
President Us inaugurated movement t.
establish general Tariff club, the inteD
ton being to # ct general organization
and the unification of all home industries
~ against foreign manufacturers. A meet
ing OF the committee to deliberate upon q
plan of organization will be held in Phila
delphia.
The building occupied by Schlagel, Sieg.
enfuss & o., and by Ritter & Bayer as q
urniture factory and planning mill, at Al.
entown, Pa, was burned recently. Loss
10 Scbla rel, S:sgenfnss & Co, 1910; t.
Ritter d Bayer, $1,000, aud to the Pretzs
state, which owned the building, engln-
and boilers, $4,000 Other buildings pear by
we're damaged more or less.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-12-04
KANSAS FARMING.
Items of all Kinds Concerning Them.

At recent meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Farmers Institute,
held in Hiawatha, the time selected for
holding the Third Annual Institute for
Brown county is Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, January IL, IA and Is.
Kingman Democrat: w. H. Baker
will be here about the goth of this
month with 200 barrels of apples. This
will be the last Of the apple season for
this year. Mr.. Baker has sold over TO-
600 bushels of apples in Kansas this
year.
The County Commissioners Of Brown
county have bought a Poor Farm of
David Feller, for $3.50. The farm is
very near the center of the county,
three miles southwest of Hiawatha. 1t
contains 1914 acres and cost S42.70 an
acre.
Oswego Republican: The low price of
corn does not seem to be working much
hardship, for farmers are feeding more
stock than heretofore, and are thus pre-
pairing to secure good prices. Nineteen
cents a bushel means more bushels fed
to the hogs and more hogs for sale.
Valley Falls Register: The farmers say
they never raised such crops of corn.
They have considerable difficulty in
making cribs large enough to hold it..
The ears are so big and heavy they
make the arms of those used to labor
sore and lame handling them.
Humboldt Union: In conversation
with farmers, we learn that the yield of
corn for this year ranges about as fol-
lows: Upland, from % to 40 bushels per
acre; bottom land, 40 to 60 bushels per
acre. In yield and quality the corn
crop is not as good as last year.
Clay Center Dispatch: A number of
fine farms have lately changed hands in
Five Creeks about Idana. Rowland has
sold his big farm, the Fisher place has
changed owners and other trades are be-
ing considered. The United Presbyter-
ians will soon have a large settlement
there.
Lawrence Gazette: Mr.. D. H. Lewis, of
Grant township, while transplanting
strawberries few days ago, was sur
prised to End quite a number Of ripe
berries on the plants. Strawberries and
cream in November in Kansas is, indeed,
a rare delicacy, and will doubtless be
enjoyed by Democrats and Republicans
alike.
Peabody Graphic: G. W. Ayers has
purchased about 500 tons of timothy
from DR.. Foster, living about nine miles
southwest Of Peabody, which he is ship
ping to Kansas City. Those who know
assert that it is as good timothy as can
be raised anywhere in the United States.
DR.. Foster has 800 acres sown to timothy
which will he much more profitable to
him than twice that many acres of wheat
this year.
Girard Press: Frank Playter has re-
ceived a car load of good draft horses
from Chicago, which are very fine. We
learn from Mr.. Playter that he has sold
his Walnut Park Farm to II. B. Craig. of
Kentucky, who will take possession on
March LIST, 1885. The sale only includes
the 500 acres where Mr.. Playter lives.
He has not disposed of his fine herd of
blooded cattle, but expects to offer them
on the market soon. We are pleased to
state that Mr.. Playter will not leave the
county, but will probably develop his
Pittsburg interests. His farm is one of
the largest and best arranged in Craw-
lord county.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-12-04
Kansas City Produce Market.

Kansas City, November 20, 1884
The Daily Indicator reports:-
fLUUk-The market was Gull.
Quotations; Ak, rs. AK. sOds5; family, o.
:. IL o 81. D. ! S.al IS; sncy l45@l 3D. patent
| WHEAI-Was again weak and generally 10 wer.
No. REQ winter. unst, 1910 lid. November, soc
It'd: December Ole bid, 81 y. asked. January, SO
cash, 4l1sc bid, i252c asked No. 4, BIC bid. So
asked. Rejected, 2 c pia No. soit, cash. size
bid.
ooRN-kovember was higher. but other options
No. 2 mixed, cash, 2s14c bid, 2fs4c as ed; No
vember. .es4@2.7s':. december, first half 251ac:
- hlte mixed. &c bid, INC ssked High mixed,
1850 bid, ne asked Rejected, 25Lc
| .ATo-NO 2, Cash, 21c bid, 221zr asked; Novenl.
Der, 22c ssKed. DECEMBER. y (" asked.
KfE-Cash and November, 37s4c bid, soc asked;
rejected, 351s bid, SIC asked.
bUTIER-Supply ex, essive and market quiet.
Quotations: Creamery, choice. 26@25c; fair 70
good, 2O@22c fine DAIRY, 19@20c roll, 9@1cc;
| tore PACKED. l2e16c sour and poor. 6gl0c.
RGGs-Lower: Z3c p dozen candled.
GAME-Supply large and market slow.
Quotations Prairie chickens. 3 20. teal ducks
| 75t al 20 mallard, 25 plOvers, soc; dressed
wild ducks, e@l0c.
POULTRY-Dressed. overs!ocked and weak.
Quotations: Chickens. dressed, 405c; turkeys
| 7@Sc. DUCKS, 1C@ &c; geese, e@9.
CORN MEAL-Green, Zoe; kiln dried, 100.
DRY SALT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. g., c;ear slot
| sc; long clear Sides Sc; clear rib SIDES, g.
SMOKED MEA1S-ShoUlderE, &c: long clea,
ddes. exc: rib sides, 914c; clear sidsP. 9SSc.
HAMS-Sugar cured, re.
BREAKFAST BACON-13o.
| DRIED BEEF-i3c
BARREL MEATS Pork, homeless, 20 90 clear
pork, 20 90; mess pork, IS "a.
LARD-Tierce, 90; MALT barrel, IS
TALLOW-No. ], 61sc; No. 2, sc.
SORGHUM-25c per gallon.
CHEESE-Fun cream. 1&c; flats, 7MSSIc.
| Young AmerIcs. l4@ '4Mn
! BRAN-Bulk &c., sacked 44c p 100 bs.
Flax SEED Is
BROOM CORN-Eurl. 4A@411c; self working
| 3@4c: sho-. and crooked, 2@3c.
HAY-Fancy msll oaiea 10 90: Large taiec
| 9 So
| WOOL-Missour1, unwashed-heavy fine, 15@
| tic: light fine, l7@2Oc: medium. lS@1oc me
dunn combing, 10000; coarse combing, 17@2Oc
| low and carpet, l2915c. Kansas and Nebrsska-
| heavy fine. 1lel5c: light fine, 15@]7c: medium
| l7@19c; medium combing. -; coarse combing
| 11eG1sc; low and carpet, 9@i2c. Tub washed
choice. 2s130c; medium, 2o@2sc; aingy and Low
H@46c
HIDES AND PELTS-Hides, dry flint, No. =
b, 16c; No p b 13c; dry salted, p b 12c. Greer
| sailed, No. 1 ? b &c. green salted No. 2 2 h &c.
Green. No. p &c: No. 2 b SIC; calf, = b lie:
-heep pelts, dry. q l0c.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-12-04
Kansas City Live Stock Market.
Kansas City, November %, 1894.

The Live Stock Indicator REPORTS
CATTLE-Rece ipts, 1900. The market to-day
was steady. Exports, S as Is; good to choice
shipping steers. 1905 IS common to medium
1 IS 8 rs feeders Is "a 25; cows, 65m3 %
grass Texas steers 90 90 Colorado halt bree 6
steers, 1904 40; New Mexico steers, 3 1904 90.
HOGS-Recefpts, ia 8. The market to-day
was weak and lee lower LOIS averaging 100 to
1852 bs SOLD at at 3 95G4 IS, bulk at 10. There
WIRE few sales of assorted at 81.
SHEEP-Recelpts, 2e?9 The II arket was quiet
Fair to good muttons. 2 1903 40.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-12-04

The farmers are beginning to be
alarmed at the slaughter our nimrodsare
making among the game. Notice is now
posted on almost every farm in the
county forbiddiDg shooting on the prem
ises.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-12-04

ELEVATOR REPORTS.
The following shows the amount of gram re
ceived, Withdrawn and in store at regular eleva-
tors, as reported to the Board of Trade to-day:
Received. Withdrawn. In store
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-12-04
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT,

The following table SHOWS the prices Of wheat
corn oats and rye at the close of Change to-day,
in comparison with the previous day and previous
| wear. Previous
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-03

ing niggers during the war, and had
such luck in running them off, that a
lot Of us at Vicksburg decided to treat
him to a shining example.
Some time ago we brought suit in
the courts to recover 5000 for. slaves
shipped north by Pierce. we engaged
one of the ablest lawyers. in Ohio to
look after the matter, SO that people
might not say there vas any politics in
it, and we obtained Judgment for prin-
cipal and interest, or for $1,000. and /
am looking for this fellows bloody-shirt
paper to come down en- it at the right
time.
When thegentleman from Nicksburg
was informed. that Colonel Pierce had
no connection with the paper referred
to for some years, that he was nolnnger
resident OF Chicago, but was governor
OF Dakota. he gave utterance to his as
constituent and walkedaway. AS soon
as he was outof ear-shot one Of J. ogan's
old staff officers said: r"Thats"a good
joke on the new governor, and if these
Vicksburg fellows prove g little stub
born they may make the Colonel IA
NOUS.
Pierce was Grants quartermaster at
Vickburg, CT If he wasn't quartermas-
ter he Was.in charge of certain import
ant duties connected With the depart
ment. He secured quarters for the
general officers, looking after the prop
erty that came into the hands of the
government, and provided for the vel
fare Of refugees and contrabands that
came to the lines About that time the
status Of negroes who had been slaves
was being defined and Colonel Pierce
was a strict constructionist In the mat
ter Of enlarged liberty to the individual
"When a lot Of colored people insisted
on going north he asked no questions
but sometimes volunteered a little in.
formation as to how they might work
their:way in the right direction. He
couldn't send them~back into the rehe.
lines, and he couldn't keep them in
camp and feed them. lie simply lei
nature take its course, and the negroes
were wonderful; alert in the matte,
OF taking a hint But as for suing Col
onel. Pierce.f for running away niggers
our Nicksburg friend might as vel
bring suit against General Grant fol
capturing the city. -