Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-09

HAN wanted 10 see MIN at headQuar-
tiers. The Lieutenant nervously
buckled on his cheese knife a nd away
he went. As soon as he appea red, the
old man opened up:
Lieutenant, where were you last
night between the hours of 6 p. m.
and 6 o'clock this morning2"
ION the river part of the time and
the MetaHiora part of the time"
'Who gave you leave to take the
Metamoraf'
Nobody, sir that I know Of"
Didn't you know 1t was wrong
that 1t was theft-stealing the govern;.
ment coal2 You will consider you
self under arrest till l see about tn
gross violation of discipline, SIR"
The youngster backed out with a
salute. He was soon released, ''ft
into the war" till it ended, and then
went to Italy to help GA ribaldi. That
row ended, he came back here to this
city while Grant was Secretary of
War ad interim under johnson. Be-
ing in financial straits, he was advis-
ed to apply to his old commander.
So he went up to the war department
and sent IN his card. Pretty soon he
was called in his turn, and as soon
as he faced the old man the latter ex-
claimed:
why, how are you, Lieutenantl
Where have you been all this timer"
"Over in Italy, helping Garibaldi. "
''Humph! Been over to Italy, have
you, helping Gar;baldi, eh2 Steal
any steamboats, over there, Lieuten-
antP
Then he laughed till he shook, and
handed the Lieutenant paper which
eventually secured him a good posi-
ton under Uncle Sam.
A W0man's Scar.
A correspondent of the Louisville
Courier Journal, writing from Nor
gantown, Ga, tells the following sad
story.
Sitting on the veranda of a little
white house on the northeast corner
of the town square, May be seen al
most any day wrinkled old white
lady This lady has an eventful his
tory. Across her forehead there is a
scar which she vainly tries to hide By
letting her white hair fall carelessly
over it. This scar she received in one
of the bloodiest faction fights of this
section during the days Immediately
following the surrender. She was
the mother of three sons and one
daughter. Of the sons, one joined
the Confederate bushwhackers; an
other, being Uniol man, joined
what was known as the hogbacks,
and the third remained at home and
devoted himself to the care of his
mother and his crippled father, with
varying fortune.
This town was first in the hands of
one party and then the other, being
alternately plundered with equal
fidelity by each. The lady TO whom
this narrative relates, having a son in
each party, became herself unjustly
an object of suspicion to all the neigh
bors, and for her there was no peace.
When the war ended these bandits
were not prepared to lay down their
arms. The son who had served with
the hogbacks endeavored to pay his
mother stealthy visit by might, but
was shot dead as he placed his foot
upon the threshold, and when his
mother opened the door it was only
to see his dead body drop in the room.
A few weeks later the cries of a wom-
an in house near by called for help
This call was answered by the son
who had stayed at home. AS he en-
tered the house the woman's assailant
turned upon him and stabbed him to
the heart For this the murderer was
put in Jail, but by the aid of some of
his faction friends, was rescued and
went to Kentucky, where he is now
one of the best known stock men eff
that state. The old lady now had
but her invalid husband, her Confed-
crate son and her daughter left. A
party of hogbacks, hearing of the
sons arrival at home, attacked the
house one night, and, entering it,
made prisoner of the young man
His father and mother clung to him
and pleaded to keep aim, when a
murderous blow from a keen knife
swept across the mothers head, send
ing her to the floor senseless. When
she came to an hour later, the party
was gone, and her husbands dead
body was by Der side. Next day the
body of her son was found outside of
town, mutilated beyond recognition.
1t required the presence of a company
of Federal troops to quell the dis
orders of the day. The j lady re-
covered, but with scar on her fore
head, to the history of which she al
ways reeurs when forming a new ac-
NGaintance