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Milford chronicle., 1885-01-30
THE LAST REGIMENT.

The dying land cried; they heard her death
call;
Gray, toothless old men stopped, listened
intent
Then rusty old muskets came down from the
wall;
Old squirrel-guns cleaned in that regi-
ment.
Gray grandsires marched, old musket hand,
The last men left in that whole sea land.
These gray grandsii esl They were seen to
reel
Their rusty old muskets a wearisome load;
They marched, scarce tall as the cannon's
wheel,
Marched merrily on mp the corduroy road;
The gray old boys, all broken and bent
Marched ont, the gallant last regiment
But, oh that march and the memories,
When zest and excitement had died away
That desolate march through the cypress
trees,
Arrayed in their desolate robes Of gray;
The gray grandsires so broken and bent;
The gray moss mantling that regiment.
The gray bent men and the MOSES gray
The dull, dead gray of the uniform
The dull, dead skies like to lead that day,
Dull, dead, heavy and so deathly warm
Oh, what meant more than the cypress meant
With its reaching moss to that regiment2
That deadly march through the marshes
deep -
That sultry day and the deeds in vain
The lying down by the way to sleep
The sleeping never to rise again!
The rust on the guns The rust and the
rent
That dying, desolate regiment
The muskets left leaning against the trees
The cannon wheels clogged from the moss
o'erhead
Ils.5 cypress trees kneeling on obstinate
As kneeled gray men by the gray men
dead
A lone bird rising, loug-legged and gray,
Slow rising and rising and drifting away
The dank, dead leaves gave back no sound,
The drums lay silent as the drummers
there;
The sultry stiffness it was so profound
You might have heard an unuttered
prayer.
And ever and ever far away
Kept drifting that desolate bird in gray.
The long gray wells of that cypress wood,
Like wells that sweep where the gray nuns
weep
That cypress moss DER the darkness deep,
Why, the cypress roofs they were running
blood;
And to right and to left lay a soldier dead
A mourning cypress set foot and head.
Twas man hunting man in the wilderness
there;
Twas man hunting man and hunting to
slay;
Butnothing was found there but death that
day,
And possibly God, in that poisonous air;
And possibly God-and that bird in gray
Slow rising and rising and drifting away.
And never a sword was unsheathed that day;
Nay, never sword was unsheathed at ALL
But silent and patient men passed away
All accomplishing as the leaflets fall,
And never a shot or shell was spent
BY the last, last, gallant old regiment.
Now down in the swamp where the gray
men fell
The fre-fies volley and volley at night,
And black men belated are heard to tel
OF the ghosts in gray in a mimic fight
OF the ghosts of the gallant old men in gray
Who silently died in the swamp that day.
JOAQUIN MILLER.
Milford chronicle., 1885-01-30
A Fine Park.

The San Franciscans are very proud
of what they term their Golden Gate
Park of over one thousand acres. OF
all the great parks of the world, they
assert. that there is none so picturesque
and none having so many resources for
variety of arboriculture. Nearly all
semi-tropical trees will thrive in it. For
ten years the work of tree planting has
been going on, and the Park is rapidly
becoming a most attractive spot. One
Of the hest features Of the place is the
ocean view, the Park being located on
the shore Of the bay, with driveway
along the beach.
Milford chronicle., 1885-01-30
"wHAT YOU MIGHT CALL NERVE"
Unless Truth is Indeed Stranger than Fie-
tion TO nt Lenst One New Yorker,

tiOn to at Lenst One New Yorker,
81 saw an exhibition of what you
might call nerve the other day in Della
ware county, N. T." said Deacon Chas..
n. Bean of the public stores, to N. 7.
lSlul reporter. 81 was up there on
business last week, near Harpersfeld,
and an acquaintance took me out to fish
for pickerel through the ice. On our
way to the pond we came to a couple of
men chopping in the woods. Ny friend
knew one of the men and stopped to
talk with him. The other man kept On
chopping. He had made but two or
three strokes with his ak when it flew off
the handle. The sharp blade whizzed
through the air, passed close to my
friends head and, striking the other
chopper, whose name was Hagar, cut
his nose off close to his face as clean as
if it had been done with a razor. The
man who had lost it put his hand up to
his face in a startled sort of wav and
looked down at the severed nose as if he
could hardly believe his eyes, When
the full force of the situation struck him
i D., loolEes = his fellow chopper with an
expression of SUI pIIsC ssIIes ;ylry on
his face, and said: I'M
"'Well, Jack you're nice fellow, amt
YEP
''Hagar then stopped and picked up
his nose and, pressing his handkerchief
to his bleeding face, astounded both my
friend and myself by resuming the sub
iect upon which they had been talking
which was the making of a contract
for chopping-as if nothing of conse-
quence had occurred to interrupt it. My
friend, however, started the other chap
to the village after a doctor, and wanted
to take Hagar home at once on his buck
board. Hagar wouldn't hear to this,
and said he would cut across to his
cabin through the woods and wait for the
doctor, and he started off, without any
apparent hurry, carrying his nose in his
hand.
''When we returned at night we went
out of our way two miles to inquire
after Hagar. We found him chopping
up fire wood in front of the cabin.
There was a bandage around his face.
When we asked him if the doctor had
seen him, he said
"'Yes, he's been here. He stuck the
nose on in its old place and bound it
there, and said he believed it would
grow fast again, as he had known of
such things happening. Say, I came
blame near getting mad at Jack when
that ak flew off to-day. He's always
cutting up some dido or other.
"Then we drove back to Harpersheld.
had letter to-day from my friend.
He had Just come from a visit to Hagar.
He says the man is getting along, and
that the nose will grow fast again, sure.
Now, these are facts, and 1 tell you that
Hagar struck me as giving an exhibit
ton of what you might call nerve"
Milford chronicle., 1885-01-30
The Richest Woman in America.

When Cisco & Go. suspended, a lady,
said to be the richest woman in America,
had S26. 600. 900 of stocks and Govern
ment and railroad bonds securely locked
up in the firms vaults as special trust;
Her father, q New Bedford whaler, died
some wears ago and left her, it is said,
about Is. .OOO, 900. She has lived afrugal
life. exercised extraordinary keenness in
her investments, and by embracing every
good opportunity that the stock market
afforded she has more than quintupled
her heritage. Old Wall street operators
give the lady credit for having as intl-
mate a knowledge ofrailroad securities as
any person they know. She keeps her
business entirely separate from that OF
her husband.
The s'richest woman in America" has
some strongly marked characteristics.
She does business on the strictest busi-
ness principles, regardless OF sentiment
OF relationship, and she is economical IN
the most elaborate sense OF the word.
She seems to have made it a rule of her
life to indulge in no personal luxuries.
She has been known to walk from her
hotel in New York city to a social recep-
ton through heavy snowstorm rather
than pay for the use of coach. 1t is
related that one day, when John Cisco
was alive, she got out of Broadway
stage in front Of his banking Office in
Wall street, with a bulky parcel under
her arm. Mr.. Cisco was looking ont of
his office window at the time, and a few
minutes later, when he found that the
bulky parcel contained over $500, 600 IN
negotiable securities, which the lady
had brought down to place in the vault
he said: "Don't you think it was rather
risky for you to have brought these
bonds down town in a public stage ?
You should have taken carriage"
ga carriage, indeed r said she. 'Per-
haps YOU can afford to ride in carriage.
| I oannnt
Milford chronicle., 1885-01-30

CURIOUS EEFEOI ON a NEW aAOhHAhh Vt
THREE WEEKS POTTER COUNTY DIET.
'I feel as if 1 could hug one Of the
City Hall pillars in two" said young
Eugene Sanderson, the knife merchant,
"and if 1 could get just one swat with
nv right fore paw alongside of John l..
Sullivan's mug, feeling the way l do
now, Mr.. Sullivan wouldn't get back in
time to save his gate money, and I'll bet
on it,"
Mr.. Sanderson had just returned from
Potter county, Pennsylvania.
"Why, actually, 1 can hardly pass by
fur store, said he, "the desire to stop
and stand up in front Of it and hold big
stick in my paws and show my teeth is
SO strong within me. I've taken a
strange fancy for honey and live pigs,
and when l first came back 1 felt as if
somebody was on my track and trying to
capture me for the Central Park col
lection.
"For three weeks 1 had nothing to
eat but bear meat. I've had bear steaks,
bear meat hash, stewed bear, roast bear,
bear fricassee, bear sausage, boiled bear,
ierked bear and bear headcheese. I've
had bear gravy on pancakes, baked on
griddles creased with bear fat. I've had
minced bear meat pies, with the crust
shortened with bear lard. I've had bar
becued bear cub, fried bear liver, and
stewed bear kidneys for a change. /
was booked to stay another Week-I
was visiting-and 1 probably should
have stayed my time out, but one day
the lady of the house where I was stay
ing-she's relative Of mine-came to
me and said:
"I see you can stand fodderin' on
bear meat toTable well, Sandy, and seem
to dote on it, so I'm goin' to s'prise you
with a new dish.
"'That so 2 I said. What is it to
be?'
" Picked bears feet, she said.
"Well, drew the line straight and
wide at picked bears feet and made up
my mind to escape at once, and I did. =
~. Y Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1885-01-30

ing a legal document and crying out,
''And he was an Angel in Disguise and
I said so9 And what do you think this
is2 Tom oh, Tom it is our mort
gage, and it is discharged And that
man was the man that held it, AMI he
was coming 10 take it up or something,
and he has cancelled the whole thing,
and with his thanks, too-think of it,
And oh, can you call that anything else
than an angel"
"In disguise?" said Tom, presently,
when she had her breath again and the
rapture was momentarily stilled. sCer-
tsinly not, Mrs. Rose; and in spite of
my gratitude, must admit, very much
in disguise. "-HdrPer's BaSar.
Milford chronicle., 1885-01-30

An EXCHANGE. Some weeks ago,
when corn was at its lowest notch,
farmer brought load to town and in
ouired the price. Fifteen cents, was
tbe reply. The farmer paused and
gazed upon the ground thoughtfully.
AT last he said 4: 81 wonder if there
amt any place in town where I could
trade that load Of corn for q load OF
cobs? I'm about out Of wood, Hop,
kins MOI Journal
Milford chronicle., 1885-01-30

WHY, YEs.-A cirCnlar issued by the
Psychical Society asks, among other
questions: ''Have you ever, when in
GOOD health, and wide awake, had a
vivid impression Of something extremely
good and inspiring trickling down the
throat ?" Well, we rather think We
have. What made the impxession so
vivid was the fact that the extfenejy
GOOD and inspiring stuff was actually
trickling down. P. SIT was ice water,
q az TIE CHRONICLE OrElaH. 8
Milford chronicle., 1885-01-30
CENTRAL HOTEL,

1nt tUHBY sTINE. Proprietor.
lhes
iii tel has been recently purchased, and
rlewly furnished throughout. 1t is
1n to erect two story addition to
prOmis soon as the weather will permit
s.bad adeavor to give the people of Mil
managed on first-class principles.
enti0nlt hotel formerly Union HoteD
over. lown next fall, when new and
s. O., ding will be erected. Everything
4iaC oatso the comfort Of guests, either
apartments, table or reading
~ HE, carefully attended to; as a long
~ pro the hotel business has enabled
oob the wants Of hotel guests. A
s"oH,a1n to and from the depot for
awe 1t Non Of guests.
lost or monthly boarder's rates,
Milford chronicle., 1885-01-30

FARMrNa.-The Denver Repubttcdn
saws: ssWhen due allowance is made ior
the different amounts Of capital invested,
Ne venture to assert that the average
farmer makes more money than the aver
sge banker" Nm :, ,.,,,.,.,
Milford chronicle., 1885-01-30
No. 2.

In the absence Of any instruction, we will
make as above In ordering give full descrip-
ton Of what you want leave nothing to Be
guessed at.
Parties unknown to us, ordering goods, will
be required to remit us one-third the value
before we ship them, the balance to be paid on
delivery.
Send for price list.
BALTIMORE TwINE AND NET Co.
VIM. j. Hooper 81 Son,
6 S. CALVERT ST., BALTIMORE, Md.
CMention this paper.)
Milford chronicle., 1885-01-30
!. G. W. sIPPLE,
DENTIST.

1I upper and under Sets of Teeth (either
1sts or S. S. Whites which are the best in
Horld) from Ss to $40. All other work in
ntrtion.
serving Natural Teeth a specially. Ex-
Ing Teeth 25 cents.
30, 1874 Loockerman St., near Governors
0e, Dover, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1885-01-30
He Feels Like a Bear.

CURIOUS EFFECT ON A NEW yorker OF A
THREE WEEKS POTTER COUNTY DIET.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-12-08
Dashed 10 Death in a smart.

MERRirl's CoRNFss, N. Y, Deem
Der IAN accident on the new Gro
ton aqueduct early this morning re-
suited In the death of four men and
the probably fatal injury of a fifth.
The men were descending to work In
one of the buckets used for lowering
them down the shaft; the start was
made all right. but before the bucket
had descended many feet the cross
beam caught iu the shaft and remain
ed fast until the bucket had almost
reached the bottom of the shaft, when
1t broke loose and came crashing
down distance of over one hundred
feet OH the heads of the unfortunate
men. The following were instantly
killed: Frederick Dresser, Lorenzo
Dobbins, who leaves wife and
family; Patrick Moran and Francis
Carr. John Boardman, the other un-
fortunate man, will probably die OF
his injuries.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-12-08

The Total Estimate s,fa1.I87 BALES
MEMPHIS. Tenn, December 1.-The
cotton crop report tor the Memphi,
district, which embraces west Ten.
nessee, north Mississippi north Arkan.
sas, north Alabama, TO be published
Tomorrow by Hill, Fontaine Il Co.,
4 will say:
The picking season has been most
favorable excepting In portions OF
Alabama, where continued wet
weather caused damage TO the crop.
Labor has been in ample supply with
the exception Of certain localities in
the Mississippi valley, where new
railroad enterprises have drawn some
from the fields IL Is fair to estimate
that 80 per cent. of the crop had been
picked up to the first of December.
Cotton has been marketed with
greater 4apidity than heretofore, for
several reasons; first, the necessities
of planters; second, facilities for gin
ming by the erection of new improved
steam gins; third, increased facilities
which have been offered by railroads
in extending lines throughout the
south. All these causes, together
with the fact that the season was fully
twenty days earlier than last year,
have had the effect to swell the re-
ceipts at this point $4,000 bales in cx-
cess of last year.
Our correspondence embraces
every section of the south; and what
is true of the Memphis district as re-
CARDS the picking season, IS also true
all over the cotton growing belt of
the country. A careful analysis of
the reports of our correspondents en-
ables us to give estimates of the max
imum yield of 1886 which we place
ut 6,421, 1857 bales. The states that
show an increased yield as compared
with last year are: Texas, Missis-
sippi, Louisiana, Alabama aud
Georgia.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-12-08

CHICAGO, December 7.-Lieutenan-
General Sheridan aud Inspector
General Baird arrived mere last event
ing on their return from tour OF
investigation through New Mexico
and the west. General Sheridan de-
clined to give any particulars of the
visit, except that he found everything
in satisfactory condition. Upon be.
being asked in regard to the report
that United States troops are being
moved from different ports in West.
ern Utah, in anticipation of trouble
the general declined to say anything
further. He will leave for Washing
ton to day.
Major Ge neral Schofeld, in answer
to inquiries, said it would be impos
sible for him to give the public an,
information rs to the cause for NOV
ing troops west from Omaha. at Il
merely a probationary measure hi
added, "and no serious trouble is an
ticipated."
Referring to the dispatches of yes
terdsy, which asserted that troop,
have been ordered to Salt Lake City
to protect the genliles there from
threatened violence by the Mormons
| Schoiield said he had seen the ac
count and guessed the papers knew
about rs much about the matter al
the government did.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-12-08
Silk Wraps all Reduced,

Reduced to $l6.5O from $22.5O, La
dies Plush Goats AZ inches, long
quilted Satin lining.
Reduced to $3.50 from $55, Ladies'
Brocade Velvet New Markets quilted
Satin lining.
Reduced TO $2750 from $500, La
dies Ottoman silk New Markets,
Satin lined and fur trimmings.
Reduced to $3.50 from 1926, Ladies
Ottoman Satin New Markets, Satin
lined and fur trimming.
Reduced to Sl4 from $40, Ladies'
BroCadc Satin New Markets, fur
Trimmed.
Reduced to SIS from 1924, Ladies'
Brocade Ottoman New markets, Satin
lined.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-12-08
Big es.S Inns this Week

Reduced So from $3.50; Ladies'
PLAIN Diagonal New markets, all
voc
Reduced to So from Sil; Ladies' all
wool Berlin twill New markets.
Reduced - SO from $3.50, Ladies'
Double Breasted New markets Il
heavy all wool Seige cloth in Black
and Brown.
Reduced to $l2.5O from $3.50,
Ladies' Brown Berlin Twill New
market. collar and sleeve of Silver
fur, ACCORDION Back.
Reduced to 500 from 1928, Ladies'
New market made of heavy Brucle,
military front and shoulder orna-
ments, tailor made.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-12-08
CRAWFORD CULLINas.
Settling M Old Claims.


CRAWFORD, December 7.--Ex-
Mayor L. A. Sturgis is now in our
city settling up the old claims again at
Nichols ~ Robertson, he being the
assignee of that firm. This has been
no easy task, as it has required a large
amount of close and careful investi-
CATION to so arrange matters as to
please all the creditors, but Mr.. Stur-
gis has been equal to the occasion,
aud has so arranged everything that
matters can now be amicably settled
He remained until all the papers per.
tanning to the case were entirely
completed, and our people are glad
that the end has been SO happily ar.
rived at.
Nichols n Robertson has dissolved
partnership, and each member will
hereafter do business separately.
A petition is in circulation to have
Mr.. W. q. Wallace appointed justice
ofthe peace, in place of f. A. Hogin
who has resigned to engage in other
business.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-12-08

CHICAGO, December THE fright
full gale that swept the lakes Friday
was followed, yesterday, by another
of almost equal violence, which was
still raging this morning, Fears are
entertained for the safety of many
vessels known have been caught out
In the storm, and it is generally pre-
dicted that many disasters will be
heard from. The wind was blowing
fresh from the west, yesterday, until
about noon, when 1t gradually began
to work around to the northward and
increased in violence until by dark
terrific northerly gale was blowing
the average velocity of the wind be
ing fifty miles per hour.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-12-08

WASHINGTON, December THE
chamber presented pleasant scene,
the bright red carpet lending an air
of checriness ind warmth to the hall,
which has been thoroughly renovated
since last spring, while number OF
desks, including that of tho speaker
were decorated with flowers, Here
and there groups Of mombers stood
chatting and laughing-political AMI.
mosiiies being set aside for the time
being-while the new members took
advantage of the occasion to extend
their acquaintance amoug their Older
and more experienced allies. Apar
from an exchange of cordial greet
iDgs, the chief topic Of conversation
was the proposed change of rules
The galleries were crowded, with tn,
exception of executive galleries
which were only partially filed. Tn
majority of The spectators wer
ladies,
! At precisely noon, the house wa
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-12-08

A Gard.
AS every one knows we have so far
had an unusually mild winter, and
while our slles all along have been
quite large, yet there Is a certain line
of our goods that have not moved as
freely as we otherwise would like.
We refer particularly TO gents youths
and boys overcoats. and we cannot
ame'intending buyers for not pur-
chasing, for there has hardly been
any necessity for. an overcoat, but
now that winter Is with us to stay for
some time we would respectfully
call your attention to our varied
stock of overcoats In all sizes and
all prices. Look at our genuine raw
edge beaver overcoats with quilted
satin lining, former price $S3 now
1925. One of the best Melton over
coats ever shown at 500. Examine
our Sl5 diagonal overcoats, and re-
member we are showing a good SER
viceable overcoat at IS. Come around
and see us anyhow, and remember
we are allowing all cash purchasers a
special discount of 81 on all bills of
$40 or over. LEVINE Bros.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-12-08
THE FIRE RECORD.


CHICAGO, December 7'-Shortly af-
ter midnight fire was discovered in
Cribben Il Sections stove warehouse
which was filled with stoves. Before
this engine could get to work the
building was mass of flames from
top TO bottom. The iron shutters at
all the windows caused the iiremen
great trouble in getting at the blaze,
The fire soon eat its way through the
roof and floor after the floor sunk
under the great weight of iron stock,
and the walls soon fell, one after the
other in quick succession, forcing the
iiremen back for protection.
! The west wall fell over into an oil
warehouse, a long, two-story brick
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-12-08

building, in which were 1000 or
5000 barrels of lard oil, but strenu-
Gus efforts of the firemen kept the
flames down and only slight damage
was done. The stove warehouse was
q five-story, brick building, having
frontage on Erie street of $50 feet,
and running back 100 feet. When the
rear wall fell into the alley, two fire.
men were injured; one suffering a
fracture of the leg. Total loss of
S292.000. Insurance. Sl32.0O0.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-12-08


If there is commissioners COLT
or any officer in central Texas thai
thinks blank books can not be made
in Waco as good and cheap as those
they now use, we would like to dupli-
cate the bills they have. ordered and
guarantee with bond or forfeit, to do
the work as good, as pure and "a
cheap as they have paid, amount of
work considered. In other words,
we will furnish blank books for this
county in same quantities for one
year, at same prices, and If the work
and quality of paper is not as good
as that in use, we will not expect pay.
More than this, we will save money to
the county, II officers will lay aside
their prejudice.
Brooks & LANaUILLE.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-12-08

Nothing so enhances the good al
pearance of man, as fine cloth well
made up into elegantly fitting suits,
and fortunate indeed Is the city that
possesses reliable, artistic and ait
ting" tailor. Mr.. G. A. Lack, of
Waco, is such au artist, aud no ~
fitting garment eau go out of his
shop. He is just now receiving 81
elegant line of patterns for both bus
mess and dress suits. A word to
the wise is sufficient.