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m. on the I'd to take up position to cover
the retreat from Gettysburg. At this hour,
if at all, Contingencies had developed" for
Sickles was being assAiled on both lines at
the salient, and Ewells artillery was thun-
dering against Cemetery and Cups Hills.
Gen. Daniel Butterfeld, Meade's chief OF
staff, testified before the congressional COM
mittee that on the morning Of the I'd
Meade instructed him Butterhel6 to study
and mark out the lines Of retreat. Between
this hour and the meeting OF the council Of
the evening came the startling events of the
day, the desperate assaults Of Lee, piercing
the lines at the right, center and left. At
the council the majority voted that the army
remain in the position then held, some, how
ever, qualifying their vote by saying that it
remain, providing the ground would admit
Of . counter attack. Gen. Slocum was the
most warlike and unequivocal, for he said I:
''Stay here and fight it out" The effect Of
the vote upon Meade Is described by Slocum,
and he gives Meade's own words upon the
occasion: "Well, gentlemen, the question is
settled We will remain here, but I wish to
say that consider this no place to fight a
battle"
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Shot WbIia CHOKING Bis Wife.


BALTIMORE, June 12.-Peter Alt,
proprietor of the Arlington house, near
the Pimlico race track, was shot and
almost instantly killed last night at 8
O'Clock by his son William, aged fifteen
years. The shooting took place in the
kitchen of the residence and was the
outcome of a family quarrel. Ats
wife says the shooting was done in
her defense. Her husband had been on
a spree for some time, and just
before the tragedy he came into the
house and after breaking a heavy cup
and saucer on her head, began to call
her hard names and to beat her. She
struggled with him and they both fell
on the floor. He got hold of her throat
and she thought that he meant to kill
her. She was almost insensible when
she heard the report of the gun. Her
husbands grip on her throat relaxed
and he fell on the floor. Young Alt,
who is a bright looking boy, was ar
rested and locked up after an affec-
tionate parting with his mother.
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''Pickett's Charge" Thus the fame Of TIVE
very able corps commanders rests upon the
question 90 boldly put before the country by
Gen. Sickles in his speech on the battlefield,
at the reunion Of his veterans In 1885.
But incidental TO all this IL the question
Of the boldness Of Reynolds, In bringing on
the battle by his action on the FIRST day.
The nrst real battle was fought between
portions OF the Union corps Of Reynolds and
the Confederates under Hill, the divisions OF
Doubleday and Heth. The cause OF it il 0x-
planned by Gen. Heth In the ANNALS Of the
War" "As opened the battle Of GettyS-
burg, stumbled into 1t, going to Gettysburg
to get shoes, not to fight, I claim should
know as much about the opening operations
and whom fought as any man living.
Tho first force struck was infantry
Rsynolds oorps).
"On July l, my division, accompanied by
Pegram's battalion Of artillery, was ordered
TO move from CaShtown) at 5 o m. In the
direction of Gettysburg. On nearing the
town II was evident that the enemy was In
its vicinity in some force. At this
time % n mr. was ignorant what force was
at or near Gettysburg, and supposed it con-
sisted Of cavalry, probably supported by
brigade or two Of infantry. Archer
and Davis were directed to advance with their
brigades, the object being TO feel the ensmy."
The enemy was Reynolds men
The presence OF Reynolds at Gettysburg
was due to an order from Meade to find the
enemy and detaln him. Maj. J. g. Rosen-
garten, ordnance officer, First army corps,
and one of Reynolds stAf, quotes Meade a.
having said at the beginning that he meant
TO engage the enemy whenever and wherever
he could find him"
Reynolds was q fighting man, and Meade
sent him to Gettysburg with three corps sub
ject 10 his orders, and the challenge OF Heth,
soon supported by Fender with bis division,
was one no soldier Of the Army OF the Poto-
mac would evade, much less Reynolds. He
accepted, and the battle began. to end three
forces, but q victory sealed in his own blood
the whole to have been suited to the crisis.
Towards responsibility for the miGfortuneS
that befell Reynolds corps IL . question that
has been noticed at length by every critic.
The First corps fought against odds for sew
eral hours, and was finally outhAnked by .
new force, and 1t Is said that IL Howard had
obeyed the orders which he acknowledges TO
have received at $50 O. m, on the LIST, to
move his corps to within supporting distance
of the First corps, he could have come to
Reynolds relief. Before the fighting began
one OF Towards aids met Reynolds on tie
edge OF the town, and was directed to tell
Gen. Howard to hurry his men up at double
quick an' place two divisions on the right Of
the First corps, leaving another In reserve on
Cemetery Hill, and Mai Rosengarten afilrma
that "if these orders had been promptly
obeyed, in connection with the support SickleA
should have given, Reynolds could have held
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Plenty of Loousts, but no Damage,


CHICAGO, Ill, June 13.-Dispatches
from several points in Illinois and Iowa
say that the lOcusts which are making
their appearance in such great num-
bers are not molesting fruit, grain or
vegetables as yet. The only damage
done is the killing of young and tender
cisions made by the insects in deposit
ing their eggs. The secretary of the
Iowa agricultural society says he has
received information from Muscatine
that there are millions of locusts in
that county, but no especial damage
has yet been reported. 1t seems to be
the general opinion here that the To-
Gusts in eastern Iowa are not of the
seventeen-year variety, but of a harm
less class that come around frequently,
seven years ago being the time Of the
last visitation.
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SATURDAYS Storm.

CHICAGO, June ia dispatch from
Marquette, Michigan, referring to the
great rain storm of Saturday and Sat
urday night, says: Reports come in from
different parts of the peninsula giving
accounts of the damage. The storm
appears to have been heavier at or near
Lake Linden than elsewhere, though
all the country for hundred miles each
wav was visited. The storm burst like q
water spont. At Calumet the Metho-
dist church was struck by lightning and
large quantity OF water poured into
the great Calumet and Hecla mine be-
fore the miners could be protected. At
portage the entry to the QuarrieS are
stopped, being filled with water.
Reports from Lake Linden estimate
the damage at ESQ, COO. Nearly every
basement in the city is flooded and an
immense quantity of merchandise is
damaged. No trains enter the town on
the Hancock & Calumet road because OF
washouts. All along the line
of the Duluth, South Shore
s. Atlantic there were heavy
rains. and several washouts are report
ed. At point between Robinson and
Houghton passengers and baggage
were transferred by a tug. While
there are many breaks IN the track ana
nearly every peninsula railroad is more
or less damaged, there has been no ac-
cident of any kind and the trains will
be moving on time in a day or two.
Houses were undermined in some
places and even foated bodily on the
water. While there is no means Of ap-
proximating the damage, it will reach
way up in the thousands. The people
Of Norway, Michigan, have special
reason to be thankful for the storm,
however, as but for its visitation the
fire of Saturday would not have left a
building standing. AS it was
forty-seVen buildings were de
stroyed. Aside from the loss
by fire, thousands of dollars worth OF
| household goods, merchandise and the
| like were ruined by the storm. The
people living in the track of the fire
seeing certain destruction upon them
hastily threw their possessions out Of
doors in places of safety, where they
| themselves were forced to remain dur
/ ing the night. 1t was several hours
/ before all could find shelter and in sOml
instances women and children Werl
out in the pitiless storm for l0nl
time. The people of Iron Mountain
have sufficient food to sustain them TO
the present, however, and there is a
serious suffering.
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C.ttI. f,n Rssistino tbs (JolIsotien Of r.

ST.. LOUIS, June Especial to the
Post Dispatch from GAINESVILLE, Texas,
says: Sometime ago, cattlemen of the
ChickAsaw nation of the Indian Terri
tory resisted the collection of the cat
tie tax of 81 per head for cattle grazing
on indian lands and drove the coIlec-
tor and his deputies away with vio-
lence. The governor was notified and
through him the United States govern
ment. A peaceable settlement was
attempted but without result, but fav-
orable to the Indians. The cowboys
began 10 assemble and now about 500
are rendeZvoused in the southern part
| of the nation. Governor Guy has or
dered out the national militia, about
100 Indians, and they are assembled
now at Ardmoglr. preparatory to move
upon. the cowboys. Captain McLish
was put in command of them and he
has orders To move at once. To-day
j the camp has been In a stir getting
ready Tor the csEppaign and it is ex-
pected the tro03s win be on the march
tomorrow. They win move cautious
IL as it is feared they are not stronr
/ enough to combat the eattlemen who
ars armed with Winchestere. ManJ
tof thSss men 80 citizens Of the nation
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rection OF our deeply lamented commander,
Maj. Gen. Reynolds We struck the Cash
town (Chambersburg) road about three-quAr-
ters OF a mile west OF Gettysburg at about 10
a. m. The right became sharply en-
gagged before the line was formed, 1O:15a- m"
Howard reports: cat $50 q m, July l, or
Clers were received from headquarters
(Meade) to move the Eleventh corps to with
In supporting distance OF the First corps,
which was to move to Gettysburg. I imme-
diately sent an aid-de-camp to Gen. Rey-
nolds to receive his orders" That IL, when
Gen. Howard received orders from the gen.
eral in chief in the rear Of Taneytown TO 60
20 the aid Of Reynolds at Gettysburg at $3.50
in the morning, he did not make move 70
execute the order, though he was eleven
miles distant from the point where he was
ordered to reach and join Reynolds. In
stead of moving he sent an aid to Reynolds
for further orders (the aid mentioned by
him as having met Reynolds. Howard's
report continues: "At q m. orders were
received from him Reynolds) directing the
corps to march to Gettysburg. The column
was at once set in motion, my first division,
Gen Barlow commanding, following the
First corps by the direct route, my Third,
Gen. Schurz, and my Second, Gen Stein
wehr, in the order named, taking the route
by Horner's mill The distAncs by the direct
route was eleven miles, and by the other
thirteen miles. As SION as the corps YVES
set in motion pushed ON with my STAN by
the direct road, and when within two miles
of Gettysburg received word from Gen. Rey-
nolds, pointing out the place where was to
encamp; but on approaching the town
heavy artillery firing was heard For some
little time endeavored, by sending In diff
ferent directions, TO ind Gen. Reynolds II
order to report to him In person" The TO
port states in brief; That while Gen Howard
had not gone beyond the town in search d
his commander, word came at 11:SO q m
that Reynolds was dead; that at 1880 tn
head Of the Eleventh corps passed through
the town, and that at that hour also, Gen
Buford, commanding the cavalry, reporte'
that a new enemy was mAssing north o
Gettysburg between the Harrisburg an
York roads. This new enemy was EwelT
corps moving west by south, with the view o
joining the main Confederate army at Cash
town Maj, E. P. HAlstead, an aid TO Ger
Doubleday (who succeeded Reynolds in th
command on the field, asserts, in pamphiS
on the first days battle, THAT the Elevent
corps did not reach the field until 3 p. m
that il then formed in line Of batalO a. aboI
q right angle to the general hnO Of the Fir
corps, but did not connect with its right b
several hundred yards, and both the hanl
were in the air chat is, they did not rest In
defensive position and had no Bupporo
When EwellS troops approached from Ca
Isle and York, they struck the Eieyeni
corps in front and on both tanks almost
once, resulting in an easy victory for q
enemy, and giving them possession Of Getty
burg before the First corps bad ceased Agi
ing or left its position west Of the Seminary
Maj Halstead states the case in tn bal
nesS, but be Is true 70 the odictAl recor'
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Al Chicago.

CHICAGO, IL. June -, 1855.
HOGs-Receipts, 1880 head; market mod
erEtely active. but prices weak and 5Qioc
lower; light, e5l351555: rough packing, p 20
Q5.50: mixed, e5@0G555; heavy packing and
shipping, e55O0565.
was strong; beeves, A.7506-25; COWS and
mixed sl.@g36o; stockers and feeders e 80
0A25; Texans, e2.S0H4.60.
SHKEP-ReceiPts. 5000 head: market SLOW
and steady common to fair natives, e3I00S
go; good TO choice. ek.75d5.25: Texans, emo
$50: westerns, e3O00350
.WHEAT-steady; No. red. cash, sc: July.
GoES-sssady: cash. 5essc: July. Sc s-lsc:
01Ts@ stsady; cash, sIhc: July, a. lslsc:
August, 2e1<c.
RYE-63c.
BARLKY-NominaL.
PRIME TIMOTHY-EO
FLAx-e1.0.
WHIsKY-Si.20.
Poak.75EEsssler: cash, sla.so; July. sla7TbE:
LAED-steaady: cash, $50: July. sss5:
SHORT RIBS-e7.5S July
0iTc. -
RGGs-Firm; fresh, IsH0I4c.
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Shot His Wifa.

ST. LOUIS, June 13.-At five O'Clock
this morning John McCulloch broom
maker shot his wife ON the corner of
Broadway and Locust streets. He
then walked to the corner of Olive
street, put the muzzle OF the revolver
to his left temple and sent a bullet
crashing through his head dying in
stantly. The woman received a pain
full wound in the head. She was taken
to the city hospital. Mrs. McCullcch
who is janitress of the Bank of Com
MERGE had refused to live with her
husband. McCullock was a broom
maker and of dissipated habits.
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CRIKE AND CASUALTY.
An Iowa Man Chops a DlsObedient
Sons Head OF.
Kentucky Justice Melted Out TO q Sus.
peCted Oakley.
Furious Storms Rage Through Mich
lgan on Saturday.
The District Of Armtiz, /. T., Flooded
by q Watsrspout.

WATERLOO, Iowa, June 11.-Word
has just been received here of a terrible
tragedy which occurred in Hazel Green
township, seventeen miles from Month
cello, last Wednesday. An old man,
Mr.. Rothbaker, who was working in q
stone-quarTy, undertook to whip his
hoy, a lad Of twelve, but was prevented
by feIloW-Workman. In the evening
the old man again tried to whip the
boy, when the latter attempted to run.
The father gave chase and having cap
tured him. knocked him down and cut
his head off with an axe. Up to last
night the old man was still at large.
If ne is caught he will probably be
lVnchnd
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THE HERO OF THE FIELD.

Though Cemetery Ridge stretched out it,
long line Of formidable crests, inviting the
Confederates to further efforts, there was
not, in "nick o. time" a superior commander
on the Union side to seize and man the posi-
tions OF vantage. But while Eweli was push
ing on his reconnaissance, posting batteries
to shell the heights, and moving up his in
fantry for attack till everything looked
shaky to the disorganiEed mass that had
taken refuge on the hills, q little cavalcade
came dashin1 In from the Taneytown road,
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LETTERS ADvERT1sED.

List of letters advertised at the EmpOria
postoff1ce for the week ending June 18th.
1883. Parties calling for these letters will
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PERSONAL WORK

PERSONAL WORK.
Our readers win favor US by call
ing the attention of neighbors to the
WEEKLY NEWS. We ask each Of
our friends to endeavor to send ua
at least one new subscriber during
the coming month.
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undsr a CLAY Bank.

' ST.. PAUL, Mimi, June ia spe-
cial to the Dispatch from MenOmninee
says: A clay bank in brick yard here
caved in about 10 o'clock this morning.
Beneath it we're buried seven men. Two
brothers named Jensen were taken out
dead and terribly mangled. Ole Hattie
and Ole Hecker can only live few
hours. K. Kintson, Ben Formstad and
Nels Swenson have legs or arms broken
and internal injuries.
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SICkLES' SALIENT - LONGSTREET'S
RESPONSIBILITY.

A salient on the battlefield is a point in the
line of battle which presents an angle to the
enemy's fire so that it will take effect in two
directions from any given place. Now, on
the extreme left of the Union line along
Cemetery Ridge-the line from Round Top to
Cemetery HiIl-there is depression in the
ridge that makes it lower than the ground
within easy cannon range, just west OF it.
Along the first ridge west runs the Emmits-
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Biz Naturnl "a van in Kanaaa.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 9.-W. b.
Sexton and George II. Clark, of this
city, received dispatches this morning
from Olathe, Kas., saying that the
largest natural gas well in the west
had been struck there at o'clock this
morning. The well is between 800 and
BILE excitement in Olathe. Patton, the
driller, who has charge of the well, is
an expert from the Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania gas districts, and he says that
this is the greatest ''roarer'' he has
seen west of Findlay.
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Howard was acting under the same orders Is
was Reynolds, whose corps was in marching
trim soon after daylight ON the LIST, obeying
promptly the very spirit Of Meade's order,
and this promptnes OF Reynolds with his
First corpA accounts for the difference be-
tween his arrival at Gettysburg and that Of
the Eleventh Oorps-a difference Of some
three or four hours, Jet both had the same
distance 70 col
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FULLERTON, Neb., June 1.-two
young German ranchers, Hans Tidge
and August Michaelson, were boating
here yesterday, when Michaelson, to
brighten Tidge, who was unable to
swim, tipped the boat. Both lost their
balance and fell in and were drowned.
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Coed Crops in ButIsr County.

Ell DORADO, Kas., June 9.-The
wheat harvest has commenced in this
valley. Some fields will yield thirty
five bushels per acre. The oats are
fine and promise an average yield
Corn, in some fields. is waist high, and
the acreage is unusually large and the
plant is in q most excellent condition.
The rain last night which was general
in this part of the state, was one of the
hest Of the season.
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aa1antaan.Yaar I.nonst.-

SoN0ASOo1~4SAE 9oSobISs
CHICAGO, June IA dispatch from
points in northern Iowa and western
Illinois reports the appearance of
swarms of seventeen-year locusts.
Prof. G. v. Riley, United States ento-
mOlOgist, who is at present in charge,
when asked about the locusts, said
that a wen-knoWn brood appears this
year. and this periodical visitor may be
looked for in wooded portions of ILL
nolS and Iowa, and also in the follow
ing territory. as indicated by the ex-
perience of 1871:
Observation-Disclosures, Kalworth,
Jefferson, Rock, Green, Dane.
IOwa-Grant, Crawford, Richmond
and Sank counties.
Indiana-The boundary in this state
is not well defined, but includes the
extreme northwestern counties, eX-
tending as far south as the Kankakee
river.
Michigan-In this state the southern
tier of counties, extending from Lake
Michigan east to the middle of the
state.
Pennsylvania-Lan county,
the southwest portion, known as the
"Piqua Valley" This locality was
not visited in 1871, although there is no
doubt of the appearance of the insects
| in vast numbers in 1854.
In reply to the question as to whether
| the grasshoppers are to be destructive
this year, the professor could not
express positive opinion. Up
to three years ago he had
been able to confidently state
the prospects in advance, but since then
he has been unable to get together
sufficient data as to the extent of the
egg deposit to justify a prediction. He
has just received telegram from the
Office that the young are Matching in
ota and With the w ea rsS fsV I e
them considerable injury may be done
especially as the saverage period be
tween visitations has expired since the
last troubles. One thing he felt SURF
of, however, and that is, they viii
never do as much injury as they dix
between the years 1873 and 1877.
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NEARING THE END.
The Case Of Emperor Frederick Ad-
mitted to be Hopeless.
General Shsridan's Condition Very
Much Improved.
LOOusts In llnOis and Iowa Pro-
nouncsd Harmless.
Seven Men Buried Under a Clay Bank
in a Brick Yard.

PoTsDAM, June ia bulletin issued
this morning says: The emperor passed
a good night. He rested well, his
breathing is easier and he is quieter.
Nourishment is easily given and his
strength is improved.
HIS CASE HOPELESS.
LONDON, June 13.-5 p. ma dis
patch to the Central News from Berlin
says the condition of the emperor be-
came worse this afternoon, and his case
is now admitted to be hopeless.
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corps alone drew back in some order, making
astand ON Seminary Ridge until the artillery
and ambulances had been withdrawn. Tbs
Comte de Paris makes this criticism on How
ards movements: "Sines he declined to oc-
cupy Oak Hin, Howard should have brought
back the Eleventh corps to the rear, in order
to form strong connection between his left
and the right Of the First. Conse-
qusntly 1t is unjust on the part Of Howard,
after having neglected to assume the proper
direction Of the First CORPS, to have accused
Il (as he did, in his first dispatch to Meade, of
having allowed its left to Be turned, and, by
yielding ground, to have forced the Eleventh
70 premature retreat. On the contrary, it
was the disorderly disbanding Of this latter
corps, and especially Of Schimmelpfennig's
division, which compelled Robinson Second
division, First corps to abandon the position,
which, until then, he had 90 bravely de-
Tended, thereby involving the loss of Double
days position ON Seminary Ridge"
The appearance Of SickleS' column march
ing IN on the Emmitsburg road late In the
day, had the effect Of impressing the Confed-
crates with the strength Of the enemy before
then, and had . general moral effect on
affairs after the First and Eleventh corps had
retired to the heights, preventing their tradi-
tonal SHUTDOWN stack" Sickles had re-
0eived no orders 20 60 to Gettysburg. but
went there from Emmitsburg at the call OF
one Of Reynolds subordinates after that
general had fallen.
The battle OF the first day rendered two
Union corps, the First and Eleventh, temper
arily unfit for action, and cost several thou
sand men. But 1t placed the army on
Cemetery Ridge.
Right here the southern controversies
begin II Il asserted that the defeat Of the First
and Eleventh corps should have been followed
MP by Ewell, whose troops were freshest, had
suffered the least, and had moreover gained
foothold at the base OF the slope Of Cemetery
Hin by following the Eleventh corps into the
town. This hill was the key to the northern
extremity Of the ridge and the right Of the
Union army during the two days following.
As soon a. Ewen entered the town he re-
ceived orders from Gen. Lee, who now made
the Seminary cupola his observatory, as
Reynolds had done earlier, to press on and
seise Cemetery Hill. The order, however,
made u discretionary for Ewell because Lee,