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est" against which the Confederates especi-
ally directed their force. Sti1l further to the
left Gen Woods divisfoa became engaged
hotly by Breckenridge, but the attempt 90
drive Wood from his position was unsuccess-
full Previous to this all Of Braggs army had
been engaged but Brecdnridge, and now
every one OF his divisions was in the battle.
There was fighting all eIong the line, desper-
ate fighting, too.
One unsuccessful assanlt was made on
Wood at O'Clock, another at 4. A terrific,
but also ineEsctuaI, assault was made on the
Federal right and center late in the afternoon.
Then darkness fell and the firing ceased.
Detachments came out from each side to bury
the dead. Both armies slept upon the field.
Rosscrans showed himsGlf that day a gal
LIANT leader Of men. Riding hither and thither
on the front line he was constantly exposed
to danger. At the time OF the assault of
Breckinridge's men against @Round Forest, "
Rosecrans was there with his staff, being
anxious for ais left a shell from the enemy
burst near them. 4 piece grazed Rosecrans,
just missing him. and took OF the head of his
chief Of stan, Col Garesche.
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under Gen Fremont; became q brigadier
general in December, 1861, and assisted at
the capture of New Madrid and Island No. 10.
He commanded a division under both Grant
and Rosecrans, and bore such gallant part IN
the battle OF Stone River that he was pro-
NOTED to major general He was at the battle
OF Chickamauga and commanded the Four
teenth corps during the Atlanta campaign.
OF the two armies lying at Murfreesboro
and Nashville Bragg had 60,OO0 men, one
little cavalry. While they thus waited an
affair occurred Dec. 2 which conferred no
lIster on the Federal arms. At Huntsville, q
few miles east of Nashville, Col. A B. Moore
had been posted to guard ford over the
Cumberland river Early on the morning OF
Dec.7 John Morgan and his men appeared
before the town without warning and at
tackled it His approach was a surprise TO
the Federal camp. There was sharp fighting
for an hour, when Moore and his whole COM
mand were captured, with the loss OF 80 men.
For this exploit John Morgan was made
brigadier general.
Dec. %, Morgan and all his men. 1900
strong, were of again for Kentucky. He had
orders from Bragg TO destroy the Louisville
and Nashville railroad in Rosecrans' rear and
break his communications north. At the
same time Bragg sent Forrest on g raid else
where And this was exactly the time chosen
by Rosecrans, with full knowledge Of the
situation, 70 attack Bragg himself at Muir
freesboro. Bragg's cavalry absent: their two
armies, his own and Bragg's, would be more
neRIS- equahEed --.-.
Dec. %, Gen. Thomas moved from his
headquarters at GaIlatin and joined the main
army at Nashville. BE took with him two
divisions, Rousseau's and Negleys, and one
brigade, Gen. Speed s. Fry's
James s. Negley was born in Pennsylvania
in 1925. he was not a graduate OF West
Point A considerable proportion of western
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October, 1862, be became a lieutenant general
He took active part in the fighting in the
west until the summer OF 1864 He was the
commanding general at Savannah and
Charleston when they were taken possession
OF by the Federal forces in 1866. He was
with Johnston's army at its final surrends-l J,
April 81, 1866.
By the night Of Dec %, while McCook's
men bivouacked at NolinsvilIe, Gen. Critten-
denis corps had reached Lavirgne, a village
northeast Of Nashville and Murfreesboro.
Layirgne was an important strategic point.
Thomas corps was well on the way.
A fog so thick that no man could tell whom
ne was firing at prevented a fight between
McCook and Hardee on the morning Of Dec.
"a. Under its friendly cover, Hariee burned
the bridge over Wilson's creek and retreated
towards Murfreesboro. McCook's advance
under johnson and Sheridan repaired the
bridge, crossed the creek, and encamped that
night at Triune.
The morning Of Dec. 20 caD1e, counting
Off the hours that brought the approach Of
the great battle. During that day McCook,
leaving part of his command still at Triune,
took the rest eastward over q road leading
directly into Murfresburo. Another night
passed Dec so McCook brought his whole
command up. those from Triune with the
rest, till he met the Confederate pickets at
Murfreesboro.
The first division Of the First Confederate
CORPS Folks at Murfreesboro was COM
manded by Mai Gen. b. +. Cheathann, OF
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HiIIman Tn.uraace Case

TOPEKA, has, Feb. 29.-The cele-
brated Hillman insurance cases were
begun yesterday in the United States
circuit court. There are three of these
cases in which Sallie E. Hillman sues
three companies to recover insurance
upon her husbands life, aggregating
$45, 900. The whole controversy turns
upon the question whether John T..
Hillman died, as is claimed, in the
plaintiffs petition. The case has been
tried twice before, but the jury dis
agreed each time. Several years ago
Hillman. who then resided IN Law
renee, Kansas, with his wife took out
these policies on his life, running for
and paid the premium. Direct
ly, thereafter in company with
man named John Brown, he
went to Wichita with the intention of
getting together an outfit and starting
out through the southwestern part of
the state, with the purpose of hunting
a location for a sheep ranch. The
party started from Wichita with the
usual outfit. After being on the road
some days, they parted company one
night at a lonely place near Medicine
Lodge, and early the next morning
Brown alarmed the neighbors and
stated that he had accidentally shot
and killed his travelling companion,
Hiliman, and upon their arrival at the
camp the neighbors found a man lying
dead with bullet hole through his
head Brown informed them it was
HiIlman. The body was taken to
Medicine Lodge and an inquest was
held at which Brown as a witness de-
tailed the circumstances connected
with the mans death and it was
buried at that place. Brown wrote to
Mrs. Hillman informing her of her
husbands death and asking for di-
rections. Shortly after Mrs. Hillman
made application to the companies fol
the payment of the amount of the in
surance. The companies refused tc
pay, and claimed that the man killed
near Medicine Lodge was not Hillman
They sent agents down there and had
the body exhumed and brought to Law.
renee for Identification. 1t was found
| that there was a diversity of opinion
as to its being Hillman. The insur
ance companies claimed that the dead
man was a young man named Walters
who was at Wichita at the same time
| Neither Walters or Hillman have, 81
| far as known, ever been seen aliv'
i GiT0n
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The directors of the canning factory
at their last meeting selected as a site
for their building three lots just oppo-
site Sprague's planning mill, corner OF
Third and Constitution. This was
about the only desirable piece OF prop
erty that they didnot receive prop
osition on and had some trouble in
getting it. The lot next to the railroad
was purchased of S. Guerrier and the
other two of John Hammond, the
whole cost being $500. The ma
chinery to be put in is to cost SO, GOO.
The location is so near the road that a
great deal of time and money will be
saved. They expect to buy all their
cans this season, but by next will fit up
machinery for making.
Roland Lakin, secretary of the COM
pany. will be ready after to-day to
make contracts for fruits, vegetables,
etc., for canning. The company's Of
fciaIs are all practical business men,
and they will push the work with al
possible speed.
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came brigadier general. After the war he
entered law and politics. He was elected to
the legislature of Mississippi in 1876, and
thence to the United States congress two
terms.
As the two armies faced each other Dec. 80,
1862, Bragg meant to make the strongest fight
on his own left with Cleburne's and McCown's
divisions under Hardee against the Federal
right under McCook. He meant to force the
FEDERAL right steadily back upon its own left
at Stone river like revolving wheel. That
done, he would seize Nashville. cut of Rose
Grams supplies, and the whole Federal army
OF the west would be at his mercy
Each general gave orders to attack the
other on Dec 81, in the morning. breakfast
at daylight and attack at O'Clock" were
Rosecrans' orders. Breakfast in the dark
and attack at daylight" was Bragg's CON-
mand to the Confederate army.
As consequence, perhaps, Bragg obtained
the advantage on the Federal right from the
beginning. Johnson's division was surprised at
breakfast, with neither soldiers nor officers in
their places at the moment
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N@--'' -s~@~~~~" LuONS0 IQO
United States arsenal at Allegheny, Pa, for
Confederate use, then Joined the western
army with his brigade. He defended Nash
vile in connection with Palmer in the sum-
mer OF 1862, and along with that general was
promoted to be q major general for gaIlantry
at Stone River. He afterwards served in
Georgia and Alabama.
On Christmas might, 1862, Rosecrans sent
around among his commanders the word to
march southwark. Singularly enough, at
that very time, Bragg was planning an at
tack against Rosecrans at Nashville.
Dec. %, 1862, Rosecrans began his march
against Bragg and Murfreesboro. The fight,
which began there Dec. 81, is indiscriminate-
ly called the battle of Stone River and Muir
freesboro. It is also spoken Of as Stones
River.
Bragg's army consisted of three CORPS
Hardee's corps was west of Murfreesboro;
Folks and Kirby Smiths corps were at Muir
freesboro.
When Rosecrans' army moved forward,
McCook's corps, the right wing, advanced on
the Nolinsville pike toward Triune against
Hardees corps.
A glance at the map will reveal Rosecrans'
plan Of campaign. Imagine three lines
stretching southwark and slightly to the east
from Nashville. They were the respective
corps Of McCook, Thomas and I. L. Critten-
den, the right wing, center and left wing OF
ROsecrans' army. McCook was on the west,
Crittenden on the east, Thomas in the center.
They did not leave Nashville in that order,
but as they converged toward Murfreesboro
they fell into position for the fight.
Stone river is a stream which flows in a
northwesterly direction into the Cumber-
land, few miles above Nashville. Its west
fork passes Murfreesboro, and flows in the
same general direction as the main stream.
Near the "West Fork" as it is called, the
battle was fought. Hardee's Confederate
corps was almost due west of Murfreesboro at
the time McCook started southwark. Gle
burne's division of Hardee's corps was at
Eagleville.
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Bragg learned the same day, Dec. 20, Of
Rosecrans' advance, and prepared for fight.
He selected Stone river as his line of battle.
Then he directed such cavalry as he had left
-Pegram's, Wheeler's and Wharton's-to
annoy and delay the head of the advancing
Union columns until he should be ready.
The railroad from Nashville TO Chatta-
nooga passes through Murfreesboro, and the
town is thirty miles from Nashville. Dense.
almost impenetrable cedar groves renderea
cavalry and artillery operations exceedingly
difficult.
Bragg's plan Of battle was very similar to
that of Rosecrans. His left wing, under
Hardee, was on the west, opposite McCook's
approaching corps. His center, under Polk,
he kept at MurfreesborO. His right wing,
under Gen. McCown, he stationed at Readys-
vile, east of Murfreesboro. In disposing his
troops for battle, McCown's division was
posted in the rear of the others as a reserve.
Meantime the Confedt rate cavalry OF
Wheeler and Wharton had amply fulfilled
instructions and greatly annoyed Rosecrans'
advance He said it was impeded by "clouds
of horsemen." McCook was skirmishing with
these clouds Of horsemen all day Dec. &c. He
reached Nolinsville that night, however.
Whealer's cavalry was such q thorn in the
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RaIaIFamiIYFeud.

CLEVELAND, o., Feb. PA horri-
BILE tragedy was enacted in Ashland
county to-day. Lewis Chesrown ST.,
a man seventy-six years of age, is a
resident of Mohicanyille, little set
tlement. He is estimated to have been
worth about $50, 900. OF late years he
has been perfectly helpless and has
resided with a son. All of his property
was decided to children upon the condi-
ton that they would keep him the re-
mainder of his life. For a number Of
years they have been quarreling among
| themselves over the division. Recent
ly Lewis Chesrown, Jr., was appointed
guardian of his father. Another son
| lives in the same town, and on last
| Wednesday both were away from
home, and in their absence the other
sons called and carried away their
aged father. The abductorS we're ar
rested on charge of assault
and battery, and were bound
over to court in the sum
of $500 each. Lewis Chesrown obtain
ed a writ of habeas corpus, which was
gieen to Constable W. ii. Kelly to
serve on the abductors. Five of the
BOYS were in the house and they re-
fused to open the doors. Kelly got a
posse and forced an entrance. AS he
crossed the threshold he was shot and
so badly wounded that he died to-day.
Kelly's deputy, Jacob Helbert, next
fell dead with a bullet in his brain.
Lewis then jumped on horse and rode
to the Ashland jail, where he gave him
self up. The four other brothers were
arraGtaH
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SPRING PROSPECTS.
A Bright Prospect for Farmers all
Over the State.

n Bright prospect Tor Farmers ali
Over the state.
Topeka, Kas., Feb. 29.-The Kansas
Farmer this week publishes report
from AS special correspondents in re-
Spouse to questions sent out concerning
the weather during the past winter,
stock and stock fed, wheat in the
ground, farm work under way, spring
crops, condition of the ground, crops
successfully grown in the different
counties, grains, grasses, fruits, etc,
losses occaSioned by exposure to cold
weather, agricultural prospects, spirits
of farmers, conditions of railroads,
ETC., etc. The summing up shows q
very encouraging state of facts. Every
county is reported, and i'll some cases
by two or more correspondents. 1t is
agreed by all that while there was
some very cold weather in January, it
was dry, and no considerable losses of
stock occurred by reason of it. In
some of the counties cattle have been
on open range all winter with very
little prepared food of any kind.
Winter wheat got well started in the
fall and it afforded good pasture nearly
all winter. Not any one county re-
ports any loss on account of ShortneSs
of food and many now have feed to
spare. The universal testimony is
that SCOck never Wlntered DeJCer.
Wheat is in good condition, very well
rooted with good tops. Rye was sown
pretty extensively in the lower counties
and like wheat it made good pasturage
and is now doing we'll.
| Spring work is far advanced in all
the southern counties. Oats sOwn,
potatoes planted, and gardens begun.
A great deal of fall blowing was done
in eastern and northern counties and
never before in all the state s
history, was SO much and so good
preparation on the first of March for
the spring work, with a largely in
creased acreage of millet, sorghum,
rice, corn and Kaffre corn or Alfalfa
is a favorite forage plant with many.
Notwithstanding the fact that the last
| two years have not been prosperous
Ones generally in Kansas. the farmers
are in good heart and everywhere re-
port most encouraging prospects, and
this feeling is general. Everybody is
| hopeful and resolved to make the best
of good year. The ground is well sat
urated with moisture. Wheat is in
the best possible condition for this sea-
son, and stock was never healthier or
in better plight in early spring. The
whole state is in good humOr.
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NeW Omears EIeefed

ATCHIsoN, Kas., Feb. 2S.-The
Grand Lodge of the A. o. U. W. state
Of Kansas, convened in this city to-day
in its tenth annual session. The re-
ports of the grand lodge officers show
the order is in a fiourishing condition.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing term: Grand past master
workman, J. n. Miller, Council Grove;
grand master workman, Joe. E. Riggs,
Lawrence; grand foreman, o. j. Mich
OILS, Cherokee; grand oyerseer. n. F.
Hewitt, Glen Elder; grand recorder,
Z. NJ. Forde, EmporIa: grand receiver,
J. B. Hibben, Topeka; grand guide, u.
s. Cassell, Parsons; grand Waterman.
George p. Hoster, Topeka; grand med
zeal director, G. c. Green, Winfield;
grand medical directory, degree Of
honor H. A. Warner, member; trustee
e. S Bertran, Council Grove; supreme
representation. J. III. Miller, Council
Grove; John Nj. Price, Atchison; w
ID. Gilbert, Atchison.
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Houston, Tex, Feb. 29.-At Span
ish camp, about sixty miles west, which
is composed of Mexicans, negroes and
desperate whites, Sunday morning
about o'clock negro cabin was set
on fire and the occupants brutally shot
down as they ran, half awake from
the burning house. Five were killed
outright, one severely wounded and
two others consumed in the burn
ing dwelling. In the same
neighborhood the dead body of
a negro named William Bat
tie was found hanging to tree and
It is thought that he was hung on the
same night the other negroes were shot
or burned. The affair is said to be the
outcome of suit over the title of land
where the negroes lived and which
they had purchased. The suit was de-
cided in favor of the negroes at the
last term of the district court in Whar-
ton. So far as heard from no arrests
have been made, although the sheriff
and posse are on the ground.
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The battle of Stone River proper began
Wednesday, Dec. 81, 1862. There had been
preliminary skirmishing for days before, but
that day the general engagement opened.
There were various fights, extending over
Dec. 81, Jan. l, Jan and Jan. 8. Thus the
battle of Stone River was really several bat
ties
As Bragg had formed his line of battle his
center was directly opposite the Federal
right, under McCook. The night of the 30th
ROsecrans ordered great campfires to be
made, extending mile to the right Of Nc
Cook, to give the impression that the line
was longer than it was. At the same time he
ordered two Of his best brigades, those Of
Which and Kirk, to cover the right flank,
in n line nearly at right angles to his main
line.
McCook's battle line has been criticised. It
was said to be too long and thin, and to be
much broken, the divisions facing in differ
ent directions.
Tuesday, Dec so. Bragg changed his line Of
battle somewhat. He moved his reserve di-
vision, McCown's, to the front, aud put
Hardee in command of it. Breckinridges
division formed the Confederate right Gle
burne was in his rear as a support.
Cleburne's division was taken from Breckin-
ridge and placed in the rear Of McCown's di-
vision on Breckinridge's left Bragg's force
was formed in two lines, the second sixth of
a mile behind the first. In front Of the first
were intrenchments.
Meantime Thomas in the center, and Crit
tenden on the left, had, like McCook, found
every foot of their advance to Murfreesboro
on the 2Sth and 10Th of December contested.
They converged to within supporting dis
lance of each other Dec. 30 That night
Rousseau's division of Thomas corps camped
at Stewartsboro, while Negley's division of
the same corps advanced to within three miles
of Murfreesboro. Dec. so RousSeau's divis-
ion came up. That day Cri Denden's force,
under sharp fire, came within full sight OF
Murfreesboro. Harker's brigade, indeed,
crossed Stone river to the Murfreesboro side
that evening, in the face Of Breckinridge'E
force, but was ordered to return.
Bragg had weakened his right under Breck.
inridge to strengthen his left, where he be-
lieved the heaviest fighting would be-
Maj Gen. John G. Breckenridge, who com
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orderly. "What cavalry is thAtl" ne asked
them. "Illinois cavalry" was the answer.
"Oh, all right" quickly answered Cheat
ham. "uIinois cavalry, remain where you
are"
dignity but inward scrambling, Gen.
Cheatham and his orderly rode back within
the Confederate lines unrecogniZed.
BY the morning Of Dec. 80, McCook and
the Federal right wing had advanced to
within seven miles of Murfreesboro. The
left wing under Crittenden was still nearer.
being only three miles away from the town,
on the bank OF the west fork Of Stone river.
Thomas was in place in the center, with
Negley's division of his corps next to Nc
Cook and Rousseau's division next to Critten-
den. Dec. so Gen. JEFF. c. Davis division of
McCook's corps advanced quite to the west
fork Of Stone river, fighting its way at every
step. Sheridans division was also engaged
in forcing this advance, and the two together
lost or