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Evening journal., 1888-08-11
An Un1ruthfuI statoInant.

To the Editor OF the Morning News.
Sir: The article ia the EVENING
JOURNAL Of Monday last did me great
injustice. Its a malignant falsshood, man
ufactured for the occasion. The real
animus Of it is that declined to give them
my advertisement when they solicited It.
Now they try to retaliate in this asspIcable
manner and seek to injurs my business,
because / did not advertise with them.
This is the sum and substance Of
it. The steamer Juniaha has bean
examined by proper authorities and has
been pronounced by them .psrfsetly safe
and seaworthy. The accident which hap
pened 30 her on last Sunday mernlng and
which prevented her conRscting with
Atlantic City was a most trivial one,
merely the blowing out Of one of sks small
tubes. As TO my ferry license, II entities
me to carry as many passengers as may
deem it right to do with all due considera-
ton for their safety. Respectfully yours,
WILLIAM r. SoMERs, Captain.
Wilmington, Del, August 10. 1888.
1.-THE preceding letter has been taken
from the Morning News. Captain Somers
was angry, OF course, when be wrote it, but
even anger is no excuse for falsehood. The
person who is responsible for the publica-
tion Of the news article OF which Somers
complains did not know that he had been
solicited to advertise in thess columns
until Tuesday, a day after the JOURNAL
report appeared. The fact that Captain
Somers had been asked 70 advertise had
never been mentioned In this Office until
6omers came here on Tuesday and com.
planned Of the treatment received After
clustering around here for some tins and
Boosting Of how he had made one or two
Philadelphia newspapers take back similar
criticisms OF this boat and the Norwood,
formerly commanded by him, he cooled
down and begged 20 have one OF our re.
porters examine the Juniata. To this we
acceded, and while the two we're going "a
King st. wharf Captain Somers, by way
OF bribe, presumably, told the reporter
that the EVENING JoRNNL was welcome e
his advertising card. He wanted thii
paper TO republish II the day fol
lowing. The falsehood in his let
ter is the best proof of what effect hi
proposed bride had on us. Just as soon al
Captain Somers satisfies US that the Juni
alta is entirely safe, we shall hasten to Civ.
the fact the greatest possible circulation il
this community and we shall do it gratis
and at Che same time we shall publicly
apologize for having done him an injury
We shall treat him precisely. in respect /,
this matter as IL he had told the truth, ant
was a truthful, honorable gentleman
The Editor EVENING JoURxALl
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A CLUB or CRANES.
They Pus ont Flag az HaIS-mast
for RiedeI.

They Pus Out a Flag as HaIf-masl
for RiedeI.
BY Letter to EVENING JOURNAL
New CASTLE, Del, August 1.-THE
old Court House was the scene of much
gaity last night. at an early hour the
room was brilliantly lighted and beau
tIfully arranged. The Hushebeck
Orchestra opened their concert with an
overture. During the evening some
very fine music was rendered by the
orchestra. At about 9.15 O'Clock the
Seminole brass band arrived and re-
lieved the Hushebeck Orchestra, The
band was under the leadership of Will
liam Whitelock. The audience was
small last evening, but very large
crowd is expected this evening.
William Whitelock and Charles Lunt
did not 80 to Middletown TO play ball
yesterday, owing to the non-arrival OF
the Smyrna nine.
The Orion Club, whose headquarters
are over the marble works in this city,
had their flag at half-mast yesterday,
over the hanging of Riedel.
A chase Of the ground hog will take
place next week by full moon.
Mrs. Emerson will remove from her
residence on Orange st. to the house
near Orange and Harmony formerly
occupied by Harry Volk.
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bats with brawny savages" arc rather
mythical. II was in Oregon that he did
really first class work. and won some
honor He was only second lieutenant
and not attached to ANY regiment, but in
command of q short company Of dragons
for escort duty. While in calnp on the
lower Columbia a messenger arrived with
q dispatch that the block house at tho
Cascades of the Columbia had been at
tackled by Indians Sheridan at once put
the detachment Of dragons aboard the
steamer Belle and started up the river.
Tho next morning, perhaps by Z or s
o'clock, the Belle had reached the Lower
Cascades, near Bradford's Island From
this point Lieut. Sheridan could see the
the Indians in force on Bradfords Island.
Everything pointing to sharp battle, and
the condition Of affairs in the block house
above being unknown, he arranged with
the steward To give his men meal, and
told them TO cat heartily, as some Of them
might never get another
This accomplished. he landed his forces
below or west Of the island on the north
bank Of the river, and deployed in tho
open. The dragon who gives the ac-
count says that Sheridan told his men
TO take advantage Of cover. and to fire
only when they could SEQ the Indians, and
thus advanced slowly in sbirmishing or
der up the stream 20 Bradford's Island
McGraw, little lrishman who used 10
wait on him, soon sang ont that he saw
an Indian. and hardly had got the words
out Of his mouth before volley came,
and McGraw fell doad. Sheridan at once
had him taken to the rear, and then began
70 retreat to the banks, firing as he went.
Having reached the shore he halted and
fired with howitzer. which must have
been brought up in the Belle The only
white man killed in this skirmish was
McGraw. In the evening Sheridan drew
his troops aboard the Belle, posting senti-
nels and keeping sharp lookout Next
day the infartry arrived and the Indians
were defeated and scattered Lieut.. Gen.
Scott conplimented Lieut. Sheridan for
his action. -
On March 1, 1861, Sheridan was ap-
pointed first lieutenant in the First
United States infantry, and soon after his
career in the great war for the Union be-
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cited by the massacre Of Glencoe. 1t was
the elimination of a series of winter at
tacks on the Indians, end the whole sys-
TEN was vehemently denounced. 1t was
fought over in congress, in the religious
meetings., in the papers, and in partisan
debate; and was revived by the subse.
quent Camp Grant massacre in Arizona.
Gen. Sheridan was unsparingly denounced
by the advocates of the Quaker policy"
but he was the most popular man in the
far west Give us Conner and Chiving-
ton and Custer, with Sheridan to com
mand, " was the cry from Missouri to the
Pacific, from the Assiniboine to the Gila.
~
Sheridan stood mp manfully to his share
of the responsibility; avowed his order
to Col. Baker, praised the latter's efflci-
cncy and explained that with few troops
and large area to defend he must
strikc hard" and in winter. Since 1862,
he said, there had been 200 whites muP-
dared in his department by Indians.
The men scalped, the women ravished
and the brains Of the children dashed
out" II have no hesitation, he adds,
in making my choice. | am going to
stand by the people over whom | am
placed and give them what protection /
can. He then urged certain reforms in
Indian management which he continued
to urge after becoming lieutenant general
until congress adopted them And of the
Piegans il must be said that they began
to improve at once, and have since been
as harmless as the "Shinnecocks" of
Long Island
The Chicago fire Of October, 1871, gave
Gen. Sheridan his next opportunity to
win the gratitude Of those with whom he
was located, and when hc married Miss
Rucker, daughter Of an old army officer
and citizen of that city, Chicago reioiced
greatly, taking that as his sign Of per
manent location there. And there he did
in fact remain till made lieutenant general.
His homo during the time he was
stationed in Chicago was at No. poor
Michigan avenue The house is a two
story and mansard brick on fifty feet of
ground. 1t has piazza in front and on
part Of the south side. A bay window
on the south side lights up two stories.
The house is much larger than glimpse
from the street shows, much OF the room
being at the rear Of the building. There
is a lawn on both sides and the general
aspect of the house is pleasant, comforta-
bic and homelike.
Sheridan's home when the war closed,
il soldier may call his mothers house
his home, was u pleasant little cottage in
Somerset, 0.
And here we may note the extraordi-
naryeoincidence mentioned by Gen. Grant
in his memoirs that so many American
generals were reared in small area of
south central Ohio. William Tecumseh
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The framework of the new tower on
Calvary Chapel is in place.
Grace M. E. Church is closed in the
evening during this month.
Rev. A. Thatcher will preach 1T the
Scott Street M. E. Mission at 4 as n. m.
There will be Sunday-school at 2 o. no.
A number of the members of the
Second Baptist Church contemplate
the erection of chapel in the eastern
part of the city.
Rev. w. Fl. McCaughey of PhiladeI-
phia, will preach at Central Church
tomorrow evening at 40. The Sun
day-school has been closed.
Rev. George w. Miller, formerly Of
Grace M.. E. Church, has accepted a
call to the Independerc Avenue
Church at Kansas City, and he will
enter upon his duties October /.
The pulpit of Delaware Avenue Ban.
fist Church will be occupied to NOR
row at 10 30 a. M. and 745 D. m. bv
Rev. I. M. Eastwood of Burlington
N j, The Sunday school has been
closed until September 3.
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snERIpAN,s CHICAGO nousE.


sherman was born within an easy DAYS
walk Of Sheridan's early home and UIvs.
ses Grant was born at Point Pleasant
Clermont county, not far away; while
Georgetown Brown county. in which
Grants boyhood was passed, furnished
the Union army four generals and q
colonel that were graduates of West
Point, and nine other prominent com
nfanders, including Gems. Kautz and Nc
Groierty. Residents there viii tell YOU
that the town also furnished few re-
cruits to the Confederate army-s'and
plenty whose hopes were on that side,
but they were too cOwardly to firhtr
Grant himself says that the town was
not really loyal till John Morgan had
gone through the county. Somerset, the
home Of the Sheridans, was not so prolific
either Of greatness or Of southern sympa-
thizers.
Gen. Sheridan had a pardonable pride
IN his rapid rise, and took pleasure in en-
couraging ambitious boys, as was shown
by an incident
When Fred Milligan. now a well grown
lad, who resides with his parents in
Rochester, N. T., was but little fellow
he was locally famous for his elocution-
airy powers, and had made an especially
Soou reputation Tor his recitation of
.Sheridan's Ride" No veterans re-
union in the vicinity was completed
without Freddie and "Sheridan's Ride. +"
When the entertainment committee of a
big army reunion that was to be held in
Rochester knew that the hero of Win
chester was to be present, it was decided
that the boy should recite the poem dur
ing the exercises" Of the closing dav,
and that Sheridan should have a seat on
the platform. At first Sheridan him
self did not strongly favor the scheme, but
made no great protest, and the boy came
on, tingling to his finger tips with excite
ment over the fact that he was to recite
before Sheridan His exaltation was in
creased by the music and the lights and
the flowers to a great pitch, and his
effort was to the veterans the most &C
ceptable one Of the evening. The ap.
plause Of the audience was simply over
whelming when the boy had done, and
there were enthusiastic cries Of:
Sheridan Little Phil"
Sheridan was really overcome with emo
tion. AT first he hesitated to answer the
call, then he rose from his chair at the
hack Of the platform, stepped to the front,
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gan. The close Of the war left him
almost st tho spot where he had begun
his military career. for Secretary Seward
convinced the president and cabinet that
Il would ~ D delicate but powerful hint
to Louis Napoleon to send one Of our best
generals e. Texas, and, besides, we
might need him there. But the French
soon left Mexico, and after a very uncon-
genial ana eXasperating experience in the
reconstruction line Mai Gen. sheridan
was made commander Of the military
division cf the Missouri, with head1uaf.
ters ct Chicago. The Union Pacific rail
road was soon after completed, and the
general made various trip 70 the west.
and attempted a vigorous enforcement Of
the rather anomalous Indian policy Of
that period, and out Of this grew what
was denounced as the ''Piegan massacre. "
Briefly stated, the facts are these Col
Baker, in immediate command of the
Montana department. forwarded frequent
complaints Of the murders and depreda-
tons by the Piegans-a subdivision Of
the Blackfeet Indians. Sheridan in turn
forwarded these to sherman, his supe-
rior, and in November, 1860, the latter
sent general orders to punish the Pie
gans. A rapid but very plainly OK
pFeaseu eAchauke OF notes now lO0k place.
Baker to Sheridan that as tho severe
winter weather was at hand he had an
opportunity to strike the Piegans," and
Sheridan to Baker, to the effect that IF
YOU strike them strike them hard. And
he did it. Six companies Of regulars and
a few volunteers, Montana settlers, left
Fort Shaw on Jan. 10, 1870, and toiling
through distressing storms Of snow came
upon the main Piegan winter camp on
Maria river at daylight Of the 23d Sick
ness was raging among the Indians, the
smallpox to some extent, and they were
completely surprised; in a few minutes
the troops had killed 173, wounded many
more, and burned the camp. As usual
when camp is attacked the Indian
women fought as desperately as the men
and many were killed. The soldiers in.
sist that they spared women and chill.
dren as much as possible. About hun
dred were taken prisoners.
When these facts were published a
storm broke forth greater than that ex-
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CITY News in Rrief.

ii s. Christy received the contract
for the new Red Mems Wigwam, the
amount being $13, 700.
The Harlan and Hollingsworth Con-
paDy shipped four nnw sleeping cars "a
70 the y. Y, N. II. and FL. r. r.. Co.
this week.
The postoffice will close to day be-
tween the hours of 10 a, m. and 2 D.
m. in Difference to the funeral Of
General Sheridan.
The Washington street market, under
the new management, is doing as well
az can be expected. a number OF the
old stall holders have returned and the
prospects for good market this morn
ing were good.
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MEMORIES OF SHERIDAN.
BoYHooD, LIFE ON THE PLAINS AND
SINCE THE WAR.

His First Iaureis at tho Cascades SLOW
Promotion-On the Plains After the
Wharf.-The Piegan Controvcrsey-ch Chicago
Fire--His First Sentinel Duty.
In the "reminiscences Of Gen. Sheridan
with which the papers have lately aboun
ded, ono point has been strangely neg
lected-his life in the far west, both
before and since the war. Yet It was il
Oregon and Texas that lie won his first
honors, and in Montana that no directed
those proceedings against the Piegans
which excited tho iiercest criticism Of any
OF his acts.
When Brevet Lieut.. Philip II. Sheridan
left West Point in 1853 his first location
was in Texas, whore he was in an coca.
sional brush with Apachcs and Conan
ches. but tho popular stories OF his thrill.
ing cncountcr5' and "hand to hand com
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HELD EIM Ur BEFORE THE MULTITUDE.
and impulsively clasping the boy in his
hands held him up before the excited
multitude and kissed him. When he put
the delighted boy on his feet again, he
whispered to him:
God bless you, my boy Study hard,
and when You are older You will never
want friend as long as Phil Sheridan
lives"
And now that phil" Sheridan lives no
more, there is no more sincere mourner in
all this broad land than Fred Nilligan.
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Total shipments to date

About !, 800 baskets were received ia the
city market to-day. The quality isimprov-
ing. Troths are about done away with.
The best peaches received to day were
Mountain Rose. Some Crawfords and a
few Reeves Fayorite came Ia. The whole.
sale prices swere 40 to 90 cents basket for
Troths, 20 cents to 81. The Reeves brought
81, and prematurea 10 to 20 cents a basket.
The retail prices were 10 to 20 cents half
peck. Trotha brought 12 cents d--Moun-
tain Rose the highest limit.
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Potomac river to carry picnic parties. L,
about q week trial trip will
probably be made at Philadelphia. This
boat is furnished with a boiler unlike these
in any boat 10 the city. 1t was manufsc-
tured in New York and Is known as the
Roberts Water Tube Marine Boiler. IL is
said TO be perfectly safe. Tbs water Is
contained 10 tubes which surround the fire
box. the smoke finding its outlet after cir
culating among these tubes. A large
steam drum receives the steam. The en-
CINE ia % horse power.
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REAL ESTATE.


WE CALI YOUR ATTENTION TO THE
w FOLLOWING PROPERTIES
Southeast corner Third and Cherry streets
Northeast corner Brown and Cedar streets
100 35-1 Trenton Place.
1919 Liberty street
Two frame houses Fourth and Hawley streets.
1920 Walnut street.
Northwest corner Seventeenth and Union SITS.
1903 Union street.
1OO9-11 Market street
207 Washington street.
SIG Spruce street.
1909 West Eighth street
zoo East Ninth street
10i9-21 Linden street.
7i7 East Tenth street.
713 West Eighth rect.
906 Madison street.
1ls Cedar street.
l00l-3-9 Elm street.
Northeast corner Fourth and Orange streets.
904 Madison street.
sos West Seventh street.
zoe Poplar street.
10l East Sixth street.
1903 Broome street.
1902 Adams street.
9n5 Washington street.
Southwest corner Scott Snd Liberia streets.
lo6 West Eighteenth street.
1000 French street.
z02 West street
1000 West street
902 West Second street.
904 Madison street
12i5-17 Washington street.
Southwest corner Thin teenth and Scott streets
507 SOulh Jackson street.
Southeast corner Eighteenth and Rrirkle Ave
1905 Market street
Southeast corner Twenty-ihird and Market.
617 Or8nge street
i12-14 West Twelfth street.
l25 West Eleventh street.
6i5 West Second street
500 Market street.
$40 Madison street.
Sol Franklin street.
S05 Franslln street.
1897 Market street.
900 Van Buren, street.
1914 Monroe street.
705 West Seventh street.
800 Monroe st. eet.
1911 Lincoln street.
II none OF the above suit you send or call for
list. We have many others in ell eections Of the
city. Now is good time 70 buy: can make
terms 10 suit HEALD q co.
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DIED.

DAM aQN.-In Pencader hundred on the sth
instant, Rena, daughter OF William III and
Clara X Dawson, aged years and month
ELLIEGSW0RTH.- this city. John Reed
Elllnssworfh, infant son OF Curtis and Sarah a.
hllingsworth, nied August 0, aged II months
and "A days.
HICKMAN I'm this city. on August 10, Wal
ter v Hickman, infant son of William r. ard
Annie Il. Hickman, aged months and Il days
JEFFERIs.- I'm this city. on August 10, Ed.
ward w. J, ferris
NELSON this city. on the 9th instant,
Christiana Nelss n, aged 81 years.
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The steam yacht Temperance, owned by
W. w. Giles Of Washington, which was
heightened at hoore's snIpyard and has
had the machinery put in by the Reminr,
con Aachine Co.. viii probably leave this
city next week. The boat now lies at Fol
SONS wharf receiving the finishing coat Of
paint The name is to be changed to tbs
Jubilee and tbs yacht will be run on ths
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tug was moored TO the wharf and the
schooner came in, put out a bow line, but
no stern line. About the time stated the
schooner swung around, the bow. spirit
crashing into the pilot house and doing the
damage as above stated. The tug is being
repaired to-day. The schooner sustained
no damage. It is said that the crew of the
schooner were intoxicated.
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EncursIons.

Gouley's next excursion to Tolches-
ter will come off on Monday, the 27th
The next New York, Hudson and
Coney Island on Thursday, the 30th Of
August.
On Thursday, the Goth of September,
to Washington and Gettysburg.
On Thursday, September 9th,
Mauch Chunk and Switchback.
On Thursday the 18th OF October to
Mauch Chunk and Switchback.
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Anusernents.

Wilson & Rankin's Minstrels will
show at the Academy of Music, Aug
II. This is an Opera House attraction
and would have been put upon the
stage at that house but for the repairs
which are in progress there. The scale
OF prices will be %, so and rs cents.
Evening journal., 1888-08-11

The Jersey truck tug Fannie a., lying at
The Front street wharf, was struck by shs
sand schooner Sandsnipe about I30 this
morning, and the pilot house knocked out
OF place. The smoke stack, exhaust pipe
and Whistles were also knocked OF. The
Evening journal., 1888-08-11

Hires Root beer 15c, Beef Wine and
Iron SOC, sticky Fly Paber 2 sheets for
81. GB- Trusses a speciality, fit guar
anteed. Danforth, Dguggist Cd and
Market Sts.
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The 11-year-sld son Of Mira Mcbride,
diving at s4S Bennett street. was accidsn.
tally shot in the arm yesterday afternoon
by bullet from % calibre pistol The
bullet was extracted and the wownd dressed
by Harry Munson al DR.. CAntwslIs Office
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ADJUSTMENTS
ON OUR NATIVE HEALTH. .


'tON OUR NATIVE HEALTH"
PERFECLED PICTURES OF WESTERN TIFE
BY INDORSED PARTICIPANTS OF
PAST HISTORY II
BUFFALO BILLS COLONEL w II CsoDy
ORIGINAL
WILD WEST
THE RESULT OF LIES EXPERIENCE
GEhTTEMEN'S DRIVING PARK.
COMMENCING AUGUST is.
EVERY AFTERNOON AT O'CLOCK.
RAIN OR SHINE.
Cheap and easy access with comfort assured
S'x Thousand free, shaded seats. Blk thousand
reserved seats Encouragement of grounds
guaranteeing all perfect view and increae ed en-.
loyment. All street cars and 'busses to Elm and
Bslmont avenues as usual Reading railroad t.
Belmont
Pennsylvania railroad new special transit
route. New station (Wynnefred) at grounds.
Round trip fare ard admission, 65 cents Spe-
cal excursion tickets from all Pennsylvania
railroad stations in suburban towns, including
admission. .
See small bills and station agents.
GENERAL ADMISSION, SOC. CHILDREN. 25c.
NO STREET PARADE
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The City Hall bell was tolled this morn.
ing between 10 and II O'Clock, during the
time Of the funeral services Of General
Sheridan in Washington.
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One hundred and sixteen car loads OF
peaches we're shipped from the Peninsula
yesterday afternoon, apportioned to the
following cities:
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MARRIED.

tlsHEk-FINNEf. AT PennsRrove, ~ ]. on
August 6 By the Rev. G g. Powelton, Clarence
g Fisher OF terryville, Md, aud Miss Anna H.
FinneY Of Wilmington, Del.
TEAS-PEOPLE--O Wednesday evening.
August s, at the residence Of Joseph Billings
ley by the Fey j. 2. Lenhart James Teas and
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Now is Your Time

To get a bargain in a
Suit of Clothes. What
We mean by a bargain is
a good, stylish suit, we'll
made and trimmed, and
one that will not only be
g satisfaction to the
wearer, but a credit to
the seller. Such a suit
you can get of us at a
very much reduced price.
We must sell off a big
lot Of our stock. We
are making up for Fall
and taey are beginning
to come in. Well have
have to have the room
for them. Then we want
the cash and are making
a special reduction of 10
per cent. on all cash sales.
We still have a good
assortment Of Flannel
Suits, Serge Suits, light
and Fancy Colored Suits,
and a full assortment of
thin goods; also Under
wear, Balbriggan Shirts
and Drawers, Gauze
Shirts, Hosiery, Ties, etc.