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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06
The Rem E.fAHA.

--Guadilla, in the West Indies, was in
Undated by huge wave recently, which
swept away fifty three houses and caused
great loss Of property. The stone wall of
:he cemetery was washed away and eleven
,odies carried out 10 sea.
Rev. Cannon 0. Mahony, in a speech
ecenly delivered in Cork, charged certain
ocal government officials with systemati-
,.lly corrnpting girls of tender age.
Thousands assembled a. Mitchelstown
% greet Vaudeville on the occasion of his
Dubl he received a most enthusiastic
Welcome.
1t is stated on reliable authority that
he pope of Rome has instructed Arch
bishop Welsh and other visiting Irish pre-
ates to adopt conciliatory attitu lie to-
Sard the government in Ireland.
-.Zangcrle, the German commercial
raveler who attempted TO kill French
yustoms officer at Pagney- sur Moselle
Ouse.
AT Axe la Chapelle 5000 persons went
N procession TO neighboring shrine and
,,rayed for the crown prince. Two lighted
candles, each weighing tifty-six pounds
>denoting the prime S age, were borne by
eight girls dressed in white.
-Advices from Sydn y, N. S. W., state
that the French commander of New He
brides has been order I'd by his government
evacu tie the islands in January.
French company is buying land from the
natives Of New Hetrld S for the purpose
Of establishing trading stations.
The London Sportsman announces
that it has received $4,000 from Join L.
Sullivan to bind him to match Will
either Smith or Klran, or both.
"A warrant has been granted for the
arrest of Gen. Mi]len, the head of the
Clan Ma Gael society, and Melville
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06

my head, a comrade, Henry Halder
man, and myself, started in a skitf to
hunt for him. In creeping up through
the brush after landing, had to step
IN the road, and, as l did SO, saw
seven or eight men in front of q house.
They had seen me and I knew it was
useless to run, SO [ hallooed: Sur
render!" They first started toward me.
then wheeled and started down the
road and such whipping of horses 1
never saw before. Fearing they would
return and capture us 1 shouted
Charger" at the top of my voice.
MY comrade came up at about this
time, out of breath, briar scratched
and almost frightened to death. He
asked what was the matter. Such a
racket as there was in that house! T
guess they thought it was the whole
regiment. We hurried back to the
skltf and there met couple OF officers
and several priyates. We told them to
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06
Daniel C. Knowlton

blue: Captain Daniel c. Knowlton,
Company d.
He was young, gifted, and winning,
with face of almost womanly beauty,
and soul that no danger could appail.
"lear?" Lord Nelson is reported to
have said, when boy: What is it? L
don't know anything about it. F" If there
are such men, Dan knowlton must have
been one of them. He would go into
battle with smile on his handsome
face. There must be something in
blood that will tell" the Major OF the
Twenty ninth Maine, also knowlton,
was struck dead from his horse
at Winchester as he was deploylng his
regiment, "as coolly," says the historian
of that regiment, "as though he were on
parade;" there was a Colonel Knowl-
ton, of whose conspicuous bravery we
read in Revolutionary annals; and it
was mother whose maiden name was
knowlton who gave to his country
General Nathaniel Lyon, who saved
Missouri to the Union, and whose bril-
liant career was untimely cut short at
the battle of Wilson's Creek. Such
stocks as this are heroic of necessity; it
is IN them.
When the fury of the enemy's attack
was launched upon our left in the fog
and almost darkness of early morning,
Knowlton was in his place in rear of the
center of his company as the regiment
took its place on the high ground where
it was about to be sacrificed. About
two hundred and fifty of us were with
the colors in that hour, SO hardly had
two years of war dealt with us. In less
than an hour more than hundred were
down, dead and wounded; the company
organizations were nearly broken up;
the remainder drew closer together. L
saw Captain Knowlton seize the rifle
and cartridge-box Of one Of his men,
who had fallen, and begin to load and
fire. Thus engaged, he suddenly
pitched heavily forward, dead. He
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06

moon. They were very beautiful al
made Of gold or silver, fastened !
squares or rosettes of silk.
At the time portion of d
Army of the Potomac was sent
Join the Army of the Cumberla,
they brought their habits and custoa
with them that were new to the VI
ern soldier. Their blazing badge
good clothes, and white gloves wer
ource of comment among the Wester
boys, and many jokes at the expense
the Army Of the Potomac troops wei
told in the camps Of the Westel
army.
One day an Irish soldier came stra
Cling along by the headquarters
General Buttertield. He was one
the brave men who had been wi
Sherman on his march from Mempt
to Chattanooga, thence to knoxvill
and was on his return through Il
rain and storm, footsore and weary,
join his regiment. rs he trudgt
along, at will, past the headquarter
only bent on joining his own comman
he heard the command to "halt" fro
a soldier in a bright uniform.
"What do you belong to?" said ii
sentinel.
Eighth Nisshoory, sok
Irish soldier.
"What division
Morgan L. Smiths, az
"What brigade?"
"Giles Smiths second brigade %
the second division"
'But what army corps?'
",Ihe Fifteenth, you fool. I ON ID
of the heroes of Vicllsburg. Anythij
more, MI. Sentinel?" asked the soldi]
"Yes; where's your badger"
"My badge, is it? Indade, the I'd
teenth has badge. Do You see that
turning half round and patting h
cartridge-box with his hand. "The I'd
tomac chaps as gifts home after day
may take the moon and stars wild then
but the Fifteenth prefer cartridg,
box and forty rounds Of ammunition
If you Potomacs will kape up wid I'll
Western souldiers ye will see enoug
stars widout wearin' 'em on yer caps.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06
The German Guard.

There is no end to the stories told d
the German soldier, but to the credl
OF that class OF the country's defender
they were never charged with lack q
bravery and valor when the fight wa
on.
One night, at military camp dow
IN Missouri, the word "Potomic" wa
given to the guards as the password
Among the guards was young Get
man soldier who had not been in TIL
army very long, but he made a goo|
soldier. He was liable to get his E1
gllsh mixed occasionally, especially hi
ps and bis. The word was first gveI
out Potomic, but as he got it thir|
hand it went from Potomic to Bottd
mic, and when he got it the pass wog
was Buttermilk,
Not long after, the officer who hs1]
given out the word presented himse
to the Teutonic guard, and gave "Pd
tonic" as the pass word.
"Nicht right, said the guard, "yol
don't pass NIT me right away NIT ID
wort.
"But that is the word" said the of
Ger.
No, you stand;'' and he brought hi
bayonet to charge. "Potomic don
pass in Missouri, not by considerable.
well, what is the word then?" IN
quired the officer.
"Buttermilk is de wort. Oh, 70
don't cotch dis quart on ony OF DEF
drick."
well then, Buttermilk, said th
officer.
dot is all right; yust pass right on,
said the guard.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06

look out or they would run on to .
Johnnies; but they just laughed !. Y
went on. The officers went stra; =
through the fields to the house x
were captured. We hurried baots9 y
camp, for we thought the rooster :,
quite fat enough and he would t,s
better some other time. We afterws!
learned we had run onto Confede,,
picket post. ID. A. MooRE.
Company A, s9th Ind, L.,
WABASH IND, VI
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06

You'd the guard-line he set his booth
and sold them for twenty-five cent
each. All the boys could not get pass4
to go to the bakery; so when the arn]
spectators got a chance they woul|
put the pies on a board and peddl
them in camp for fifty cents each.
General NJ. thought he would sto !
it, and when he met soldier oa|
morning, with ten pies on board, Il
stopped him, and, handing him tiy|
dollars, ordered him to eat the Who'll
ten. The soldier went to work in dead
earnest. AS he was finishing the tenth
the General started to go.
Hold on, General!" said the soldier
IF you will buy me ten more, II
finish my breakfast" DAGo,
Company G, Second Kentucky Infantry.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06
Cradle.

OF course we lad our contra band]
every army, Oh portion Of army, dld1
Cradle was our contraband; as gent
ulne darby as you ever saw, with 9
loot OF extraordinary length and extHa
heels to match, giving him queer look
about those extremities.
What queer name is that-Cradle,
sad l. What do you call him that
for, Billy?"
>. What would you call him, then,
Jimmy? If he's not a cradle what's ne
put on rockers for?"
The idea was too lulicrous. smile
yet when I think of it. J. G.. 3,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06

--LonGJctlOic
The brief story of the military ex-
perience of Private George w. Lyon,
Company G, One Hundred and Four
teenth New York Volunteers, is that of
thousands of other good soldiers. He
was never absent from his company for
single day during almost three years
service; he was never wounded, but his
knapsack and clothing were frequently
shot through.
That man marched thousands of
miles through Louisiana. MARYLAND,
and Virginia. with his musket on his
shoulder, and participated in dozen
severe engagements, saying nothing of
sAirmishes.
1t is written of Marshal Ncy that,
after the repulse OF the Old Guard at
Waterloo, which he had vainly tried to
lead to victory in the last hour of the
battle, although he had not wound,
his dress was actually ragged with the
balls that had pierced it.
People read OF such strange things,
and wonder that they can be. Tie
veterans were very familiar with them.
Not severe and protracted battle
occurred during the war but that, the
next day, soldiers exhibited to their
comrades their caps shot through,
great holes in the sleeves or skirts of
their blouses, dents of flying bullets on
their gun-stocks, often a canteen per-
forated through and the water leaked
out. I have known soldiers to shake
bullets out Of their clothes, to find
them in their pockets, buried in their
knapsacks, OF stopped by half dozen
folds of wool and rubber blanket. It
was true that "eyery bullet has it's bill
let, but, fortunately, the message of
every one was not death or wounds.
The name Of Private James E. Wood
mansee, of the same company, suy-
gests the relation OF thrilling incidents
connected with the regimental coors.
At 2 o'clock on the afternoon of Sep
TENDER II, 1864, the One Hundred and
Fourteenth, One Hundred and SIX
teenth and One Hundred and Fifty
third New York regiments lay behind
a rail-fence at Winchester, stoutly
holding that part of tle line. and re-
turning bullet for bullet in the face of
fire that killed and wounded scores OF
mon who loaded and fired lying fiat.
-Four color had fallen in GU,
regiment, and Lieut.. ! DWARF L. Breed
OF Company II, had taken the flag. 50
near him that l could have reached
out my hand and touched him. [ heard
a bullet strike him in The breast, max
ing q sound like the blow OF a fist.
The wound was mortal; he went to the
rear and died in four hoHrs. Private
Woodmansee seized tie flag as it
dropped from his hand, and carried il
the remainder of the day.
At Cedar Greek, Il month later, while
our division was striving to stem the
rout with which ariy was crushing
our left, Woolmansee aga had the
flag, and bore it CALAMITY. He was in
stantly killed during that memorable
hour, and another hand brought of
the colors when the retreat was or.
dered.
It was in the same hour, when Death
was holding high carnival on that field,
that I witnessed the death of one OF
khO H., 80 A..
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06

No sentinel with measured tread, keeps watch
upon your way,
No buge call, no rolling drum will call YOU to
the fray;
The friends you love are by your side your
pleasant homes near
And ife's fair afternoon foretells for you u sun
Bnt once-nlas how long ago! what memories
intervene!
The lighted camp fire brought to you no glad
ness with its gleam,
But. weary with q toilsome march beneath Il
burning sky,
You sank beside its sluggish blaze to wait the
battle-cry.
How fair and far your firesides seemed! How
faint grew HOPES sweet light,
Amid the deadly lannon's roar ana Clanor of
the fight!
Scarce dared you think to tread again the pleas
ant walks OF home,
And sec the faces that you loved throu III long,
bright years to come.
But God in mercy turned from you the bullet 6
puth away,
And treasons night gave place ut last to peace s
bright, welcome day.
Among the toilins crowd you pass like them
you come and go;
But through your lives q current runs. which
mono but soldiers know.
He who has once for Freedoms sake borne
arms against her foe
Can feel his pulses quicken yet, whereer the
Whoever once the musket bore, or wore the
army blue
He ereets, wherever they may meet comrado
tried and true.
Never again your souls shall feel that fierce
baptism of flame,
Your country gives you rest and peace, and
crowns your brows with fume;
Each star still keeps it's place upon the banner
that you bore,
And on your sons has fallen now tho mantle
that you Wore.
And we who for the cause we loved can only
hope and pray,
Now trust that from our glorious land the clouds
have passed away;
That il our sons reach manhood now, We'll
fear not for their fate
War, tiercest of hell's demon brood, lies not for
them in wait.
Yet, should her foes menace again our coun-
try's very life
And did she call our SONS to bear her banner
i'll the strife
For holy trust and parting word, this only could
we say:
go; fight but as your fathers fought-and be-
as brave as thcy!'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06

formerly agent of the society in London,
who are charged with being connected
with the dynamite conspiracy in which Call
Ian and Harkens are alleged 10 have been
engaged.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06
GREAT GUNS.
Soldiers Stirring Stories Of Solid
Shot, Screaming
Shells,
Big Battles. Bursting Bombs, Buzzing
Bullets, and Bright
Bayonets.
The Camp.F Fire.
BY SlNEr.rE NJ. LowArER.

)-DAY the campfire
means n scene of glad
ness and of peace.
From which VIC shut tho
world away, md bid it's
Earring cease:
Here hand meets hand,
and heart meets heart,
with iree and joyous
glow;
With song, and lest, and
careless mi!th, the
Apply hours DER
flow,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06
never spoke; he hardly stirred. A
bullet had struck him in the forehead.

The following may be mentioned as
an example of that pluck and endur-
ance that was common among the vol
unteers.
In the battle of Winchester, Private
Owen J. Edwards, of the same com
pany, had his arm shattered. He went
back through the woods to the field
hospital, and awaiting his turn among
the throng of wounded men, his arm
was amputated. No doubt he suffered,
as all men must who have to endure
such an operation. But Edwards was
OF the kind who do not allow their at
tention to be engrossed by their own
suf1erings. He lay quiet for two hours,
and then got up and declared that he
must do something to help the suffer-
ers around him. And this man with
his arm only two hours amputated,
actually busted himself carrying water
to the wounded men who We're begging
for it.
The lulicrous is often mingled with
the tragic on the battlefield; it was al
ways SO where that quaint character
with an odd name, Uriah Rorapaugh,
was about. Brave as lion, he had q
dry wit that no unfavorable circum-
stances or surroundings could sup
press. He was veritable Mark Tap
ley, always jolly, and was certain to
furnish nlirth to any crowd that he
mingled with. At the assault of Port
Hudson he was a Sergeant Of Company
~. When the first assault had failed,
and the living who still held the
ground in front Of the works were tax
ing advantage OF all the shelter they
could get, Rorapaugh, severely wound.
ed, was leaving the field. He was not
only severely wounded, but numerous
ly. 1t was discovered at the field hos
pital that he had been hit five times.
in the face, hand, shoulder, breast, and
thigh.
lie down there, Rory" called out
Lieutenant Colonel Morse; sic down,
or you'll be hit"
80, I guess not, Colonel" was the
reply. "i've lodged all the balls but
five, and | guess can dodge the rest. !"
This intrepid joker was soon after
made Lieutenant, came out of the war
as Captain, and has since served a
term as Sheriff OF his native county.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06

remainder required in time to present Mrs.
Hancock with the house that has been
selected during the holiday.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06
The Soldiers Life,
BY JAMES FRANKLIN Fits.

The l6, bursting shell; the gateway rent asunder;
The rafting musEetry, the Gushing blade;
And ever and anon i'll tones OF thunder,
The dinpason of the canMonude.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06
After q Rooster.

UST after the two
days fight at Nash
vile, our regiment
! was stationed at Bear
lCreek. 1 was feeling
quite hungry that
morning. and, hear
ing a rooster Growing
land not liking the
idea OF a Confederate
rooster cr0wior ovor
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06
Hold On, General!"

N the summer 3
$50, after the evacua
ton of Corinth, Ne,
lson's division was j
camp for some tin.
|near Athens, Ak
\One Of the cam}
followers had a 20.
table bakery, an
drove a direct apple
Mo tra1n .T11ct he
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06

It was in the same hour, when Death
was holding high carnival on that field,
that I witnessed the death of one Of
the hravest men tat ever wore the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06
The Badge of the Fifteenth.

lHE Army of 4
Potomac adopted
system of divisi,
brigade, and con
9badges, which !
men wore on til,
caps and breas'
Some of them Va
stars and 9th g
re p e s e n t ed 4
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-06

The following may be mentioned as
an example of that pluck and endur-
ance that was common among the vol
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-30

SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.
The International Womens' Council, at
Washington, was opened by the venerable
lady of whom we present a portrait. She
read an address which told briefly the story
of the woman suffrage movement up to
date, and mentioned national questions in
the settlement of which she believes the
voice of women would be wise and power
full. Mrs. Stanton appeared to be strong
and we'll
native of Johnstown, N. Y, Elizabeth
Cady was born Nov. IL 1926. The town
was well known as a center of literary life
and activity, and Miss Cady not only en-
jOyed, but was benefited by her surround
ings. She had in early life all the advan-
tages which come from life in city, as well
as those of the country for she had the ad
vantage of healthy, physical life secured by
exercise in the open air, as well as that
Of having refined and educated people
around her at home, and of benefiting by
their conversation and by observation of
their behavior. At school she was an
excellent student and always made
it a point to study all that the boys
were in the habit of studying. She delved
into the classic mysteries of Greek roots,
talked boys slang, tried to drive horses as
boys did, and, in fact, was absorbed by an
anxiety to be boy; and when she got out
disguised to find that because she was a
woman it would be utterly impossible for
her to go to Union College and that she
must go to young ladies' seminary. With
great reluctance she finally went to Miss
Wizards French Seminary, in the city Of
Troy, where her course as a student was
not altogether a smooth and happy one. In
1887 she met and made the acquaintance of
Henry B. Stanton. who was a radical
anti-slavery agltator. and after a very short
season of courtship they were married
From that time she became one of the most
active and energetic advocates of woman's
rights, and was the moving spirit in the
first convention of the women's suffrage
project, which was held in 1913 at Seneca
Falls, N. Y, where Mr.. and Mrs. Stanton
were residing. She is an able and eloquent
speaker, enjoys the proud distinction of be-
ing the only woman who ever ran for Con-
gress, and is withal good hearted, honest
soul, and not fanatical in all her modes of
thinking, for she does not believe in easy
divorces or free love doctrines, and is an
earnest advocate of free trade
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-30
AR. ALTMAYER A CO.
AFTER THE OPENING.

We showed you our pretty
lines in Dry Goods last week.
Now this week we will take
great pleasure in selling them
to you. Those in search of
desirable goods, especially in
Millinery, Dress Goods, Etc,
would do well to get our quo
tations before making their Sc
lections, Our special drives
this week will comprise the
following:
20 pieces Moire Silks, all the new shades, 75c.
case Striped Crinltle Seersuckers, Sc. u; worth
case White Lawn, DC.
100 pieces White Crepe Lisse Ruchings, in
Guiding all the latest novelties, price 10c; worth
Csc, 35c, and Soc; wonderful value.
30 pieces satin, all the new shades, only 5c.;
worth soc.
100 dozen Linen HuclI Towels, fancy borders,
price lie. reduced from DC. for this week only.
500 Linen Table Covers 5iX56, fancy borders,
price 50c.r positively worth 81.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-30

tons of which l have frequently heard
from the COWBOYS and Indians during the
past three or four years; and, however,
much truth there is in the portion relating
to the origin of the fire, certain it is that
the Indians hold the spot in great fear and
avoid and shun it, thinking in their super
stitious imagination that the ghoSt-like
shadows which nightly hover and play
about the spot are the spirits of the lost
Flower That Bloomed- and
the little pappoose that persisted with her.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-30
ATTENTION TO CONSTITUENTS.

The last mark of attention from mem
Der of his visiting constituents is Ito give
him a bath" After showing a voter
through the building, explaining and testing
the mysteries of the echoes in the statuary
hall, giving him lunch, and finally con
Quoting him to the Speakers gallery, where
he can sit and watch the "whirligig of the
House whirl," as final and special honor
the Representative invites him to take a
bath. If the Representative makes this
offer in the right way and to the right man,
it is appreciated; but they have been known
to make enemies by making the proposition
too abruptly and without explanation.