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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18

mand unexpectedly encountered a
vastly superior force of the Southern
troops, and his whole party were taken
prisoners. y
They were hurried off as rapidly as
possible. to get them out of the way
of the advancing Union forces, and in
crossing deep and rapid stream, Cap
tain Henry, commanding the Confed-
crate guards, was swept off his horse,
and, being unable to swim, sank at
once.
His own men were so bewildered that
they did not make move to save him,
but Lieutenant Paine showed that mis-
fortune had neither deprived him of
courage nor of presence of mind.
Quick as flash, he threw off his coat,
plunged into the current, and Selling
the drowning man he swan with him
to the shore, and thus literally cap
tured his captor.
Paine was sent to Richmond with
the rest of the prisoners, and the facts
being made known to General Fitz-
E.ugh Lee-at this writing, the Cover
nor of Virginia-he wrote statement
of them to General Winder, then Pro
vost Marshal at the Confederate CAPT
tai. Winder ordered the instant re.
lease of Lieutenant Paine, without even
parole, promise, or condition. The
Lieutenant's sword was even returned
to him, and guard of honor, with a
flag of truce, gave him safe conduct to
the lines of his friends.
Men capable of such splendid con-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18

National Tribune, tired, footsore, and
with empty stomachs, marched into
field of well-stocked plantation, where
cattle, hogs, sheep and chickens were
plenty aud tame.
At the outbreak Of the war our
Lieutenant Colonel was preacher of
the NJ. f. Church, and beloved pas
tor in one of the largest congregations
in our county, and, like all the preach
ers of that sect in the North, was full
Of patriotism to his country. Finally,
getting ashamed of telling the boys to
go, he got down from his pulpit and
atfixing his name to an enlistment pa
per, said, "Come, boys, with me to the
war;" A regiment was soon organized,
and he, in new uniform and with a
Lieutenant Colonel's commission, went
to the front, and nearly two years
after we find him leading his regiment
into the field above described.
When the line was formed and the
arms stacked, the Colonel said "Men,
you are tired and hungry; you have
no Government rations; there seems
to be plenty around you. If you
march out of this field in the morning
without having supplied yourselves in
part, it will be your own fault. But
one thing I desire to say to you, that
that white calf in the fence corner 1
have sealed to my mess. and no man
must approach it with felonious intent.
Break ranks-march."
Throwing his bride to his servant,
he made dive for that calf and caught
a good tail hold. The calf was so sur
prised by the sudden attack that, with
a loud bawl and q tremendous leap, he
had the Colonel on his knees before he
realized that he was in the fight; and
with another effort, born of fright and
danger, the calf made a quick flank
movement that sent the Colonel rolling
over and over, and at the same time
describing the circle that all of US
have 80 often described while play
ing "Crack the whip" in our boyish
days.
Finally the calf conquered, and the
Colonel, with his pants torn across
both knees and cover with mud, rose to
his feet, and yelled to the Quartermas-
ter: captain, kill that d calf; &C.
count to the Government of the
United States, and charge the same to
my mess. Elm"
RICHMOND, Ind.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
Somebody Viii Get Killed Directly.

The Sixth Kentucky Regiment, Con-
federate States army, commanded by
Colonel NJ. II. Cofer, was Just entering
the battle of Chckamauga when Ser
geant Will Reed of company I discov
cred that the lock of his Enfield rite
was out Of fix, and. not wish ng to go
into battle poorly armed, he approach
ed the Colonel to get permission to go
to the ordnance train to get better
gun, when cold Form square," as the
Colonel was called, looked at him very
solemn and replied:
"Take your place in company, Ser.
geant; somebody will get killed d.
rectly, and then you can get gun"
He, like the good soldier he was,
obeyed, but said it was the lonesomest
time he ever experienced in his life,
either in battle or out of it.
I EX-CoNFEp.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18

On Lookout Mountains bloody erase
They keep their vigils yet,
Near Chattanooga's sanguine field
their whitcned DOaes are met.
Hnr,l by the Gloud- stai sod Tennessee
Thev rest in naulaless Xrnvos.
And on the blco Potolnac's banks
There slsep our fallei: brave.
No more we hear the war-like shout
Ahs Blue Ridge hills among.
No more their ,,sistenins b ,yonots bright
lode ct the morning san.
Their hiNounc tires ght up no moro
lie had they di d to save:
Trey Sleep the sloep of horoes now
Our fLlleD mGrtvrol bravo.
At Gettysburg they rest in peace,
md on Antictams height
They need no monumental fame-
Iheir names are ever bright.
There's not i'll Shenardoahs vale
A tsss eled corn that Wages.
But droops i'll sadness DOR some spot
Where sleep oar faliensbravos.
The orange blossom round their tombs
It's fragrance loves to throw:
The tnll palmetto shelters them
IN peac fni graves below.
And where the Gulfss tream pours its food
To greet atlantic's wavc,
Where,frcedom' 8 soil believed with blood,
There sleep oar fnllen brave.
See on, sleep or. we IN 1urn We not,
Though DER each patriots bier
The loved ones lett perchance lot fall
A heartfelt burning tear.
The generations yet unborn
Will ;.lean from historys page
The names of those who wore tho blue
Columbin'G fallen bravo.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
Another Smith.

While gallant Tom Smith was fight
ing on the side of the South, Yankee
named F. O. G, Smith, of the Port
land Advertiser, and member of the
Maine Legislature; was trying to help
the cause of the South, and to make
fame for himself in different way.
He actually introduced resolution
to take Maine out of the Union, and
he supported it in speech that lasted
for three days.
His proposition was that Maine
should unite with the British provinces
on the North, when. to quote his words:
Maine can rise on the wings of hope
and go back to the mother government"
e, 0. G. Smith is dead or forgotten,
and Maine. like Texas, still has star
representing her on the national banner.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
Queer Dishes.

II never will forget the dish what
they called bread padding" said a
Southern veteran. cit was er kind O.
softening of cold bread and putting
molasses into it and then baking er
crust on to it; and there was er kind O.
weed that growed wild in Virginia that
they gathered and billed for vegetables
Il forget the name O it now, but it
was erbout as good as poke salad.
THE Yankees had er plenty O every
thing, though. They had canned stuff
to make soup, and they had canned
vegetables, and they had er plenty O.
everything that none O. our fellows
didn't get, 'cepting they'd whip 'em and
run 'em outen their camps, and it got
SO after erwhile that they couldn't do
that, and it was hard times, I tell you. "
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18

great many movements were made in
that interest. At least, there was no
necessity for abandoning the place for
fear of Confederate attack, for the Con-
federates could not muster sufficient
force to attempt the capture of the
place. From the time of occupation
afterward, not only the Confederate
forces but the people throughout
Texas and the whole South had more
of the necessaries of life and less of
hardship, UP to the close of the war.
A Gallant Deed and a Chivalrous
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
Return.

N the movement of
Stoneman's cavalry
in the fall campaign
]of 1869, the advance
! was led by Lieuten-
!ant Paine of the First
maine Cavalry.
= Being separated by
q considerable dis
lance from the main
iho6v Poipo'o oou-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18

"WHo is that man?" "He's the SER
want of old Smith, the undertaken"
"Ah! then he's the valet of the shadow
of death. "-Toaon Topics.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
The Colonel's Calf.
FTER several dys

FIER several DAYS
of hard campaign
ing in an lncessant
rain, and through
the mud, mire and
marshes of Tennes-
see in 1862, our com
mand found itself
far in advance of our
wagon train and RAJ
tions, writes a cor
A.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
On the Mexican Border.
BY WILBUR H. WEBER.

N the fall of 1869,
Colonel Duff with a
regiment of Texas
volunteers occupied
t he lower Rio
Grande, with head
quarters at Fort
Brown, the depart
mont being under
command of Genera!
81. B. Bee. In No.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
WAR ANNALS.
Old Soldiers Of Roth Armies Fighting
Their Battles Over
Again.
Anecdotes Of the Battlefield, tho Weary
March, and the Cheerful
Campfire.
Our Fallen. Brave.

BY LIEUTENANT w. t. FITzGERALD,
(Tortu-jJNt r. Y. "
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18

A POET sings: "A little farther v
shall find rest" Keep him moving
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
LOSS AND GAIN.
Divine Services at the Brooklyn Taber-
nacle.

Rev. DIR. Talmage Expounds Familiar
Text with Characteristic Clearness and
Originality-A False and Malicious Re-
mort Concerning the Doctor Denounced.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-04

1t is understood that an order has been
issued by the railroads of the Southern Pas
senger Association that will throw wet
blanket over the business of the ticket
scalpers. 1t is understood that number of
the roads have ordered that all persons
travelling on return trip tickets must iden-
tify themselves to the conductor of the
train, either by their signature or by
satisfactory personal Identification by
some person acquainted with the con-
ductor. This VIII be regarded as a
direct stab at the business of the
scalpers, who handle tickets for return
passage that heretofore did not have to
be signed by the person purchasing them.
The only reason that all the roads do not
give the desired 1c. rates to all points at all
times is because OF the scalping business
done. The officials of the roads contend
that if they gave rate of lc. for a round
trip the person buying the ticket would
often dispose of the return check at &C. on
the mile, thus deprlving the road of a reve-
nue. that 1t would otherwise derive. This
new order Is direct blow at that system,
and if universally adopted by the roads of
the country will be the means of securing
an unusually lower rate of passenger traffic
in the country
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-04
THE AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCH.
The Interior Finished and the Pastor
Given a Gold Headed Cane.

The Interior Finished and the Pastor
Given a d-Headed Cane.
The interior of the First African Baptist
church in this city has been completed, the
handsome pulpit and altar furniture has
been put in place, and the new pews have
been arranged with view to the comforta-
BILE seating of the congregation. The addi-
tion to the church gives the ediGce the
largest seating capacity of any building in
the city, the church and the galleries being
ample to seat over 5000 people, while the
basement, or Sabbath school room, will seat
not less than 1000.
The work is progressing favorably on the
bell tower, and the boil has been mounted.
The building committee of the church,
recognizing the efficient aid of their pastor,
Rev. e. K. Love, rendered during the
progress of the work, presented him with a
handsome gold-headed cane. The improve
ments to the church will aggregate very
nearly S1S, 600, showing the property of the
church, which is said to have, numerically
considered, the largest congregation in the
country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-04
Tho Georgia southern Survey.

The surveying corps of the Georgia
Southern and Florida railroad, that COM
menced to survey the branch road from
Townsville to Cordele or some point near
there on the Georgia Southern, has re-
turned to Macon, the corps having been
temporarily withdrawn, perhaps perma-
nently so, if Townsville does not ante up
the S30,0O0 subscription required to insure
the building of the road. G. l.. Ross, Of the
Georgia Southern, has written to Mr.. Han
sell Merrill, Of Thomasvile, stating the
above fact. He says the surveyors were
Withdrawn because, in the opinion of the
Macon company, the people of Townsville
had shown too ittl interest in the road
Mr.. Ross says further that it wasst he
intention of his company to build the line
to Thomasviile by Sept. l, or at the same
time the line to Valdosta, so that neither
place would gain any advantage over the
other. Mr.. Sparks, the President of the
company, has gone to New York, but the
proposition made to Thomasville still holds
good, and if she will raise the amount asked
the Dad viii be built. The Townsville
Enterprise saws: This latest development
draws the issue sharp and clear, aud brushes
away the falling hopes cherished by great
many that the road would be built for q
smaller amount than $4,000, or as some
have contended without any bonus.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-04
A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT.

Why the Central Railroad and Bank
ing Company Sued the 1ybee Road.
The Central railroad obtained Judgment
in the City Court last week by default for
$4,000, principal, and something over 800
interest, in a suit against the Savannah and
Tybee Railway Company. The amount of
the Judgment was stated in the MORNING
News a day or two ago.
From H G. Cunningham, Esq, counsel
for the Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany, a MORNING NEWS reporter learned
that the Savannah and Tybee Railway
Company borrowed from the Central bank
$4,000, giving a 6G-day note, secured by
SIS 900 in the bonds of the Sa-
vannah and Tybee railroad. The note
fell due in February and was not
paid, Mr.. Cunningham says, because he
suppoSes the company did not have the
money to pay with. Railroad building, he
says, is very expensive, and the Tybee road
is no exception, and the season for its opera
ton is short. He believes that it is making
money now, although he is willing to sur
render the bonds for an amount that will
cover the judgment
Mr.. Cunningham was asked If the Cen
trail is very Large creditor Of the Tybee
road, and he sad be aid not think the Cen
trail has made E-T other Loan than that upon
which judgment has bsen obtained The
judgment was taken merely as zsssYrive Il
the debt and 70 protect the Central There
are other suits for personal damages pend
ing against Ths Tyhss railroad, and
as all judgments taken Il this term u the
City CourT stand o. al equal footing, the
Central took judgment for 81 ob1ga ton
past dus wlt5o3i taking Any steps 70 levy
on the property for satisfaction Of the
Judgment, nor dc NJ. Cunningham know
that this VIII BE 6Oze
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-04
CASSIDY IN WAITING.
he Says He is Anxious 20 Get OF TO
the Coal Mines,

Contrary to the general expectation, Cas-
sidy still remains in the custody Of Sheriff
Roman. Guard Turner was expected 10
reach here last week 10 convey Cassidy to
the coal mines. and Cassidy himself has
been very anxious to get out Of the close
confinement to which he has been subjected
since the disclosures that were recently
made in the MORNING NEWS.
Guard Turner has had two or three con-
versations with Cassidy on the occasion of
former visits, at one Of which Cassidy. be-
fore his motion for new trial was denied.
spoke in sighting way of such a man as
Turner taking him to the mines. Turner
gave him to understand then that he would
come for him some day, and he added: 81
will take you, too; and / won't have any
trouble with you, either. l know just how
to handle such ducks as you"
Guard Turner is looked for this week, and
knowing the desperate character of the
prisoner who viii be given into his custody
he will take all the precaution necessary to
protect himself and prevent Cassidy's es-
cape. There is baton Of prisoners in the
Liberty county Jail booked for the coal
mines, and when Guard Turner comes for
them he will continue on to Savannah and
get Cassidy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-04
Local Personal.

J. B. Platt, of Augusta, is at the Screyen.
w. B. Troy, of Macon, Is at the Screven.
w. E. Phinizy, of Augusta, is at the
Screven.
John Mccain, Jr., of Atlanta, is at the
Marshall.
W. R. Sherman, of Bailey, is at the
Harnett.
John Crosby, of Crosby, Ala, is at the
Harnett.
J. W. Bagwell, of Beaufort, is registered
at the Screven.
L. L. Young, of Tallahassee, is stopping
at the Screven.
l. j. Corby, Jr., of Charleston, is stopping
at the Marshall.
H. Ernst and A II. Bremen, of Augusta,
are at the Screven House.
A. S. Russell, of Jacksonville, is regis
tered at the Screven House.
w. j. Machan, of st. Augustine, Is regis
tered at the Marshall House.
Lieut.. o. NJ. Carter left yesterday on the
steamship City of Augusta for New York.
Mr. J. McC. Tharin, of g. Eckstein & Co,
is at the Suwannee Sulphur Springs, Flor.
ida.
Mr.. Joseph H. Smith, with the Ocean
Steamship Company, left yesterday for
New York.
Capt. Edmund Jones, Of Apalachicola, is
stopping at the Harnett. Capt Jones is on
route to England.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-04
Weary and Worn.

When the tired factory operative. the weary
outdoor laborer, the overtasked bookkeeper or
clerk seeks q medical recompense for expendi-
ture Of bodily force, where shall he find its
Could the recorded experience OF thousands OF
workers Ii voiced. the verdict would be that
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters renews failing
strength, stimulates the faded mental powers
to fresh activity, and relaxes undue nervous
tension Ak nothing else does. Digestion. a reg
ular habit of body appetite and sleep are pro
NOTED by IL, and II is an admirable auxiliary In
the recovery Of health by convaescents. A fas-
tidious stomach Is not offended by IL, and TO
persons Of both sexes In delicate health who oc.
caSonally feel the need Of an efficient tonic, the
whole ~ sc Of the pharmacopdeia and the cata-
io.,uc OF proprietary medicines does not present
a more useful. safer or more decisive one. II is
also Incompatible for fever and ague, rheuma-
tism a0d + ."v troubles.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-04
'Leah the Forsaken" Tonight.

The final rehearsals of Leah the For
saken" were held yesterday afternoon,
under the stage direction OF Mr.. Larry
Doyle, and were eminently satisfactory
In fact, all the members of the cast
acquitted themselves exceedingly we'll
To-night's performance will hardly fail to
be a success. Miss Sollee, on Saturday,
CHANGED to witness on Bull street, the
marching and counter-marching of the
Busch Zouaves, and was so pleased with the
little soldiers, that through her business
manager, Mr.. Arwedson, she has extended
TO them, as body, a cordial invitation to
attend the performance tonight. She has
also been fortunate in enlisting the services
Of Prof. Mehrtens, the cathedral organist,
TO play the organ on the stage, and the
orchestra will be led by Prof. Leon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-04
MANY M1cKLEs MAKE A MUcKLE
Rigid Rules that Must be Observed in
the Transfer of Freight.

Rigid Rules that Must be Observed in
the Transfer of Freight.
John Twigg and james Clarity were
arrested at the Ocean Steamship wharves
yesterday and a charge placed against them
for the larceny of lemons. A box of lemons
had been accidentally broken open and the
two men each appropriated a lemon, for
which the arrest was made
1t looks like very trivial thing to arrest
man for the taking Of a single lemon,
but the police at the Ocean Steamship
wharves have very strict orders in such
matters, and for the reason, it is argued
that if every man employed on the wharves
was permitted to go UNPUBLISHED for the
little takings, the latter would be an incon-
siderable item in the aggregate. ''For
instance" said one OF the officers,
there are from 400 to 500 men employed
about the wharves and railroads. If every
one would take a lemon how long would
the box lasts Arrests have been made for
taking less than handful of nuts from a
burst sack. If every man would take
handful the entire contents of the sack
would disappear. That is why we have to
insist upon absolute integrity in handling
the freight at the wharves, aud this can
only be insured by a seeming harshness for
the slightest infractiOn of the rules
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-04
CHICAGo's BIG TELESCOPE.
The Plans Adopted for Erecting the
Dearborn Observatory at Evanston.

uODSSTNdCOfy at evanston.
From the CHICAGO Herald.
A joint committee representing the Chica-
go Astronomical Society and the North
western University was busy at Evanston
all Saturday afternoon examining plans and
proposed locations on which to erect the
Dearborn Observatory, In which is to
be placed the big telescope formerly located
at the Chicago University. The society was
rer resented by DR.. H. A. johnson, Prof.
Mixer, j. Young Scammon, Prof. Hough,
Prof Colbert being absent, while the COM
mittee for the university was President
Cummings, j. B. Hobbs, Orrlngton Lunt,
Prof r. G. Sheppard and DR.. Bonbright.
After examining the different sites the COM
mittee agreed to locate the observatory at
point on the bluffs about 400 feet north of
the Swedish Seminary, and about midway
between Chicago avenue and tue lake. The
observatory will be about $50 feet from the
beach, experiments made by Prof. Hough
having demonstrated that the waves make
no impression at that distance, even in the
severest storms. The plans submitted by
Cobb & Frost were adopted as whole, the
details Of the construction being left to a
committee consisting of President Cum
mings, J. B. Hobbs, J. Y. Scammon and
Prof. Elias Colbert. Mr.. Hobbs has do
mated the sum of $4,000, and at least that
amount will be spent on the observatory
building. The only matter of detail left
undecided was as to whether a Warner q
Swazey dome, costing $500, or Breeder
dome, at "a 800, should be erected
The former dome weighs %, 900 pounds,
and is guaranteed to move under a pressure
of only 80 pounds. The plans as adopted
provide for building 79x65 feet, facing to
the west. The dome room is 81 feet in di-
ameter on the inside. In the center Of this
is the central pier on which the telescope is
placed, with a diameter of ID feet at the
base and 10 feet at the top, and entirely dis
connected from the exterior walls and the
floors The pier will be 30 feet above the
grade, as compared with 66 feet in the old
structure. The observer will be placed q
feet above the ground, and the top of the
dome will be about As feet, the telescope ris-
ing IA feet 10 inches above the floor The
odcapstones will be used in the new observ-
atory. The meridian circle room will have
a southern exposure, as is necessary, and
its inside dimensions will be 25x3S feet.
Here will be placed the instruments for fur
nishing true time to the city. Prof. Hough
is now doing this work by telegraph from
temporary building on the campus. There
will also be a library 23x30 feet inside and a
room of similar dimensions over it, in add
ton to five large working rooms 1t will
take at least six months after the con-
tracts are let to finish the dome, which will
be of iron and steel, but the work will
be pushed forward as rapidly as possible.
The telescope is one of the largest in the
world, and by the end of November Chicago
will have an observatory worthy of the big
refractor. The name of Dearborn Obser-
vatory will be retained.