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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-17

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HANDSOMELY REWARDED.
I'll. Nj. Fiagler Pays a Physician
$4,000 for Services to His
Daughter.

NEW YORK, April 16.-The fact is
made public that II. NJ. Flag1er has pre-
sented Dr.. George Shelton. of this city,
with securities of the par value of $50
600, market value about SS7. 900, in con-
sideration of his faithfuIness and skill
in attending the case of Mr.. Flagler's
daughter, Mrs. Benedict, who died ON
her husbands yacht off Charleston a
few days ago after long illness. This
is described as the largest fee but one
ever paid to physician.
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WEEKLY ST. PAUL GLOBE.
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THE DAILY GLOBE

PUBLISHED EVERY DAY.
AT TIE GLOBE BUILDING,
COR. FOURTH AND CEDAR STREETS
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The Burning Of KrIl,,s Store.

EDITOR kATIoSAL TRIBUNE: William T.
Doyle, ia his Between Two Fires" says that
Kelly, of kelly's Ford, ordered the plckets
out Of his house, which they were occupying
and that they the pickets) fired his house, aud
that Kelly's mill was only saved by the fire
going out"
Now my recollection Of the affair is this. aud
was there at the time of the FIRE: We 0ccu-
pied the brick store az Kcliy's Ford. and Kel-
Iy's pet cat came over 10 the store 10 get some
Yankee rations, and some Of US tied tin cup
20 the cats TAIL and for that little fun Kelly
ordered us ont Of the store. We occupied the
upper hoor, and was using an old fireplace to
cook our rations aud coffee aud 10 keep warm,
aud when we were ordered out by the officer in
command we packed Ep with alacrty aud left,
but before leaving someone of that detail took
brand OF fire and dropped il ia an aperture In
one Of the partitions and several hours after
ward Kelly had only the bare walls Of his store
standing The night was perfectly still, and
IL burned out without moleslation. think
some Of the l26th y. Y. could give you ali Of
The facts If they kept diaries.
The man whom was told TO be- Kelly was
one-armed man, and it was claimed that he
lost 10 by striking one of his saves In the
mouth, aud that his hand was cut on the teeth
Of the slave, which caused blood poison, and
amputation followed. How true this is | do
not know. j am ia hopes this will Jog the
memory OF the boys who were on picket with
me when Kelly's store was burned.-CnAs. W.
Dry, 90. Z, i26th n. Y, Dixon, Ill.
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Cnpf. Hunt Criticised.


EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Memories are
treacherons. VIM Hunt, in your issue Of Nov. Z,
speaking Of the guBbOat Zouave which he com.
manded, said: THE vessel soon disappeared In
the quieksand at Roanoke Island" Now that
Is not So She was reported as having run on
TO her anchor ~ Hatteras Inlet, and having
sunk therein fact, / saw her sink there IL
wouldn't surprise me if some navy man should
dispute the statement that the Rangers gun
blew up the magazine, for there were several
navy vessels there with heavy ornaments
Again, the statement that the Ranger cleared
the way through the distractions In the river
by fouling Yankee catcher" is rather foggy
because there was passage, and the naval fleet
had pilots who had been through the passage,
and they went there without the help Of the
Ranger; IN fact, IL appears that there wasn't
anything there In the water line except the
Ranger land she didn't amount 10 much any
how, according TO Mr.. Hunt
Will Mr.. Hunt tell us how many officers of
the 9Th Mass. were on the Ranger on her trip
from Sl0cum's Creek 10 New Berne? What
were they doing7 / had an idea that most of
them landed at Slocnm's Creek and were in the
fight at New Berne on the l4th, but it may
have been ghosts" j am well aware how our
memories fail rs, and expect 10 get picked up
whenever write anything, but must get in
my work when ! see chance.-WILL L.
WEIGH, Go. A, 23d Mass, Boston, Mass
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marching in IN the usual manner They march
alongside of us, when at the word we close in
upon them and in less than minute they are
overpowered and their guns and ammunition
taken away. Isaw only one man killed here, and
that was one of the guards, who resisted, and
who was pinned TO the wall of one of the sheds.
In a moment the most terrible confusion en-
sued. The stOckade was cleared of the guards
as far as we could see, and for few minutes
we had our own way.
We were, however, perfectly helpless Moth
ing could be found with which to scale the
walls of the stockade or TO batter them down.
The thousands Of true and good men in hand
were entirely useless. No organization in this
confusion could be effected. Comrade Weaver
tells the rest, only those guns went down that
old, deep, nasty well beside the factory, aud for
all that know they may be there to-day.
After the fire from the guards had stopped,
we went back to our quarters and sat down and
cried together for the last and only time. Ned
was with us, but some were missing, and among
the rest fine fellow had lost his brother. The
wounded were lain in long rows under those
trees, and in that inhuman treatment that
could only come from barbarans they suffered
and died. / never knew of one of them get
ting we'll.
In that garnet we said good-by to each other,
and the most of us found new quarters and
kept out of sight for some time. Ned and a
few remained. We have heard awful stories,
TO the effect that they were taken outside and
nearly punished to death / wish j could fin
ish this chapter. ! cannot now, however, but
may be able To do so some time.
/ hope that Comrade Weaver will forgive me
if have trodden over any of his ground and
/ fear that have 1t is hard 10 tell story of
those mouths of hell . aud stick to the text.
Little Emily wants TO know what / am doing
all this time so goodnight. J.. H., late Ser
geant, Go. ID, 32d Ne, transferred to Co. d. 3ist
Me-, Lewiston, Me.
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A. 1894. the officers Of his company presented
him with d silyer-mounted drum, sticks and
belt.
Random Shots.
w. 8. Grow. Cd Mimi, Dawson, Mimi, writes
that the old vets out West remember very dis
tinctly how they used to sit around the camp
fire at night, stripped to the buff and pick from
their clothing their perpetual enemies, throw
them into the fire and listen TO them pop. He
would like TO take the frauds who run the sol
der hating press and treat them the same way.
+. G. Walker, Co. G, 141st Pa, Falls Church.
Va says good way to end this TRADE of abuse
of the old soldier, and get profitably rid of him
at the same time. would be for the Government
to issue decree that on a certain date every
ono of them should be shipped on Government
transports to the cannibal isles in charge Of a
guard of their sworn enemies, with the under
standing that they be shot after the fashion of
turkeys at Christmas shooting matches, and
afterward sold to the cannibals on the best
terms possible the proceeds to be turned over
to the late leaders of the rebellion against the
Union, to defray the expenses of monuments to
their lamented dead, aud to pay each partici-
pant liberal pension during the balance of his
life.
J. A. Rice, Co. L, Cd NJ S. VI. Cav Seldom,
Ala, says he is employee of the Empire IL
Dublin Railroad Co., which has bought the old
engine, General" used by the Andrews raid
the time of the raid, but will in future be used
as a construction engine.
Ed. Hardin, Sergeant, Go. G. 29th ILL.,, Onyx
Ark, says that Feb. Ii, 1862, the Union army
lay on its arms at Fort Donelson and a great
many members of his company came near
freezing to death. The next morning they had
to stand in battle, and many had their feet so
badly frOstbitten that when they got time to
dress them they were as black as an old hat
he would like to hear from any OF the CON-
rades of the 10Th, 9Th, 18th or 3lst ILL.,
Calvin Benson, Co. T., I'd w. Va. Cav, Dutch
Mills, Ark, wants to know if there are any
survivors Of the crowd that was captured at
Winchester July 4. 1864 confined in DanviIe
and paroled Feb %, 1866. He wonders if they
remember the darky whom the rebels captured
at Petersburg when the fort was blown up and
who fell in the we'll at the prison and was
drowned and how for three days the rebels
would not allow the hTdy to be removed. so
prisoners had to drink that water or none
The writer wants 10 know if ex-President
Hayes was ever prisoner of war.
John Brodbeck, Cullman, Ala, wants some of
his comrades of the Sd Ohio Cav. to relate some
of their experiences.
Rev. J. w. NJ, Go. F, 39th H., lois North
Eighth street St. Louis, has square silver
badge, obtained in 1873, upon which is in
seribed: Capt. A. A. Steinman, Co. E. 84th
PA. Vols, War Of 1861"
George G.. Maxield, % Temple street.
GlOversville, n. Y, has a canteen with paper
stuck on the outside, Oh which is inscribed:
This canteen was taken from the battle of Big
Bethel. june 10, 1861, by Private Luther Howe,
N. n. ""
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THE MOBILE EXPLOSION.
A Description OF che Catastrophe by an Eye-wit.
ness -

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I have re-
ceived a letter from C6mrade Dennis Spurrier,
LIST Ind. III. A., wishing me to write about tho
explosion in Mobile, Jhns 2, 1866. / do not
know whether the truth will ever be known as
to the cause or how many lives were lost.
In order to capture this last strong defense on
the coast, the gunboats and ironclads had to
open the channel, to enable them to cooperate
with the land force across the bay in the reduc-
tion of tho defenses there, the largest OF which
were Spanish Fort aud Fort Blakely. On the
city side, and in rear Of IL, were three lines of
works i'll progress, a half mile apart, the mid
die one nearly or quito completed.
On the reduction of the fort across the bay
the city surrendered, and the news of Lees
surrender and the assassination of Lincoln
came while the flush of victory had crowned
the labors of tho veterans of the Thirteenth
and Sixteenth Corps.
L. with others of the organization to which
belonged, had been detailed into the Pioneer
Corps, VI Gen. Veatch's Division and our quar-
tiers in the city were the freight buildings of
the Mobile e Ohio Railroad. In due time our
battery returned from Selma and Montgomery,
and we joined il at Spring Hill just before the
explosion. / think Gen. Taylor surrendered at
Citronelle, and on the Sunday after / was i'll
Marshalls warehouse, where several wagons
were unloading ammunition which had been
taken with Gen. Taylors army. | know there
was very large quantity at that time. and ON
my asking one of the drivers how much moro
was to be brought in he said Enough to
blow Mobile into -, and hope it will /"
Standing on Spring street, and seeing the
immense cloud OF black smoke rise, followed by
heavy rumblings that made the ground tremble
under our feet. we thought, in the excitement,
that large part of the city had disappeared
A day or two after | saw the rnns--bricks and
timber literally ground together. And the liv
ing mass of humanity in the cotton presses,
where were they2 AZ the time it was said
many were swept into the waters of the bay
A man who lived on st, Michael street told me
he saw catfish opened at the market, in whose
stomach was u mans hand.
visited a machne.shop and saw tho hole
where 60pound shot came through while the
men were at work, etc. 1t was also said that
rebel showed his spite to the Union troops by
this terrible destruction. Let us hope that it
was entirely accidental. If anyone knows the
truth, let him step to tho front If any Of Capt.
Lyons's Pioneer boys see this, / wish they would
let me hear from them, either by letter or
through The NATIONAL tribune, the old vet
Grams true friend.--M. A. CLEVELAND, Paines-
vile, o.
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An Aeeounl Of Gsn. PoreIl,. ser,Ices.

EpIToR NATIONAL TRiBuSE: In your issue
Of Oct. 81 you quote from the Pltsbnrg Com.
mereial Gaseue the sayings OF Que Capt. Is. ~.
Morgan. Permit me TO correct the errors cou.
tanned ia Capt. MoTgan's story. At the burn
ing Of Guyandotte Gen. Powell was Captain of
60. Ii, I'd w. Va. Cav. The regiment moved
from there up the Kanawha Valley TO Lewis
burg. thence TO Meadow Bluff. some Of the com
pauies being at the time al Summervilie aud
some at Flat Top Mountain, until the entrance
OF Gen. Loring with his Confederate army into
the valley. when the I'd, with tho troops then
ia the valley. retreated 10 Point Pleasant, and
thence advanced up tho valley TO Camp Piatt
thence from the valley TO the Shenandoah
Valley, aud OH until the surrender of Lee at
Appomattox. In all these doings the 2d W.
Va Cav. took IA prominent part From the
time We left Guyand0tte 10 entering the Shen-
andoah Valley, Gen. Powell, by his military
skill and intrepid movements, passed through
each grade up To that Of General and none
took more pride and satisfaction in his promo
ton than the men who had served under him.
lie was dignihed. courteous, firm and aiabe,
aud every inch the man aud true soldier.
The terrible wound he received through his
lungs was at Wytheyille Va, while leading his
regiment in IA charge OH the Confederates, aud
where Col Toliand, of the 34th Ohio received
mortal wound. The treatment given Gen.
Powell at Libby il correct But his proves
had won for him the admiration of the men he
had fought on many u hard field, aud when
Col. Jones, of the Confederate army, heard of
IL, he made haste 10 Richmond and secured tho
release of the General from his filthy quarters
When Gen. Powell got able 20 move, after
long confinement Major General of the Con-
federacy was exchanged for him.
In answer 10 the "reratlng criticisms" the
pittance that he receives compared with the
tremendous sacrifice he made and the suffer
ing he has and now endures is but drop 10 a
stream. No man in the Nation deserves more
at the hands of the Government than Gen.
Powell, and in his efforts in behalf of his
country few have equaled him in the civic
field, and none excelled him as soldier.-Ex.
SOLDIER.
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neIknaplio StLbhs.

Gen. John II. Stibbs. the Colonel of the 10Th
Iowa. who contributed much 10 the success OF
the late Reunion of Crocker's Iowa Brigade at
Council Bluffs, Iowa, was called upon at his
Office in the Government Building, at Chicago,
by Gen. BeIknap, who had just returned from
the meeting of the Army of the Tennessee, and
finding that Gen. Stbbs was not In his office,
sat down at his desk and left the following
lines. The Ride of Our Snyder is parody
on " Sheridans Ride" as Snyder was going 10
the rear instead Of to the front:
Dear Slibbs How we missed you'll
We all could have kissed you
Had you been at Ohio's Queen City.
You'd have had lots OF fun,
but your absence has won
From US all the sinceTest Of pity.
Old Sherman glorious,
The audience uproarious,
And Iiick full of champagne and cider
All the speeches were brief,
But we all had great grief
For we missed the great ride Of our SNYDER
Not many were soberI
But like leaves In October
or like cards from the midst of pack,
They fell from their places,
With groans and grimaces
For they missed the sweet smile of their ,JocL
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JInks's Mistake.

heW York WeeklDl
BliBks-" What2 Can't keep your engage.
ment with me2"
Jinks (sadly)-" No, ] can't. / was drawn
oil jury this week, aud couldn't get out of Il y
Did you try2P
Indeed did. did my best TO make nv.
self out TO be hopeless ignoramus, but thew
wouldn't let me CO."
Great Scott. man! The way 10 escape iury
duty is 10 act as If you knew something
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Veterans Rights Bureau.

EDITOR NATIONAL tribune: This Is an
excellent institution, aud is doing good work
in the Departments that have them established.
New York was the first State to establish the
Veterans Rights Union aud Employment
Bureau in aid of its needy soldiers, and is doing
good work. Massachusetts,, one of the best
Departments. was the next State to fall in line
with its Veterans Rights Bureau which has
been established three years and during its
operation has accomplished most excellent
record of noble work for sick and destitute
soldiers of the Commonwealth. No State has
done more, aud no Department has been more
active. The Bureau is we'll Differed by men
prominent in the Grand Army, aud they are
backed by 10000 comrades of the Department.
The headquarters of the Bureau is located at
No. Pembert0n Square. Boston, and In one of
the quiotest parts Of the city. There are two
rooms, waiting aud receiving, both airy aud
comnodious. The Superintendent Is Col. Chas.
r. Hapgood, Of Brook ine q gallant officer Of
the Fighting" 9th y. H.. that won It's soubr-
quet at Gettysburg. the Wilderness aud Cold
Harbor. Col. Hapgood Is courteous and
genial gentleman OF great force OF character
aud energy, anG is emta1ntly qualified for tho
position. la other words, he is the right man
in the right place.
As We entered the place we were much sur
prised at It's perfect simplicity. there being an
absence Of any signs of red tape" The walls
arc adorned with lew pictures which recall
10 the veteran memafies OF the tented field.
The furniture Is very unpretentious in eharac.
ter, there being no upholstered chairs or
lounges. As We watched the gray haired vet
Grams as they thronged the waitinR-rooms, aud
listened 10 their tales of sorrow aud heard the
kind aud assuring woFdsol the superintendent
rs he entered iuto their cases with the deepest
interest. we said God bleas the boys aud tho
patriotic citizens Of the old Commonwealth for
the noble institution that Is accomplishing such
grand aud noble work 10 help aid destitute
aud needy soldiers. Massachusetts, looks after
her veteran soldiers ia a manner that is charac.
teristic OF her great, loyal heaTt.-WA. CRANE,
Co. +. ist Mass II. A.. Medheld. Mass.
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Just Glanced Through II.

Miss Waldo lof Boston, discussing literary
matteTsl-Haye you read Homo Sum-" BIZ.
Wabash?
Mr. Wabash (of Chicago, who Is keeping M
his end If the conversation with dificultyl-
Wellzer-yes, Miss Waldo, have read Homo
some but not great deal.
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Origin or snecIes.

lheW toIE Heehtyl
Chicago Child" Look at that funny man.
mamma. What makes him so bow-Iegeed ~
Chicago Mammal presume, my dear he
lives in st. Louis, and got that way trying to
avoid being knocked over by the pigs"
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Lost and Pound.

S. Il. Adler, Ottumwa, Iowa, has the dis
charge from hospital of Thomas Burt, Co. A,
4th Mo. Cav.
g. w. Castle, CO. +, ist IT, S. Cav, Evansville,
w. Va, wants to know who, on the night OF the
fight at Sailors Creek, after his regiment was
relieved from the skirmish. line and had fallen
back 10 make coffee, cut the halter-shank from
his wrist, borrowed his horse aud forgot to 70.
turn it. Tho night was so dark that the writer
became lost from his company, and, living
down on the side of tho road went to sleep
with his horse tied 10 his wrist When he
awoke he had about foot OF the halter-shank
on his arm and no horse. The animal was a
small black, with all his owners accouterments
on the saddle.
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t.Ire Them Thelr nues.

" Veteran" Cedar Rapids, Iowa, seconds the
complaint by the eomrade from Arkansas in
regard TO the neglect of the soldier in the dis
tribution Of patronage by the Administration
lie says IL is interesting to note that ia this
heretofore good State of Iowa at least four
flfths of the Presidential Offices are managed
by former Copperheads aud Knights OF the
Golden Circle. The old soldiers are com pletely
snnbbed. He cites a case in point. veteran
OF moro than four years-a SOBER honest up
right, respected citizen, of good business ca
pacity, who organized battalion OF National
Guard ia Iowa, conducted il 10 Washington,
and commanded it in the Harrison Inaugural
applied for position on which he would have
to support family of six. Many solid people
wrote letters in his interest or signed petitions
to have him appointed Postoilice Inspector.
The Congressman from his District did what
he could, as also did Senator Allison He was
referred to the Civil Service Commi ssion, and
successfully passed the ordeal there. Still he
did not secure the appointment.
James A. Coflland, Circlevile, o., says that in
his city Seymour Vanmeter, an old soldier who
was a prisoner of war for I9 months, made an
application for the position of Postmaster, and
although he had innumcrable signers, his APP
piication was neglected aud civilian given the
Office
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Dyspepsia, the root Of innumerabIe evils, is
readily cured By taking Ayers sarsaparilla
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Personal.

s. t. Payne, Co. F, 7th Pa. Cav, Cressona Pa,
says that his father, George Payne, and six
sons served during the war. The names of the
SONS are: Robert c., Sth Pa. Cav; John j., sth
Pa. Cav; Edward p, dSth Pa; George H., l29th
Pa; Joseph NJ, an emergency man; Salathiel
r., 7th Pa. Cav. Tho writer says it was his
brigade that captured JEFF Davis, and ne was
along when IL was done.
N. b. Smith, Co. T. SD Pa, East Portland
Ore desires 10 warn all comrades against one
+. NJ o. Holston, who claims to be Pension
Agent. He has swinded IA number of soldiers
in Oregon, and when last heard from was i'm
Des Moines Iowa. lie is about five feet 10
inches in hight. and has pale blue eyes
Il. r. Foster, Captain. Co. C. 10th N. Y, mo.
cart Regiment), Cincinnati, o., was very glad
to see mention in a recent issue in regard to the
services of his regiment. He claims that the
honor of organizing the regiment belongs to the
late lamented Col. Egan and himself, through
the kindness of Mayor Ferdinand Wood, of
New York City. Comrade Foster himself re.
eruited 4S9 men for the command
William A. Mackenzie, 22a Dufiield street
Brooklyn, N. Y, served in Co. b, 18th H., he.
ing but ID at the time of enlistment. He was
chosen drummer of his company, and on March
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