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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-27

gade. tn en- in the army of General Joseph
10 hnstor, marched out of Dalton LAO
strong at the beginning of the great retreat
upon Atlanta before the army of Sherman.
In the subsequent 100 days, or until Septem-
Der 1st, the brigade was almost continuously
in action or on the march. In this period the
men of the command received 1860 death or
hospital wounds, the dead counter as
wounds, and but one wound being counted
for each visitation of tile hospital. At the
end of this time there were less than fifty
men who had not been wounded during the
100 days. There were 240 men left for duty
and less than ten men deserted. A search
into the history of warlike exploits has
failed to show me any endurance oil the
worst trials of War Surnassing this"
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COAST ITEMS.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.
There are 27S prisoners at the Walla Wall a
Penitentiary.
The Great Register of Lassen County con-
tains 1852 names.
The tax levy in the Modesto Irrigation
District has been fixed at go cents on the
500.
Oliver & Oaks struck pocket at Saw
mill Flat, Tuolumne County, last Monday,
that PANIED out $4,000
A run of five days with an arastra on thir-
teen tons of rock from a claim nearWalla
Walla PANIED out $780,
George Croker Of Healdsburg tried to
clean out an old wine-tank the other day,
and came near being asphyxiated.
The Territorial Enterprise says: The
deepest straight-drop shaft in the world is
the Combination Shaft at Virginia City,
New, $500 feet.
The Santa Rosa Republican says Two
farmers OF Green Valley quit using tobacco
has presented him with young son.
A young man named Henry Wall of
Healdsburg went to the mouth of Russian
River to hunt and fish. Last Thursday,
while hunting gul S on some rocks he was
washed off by high roller and was drowned.
The Central School at Spokane Falls was
broken into few nights ago and was ROBBED
The latter was found in a shed by the janitor
the next morning. The work was probably
done by some of the scholars.
The Walker Lake Bulletin says The
railroad company has established a signal
service station at Hawthorne. They have
wind gauges, rain gauges, barometers, Their
momrters and other thiDgumbobs necessary
to tell whether the weather is good or
whether the weather is bad.
The lone Echo says: While walking
along jackson street, near j. Newman's
residence, one day last week. Jim Surface
picked up beautiful little gold nugget from
among the gravel with which the street was
graded. The nugget is worth about S..
The gravel on the street was hauled from
Mule Greek.
The editor of the Georgetown Gazette runs
his paper during the present season in free
aud easy way. The Republicans are given
full swing in the second page, while the
Democrats are given the same privilege
with the third page. Everything goes and the
editor takes lie easily as he watches the
politicians in the ring.
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WARS AWFUL CARNAGE.

The Greatest Fatality OF the War In Pro-
portion to the Number OF Troops.
General Fitzhugh Lee of Virginia, when
in Washington short while ago told quite
an interesting story about the greatest fatal
ily of the war in proportion to the NUMBER
of troops engaged. He was talking about
Congressman Carlton as an artillerist in the
war.
"When General Sedgwick's corps" he
said, Surprised our troops by crossing the
Rappahannock at Fredericksburg. and cap
turing a regiment and half of Gen eral
Barksdale's Mississippi brigade and por-
ton of the Washington Artillery stationed
on Marle's Heights, this cut off from our
main line that small portion of our troops
stationed between Fredericksburg and
HamltOn'S crossing, on the Richmond and
fredericksburg Railroad. Among these
troops so cut off was a battery of artillery
in position, just opposite Deep Bottom Run.
on the RappahannocE River, and far i'll ad-
vance of that portion OF our line.
"a brigade of Sedgwick's corps, when
had crossed the river at Deep Bottom Run,
discovering the position of this battery and
seeing that it was unsupi orted by and cut OH
from the main line of our troops, marched
upon it preparatory to charging and captur-
ing It; -
"The Captain commanding this battery,
WHO Is HOW OOuSItSSlndu tdiltuu VI pCoi5 DIM
discovering the movement of the enemy, at
once realized the situation, and knowing full
well that to attempt to retreat in the face OIL
the enemy would result In the capture ana
loss Of bis battery, promptly, although en-
tirely unsupported, moved his guns forward,
meeting the advancing brigade, and when IN
easy canister range poured y0liey INTO the
enemy's ranks, which staggered and drove
them back.
Reforming they advanced again, when
Carleton repeated the dose with the same
success.
Attempting third time to charge the
battery. and seeing the resolnte determine
ton of Carlton and his men not to yield the
field. they rushed pell-meil into an adjoining
ravine, when the artillerist turned his guns
upon them in their hiding place, and scarce
" a man was left to tell the tale.
The official report made few days after
ward by the Federal officer in command OF
the brigade. as to the loss in this engage
ment, was about 1000 killed and wounded
The loss sustained by Cartons battery
was remarkably slight.-Atlanta Constitu-
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disappeared beneath the lake. The water
was dyed with blood and the waves ripped
against the shore for a few moments, and all
was still as before. Several weeks ago
camping party was located at the same spot.
Both fishing and swimming were INDUCED
in. Toward evening cries were heard and
upon investigation it was found that mon
ster had pulled one of the party under the
water. The unfortunate was miner from
Helena. Since then large searching parties
trace OF the man-eating beast has been dis
cnyered.@lIhicapn Inter-Qcean.
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PLAYING CARDS WITH A BURGLAR.
The Rascal Who Went Out fer Wool Goes

The Rascal Who Went Out fer Wool Goes
Home ShOrn.
81 am burglar" man writes to the
Atchison Globe, land your late suggestion
of the vagaries of a lonesome man reminds
me of an experience l once had. One rainy
night went out from Chicago to rob house
in suburban town, and effected an entrance
without much trouble. The house was I'M
occupied. had received tip that the own
er's folks were away, and that he had gone
after them. But l didn't know but that
there was Waterman, so | was little care
full in my business. After entering The most
of the rooms | concluded that | was alone,
so l pushed upon door and walked into an
upstairs rooms near the front of the house.
Greatly to my surprise L found q man
lying on the bed, smoking cob pipe; there
was a bright moon outside by this time, the
sky having cleared, and as he had the shut
tiers open, and the blinds up, the room was
quite light. 1t was the proprietor; he was
not going after his family until the next
day. The fellow was the coolest one ever
saw; he smoked away, apparently enjoying
my surprise. but finally he said: We'll,
who are you" / knew was in for tussle,
so said was burglar, all the time watch
ing him. he made no attempt to move, re-
naming stretched out on the bed and puff
ing away at the corn pipe. 'Pll tell you
what III do with YOU. he said, Pm lone
some, and If you will amuse me until / am
sleepy you can take any thing you want.
III show you what we've got; it amt much;
and you can take your pick. What do you
say 2"
'' | supposed the fellow was playing me
trick, but he seemed perfectly in earnest.
and got up and made light. Producing q
pack of cards from table drawer he began
shutting them. and invited me to play Cali
f0rnla Jack for 80 cents hand. Remem-
bering that l had no pipe, he found another
one, with a sack of tobacco, and then seat
ing himself again asked ME to cut for the
deal. He made three points to my one, and
| threw him out a silver half-dollar. This
pleased him so much that he produced q jug
of whisky and pitcher of water, but he had
only one glass and said he would not 60
downstairs after another one.
He was quite gay over having company.
and drank so much that he began boaSting
after a while that he could beat any man on
earth playing California jack He did
play surprisingly good game he won Sc
from me in two or three hours. When day.
light began to show itself l said | must be
going, whereup0n he took up the lamp to
show me his silverware, that l might pick
out what | wanted. But l didn't want any
thing, so he let me out the front door and
went sneaking home. l often met the fellow
afterward on the streets, but he only
laughed, and knew he would never give
me aWay."
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E,hnorr.phic Research.

Professor n. S. Shaler. in his photographic
researches. sough; the record If body of
troops whose ancestors had been for many
generations upon American SOIL and he
found it in the First Brigade OF Kentucky
troops (Confederate). In Scribner's for No
vember he says: "On May z. 1864, this bri-
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ing seven center shots out of ten. If the
huirs-eye had been the regulation size at
fifty yards, which is 2 inches. all ten shots
would have been in the black.
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The measurement in this shoot s done by
a machine that registers the thousandth
part of an inch. 1t will therefore be seen
that the marksman scoring the lowest num-
Der is the nearest TO the center, and is
awarded his prize accordingly.
IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
An interesting military match will take
place at Shell Mound next Sunday. Cor
poral Downie has challenged Sergeants
Cobbledick and Magennis TO fifty-shot
match at 200 yards, Creedmoor rules. The
Corporal proposed either to shoot for a
purse or for glory. Sergeant MagenniS, hav-
ing faith in his ability to puncture the
bulls-eye, concluded to close the match by
requiring each participant to put up $40,
the man making the highest score to take
the $50. This arrangement was agreeable
to all parties, and an exciting contest is sure
to follow.
Company B of the Third is expecting at
any day to receive notice from Company of
the Filth (Petaluma) in regard to a return
match at Shell Mound. When this match
takes place it will be one of the closest and
most exciting in the annals of the National
Guard Tor many years past Each team will
be composed of twenty men who will fire
ten shots each.
Ed Hovey did some good shoot
ing yesterday with his 3S-caliber Win
chester. He practiced on the coward target
In the pistol range at Shell Mound. The
target used contained a bulIs-eye tx inches
II diameter, at which he succeeded in max
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COMPANY FIRST REGIMENT.

Company of the First turned out in
strong numbers. and good-natured rivalry
was the order of the day. Much interest
conferred on the annual medal, and the bet
ter shots of the company did their utmostto
win. Sergeant PendletOn had been the
lucky winner for the last three successive
shoots, but yesterday Lieutenant Essert
CreedmOred the Sergeant and carried OFT the
l-nrnr rHha snnra l. y inllntrs
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The San Francisco Schuetzen Verein held
their monthly bull's-eye shoot, in which a
large number of marksmen participated. A
great deal of enthusiasm was shown, and
every record of bull's-eye was received
with cheers. Each member is allowed
twenty shots, and the best bul's-eye of each
is measured and awarded prize according
to its distance from the center. The fortu-
nate marksmen and the points made were as
~ LlnNa.
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SUNDAY SPORTS.
FieId.Day for Marksmen at Shell
Mound Park.
Some Excellent Work-A New f Company.
Events to Take Place-slpine Sprinters.
The Haif-Mile Run.

Shell Mound Park was crowded yesterday
by marksmen representing the different
companies of the National Guard and the
several rifle clubs of this city. Companies
3 of the Third Regiment, d and F OF the
FIRST, a OF the Filth and the Second Al
tillery Regiment were out in force and kept
up a lively fusilade until darkness set in.
, The early part Of the day did not witness
good scores as the air was very calm and
the smoke If battle often obScured the tar
gets from view.
Company B, Third Regiment, kept two
tarkets in operation and many good scores
were the result A. Ehrenpfort surprised
his comrades by rolling up handsome total
of 4s out of a possible So while II. Heeth,
Oestrich, Pritchard, Carroll, Captain
Kennedy aud Hinckley all did excellent
shooting.
Company A. Fifth Regiment, stationed in
Oakland, presented themselves before the
butts and made the following scores:
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HALF-mILE HANDICAP.


District Track.
About 500 people were present at the Bay
District track yesterday forenoon. to wit
ness the handicap half-mile run of the
Alpine Club. Tie race was confined to
members of the club and four prizes we're
awarded. The weather was charming and
the track in splendid condition. Consider
ing that many of the athletes were worn ont
from their exertions on the previous day at
the Olympic Club games, the showing made
by the starters was very creditable indeed.
The following men started: Harry Z.
Cassidy and John D. Garrison, scratch; Sol
Choynski and George W. Armbruster. 30
wards; George w. Bishop and John W.
Creagh, 50 yards; ". Z. Nollmer and A.
ChoynSki, % yards; Mark Lang and a. NJ.
King 70 yards. c. w. Meyer and L.
N. Howard acted as judges III. 7.
Colman was starter and Ii. V. Farrell and
2. \. Gafney timers.
The race was won by Garrison in 2:12,
Bishop finishing second, four yards behind,
Sol Choynski third and II. c. Cassidy
fourth. The pace all through was warm,
and, to prove how judicious the handicap
ping was, all the men were in bunch,
seventy-fve yards from home, when CARR
son, Bishop and ChoynSki showed their
superiority by breaking away from the
crowd aud finishing in the order named.
After the race the young sprInter known
rs Australian Massey ran over the same
course on time in 1922. j. Clarke, prOmiS-
ing athlete and an elegant walker, gave an
exhibition OF his ability by walking go
Yards in 40 seconds.
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Work on Vice-PIesident Morton's addi-
ton to the Shoreham Hotel, in Washington.
is progressing night and day. Electric
lights have been strung in every part of it.
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HARE AND HOUNDS.
An Interesting Cnursing Event at Newark
Park Yesterday.

An Interesting Cnursing Event Mt Newark
Park Yesterday.
About one hundred dogs attended the
meeting at Newark yesterday. The stake
was twelve alleged dogs at the usual 50
each. The day was singularly line, except
during the hour from IL to II o'clock, which
was rather warm for coursing, but after that
the weather was all that could be desired.
The hares which were sent up last week by
Browning we're, without exception, the
finest ever seen at Newark. Most OF them
were as large as LAMBS ana could run LOT
week. consequently the coursing was excel
lent and the on-lOokeTS saw some OF the
best trials ever witnessed since the last run
ming at MERGED.
As usual the winner, Dairy Girl, turned
ur from an unexpected quarter, and right
well did she fight her way through. In the
final course she met and defeated that we'll
known and clever bitch Tipperary Girl She
is q very handsome black ana white bitch.
is as active on her pins as cat, is good
runner and a frst-rate worker. She Is
owned by ID. Carney of this city.
The other dogs that showed well up IN
the match were: McGinty, Tom Moore,
Fleet and Harriet S. These showed some
fire c0ursing work, and though defeated
were by no means disgraced. Volunteer was
evidently no match for any OF the dogs IN
this meeting. His first course was bye. and
in the second the Dairy Girl gave him
complete thrashing.
Following is a summary of the running:
First round-J. Sheas NcGinty beat j. D.
Brady's Tom Moore; j. TcCormack's Tipperary
Girl beat NJ. Hynes' Lady Hynes: 7. Carrolls
Harriet beat NJ. Noan's Fleet; j: Shea's
Fenian Boy beat P. 0COnnelrs Mission Boy;
Limerick Dairy Girl beat Z. UConneiis Marx
Devlin; J. r. Dcksun's Volunteer ran bye. q
Second round-Tpperary Girl beat McHinty;
Harriet beat Feulan Boy Dairy Girl beat
Volunteer.
Third round-Tipperary Girl beat Harriet S;
Dairy Girl ran bye.
FnaI-Datry GIrl beat Tipperary Girl and won
tue stake, SIS, ripperary Girl taking SIS and
| Harriet s IS.
John Grace officiated as judge and James
| Wren as slipper. Their work was done TO
the complete satisfaction of all parties.
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Lieutenant J. F. Eggert won the first an
nuaI medal, having made the best score in
the first five shots-21 points. II. l.. Pen
dleton won the second annual medal with a
score Of y. The champion medal was not
won, no score being high enough to take it.
In order to carry it off it is necessary for
marksman TO make 90 per cent. Corporal
James won the first class medal, Lieutenant
EEgert second class, f. Kirsch the third
class, and C. Mitchell the fourth class
medal.
THE SECOND REGIMENT SHOOT.
The regular monthly medal shoot of the
Second Artillery Regiment was well at
tended. The members of the different bat
teries composing this regiment were all an
xious to obtain the decorations which the
regiment presents, and did their best TO Oh
tain top scores. The result Of their endeayor
is given below:
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AT members Of the company scoring 40
points or over will receive a first class gold
medal; all making 50 and under 40 receive a
second class silver medal, and members max
ing between % and 50 third class medal.
RED BRANCH RIFLES.
Several members belonging to the Knights
of the Red Branch have organized them
selves into a rife club and visited Shell
Mound yesterday to test their skill The
ann used by the knights is the regulation
Government Springfield rifle. The scores
made show that the participants are not
uuyices and eau well hold their own with
many companies of the National Guard. A
contest between this organization and one of
the companies may be looked for soon. The
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Captain johnson of Company D, First In
fantry Regiment. can always be relied upon
for placing good number Of men before
tie targets. His company, in consequence,
is gradually improving in Workmanship,
ana before long viii take place in the
front rank of the National Guard. Follow
- -. ,z,,,, e tho eaoyas.
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THE sEcoNp REGINENT sHooT.

In Battery D Of the Second the medals
were awarded as follows: Priyates Schwartz.
Schroeder and Schnbel will receive the three
second class medals and Private Lett OBJ
tains the third class.
BATTERY C's SCORE.
Battery of the Second was on hand with
some of its best shots TO contest for COM
pauy decorations. Although the number of
men was not as large as usually answer the
call for rifle practice, the scores in many
instances were good ones. The result OF
the latierX,s nractica lie as follows:
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The five members making the highest
scores are entitled to wear the company
medal for tile ensuing month. In addition
to medals, the company also gives marks
mans badges, and much rivalry is mani
tested by the members to obtain a high
badge
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The FRANKLIN GUARD.

The class medals were won by POuIter
Truesdeli and kueeher, after closely con-
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Forty years OF constant use-and still more valued
than ever-Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Salvation Oil. the great pain extinguisher should
be kept mandy BY all who handle tools.
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School Directors.
STEPHEN ARLINGTON,
JOHN D. POWELL,
PETER LYNCH,
J. II. R0SEWALD,
EMIL KREIS,
JOHN A. MILLER,
WALTER d. HIXS0N,
FREDERIC A. HYDE,
P. J. GALLAGHER,
]. A. ANDERSON,
JOHN |. SABfN.
TH0S. 2. WOODWARD.
Congress, Fourth District.
THOMAS V. GATOR.
Superior Judge-Term Ending 1891.
D. T. SULLIVAN.
oc2l l5t
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POLITICAL.
REGULAR REFORM
Democratic Municipal
TICKET.

Superintendent of Schools 80. JOHN SWEET
Judges of Superior Court (Long Term).
SELDEN S. WRIGHT,
CHARLES j. SWIFT.
JOHN A. WRIGHT,
ID. I. SULLIVAN,
Short Ternl-GE0RGE A. PROCTOR,
Police Judges.
HALE RIX.
A. L. T. W0RLEY,
II. L. J0ACHIMSEN. -
justices of the Peace.
JAMES II. GREEDY,
CHAS. A. LOW,
G. +. WOOD,
FRANK J. GRAY,
WIN. q. BRITAIN.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-27
TIE RAILROADS.
A 80 Per Cent Increase in Holiday
Ticket Sales.
All the Roads Report Heavy Sales as Compared
With Last Year-Cannot Consolidate.
VIII Take Hand.

All roads centerins in Fort Worth re-
port q heavier sale of holiday excursion
tickets than was expected. The number
Of ticket sold this year will be at least 50
per cent greater than last year. During
The middle OF the present month, many
travelling passenger agents of Southeast
Prn lines, and many Northern lines also.
worked the state thoroughly, but just
before The first tickets were put on sale,
few expected there would be such heavy
business as there has been. Several
agents were heard 10 say about ten days
ago that there would not be one half rs
many people so East this year rs last,
and the returns are, therefore, surpr!s-
Ing to nearly everyone. The heavy sa.e
Of tickets shows one thing, and that is,
the people of TeNas-ths farmers-Gre in
easier circumstances than a year ago.
The money striuGency which has so
nearly parslyZcd business circles, does
not seem TO have effected those who an
uually take these pilgrimages to their
old homes in the East, aud is generally
looked upon by railroad men as an indi-
cation that the hard times are more ar
tihcgl than anything else,
The Texas aud Pacific, Cotton Belt,
Santa Fe, Missouri, Kansas and Texas,
and Fort Worth aud Denver have han
1led more passengers during the past
few days than ever before during the
Iame length OF tins.