The Irish standard., 1891-01-17
Death of Nelson.

noon as COlllngWOOd' vessel came TO
close quarters with the Spanish flagship
Santa Anna, aud 1t was more than a
quarter of an hour before Nelson's ship
came close up to the stupendous four
| decker Spaniard, the Santissima Trini-
| dada. He was soon IN terrible con-
test not only with the great ship, but
with the Bucentaure, OF eighty guns,
the Neptune of eighty guns, and the
Redoubtabie OF seventy four guns. The
Victory and RedOu Dtable were fast en-
tangled together by their hooks and
boom irons, and kept up the most de-
structlve fire into each other with
double shotted cannon. Both ships
took fire; that in the Victory was ex"
tingulshed, but the RedOubtable finally
went down. But it was from the miz-
zen top mast Of this vessel that one OF
the rifiemen marked out Nelson by his
stars, and shot him down. He fell on
the deck, On the spot where his secre-
tary, John Scott, had fallen dead just
before. Captain Hardy, to whom Mel
son had shortly before said. ''Hardy,
this is too warm work TO last long,"
stopped, and observed that he hoped
that he was not severely wounded. He
replied, eyes, they have done for me at
last, Hardy" Hardy said he hoped not.
eyes," he answered, my backbone is
shot through" He was carried down
to the cock pit, amongst the wounded
and the dying, and laid in a midship-
mans berth. The bali was found TO
have entered the left shoulder, and to
have lodged in the spine; the wound
was mortal. For an hour the battle
went on in it's terrible fury, as the dy-
ing hero Law amid those expiring or
wounded around him, He often IN
quired for Captain Hardy, but Hardy
found it impossible, III the midst Of
one OF the fercest and most mortal
strifes that ever Was waged-the inces.
SAINT Gannouades sweeping away men,
masts, tackle. at every mOn1ent-tO &C
down. When ha was able TO do it Mel
son asked how the battle went. Hardy
eli, fourteen or fifteen YES
sells have struck" THAT is welI,n said
Nelson; "but bargalned for TWENTY"
He then told Hardy TO anchor, foresee
ing that q gale was coming on; and
Hardy observed that Admiral Colling-
wood would now take the command,
At this the old commander blaZed forth
in the dying man for moment. He
endeavoured to raise him SELF IN the bed,
saying, Not while live, HardYl No.
do YOU anchora" And he babe Hardy
signal to the fleet this order. His last
words were again to recommend Lady
Hamilton and his daughter to his
and to repeat several times.
''Than God, 1 have done nv duty"
Wln0na.
Special Correspondence Of the Irish Standard.
Miss Angela Keenan,, of Austin, is at
tending the business college.
Health officer Staples reports very
few cases Of diptheria now remaining,
There were 255 marriage licences is
sued in Winona during the year of 1890. |
The Emmett Literary society held an
meeting on Friday evening |
OF last week.
Fire Marshal Ryan returned on Fri
day evening of last week from Milwau-
kee, where he has been spending the
holidays.
The Father Mathew society held
public meeting at st. Thomas hall on.
Sunday evening last, at which time an
address was delivered by |
Bishop Cotter.
The Winona branch of the "A. 0
a., met On Tuesday evening of last
week and decided to celebrate st.
Patrick's Day, the 18th of March, in an
manner. Messrs. P. Fitz-
patrick, G.. D. FLYNN, John Sherman, G.
Horrigan, T. O'Brien and John Lynch,
were appointed committee to make ar
The plan of celebration is
not yet laid out further than to have
public entertainment in the evening.
The question discussed in st. Louis
the other day was: "Our lawmakers;
how can we reach them most effective
|7sD Better catch them at the tavern
bar after the legislature adJourns.
''Charley Naivyo is sort of a 60 as
gou-please boy; isn't he?" said one
w Washington girl to another. ''IC has
been my observation that he never
Dleases to Co." was the sadly spoken
reply.