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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

with quick glances cast about him, so pecu-
liar, that my interest in him revived, and
motioned to a public house near by, and
suggested that he go with me and tell me
his story. He followed me across the mar
row street in his shambling way and took a
seat opposite me at one of the little wooden
tables. There was no one else in the room.
He leaned his hairy head upon his out
stretched hands and told me this:
81 am an American, sir, though they say
1 look like Slav. Twas born in the West,
in one of the then new States, SO years ago
this coming month. Ny real name is Simp-
son, though have had many since.
His Name Was OnIy-a Number.
''For nine years it has been 536, in the
Russian tongue; that was the number had
on the iron collar wore about my throat
You see, sir, l was of the rowing and law
less kind that makes tails out of heads of
everything and sweeps round and round in
the eddies and gullies of life. 1 didn' t
stay on the farm long, but wandered
further West till foated over the Rockies
and fetched up in California in the early
fifties. Then from camp to camp, from good
luck to bad and up again till 1 came out the
mines with good $780, 900 in Frisco bank
and a fair smattering of engineering. So [
gave up rowing life and made hitch to
settle down and enjoy myself I took to
studying too, and paid my way in a school
where they taught building and such.
81 married during these years. the daugh-
ter of chum of mine in the old days, who
owned small hotel and was doing a -four
ishing trade She was a pretty little thing,
with wavy faxen hair that she had way of
letting tumble down when she got to talk
ing and shaking her head to convince me.
Well, sir, followed her advice and took
half out of the bank and put it into the
hotel and married her. So when the Occi-
dental went up it took with it my half and
l drew the rest out of the bank and with
my wife and children, we had two then, 1
came out
To Japan to Start Afresh.
81 made out to do pretty well at first.
Europeans in my trade were few then, and
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The Stevens School Board.

The Board of Directors of the Thad Ste
vens sub-district at its last meeting organ
ized by electing Henry c. Bankard, Presi.
dent, Samuel Harper, Secretary, and Andrew
G. Strieb, Treasurer The following corps of
teachers have been reelected for the ensu-
ing term: Grammar Department, Miss Ida
M Garbooh: Primary Department, Anna Il.
Mitchell, Clara NJ. Kay, Emma O. Kiefer,
Sadie j. Campbell, Maggie A. Allen, Mary G.
White and Ella White. W. NJ. Mccullough
was reelected principal and Mary E.
Rogers assistant principal for a
term of three years. The board
discussed various plans for making the an
nual picnic, to be held at McKee's Rocks
Thursday, June 25, one of the most enjoya-
ment the board was taken in charge by the
Principal and teachers and conducted into
an adjoining room, whore they regaled
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this one, that is the man-the architect,
Simpson
'1 recognized my friend, then, Major
Protoplovski. IneYer saw him again. Seven
long years before anyone, other than my
iailor, pushed aside my door, Years, sir,
that make my blood tingle at the thought;
years, sir, that the iron upon my neck
clasped no more closely about my throat,
nor clanked the chains against the damp
walls of my cell, than did the spirit Of
despair in my heart Little by little had
managed to write with my blood upon a
piece of linen they had used to bind up q
sore the manacle had made upon my wrists,
nv name and birth and begging that the
news of my cruel Imprisonment might be
sent to my family and to the nearest Ameri-
can Consul. This / gave secretly to my
second visitor, an English clergyman, who
had been permitted to see me, they think
ing that was about to die.
Released Without an Explanation.
'Weeks rolled by into months and these
into two long years, and there came neither
nv release nor my death. One day, it was
in the early Siberian winter, there came the
sound of unusual voices outside my cell and
the shufling of strange feet Presently a
flood of light poured in upon me and strange
people stood about, while one read from
paper he held in his hands. When that
was done they unloosened my manacles and
took me from my dungeon. Through long
narrow corridors my dazed memory could
not place they pushed me till an open court
yard was reached, and I found myself in a
crowd of convicts seated on rough wooden
benches and eating black soup from wooden
bowls they held between their knees. From
their greater liberty knew them to be po-
litical prisoners.
''Thele was snow upon the barren ground
and it was cold, and 1 had nothing to cover
me but the rags my long, confinement hadleft
upon my body. A bowl was given me, sir,
and 1 ate the soup. That night and for
three days following 1 ate my soup twice
day and slept beneath one of the wooden
benches, prayed again for death. None
came, but worse; they took me from my
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
Next Years Corps for Braddock.

The Braddock Township Board of Educa-
tion met Friday evening and reorganized as
follows: President, Robert L. Stewart. Esq;
Secretary, \. c. Coulter; Treasurer, Braddock
National Bank. The only change made was
James II. McCrady, of Rankin, superseded
John Mckelvey, of Swissvale, who had held
the office from that district for ten years.
President Stewart has been given that office
yearly successfully since he first went on the
board, y years ago
The election OF teachers for the entire town.
ship was then made and resulted as follows:
North Braddock School-Superintenden
Prof. @. D. Coffey; High School, Prin-
cipal, Miss Mary K. Price; Interme-
diate, Miss Georgia E. Lowry; Miss Mary
Simpson, Miss Ida Boyle, Miss Flora Packer,
Miss Ada B. Sloan, Miss Clara H. Davis Miss
Mildred Morris, Mrs. Anna L. Wharton: pri-
mary, Miss Sara Giltillan. Bessemer School
Principal, Prof. C. B. McCabe; intermedi-
ate, Miss Mary Jones; primary, Miss Jennie
Hammill. Copeland dSchool-Principal, Miss
Mary j. Marshall; Intermediate, Miss Jennie
l. Bell; primary, Miss Lily r. Price. Swiss
vale School-Princip4l, Prof j. A. Keener;
intermediate, Miss Belle Murray, Miss w.
Miller, Miss c. A. Motfit; primary. Miss Fan
ME Newell.
The salaries of all the teachers in the
township were increased in proportion to
their grades voluntarily, and in many cases
are quite large. Prof. Carson d. Coffey,
Superintendent of the North Braddock
School, has already served eight successive
terms as superintendent of that school. His
salary this year was increased from 81 600 to
81 200 per year The salary of Miss Mary h
Price, of Williamsburg, Superintendent of,
North Braddock High School, was raised
from $50 to SO per month. she has been
teaching at that school for II years in sue
cession, and she is still quite young-26 The
salaries of the principals of the Swissvale
and Copeland schools Prof. j. A. Keener
and Miss N. j. Marshall, respectively, were
raised from SIS to $50 per month.
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The State Teachers, Association.

The thirty-seventh annual meeting of the
Pennsylvania State Teachers Association
will be held in Public School Hall, Bedford,
Pa, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
July z, and 9. The features Of the pro-
gramme are as follows:
Tuesday, at 10 A. M, addresses of welcome:
Hon. John NJ. Reynolds, Bedford; Hon JAG.
H. Longenecker, Bedford; responses: Super
intendent c. A Babcock. Oil City; Prof E. G..
LAYERS, Pittsburg; report Of Higbee Memo
rial Committee, Prof. J. P. McCaskey, Chair
man. Lancaster.
Dr. G. NJ. Phillips, West Chester; report of
Committee on Closer Supervision, DR.. Z. o.
Lyte, Chairman, Millersville; Defects in the
Present Method of Licensing Teachers in
Pennsylvania" Superintendent B. c. Young
man, Clearfield county; Prof. W. III. Cover,
Altoona; Superintendent j. NJ. Berkey, Som
erset county; Prof. E. w. Moore, Braddock;
superintendent r. F. Hoftecker, Montgom-
cry county; Superintendent George J.
Luckey. Pittsburg, followed by general dis
cussion.
Tuesday evening, addresses, Hon. James
A. Beaver, ex-Governor of the Common
wealth, and Hon. II. 1. Gourley, Mayor of
Pittsburg.
wednesday, o'clock A. M, "History as a
Preparation for Citizenship" Miss Annie e.
Lyle, Minersville; Patriotism in the Public
Schools" Superintendent n. T. kinsley,
Franklin; "rhe Academic Side of Normal
School Training" DR.. A. E. Maltby, Prinei-
tendent L. S. Shimmell, Huntingdon; Prof.
]. B. Welsh, Principal Bloomsbury Normal
School, followed by general discussion.
Wednesday,, 2 o'clock P. NJ, nomination of
officers and selection of place OF meeting;
Scientific Temperance Instruction." Miss
Leila A. Cooper, Allegheny City, Pa: Mrs.
Anna Moore, Altoona, Pa, followed by general
discussion; the "Teacher of The Twentieth
Century," ex-President E. II. Magill, ,Swarth-
more College; "University Extension, Sec
retary george Henderson, Philadelphia.
Wednesday evening, addresses, Hon.
Robert E. Pattison, Governor of the Com
monwealth, and DR.. j. o. Wilson, Brooklyn,
Yellowstone and Yosemite"
Thursday, 8 o'clock A. M, "Pennsylvania
State Teachers Association"- George L.
Maris, West Chester; Superintendent Z. K.
Buehrle, Lancaster; Prof. II. S. Hockenberry,
Carbondale; Prof. J. II. Michener, Philadel-
phia; Prof. W. W. Woodruff, Newton, fol-
lowed by general discussion; address, Rev,
E. P. Prettyman, State Superintendent Of
Maryland.
Thursday, o'clock P. M-Memorial exer-
cises on the life of Hon. J. P. Wickersham.
consisting of biographical eulogy, by DR.,
A R. Bierly, Millersville, and number of
addresses.
Thursday evening-A social reception at
the hotels of Bedford Springs.
The music will be under the direction of
Prof. W. B. Hail. of Lancaster, assisted by
Prof. John L. Shroy, Doylestown, cornetist.
Besides, popular solos are expected of Miss
Ida NJ. Lindsay, Of Pittsburg, and Miss Ida
III. Pecht, of Huntingdon.
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Prans System of Models.

For the last two years the Allegheny
schools have been working at the Prang
system of modelling, form study and draw
ing. The system involves considerable ex-
pense, and in order to give the Board of
School Controllers an idea of the work ac-
complished, Superintendent Morrow three
weeks ago sent notice to each teacher in the
city to prepare at least Il specimens of her
pupils work to be placed on exhibition at
the High School, This work is now COM
1t consists of free-hand drawings, borders
and other decorative work in colored paper,
cutting and pasting of objects such as the
cube cone, pyramid and modelling in clay of
leaves, apples, etc.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

To say that the dropping of Prof. Johnson
as principal of the Moorhead School Friday
night had cyclonic effect on educational
circles yesterday morning would be putting
it mildly. So far all the elections have
passed off smoothly. Ithas now become pub
tic that for month there have been lively
times in that school district. One of the
leading candidates was Prof. Mcclure, of
the Moore school. He had strong religious
backing. Miss Mackrell, however, was the
winner over all candidates.
Tbs name of Miss Erwin does not appear in
the published list of teachers elected, and
there is considerable comment as to whether
this was an oversight or not.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
For Pain in the Stomach.

We made use of Chamberlain's collie,
cholera and diarrhoea remedy on two occas-
ions for pain in the stomach. Result satis-
factory in very short time after taking
the medicine. hesitate not in giving my
opinion in favor of the medicine. At least
it has done all claimed for it as far as we
have tried it. E. D. BOOK.
Blain, Perry county, Pa wsu
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They're Elegant for the Money.

Here's an extra special bargain we will
offer tomorrow: We place on sale 250 mems
cashmere sack suits, neat patterns, checks,
plaids and hair-line stripes, good, desirable
colors, dark grounds, with light mixtures,
etc., for only Sc 70 each. Recollect that
these suits are only to be had on Monday,
as there's only limited quantity.
P. G. G. G., Pittsburg Combination Cloth
ing Company, corner Grant and Diamond
streets.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
AWumsn,s Life Saved at HiIlsboro. Pa

A neighbor woman was afflicted with
cramp collie. My wife thought it would
cost her life. She gave the woman Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy according to directions and it gave
perfect satisfaction. 1 do heartily recon-
mend it to do all it is recommended to do,
and feel thankful for the good it has DONE
JOSEPH BERKEY, Hillsboro, Somerset
county, Pa wsu
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themselves with a collation. of hasty pud-
ding and milk: after dispensing with the
first course they were again conducted to
another room, where table groaned under
the weight of ice cream, strawberries, cake,
coffee and other delicacies Everything
passed off pleasantly and the participants
on this festive occasion are unanimous in
the opinion that Principal Mccullough and
his able and agreeable corps of teachers
know how TO make their friends happy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
Pleasant Affair at Mt. Pleasant.

The middle-year entertainment Of the Mt.
Pleasant Academy occurred Friday evening.
The features of the programme were as fol-
lows: Grafton, "The Progress of Socialism"
A. B. Long; essay, fragments of Time"
Mamie T. Berthel; Grafton, ''The Annexation
of Canada,"ag o. S. Burchinal; essay, GA
Glimpse Beyond" Agnes Glare Barnes; ora
ton, "The Parochial School," Chauncey
Lobingier; oration, Cooke Is King" A. W.
Stephens; Grafton, "Wages," A. c. Rohland.
The first prize, gold medal was awarded to
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There Is a Tide

In the affairs of men, which taken at the
food leads on to fortune. The great sale of
lots at Kensington is the tide. Don't fail
to 20 with it and secure lot.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
Only Four Hours to Cleveland.

Special train Tuesday morning, June 16
Leave P. & L. E. R. r. station at 7:30 A. M.
$3.50 city time). Tickets only S. Good
five days.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
Ss-To Cleveland and Return-ss.

Via P & L. E. r. r. ALL trains of Mon
day, June 10, and morning trains of Tues
day June 16.
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NINE YEARS IN CHAINS
Fastened to the Walls of a Russian
Prison in Bleak Siberia.
BUILT HIS LIVING TOMB HIMSELF.
Turned Loose at Last Without a Single
Word of Explanation.
THE SEQUEL IN A SACRAMENTO COURT

twRITTEE FOR THE D.sPATcEl
We had heard Of him in misty sort of
way in Eastern clubs in after-dinner talks
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or IL seml-contidences
:old over Japanese
mats in leafy tea
houses. Little by lit
tie, then here, then
there, he had become
q sort of reality to US
in the wardroom; and
in various naval minds
on the China station,
dim mental pictures
of an old American
chained TO the Russian
walls OF a gloomy
prison, excited true
indignation and desul-
tory sympathy.
1t was not for many
months after this tha
the reality indeed
stumbled on the stage
of at least my own
experience. We had
been rowing up and
down the China coast
for a year or two,
hating Tientsin and
Co- Cho-o-l,,
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HANOVER awnings at MamauN& Sons,
b39 Penn avenue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

SUMMER maiden
Sitting in swing,
Man swings maiden,
Quite the correct thing.
Man and maiden
Taking ride,
Man says to maiden
Be my bride.
Maiden answers man,
If you'll buy
A lot at Kensington
Twill try.
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Gossip OF the Schools.
To4MoRRow the first batch Of provisional
The National tribune., 1891-09-17

EDITOR NATIoNAL tribune: Give sketch
of the 18th y. j., and 0bligc-J. NEWTON TER
RILL. New Brunswick ~ j.
LCOl. VIM. :. Truck, who had already served
as Major Of the 9TH ~ j., was the first com
mander Of this regiment, which was organized
at Freehold and left the State lO07 strong,
Sept. ?, 1852 II was put at guard duty along
the b. & 0. Railroad near Mouocacy but left
that duty in June of the next year to 20 to
Harper's Ferry. Upon Lees invasion the gar
risOu .FTeHch's DiysiouJ was Withdrawn to
Frederick, there Joining the Army of the
Potomac soon after Gettysburg and becoming
the Third Division Of the Third Corps sc Nine
Run, where the IlJh was under fire for the first
time, it suffered loss of IL killed and 40
wounded. It's losses were the largest numeri-
cally Of any regiment in that campaign. Tho
division became Rjcketts'5 Third &c the Sixth
Corps upon the discontiuuauce Of the Third
Corps in March, 1854 aud the 18th " j. was
placed IN AI0rris's First Brigade. It's casualties
IN May and June, nearly all of which were at
Cold HarbOr, were % killed, 1O1 wounded and
u missing the last were mostly killed. The
regiment next suffered at M0nOcacy during
Early's invasion, where "a were killed, 100
wounded, aud 39missing out of3j0 men engaged.
At the Opequon y were killed and mortality
wounded, among them Maj. Peter Vredenbaugh.
The regiment was led by Col Truck ia the
final and victorious assault on Petersburg. It's
losses were H. per cent of its number
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
The National tribune., 1891-09-17

n charge which saved Dcnhams Brigade from
capture. The writer was ia line with the Ohio
Brigade when they forced Forrest away.
Gen. Wadsuorih's Death.
A veteran Of Washington, d. c., noticed
Serg't Eastou'5 interesting account, recently
published, in which mention is made OF the
death Of Gen. Wadsworth in the Wilderness,
and desires to tell an incident. When Rich
mOud WIS taken, 4 ril 3 I~GJ, Libby Prison
was changed in a few hours from a Union to a
rebel prison. Among those captured on the re-
treat OF Ewelt's Corps and given quarters n ilO-
tel de Libby were many friends Of the writer
He had an interview with the commanding
officer regarding their parole. and was told that
they would be released upon taking the oath OF
allegiance. A list was made ont freeing All the
prisoners, with the exception Of Matthew Muir
ply. as there were charges against him. MUIR
ply was sent 20 Point Lookout, and the writer
saw mention made in newspapers that Gen.
Wadsworth's watch had been recovered from
him. The writer then remembered having
seen him with it a short time before the fail Of
Richmond. Murphy got the watch from his
brothcr-in-law Of the 9Th Va, Nahones Bril-
gade. At tho time Gen. WadswOrth met his
death the body was in the possession Of the 9th
Va. several hours. and the handsome gold watch
belonging to the General was sent to Murphy
for safe keeping.
Information asked and Given.
Thomas Purcell, Of Weston. Ore, desires the
address Of Gen. Goyan, who commandeaa bril-
gade in IIardees Corps no the battle Of Atlanta
July p, 1-Gf. He wants % recover the sword
captured upon his person at that battle, as e
was gift from members Of his company, and
he would prize il highly If the present possessor
Of the sword would return 10. Gen. GOvan
lives 40 Marianne, AFk.-EDITOR NATIONAL
TEIEUSE.I
Comrade b. T. Reynolds j2d Ind De Soto,
No., has bought with his pension money a piece
Of ground in the suburbs Of De Soto, and start
ed TO erect q house. but finds that he needs
$3.50 % complete the work, which amount he
wants TO borrow from some cOmrade on mort
gage for one year.
John bIcCabe Ind'p't Rangers Philadelphia,
Pa, Go. G.. 23d Pa, and 9Th Regiment Han
cocks Veteran Corps, late Postmaster at Stat
ford Mo, says that he does not like 70 see art-
Cles published derOgatOry 90 Geo. r. McCiel-
land, whom several Of the writers Of THE
NATI0SAL TRIBUNE have called traitor. The
Potomac Army fought the battles Of the PEN
iusuIa and lost almost as many men as it took
10 take Richmond and Eicksburg before Grant
OF Sheridan had hand in the Potomac Army,
and he thinks that anybody who has not the
niger on the brain could give those Gen
erals credit for what they did and he has no
doubt that when the true history Of the war j,
written 10 will be given. He recently resigned
his POSI- On rs Postmaster, which he held for l.
years. because he was unsJlc 10 get around and
attend to the duties, being crippled BY his wal
service.
The National tribune., 1891-09-17
GETTYSBURG.
The Troops that Led the Advance % the First Corps
20 the Battlefield.

to the Battlefield.
EDITOR NATIONAL Tribune: I have re-
ceived the following letter:
CLYDE, NrB., July = 1891.
DEAR CONRADE You were iu % position on July
!, 1868, TO know what troops marched tn the adj
vance Of the First Corps, from Emmi tsburg to Get
ty~burg. Now, il the Second Brigade, any
other brglde was In front of the First Brigade that
morning did not see 1t, or any trail they must
have made. When the head 81 column Of the First
Brigade reached the high ground that OverlOOls
ali the valley between the Cemetery and semi
nary Ridges. with Gems. WadswIrth and Reyn-
Olds in front, there were no troops IN sight, nor
had any fled of from the road Emmi.sbur..I when
we. the First brigade, did There were no troops
forming or formed on our right tilI the Eleventh
Corps, passing To our rear formed on orr right.
This j. true, I'LL Gen. Reynolds was BILLED. Idouot
think tie Second Brigade was OH our right at any
time the first day. But what took place after left
the field cannot say. Am right ia this? What
does the record SHOVE One thing IL sure: that II
the Second was iu front il a long way iu front,
80 far that did not see it. Write me iu regard 70
this matter. What is the name Of the creek we
crossed before we reached the high ground and
turned of TO the left To the Seminary building?
II. II. TRIP, Go. +. 9Th Wis.
The records show that Cutters Second Bril-
gade of Wadsworth's Division, had the head
OF column on the morning Of July l. They
moved up from Marsh Creek, / should say, a
little after Z a. ~, reaching the field about $50
and going into action at once; the honor OF
opening the combat being to this day hoty
disputed between veterans Of the J6th Pa and
the 18th n. Y. Halls ID Me- and Reynolds
IL, Ist n. " batteries went with them;
COopers { Il. lst Pa following the next bri
gade, and Stewards and Stevens's 18th Me- bat
teries marching with DoubIeday's Division, or
rather between it and Robinsou's.
The Iron Brigade followed Cutters, but
obliqued to the left into the fields west Of the
Emmitsburg road sooner than Cutters did, and
so got into contact with the enemy almost sim
ultaneously. l DO not know what creek Com
rade Trip refers to, but suppose it must be
the small stream that crosses the road at the
base Of Round Top. / never heard it called by
any name. There is another small creek head
ing near the Seminary and flowing down by the
Peach Orchard and DEVILS Den into Wilough-
by's, or perhaps into Marsh Creek, below the
mouth of Willoughby's, but l don't know that
this one has any historical name. The official
map shows that the 9TH Wis, 19th Ind, Nth
Brooklyn and Goth N Y. got across WiIlough-
bys Greek itself at an early stage of the battle,
but did not stay there lOng.-AUGUsTUs BUELL.,
Pitt5buTg Pa.