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The Lexington record. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1890-1???, 1891-01-01
History Of the Orphan school,
Midway, Ky.

JedCueS CudJ we SnOulu uOG uSS-
pise the day of small things
DR.. L. L. Pinkerton and Elder
James w. Parrish were discuss
ing the feasibility of a plan for the
education of the poor children of
the congregation at Midway. Be-
fore their conversation closed, the
conception of the mighty work
that survives them as their mon
ument, had taken strong hold of
their hearts and minds. With
untiring zeal, in the face of OPP
position and incredulity, they
and others labored until, in Octo
Der, 1849, they opened the school,
in a commodious building, with
twenty orphan girls. A large
majority OF these were small
children, requiring indeed an
asyl,,m, but unpromising mate
rial for a school. The care that
had tc be exercised by the older
pupils over the younger was
wholly inconsistent with rapid
progress in studies. After a
fruitless experiment of eight
years with this class of pupils,
the Trustees unanimously decided
not to receive into the institution
any one who had not attained
the age of fourteen. The wisdom
of the resolution soon became
obvious, and to this decision the
present Board still adheres.
In October, 1858, the building
was consumed by fire, but the
girls were furnished homes in the
village until the outbuildings
could be converted into dorrnito-
ries, and thus the classes contin-
ued their recitations without in
terruptlon. The insurance mon
ey, together with the assistance
rendered by a generous brother
hood, enabled the Trustees to
erect the present building by the
succeeding autumn, and since
that time, God has richly reward
ed the efforts put forth. Girls,
whose prospects in life were dark
aud unpromising, have been
brought to it, and from it have
gone forth as refectors of its in
tellectual and spiritual light.
Through their labors, neigh
borhoods have been supplied
with faithful teachers, and
churches with Jealous co-wOrk-
ers. BY their assistance, COM
forts have been furnished to wild
owed mothers, and younger bro
theirs and sisters have been edu-
Gated. For more than a quarter
of century it has been radiating
ats blessings Throughout this and
other States, and in the work
achieved, the faithful guardians
who have fostered it have found
compensation for their labors.
Our endowment is so meager
that we are doing but little COM
pared with what might be accom-
.plished. The entreaties of many
poor are made to us in vain.
Though homes have been provided
The Lexington record. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1890-1???, 1891-01-01
MISS S. S. ADAMS

rs PREPARED to do Dressmaking at
L her old stand, above Cassell & Prices
dry goods store. Latest system of cut
ting, and work guaranteed to give salts
faction at moderate prices. Refer to
Mrs. f. d. Potts and many others.
The Lexington record. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1890-1???, 1891-01-01

j. c. BRYANT, The DRUGGIST.
Is closing out his stock of school books
at very low prices, and will remodel and
refurnish his store room by November
LIST. Shoppers will find it to their inter-
est to call.
38 East Main, Corner Main & Upper SITS.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-19
A STRANGE CASE.
AS the Result of n Wound Soldiers
Mind Remains n blank for Eight Years.

As the Result of Wound a Soldiers
Mind Remains n blank for Eight Years.
A very romantic story has Just been
brought to light through the medium of
the Pension Bureau, says the Philadol-
phia Record. On the 1st of September,
1862, there enlisted at Van Vert, o., in
slender, blue-eyed youth of twenty
named Hugh Thompson. At the battle
of Chickamauga Thompson was wounded
by case shot and left for dying on the
field. He never rcioined his regiment
and it was generally supposed that he
was numbered among the unknown
dead. The next scene in this strange
history opens on a snowy country road in
Northern Illinois, near the village of
Cleveland, in the winter of 1870. Night
was coming on as small-sized, but
sturdily built traveller breasted his way
against the keen winds that swept the
bleak prairie. He was comfortably
dressed in good working suit, with
pair of new boots on his feet and coon
skin cap on his head.
He carried an old-fashioned oil-cloth
place to stay over night And there on
the lonely road in the darkening twilight
of that freezing FEBRUARY evening in the
year of grace. 1870, Hugh Thompson,
the wounded soldier of Chickamauga,
''came to himself" as he expressed it,
1t was just as if at that moment he had
awakened from dreamless sleep of
seven years. But his memory was gone
totally and absolutely. His other facul-
ties were keen enough, but he could not
recall his own name, where he had been,
his family, or his home. His entire past
up to that moment was simply blank.
The only thing that connected him with
a former existence was an idea that he
was looking for a Mr. Baker, who needed
men to work. This turned out to be
correct. He found him, and was given
employment in coal mine. Gradually
his mind came back to him, and he re-
membered the scenes of his boyhood.
The case was SO remarkable that it
was taken up by the local papers, and
the story at last fell into the hands of
Thompsons father. Their relationship
was easily established. Through all his
wanderings and this sounds like Sun
day-school tale, but the incident is,
legally proved and forms part of the
evidence of his identity-hc carried a.
little Testament given to him by Sis
ter. with an inscription in rhyme when
he enlisted. The sister still living rec
ognized it at once when he exhibited it
upon his return. All his efforts have SO
far failed to recall to him any thing that
occurred from the time that he tulnbled
over on the bloody field Of Chickamauga
until the strange awakening of his dor
mant faculties in 1870.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-19
A WOMAN PRIVATE.

Romantic Account of a Female Soldier of
the Revolutionary War.
Among the applications filed for men,
hership in the Sons of the American
Revolution at recent meeting, says
letter from Washington, was one which
contained the details of veritable ro-
nance. Prof. Gilbert Thompson, who
on his fathers side is descended from a
private revolutionary soldier, also claims
descent from private soldier on his
mothers side, this soldier being Deb
orah Sampson Gannett. Herein lies
tho romance. In an affidavit made by
her when she relinquished her invalid
pension and received the benefit of the
act of Congress passed March 1S, 1908,
she testified as follows:
Deborah Gannett of Sharon, county
of Norfolk, district of Massachusetts,
makes oath that she served as a private
soldier under the name of Robert Shurt-
left, in the war of the revolution for
upward of two years, in the manner fol-
lowing viz: Enlisted in April, 1881, in
the company commanded by Captain
George Webb, in the Massachusetts
regiment commanded by Colonel Sher.
perd, and afterward by Colonel Henry
Jackson, and served until November,
1888, when she was honorably dis
charged in writing, which discharge is
lost. She was at the capture of Cornwall
lis, was wounded at Tarrytown, and
now receives pension from tho United
States"
In January, 1902, She potitioned the
Legislature of Massachusetts, and stated
that from zeal for the good of her coun-
try she was induced, and, by the name
of Robert Shurtlcff, did, on May 20,
1852, enlist as soldier in the continent
al service for three years in the Fourth
regiment; was mustered in on the 23d
of the same month; was wounded and
continued in tho service until dis
charged by General Knox at West Point
October 25, 1888. In accordance with
this petition a resolution was passed
January 20, 1792, signed by John Han
cock, and she was paid thirty-four
pounds, tho note bearing interest from
October ,3, 1903
The Female Review, published in 1897,
cave her very lengthy notice, and bore
testimony to her heroic conduct and un-
blcmshcd character
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-19
AN HEROIC DEED.
How a Father Saved His Family from
the Indians.

How a Father Saved His Family from
the Indians.
A gentleman passed through the city
the other day on his way TO EXcclsior'
Springs whose name three or four years
ago was one of the most popular in the
daily press of that day, says the Kansas
City Times. 1t was Mr.. John r. Shy, of
Deming, N. NJ, whose deeds of heroism
in saving his wife and family from
massacre by band of savage Apaches
after running fight of several miles
will ever make his namo conspicuous
one in the history of the West. The
story is as follows:
Mr. Shy had settled on a ranch in
New Mexico with his wife and young
son, their place being seventeen miles
from any other settlement. Tho ranch
was attacked by rowing band of eight
cen Apaches, who sought to drive off the
stock. Mr.. Shy, who was we'll armed
and had plenty of ammunition, placed
his wife and child in place of safety
within the house, and then opened fire,
which was returned. The fight was
waged for some time, till one of the In
dians succeeded IN crawling up to and
setting fire to the house.
This necessitated flight; so, sending
Mrs. Shy forward under the smoke of
the burning building, the husband and
father, carrying his young son under
his arm, made a dash for the cover of
some thick brush which was growing
near by.
An Indians bullet went through the
child's hip and lodged in the fathers
body, but the fight went on. Mr.. Shy
ran forward some distance and then,
dropping the child in tho brush, would
face about, fire at the leading pursuer,
who would thus be brought to stand
still for time. Then another shot and
another stand, to gain time for Mrs.
Shy, who was fleeing in the front, and
so on the day was spent The Indians
finally gave up the chase, which had
cost them no less than six warriors, and
the exhausted fugitives managed to
reach the city of Deming with their
lives. The'wounds received by both IA
ther and son were rapidly healed, and
now, when the hostiles are forever ex-
PEELED from or killed out Of that neigh
borhood, there is no more fiourishing or
happy family in New Mexico than that
of valorous John Il. Shy.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-19
:. cEliGHTFuL WOMAN.
How Wisconsin Farmers Daught
Treated n Proposal.

How wisconsin Farmers Daughter
Treated n Proposal.
Miss Kate Cummings, who lives with
her parents on farm in Winnebago,
Wis, can beat any man in the county
moving hay, says the New York World.
She wears boots and waterproof, with
folt hat and linsey -woolsey dress, and,
mounted on the mowing-machine, she
is as handsome as a Hebe. Kate has had
great many admirers, and the admirers
have had great many difficulties to
overcome
One of them had the audacity to swear
out warrant for her arrest on the
charge of assault with malicious intent.
Rufus Sloan was hired by Mr.. Cum
mings for harvest work, and while turn
ing the new-mown hay he fell IN love
with Kate. Every time she came around
on her chariot, pushing the sickle a
little further into the standing grain,
Rufus would take his hat off and throw
handful of kisses at her. The young
lady did not like this performance and
told him SO.
Then Rufus asked her to pull up, as
ne had something to say to her. She
drew tho horses in, pushed her red hair
behind her ears, and with fire in hel
blue-gray eyes said:
.'Well?' -4E
Tnen Rufus planted his pitchfork in
the stubblc for rest, told her he wanted
wife, and offered her the position. She
curled up her nose, wrinkled her brow
with scorn, and answered:
you? BahT
This was too much for Rufus, who
jabbed her in the side with his pitch
fork. Kate screamed; the horses started
In his excitement the irate swain got on
the sickle side of the mower The lady
saw her advantage, seized the lines and
chased tAc fleeing lover all over the
Held, scre aiming that she would NOV
him down and cut his ugly legs Off
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-19
PIOCHE, NEVADA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 49, 1891


had skipped that hotel, and in writing
to the supervisor to say that the story
was untrue and that the enumer-
ator, with the assistance of the clerks,
had made every effort to secure the
proper information as TO all permanent
residents in the house, the proprietor,
Mr.. Garrison, added that there was one
man called Bailey. who, to the best of
his knowledge, had not spoken a word
to living soul since he first came to
live at the hotel, ten years ago, and
from whom it had been impossible to
obtain any answers to the questions
There has been story told OF smother
similar hcrrlit who used to live at a
large downtown hotel. but that one did
talk occasionally.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-19
NEW YoRKs HOTEL HERMIT.

." 'he Midst of Thousands of Ills Eel
lows Yet He Mover Speaks.
The census brought out the fact that
man can i've in New York hotel for
ten years and never speak to any man
or enter into any communication with
any one except as to the commonplace af
airs of eating and drinking. This cham.
pion hermit lives at the Grand Union
Hotel and is known as. Bailey. That's all
that is known about him. There was
statement printed that the census man
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-19

the interval will he devoted to expert.
ments to ascertain how long it is possi
BILE to remain in balloon without de-
scending. On whom are the expert
ments to be made? On the acronauts
themselves, or on the outsi lcrs willing
to obligc?' Perhaps the cheapest way
would be to test the aerostatic endur-
anra nf tha nirht tlnpc
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-19
Notice of Forfeiture.
rINO THOMAS MCDONALD AND JOHN WARD
CHkl ri An. their grantees, successo-s or

rJNO THOMAS MCDONALD AND JOHN WARD
i CHk ri ,N. their grantees, successors or
assignH:
You are he eby notified that the undersig gned,
o co-owner with you in the mining claims
known ~ the Minpie Gafney
mining Il inn, situated in Pahranagat
Lake Mining Di.trict, lincoln County, 81 ate OF
Nevada has performed the work aud made the
expenditures on said above mentioned claims
and each OF them necessary TO hold the same
as require by section 1924 Of the Revised
Statutes OF the United states for the year A. D..
1890. and TIM the ama.ht due from you your
grantees. successors or astigns on account of
such ex endtnres on raid claim is as fol-
lows:
Thomas Med mali u interest in said claim
s95.
John wa'd christian y interest IN said
claim. $ij
And IL within nilcty Gays after the publ a.
tlon OF this notice on fail or refuse to contrib
nte your said proportion Of such expenditure
az co-owntrs y mr inter'at in said oisjm will
become the properly OF the subscriber under
said Section 232i.
A. W. GEER.
Hiko, JaLuary 81. 1891.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-19
Application for "a Pat. MT
No. s77.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

Eureka, Nevada. December "a, 1857
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT DANIEL
IN Boneili, whose postoffice address is Rio.
vile, Lincoln county, Nevada, has this day
hiea rs appiication FOR a patent for thirteen
hundred lin'ar feet of the "North Division
Mormon" mine or vein, bearing salt, with sur.
face ground six hundred feet in width. situated
in st. Thomas Mining District, County of Lin.
coin and State Of Nevada and designated by the
field notes and official plat ON file in this Office
as lot number 3S, in township II south, range
68 east of Mount Diablo Meridisn, said lot No.
3S being as follows:
beginning at post marked No. l. u. s. sur.
vey No. 3S; thence running first course north.
80 deg east 555 $40 feet to intersect section line
between sections q and "a west, 1852 40 feet
from section corner to sections 90, 27, "a and 35.
township II south, range Gs east, 1900 feet to
post marked No. 2, U. s. survey No 3S; thence
second course south, go dec cast 600 feet to
post marked No. B. u s survey No, 38; thence
third course south, 30 deg west, 397 $40 feet
intersect section line TO sections 27 and "a west
1859 CLIO 'eet from section corner 10 sections 26.
~. "a and IS township II SOUTH range 6s east,
1900 feet to post marked No. A, U. s. survey No.
5S; thence fourth course north, 60 deg west, 70
feet TO post o.. 4, q g. lot 81, South Division
Mormon lode on line 600 feet to post No. /, the
place o. beginning Magnetic variation 16 deg
east continuing IT 907 acres.
The location of this mine ia recorded In the
Recorders Office OF st. Thomas Mining District
OF Mining Records. The adjoining claimants
are unknown.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion of said North Division Mormon mine or
surface ground are required to file their adverse
claims with the Register Of the United States
Land Office at Eureka Nevada. in the State of
Nevada during the sixty days period of publ
OF the provisions Of the Statute.
d. II, HALL Register.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-19
Grocery Departments

The grocery department constantly supplied and here prices
lower than the lowest Also Crockey,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-19

II is hereby oidercd that tbe foregoing notice
OF application foI patent. be published for
the peri OF sixty days ten consecutive
weeks. in the PIocaE WKEKLy RECORD, a
newspaper published at Phoebe, Lincoln
County. Nevada
Nov. % lot T. p. uUNkLE, Register
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-19
Also a fine assortment Of Watches, Clocks and JeVery.
Clothing Department.

In ms department offer bargains superior heretofore
In this Vicinity. Mems, Youths and Boys Suits. Mems,
Youths and Boys Oyercoats. Gents furnishing
goods in great variety and of the best quality.
Our stock of Mems Buck, Seal
and Dogskn Govesare
unexceled.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-19

II is hereby orle' ed, that the foregoing notice
OF application for patent be published for the
period Of sixty days. ten consecutive weeks),
In the Phoebe RECON-, awcekly newspaper pub
lished at Poe G, Lincoln county, Nevada.
jan7-1Ct ID II HALL, Register.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-19
IN THF DtSTRt II COURT OF THE STATE
OF NtVADN, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY
OF LINCON
In the matte Of the Estate
of
John Gustin. deceased.

The application OF Jamo' McEadden for let
ters of administration upon said estate having
been filed in said Conrt
Notice is hereby given that the said appliea-
ton will be heard by said Court on Wednesday,
the 10th day Of December, A. ID. 1890, at 10
O'Clock 4. NJ. OF that day, or 80 soon thereafter
as said Court may be in session, at tho Court
Room Of said Court. in Phoebe, In said County
Of Lincoln. at which time and place all parties
interested may appear and contest the same.
j. q. KELLY,
Nov. %, 1890. sOlerk Of said Court.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-19

Hay and constantly hand good Harness
Collars and pads Buggy whips, which will
sold Cheap for Cash good security.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-19
Liquor Department.

We will
as we are
determined to reduce immense stock
to make room for other goods The stock consists of
old Kentucky Bourbon Whisky Tea Kettle Whisky Old Valley
Jamesons Old Irish Whisky, Old Erin Braug,;
and California Brandes, Jamacia lun and
Holland Gin, Port, Sherry Olar-
et wne etc. etc.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-01-02
0lympia's Opera House.
Seattle Telegraph.

1t is cheering to the newspaper
fraternity to find that good and steady
work at journalism sometimes yields
fair reward. We notice with gratifica-
ton that the opera house built at
Olympia by John Miller Murphy has
been successfully opened to the public.
1t is a handsome structure, costing
$4,000. Mr.. Murphy has been pub
Usher and editor of the STANDARD for
more than thirty years. He started
in with Olympia and has remained
with her. Week after week during all
these years he has given his personal
attention to the paper, and has con-
Quoted it so as to merit and receive
confidence and esteem. The same
fidelity, energy, tenacity and judgment,
employed in almost every other line
of enterprise, would doubtless have
yielded him much larger profit, but
these qualities tell in any business,
and we are glad that they have not
failed to give Mr.. Murphy comforta-
BILE nest-egg for his advancing years.
1t is to be noted to his credit that he
is investing his profits in the town in
which he has lived and which he has
seen grow house by house.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-01-02
The "New Messiah"

l. A. Chapman, the well-known
Indian scout, returned lately to
Portland from Nevada, where he went
in November, for the purpose of inter-
viewing the so-called Messiah, in obed-
ience to orders from Gen. Gibbon.
He first went to Walkers lake in
Nevada, and talked with the Piutes,
who told him the Messiah had been
receiving calls from all the tribes in
the West. Chapman found the
Messiah at the West Fork OF Walkers
river in Nevada. Speaking of his
interview Chapman said: "The
Messiah, Quoitze Ow, as he gives his
name, is full-blooded Piute Indian
and has always been peacefully dis
posed. He spoke freely of his call to
preach. His first appearance with
the Almighty was one afternoon while
out hunting. Hearing a noise he
started to learn its cause when he was
thrown to the ground from some un-
known cause. He was then taken to
heaven and there saw all the whites
and Indians that have lived and died
upon earth. He was afterwards
brought back to earth to the same
spot where he had fallen dead. God
told him he had been looking for a
mortal whom he could trust with a
mission to reform the world and had
decided upon Quoitze. Having been
informed OF his mission he set out to
perform it. He taught Indians they
should work and avoid fighting, ex-
cept in self-defense. Last summer
the Indians told him unless it rained
soon the crops would fail. He told
them to 60 home and in three days
an abundance of rain fell. Quoitze
got his ideas from a religious family
with whom he had lived. Chapman
thinks Quoitze is only indirectly to
blame for the uprising, and that his
doctrine only imbued the Indians with
more Independent spirit to resist
their wrongs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-01-02
The Farmers Will Fight.
Spokane Spokesman.

PalOuse farmers have made up their
minds not to wait for Providence to
mend their wrongs, or for the legisla-
ture to avenge them. They have de-
cided to fight out their own case and
discover for themselves whether the
laws of the United States contain any
justice for them.
The alliance is raising money with
the intention OF sending representa-
tive to Washington to lay its griev-
ances before the interstate commerce
commission. There seems to be no
doubt that the necessary amount OF
money will be raised. Stated in gen.
eral terms the complaint will be two.
fold, embracing discrimination in rates
and service. 1t will be charged that
the railroads will haul grain for GER
tain elevator companies at lower rates
than for private shippers, and tina,
they furnish cars to certain favored
shippers, all others being obliged te
wait.
The fact that the wheat blockade il
eastern Washington is generally being
lifted will probably not alter the deter
mination OF the farmers.