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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-11-17

a-comin to the mountains agin, ana
she'll show up down thar Chalston way,
whAr them doggon' rebels fust pulled
her down"
But the news Of the battles troubled
Mrs. Hurd sorely. Thousands Of men
hlt," she would say to Minny, land all
brave men like our Jack and Pike, TO
thar can't be any braYer'n they Is; some
thin tells me them two couldn't come
clah Of the dainjah."
And Minny would try to cheer her
mother with hope she did not herself
feel II the story Of Confederate disaster
came to the mountains, as it did after
Mill Springs, Donelson and Shiloh, then
the mother and daughter began to worry
about Pike, for they knew him too well
to believe that he Aad gone north with
Jack and Joined the Union army. And
when the story Of Bragg's invasion Of
Kentucky and Kirby Smiths march north
from Cumberland Gap came and the hills
were filed with rumors Of Union disas-
tiers, then Mrs. Hurd and Minny gave all
their thoughts to Jack, and all their
prayers were for the overwhelming defeat
Of the Confederates.
The two women harvested their little
crop Of corn, sweet potatoes and sorghum
and killed JwV pigs that had become fat
ON mast, 80 that they were safe against
famine for the winter. One night in No
vember, 1862, when the young winter
winds were having practice drill in the
mountains, Mrs. Hurd and Minny were
aroused by hearing 4 heavy step on the
boarded space between the two cabins,
followed by a loud knock at the door.
who's thar demanded Minny, and
she sprang from the bed and seized the
rifle that was kept conveniently leaning
against the footboard.
Hits meT' replied q hoarBe and not
unfamiliar voice.
"WhO is your"
| ''PikeT'
"Pikei oh, Godi Hits PikeF"
Without waiting to light the lard lamp
ct the ash covered fire. the mother and
daughter flung open the door together
and their arms were about the rain soak.
ed form.
Pike closed the door and covered the
one window before he would let them
make light This done, he laid aside
his belts and rifle and told his story while
Minny cooked him something to eat
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-11-17

A stranger to the southern mountain.
eers. on bearing Mrs. Hurd tell hef
story as did just after the war. would
have thought her cold and hard, and
rather Indifferent to the physical and
mental tortures she was subjected to in
the four years struggle, when kinsmen
were arrayed against each other in
the Cumberland hills. But under the
cold exterior there was a heart Of fire,
and feelings gentle and sympathetic.
Mrs Hurd was not demonstrative: the
seeming restraint Is characteristic Of
these people. and an outsider would i'm.
agine that they had taken to themselves,
with the straight, 1.-the forms and love
for q free outdoor life, the taciturnity
and stoicism Of the race they have sup
planted.
Excepting tho escape Of C-ion officers
from Libby, or the daring outbreak Of
General Mitchell's raiders from the At
lanta jail after Governor Brown had
hanged seven Of their number. it is
doubtful If anything more courageous
and successful in this line was accom-
plished during the war than the escape
Of the mountain men from Knoxville
in December, 1851. There were six thou
sand troops, largely well mounted cav
airy, in and about the city at the time.
Yet Jack Hurd and his two score men
got away without firing Q shot or meet
ing with any resistance after the jail
yard was passed.
The Confederate officers could not b.
Heve that 90 many prisoners and desert
ers had escaped from Knoxville. So
early tho next morning the guards began
systematic search Of the city. About
noon they found Ars. Hurd asleep in
the house down BY the river; there she
had met Pike-and the .monntaineers.
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Setting the musIset, he shouted to ne
prisoners to tottoln him.
Pike was not in camp. She was told
that, on account Of the fate Of his unfor-
tunate brother, he had been given twen-
ty-four hours leave. She went back to
the jail, but Pike had not been there.
With her breaking heart growing heavier
at every step and her brain reeling for
the want Of sleep, the poor mother began
to pace the streets. Knoxville was to her
Q bewilderingly large place, and the
crowds Of men, many Of them drunk,
added to her perplexity and confusion.
Not knowing where she was going,
but feeling that she must keep moving
or die, she wandered down to q little
street near the river where the houses
were occupied by poor whites and free
negroes. II was growing dusk, when .
Q colored woman met her and asked II
she was Mrs. Hurd, Jacks mother.
I'm Jacks pore heartbruk mother"
was the response.
"IEe been q sarchin TO yeh, said the
black woman. "FolleF me-"
Mrs. Hurd followed her into the back
room Of a long, rambling shanty, and
here she met Pike with q number Of
men in gray uniforms, and other men in
butternuts, but all looking unInistakably
like mountaineers. Pike kissed his
mother, and Sam Mcneil, Of Jacksboro,
handed her his canteen, and said the
stuff was good and to take q big, re-
freshing drink, which she did, though
neither herself nor her boys were ad-
dicted to the use Of liquor.
IAN Of We uns har, 'cept Pike" said
Sam Mcneil, els conscripts, and rather
Hgin the wah. But that amt har nor
thar at this time. We uns may Be- shot,
II 20 we uns holds on, but thar amt no
danjah Of bein hanged tomorrow, "a
Jack Hurd shorely will be ef 90 be nothin
Is done to help him Outen this id bad
hole. 30 hits to talk hit ovah that we
uns sneaked down har. But reckon
Pike he'd bettah tell yO', TO- no Knows
that all the friends Of we uns amt IN
this room, though I'll say the ten har
hen allowed to take big reslo tonight,
and II 90 DO the plan works % she should
Jack HurdTl Be Q free man inthsm0an-
tains afoah sun up, and he won't be
alone BY hissef, nuther."
I've seen lots Of the mountain boys"
said Pike hoarSely, linen o. il into the
wah, like me, coz they feel bound that
way, and men ez was dragged IN, like
hunted niggahs, by JeR Davis houns;
and we uns hes al agreed that Jack
shouldn't hang. And mother 20 must
go back to the prezen tonight md Whis-
per to him that we uns hez sWore that
TO the h0nah Of the mountains my
brother can't. hang. And BY Cd We
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-11-17
A DIVIDED HOUSE.
By ALFRED R CALHOUN.

copyright, IsOe, BY American Pres A@Oeia,'
The man IN charge Of the prison at
this time seems to have been Of q
kindly disposition. for, contrary to his
orders, be freed Jack Hurd's hands from
the manacles when he returned from the
court house, and when 4rs. Hurd called
to eco her son he admitted her without
the customary pass.
In her heart she hoped 10 see Jack be-
having like man, and in this she was
not disappointed. She found him smol-
ing and talking with the othef. prisoner
in the quiet way that was habitual with
him, but there was nothing in his man.
ner to indicate that he was in the least
unnerved by the awful doom that
awaited him on the morrow.
Upto this time Mrs. Hurd had borne
herself with characteristic fortitude,
but as soon as she caught sight Of hen
son in the jail corridor she broke down
and would have fallen to the floor had
he not clasped her in his arms.
"Hit amt in the blood to gin plum up,
mother" he whispered, "and Of PiksIl
only help. ez reckon he'll be mighty
glad to do, seein ez we uns Is still broth
ers, they may kill me, but by the tarnAl
hit won't be by gittin q rope bout my
neck and a-chokin me to DEATH"
The other prisoners fell back, leaving
the mother and son alone, and then she
asked him what he expected Pike to do.
"YOu know whar Pixies camp isS' he
asked.
"Yes, Jack, up whar they've got can
mons on the hill"
"And they'll let you INF"
40 shuah; they did 90 whin l fusi
got har."
go straight to Pike. ef 70 be be aint
. cummin har to see me, witch is mos
likely. Whisper TO him that I ken hide
pistol inside my shirt, and that Of &C
be he'd knife, don't think the id
houns could bind my arms 80 that
cOuldn'treach up and cnt hit like fash.
wouldn't do this till got outside, ther
once free In that crowd with pistol In
my hand and rifles within reach in the
hands Of boys, I'd be the biggest eejit
ever left the mountains, Of 90 DO
couldn't keer TO myself Fom far to com
fable" said Jack, with the confidence o.
. man who knew what he was talking
about.
She told him that she would go out Il
see Pike at once. Then she asked hin
II he remembered Minny's pistol and b.
nodded an affirmative. She opened tn
shawl folded over her breast, and said:
Il may have use TO q pistol, Jack, bui
Of 20 be do, l ken git another, Hitl
loaded and lied. Hug me eS I'm goin
and I'll slip hit inside yer shirt. Hit1l b
better'n nothin, till we uns ken do noah.
Jack threw his arms about his mothel
and kissed her, and when she went out
the cold steel Of a pistol was pressing
against his heart, but the contact did no
chill it.
Mrs. Hurd went up the hill to the ar
tillery camp, hill that was yet to b
crowned by Fort Saunders. and which
was two years afterward to witness ont
Of the most desperate assaults Of tn
Confederates and one Of the most bril-
liant victories Of the Union arms, wheI
Burnside's men repealed the fierce an(
persistent Onsets of Longstreet's veterans
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-11-17

Jacks Body home.
carter that Pike moped and moped
wus'n evan, and whenever he was mis-
IN we uns knowed he wus up at Jacks
grave. He couldn't keep away, and be
must a-wanted to 60 to him IN the bot
tab land. He'd a-nevah hid tho pistol
in his breast and fired 1t inter his own
heart on the grave ef hit hadn't been
that he felt shOra Of meetin Jack up
thar"
THR RND
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-11-17
Your Couch

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The worst cough
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-11-17
Can Be Cured

BY the use Of Ayers Cherry Pectoral DT.
J. q. Gordon, Carol Co., Va, WTitesI 81
use Ayers Cherry PectOral in my practice,
and pronounce II to be unequaled aa . rem
Ody for colds and coughs"
AFTER the grippe cough This was my
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lneesSant tickling In the throat, keeping me
awake nights. and disturbing the household.
tried a great number Of 'cOugh-eurea,' but
they gave me only Temporary relief At last
concluded to take Ayers Cherry PectorAl.
and before I had used half . bottle, had
my nrst AlLnlght sleep. 1 continued 10 In
prove, and now consider myself eured."-
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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-11-17
By Using

Ayers Cherry PectOTal, many have been
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T. D. EstAbFooks, Canterbury, N. n, saySi
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-09-15
Our CANDIDATES
gress
COUNTY TREASURER

John g. HarshbeTger OF Mt. Hope
was born in 1912. His father died
when he was but child and be early
became familiar with hard work. He
was but fourteen years of age when be
came to Wisconsin from Ohio and com
menced working on farms. Just before
the war broke out he went to MissOusi
in search of study employment, but the
breaking out of the war unsettled things
in that state and he came home at once
and enlisted in the Third Wis. Vol Inf.
at Boscobel under Captain LimbOcker.
The first severe battle in which he took
part was Balls Bluff, the terrible affair
In which the lamented Col. Baker was
killed. After this he was active in the
great battles of Bull Run, Winchester,
darper's Ferry and Antietam. At
Antietam be received three wounds and
ever since has carried in his left arm a
rebel bullet. He was honorably dis
charged in May 1864, at which time he
came home aud as soon as his health
was sufficiently restored. settled upon
farm near the village OF Mt Hope
where his industry and economy have
enabled him TO establish comfortable
home, aud educate his children. Mr.
Harshberger is man of ability, neat
and accurate accountant. His work as
treasurer of the Town of Mt Hope, a
position he has held for twelve wears,
his neatly and accurately kept books
are indisputable evidence of his fitness
for the position for which he was nomi-
mated by the republican convention. Ii
any one desires to know the estimation
IN which NJ. Harshberger is held by his
neighbors, he has but to ask them.
When those among whom man has
lived for nearly thirty years, and by
whom be has been trusted with an Off
cial position, are earnest and enthusiast
tic in his support. and he comes before
the people with the hearty good will of
his old neighbors. There can be no
question as to his worth While there
were other most excellent men seeking
the nomination, men who would have
discharged the duties imposed by the
Office of treasurer in the most creditable
manner, the convention made no mis-
take in the nomination of Mr.
Harshberger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-09-15

vesr in that institution where be has
BEEN Director If the Model School and
supervisor of the work Of those who are
fitting themselves for teachers. His
success in this work has been most ex-
cellen, and most eminently fits him for
the position of county superintendent.
His scholarship is unquestioned; he
holds a state life certificate and has had
a large and successful experience as an
institute conductor Without word
of disparagement to those who have
held the office of county superintendent
in Grant county we do not hesitate to
say, that a msn more eminently quail
fled by education and natural ability for
the position, than is Prof. Chas. I'VE. Cf
Platteville. has never been nominated
for the office Of county superintendent
IN all southwestern Wisconsin. His
untiring energy and industry. his GENIAL
disposition and unlimited kindness and
patience as well as his skill when deal
ing with pupils and with teachers who
are just beginning the work are pro-
verbal, and Grant county may we'll
count itself fortunate in having an OPP
portunity to secure so good man for
the place.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-09-15

snip company. New York to Havana.
once week; same company. over
same route calling al Tuxpam, Pro
gresso. Tampico, Vera Cruz and From
tero, once a week; two biJs from the
lnman Line, recently reorganized
under L. 5. Laws. as the International
Navigation company, from New York
to hampton, once a week and
from New York to Antwerp, calling at
one French and one English port, to
be designated by the Post Office de-
partment, once a week, in vessels of
the first class. Mr. Wanamaker is
very much pleased, and it is probable
that all Of the bids will be accepted.
All Of these steamships Will carry the
American flag and be Differed by
Americans. Another result Of the leg
islation of the "billion dollar Con
gress.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-09-15
Comments on Call for Assem-
bly, Convention.

EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
d call appears in the Boscobel Dial
for the meeting of the 2nd Assembly
District Convention TO be held at Fenni-
more ON the 2Sth day of this month.
Under ordinary circumstances the time
fixed would not be considered to early.
but IN view of the proceedings pending
in the Supreme Court, to set aside the
last gerrymander. it would seem to be
the part of wisdom to defer the calling
of that Convention until something is
definitely known whether or not this
district is to remain as at present
formed. This cannot be known until
the forepart of October, as the case will
not be called for argument until the
10th of the present month.
The call is signed by three gentlemen
who assume the authority of acting as
a Committee for the End district |
presume they are the Committee of the
old 3rd district, but the Committee of
the old 2nd district could with equal
propriety assume the same authority,
as no Committee for the End Assembly
District, as now constituted. has ever
been appointed by any competent auth
GRITTY whatever to my knowledge.
In the absence of an Assembly Dis
trict Committee, in my opinion the
County Central Committee should call
that Convention, the same as was done
in the calling of the last Assembly
District Convention for the 2nd district
to elect delegates to the Senatorial
Convention.
At that meeting Committee should
have been selected, but the matter was
forgotten seemingly. Let us be sure
that we are right and then 90 ahead.
A REPUBLICAN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-09-15
REGISTER OF DEEDS.

Mr.. Better was born of German
parents in this country in 1911 His
parents moved to what is now Patch
Grove in 1855, where Mr. Better went
to school in the winter and worked on
farm in the summer, until 1861, MAY
20. when he enlisted in the Second
Wis Vol. Inf He re-enlisted Jan ,,
1864 and was honorably discharged
July %, 1868 After this he took a
course in Bryant and STATIONS COM
mercial college in Milwaukee, then the
leading commercial college in the west.
After leaving this school he worked at
scaling logs for a lumber company for
some time and at the close of the sea
son came home and has ever since
worked on farm with the exception of
three years which he worked in tie
mercantile business. His army record
like the record of his life is first class.
He never was in the hospital except
from eunshot wounds, aud he took part
in the battles Of Bull Run, bloomsbury,
Rappahannock Station. GAINESVILLE,
Wilderness, Sulphur Springs, Beverly
Ford, Blaekburns Ford. and any num-
Der of skirmishes tie received two
wounds 1t GAINESVILLE, and at the Wild
erness was left for dead. Here Mr..
BETTER lay for 81 days and was fed by
the Rebel Gen. Mosby's soldiers. After
this he was moved from one Rebel
prison to another until ne had become
familiar with five of them, and was
finally paroled from Libby prison in
1864. His first vote was cast tor Abra-
ham Lincoln and be has been true to
his Republican principles ever since.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-09-15
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THE Burlington" Bulletin of
Reduced Rates.

The attention of the public is called
10 the very low rates via the Burlington
Route, for the occasions named be-
low
Illinois State Fair at Peoria. Sept.
26th 10 Oct. 1st. One fare for the
round trip from East Dubuque and
all stations south of this point. Tickets
on sale Sept. Oath to Oct. Sd, good to
return until Oct. Sd.
Eastern Iowa Agricultural Associa-
ton, at Davenport, Sept. 9th to 9th.
One and one-third fare for the round
trip from Dubuque and all stations in
Illinois as far east as and including
Hazelhurst. Tickets on sale Sept. 9Th
to 9th, good to return until Sept. 18th.
St. Louis Exposition, at St. Louis,
Sept. 9TH, to Oct. 22d. One and one.
third fare from Dubuque and all stations
in Illinois. Tickets on sale Sept. 8, u,
10, 10. %, %, 20, and Oct. 3. 6, 10, Is,
II, and 20, good to return within five
days from date of sale.
Apply to the ticket agent of The Bur
lington at Galena or East Dubuque.
$50
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-09-15
George William Curtis.

Mr Curtis was connected with Har-
per Monthly from 1sa5 until his death
and was chief editor If Harper Weekly
for which he began to write in 1897.
The charms OF Addison in the Spectator
have found modern instance in Curtis
In the Harpers He has written a mum.
Der Of books and taken an active part
in republican politics until 1851 when
he eft The party on account Of the NOM
nation OF Blaine He would not accept
political office but worked fol what he
considered the greatest good Of his
country.
Harper Weekly IS III heavy black
this week and has long editorial 10 re-
membrance ofits tamou, editor Lovers
of Nh Curtis should not fail to read
this tribute in the issue Of sept 5.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-09-15

section from harm by fallIug a. wei as
to meet the other requirements has
proved to DE- a work Of considerable
magnitude The idea j. NOT to send a
solid section. bat, rather. the rim Of the
tree followed ouf and cut into segmeDts
ri suitable s;zs, and All 10 g numbered
50 that they can be erected At Chicago.
50 as TO look from the exterior like Il
solid section of Il seqnoia thirty feet in
height The three parts into which the
section i being cut consists Of two parts
Of fourteen feet each. to be followed out
and one two feet thich, which will serve
as a llsor between The two stories. asst
were
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-09-15
Second Assembly District Con-
yention.

A republican convention for the 2nd
assembly district of Grant county, is
hereby called to meet at Fennimore on
Wednesday, Sept %, 1892. at / o'clock
in the afternoon, at COVERS hall. for
the purpose of placing in nomination a
candidate for member of Assembly and
transacting other business that may
come before the convention.
Each town in the district will be en-
titled to one Q) delegate in said con-
vention for every fifty votes or majority
fraction thereof. cast in said town at the
last general election.
Towns will be entitled to representa-
ton as follows:
Beetown 6, Lancaster Is Glen Haven
4, Bloomington ), Little Grant 3. Lib.
ertl 4, Clifton 4, Wingvllle 6, Fenni-
more 6, Mt Ida 4, Mt. Hope 8, Cass-
vile 6. Wyalusing ,, Millvile l, Wood
man ?, Marion 3, Hickory Grove 1,
Castle Rock 3, Muscoda 5, Watterstown
,, Boscobel Z. 7. CARRIER, Chm.
j. T. TAYLOR.
GEO. Brown,
Committee.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-09-15
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.

Chas H. Nye, candidate for county
superintendent of schools, is native q
Maine and was educated at Waterville
Classical Institute WateryilIe, Maine
He east his first vote for Fremontin 56,
came to Grant county in -. taught
school i'll Haze Green until is63 and
served in the army in 6t-5 until the
close q the war.
Ii the fall 81 1865 he wen, q Platte
Vile u principal q the Roc school.
served eight years anu IL 1878 left this
to aceep. a position IN the Stat Normal
school This FIJI. begins the twentieth
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-09-15
Our Ticket.

GENERAL BRAGG Is IN the field for
the L. S. Senate This means that
there is cold day ahead for other
aspirants to that position. If Bragg
wants it. and Boss Wall says he must
have it. the democracy Of Wisconsin
must acquiesce. Wei, why shouldn't
they. If any democrat deserves the
place. Bragg is that one. But some
thing may happen that viii shatter his
hopes. just wait until the Supreme
court hands down its decision in the
s.gerrymander cases.