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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-07-01
two CURIOUS CONVICTS
"A Physical "Crook" and q
Fiend Incarnate.
IN THE COLUMBUS PENITENTIARY

Something About a Dealer In the Queer
and Also About Brown. the Human YAM
pirc, Whose Hands Were Stained with
the Blood Of Three Victims.
copyright, 1893, by American Press Associa-
tion.l
The Ohio penitentiary, located In Colum-
bus, contains at the present time among its
1.700 prisoners a man who Is probably the
queerest convict in the world. John S.
Sloan IL his name, and he was received
early In September last. The prison con-
tains over 800 convicts sent up from the
United States courts all over the country,
and Sloan ~ one Of fthisnumber. His home
II in Greenville, S. c., and jury In that
district found him guilty of passing coun-
terfeit money and imposed q sentence OF
81 years.
Sloan is badly crippled and has been for
thirty Of the thirty years Of his life.
His body from the shoulders down Is al
most useless, his lower limbs being espe-
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-07-01

No less than thirty different patents
have been issued in the United Stst<s en-
umbrellas In the lszl teu years. bul noue
Of them has been seaspssd b azzksf e
huysr.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-11-18
Willing to Try.

Presence of mind and willingness are
good qualities in servant. M. Mar.
tins new valet possessed these quail
ties, though he certainly had his faults.
A day or two after Baptiste came M.
Martins inquired where he was.
"He went out and has not returned u
some one said.
Three days later Baptiste came back.
where have you been?" his EN-,
ployer demanded.
Monsieur, had seen your house bu,
once" replied Baptiste, "and it took
me all this time to find it again."
THAT is very poor excuse" said M
Martins, sternly.
"Is it?"
Certainly it is"
Baptiste was disturbed, but he re
mcmbered his duty.
"Very well, monsieur" he said, bland
ly, ''if you will step into the next room
and wait moment i will try to fine
you nother."-Youth's Companion.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-11-18
An Agreeable Drill.

While an order from military head
headquarters demands obedience, there
may be more than one way of obeying
it, according to the statement of an
old-time member of Michigan regi-
ment. Early in the year 1865 there
came an order from headquarters,
Central district of Texas, requiring
company drills twice each day in every
regiment in the command. AS the
weather was hot and the regiment was
soon to be mustered out, the colonel
thought compliance with this order
useless, and SO ordered two daily drills
of five minutes each. Knowledge of
this evasion of orders reached the gen.
eral commanding, and forthwith there
came an order for drill of two hours
each day, in compliance with which the
following order was read at evening
parade: headquarters ID Michigan
infantry volunteers. In, obedience to
orders from superior headquarters,
there will be company drills from half
past eight to half-past ten o'clock a. m.
each day. The commander of the regi'
ment desires that the most shady spots
be selected for drills, and that the men
shall not be exposed to violent exercise
in the heat of the sun" The drill took
place. A shady spot was carefully Sc
lected, and for two hours the orders tc
stack arms" and ''rest" were cheerful
ly followed. Youths Companion.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-11-18

travelling around out west, but never
met any. The idea that five or six we'll
heeled men are going to submit to be
cleaned out by one if there's show to
stop him is all bosh. It's all in the
man and his way of doing business. If
he's got voice with a sort of laugh to
tiff he's got gnn in either hand and
keeps 'em moving about like the heads
of snakes travelling through the grass
e his eyes seem TO be looking right
through you and watching every body
else at the same time. don't make fool
OF yourself"
You mean give up your boodle?"
Exactly, and don't be too long about
it, either, for those chaps are always in
a hurry. These newspaper men seem
to imagine that the passengers in a
coach sit with revolvers in their hands
throughout the trip. Their guns are
right down in their hind pockets, of
course. Give 'em five minutes to get
ready and they'd clear the road, but
they don't have five seconds. When
you get the hail you know you're COW
cred. Only one mantle one next to
the door-could do any shooting, any
how, and he'd be more apt to miss than
to hit. What then? Why, the robber
would turn loose and kill or cripple
everybody inside quicker'n you could
count You've probably noticed a limp
in my gait? That comes from bullet
got in my left knee when the Dead
wood stage was held up by Wyoming
Charlie 1t was in the afternoon and
there were six of us. A tenderfoot had
the seat by the window, and he thought
he'd show his sand by opening fire with
his pop. The robber wasn't fifteen feet
away, and the idiot had three shots at
him without touch. The shooting
made him mad, and he began firing
right and left into the stage. He killed
two men and wounded the other four
and all of us were robbed besides The
tenderfoot was one of the killed, and /
can't say l was ever sorry about it."
II think 1 remember reading that
Wyoming Charlie was killed while
holding up a stage somewhere out
west"
"Yes, down near Plum creek, in Ne
braSka, and it was curious how it came
about. There were seven passengers
and one of 'em was woman-the wife
of cattle man. She was with the
driver on top. Charlie took the outfit
at turn in the road and made COM
plete surprise. He got the men out and
in line, and when his back was turned
the woman fired at him with a d erin
ger. Her bullet passed through his
hat, and as he wheeled about to see
what was going on one of his own guns
was accidentally discharged and the
bullet entered his groin. L saw him at
Plum creek before he died. he was
tough looking customer and even in
dying he boasted of the number of men
he had killed. l forget his figures, but
every body was willing to believe he
had killed full dozen. He'd been
robbing for year orso and had several
thousand dollars planted somewhere
along the Niobrara river If he had
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-11-18
Only Three.

An honest mistake was that of col
ored man in the south, whose former
master had allowed him the use of a
piece of land ON condition that he. the
owner, should receive one-fourth of the
crop.
When the corn was ripe, the laborer
hauled three loads tos1his own house,
and none to that of the white man.
Then he went innocently up to the
great house to return his landlords
wagon which he had used in the haul
ing
well, Frank" said the gentleman,
"wheres my share of the corn?"
"You amt got none, sah," was the
sympathetic reply.
Haven't got any! Why, wasn't / to
have fourth of all you raised?"
"Yes, sab, but dey want no fourth.
Dere want but jea' my three loadsP--
Youths Companion.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-11-18
MASKED BURGLARS.

They Force Their Way Into n House and
After Maltreating the Inmates Secure
Sixty Dollars.
WOOSTER, Nov. 1O.-Five masked men
forced their way into the house of
Christian Mellinger, a wealthy farmer
living just west of the city, using a
fence post as battering lam. The
family were awakened by the crash
but by the time they were awake the
men were in the house and with revol-
vers in hand demanded their money.
Mr.. Mellinger, his wife, daughter and
niece were all bound, while the men
turned the house upside down in their
search for money and valuables. 1t ap-
pears that the fellows had seen Mr..
Mellinger get some money at one of
the banks and demanded to know
where he kept it. He refused to tell.
and they placed rope around his neck,
threatening to hang him if he did not
tell. He refused the first time, but the
second time told where the money.
only 500, was. The house looked as
though the villains had tried to see
how much damage they could do. This
is the fifth robbery of this sort in this
vicinity in few weeks
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-11-18
All Front,

At charlottesville, while Jackson's
corps was moving to the flank and rear
of the union army, the confederate cav
airy in advance became engaged with
the enemy. Presently wounded
trooper emerged from the woods in
front. After surveying the scene he
moved in the direction in which the in
fantry were marching, apparently IN
search for the rear.
Almost Immediately the blue jackets
closed in behind Jackson's corps, and
the poor cavalryman appeared again,
looking hopeless and distraught He
was met by another cavalryman. to
whom he called out: 'Hello! Wounded?''
YES" replied the other, laconically;
adding: Lets git to the r'ar."
"R'arl" returned the disconsolate
cnvalryman, This is the worst fight
I've been IL yet. 1t amt got any r'ar'
National Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-11-18

Not few of the old writers on his
torical and geographical oddities refer
to Rome as the "Nameless City," and
mention the curious fact that at one
time it was inviting the death penalty
to pronounce its ancient and mysteri-
GUS name" The Greek form of that
ancient name is Rome, just as we pro-
nounce it to-day, and was first used by
either Aristotle or Theophrastus, the
various authorities differing somewhat
on that immaterial point. The mys'
terious name as it would be pronounced
in English is believed to have been Va
lentia.-Chi lago Herald
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-11-18
HE WAS UNDER FIRE.
But He Thought tho whizzing Bullets
Were Hornets.

Were Hornets.
Miss Ada @. Sweet daughter of the
late Col. B. j. Sweet, of Chicago, has
many interesting incidents which have
been told her by her father NAL
Sweet had splendid war record before
he took command of Camp Douglas.
One of Miss Sweets anecdotes is as
follows;
"The young man--oh, myl l must
laugh-the young man was friend of
ours. He knew my father very well
and was in my fathers regiment. He
had been in the service about two
weeks and just before the battle of
Perryville he and another young man
were ordered in advance of the column
to take down fence SO that the regi-
ment could pass. They were going
through u pasture land, and, as the
young man went ahead, every second
or two he heard n peculiar kind of
whizz in the air, and, thinking he was
getting into hornets colony, he kept
on looking around to see the nests.
The odd kissing kept right on all about
him, but he could not see any hornets;
so he said: 'Pshaw, I've got something
more important to do than to look for
hornets nests and he went on and let
down the fence. But he missed his
comrade, and couldn't imagine what
had become of him. So he did all the
work himself and came back to the
regiment and had quite forgotten
all about the hornets. Just then my
father rode up and said to him: I'll
see you after the engagement, Mr.. -
and galloped off. My father looked
stern and spoke briefly and in tone of
command. The young man saw this,
and thought my father was angry. So
he reflected: Now, Col. Sweet is angry.
suppose I've done something wrong,
but can't imagine what it is
"a day or two later he was greatly
puzzled to receive an official letter,
with his appointment as first lieuten-
ant.
Its luck said he, pure. unadulter-
ated luck and he took it like philos-
opher, only he was bit curious to find
out how it was that luck should favor
him. My father was wounded at the
battle, and when he was able to be
about again the young man asked him
for an explanation.
"'Why,' cried Col. Sweet, you were
promoted for bravery the time you let
down that fence. You were the coolest
man under fire ever saw
"'Under fret gasped the young lieu
tenant. WAS 1 under fire.?
"'Why,' exclaimed the colonel, the
bullets were whiz&ing all around YOU
"'Heavens!' exclaimed the young Of
ficer. Were they bullets? thought
they were hornetsr And he looked
awfully surprised and startled
"That young man is very prominent
banker in Cincinnati to-day, and so
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-11-18

any relatives he didn't care for 'em and
when he found he was going over the
creek he tells the woman who shot at
him where he had cached his plunder
and Just how to find 1t. l had this
right from her own lips, and 1 know
that her husband afterwards got the
money. Queer, wasn't it, being as she
brought about his death, but he didn't
lay it up against her. He was born
road agent and had the business down
so pat that it was almost pleasure
to be robbed by him. ."-Detroit Free
Press
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-11-18
WHILE THEY SLEEP.

He giveth while they sleep
To His beloved streng tn;
The nerves that tire, the eyes that weep,
Wake calm and clear at length.
His angels come with healing hands
For all our loss and pain;
Life's empty cruise, that broken stands,
They mend and fill again.
AT morn free mounts the thought
That, wearied earthward fell;
Plain looks the task we vainly wrought,
But how we cannot tell.
The somber.curtained night,
With silenCe.guarded hour,
Has held mid waves Of starry light
The hiding of His power.
LAY anxious thoughts aside;
Gods ways are not like ours.
Look how His gifts unchanged abide
The air, the light, the flowers!
At night, though victory be unwon,
And many fears will creep,
Just take thy rest o toiling one!
He giveth while they sleep,
% S. Rice, in Boston Transcript.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-11-18
THE BATTLE FIELD.
sAERloAN's TeRRleLE OATH.
Little Phirs Emphatic Language Mt Cedar
Creek.

Little PhiIs Emphatic Language Mt Cedar
Creek.
Gallant little Phil Sheridan had q
great reputation for profanity, and yet
usually he was very cleanly in his lam
guage.
AT the battle of Stone river Sheridan
commanded the right of the right wing
of the army under Gen. McCook, and
this was the pivot on which the whole
union army swung, and Rosecrans
fought on six different lines of battle
in that fight, and the right was never
broken, although at one time Sheridan
held his men with fixed bayonets and
empty muskets until reinforcements
aud ammunition reached him.
Gen. Rousseau, who was sent to his
Assistance, said in his report: when
approached the right of the army
knew there was hot fight going on in
there; but when reached the extreme
right and saw Phil Sheridan, with his
sword in one hand and his hat in the
other, cursiug and damning as though
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-11-18
Mangled by. the Cara.

CLEVELAND, Nov. 10.-John Murphy.
aged % years. employed at l.. L. Hol-
denis summer residence in Glenville,
met his fate some time during Wednes
day night, when lie was run over by a
Lake Shore freight train. At o'clock
Wednesday evening Murphy was sent
with message to the Gordon green.
house. He did not return and a search
was instituted. The horribly mangIed
remains were found yesterday on the
railroad track. He was unmarried.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-11-18
A STORY, pitiful in the extreme, is

A STORY, pitiful in the extreme, is
told by the Atlanta Journal. AS it
says, an old man, resident of Holyolxe,
Mass, Eugene Starr by name, and sew
enty years of age, without money, trav-
eled on foot all the way from his home
to Georgia to find the grave of his son,
who died while member OF Gen.
Sherman's army. He found the grave,
about three miles from Sandcrsville,
and fell dead upon it. The grave was
reopened and the father was buried be-
side his son.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-11-18

won't tell you his name. But he often
thought what n good runner his COM
rade was. AS soon as his comrade heard
the first 'whizz' he knew it wasn't q
hornet, and he dropped his musket and
ran like wild man back to the regi-
ment. But the valorous man had his
reward ~ Toledo Blade.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-11-18

THERE was paid last year to the
27.2l1 confederate pensioners and in
mates of confederate homes, including
Maryland and Missouri, 81, 10000. OF
this number Virginia has $3.50 PEN
sioners, and pays s90,2O5; 1s1 inmates
OF the confederate homes are support
ed at an annual expenditure of sl5,s2o.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-11-18
Lived Over a Century.

NEWARK, Nov 1o.--Mrs. Rachael Ho-
gan, the Oldest person In Licking coun-
w. died Wednesday. in. her io4th year.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-11-18

It's cold day when you can't find
sunshine somewhere in this world.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-11-13
NOT VERY FAST.

According to our merchants and bust
ness men generally, times are not rapidly
growing better in this state-but there is
yet hope of visible Improvement before
the holidays. The trouble with the whole
business, as We have said before, was
that CLEVELAND was bull headed and the
other fellows were bull headed and then
politics cut its figure and so it went
Congress hurt the country more than it
did it good. The message calling it in
extraordinary session intensified the ex-
element of a country already unduly ex
cited, and then when it remained in SEES
sion for so many weeks and months and
did nothing but wrangle and talk and
explain why, Money, which is the biggest
coward in this whole world, unless it has
a dead sure thing and knows it, took to
the woods and it seems to have gone into
winter quarters and will hibernate till
spring.
While it may have been personal vic
tory TO CLEVELAND in seeing 10 it that
he froze out the whole crowd-it was
only victory for the hours bubble on
the great ocean of popular indignation
now aroused by the democratic party.
CLEVELAND is forgotten Ii is the party
which made him that is catching hell and
repeat from the high lands and from the
low lands.
So odious it seems has democracy be.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-11-13

come in New York that even HILL
could do nothing. Look at all the other
states-states which have seen whirl-
winds for a few years past and which
kicked the republican party out of exis.'
tence for the time, going back to their
first love. No, the trouble is that CLEvE
LAND tries to make the party himself
forgetting that public Office is Z public
trust. And in doing so he has found q
few friskY Texas steers with their tails
over the dash b ard The South which
was solid and Loyal, today Cares nothing
for GROVER the Fisherman Of Blzzar.!s
Bay.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-11-13
LET EN- RING.
Bay.

And soon now tie wed ling bells will
ring out on the frosty air Of night, and
the young man and young maiden who
have tod their love viii he in it fer a
while They will Lire a parson and the
fellows wopsy popsy will :" With him
and live viii. him and cling unto his
coat tails until death wheels up il 4 han5
ing basket.
And SO runs the world away. We have
been thinking about this to some extent,
and what boots it? Suppose the maiden
tall and fair to see desires to hitch on for
life-to become the slave and lover Of the
man and all things like that. That ends
it, and it should There is reason why
men and women who love each other, or
who like each other, should Zine their
miserable fortunes of war" and let it 60
at that. We expect to have some poetry
on this subject pretty soon, and suggest
to all who love the real that now is the
time to subscribe.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-11-13
Il! H. : !. ID Nerfe|k2Western R.R.
Schedule in Effect April |, 1892.
TRHAM DIVISION.
LEAVE DURHAM, n. C.

LEAVE DURHAM, n. C.
$40 p. m.-Daily for Lynchburg and Way
Stations. Arrive LynChburg 800 p. N. All
trains Durham Division, arrive and depart
from Union station. LynChburg.
Trains arrive at Durham from Lynchburg
at 1850 a. m. daily.
and South Boston. Leaves Durham $50 a. .;
arrives Durham 5:15 p. II Daily except Sum
day.
WINSTON-SALEMD DIVISION.
Leaves Winston-Sa Salem 100 p. m. daily; ar
rive at Roanoke 700 p. m.
MAIN LINE-WEST BOUND.
LEAVE LYNCHBURG-DAILY.
$50 p. IN. for Roanoke. Radford. Pulaski,
Bristol and all points south, via Il. L. V. u g.,
K. r., also for BluetieLd, Ohio Extension.
Leave BiuGfeld 6:lO IA. m. daily for kenOva and
Columbus. ParlOr Car to Roanoke. Pullman
Sleeper Roanoke to Memphis Via * knoxville
1925 a. IN. for Roanoke, Radford Pulaski
Bristol also for BIueteId, POcahOntas, Elk
horn and stations Clinch Valley Division also
for Louisville and stations l.. u n. *. X. via
Norton. Pullman Sleeper Lynchburg to Louis
vile via NOTtOn. Connects at Roanoke 1915 d.
N. with Washingtonand Chattanooga Limited.
Pullman Sleeper Roanoke TO Nashville, Mem
phis and New Orleans. dining Car attached.
2:35 D. m. daily. for Roanoke, and interme-
diate stations. Has no connections beyond
Roanoke.
EAsT-BOUND-LEAvE THEORETICALLY.
9:I5 a. N. for Richmond. Petersburg and Nor
folk arrives Petersburg at l25 p. M connect
ing with Richmond and Petersburg railroad,
rrriving in Richmond at 2:l5 p. IN. Arrive
Norfolk 600 p. N.
1l:5O p. N. Arrive Petersburg 4:l5 a. N.
connecting with X. Il Z. X. K. daily; arrive
Richmond IA "a. a.; arrive Norfolk 100 a. IN.
Pullman Palace Sleeper 10 Norfolk.
Also Pullman Palace Sleeper between
Lynchburg and Richmond.
This car will be ready at Lynchburg at 900
p. N. tor reception of passengers.
2:l5 p. IN. for Richmond, Petersburg and Nor
folk arrive Richmond 80 p. M; Norfolk $40
p. N.
w. Is. BEV1LL.
G. p. s. T. Agent. Roanoke. Va.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-11-13

Once in ye very olden TYNE a Merchant
sayd too an Eddy tor. Il doan't thynke adver-
tizing payes."
Let me show yOv," said we EddytOr. Il
will pvtt lyme in my papyr and not charge
yOv pennie."
''All right" replyed We Merchant, land we
will see"
So We Eddytor pvtte ys line in his papyr:
WANTED a DOGGE. JOHN JONES, 25;
w Old Street.
Now vt happened that 400 Peple cache
brovghtc DOggc on ye next daye thereafter,
so that Mister Jones (Which was We Merchantt' S
nayme) was Ovcrrvnne with DOgges.
"SyncC there are manye DOgges," said he.
~ thynke | might make some byiness and will
givO you a pennie for cache DOgge."
Ye people tooke ye pennie each for his Dogge
because there were so manye DOgges, and
Mister Jones skynned ye 400 DOgges and made
bootes and gloves from ye 400 hydes and thvs
mayd
A BIG FORTUNE
and thereafter added to vt by advertising in We
EddytOr'S papyr.-Amcrican Grocer.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-11-13
Ihe 1urham nailp Q3lobe.
BY AL FAIRBROTHER.

The GLOBE is published every day Sunday
excepted and delivered by carrier at sou
ycar or 80 cents a month. THE GLOBE circu-
lates throughout North Carolina.
THE WEEKLY GLOBE is a large eight-page
PAPER. containing all the news, and is sent by
mail at S1.5O year in advance.
Ofice-Corner Main and Church streets.
GLOBE telephone, No. IS.
All advertisements and notices continued
until ordered out.
Address all communications to
THE GLOBE,
Durham, n. C..
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-11-13

VIII call things by their real
names and name them properly.
It guarantees to advertisers more
than double the combined circula-
ton Of all other papers in the county.
1t will not waver in It's fight for
the development and prosperity of
the New South, and it asks the
patronage Of all honest men.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-11-13

IT WILL be but few days till Thanks
giving-a few days until the folks will
try To meet under the old roof tree and
thank the Pole star and stars which have
10 poles that they are glad they live
and rejoice 10 know that they have not
been hanged during the past twelve
months.