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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-04-20

strolSed his long beard as he drew his
huge frame up TO its full height. as if
to catch the sound of Hooker's guns.
as he turned, as did also Grant. toward
that quarter. but there was no sound
The moment had come Tor the sequel
and six guns were fred IN rapid success
sion by the battery stationed on the
s'Kuot
As if operated by fixed machinery.
the troops which had been living in
wait on the broken plain. partly hid
den by the growth Of small trees,
moved out, driving the confederate
picket line before them. So impetu-
Gus was their advance that the order
before given to halt at the confederate
picket line and rifle pits was disregard
ed, and the column swept on. and be-
gan TO ascend the mountain. which
was so steep that in many places di-
rect ascent was impossible Seeing
there was no halt, Thomas turned 70
Grant saying. General. the boys
don't stop. They go on To which
Grant quickly replied Let them go.
They can stop now, and on they went.
Nothing escaped the eyes of Grant
and Thomas, who stood near together.
speaking only occasionally, their man
ner being indicative of intense interest.
A lifetime, it might almost be said,
concentrated into the moments during
which these scenes, almost unequaled
in warfare, We're being enacted All
eyes on the Knot" were fixed on the
ascending columns. The cannonading
was deafening, and altogether, it is be-
lieved, not during the war was there
anything comparable to it.
The height was gained, the crest was
taken. On the plains beyond the enemy
was fleeing All this could be seen
from the knot" Grant gave the
word; mount" The order was quick
ly obeyed and half hundred horse
men were following Grant and Thomas,
the scene of a complete victory
What of Grants manner now? What
of Thomas? That both generals we're
relieved as it seldom happens to human
beings to be, there can be no doubt.
0utwardly at least, neither was the
least excited. Grant chewed a fresh
cigar and Thomas strobed his beard.
That night, long past midnight,
Grant might have been seen alone sit
ting on a camp chair outside his quar-
ters at Chattanooga quietly smoking
a cigar with no other feeling, so far as
outward appearances, than that Of
quaint satisfaction over the stupendous
events of the day - Washington Post
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-04-20
butler Got the rag.

sewing circle of aristocratic, Yam
kee-hating southern women had been
at work on a confederate dag which
was to be sent to the Prussian battal-
ion fighting in Beauregard's army The
general was kept fully informed Of the
progress Of the making Of the flag.
When it was finished he sent for one Of
the ladies and said: Il want con.
federate flag, and hear you have a
fine one. The Sunday school children
in my town are going to celebrate the
Fourth of July, and rs they have never
seen confederate flag / want to send
them nice one" The lady held up
her hands and protested.
-, but my dear madam, said But.
Ter, you slept last night with that
flag under your pillow Take my car
riage and bring 1t to me- She brought
it meekly, and Butler said; Don't
make another; this will be plenty. -
Chicago Tribune
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-04-20

fleet that if the assault should fail and
the day 60 against him there lay be
yond the Tennessee river almost at his
feet, and over the mountain range be
yond, the only route of retreat-and
practically an impossible one.
Defeat or partial victory meant the
loss of the army in one way or another,
with the men already half famished and
the animals dying, as they had been for
weeks, of absolute starvation. 1t would
be impossible to paint the consequences
of less than a complete victory over
Bragg-the dispersion if not the cap
ture of his whole army, which for days
and days had been waiting TO do what
Bragg felt sure he would do-capture
Grants army or virtually annihilate it.
This he promised President Davis, and
he only waited for Grant TO be in sit
uation to make the work easiest and
the result complete.
Such were the circumstances under
which Grant. Thomas and the whole
army waited for the signal Grant
moved about nervously, seemingly for
getting his lameness. During the en-
tire day he had chewed --not smoked
the inevitable cigar, perhaps many.
The great muscle Of the neck and
jaws worked spas odically and at
times were swollen der intense feel
ing Grants Jaw, nj urally a prom
inent feature, it is PROBABLE was never
SO prominent before. His every facul-
~ was alert and intensified Thomas
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-04-20

According to the statistics compiled
by the provost marshal generals Of
fee, and generally accepted as authori-
tative, the total number Of violent
deaths in all Of the union armies during
the whole war was 81, 900 The total
mum Der Of deaths during the war from
wounds in battle, from disease and
from unknown causes was 3O4, 1863, We
may add that the total Of pensions in
force on account Of alleged services in
the war is rapidly approaching the
round million, and that one month ago
the mum Der Of claims of all sorts pend
IL in the pension Office was TIC, 6sd
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-04-20

arrangeme nts were perfected for fight
ing it.
Early in the morning of the eventful
day, Grant and Thomas, with their re-
spective staff officers, rode to the since
historic spot known as Orchard Knot"
"a Slight elevation from which nearly
the entire field of operation could be
overlooked, directly facing which was
Missionary Ridge, on which swarmed
Bragg's army in superior force.
1t need not be said that neither
Grant nor Thomas had had much rest
the preceding night; indeed both were
worn and serious. The battle which.
as Grant says in his memoirs was to
decide which way the great pendulum
of the war would swing on the NOR
row. was about to begin. There was a
wait of hours for the signal to assault
the ridge. Meanwhile Sherman was
heavily engaged on the left though by
no means decisively. Grant thought
there was doubt enough in that quar-
ter to send Sherman considerable rein
forcements, which Sherman sent back,
saying he would do his work alone.
During the hours of waiting before
the six gun signal from Orchard
Knot" for the assault to begin, Grant
and Thomas were study, especially
Grant. He was still lame from re-
cent fall at New Orleans During the
whole day these two men-Grant and
Thomas showed that they realized
the vast Importance OF the situation
and their own responsibility as actors
in what was the most critical moment
of the war. They conversed together
IN low tones, and with eye and ear
were watchful of every indication. 1t
was n sight to see those two generals
pausing occasionally, standing erect,
and eager to detect any sound of
| Rockers guns, which would tell them
whether or not he was where he was
expected TO be. But no sound came.
The firing from the batteries was at
times heavy on both sides, and the
Knot did not escape the attention Of
the enemy. AS the moment for the
signal drew nigh, Grant gave evidence
that he felt more and more deeply the
Importance of the occasion. CHANGING
along the face of the ridge, to where
Sherman was hard at work, he would
say a few words to Thomas, and then
east the eye beyond He seemed to re-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-04-20
BROWN WAS a RELIEF.
Nine Smiths in Succession Were Toe
Many for the Lieutenant.
An amusinU instance of the freouent

Nine Smiths in Succession Were Toe
Many for the Lieutenant.
An amusing instance of the frequent
recurrence of the surname Smith
among the soldiers of the civil war is.
given in Berdan's United States
Sharp-shooters. A stranger lieuten.
ant. requiring a detail of ten men for
special duty, called on certain com
pany and took their names. The men
were in line at attention when the
officer began at the end of the column.
What's your name?" he asked
smith
And what is yours" to the next
man.
.'Smith."
They were put on the list as Smith /, ,
Smith q
"Weli, what's yours
smith replied number three.
The officer looked queer, and grum.
bled something ABOUT the popularity
of the thing.
What may l cali your name?7 to
the next.
smith
Your nance" to the fifth
smith
The lieutenant's face was getting
red lie looked the men over, and said
sternlv
w hat do You meau?'
But it was no joke. The detail stood
firm, like so many statues, and the Off.
Ger proceeded
What ON earth is your Nance he
demanded. SasrsS
Smith, came the monosyllable an
swer from number six.
The officer fairly jumped. Then he
stormed and fumed, and wanted to
know if every man in the company
was named Smith. BY this time a
crowd had gathered and the officer be-
gan to cool down. The list must be
made, so he hurried through.
.'Your name?' to the next man
''Smith."
And yours?"
smith"
'And next?"
smith. "
The officer was again becoming furi-
Gus. and the crowd was laughing bois.
terously
We'll, is your name Smith?" the
lieutenant demanded of the tenth man.
Ny name is Brown, replied the
soldier Youths Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-04-20
SALE!
The WAGNER HOUSE,
Located in the Central part of
the City, on Maple street.

The Hotel is Three Stories high and
has all the conyenienccs and appliances
usually found in n hotel Of its class; is
commodous wellliehted and ifs location
is superior to that Of any other hotel in
the city. The hotel has large barn in
connection. Its furniture. out build
ings and barn are IN excellent repair
Will sell on easy terms to any purchas-
err wishing to buy within month, or
will trade for good farm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-04-20
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
GRANT Al ORCHARD Knoll.
The Desperate Situation of the Federal
Forces.

The Desperate Situation of the Federal
Forces.
Readers OF Grants memoirs. where
he describes the dark period after the
battle of Chiclkamauga, viii remember
the peril under which the union forces
rested at Chattanooga for weeks pre-
ceding the battle of Missionary Ridge.
with hardly food enough to sustain the
men, when not less than ten thousand
animals died of starvation. and when
those that did not die were so reduced
that they We're unable to transport
am balances taking the sick and
wounded to the hospitals. The general
spoke al moderation. II would have
been impossible to overdraw the pic
ture of this terrible reality. 1t was I'M
der such circumstances that the battle
of Missionary Ridge was planned and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-04-20
Chicago'S
Population.

mere probably Of importance in the world
% ans TondfTa growth as Chicago since its destruction by
one OF the leading merchants city conversation that
large ~ friends,
" throughout the Northwest with whom he had
s9eeS a found st. Jacobs Oil panurng
Tue ethCacy It's the
lShl Neuralgia Sauca Backache Bruises
q the Official Portfolio
Illustrated
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-23
GRAIN ON THE DECLINE
Wheat Shows Another | LIE Loss,
with Corn and Oats Lower.
Some of the Most Bearish News of the
Season Regarding Crop Conditions
Given Out at Chicago.

CHICAGO. Oct. 21.-Nothing helped wheat
to-day, and the last prices were the lowest
of the session. being t1sc less than last
nights figures. Corn is 1ac off, and oats
ssG15c. Provisions are about unchanged.
Everything was at hand to make sick
market in wheat. Cables were SO indiffer-
ent as to be positively bearish. New York
messages were discouraging about fresh
export sales. Washington news was no
better, and reports TO the movement Of
wheat were the m ,st bearish Of the season.
Exports. wheat and flour, for the week,
by Bradstreet's dropped off to 100000 bu,
compared with 3,139.OOO blu year ago,
and $4,000 bu two years ago. The same
authority estimated the total wheat crop
nearly fifty millions higher than the gov
eminent figures at 100000 bu, and Beer
bohm and other foreign authorities, it was
asserted. accepted the estimate as the near
est correct. There was nothing In sight adj
ditional except prospect OF an enormous
increase in the visible supply for Monday.
The local cars were up from ninety-two on
a flood of wheat, and showed over 1900 cars
at the two points for the day. Dispatches
also also said dGi, the demand for cars was more
than doubled. The opening was about sc
lower than yesterdays closing, and with
some slight fluctuations prices further fell
Oh 1St9Isc, cloSlIlB comparatively STEADY.
In corn, the fine weather for drying the
new crop, the good receipts and the east
ness N other grain markets were the main
features governing the trade. Local specu-
lators, as rule sold freely, while outside
orders were chiefly on the wrong side The
market opened rather easy at 1sQAc de-
cline and gradually receded 5SQAc with fire.
quent slight fluctuations. Toward the close
little more steadness prevailed and prices
rallied 1sQAc.
There was moderate trade in oats with
prices receding agile and closing at about
the bottom. The depression in wheat and
the light cash demand caused the decline.
The business in provisions was scarcely
worth reporting. There was a change of
but PIC in any product, for January. the
leading future. The October price was
marked up I'm all products, but this was to
represent the cash business. AT the close,
October pork was quoted 25c up, lard, .071ac
up and ribs loo up
There were indications of ample offerings
Of vessel room for loading next week, with
the demand only fair. Rates held steady at
214c for wheat and &c for corn to Buffalo
and 3lac for corn to Kingston. Estimated
receipts for Monday: Wheat, 160 cars; corn,
$50 cars; oats, 200 cars; hogs, $4,000. The
leading futures ranged as follows:
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ket was steady: everything sold. shipments.
1000 Top steers, s5.eoQ5.s3; medium: s5;lSg
5.S5; good. si:SOQ5.05; others, 81 25a4.'S; Tex
ans $2.50G2. so; Westerns, $3G14l5
Hogs-Receipts, 5000; shipments, 4,VV- Inc
market was active Rough and COMMON,
S5s5Q6.lO; mixed and packers; $500 q ~;
go; prime light, s67OQ6.75.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, 1,5oO; snip,
ments, none Prime natives. siq4-So; soou
Sq3.25; prime lambs, S4.I5g5; Others SSV
425
EAST LIBERTY, Oct H.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts 1910; shipments, 1,42O. Nothing DO
ing; all through consignments twenty
three carloads of cattle shipped to New
York to-day.
Hogs : Receipts. ESQ; shipments. $500.
ss7Oq7; grassers. 6.4OQ6.6O. Ten carloads of
hogs shipped to New York to-day ana to-
night
Sheep-Receipts, eco: shipments. 500. The
market was very dull and unchanged Pros
poets unfavorable for next week.
BUFFALO. Oct. 21.-Cattle slow. closing
weak; Kansas cows and heifers, $25O42.75;
light ], 1O0-pound steers. $3.50.
Hogs-The market was lower. Workers.
light to best s6.55G6.70; good mixed pack
ers. s6:65a6. 75; good mediums. 90 loa6.'5;
ch sheer heavy d SsqSo pS vas steady
for choice grades; others lower. Fair to
best lambs. s404.60: common, S3.5Oq3.S5; fair
to best mixed sheep, S2.5oQS.60; extra weth-
LOUISVILLE, Oct N.-Cattle-The mar
ket was steady. Best butchers, SQ3.4o;
fair to good butchers, s.. 25q2.7o.
Hogs-The market was strong ana 5gi0c
higher Choice packing and butchers, $.25
G6.50; fair to good packing, S620Q6-25; good
to extra light, S6.25q6.30.
Sheep and Lambs-Good to extra ship,
ping sheep, s2.506275: fair to good, S2.25p
$50; extra lambs, s3.65q3.75; fair to good,
$325G3.5O.
ST. LOUIS Oct. 2L-Cattle = Receipts,
1,4OO; shipments, 400. The market was
steady. Toy, for Texas steers, 50; top for
natives, $40.
Hogs-Receipts, 200; shipments. 1.5Oo. The
market was strong. Choice light. $500
Geo; mixed. s6@6.45; heavy, s6.2Oq65o
Sheep-Recepts. 700; shipments, 200: The
market was steady. Good natives, 1915.
CINCINNATI, Oct: I.-Flour quiet;
Wheat dull; No. red, &C. Receipts, Zoo
Blu; shipments, none. Corn firmer; No. 2
mixed, 42@43c. Oats lower; No 2 mixed,
291hc. Rye in light demand; No. 2, 5llsc.
Provisions in light demand and firm.
Whisky quiet and firm; sales, All brls. But
ter in light demand. Sugar steady. Eggs
steady at 17c. Cheese steady and firm
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-23
CROSS OF IVAN THE GREAT.
Failure of Napoleon to Garry the En-
blem Of Faith to France.
Pail Mall Gaze

Pail Mall Gazette.
On the summit of the principal dome of
the Kremlin at Moscow stands gigantic
cross placed there by Ivan the Great the
potentate who first adopted the title Car
and the double-headed eagle as his crest
colossal emblem of their faith to be of
gold, but as matter of fact the material
Is iron. with very thin coating of the
precious metal. Napoleon when he took
Moscow in 1872 resolved to carry off VANS
cross and set it up the cupola of the
Invalides, and he directed Marshal Mortier,
Due De Treviso, to effect the removal
This was by no means an easy task. for
the size and weight were enormous. and the
height at which it was placed added to the
difficulty.
AT last one of the Russian conyicts. whom
Count Rostopchin had let loose before evac-
uating the city, volunteered his aid. His
services were accepted and proved extreme
ly efficacious; nor did they go unrewarded
However, treason in this case did not pros
per. On the very night that his labors
wretched man got helplessy drunk and was
robbed of his ill-gotten gains by a band of
marauders. A few days later (Oct. 12 Ma
poleon marched out of the ruins of the capt.
tai, carrying with him, among other booty,
the famous cross. Early in November snow
began to fall and soon the Grande Armee
was reduced to mere herd of straggers
miserably fighting its way across one white
plain after another and, leaving behind it
slight elevations to mark the spots where
whole regiments had been engulfed.
Presently the very guns were abandoned
in order that their carriages might be used
for fuel.
When the convoy in charge of the plumber
had reached point between MojaiSk and
Smoleusk despair made the men reckless.
They threw into a lake Golfers filled with
diamonds, pearls and precious stones, YES
sells of gold and silver, historic treasures Of
untold value, retaining only the wood of the
wretched, WORKOUT bodies for the last time.
The Cross of Ivan went with all the rest,
and for some months lay concealed beneath
10 Y1oI16 yvof Thar fha &c Of
the neighborhood, knowing it's fate fished
it UP again, and carried 1t back in triumph
to the Holy City, where ii was speedily re-
stored to its former elevated position, testi-
flying by it's temperance to the inviola-
bility of the Russian empire and the fu-
tility of French ambition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-23
Fall Flowing.

Fall blowing is not approved by some
farmers, but the objections relate more to
circumstances and conditions peculiar to
each farm rather than to the practice or
fall blowing. The farmer who aims to
make his work of blowing most profitable
always aims to have something TO turn
under ii possible, so as TO add to the plant
food of the soil, by growing a special crop
for that purpose If he has time to do so
after harvesting his regular crop. But
whether green material is plowed under
or not, there are many advantages derived
by late fall blowing. 1t lessons the work
that Is urgent during the busy. period Of
and incorporating it with the soil, and it
utilities the frost as an active agent in re-
ducing the soil to fine condition and pull
1t has been claimed that 1t is loss Of
time to pillow stiff clay land in the fall. as
the land will be as heavy in the spring as
depends upon conditions. Lime exerts a
chemical action on Soils. rendering light
soils heavier and heavy soils lighter. When
should be applied broadcast. after the
blowing. From ten to forty bushels per
acre may be used, as preferred. 1t has
tendency to go down, and will be carried
gradually to the lower soil by the rains and
melting SHOWS. 1t changes the soil partial
~ by compelling the substances existing
I'm it to form new combinations, which,
though not sufficient to be very marked,
yet the effect OF the action or the lime VIII
be perceptible sooner or later. and the land
Will De more easily WORKED the pow III
the succeeding spring; as all land plowed
in the fall should be cross-plowed in the
spring and before frost mas finally de-
parted.
The frost. by it's expansion of the par
ticles of earth, breaks all clods, and by
the alternate thawng and freezing during
the winter the soil becomes very fine be-
fore spring. If spring blowing is done
early there will be few late frosts to pull
verize the soil again, which will prevent
packing of the soil formation OF clods,
and ii matters not If the frost comes after
the blowing has been done. Lime is an
excellent pulveriZer of the soil alone, as
well the frost, but combination of
frost and lime is one that is irresistible,
and will bring the land 10 better condition
for spring planting than can be done In
eny other manner. If lime was used more
extensively the average crops would be
greater. and IL fall blowing practiced
ard the soil broadcasted with lime. less
work would be entailed on the farmer In the
spring. while his crops would also 10 bene-
flied from the plant food liberated BY the
lime.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-23
REAL-ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Nine Transfers Saturday, with @
Total Consideration of S12,01O.

Nine Transfers Saturday, with a
Total Consideration of S12,01O.
Instruments filed for record in the re-
corder's Office of Marion county, Indiana
for the twenty-four hours ending at p. M.
Oct. q, 1898, as furnished by Elliott & But
Ter, abstracters of titles. Hartford Block
No. 81 East Market street:
Giles S. Bradley to VIM. A. Eek,
lot 217, in Bradley ct ais East
Washington-street addition. 10000
Samuel E. MorsS, trustee to Will
liam H. Jordan, lot 5, in Doug
lass Park. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SOo.oo
John T. Figg to William Gallo
way, lot g. in block 6, in Indian
apolis Car Company's addition. 10000
Robert f. Poindexeter to Rebecca
& fuckers addition. .............. 100000
Josephine ]. Wolf to l.. E. f. Mil
Ter, lot q, in block 4, in Walk
ers East Ohio-street addition. 5000
Reinhard w. Feldkanp to Henry
NJ. Hunt, part of lot ia, in But
ler's College Corner addition. 100000
Margaret Rudicil to John Moore,
lot 36. in Chamberss subdivision
of 1rvington. ....................... lOO.VO
George w. Stout to Theodore
Vile addition. Observation-Disclosures. 10000
Transfers. 9; consideration. ...... s12,OlO.OO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-23
THE JOBDING TRADE.

Crhe quotations given below are the selling
prices OF wholesale dealers.)
Candles and Nuts
Candies-Stick. &c per 10; common mixed,
&c; @. A. X. mixed. Sc: Banner mixed. 10c:
cream mixed, 1o1Sc; old-time mixed. Sc.
Nuts-Soft-shelled almonds, 20c; English
walnuts. Ice; Brazil nuts loo; filberts. lie;
peanuts. roasted. 7GSc: mixed nuts. 15c.
Canned Goods.
Peaches - Standard, 3-pound slSG2;
3-pound seconds. $1.4e41 so; 3-pound pie.
soU95c; California standard, s2.25G250: Cal
nornia seconds. a.SJGt2. Miscellaneous
Blackberries. 2-pound. s5g95c; raspberries.
2-pound. 81, 20G1.25; pineapple, standard,
2-pound, 81 25fff .35; choice, $2d225; cove
oysters. 1-pound. fun weight. Slgl10; light,
l0Y75c; 2-pound full. s2u2.l0; light, $l.20ap
13o: string beans. S5ffs5c; Lima beans, $1.10
g1-5O; peas, marrowfat. Sl.1001.20; early
June, sl-Asll.5o; Holsters, a.S592: red cher
rieS, 1.zcf.1.25; strawberries. 81. 20ffl 80;
aalmon Gbs). $1.450220: 3-pound tomatoes,
y1.2Dul.2J.
Coal and Coke.
Anthracite COAL all sizes. $3.50 per ton;
psftsbur2 and Raymond City. SIS Der ton: