Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-16

General G.. l.. Strickland, who died
recently at Charleston, 5. G., was an
educated Swedish officer, who came
| to this country at the outbreak Of the
rebellion and volunteered in the Union
army, says the New York sun. He
served mostly with the army of the
Tennessee, where he soon became
noted as brave and able officer.
lie was chief of artillery in Logan S
division at the siege of Nicksburg,
| and Immediately after the explosion
Of the mine By night, under the adj
vauced bastion of the rebel defeuses,
displayed the most extraordinary
courage. He accompanied the assault
ing column into the crater, and there.
assisted by couple Of soldiers, busted
himself in cutting the fuses OF
siX-pounder shells lighting them
with porttre and throwing
them rs hand grenades over
the parapet into the rebel works. His
example was soon followed by the
rebels who in turn converted the
crater into vsritable death trap,
with grenades improvised in the same
way, the bursting of which spread
havoc in the confused mass Of Union
soldiers who had crowded into IL.
She'll after she'll burst over his head,
at his feet. in front OF him. and be-
hind him. covering his face with dust
and powder, cutting locks out OF his
yellow beard, and decorating his
cheeks with splinters Of iron, bat with
the pOrtfre in his hand, the yellow
glare of which fell full upon his face
and framed il with light against the
background OF gloom he stood un-
moved and imperturbable at his work.
mistaken BY the explosions, I'M
daunted BIZ the danger until success
was hopeless, and he and the troops
were ordered out of the desperate
Judgment they had gained No drawer
sight ever was seen by human eyes
than Stollbrand. the Berscricr, il
the crater at Nicksburg.
He sighed for Lost Leg.
There is a very fine portrait Of the
late General Grant on the walls Of the
art gallery Of the Hoffman, New York.
II is balanced BY an equally fine one
Of the late Roscoe Conkling. and the
celebrated painting Of 'Thc Nynphs
and Satyr' divides the counterfeit
pressntments Of the two great stal.
warts" 4 great many visitors pass
through the place daily, and among
them many ladies. OF course they
pause before the great canvas, but Il
n 81 ipnst h1yr al
inyariable turn to the much smaller
picture Of Mr. Conkling on the right,
while the gentlemen as invariably |
stop to call attention to the portrait
Of Grant on the left. On the biz
picture they must look il modest
silence, but the portraits Offer an
opening for renewed conversation.
Now and then an old soldier catches
q glimpse Of the Grant portrait for the |
first time. and off comes the hat ~
the living to the memory Of the dead. |
\ few days ago a gray-haired man |
with a wooden leg stood before the |
portrait hat in hand for nearly a min
ute. As he turned away an audible
sigh escaped him.
ol know nm, prcsumc?' said /
another man, who had two legs ana
wasn't quite so reverend.
'N-n-no, not exactly"
Great soldier, eh?"
"f-y-yes; he got my leg in the VII.
demcss' ! was confederate"
No Need to Count Them,
Napoleon in the course Of his Ttal.
ian campaign, took Hungarian bat
talon prisoners. The colonel. an old
man, complained bitterly Of the
French mode Of fighting, by rapid and
desultory attack on the flank, tho
rear, the lines Of communication. etc
concluding by saying that he fought
IN the army Of Maria Theresa. "Yop
must be old said Napoleon. ..Yns
am either sixty or seventy" wa. The
'eply Why, colonel, " remarked the
5orsican. You have certainly lived
ong enough 70 know how 10 count
ears q little more Closely Gen.
'rti'' said the Hungarian, II reckon
ny money my shirts, and nv horses.
tut as for my years, know that
lobody viii want to steal them, and