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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-28

Among tho officers Of the Si1ty-frst
Pennsylvania there was on average of one
wound or death stroke for every officer in
the regiment. Three colonels, 5 captains
and II lieutenants were killed while lead
ing their men into battle. In the Eighty,
third there were 971 killed or wounded out
of 1,S0S enrolled. The deaths by disease,
etc., numbered 1853, and there were S97 of
tho surviving wounded permanently dis
ablod, making, with the killed, an aggre-
gate of S32 or as per cent destroyed with,
out counting those disabled by sickness,
hardship and prison life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-28

Avoid sleeping in an undergarment
that has been worn during the day. If
the change from woolen underware to
a cotton night dress produces q chilly
sensation, then provide one of soft,
light flannel. Such garment has the
additional advantage of requiring less
bedclnthing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-28

The maximum strength of infantry was
1000 men; of cavalry and heavy artillery
1900 The long service regiments received
additional recruits. The First Maine
heavy artillery and the Thirty-first infan-
try entered the field in 1864 and their
losses were incurred within ten months
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-28
NEW JERSEY.

Dead cavalrymen were no myth in the
Army of the Potomac, despite the sneering
pun which delights soldier-haters. The
First New Jersey cavalry was engaged on
3s fields, where its members were killed.
In the Fifteenth New Jersey infantry 100
men out of the original complement Of 947
were killed in battle
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-28
WISCONSIN,.

Wisconsin contributed the Sixth regi-
ment to the Iron Brigade. 1t lost In pris-
oners 132, making the casualties aside
from the disabled excluded in this compu-
tation 9o5, loss that fell upon 1908 men
enrolled.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-28
MINNESOTA.
MINNESOTA.
Killsa; d; W'd's; pss DIED; d Totsli al

1st infantry. I67 545 % b54
When General Hancock ordered Colonel
Colville to lead his 262 Minnesotians on
that forlorn charge at Gettysburg, where
215 out of 262 were shot down, he did pre-
cisely what the government had the power
to do at any time with every man enlisted
to fight for the banner. "I would have or
dered them in there" said Hancock, chad
I known that every man Of them would be
killed"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-28
TO HONOR THE BRAVE
OPENING OF THE MILITARY PARK OF
lCKAMAUGA-CHATTANOOGA.

Great Preparations For the Celebration of
Sept. 10 and go, Which Will Be Attend
ed by Thousands of Veterans From North
and South.
Nowhere in the world except in Amer
lea is there any such battle memorial as
that furnished by the national park on
the backgrounds of Chickamauga and
Chattanooga, to be formally opened on
Sept. 10 and 20. This park is to the
west what Gettysburg is to the east,
and, although the task of marking the
lines of battle, the positions of different
bodies of troops and the spots where en-
ceptionally severe fighting took place
has not yet progressed as far as at Get
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-28
MICHIGAN,

The "dead cavalrymen" Of the three
gallant Michigan regiments fell on s6 diff
ferent battlefelds The Twenty fourth in
fantry fought in the Iron Brigade, where.
as has been stated, the casualties in battle
alone averaged more than 80 per cent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-28
OHIO.

In the Seventy y-third Ohio there were
6s1 casualties in battle among 1857 men.
Deaths and disabilities from other causes
incident to the service would swell the to-
tai to about 1000 men.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-28

In the First Massachusetts, the ten COM
panies averaged per cent killed in battle;
tho lowest was per cont, the highest 9
per cent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-28

The Fifth New York (Duryee's Zouaves)
lost 119 killed and 1877 wounded out Of 400
engaged at the second battle Of Bull Run.
In two of it's battles the aggregate was 4O4
killed and wounded out Of $40 present.
The Forty eighth lost 40 Per cent and the
Sixty ninth almost go per cent in killed
and wounded alone.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-28
KENTUCKY.

The Nineteenth Indiana fought in the
Iron Brigade and with its companion regi-
ments lost in killed and wounded alone
over 80 per cent Of its enrolment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-28
1,159,m

Many would be counted twice or even
three times in this list, which is official,
except that fractions Of q thousand are dis
carded. But after allowing for oil Of the
repetitions the startling fact remains that
nearly 1000. 900 out of the 2,000,0O men
who wore the blue risked all that makes
life worth living.
And it is possible to verify on an exten-
siye scale tho facts assumed as basis for
this argument In the 800 Union regi-
ments whose records are given minutely in
Colonel Fox's work, "Regimental Losses,
the showing of casualties is greater than
to 9, taking the deaths, wounds and the
dangerous cases recovered on the above
plan. Each of these regiments lost 100
men or moro by death on the field of bat
tie For the purposes Of this argument
they are but typical. While there were
many hundreds Of regiments in the Union
army where tho loss Of life in killed was
less than 100 in each, yet the service per-
formed was one Of exposure equal to any
and tho execution in battle and elsewhere
as important.
Table Of casualties in 300 regiments,
prison and hospital cases, not fatal, exclud-
ed:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-28
ILLINOIS.

The Fifty-ffth Illinois lost over 40 per
cent in killed and wounded alone. 1t
marched 8,240 miles and travelled nearly
1000 miles by boat and rail
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-01

der in the vicinity is as round as a pan
and ne hard and smooth as glass.
Williamson River. California IS
nroving to be a splendid trout stream:
I NJ Moore In twelve days caught Il
Thai weighed 271 pounds. The trout
are i'm excellent condition and are ierce
fqbters Trout are being distributed
in.tbe California streams in large guam
rites If let alone for season Iue
supplv of fish in the future would De
almost inexhausuble. v,,,-
Frank F. Holmes has left TOT VIM
+broD Island. Oh the Massachusetts
coast where he Will spend seVeral
weeks fishing. ,.o.,s
superintendent Of Streets Mcdonald
has returned from the Lakota Cluo
rendezvous. The Lakota lakes are
known as the north and south twin
lakes The muskellunge and bass are
plentiful in them.
A familiar sport now along the Mis-
souri, is Juggling" for catfish. The re-
ouisite tackle for this sport consists
of five or six empty jugs. tightly cork
cd with corncobs. and a stout line hVe
feet in length. with a sinker and large
bool, M the end. One of these lines
bangles from the handle Of each jug
and lures the catfish forward by bait,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-01
NOT so AMFULLY SLEEPY.

What station was that?" demanded
the passenger in the rear seat, suddenly
rousing himself, Strengthening up and
projecting his voice through the dimly
lighted car.
The conductor, who was coming down
the aisle, stopped and held the lantern
close to the speakers face.
1T was Bragdon," he replied. Amt
YOU the man that wanted to get on at
Smallville?"
Il am" rejoined the passenger. i
asked you to wake me up when we got
there. and you said you would
Il did wake you up
ooh. you did, did you? How far have
we gone past Smallville?"
"Fifty-five miles"
And you walked me up? Strange l
didn't know anything about it,!
81 shook you, called out the name Of
the station and you said all right and
reached for your hat. l supposed you
we're wide awake. Several passengers
got off there and I took it for granted
you were oneof them"
We'll. l wasn't I'm pretty hard to
wake up. You ought to have been sure
about it. had friends waiting for me
at the station. It'll make an awful
muss. l wouldn't have had this hap
pen for a thousand dollars"
"You can't telegraph them, can you?'
81 suppose l can. What's the next
statiOn?"
"FlaxwoOd"
Does the next train back stop
there?"
yes"
"Wen. you give me a note to the con-
ductor, can't you. telling him to pass
me back to Smallville? It's as little as
you can do. It wasn't my fault that 1
got carried past"
The conductor scrubbed few lines
on piece of paper and handed it to
him.
We're coming to Flaxwood now" he
said. looking at him sharply" Are you
sure you're awake?'
"Tll get off here, anyhow" responded
the passenger, grabbing his valise and
starting for the door, whether I'm
awake or not"
As the train pulled out of FlaXwood
the brakeman standing on the rear
platform of the last coach heard a
voice calling out in tn darkness:
Hello, old fellow! l was afraid you
wouldn't be here to meet me. came
all the way on a 50-cent ticket. There's
more than one way to beat a railroad
b'goshr-Chicago Tribune.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-01

the square from Tut. They were fully
$50 yards apart, and all the lines ran
diagonal to the line of fire between
them. I mention it because it makes
Wild Bills shot all the more remark
able. The minute Tut came in view
he pulled his pistol, as did also Wild
Bill. They were too far apart for Tut,
who had no idea that Bill could reach
him at that distance. But he didn't
know Wild Bill. He raised his gun and
fired like flash, and Tut dropped dead
with a bullet in his head, fully 100
yards away.
wild Bill was so sure Of his aim
that he never paused, but whirled on
the crowd behind him, several Of whom
were friends of Tut, and had half
drawn their pistols to revenge him.
Wild Bill was too prompt and quick.
He covered the gang in general way
with both his pistols, and remarked: =
Was that on the square, gentle
men?
"The effect of such witchlike skill
on the nerves of the crowd was too
much. They were completely subdued
by it. The general view seemed 10 De
that the killing of Tut was on the
square. and that ended the business.
Wild Bill stayed in Springfield as long
as he pleased after that.
Back in 81 | met the man who was
playing cards with Wild Bill when he
was killed in the Black Hills. / forget
the old fellows name, but at the time |
met him he was captain OF Missouri
River steamboat called the Lady Lee,
running between Kansas City ana 81.
Louis. The bullet that killed Wild
Bill struck the old captain in the fore
arm. after passing completely through
Hickox's head.
'The old captain told me when via
Bill was shot he was dealing the cards
They we're all playing poker at the
time. His assassin shot him in the
back of the head. The bullet crashed
clear through and came out under his
eve striking the old river pirate in the
arm. Wild Bill never knew what hit
him. and his taking of illustrates that
aphorism of the Bible, They that i've
bv the sword shall perish by the sword.
"The remarkable thing about II all
was that. although Wild Bill was deal
ing the cards. and had not the slightest
notice of the shot which took his life,
vet when he was picked off the floor
both his pistols were in his hands, and
one was cooked. Some medical man
lecturing on the latent impulses OF the
nerves might get good lecture some
time out of the fact that Wild Bill drew
his pistols after he was dead.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-01
THREE OCEAN DISASTERS.
Two Vessels Wrecked and One Burned
FiftF-Six Persons Lost on One Ship.

Two Vessels Wrecked and One Burned.
Fiftg-Six Persons Lost on One Ship.
San Francisco, August 31.-Albert
Rostrop, a sailor on the ship Sarah
Bridgeway. of Philadelphia, which was
burned recently off the coast of Queens
land, Australia, tells a thrilling story
about the loss of the vessel
1T was a wild night off the Queens
land coast" said he, when the Ridge
way sprung a leak. The seas were ter
rife. Great waves swept completely
over the decks. l saw three of my
shipmates carried overheard. Hardly
had the last of them been swept off,
when l myself was struck by a yard
and mass of rigging attached that had
been torn away by the force OF the
gale.
THE captain saw that the vessel was
fast sinking and finally determined to
leave her in the small boats. l was
unable to move, but the captain would
not leave the ship until had been
placed in one of the boats. We were
five days on the sea, and finally made
a landing when the storm had gone
down at BOndeberg. Help was sent to
us from the nearest English settlement.
Just as we were leaving the Ridgeway
the captain set the ship on fire. For
hours we could see the blaze on the dis
turbed ocean, making an almost ghast-
ly light every time the gale famed the
flames"
Australian advices brought by the
steamship MonOwaii are to the effect
that on the Sth inst, the steamer Cat
terthun struck on the seal rocks off
Sydney, at 2:90 in the morning and sank
in fifteen minutes. The boats which
landed at at Foster contained three
Chinese including sixteen of the crew,
and four white men, among whom was
Captain Frazer, the pilot The other
boats contained the captain of the
steamer and other officers, who are
missing. The steamer had eighty-one
on board all told. Accounts are con-
flicting as to the number saved which
are variously stated as p or %, but
the latter is certainly the limit. There
were 10000 pounds in specie on board
The Kerosene laden ship Hilaria was
burned and sunk at Port Melbourne on
the 9th of July, and the investigation
of the cOroner's jury resulted in finding
that the ship vas wilfully fired, and
the second mate and a Waterman were
charged with the crime.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-01
Silks, SatiDS and VeIVetS!
Special bargains in Figured and Plain Taeta Satin Luxor
eros Grain, and all the latest novelties and designs


Printed Duck Suitings, 121ac quality,
S1ac.
Gamers yard wide Percale, the 1212c
kind, sac.
Jaconet Duchess Lawn, the most pop
ular wash goods at 1219c, at &c.
Plain High Color Crepons from 1212c
to CSC.
Dark Challies, wool effects, made to
retail at zoe, yours for 6Ac.
French Crepons, fancy and plain, re-
duced from 25c TO 1212c.
Lace Stripe Organizes, dark styles,
worth zoe and 25c, at &c.
Pongees, dark styles, sold at PFC
and 15c, at 8Ac.
Linen Damask Doylies, High Colors,
Fringed, &c each.
Linen Dresser Scarfs, slightly soiled,
90 at one-half price.
5S-inch Bleached Table Linen at 25c.
Bleached Linen Table Mats, fringed
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-01
BILIARDs AND JUSTICE MIXED.

81 once had a case in the Justices court
in a little village up the coast, remark
ed an attorney yesterday. THE justice
of the peace kept a saloon, and at the
hour for holding court l dropped in at
his place of business with opposing
counsel and found him playing billiards
with the constable.
" Where do you hold court, Judge
asked.
fright here. I can't afford to hire
no court room
Well, when will you hear this case?'
Right now.
q looked at the other attorney IN a
surprised way. but he had evidently ap-
peared in that court before
Well, your Honor, to expedite mat
tiers, we will waive jury, | said.
"'All right. Go ahead with your case.
Is it my shot?'
I'VE proceeded with the trial and the
Justice went on with his billiards. l OBJ
jected to the introduction of some evil
dence. and, without stopping his play, the
Judge ruled:
Objection sustained. Them balls
are froze. Spot 'em up.
HALF a dozen teamGteTs dropped in
and disturbed the trial. They were cla-
morous for liquor. The justice laid his
cue on the table and remarked:
Court'll take a recess for ten min
utes. What'u you have, gents?
The Judge slashed the empty glasses
around in a bucket of water awhile.
wiped his hands, picked up his cue and
ordered:
Proceed with the case, gents.
Whose shot is ito
Il was in the middle of my argument
when the constable attempted masse
shot. He ripped hole in the cloth.
You are adjudged guilty of contempt
of court declared the judge, and the
Judgment Of the court is that you pay a
fine of So or in default thereof serve five
days in the county jail. You want to get
some stickin plaster and fix that hole,
too
I'VE concluded our argument and sub
mitted the case.
Hold on; you made only six. judy
ment for the defendant. And you took
seven. vas the decision. San Francis
co Evening Post
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-01

i'm line across the middle of the
stream This line is called a "trot.
though lust why it should have such
an appellation is difficult to ascertain,
but a variety of reasons have been
suggested. chief of which is that by
the action of the big waves the line
makes q movement similar 10 that OF
horse tr0t. However. that may be, IT
is called q "uot line, and the smart
fastener who once undertook to cor
rect a Jug fisher by insisting that it was
trout line. got himself ducked for
both his interference and his ignor-
ance.
When the jugs are all set they will,
of course. float down stream. and the
iugger I'm hls rowbOat will find himself
very busily engaged following and
keeping track of them. After an hour
or. more. one of the jugs will begin TO
behave I'm q strange manner turning
upside down. boiling about, darting up
stream and then the fisherman knows
that a big fish is hooked. The chase
which follows is exciting enough for
any sportsman. The jug may disap-
pear at frequent intervals, rising again
many yards below where it first went
down. This is where the skill of the
fisherman comes i'm. He must first
catch his Jug. and then play in his trOt
line with all the skill and patience
which ne can command. A sudden
Jerk is liable to give his fish a chance
10 Jump Off the hook. and then his pa
tient labor viii be lost The hauling
in Of the line must be almost impercep-
tible To- the fish until the surface is
reached. when q quick movement will
land it I'm the bOat.-Inter Ocean.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-01

On a fine spring morning about two
years since I started I'm company with
a party of friends for The famous fish
ing lakes Of Northern Wisconsin. We
were prospecting" the chances of
black bass. lt was quite early In the
season, but not 700 early for Judge -
He had arrived long before MS and sat
upon a ledge of rock. rod I'm hand. the
very picture Of sentinel patience UNI
relieved. Railing him from distance
7 asked with the natural instinct of q
fisherman. "What luck. judge
Luck, sir2 Worst luck In the world,
sir, been fishing here for four hours,
and havnt had q nibble,"
what bait are YOU using?'
Capital bait live frog sir"
I ventured TO suggest mildly that
perhaps Give frOg" was not such very
capital bait whereupOn the Judge
burst forth.
Don't tell me. sir, You can't teach
me anything. sir, Don't I know? Best
bait On the world. sir: only the luck;
awful luck. four hours without a nib
bler
By this time we had reached the
Judges position, and while preparing
our tacle Mr.. -. one Of the party
observed d. frog sitting en- the bank,
within q few feet of the Judge. said
he.
Judge. let me catch a fresh bait for
YOU. I see q frog on the bank close be-
side YOU"
Thank Won. sir; I wish YOU would
catch that frog. sir; It's been staring me
in the face an the morning I believe
it knows that I have one of it's family
on my hook. Ha, ma, ha, Catch it,
sir. by an means catch it,.
Mr.. shortened his rod, and.
cautiously striking with the sharp end,
pinned the frog through one of It's him
der legs. just then. as Mr.. - was
lfing alOft his prize, the Judge began
winding up his reel, and uttered JOY
Gus cry: NJ
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-01
Keep Quiet I've

Hold still. sir, Keep quiet; I've
got bite.
RAPIDLY wound the reel rapidly
came fin the Stacking line until the last
few yards of it noated upon the surface
of the stream. and then. with a face
that BODIED thunder, the judge turned
TO Ar.
'Why. sir. you've caught my frog.
And so t was The frog with the
impulse of an amphibious animals
when wounded. had made for the shore
and there it had crouched for four
hours. directly under the Judges nose,
and holding his hook out of water,
III. g. Tucker. general western agent
of the Philadelphia and Reading. has
returned from a fishing jaunt at Lake
CHtberall where De went with E. W.
Bedlle.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-01
CHOLERA AT HONOTJrTU

San Francisco, August 31.-The news
brought by the Monowaii of the break
ing out of cholera in Honolulu does not
alarm the local health officers. Il do
not apprehend any danger from the
spreading Of the disease to this port, -
said DR.. Chalmers, for every precau-
ton will be taken to prevent it from
gaining a foothold. The quarantine
regulations are strict enough, if carried
out, and all vessels arriving from Homo
lulu would be submitted to the closest
inspection"
This is said to be the first time chol-
era has been known in the Hawaiian
islands.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-01
GIFTS TO THE QUEEN OF THE
NAVY"

Boston, August 91.-A handsome solid
silver service of eight pieces, large
picture of Minneapolis and an elegant
upright piano of Minneapolis manufac-
ture were presented to the cruiser Min
neapOlis, the Queen of the Navy" at
anchor in the Boston harbor, this fore
noon, by a committee Of prominent cit
liens of that city, composed of Mayor
Robert Pratt, Colonel c. c. McReeve,
State Senator J. F. Wyman, J. S. Nc
Lain, editor of the Evening Journal,
and U. S. Senator George b. Eustis.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-01
ELKINS FOR EDITOR OSBORN'S
PARDON

Columbus, O., August 91.-Senators
Kearns, of Missouri; Elkins, of West
Virginia, and Quay, of Pennsylvania;
Editor Ford, of the Irish World; Pat
rick Egan, the Chillian Minister, and
State officers of the G. A. R. are behind
an effort to be made to secure the par
don of w. J. Elliott, serving life SEN
tence for the murder of A. c. Osborn
a local editor, in 1890. Minister Egan
has promised Elliott a position in Chilli
There is great opposition here to the
DardOn
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-01

which usually consists of bit OF
cheese wrapped tightly in a piece Of
mosquito netting. TO prevent its being
washed away.
The fisherman bats his hooks care
fully. inspects his lines, puts the jugs
into a boat. and rows out upon the river
dropping the jugs about ten feet apart
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-01

Just now anglers by the score are
ieaVing Tor the West 10 seek trout and
0ass ~ The mountain streams. Re
ports coming from the wild regions ~
.le ROCKIES and beyond are encour-
FRED Gardner tells a capital story on
'',... OF lne eminent jurists in the city.
W younger fisherman always regard
l~ y1ts as an ideal angler.
remarked AIR. Gardner as he was ar
hanging his fly book 20 start for the
Wisconsin lakes. He continued.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-01

BLACK bass and pike we're caught in
ot,,,D5aoce NIr. Beddle landed a
beaptiful five and a half pound red
r,,orrbe5 bass The fish IN this region
are verv willy and pugnaoious.
Lake CItherau is "a beautiful eX-
pq1se Of water and is remarkable for
fbe evidence of the glacial period on its
shores. The rocks near by are highly
polished. Trunks Of peculiar trees
hayeZbeen uneaFthed. One huge 5eEl-