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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-03-21

A peculiarly Of all great disasters that
have occurred TO iranslantic liners IL that
/ almost every Que has been close IN thore.
This Is for the reason that moot of them
have been due to either coll sion or strand
ing. 10 mldocean the tianslsntic track is
divided into two laues Que to the east and
the other TO the west, The two lanes are
10 midocesD, about fifty miles apart, aud
there have been few instances when liners
wandered away from them
The last ooeasioh was when the officers
OF the American line steamship New York,
bound west alleged lsst summer that
tley had sight The Cuuatd steamship Lnl
CANA, bound east, in mldocean The poi
slllon Of the New York At that time show
ed that she Was 10 the night lane, and that
the Cunsrd steam,Lip was netrly fifty
miles OIL her course.
The Cunard people. in defense, said that
the New Iorks tilicers were trying to den
tract from the performances OF the Lucs,
uia. There Is 10 law, hoseyer,to compel
steamships to travel in these lanes, but as
a measure Of common safety conscientious
captains invariably follow their courses
marked upon I cir charts.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-03-21

witch these newspapers are tur, SAID The
msu 10 toe smotios c,r, (. be lo1k % hl'
glasses sui let biz paper i. .op across h''
kntes
The MAJ slo ssl next to him bad oue
lgoE oi hair 40 easis in desert OF scalp
sbieh he speht most 4 the time ia
smoo'ting respectfully
lsposa, be said slowly, that you could
sive en- ell points9 be ssii deliberately.
la sure oih Couldn't you'
No, | don utthtnk | could,
De You mean to say that you couldn't
tell the editor bow 10 run bis paperf eI'
claimed the kicker 10 tone that had ab.
solute dlsmay 10 it.
DO, indeed, replied The man With the
oasis, earnestly,
WE'LL must say, there are not many
like you.
know II. used 10 be like you are,
But pow I'm trying to run newspaper
myself, and tell you, my Trend, | N not
ssyln word. Not word.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-03-21

iasiesa | Nent up ststs aad looked thee
sil over seloc ed ttst lavcly silver hsol
Of minor and cl,aacd i ap Urui II loob
el .a't like uev, thee -
Sold u io boy the sslsl - see
Nothing oithe tiaa / bon bt 10,
s'lst Di'h The money You gave me- The
mlftor sstt to Matie With oar beat wish
's Won't she be surrrsed Aud Why,
Freddy srt you ill9
Not at all, my dear lau are quite hight
Marie will 20 doubt be mneh .surpllsed
For, you see she herself sss the SIR.
Who returned those presents, that i
IL
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-03-21
Vol I1AlIZ a

Ma bear hor poatla shot sud pevjef irlo
'ae b'Hsou. sIfseser I'm sefry tt btv
20 eatais aay, bot dswesoue ms durs Il
20 ana your Cog balul got 10 hustle a. 40
'ut Of tie sprlu book business
When | made The tnru 10 tho rosd he
Fas stiIl holding The door. bat saw some
'hios that looked likes woman chm hing
oat Of enc ut the side updous utlh sun
10 her haud.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-03-21

Isustcs t. 'ur4 70 zee tue n'aror 10
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-23
SMALLPOX SITUATION,
Wheeling Practically Free From I
Scourge-A Foolish Notion nj IIuntiI

Wheeling Practically Free From the
Scourge-A Foolish Notion nj Hunting
ton.
Yesterday City Health officer Jepson
received a telegram from Vice Presi-
dent and General Manager Burt, of thu
Ohio River Railroad Company, saying
that Health onicer stump, of Hunting
ton, insisted that there were fourteen
cases OF smallpox in Wheeling, and
threatened to quarantine against
Wheeling traffic. He asked DR.. JepsOn
to inform him by wire OF the true state
Of the case.
The Huntington story is one OF those
foolish things that are started every
once In awhile by irresponsible people.
DR. Jepson sent a telegram ut once. CIV
ing the actual facts. There Is one case
only In town, and II is convalesccnt,
and there is but one at the smallpox
hospital, which Is also cOHVnlrsCant.
All danger OF contngion from existing
cases is past, and all infected premise.
have been thoroughly disinfccted
There has not been a new case since
November II. To talk under these cir
Cumstances OF u quarantine is silly In
the extreme.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-23
PLEASANT ENTERTAINMENT
Promised Those VINO Attend the Kin
Daughters Social AZ me Mcclure HOust

Promised Those Who Attend the Kings
Dnughtcrs' Social ~ ,hc Mcclure House,
The Kings Daughters, of st, Mat
thews church, Will give social at the
Mcclure House next Tuesday evening
for the benefit of charity, and are pre-
pairing to make the occasion one OF the
most enjoyable OF the season, Refresh
nenls win be served aud there win be
plenty Of god music, both vocal and In
strumentaL A pleasing programme is
being arranged and invitations have
been sent out to many, with bags in
which 10 send or bring offerings. All
the proceeds are to be devoted to chart
" In. accordance with the spirit Of this
Misunderstanding season, and the young
ladies' extend a hearty invitation to
everybody To attend and assist them in
their commendable work.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-23
NELSON'S FATHER HERE.
The WOald-bs Suicide May Recover Y
10 Bn Tnkem mnme.

Ahp hbUid-hr hNlciue may recover htt'
10 he Taken Home.
bloomfield u. Nelson, the man who
tried TO kill himself at the White Cloud
hotel Tuesday night, is not only stlll
living with the bullet hole In his brain,
but DIR. Hlldreth, who Is attending him,
now says he may recover, He has par
TALLY, though not entirely, regained
consciousness, The wound affected his
eyes, one OF them being horribly swollen
now, but he can hear, und his nerves
seem to respond to the touch The hul-
let Is supposed to have lodged near,
perhaps just behind his left ear, No
euort has yet been made to cut II out.
Yesterday George Nelson, the father
or the man, arrived from his home
near Montpelier, Wells county, Ind,
He mad received word of his sons rash
act from an acquaintance at Butler,
Ia. The reason Captain Bennetts ef-
forts to communicate with him had not
succeeded was that he had moved from
his former home.
When MIR, Nelson went to the hospital
to see his son. the latter evidently under
stood who was talking to him, and
pressed his hand hard and tried u
speak, but could not.
Mr., Nelson, ST., was very DESTROYS To
take his son home with him this even
ms, and after conference the physi-
clans decided that 1t would be safe TO DO
so, The man may be taken On the
Pan Handle train this evening.
Gertrude NARROW, or Clarke, the Girl
who was alone with Nelson when he
shot himself, was resting somewhat
more easily ut the Rescue Home on
Seventeenth street, yesterday, though
stu hysterlcal. She slept better the
night before, but insists that every
time she walked the scene OF tho shoot
ing was as wildly before her us when II
happened. II WAS thought that the
knowledge that4 Nelson's father had
taken charge Of him would ease her
mind great deal.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-23
MARKET STREET PAVING.
The Board Of Publie Works Changes
Plans u Little.

The board Of Public Works Changes It's
Plans u Lille.
Yesterday evening the city board of
public works met to decide what to do
in regard to the paving OF Market street
from Twentieth to Twenty.second 1t
was here that II was contemplated to
lower the grade, but the street railway
company objected to lowering its
tracks, unless the city would pave be-
tween.
Yesterday the company submitted q
modified proposition, Offering 10 lower
It's tracks, and 10 pave them when the
city had completed Il pavement on both
sides. This the board rejected, aud 1t
decided to pave that part OF Market
street on the west side OF the track
there on the present grade.
There Is an ugly hump In the street
Just at the ST. Alphonsus alley. which
II was decided to get rid OF, but under
the new plan II will remain as 1t was.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-23
CRIMINAL NEWS NOTES.
Alleged burglars Cicarsd-cu,es ncror,
the justices.

VIC ohANANAHs
In the criminal court, before Judge
Hugus, yesterday, the case of the State
W.. W. willard and c. Leonard was
tried. The defendants were charged
with breaking and entering the board
Ing house OF Mrs Woodmansec, on
Main street, and stealing from the
rooms OF Charles Geiger and William
Boughncr, two suits Of clothes and q
telescope valisc. Attorneys William 10.
Patterson and i. W. Nesbitt appeared
for the defense. and Mr., Howard for the
state. The caGc lated the entire day,
.nnd every point was HtuhhOrnly con-
tested. The Jury after being out for
two hours, returned at I o'clock with Il
verdict OF not guilty, The attorneys for
the defense urc being congratulated ON
their brilliant and successful fight.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-23

r. T.. Porter was given II hearing yCN-
to-day by Squire pctrrmon ON n charge
Of committing nnmClcW assault on q
child ngrd ton, nuricd Hale The dr.
tails Of the story Of the crime are too
horrible and disguntlug TO print, but II
IL reported that the child may die. The
evidence wna partly heard aud portlr
sent to Jail without bah Tor II further
hearing nj . q. m. today
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-23

The West Liberty State Normal
School. which was placed under
quarantine some time ago, viii reopen
for recltutionR and general work on
next Monday, November Is.
II 81 now sixteen days since there wns
any chance for ContaglOn. The West
Liberty churches will also be open to-
morrow for the usual services. At the
Presbyterian church Temperance Will
be the theme In the morning.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-23

Yesterday u case Of smallpox was de-
velopcd at Dillonvalc, UP the river on
the Wheeling u Lake Erie road. II ig
the child OF an Italian coal miner there.
and number OF persons are said to
have been oXporcd, The house has
been shut, guards placed about 1t and
the schools Of the village closed
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-23
chnrred wlth False prrtrn,,,,

Frank Coats was nrralgned before
Squire Gillcspy yesterday on charge
OF obtaining whlgky, sandwiches. cigars
etc, to the value OF 81 from g. i. Blcry
by false prctenEcB. The nlulrc fined
him $40 and costs, nrd gave him the
alternative Of paying or going to jail
for ton DIVA
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-23

TO make room for our holiday stock
we ofier all OF our present stock of new
and second hand Pianos at reduction
varying from 20 to 40 per cent We must
get bargain.
Il, w. BANNER & co.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-23

NoTuuNd SO distressing as hacking
cough, Nothing so foolish as to suffer
from it, Nothing so dangerous ii al.
lowed to continue. Ono Minute Cough
CureGivesimmediRte relief. Logan Drug
Co., Wheeling, w. Va, b. T. Peabody,
BonwoOd and Bowie 4 Co., Bridge.
port, y. l.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-23

THE most novel muAIcal booth You
over saw Mt the Cathedral Fair Cattle.
dral basement, next week.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-23

orr nm elegant Thnnbpglvlug din
nor NJ the Cathedral Fair Admission
Toe, dinner 600. supper Zoe,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-23
DIED.

suERRATT-On Friday. November %. 1895, at
Rap. M, EusNS ODESSA. daughiorO Of Thomas
and Emma L. sherratt, aged months and
~ days,
Funeral from tho residence Of grandmother,
Mn. Susan = Miller No. ll2o Charles street.
on Monday moraug at 10 O'Clock
Pittsburgh papep please copyI
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-23

DON'T Iailto have pair Of those ole.
giant so 90 Trousers made to order nt
&. HIsii a. sons.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-23

REMEMBER the admission Is only
100 at the Cathedral Fair next week,
Cathedral basement.
The National tribune., 1895-12-12
ROANOKE ISLAND.
Confederate Surgeons Narrative of

Confederate Surgeons Narrative of Hi,
Capture and the Death of Capt. Wise,
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Apropos
of Comrade Simmons's article on Reducing
Roanoke" in the issue of Sept 6, met DIR.
Sandy Gordon, an eX-Confederate Surgeon.
few days ago, and he thus narrated his ex-
perience there:
Il was practicing medicine at Brandy
Station when entered the service. / was
assigned to the 18th Va, and sent to western
Virginia, where we fought around in the
mountains and got the worst of it, those
Western troops being splendid fighters. L
was finally assigned TO a hospital at Louis
burg, and when / broke that up was as
signed to the Wise Legion on Roanoke Is
land.
Well, when the Union troops attacked
we did not get much of the first days fight,
as the Federal gunboats and our forts were
having 1t. The next day, Feb. 8, 1862, the
Union troops advanced from Ashley's Har-
Dor, and we prepared to meet them. DIR.
Coles. Surgeon-General of our command.
ordered me TO establish hospital in rear
OF battery about the middle of tine island,
and 1 had just got ready when the shells
from the gunboats came tearing along. Col.
Anderson, 18th Va, came along about this
time, and told me that was no place for a
hospital; 1T was exposed 10 an enlilading
IRE, and to come from the battery over to
near the line of breastworks. He then gall
loped of. He had been in Nicaragua with
walker, and was daring soldier.
pushed forward after the Colonel.
soon the firing commenced and the bullets
new thick around me, 20 stopped and hur-
The National tribune., 1895-12-12
An Asthma Cure at Last.

Medical science at last reports positive cure
for Asthma in the remarkable Kola plant, a
River, West Africa Its cures are really mar
velous. Rev. ]. l.. Combs, of Martinsburg, w.
We, writes that it cured him Of Asthma of City
years standing, and Hon. l.. g. Clute, of Gree
ley. Iowa, testiies that for three years he had
to sleep propped up in chair. being unable to
lie down night or day from Asthma. The
Kola Plant cured him at once. To make the
matter sure, these aud hundreds of other cures
are sworn to under oath before a notary public
So great is their faith in its wonderful curative
powers, the Kola Importing Co., 1854 Broadway
New York, is sending out large trial cases of
the Kola Compound free to all sufferers from
Asthma. Send them your name and address
on postal card. and they will send you large
trial case by mail free. 1t costs you nothing,
a nd Won should surely try it.
The National tribune., 1895-12-12

md mounted there Capt. Tiemeyer, Of
this battery, was not only the brsvest little
Dutchmsn in the army, but one of the best
suuners in the Seventeenth Corps. The
Other section of the battery was on the
Hastings.
A sh. ri distance below us. and tied to the
same bank, was the transport Rob Roy, har-
iuv OH her bow two 50 FOUNDER Parrott guns,
which were effectually served during the
battle.
Soon after taking our position, the battle
began: the artillery and infantry on the
Transports and all the gunboats but the
Osate. taking part. The transport, being
lashrd TO her starhoard SIDE, was between
her and the rebels, and prevented her using
her guns; though, on account of the high
bank, doubt if her guns could have been
elevated enough 10 be effective. The crew
# the transport were forced to take refuge
on board the monitor during the battle.
The gunboat Lexington rounded The bend
last above Us, and op'ned with her bow
guns, but soon drIited under the high bank
ano went below. The monitor Neoshe toll
lowed, opened first with short-fuse shell,
then canister, but, like the Lexington, got
under the high bank, where sne could not
use her guns, and went below.
On The Emerald Capt. Tiemeyer stood by
the gun on the hurricane deck, direct ng its
fire, and also that of the gun on the bay
below. When Gen. Green came on the field
the upper gun was just loaded. Capt. Tic
meyer sprans 10 the gun:
Mine Get! Let me sight dot gun. l
kill got Sheneral."
Maj. Virgin, of the SD, who was standing
by him, 9 AS in hand, said:
You can't hit him."
Capt. Temeyer replied: i can. 1 can
shoot his tam ket of"
The Captain sighted the gun and gave
the order 10 fire, and Gen. Green fell, with
hIs head shot off. A squad of officers and
men picked bim up and started for The rear,
but charge of canister from the Rob Roy
swept Them down, and no further attempt
was made during the battle.
After about two hours fighting the rebels
with a loss OF 200 men and their
commander, Maj.-Gen. Thomas Green. Our
loss was slight. Tie place where this battle
was fought was called Pleasant Hill Landing.
When we got to Grand Ecore our division
left the feet and guarded the rear of the
army in its retreat to Alexandrla.-W. >.
PARR, Co. A, 33d Wis, Mszomanie, Wis.
The National tribune., 1895-12-12

Representative John c. Bell says: I'VE
have almost boom ON in Colorado. doubk
u Colorado was ever more prosperous than
sow. or had better prospect open before her.
Inc discovery OF gold in large quantities has
doomed every line Of business There is nos
an IDLE man in the State. If we had no re-
gard for any other part of the country, Colo
RADIO could get along very well with COM
binatiOn of free trade and the gold standard,
but we do not want either one or the other.
because the people of Colorado are patriotic.
The State might have a wall put around ii as
nigh as mountain, and we would live well,
having everything within our own domain
necessary to comfort. We are producing sill
yer as well as gold at profit, and our manu-
faeturers, orchards, vineyards, and farms are
prosperous. Our people are as earnest as ever
10 support of the free coinage of silver, but in
tine end it will be the Eastern people moro
than ourselves who will suffer from the con-
traction of the currency
The National tribune., 1895-12-12
SHOT HIS HEAD OFF.
An Incident Of the Fight at Pleasant Hu
Landing.

an OF the right at Pleasant Hill
Landing.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In vour
issue OF Nov. z, in an article on the Red
River expedition, by Capt Bragg. late u. s.
Navy, Duluth, Mimi, occurs this passage:
The monitor Usage sustained and re-
pulsed an at ack of whole brigade of
rebels, under Grn. Thomas Green. with a
loss TO them Of 200 men, Green himself he
ing killed"
As was an eyewitness and PARTICIPANT
~ that engagement, viii Try and tell now
the Usage didn't do it.
Above Grand Ecore the feet was accom-
panied by The SeEeHteenth Corps division
unoer Gen. Thomas X. Smith, which was a
part Of our A. j. Smiths command. When
We arrived al Springfield Landin, The after
doom % the lOth OF April, We fond a large
steamer sunk across the river.
While Admiral Porter and Cen S,,;,h
were con sui'ing M regard 10 removing this
obstruction WORD was received from Cen
Banks that he was defeated. and for ns %
fan back. Soon after the Great began we
were harasscd by force Of resels on the
north bank Of the river But il wss not
very serious matter 10 keep them IN check
the infantry and artillery on the transports
taking part with the gunboals in their re-
pulse.
On the afternoon Of the 10Th, the transport
hastings, on which was Gen. Smith, had
olsaDied her wheel, and was repairing it,
tleo TO The south bank. In the middle of
tne river was the monitor Usage, aground,
ana alongside of her was the transnort
White Cloud, trying TO get her off AS we
neared the Hastings, we observed a negro
coming to the boat. He was Immediately
taken on board. We were signaled TO and
ordered back up the river to take the ripbt
OF the line
We ran up the river a short distance and
tee TO the north bank, and q part of the
infantry landed 10 keep back the force thai
mad been fighting us from that side On
board our boat, the En- raid, besides the 33d
Mls., was section of Battery NJ, LIST Mo.
j.. A., two three-inch rifles. That morning
platform had been built on the hurricane
deck, and one OF the guns was hoisted up
The National tribune., 1895-12-12

| ried forward to the line, where the men were
holly engaged. Col Anderson lahghngly
said to me: Doctor, you can walk faster
and lower to the ground than any man i
ever saw"
"Word came that Capt. o. Jennings Wise
| was shot. / went to him and found that he
was shot in the right lung and right leg. /
had him put on a stretcher, and started to
| the rear with four men carrying HIM. As
we passed around pond he was shot again
| in the left leg as the bullets were flying in-
discriminatory.
"When we looked back and saw the line
was broken and retreatiDg. aud heard the
Union forces cheering, pushed on 10
Shallow Bay, ard | put Capt. Wise in boat,
which we all entered, intending to pull over
| to Mays Head, as was afraid they might
not treat Capt Wise right, account of
being Gov. Henry A. Wlses sen, and he was
OF the same opinion.
1--WE had only pulled out short distance
when some Union troops came up the
beach on double-quick and called us to
stop; but, as | told the men 10 pull the
harder, they commenced firing at us. Then
they fred by company as we got farther off,
and as | saw they were preparing to fire by
battalion. Capt Wise told me not to risk our
handkerchief, and we pulled back to shore.
'As soon as the boat touched the land a
number of soldiers rushed upon us and were
hauling ont our things and going through
MS, but little Major rode up and drew his
pistol and, cursing them, made them leave
US in hurry. tsld him who we we're, and
he bad the four men with me taken prison.
ers and sent four of his men to carry the
stretcher to the hospital, on the other side
of the island, where Capt. Wise died.
Il was, with the other prisoners, put
aboard merchant ship with q lot of Con-
federate soldiers in a close hold. The Cap
tain was a rough character, and tried to
treat the prisoners and especially me, whom
he knew was an officer, as badly as he could.
Just before sailing for Elizabeth City
young officer of Burnside's staff came
aboard, and when he came into the hold |
spoke to him about the too-clOse confiement
of the prisoners.
Who are you, sr?' said he.
am Confederate Surgeon replied.
The devil you are!' he answered, and
treated in this way. I'll see TO that
Wbereupon he went on deck and soon re-
turned and called me. saying: 1t is rule
to treat an officer as an officer, and now you
have the freedom of this ship
after that the grulf Captain treated me
well, and / ate my meals with him and we
took our grOg together, which he furnished.
We became excel ent friends. ard before
parted he treated the other prisoners very
well also"
Now | think Dr. Sandy must have been
slightly frustrated when he spoke about
being fred upon by platoon and company,
for l see in Comrade LanIbein's article of
May % that Capt Wises party were cap
tured by squad of Co. G, 9th N. Y, near
Back Bay, on Roanoke Island, while trying
to escape in boat to Nays Hcad.-W. f..
DOYLE, Stevensbnrg, Va.