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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
JOHN n. SURRATT,
His Escape From Capture When He Wa
Papal ZOuave.

His Escape From Capture When He Was
a Papal Zouave.
Whether Surratt was in the city on
the day Of Lincoln's assassination will
probably never be- positively known
During his trial he attempted to prove
that he was in Elmira, N. Y, doing
special service for the Confederacy, and
the proof which he furnished was suffi-
Gent to convince out Of the 10 jurors
that he was not present and took no
part in the plot. Surratt claimed to have
first learned Of the murder on the morn
ing following the assassination from the
newspapers while in Elmira and on the
next morning, while en- route to New
York city, of his suspected completely
in the plot. He fled Immediately to
Canada, where he remained concealed
by Catholic priests for nearly five
months. Leaving Canada, he went to
England, thence to Paris, and thence to
Rome, where, under the name Of Wat
son, he enlisted in the zouaves Of the
pope.
While in the Papal zouaves he was
recognized by a Canadian acquaintance,
who betrayed him. On the day follow
ing his arrest, while under the guard of
six men, he leaped blindly from rocky
precipice over 100 feet in depth, and,
alighting by chance on projecting rock
30 feet below, clambered quickly down
the abyss, escaped, reached Naples in
the course Of week and sailed to Al
exandria on the same vessel which car
ried the instructions to the consul there
that led to his capture. He was finally
brought back to the United States and
tried at Washington by civil court.
The trial extended over a period of two
months, and more than 200 witnesses
appeared on the stand. The jury dis
agreed, as above stated, and the govern
ment did net prosecute the case further
-Four Lincoln Conspiracies, by Vic
tor Louis Mason, in Century.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
Long Shots.

The longest distance that shot has
been fired is a few yards over Is miles,
which was the range of Krupp's we'll
known monster 100 ton steel gun,
firing a shot weighing 1900 pounds.
The Ill ton Armstrong gun has an ex-
IRENE range of IA miles, firing shot
weighing l, 800 pounds and requiring
$50 pounds of powder These guns,
however, proved too expensive, being
unable to stand firing 100 times, and
their manufacture has practically been
abandoned. The 20 ton Armstrong gun
hurls solid shot for distance Of 10
miles, and the discharge of the gun can
not be heard at the place where the ball
strikes. From 10 to IS miles is the COM
puted range of the most powerful guns
now made, and to obtain that range an
elevation of nearly As degrees is found
to be necessary. Quick firing guns are
more depended upon at the present day
than extreme length of range, and in
this respect what is considered the most
wonderful of guns, perhaps, is one of the
Maxims, which can fire as many as 600
shots minute and yet is so light that
a soldier can carry it strapped to his
back. Financially regarded, the. i'm
mense sum Of $195, 600 was expended in
constructing the monster Krupp gun,
and each projectile cost 50, $50.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
Club Dinners In Gotham.

When the clubs Of New York were
fewer and their houses were smaller
than they are now, the restaurants had
a monopoly of all the big dinners of a
semipublic character. Every one of the
dozen or more large clubs in New York
now has a kitchen where dinner can
be prepared for several hundred people
with as much attention as the largest
restaurants could give to it. Many
large dinners have been given at the
new Metropolitan club During the
winter the Lotos gives half dozen din
ners in its clubhouse, each one Of which
is attended by 900 or more people, and
as many as 275 persons have been dined
there. The University and the Manhat-
tan clubs give large dinners from time
to time. Of course such dinner neces-
states the services of extra walters, but
it does not strain the kitchen service
New York Letter.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
TWO CUTE FOXES
Thsy Had Fun while. banned Hurasrs
d W0ndsned Where They War Hiddan

Thay Had Fun While Bamed Huno ~
Wondsned Where They We're Hidden.
IN Cutting is told the story Of pair
Of foxes that for astime, at any rate,
enjoyed the sport Of fox hunt. The
dogs jumped them, but after awhile the
trail ended at pond
About the center of the pond was a
bent tree, the two ends of which were
in the water, while the highest point Of
the curve was perhaps 20 feet above the
pond. The dogs were working about
the pond, looking for the trail, and the
men were looking, too, and they were
beginning to feel rather curious, espe-
cially as every fewmoments they would
hear fox yelp sharply. It seemed to be
derlsive bark, which it probably was.
After awhile a movement in the top Of
the curve Of the tree in the pond attract
ed attention.
Upon this tree, . the account con-
tinues, seated comfortably at the point
Of its highest curve, was an old dog fox.
The cunning rascal had travelled across
the pond on the logs, then scaled the
bent tree, and while we watched he
jerked his goodly brush up and down
and barked his derision at the whole
performance. After awhile we saw his
vixen seated on an adjacent log. They
were simply watching the futile efforts
of our pack to locate them, and, likely
enough, they enjoyed the experience.
One OF the men got up wind from the
animals and his scent drove them out.
The dogs took the male fox's trail and
drove it at last to log spanning a
ditch, on which man was sitting. The
fox did not see the motionless man till
close enough to be reached, when, with
frantic leap sideways into the water,
he escaped the grab. The race did not
last long then. The wet fox gave off
strong, easily followed scent, and the
wet brush was like piece of lead, 50
the animal was killed by the dogs while
the men rushed in afoot to get a closer
view.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
BULLETS fN BATTLE.
An Old Soldier Tells How II Feels % h
Shot

An Old Soldier Tells How II Feels; % h.
Shot. :ss - SB#s
The old soldier, with q hot toddy be-
fore him, was communicative
How did you feel when you went
into your first fight?'' the reporter in
quired, as most people do when they be-
gin to ask a soldier questions about his
experiences.
II felt as though there were mil
lion places in the world I'd rather be
than where I then was, = was the frank
response.
Were you afraid?'
'tOf course I was I knew those fell
lows shooting at us weren't doing it for
their health or for ours, either, and I
knew enough about guns to know that
they were dangerous.
But you overcame your fear as the
fight progressed?''
'.sAnyhow, didn't mind it so much.
After awhile I got mad, and then I for
got about myself and wanted to lick the
entire army against US. -
"Did you ever get shot?''
"Once only, and it was queer about
that. You read stories in the papers
about how it feels to be shot, and sup
pose they are correct, for every man has
different way Of taking his cold lead.
I've seen men shot square in the fore
head, stand for an instant as if turned
into stone and then drop without ever
bending a joint. Some I've seen run
screaming away and fall dead with the
scream on their lips. I've seen some
grab and clutch at themselves and spin
around as if they had been hit with a
club and didn't know what the matter
was; some drop quietly and say nothing
about it; some jump high in the air
and fall stiff as pSkers, and so on
through list of them, no two alike.
"In my own case, was fighting in
the woods in a skirmish in Virginia on
a terrific hot day. TWAS lively in there,
I can tell you, and I wasn't thinking
about myself at all. We had started on
run through an open space after the
Johnnies, and just as we slowed down.
when we saw they had got too close to
the main body for US to go after them
began to feel sick and weak and told
the man next to me that thought I
must be sunstruck. He began to say
something, and everything grew dark.
The next I knew was in hospital
with a hole through my chest. When I
got it or how, never knew, but it
couldn't have been more than ten min
utes before collapsed, because man
couldn't stand up long with that kind
Of a ventilator in his bosom. ''-Wash-
ington STAR
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
A Loaf of Bread Over 600 Years Old.

The Soar family of Ambaston, Derby
shire, England, have a curious heirloom
in the shape of loaf of bread which is
now over 600 years old. The founders
Of the family, it appears, were great
friends Of King John. When that mon
arch died, he made several land grants
to the Scars. One of these tracts, it APP
pears, had always been conveyed with
a loaf Of bread as a witness of good
faith. When King John made over the
papers to the original Soar, he sent the
traditional loaf along with the writ
ings,' and the deed and the loaf are
both kept to this day as sacred relics.
st. Louis Republic.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
Funeral Plants.

The olive, oak, laurel myrtle, rose
mary, cypress, amaranth and parsley are
all funeral plants among the Greeks and
Romans. TO be in need of parsley"
was Greek euphemism indicating the
death of the person SO described An
Athenian army once marching against
the Lacedemonians was stampeded on
its way out of the city by meeting two
mules laden with parsley, the omen be-
ing that the whole army would soon be
in need Of that article.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
No Endearing Ties Tween East and West


But there is another view, most po-
tent Of all, which must be considered
as affecting the solidity of the United
States as now constituted. Until the
present time the west has been bound
to the east by ties Of parentage and
home. The western man who was sent
to the senate or the house of representa-
tives was born in the east; the western
merchant who had accumulated a little
money turned his face to the east to
visit the old homestead or the last rest
ing places of his parents. He loved the
east because it gave him birth. The
present generation in the west feels no
such thrill, is bound by no such endear-
ing tie. It is Of the west, western; it
has breathed a new atmosphere; it has
imbibed new likes and dislikes In the
generations which are yet to come the
bond Of sympathy will be still further
removed.
The representative in the r ifty-fourth
congress from Wyoming until he visited
Washington recently had never been
east Of Chicago. There are men in Cali
fornia today to whom Washington is as
distant in every sense Of the word as
China is to us here in the east. When
President Harrison went to the Pacific
slope few years ago, he was visitor
from strange country. The present
chief executive has never seen the Rocky
mountains, much less set foot upon the
broad domain which slopes from their
snowy peaks to the ever blue Pacific
Henry Litchfeld West in North Ameri-
can Review.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29
His Tune.

I'D like to hear you play the violin,
Mr.. Tillinghast, . said 7-year-old Tom
my Dillingham;, who was entertaining
the caller.
''But I don't play the vic,in, Tom
N.Y.
Then papa must be mistaken. I
heard him tell mamma that you played
second fiddle at home. - Exchange.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29

The man who should invent ma.
chine SO that people could drop penny
in the slot and pick out a name for the
baby would surely make fortune-it
would take SO many tries to get a name
to suit.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29

In the year 1868, Mr.. J. R. Watkins first began
the manufacture of DR.. Wards Lniment. For
years he struggled along with limited means,
Striving with ali his powers and at times despair
ing of success, but at last established living,
paying business, and made the name CDR. Ward's''
household word in thousands of homes. Dur
Mr.. Watkins little thought that men could be
found so lost to every principle OF right and
justice as to undertake to despoil him of his bus
mess, and themselves to attempt to harvest the
fruits of his lifelong labors. However, in this
matter, he learned that he was mistaken. In
various parts of the country, sprang up bogus
Gust as GOOD as pr. Wards" frequently leading
customers into thinking they had the genuine
article. Therefore, in order to protect his busi-
ness and the public from being imposed upon,
Mr.. Watkins bought from Richard Ward, the
world wide right to use his name as trade
mark for full line of medicines, and caused the
same to be registered in the U. S. Patent Office
No. 1855. ~ +
All customers are hereby cautioned to see that
9 DIR: # WARD "WatkinS" and "Winona"
are blown in every bottle and printed on every
wrapper, and take no base and dangerous sub
Stitutes.7 ...-- - s.- 81
THE J. R. WATKINS MEDICAL COMPANY, :.
Sole and only Successors to J. r. WATKINS and
RICHARD WARD,
Winona, Mimi.
G. F. Thayer is agent for Brown Co.,
MINI. Wait tor him.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-29

A plumber in Bremen or Hamburg,
by hard labor and in favorable season,
can make no more than IS. 40 q week.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-06-23
THIS OU3OlS iOEA

Senator DUBOIS, gives This as his
idea OF the way to run thu cnmpaign
for silver. He says: TIE Drmo-
Gratis now hav- an "pl"itunjtr To Ie-
deem the plpdg S they have ieen
making to the people 50 many wears.
We "ffer them Filler in ne utm"sr
good fifth. The light tor currency re-
form cannot be- w"n til, va VIII
anybody elsn.
THE situation il simple With "A
strong anti-fr-e made feeling in tn.
Middle and far Yves -rn ,ni Nortt.rt,
States, We could not hope t. give tn.
Democratic ticket, headed by any cid
line Democrat, more than sixteen
votes of The electoral cnIl-ce. Tues .
would come from the States that with
drew from the St. LOUIS convention.
But with Teller at the head of tn-
ticket bearing the Democratic >t4rl-
ard aud with the organization OF thai
party at MS back. we are sure t. d.
liver the party sixty-One vut-s wet Of
the NJ IS ,uri riv~r. W. have Quit the
Republican patty and are intensely in
earnest. W. are willlng t. make ANY
reasonable one SSinnS t. tn ID mo
Gratis, as | said before. and if they "a
But they have not Vet bIOuLht the
man forward, and they cant do It.
sim ply because theV haven't got him
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-06-23

A man named Fairbanks vas tenn
porary chairman Of the %Republi'an
convention, in St. Louis. He is n ranh
gold bug millionaire, and his All
dress to the convention wa an Insult
to every free cOinage mAn in the as
sembIy-theIe were but few. We want
it distinctly understood that he is MT
any relative Of the proportion of the
Times. This may be to his crenit. but
we are dead sure il would be no credit
to US to own uch IA fool gold bug fer
a relative.-Dayton Tins.
Does the Reno Gazette still think
that the free coinage of silver can
only be secured through the Republic
can party? If so, does Bro. Bra.g
think the st. Louis platform is a step
in that direction? Please enlighten US.
Independent.
We have no doubt in the world but
that Brother Bragg considers that the
Republican party is the only party in
the country that a give us free coin
sge, and is perfectly happy and cou-
tented in his belief.
The nanagers of Mckinley are said
to have a 500, 100000 sack to use to
elect him. This money IA contrib
uted by Wall and Lombard street
bankers, and represents but a small
portion of their stealings from the
producers of the country. How do
YOU like the idea Of having these rob-
bers use the money they steal from
you. to concoct schemes TO rob you Of
more, Mr.. Mudsill.
Editor G. H. Sproule of the Elko
Free Press has been rewarded for his
patriotism to the Republican party 10y
being appointed national cOmInittee-
man from Nevada but this will hardly
pay for the loss of subscribers to his
paper Weekly.
The APPEAL thinks that Mr.. Spronle
will live to see the day when he will
repent his curse at st. Louis.
"If the Republican platform de-
clares for free coinage [ will not be a
candidate. 7 would not run on a free
silver platsorm."-Wm. Mckinley.
Bar silver, Gag.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-06-23
estray Notice.

The following described live stock have
strayed to my pasture:
Red COW and calf. Left ear cropped.
Circle p brand on left hip.
Also red and white steer, left ear crop
ped, right ear split. Brand on left hip
circle P.
4hey have been in my pasture since
April 10th 1896.
The owner can nave the same by pay
INC paStnra@e charges and paving for this
advertisement
Mrs. !. P. SWEENEY.
I1IITID
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-06-23
A ESTiON

The Silver Convention Will be held
at EIkO, Would it not be Il prom +
recognition of ne services of the Elk
independent for silver, TO make NJ
BoOher rhe Chairman Of the Cnnven-
ton 1t would b. IA pleasant thing
for Mr.. B oher, a fitting hing t. Tive
press of Nevada and Incidentally re-
buke the FIRE. Press mar who sto0t
by the loaves and fishes insead o.
free silver in ST.. Louis. The APPEAL
nominates Brother Bouher Chairman
of the Silver State Convention.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-06-23
PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES.

NJ Mt of the United states, Soprrintendents Of
nee. Cu>on City, Nevada. June g h, 1896.
Sea Ell proprsa = WI ! ne rec iv. d bv tn under
81 81 uni l. "'clo K noon, n 1he 25th dav O.
June, 1896, for furnisnin, such supplies 20 may
be reQulr d b tbs NJ Gu in- the twelve
ntfs end ny June so, 1897, embr cinl acids and
oth"r c. tmic es, wm d, cha c., II sal, borax,
>oda, oil , crucIble-, covers, $ i e $, uck gloves,
c 'tt"n cloth, r, goods, metals, hartt ware and
ther he 'sSa V supplies. Schedules n blank
fmnI- 10" rrrIoSaIs with inroIm no a. to The
gu uti Is of each a ticIe hit will probably be
+ gu red, vii be furnished II a ,pi icaJlon. Pro
po~a's will be ems d-red : pera'ely On each
'lIc!r, nd wiz lie &c e tied in whole y in part,
tn 'ght 10 ri ct any or all p oposAls being re-
5 rveu.
acquisitions wi ] be made on the parties whose
b DIS may be IA ct ptrd, nd the "A ticis must lie
I irn shed without delay, Pro- o~ais to re, Give
c n>l'tera 10 M I be Il c IN pal ed bv I So III
bo'' WIN ne or more sure e. and by syn les
such desc iptI' II NJ the art c es as Will C early
d s>ignate the kind II d gu Ity 'roposaIs
sh"lild be addreS ei Ia the unue signed an i'll
closed wi n d coy # tne aIver Use ent. in ,
>enlei e, We ope, mdo sed Proposals or Sup
p'i,s."
The bids vii be opened AMI re-1-terti At the
GU named in t e IT seacS OF The bidders and he
officers az h. Mini.
}. ". ADAMS Superin>nd Mt L. ;. Mint, Carson
City. New.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
The New Pension Law.

The following sections Of the
new Pension law indicate what
classes will get pensions:
"SEcTIoN $50. The following per-
sons, soldiers and sailors, now resi-
dents of South Carolina, who were
in the service Of the State or of the
Confederate States in the late war
between The States shall be entitled
to receive from the Treasurer of
the State monthly payment of
eight, or six, or four dollars, to be
paid in the manner and on the
terms and conditions hereinafter
set forth.
"Sec. $40. In order to obtain the
benefit of this Chapter, such SOL
dier or sailor must show: First.
That he was bona fde soldier; or
sailor in the service of the State
of South Carolina or of the Con-
federate States in the war between
the States. Second. That while i'll
such service he lost a leg or an arm,
or received other bodily injury
whereby he has become disabled.
Third. That neither himself nor
his wife is receiving an income ex-
ceedlng the amount of two hun
hundred and fifty dollars per an
mum or that he shall show that
he has reached the age of sixty
years and that neither himself nor
his wife is receiving an annual in
come of che hundred dollars from
any source: Provided, however,
that the widows of Confederate
soldiers and sailors now residents
of this State, who have reached the
age of sixty years, and who are no'
receiving or enjoying the benefits
of IN annual income Of one hun
dred dollars from any source, and
the widows of soldiers and sailors
as provided in Section 954 of the
Revised Statutes of 1898 shall be
entitled to receive tie benefits #
this Chapter. The word income,
as above used, shall be held to in-
clude the gross amount received as
wages, salary OF from any other
source. The persons entitled to
pensions under the provisions of
this Act shall be paid he amounts
hereinafter set forth, 10 VT:
a. Ali soldiers and sailors who have
lost both arms or both legs. or
sight, or who are physically help-I
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
The Edgefeld Cotton Factory,

The contract for building the
Edgt field cotton factory has been
signed, sealed and delivered, 1t calls
for completion Of the structure
and delivery of the keys to Presi-
dent Fisher on or by the first of
September next, the machinery to
be in place in ample tine for the
coming cotton crop,
The building is to be erected near
the Oil Mill, about seventy-fye
yards west of it, will be two stories
in height with Monitor roof, 226
feet long by 70 feet wide, with en-
ell SO feet long and 40 feet wide.
The Mill will have q capacity of
5000spindles and $50 looms; and
will be lighted by electricity and
heated by steam throughout.
The contractors name is d. K,
Cecil, and, he has arrived; he is on
the ground; he is here.
Let us sing! (Bro Rus Bodie
will raise the tune.)
She's comm down the mountain
When she comes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25

da ccunfyf, lis assi@"s aad succ"S-
srrs and l:rir successors for the
purpoao. afurosaid agains: me au;i
my hrlrs asa against Hii oth"r per
sons lawfully claiming III" same
or any part there"f. Provided 81
ways nevertheless, amd l!js the
irlq iatant and meaning of This
deed OF conveyance. that il the
said Saludl county or its >s.tilsai7ss'os
thoriies should fail TO "stah?isl1 m
cause to bp established tie said
County Sc; or site on the lands
herein conveyed as aforesaid, then
this ,inrd Of conveyance is TO be
null ard void, otherwise 20 remain
III full fore nld rirtun.
Witness my hand and seal this 2Sth
day Of February in The year of
our Lord 1886, and in the one
hundred aud twentieth year of
the Sovereignty and indepen-
deuce Of the United States cf
America.
Signed sealed and delivered IN
the presence CT w. B. Millwer,
Il. T. Cook.
JolrX P. llIcKLER, l.. S.
c. a. Alic!ller $ dover renounced
February 2S, 1896. R. B. Black,
Not. PUB. S. G.
$1100 dollars to be given in ad-
dition to the iamd.
Mar. 1876.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25

less, the sum of eight (S) dollars
per month.
b. All soldiers and sailors who lost
one arm or one leg IL said service,
the SUM OF six (6) dollars per
month.
c. All other persons entitled to PEN
sions under the provisions of this
Act, the sum of four (4) dollars
per month.
Provided, however, that should
the sum provided by law for pay
ment of pensions bo found INSULT
cient to pay all pensioners IN full
the State Board of Pensions shall
be empowered to reduce the rates
herein provided, and pro rate the
same in such manner as will re-
strict the total amount disbursed
within the amonnt appropriated:
Provided, further, That all per-
sons who are included in class a
shall first receive the full amount
therein stated"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
"MAHDI." "

Will make the season of 1896 at
Eeggie Bros. stable. Augusta. Ga,
commencing the 18th day of
March. "MAHDr' is a beautiful
Bay Hose 16 hands higa, fine
bone and substance, and is very
stylish in appearance. He stamps
his offspring with all of these de-
sirabie features. His colts are
very promising for the track as
we'll as roadsters. He will stand
for the small sum of $15 90. Fol
further Information aid pedigree
call or address.
HEGGIE BROS.
Augusta, Ga.
March 1876.