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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11

sympbA1Y. Clssice was one u 0ssN
wuslclaus n instinct rather than b.
training. who wasder from flower u
flower with a sweet righteousness, steal
ing the honey ont of every blossom; now
a joyous little bit Of Mozart. q rondo or
minuet; now an andante or an adagio
from n of Chopin's wild. wailing move
ments. half a dirge and half a war cry.
What Il jolly lot you know" exclaimed
Lashmar. Il wish you'd sing Barbara
Allen PRESENTLY. l was outside in the
corridor last night when you were sing
ing it."
Clarice looked up and smiled at him
with her sweet childish smile. The Misses
MacAllister had been far from civil to
her and she did not love them. They
resented her inordinate wealth and dis
approved of her beauty. A rich girl had
no right to be pretty. Lady Lashmar's
favoritism was also an ~offensc. Clarice
was petted and 1attered, while they were
only t~o'erated-they who had cultivated
their minds and were able to enter the
arena of argument upon equal terms with
the sterner sex.
Clarice sang her old ballads and Lash
mar Stoned in dreamy silence. Yes, his
mother was right. She was Il very sweet
girl. somewhat oycr-childish. perhaps. for
her eighteen years. hut passing lovely.
Erminc robes and a coronet would not be
too good for her delicate beauty. lie
wondered whether he was beginning to
fall in love with her.
Go be c%ontinucd.)
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11
Marvellous Musical Memory.
Go be c%ontinucd.)

When Mendelssohn played Gu the
piano or the organ, the listener felt the
great musician and composer in every
bar. The mans musical memory was
marvellous. Sir Charles Halle, who, in
1912, spent several weeks with Men
de!ssohn at Frankfort. describes In his
autobiography" three instances Of
the composers memory. He writes:
The greatest treat was to sit with
him ut the piano and listen to innumer-
able fragments from half forgotten,
beautiful works by C%herubini, Gluck,
Bach. Palestrina and MarcellO. 1t was
only necessary to mention one Of them
to hear 1t played to perfection, until 1
came to the conclusion that he knew
every bar Of music ever written, and,
what was more, could produce 1t inn
mediately.
One morning Hitler and I were play
ing together of Bach's organ pieces
on the piano-one of no particular in
terest. but which we wished to know
better. When we were in the middle Of
it-a part hardly to be distinguished
" hiuAy oNhC SAAAAAAA OAC
door opened. Mendelssohn entered, and
without ~interrupting us, rose on tip
toes, and with his uplifted finger,
pointed significantly at the next bar
which was coming and contained an
unexpected and striking meditation.
So. from hearing through the door a
bar or two Of a-fOr ELECTROMAGNETIC
commonplace piece. he not only recog-
nized 1t at once, but knew the exact
place we had arrived at, and what
was to follow in the next bar. His
memory was prodigious and his knowl-
edge intimate.
1t is well-known that when he re-
vived Bach's passion Music" and con
Quoted the first performance, he found,
on stepping to the conductors desk,
that a score similar in binding and
thickness, but Of another work, had
been brought by mistake. He con
Quoted this amazingly complicated
work by heart. turning leaf after leaf
of the book he had before him in order
not to create any feeling of uneasiness
on the part Of the musicians and sing.
ORG ...
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11

Why, the man trusts us! You saw /.
has no bodyguard-well, I'll be ono -
his bodyguard.
"You all know I've no love for Yam.
KEGS. I would cut the heart opt !,
Frank Blair IL l could, but Gen, Gran.
was u friend and neighbor. WIN
I've seen him give his last S. n
poor widow whose house was b,rn.
down. You all remember Tom Harris,
widow. Some of you fellows hauled
props with him, and now when he
trusts us and comes home here with.
out a b%odyguard he expects to be treat.
ed like a gentleman, and by the AL.
mighty he shall be. if my fist has anv
weight"
Hes a Id Yankee soldier. Ha.s
killing our men," yelled some one. ut.
all war. anyhow"
well %kidnappin' amt war;" replied
Abner. Its sneaking business IA
Jump in on q man when he's home to
see his wife and children, and I'm not
going to be a party to 1t.
More than this. It's easy to carr,
out your plan. We could kidnap Gran,
easy enough, but what would thu
Northern armies be doing Tomorrow
and the day after? There wouldn't he
a man of us living, nor one brick on ton
of another in three days from now. Iva
been harnessed up by 'em and
don't intend to be again" His word.
and voice carried conviction.
This stops right now. 1t don't 20
another step. Gen. Grant will sleep I'm.
disturbed tonight and he goes back to
St. Louis and Cairo undisturbed. II
he is killed or captured let it be done
by Gen. Pillow or Gen. Buckner in a
fair and square fight"
The meeting ended right there. The
hotheads ~apologizel, and the peddler
skunk away. "Ah. that was a big speech
you made" said the younger brother.
as they went across the fields. You're
right. but it's a terrible temptation.
Grant seems to be going up steadily.
but Pillow will attend to him.
On Feb. 16 Ulysses Grant took Don.
elson from Buckner and Pillow, and
became Unconditional Surrender
Grant."-Hamlin Garland. in New
York Sun.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11
A Preachor's story.

The new pastor Of a church \
New York told q pointed story recently
at a reception rendered him soon after
he took charge. A gentleman observ-
ing a friend seated on q lawn inquired
what he was doing there. Sitting on
a wasp" was the reply. why don't
you get up?' continued the i~nterrogator.
Il thought Of doing that" answered
the friend, hut I decided that ! was
hurting the wasp al much al he was
hurting me.s THE moral OF It" con-
Guided the pastor, is that II you do not
ut on me I will Mt stng you."
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11

| Of her making a good housemaid than il
she is allowed to stay here, where she'll
always remember Lnshmar's idiotic indul-
gence."
Il have told you that l mean to bring
her up under my own eye rejoined her
iadyshiD, in Il terrible voice. Il shall seq
that she is taught properly, and that
above oil she learns to forget her foolish
childhood. and to understand her position
rs a frirndless orphan. who must learn to
earn her daily bread"
"A friendless orphan. repeated Stella.
in a faint whisper.
Oh! " here was Lashmar? Why did
he not come and stop their cruel talkingY
She clasred her hands in an agony of
despair. She called out in a faint scream.
too weak to cry aloud, as it were strug
Cling In = nightmare dream:
Lord Laahnlar. Lard Lashmar"
A face-a bright young face, handsome
as Apollos-loOIed in Mt the door. only
for a fash. 1t gave way Mt the next in
slant to the stern countenance Of the
dowagar.
Are you awake, child" she asked.
Please ask Lord Lashmar to come to
me- cried the girl piteously.
You cannot see your benefactor. Lord
Lashmas." said the stern voice. You
will never see him again. Cannot You
understand what this black gown of mine
meansy
HE is deady' shrieked the child, and
then remembering that Ominous word
dropped. unawarcs ty Betsy. 1T was his
funeral
Yes, my unhappy child, your bene-
factor was killed in the accident from
which you narrowly escaped with your
life. The loss for you is a bitter one in
the present. although Il may be a bless
ing to you in the future. My step-son's
foolish. indulgence might have ''rcn your
ruin, here and hereafter"
Stella heard not a word Vt this little
sermon. Dead! She had never thought
that he could die. Dead! Never more to
look upon her with those thoughtful eyes;
never more to speak to her In that low
tender. voice; never more to touch her
with that hnpd whose gentle touch upon
her head had always seemed to Ter az a
blessing.
MY friend. my father!' she cried. "Oh.
heaven; b. good to me and let me die.
too"
That was to be her prayer at morning
and nightfall, for many a day to come.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11
CHAPTER VII.

1t was October when the new Lord
Lashmar came back to the castle, with
a chosen company of bachelor friends, old
comrades of Eton and Oxford. The dow
ager was at Lashmar to receive them.
She had not left the castle since her STEP
sons death. Her presence had peryaded
the mansion like a dark and brooding
cloud; or at least it seemed so to Stella,
who shivered even ut the distant sound of
that voice. Not once had they two met
face to face since the day when those
cruel lips told the child Of her bereaye-
ment; but it was enough misery for Stella
to know that the stern ruler Of the house
was within its. walls, to hear her deep
toned voice from afAr.
Lady I.ashmar was not alone when her
son arrived. She had summoned two
other dowagers. one frisky and one strong
minded, to bear her company. The strong
minded dowager, Lady Clan MacAllister,
had two strong-minded daughters, and
these also were hidden. Their presence
made an excuse for having Ciarice Dane
brook continually at the castle. A very
feeble cousin of Miss Danebrook, who
was reading for his divinity examination,
made a fourth. The frivolous dowager
WIS Inc Aau1OuS OElauS, Lazy k1lllOOC-
ough, who had been young and q fashion
able beauty when William the Fourth
was king. She dressed a. ~youthfully now
as she dressed then. and skipped about
the room A. sayly, r~earranging the fur
niture in that bright, airy way OF hers,
famed for her exquisite taste in the som
position Of those pictures which fashion
able drawing rooms now offer to the en-
lighteued eye.
Lashmar and his friends arrived in time
for dinner. He had spent q couple Of
nights in London, had arranged to meet
his guests at the station, and to bring
them down with him. There were two
newly fledged cavalry subalterns; q
younger son who was preparing himself
for the family living, and q younger man
who was nobody In particular, but who
was much better read and more amusing
than any Of the other four.
Clarice wa very sweet aud LashmaI
gradually awakened to an idea Of hel
sweetness. He began to leave his friends
in the b~iltiard-room or the s~moking-room
OF an evening, and to sit by the piant
listening to those quaint old ballads ant
| those melodious bits plucked here and
there out 81 the heart d . aonata o
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11
A Womanss Nerve.

n WOuH0AA r4H
Zone Of the most remarkable tnings
1 ever saw was the capture OF ten req
els by a woman" said a veteran the
other day. II was in Kirby Smiths
army on the retreat from Cumberiana
Gap. One morning, wncn our gin
was about twenty-six miles from wild.
cat mountain, some Of us saw a ME O
ten men, all Of them Confederates.
marching toward our lines, and behinu
them marched a woman with a mus
ket in her hands. As soon as they sos
to the Federal lines the woman turnea
the men over to our colonel rs pflS
Oners.
Several Of us who were on duu
around headquarters crowded arouno
her and asked her how she a man
aged to capture ten men si~ngle-handeu
She told us that her husband had en-
listed In the Union army and left ne-
to take care Of the house, which ~
between the two armies. Eleven Coz
federatcs had come to the house tns1
morning and proceeded to make tnen.
selves at home, killing her. chicken
and roasting them, and taking up Y
carpets to make horse blankets. TIT
broke up q lot Of furniture, and =
woman began to get mad. So. WIZ
they sat down to eat the stolen chaS
ems, she took their muskets away IT..
the corner In which they had plae M
them, retaining two for her own
and then, opening the door q. the ro@
In which they were sitting. inform
them that they were her prisoners ~
Zone Of the men made Z move
grab the gun, but she let him have
right between the eyes, and he dropp
and never said another word.
grabbed up the other gun and CO.
Informed the other ten that II -
didn't march to the Union camp
would shoot the first one, that ~
ranks. They we're badly scared,
none OF them were In 4 hurry TO-
the fate ef their conrade, %
went.n
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11

The only real rooster that was ever
honored by a military funeral and a
tombstone was owned by Major Thos
Williams. OF the Confederate army. The
rooster went by the name of General"
and Major Williams acquired him it
the following manner: Before the battle
Of Culpeper Williams went to a house
to get something to eat. The daughter
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11

Of the family mel him with the little
bantam and said the family was pre-
pairing to fly, and the pet chicken was
all that was left. The girl was pretty
and she looked wistfully Mt the pet
chicken, and the gallant Major swore
that the soup pot would V be the
bantam's destiny. General wens
through many battles perched on the
limb Of a tree. At the close OF the war
he returned to pleasant farm life, Dut
he missed the excitement OF wal anu
the blare Of bugles, and poor little Gen.
eral dropped and died. He was buried
with military honors and his grave u
marked by a tombstone.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11
Grants Narrow Escape.

NE winter AFTER
noon of 1SG1-'62 a
man on Il II
drew rein in a
Nilsson ri la II e
w | thin speaking
distance of two
young men husk-
ing corn in COM
pany with sever
al adult negroes.
1t was about 4
o'clock Of a cold.
gray day.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-11
THE BOOMING CANNON
RECjTALS OF CAMP AND CAT.
TIE INCIDENTS.

Survivors Of the Rchcllion Relate
Many Amusing and Startling Incl.
dents Of Marches, Camp Life, For0g.
,np Ex p~eriences and Bottle Scenes.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-15
A HOT WAVE,
Of Unusual Severity Reported Sweep
ing Over the Northwest.

Chicago, October IA hot wave Of
unusual severity is reported throughout
the west and northwest. Omaha had
the most uncomfortable temperature
to-day, the mercury climbing to 80 in
the shade, which is a record for the
month of October. Dubuque, Iowa,
also came to the front with demolish-
ed record, the temperature Il ere show
ing Sc in the shade-the warmest ever
known at this time of the year at that
point All through the State of Iowa
the heat is reported as excessive. Des
Moines reports So, Davenport Sc and
other places announce temperature as
uncomfortable as that of these three
cities. The heat at all points was in
creased by a strong south to southeast
wind, which felt as though it came
directly from a furnace.
Chicago came near to its hot record
for October with q temperature of SO in
the weather office, which is 80 on the
street level. One day long ago the
mercury reached 81, and that is the
record
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-15
ST. ANDREW.
The Brotherhood Convention Opened
at Buffalo Yesterday--An Address
by Bishop Walker.

Buffalo, N. Y, October 1.-THE con-
vention of the Brotherhood of ST. An
drew opened here at ST. Paul's to-day.
The Rev. VIM D. Walker, Bishop of
Western New York, delivered his
charge to the Brotherhood in the course
of which he said:
Il can not help recognizing the posi-
bility of peril in the Brotherhood. if it
ever, as an organization, or in any of
its parochial chapters undertakes to de-
part from the sound law which gave it
birth and which lies at the foundations
Of its continued existence"
The bishop spoke of the benfits of
organization to laymen. Speaking of
the problems of society, he said:
who of us can look abroad at the
strange contrasts in state and estate
between men, the wide abysses between
masses and classes, without noticing
that the majority of the world are in
solmen, grave trouble"
Speaking of the desires of the masses
he said:
"Utopia's dazzle, Bellamy's regenerated
social system or a Howells' Altruria strike
the fancy, and the pleasing visions of the
brilliant fiction breed discomfort 1t is not
the direct truth which they accept or
want. 1t is some distorted view of life
and duty. To help to the brighter plane.
you. my brothers. have offered your SER
vices. 1t is a serious responsibility You
are undertaking to handle that strange,
sensitive thing-a human soul"
The convention was called to order at
2:45 o'clock this afternoon. The interna-
tional committees report was read It
told of the work and condition of the
brotherhood and says in part:
In the church in the United States.
there are 1,226 chapters, with u GOO mem
bers; in the Dominion of Canada 2l2
chapters, with $500 members; in Scotland
y chapters, with 100 members; in Aus
tralia 40 chapters, with $50 members: in
the West Indies and South America 16
chapters, with 800 members In the
Church Of England, where the movement
has but recently taken organized form.
40 chapters. with $50 members"
James L. Houghtaling, of Chicago. has
been appointed president of the brother
hood in the United States
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-15
A FAILURE.
All Efforts of the United Mine Work
eIs to Secure a Settlement Prove
Vain Disheartened.

Charleston w. Va, October 1.-THE
effort to adjust the differences between
the coal operators Of the Kanawha VAL
ley and their men has failed absolutely
and President RatchfOrd left tonight
for Columbus, disheartened over his
failure Two conferences were held to-
day between a committee of miners, in
Guiding President Ratchford and Chris
Evans, and a committee of operators.
The price offered by the operators was
80 cents for soft and Sc cents for hard
coal The miners accepted this but
when the question of a signed agree
ment to bind all the operators was pre-
scented, they objected. They wanted the
owner of each individual mine to make
and sign separate contract. This was
the first disagreement, and the second
one was ON a demand made by the
miners that the men should not be dis
eliminated against for not dealing at
the company store The operators re-
fused to agree to this and the confer
ence was at an end President Ratch-
ford feels bitter towards the operators.
He said he came here fully determined
to settle the strike. The miners. he said.
had conceded nearly every vital point
and he was convinced that the opera
tors were determined to fight the min
ers' organization in West Virginia. He
says the fight will be continued on the
part OF the coal diggers and he does not
now hope to see a settlement at any
time soon.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-15
Small TAIN.

Last evening officer Knabe ar
rested John Burns for indecency.
The Council Committee on Ac-
counts is called for this evening.
The Mozart Singing Society will
give ball next Wednesday evening.
Mrs. R. V. Ankle will shortly build
a frame residence on South Eoff street.
Members Of Wheeling Lodge. No. %.
B. p. o. Elks. will attend the funeral Of
the late Capt. Cline to-day.
The Arion Singing Society will give
their opening concert and ball at their
hall on the goth
There will be a meeting Of the
Central University Glass in Ziegenfel-
der's parlors on Tuesday evening. Octo-
Der 10Th.
A couple of glove contests will take
place tonight under the auspices of the
Blue Seal Club, at Stephens hall, South
Market street
The Womans Musical Club will
meet at three o'clock this afternoon.
at A. o. L. w. hall. The programme
is a very attractive one.
There were four cases in Police
Court yesterday morning. Lucy Bel
mont got $40 and costs and the other
three IS and costs, An order was is
sued for a warrant for VIM. Emblem in
this case.
Officer Bero killed a mad dog We'd
nesday evening with a shotgun af .er
several attempts. The dog ran over a
considerable portion Of the Sixth ward
and caused some excitement II was
owned by junk dealer named Martin.
1t bit several other CANNES, which we're
killed yesterday.
The case Of the State VS.. Mrs. Den
mis- Mullarkey. Jr., charged with OBJ
tanning goods under false pretense from
the Globe Tea Company, was dismissed
by Justice Greer at the costs OF the
complainant. J. J. Monahan. 1t being
shown by the evidence that there had
been no false pretense whatever I/ade
to secure the goods.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-15

ponds very largely upon the other
That was aptly put During the progress
of my address to you l shall have
something to say later on about the
threats of Mrs. Luetgert to disappear.
Mr.. McEwan has said that people
do not disappear of their own volition
nowadays. Is the telegraph any more
trustworthy or serviceable to-day than
when Diedrich Bickenese tried to dis
cover Henry Bickenese, brother of
Mrs Luetgert, when he disappeared
mysteriously % years ago?
81 object to that" interrupted As
sistant States Attorney McEwan;
there is no evidence to support that
statement"
On, but there isl retorted eX-Judge
Vincent, and he picked up typewrit-
ten copy of the evidence and read a
paragraph which sustained him.
chen he went on to declare that
disappearance are not unusual.
who dares with the positiveness that
reaches beyond reasonable doubt that
Mrs. Luetgert is dead?" queried the
speaker, pointing a warning finger at
the jury. And if she is not dead Luet-
CERT is an innocent man. We believe
she still lives. None of the Bicknese
family knows to-day whether Henry
Bicknese is dead or alive. He disap-
peared % years ago. He is, or was, as
the case may be, brother of Mrs. Luet-
CERT"
Ex-Judge Vincent next paid his atten-
ton to the police department. He crit
icised Inspector Setback severely and
o. hos
stopped to unusual methods in this
case to retain his position upon the po-
lice department He charged perjury
both on the part of the police and other
witnesses in the case and lauded the
testimony of the witnesses for the de-
License who had supported the theory
that Luetgert had begun the making of
soap in his factory on the fateful night
Of May l. The experts CT the defense
were praised and those of the prOsecu-
ton ridiculed
The main point of his argument to-
day was to raise in the minds of the
jury doubt as to whether Mrs. Luet-
CERT was really dead. He admitted that
she had disappeared, but insisted that
it had not been shown beyond all doubt
that she is dead. Having spent much
time in trying to create the doubt in
the minds of the jury he insisted that
there should be no half way measures
in the verdict. If Luetgert was guilty
of the crime he deserved al that the law
could mete out to him, but if he Gas
not guilty beyond all doubt be should
be set free. Mr. Vincent insisted that
the case was not one for compromise
verdicts. It would not do to sentence
the prisoner to the penitentiary because
it was just possible that the woman
might turn up some day. If the jury
believed that there was any likelihood OF
her turning up at any later day it was
their business to acquit the prisoner
now.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-15
FIELDS RESIGNATION.

Washington, D. c., October IA
Four letters were made public to-day:
one from Justice Field, of the Supreme
Court to President Mckinley, asking to
be retired on account of age and phys
ical infrmities. on December l; another
from the President to Justice Field
granting the request; one from Justice
Field to his fellow members of the
Court, reviewing his connection with
that high tribunal, and fourth from
the other members of the court praising
Justice Fields long and honorable
career, and facilitating with him.
1t is generally understood that Attor-
ney General McKenna will be appointed
December 1, by the President to fill the
vacancy