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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20
FiDDLIN' JOHNS VENGEANCE
dow He Made Way with the "BlOody
sixteen" Band.

"Fiddlin' John" Turner was born in
Yellow Creek Valley s3 years ago. His
father lived to be 103 years old, and
he killed three men. He came from
Virginia and settled in the mountains
of Kentucky on the farm on which
"Fiddlin' John" now lives, says the Chi
cago Record.
"Fiddlin' john" at the age of SO
years, is hale and hearty, and there
never was better fighter, as his his
tory shows. He was scout under Gen.
Morgan during ihis occupancy of Cum
berland Gap and his famous retreat to
the Ohio river. One thing about "Fid-
dim John" which makes him so dear
ly loved by the mountainecrs is that
there never was a better fiddler in all
the mountains "Fiddlin' John" is
noted throughout the mountains be-
cause he ended the lives of 16 of the
worst mountain desperadoes that ever
trod Kentucky soil.
The "bloody sixteen as this band
of desperadoes was called, killed "Fid-
dim Johns" brother, Sam, cut his ears
off, and nailed him to tree, and "Fid-
dlin' John" in turn eXter1ninated the
entire band by "bushw hacking" them
one after another.
He never received a scratch in all
his fighting, and he is very proud of the
fact, telling everyone who asks him
about his feud:
81 jest got close up to 'em, and then
buShwhacked 'em"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20
FIFTY-SIX is A FATAL AGE.
Many DISTINGUISHED Men Have Dice
at Two Score and Sixteen Years.

Many DISTINGUISHED Men Have Died
at Two Score and Sixteen Years.
Among the men and women of genius
there seems to be a strange fatality con-
nected with the age of Sc. Some of the
most renowned characters of the world
have died on eaching that limit, includ-
ing Dante, the Italian poet; Hugh Ca
pet, king of France; Henry Will, king
OF England; Henry ~, emperor of Ger
many; Paganini, Italian violinist; Alex
ander Pope, the English poet; George
Sala, English orientalist; Marcus Au-
relius, emperor of Rome; Frederick l.,
can statesman; Maria Louisa, empress
of France; Phillip Messenger, English
draInatist; Saladin, the great sultan of
Egypt; Robert Stephenson, English en-
gineer; Scipio Africanus, Roman gen
eral; Helvetius, French philosopher and
author; Henry H., the first of the Plan
tagenet line; the elder Pliny, Roman
naturalist and author; Julius Caesar,
Charles Kingsley, English author; Juan
Prim, Spanish general and statesman;
Henry Knox, American revolutionary
general; Thomas Mifflin, American pa
triot; Won Tromp, Dutch admiral; !;
Abraham Lincoln; Marryat, the novel
ist; George Whitefeld, English founder
of Calvinistic Methodism; Robert Dud-
ley, earl of Leicester, favorite of Queen
Elizabeth; Johann Casper Spurzheim,
German physician and phrenologist,
and Frederick H., emperor of Germany.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20

The old man who looks out at the
world with clear and healthy eyes
cannot help feeling great qualification
at the thought that his children have
inherited from him no weakness nor
tendency to disease. The healthy old
man is the man who has throughout
his life kept his digestion good and
his blood pure Not one ip thous-
red does do it. Germs go through
the healthy body without effect. Let
them once find lodgment or let them
find weak spot, they will develop by
the million and the blood will be full
of chem. Instead of giving strength
to the tissues, it viii force upon them
innutritous matter, and the man will
lose flesh and the more susceptible he
is to disease DIR. Pierce's Golde n
Medical Discovery is the only medi-
cine that absolutely and infallibly
cures all blood diseases 1t isn't a
medicine for some one particular so
called disease 1t is a medicine for
the uhote body 1t forces out all the
germs of disease, and replaces impu-
rites with rich, red blood.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20

| felt sharp culver through me, then
my hands opened. my fingers straight
ened, and, with eyes blinded and
bioodshot, fell.
Fell what seemed to he an enor-
nous distance, though it was only to
the next stage, where boards, bricks,
and tools, shaken by the conclusion,
went with crash below. The deal
planks upon which lay. still kept in
their places but with their ends jolted
sc near the edge that it seemed to me
that the least motion on my part
would make them slip, and send me
off ogain. WAS too exhausted and
frightened to move, and lay there for
some time, not knowing whether l was
much hurt or not. The first thing as
recalled me to myself was the voice
OF a man who came up ladder close
at hand; and l could see that he had
rope and pulley with him, which he
sool, had hooked on to the ladder
Hold on, mate" he says. "If
throw you the end of the rope, can
you tie it round your
'rll try" l says. SO he makes a
moose, and pulling enough rope
through the block, he SHES it to me,
bat it wasn't far enough. So he tries
again and again, and at last l mana
ges to ketch hold on it. But now. as
soon as tried to move, it seemed as
If something stabbed me in the side,
and, what was more, the least thing
would. | found, send the boards down,
and OF course me with them.
''All right" l says, family, for l felt
as 1t everything was a swimming
round me: but l heard him give a
signal, and then / swang backwards
and forwards in the air; while. with a
crash, away went the boards upon
which bad been lying
couldn't see any more. for seem
ell TO be sent to sleep: but I suppose
] s3as lowered down and took to the
hospital. where they put my broken
ribs to right in nc time, and it wasn't
so very long before l was at work
ouce more; though it took a precious
while before could get on to a high
scaffold again without feeling creepy
and shivery; but, you know, 'use is
second nature"
Polly showed me the stocking the
other day. and I must say it has i'm
proved wonderful, for wages keep
good, and works plenty: and for those
chaps who organize the strikes, it
strikes me they don't know what be-
ing out o. work is like. But, along O.
that stocking, one feels tempted very
much to go down in the country again,
but don't like to, for fear O. things
not turning out well; and Polly says,
Let we'll alone, Bill" SO I keeps
on, very well satisfied, and very
comfortable.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20

The Telephone notwithstanding
to Kentucky paper, when the tele-
phone was first introduced in that
state, an old farmer who did not exact
ly understand the working of the in +
vention bought new pair of boots
for Ills son, who lived dem in Texas.
He hung the footwear across the wire
at sundown one evening. During the
night some one took the boots and put
pair of old ones across the wire.
Next morning the old gentleman went
out and. to his delight. he saw the old
boots. He hastened into the house,
exclaim!ng to his wife: Say, Sal. this
here tellerphone Is the best thing yet.
John got his boots last night, ard I'm
blasted If he didn't send the old uns
home"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20
FANCY.DREss BALL LONDON.
English Men and Women Take Their
Pleasure Seriously.

Pleasure Seriously.
The streets around Convent garden on
a fancy-dress ball night are as solemn
as Scotland itself, says Scribner's. A
few homeless Londoners are kept at
respectful distance by the police, while
q procession of carriages goes slowly
under the archway and deposits serious
merry makers, dressed as stoves, light
houses, monks, lamps and vegetables.
Owing to these elaborate disguises the
journey past the ticket-takers and to
the ballroom is slow. On the ballroom
floor officials, totally void of a sense of
humor and dressed in black velvet and
cut steel buttons, keep the center of the
floor clear, apparently for their own
use. and stand ready to subdue any
burst Of light heartedness that might
appear in the circle that is kept moving
about them. The general orders are
keep moving -.ong." The man who
manages the searchlight, from one of
the top boxes, probably enjoys the bal!
the most. He certainly does more to
help it. The center of interest is
wherever he will have it. He can make
a dull costume bright and a supper
party in one of the boxes proud; and
he can almost remove the gloom caused
by the officials in black.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20
a COYOTE HUNT IN SECTIONS
Three Sets of Dogs Tired Out Before
flf, GANG Max E,inaIIx Ruu

Three Sets of Dogs Tired Out Before
the Game Was Finally Run Down.
Big Alf Redwood, as he is called, is
ranchman living in Metcalf valley. Col,
says the New York Sun. He asked some
friends in the east recently TO get him
good pack Of English foxhounds.
Coyotes, he said, were eating him out of
lambs and chickens. and he wanted
to drive the beasts out of the country.
Guns, native dogs. poisons and traps
had all failed to accomplish the pur
pose. In due time IS foxhounds ar
rived at the ranch, and a week later.
when they were thoroughly rested. Red
wood started out to try them. He tells
his experience to a New York friend in
letter as follows:
I'VE jumped one. and away went the
dogs lickety -scoot, and yelping to make
the cacti dance. They yelped all day.
and next morning | found them lying
down on the trail of the coyote. less
than half a mile from the ranch house.
Their feet We're sore. and carted them
in on blackboard. twas a month
before they got in shape again. Then
l took three of the dogs and started the
same coyote. The three dogs circled
with him around the ranch, going about
five hours. Then | went out with
four dogs and called off the three, and
set the four after the beast. Away they
went, and about dark | started four
others. They ran till morning, and then
I started the last four. The coyote saw
the fresh dogs coming, for he had
stopped, but he didn't stop long. The
four dogs were the biggest and ugliest
in the lot-Reg. Mart, Set and Kineo.
They sailed forth after the coyote, and
II took a straightaway course, not cir
cling any more. The dogs overlook
the beast II miles away, on Henry's
ranch, and killed it. / haven't seen a
cOyote here since" 7"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20

A real widow:-She was a dear old
lady always sweet aud bright, and
now she has the reputation of being a
wit. She has been living for wear
or so In the thick of the American col
ony in Paris, where, as every one
knows, there's as fine a collection of
women whose husbands live in Amer
lea as there is on the continent of
Europe, which is saying a great deal.
She was syeaking one day ct an af-
ternoon tea OF very lovely woman,
over whom she became quite enthusi
astic.
Shes ven y young" she said, as a
sort of climax, ''but a widoww Then
added quickly, with a real dead
husband too"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20
Did not blame the j apanese:


A pretty and talkative little girl,
evidently her mothers pet, was riding
in Sixth avenue 81" train the other
afternoon. Her mother accompanied
her. The child often set the passen-
gers laughing at her droll and inge-
nuous remarks. Presently a remark
ably fat Chinaman, IN full Chinese
costume. entered and sat opposite the
child.
she looked at him in apparent
amazement, and then turning to her
mother, with an air that showed she
had given it up" asked:
Mamma, what's that opposite?"
Ssh! That's Chihaman, my DEAR y
answered the mother in low tone.
The same kind OF Cinnamon papa
says the Japanese are killing7'
aYes, my dear. Don't talk so loud"
The child meditated a moment and
then said:
"Well. i don't blame 'em.''
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20

Johnny, Johnny" screamed the horri-
fed mother. What are you doi1g?"
"Nothin'." answered the little boy with
the long curls.
Didn't just see you throw pebble
at the policeman and then run around to
the back yard as fast as You could go?"
.'Oh, that! l was iist playin' Greece
fighun' Turkey"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20

Some for ter, some for twenty and
some for thirty years have suffered
from piles and then have been quickly
and permanently cured by using De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve, the great
remedy for piles and all forms OF skin
diseases. Henry Hinrichs
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20

w. B. johnson, Newark, O., says:
"One Minute Congh Cure saved my
only child from dying by Group" 1t
has saved thousands of others suffer
ing from Group, pneumonia, bronchitis
and other serious throat and lung
troubles Henry Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20
ABOVE

Dusty n-"Providence Is a great
blessin', Corney. 1t takes apDertite from
de rich. who would give anything ter re-
gain IT," Coldfeet Corney-"Yes,a an gives
appertlte ter der poor, who would give
anything ter git rid nv it, an can't. Don't
tork ter me; I'm chock full Nv de empti-
ness NV dat gift"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20

TERRIBLE AccIDENT.-It is terrible
accident to oe burned or scalded;H HbhI
the pain and agony and the frigEtful
disfguremen5s can be quickly over
come without leaving scar by using
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve. Henry
Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20
CHMDREN'S NIGHTLY HABITS

be worth to You more than 500 If you
have child who soils bedding from in
confluence of water during sleep. Cnres
old and young alike. 1t arrests the
trouble at once. 81. Sold by +. @.
Buerstatte, druggist, Manitowoc, Wis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20

Good Minister (awai'ing the appear
ance of the lady OF the house)-"What is
that, my little oear?" Little Girl-"My
apron. rs goi.' 10 put IN the wash.
Mamma got it all dirty" "She dId?"
"Yes, sir; she grabbed it up just now to
dust off the bible"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20

"No," said the old maD, as he ilmped
into the office, with one hand on bis back
and his hat in the other, "no, 1 ali t dea-
comm at de chu'ch no mo-. When oey
axes man wLo ben servIu' de Lawd as
many yeahs as / hab toe cyarry a Gas b
registah wen he takes mp de collection
it time for me toe quit"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20

Appropriate Atttude:-He stood as
if carved from stone
Those who knew the circumstances
manifested no surprise.
He had just been chiseled out Of
rocks.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20

The kissing sound produced by ser
pents is greatly exaggerated, as the
quantity of air contained in snakes
lungs is too small to produce loud
sound when elected.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20

Lady Randolph Churchill is desrib
ed as being one of the most graceful
skaters in England.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20
.folng East

705 a m train ont of Neenah gets connection
from North and South at 1000 4, NJ 5:l5 y, m.
train gets connection from South at $40 y. IN.
w. H. VANDEdRIFF. Agt.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20
LAwX ERS-
NASH & NASH.

4 TTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT La W
u Office over First atioual Bank, Eighth
3tre5t Collections promptly attended to.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20
TERMS, TWO DOLLARS PEE YEAR
DIR. K. S. MITCHELL

Graduate Of the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons London England. Fourteen years prac-
teal experience IN the treatment Of all diseases
domestic auI mails snbiect to.
Office T.. Cootway Il Sons Livery. residence
as n. Tth street
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20
T. II. FLACk, NJ. ID. G..

T. r. FLACk, VI. ID. G.
Veterinarian.
G3i South Eighth S,s
Opposite Schuette's Bank.
Manitowoc. Wis.
j + MULHOLLAND, NJ. ID.
Practice limited to
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Office hours:
9to II a. m, to I n. m, to p. IN.
Office in Books Bldg, \ SIN Str.
Manitowoc. Wis
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20
MICHAEL KIRWAN.

A TTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICE IN POST
n OFFICE BUILDING, North Eighth Street.
Hanitowoc, Wisconsin. mayll
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-20

| felt sharp culver through me,then
my hands opened. my fingers straight
ened, and, with eyes blinded and
bioOdshot. ] fell
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
Byron.

Mrs. e. K. KOhler was In Rochester, Oak
land county, last week.-Mrs.. X. f. Stow
ell and daughter, Ella, were at Fowlerville,
four days last weekly. j. Clark Is in a
precarious condition with inflamed hernia
A little daughter of l.. +. Lutz was run
over by horse and buggy on Saturday,
but escaped with slight bruises--Mrs.
John w. Williams was in Gaines, Saturday
Mrs. A. w. Harrington, Mrs. DR.. Howard
and Mrs. Muikins, went to Owosso, Thurs
day--Mrs. b. Rohrabacher has been suf-
fering with tonsilits, but is better
Eugene Lawrie has regained his health and
resumed work in Detroit--JoLn Southard
has severed his business relations with A.
f. Morgan and will assist in the hardware
store Of +. +. Kobler--George Phillips,
for many years resident of Burns, has ex-
changed farms with George Fox, of Ben
nington and removed there--Bert Rohra-
bacher went to Jackson, Monday-Mr.
Bunce's store was burglarized Sunday night
but nothing valuable was taken, as far as is
known. Entrance.was gained 10y breaking
a glass in the back door--An electric
storm passed over this place Sunday even
lng. Several buildings were struck by
lightning, but no damage was done further
than making slivers of some of the boards
in the William Lamb has been
ailing with kidney trouble for some time,
and now Is is reported that he has Brights
drneass--Mrs. Samuel Arthur fell from
the porch at her home, Tuesday afternoon
and broke a limb---We Wednesday morning q
little girl came to live with Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Smith. Mother and child are doing
nicely--O. G Campbell, of Owosso, was
In Byron, Wednesday agent of the
ate board of pharmacy was in Byron,
Wednesday.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
Vernon.

Bert Nichols spent Sunday here-The
Misses Lillian Clark and Millie Reyn-
olds, attended the convention of the Chris
tlan Endeavor at Perry, on Friday and
Saturday-Phil Patterson and wife were
In town this week-B. Holmes was at
Corunna, Monday-Mrs. s. Phelps, of
Venice, is very ill-Mrs. G. Ticknor and
son, Verne, spent Sunday at Deer Creek
Mr.; al d Mrs. VIM. Crawford visited friends
at Owosso, Saturday The Congregational
ladies served tea at the church, Wednes-
day afterhoon-Miss Elsie Golf has been
engaged to teach the Garrison school the
coming year-Aden Harrington is on the
sick list-Miss Mary Dyer Sundayed at
her home, near Byron-Rev. j. F. Emer-
ick and Prof. w. B. Sheehan were at Perry,
Saturday-Mrs. G. Case and Miss Maggie
Yerkes were starting for Durand, Saturday,
when their horse became unmanas cable,
throwing them from the buggy. The horse
ran home. The ladies were not much in
jured-Mrs. j. Patterson is slowly im.
proving.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
TRIBUTE TO HEROES
SHIAWASSEE COUNTY WILL
UNVEIL ONE MAY 3Ist.
HISTORY OF QUACKENBUSH POST
G. A. r. AND WOMAN'S RELIEF
CORPS NO. 20.

Their Noble and Successful Struggle To
Perpetuate the Memory of the Nations
Honored Defenders. rs.-Thanks to All
Who Assisted. description of the Mon
ument.-How the Funds Were Raj ed.
In the year 1880, on the death OF SOL
der named Napoleon Perrikee, Comrades
E. L. Brewer, d. Blair and A. j. Patter-
son, not wishing to have him or other
soldiers buried in the Potter's field, raised
a fund towards the purchase of soldiers
lot from the Oakhill Cemetery Company,
east of the lake. Comrade Brewer be-
came responsible for the balance of the
amount, and afterwards turned the lot
over to Quackenbush Post. Later the
Post thought it advisable to purchase a
larger and more valuable lot, and one
was selected south of the lake. 1t was
expected to sell or turn the old lot to-
wards the purchase of the new one, and
raise by subscription fund for the pay
ment of the balance required, but not
very much was collected.
On May sth, 1889, the city council gen
erously donated a soldiers lot, 66x66
feet, on the opposite side of the street
from the one selected. The old lot was
presented to the Woman's Relief Corps.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14

In the year 1889, L. B. Quackenbush
Post No. 205, Grand Army OF the Repub-
lie, and their auxiliary, the Woman's Re-
lief Corps No. 26, decided to commence
the raising of funds to erect soldiers
monument on the beautiful soldiers lot
in Oakhill cemetery which was donated
by the City of Owosso. On May 10Th OF
the same year. the quartermaster OF the
Post reported the amount of 5000 in the
Post monument fund. This amount was
increased by subscriptions from citizens
in 1889, for the purchase of a soldiers
lot. before the city council donated lot,
and later transferred to the monument
fund: also receipts from camp fire enter
tainment April 18th, 1890; balance of Ma
tional Encampment fund, Oct. 81, 1891;
balance of fund left after paying expense
of Michigan q. A. r. department en-
campment, held in Owosso, 1884, money
from the Woman's Relief Corps and from
various sources until the fund amounted
in 1897 to 500.
On Jan. 5th, 1898, Commander M. G..
Dawes, by direction of the post, appoint
ed soldiers monument committee con-
sisting of Comrades Julius Frieseke, G.
w. Loring, w. A. Richardson, @. @. Duff,
and Hugo Wesener.
The Woman's Relief Corps on March
12, 1889, established monument fund of
$50 from the funds that they had raised
towards the purchase of soldiers lot.
Mrs. Nancy Vogler, member OF the
corps, presented the sum of $40 for the
fund, increasing the amount to $50.
The corps appointed as a monument
committee, Mesdames M. G. Dawes, Sar-
ah A. Wiley and M. G.. Whited. From
that time the members of the corps COM
menced noble and active effort to secure
funds, as they were determined that a
beautiful monument should be built in
memory of those who offered their lives
in 1861 to 1865 in defending our nations
honor. That noble band of women by
perseverance and energy increased their
fund from entertainments, suppers, gath
erings, donations from friends, until their
fund amounted TO 500.
Towards this fund Mr-. ID. w. Sharts
gave $500 on Dec 14th, 1892, and $500
on Jan %, 1896.
On Jan. 4th. 1898, Comrade A. B.
Crane, i'm behalf of Henderson Post, that
had disbanded, presented S10 Comrade
A. j. Patterson gave So, Feb. l2th 1896,
and 50 more Feb. 26th
Comrade Hugo Wese<er also donated
81 to the fund.
At meeting of the Shiawassee County
Battalion, held at Bancroft jim 1895, a
committee was appointed to arrange for
the erecting Of a Shiawassee county SOL
diers' monument or memorial building.
"A meeting of the monument committee
from the G.. A. r. Post and w. II. G. was
held at the rooms of the Shiawassee Say.
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