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The National tribune., 1899-03-02

was drawn back, and ] soon found
hiding place in tree top ear by.
Covering up my blue clothes in the
green boughs a while, found the skirmish
had ended, but still the rebels did not
pass me, as l expected, and l therefore
soon found our infantry tearing up the
railroad at rapid rate.
IN OUR LINES.
was now free once more, after long
and tedious captivity. Those who nave
never been captives can little apprecia.e
the feelings of one in my situation at tnat
time. The sight of friends and of the OLD
flag, and the prospect of soon again being
able to revisit home and friends, called up
feelings too deep for utterance-too IN
tense for description.
On reaching our camp reported to Col.
Fairchild, who treated me with great
kindness, and sent me, as soon as was
well rested and refreshed, to Columbia,
which place / reached at night, and on
the following morning l reported to Gen,
Sherman. He was just marching out OF
town VIXEN l found him, and he ap,,
peared highly gratified at my escape, and
expressed hope that Gray would reacn
him all right He then sent me to Gen:
KilpatricIl's command, to get horse and
outfit, which was soon obtained, among
which was Spencer rifle-the latter
given me by Col. Starr, OF the I'd Ky.
Cav.
1T was not long before / had an op-
portUnity TO see service once more.
Capt. Northrop, of Kilpatrick's scouts,
went with his men to WadesbOrO, N. c.,
and although there were but about 80 OF
us, we charged the place without hesita-
ton and drove out about zoo rebels. 1t
was a gallant little fight, but our Lieu
tenant was killed-the only man hurt In
the engagement on our SIDE. we capt,
ured a great many prisoners, horses, and
negroes, which we carried back to the
camp.
A day or two after this affair Wade
Hampton mustered up pluck enough to
give Gen. fitzpatrick battle. Early in the
morning the Johnnies charged on cur
picIets on every road leading to camp,
but when they met the main body of our
cavalry they got handsomely rcpulsed.
lrT1 he continued
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CHAPTER XXXIV.

After my attempt to cross the burning
bridge, / picked my way around great
swamp, and came to a large plantation;
and hoping that ! might get a beat to
cross the supposed river before daylight,
went to the house, which YVES not more
than a quarter of a mile from the largest
camp had seen; but when / reached 1T j
looked up and thought daylight was ap-
proaching. and must secrete myself till
the following day, when j felt sure our
army would pass by and could Join it.
/ looked all around, and the best hid
ing place / could discover was under the
house: : so / lay down on the ground and
rolled over and over till / got to the chlm-
ney, where / thought l was pretty well
secured from observation, and then feli
asleep. Presently, however, someone IN
the house began to Stir the hre, anu thdt
walked me up: and, on looking about, i
saw immediately above me wide opening
i'm the floor, so that the inmates Oh the
house could certainly see me II re-
manned where i was, and OF course mao
TO "evacuate' the position.
when i got out daylight still appeared
no nearer, and consequently concluded
7 must have been mistaken, and there
fore at once determined to rouse the peo-
ple. and stand off in the dark and talk 10
them, and learn what wanteu dDout eiio
country and the armies. First, however,
II was necessary to reconnoiter the posi-
tion. and | went to the end OF the mouse,
where found little hole in the wIndow,
which was curtained.
Through this hole / thrust finger ana
was enabled to gradually remove the cur
tain so as to see the fireplace; and there
was an old darky down on his knees with
his back to the fire and his breast resting
on a low stool. He was very old ana
yery feshy, and he evidently had not
been TO bed that night. l wondered at
This. ard went around to the door and
opened il very gently, and put my head
ii.,,. the ROOM which contained two beds,
i'm each of which were two white men
On the posts were gray coats, and at the
head of each bed were two guns, and on
one was a saber; so. regarding tbs as
rather dangerous place, did not pursue
the Reconnaissance further, and closed
the door and left.
TALK WITH CoN1RABANDs.
On the other side of the yard light was
streanniup through the window of a negro
house and | went over and peeped in,
and found a black man sitting by the
fire half asleep: but with a low whistle |
brof,ph. him TO his feet as quickly as II
he had been bitten by rattlesnake, and
I at once called him, in whisper, Ia the
window. | told him | was a Yankee sol
der in great distress; that | wanted to
come in and warm myself, for 1 was
4
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The G3d Ohio at Isobinett.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your
issue Of Jan. 5. Comrade James McNeal, OF
the 18th Mo-, i'll describing the charge on
Fort Robinett at Corintb, Miss, uninten-
tionally perhaps, does the 63d Ohio regiment
q great injustice. Comrade McNeal says:
. | recollect Gen. Stanley in the rear of the
esd Ohio, irving to hold them to their work. u
In Official Records of the War; Gen.
Stanley, in his report of the battle Of Corinth
. j repaired to he 63d Ohio regiment, and
here testify: to the veteran constancy ex-
hibited by them until one-haif their mum
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over the beds TO see II anyone was sleep
ing in the house, but they were all empty.
/ then examined the table and cupboard,
trying 20 discover something TO eat, but
found nothing. Then stirred the ashes
10 see If could raise fire enough to warm
and dry myself, and while doing this
heard someone in the other house open
ing the door. Knowing that il lis always
best 10 meet danger half way, i went out
into the yard. and as soon as | showed
myself was challenged by female voice
from the porch.
What are you doing i'm my house at
the dead hours of the night?' she fairly
screamed.
Don't be uneasy, madam" I said,
calmly, for was afraid she would alarm
the camp, which was within easy hearing
distance.
who are your" she screamed again.
Il am a soldier, madam, and | want 10
come in your house and warm myself"
BY the time / said this l was close
enough TO see her, and discovered that
she had on no article of dress but one OF
those short -sleeved, low -neclxed garments
made of muslin, which have often seen
on clothes-lines, while in her right hand
she had a vicious looking rife, and she
looked angry enough to use il. now de-
termined, n possible, TO get near enough
o. snatch the gun from her, If she made
any attempt to shoot. AS ] drew close
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who cannot get their just dues from the
Government.
Frank Bruner, S9th Ohio. Cincinnati, o.,
writes to correct mis- axe in the announce
ment of the death of Comrsde w. III.
Pittenger, in the issue OF Feb o. Comrade
Pittenger was member of Co. |. 39th Ohio,
and did not serve in a Missouri regiment.
B. F. Lambert, Adel, Iowa, has the dis
charge of Thos III. West. 1st Iowa battery.
who enlisted Dec. %. 1863 and served until
July, 1865.
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PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
Would Call the Roll Again.

would Call the Roll Again.
w. n. Palmer, First Sergeant, Co. G., Sth
ILL., Cav, Harvard ILL.,, writes: Il have
watched the columns of your valuable paper
for long time, III hopes OF seeing something
from someone of my old regiment the Sth
Ill. Cav. have thought many times that |
would like to call the roll once more, and
hear the boys answer here as | used to at
Fairfax Station, Va. and Benton Barracks Mo.
Within radius oil about Is miles the follow
ing comrades live, whom | frequently See
Harve Chapel, Co G; Joe and Bill Labreck
and c. G. Teeple, Co. II; Lieut.. Henry Sheldon
and FLAW. Sheldon, Co. |, and Lille Dean,
Co. Nj.
81 wonder what has become of the young
boy who, while We were in Alexandria, Va,
started his first mustache. We will call
him Sam, for short. He did not like
the color of his mustache, and some of the
boys told him to 90 up town and have it
| dyed. He started out, and after while
| came to building on which was a sign,
Dyeing done here He went in to give
| them Il job, but found it to be cloth-dyeing
establishment. He was often asked alter
| wards by the boys where they could get their
| mustaches dyed"
Family of Soldiers.
S. J. Beebe, Co. G., 4th Wis, Ashby,
Minn., writes: "A lady now living in Ash
by had at the outbreak of the civil war
five sisters, each of whose husbands served in
the Union army. Her own husband served
from May. 1861, TO June, 1866, and three of
her husbands brothers, also three of his
sisters husbands, were Union soldiers. One
died at Natchez, after the fall of Vicksburg;
one carried rebel lead to his grave from the
field OF Chickamauga one fought in Forces
Brigade on Leggett's Hill at Atlanta, and
two were all through Sherman's campaign,
from Chattanooga TO the great review at
Washington.
Where Is MAJ Jordan?
w. Fl. Bush, Sergeant, 10th Ca battalion,
G. s. A., Winder, Ca, writes: In 1862 OF
1868 John H. Morgan's Confederate Cav
airy captured at Tompkinsville, KY, Fed
eral force, Maj. Jordan, of Pennsylvania, in
command. All the men were paroied except
Mai. Jordan, who was sent under my escort
to Knoxville, Tenn. / would like to lean if
Maj. Jordan is alive, and to know how he is
getting along"
Survivors of the u. s. s. Colorado.
w. w. Stone, Ships Writer of the U. S.
Ship Colorado during her European cruise,
now living at 745 Shrader St, San Francisco,
Cal, is desirous Of securing the names and
addresses of survivors of the European
cruise of the Colorado, 1S65-'6'7. Kim
berley was Executive Officer the first half of
the cruise; Dewey the last half. Watson
and Sampson were Lieutenants aboard.
Scattering.
Henry G. Grunert, 14th and 106th N. Y,
Croghan, N. Y, says that is is wrong to ask
for appropriations for caring for the rebel
dead, when there are 50 many Union veterans
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htdi bpINi
ing that. | was very hum
CRY.
heah, sah," said he:
"my boss is in de mex
room wild four or five
soldiers, an If dey
ketch you, fore God,
dey'll kill you"
Can you not, then,
give me something to
eat?' / asked.
"Ain't got a bite
cooked, sab; soldiers
dun TUX all we had,
sab" he replied.
Then, you can tell
me a good place TO go
and hide, can't your?
Right down dar, sab;
across dat ole fief,
dar's an ole house you
can go an git inter"
] only asked him the
question to make him
believe ] was going IN
one direction, when L
would strike out IN the
contrary one as soon as
Twas out of his sight.
From this plantation ]
continued to follow the
course of the water l
wanted to cross, and In
a short time ] came TO
another plantation. In
each corner OF the yaro
at this place iaere was
a large log cabin stand
ing, and selecting the
one judged 10 be occu-
pied by the blacks, | ap.
preached It and knock
ed at the door, and
almost instantly a huge
house-dog came bounc-
ing at me from the
other building; and as
/ thought there might be
rebel soldiers Sleeping
there. / declined an
engagement with the
animal, and ran of down
20 the stables and
climbed up in a lott,
which the dog returned
TO the house, appar-
emily well satisfied with
his exploits.
AS soon as he became
quiet, j got down and
stole up TO the house
again, and, softly open
ing the door, went in.
The first thing / now
did was TO feel around
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EDITORIAL NOTE.-Pike again enters the
enemys lines bearing dispatches from Gen.
Sherman, and after many thrill ing escapes,
he is picked up by Fec e al sunboat.
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ONLY A MILLPUND,
why, all that want now, is for you to
tell me how To get over this river down
here" pointing in the direction of the
water.
why, bless your soul, that is no river;
it's nothing but a millpond. Where do
you want to go?' she asked.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-12
GA = ToREA,
Bears the n Tie KIND YOu Haze MSsys BagEi
~s's Is &AzZx
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

FURNISHED by the Wichita Abstract an,
Land Company. H. N. Dubois, Abstract
or. Court House. Phone 2e3.)
Rufus c. High to George o. Morgan.
Lot So Douglas ave. GrifeusteIn's
End Add .................... IN
NJ A and G. F. Russell to Margare-
tina Lieban. lots 5. Frove 81.
Firebaughs sub. OF lot 4 ..... g
Mary F. and G. r. Davis TO C. A.
Clark and Willis Davis. lot - sri st
Valley Center 50
John L. Messu-ier to Anna p. Magiu
lots odd 10 II and 10 and Il blk
Central Point Add. so
J, NJ Umphenour to A. z. Johnston
lot 80 Avenue A. Valley Center. 10
CarohaeA. and Nelson q. McClees to
Philena and Jesse NcClees. lots 81
andlZ1 Main 50. city, lots 10 and e
ie&in Tot 5 Douglas ave, Neads add
lot 81 and - Fourth ave. HIltoas
add. LOT ISS-1n-l43 Lawrence ave,
iot I4O-lt2-lli Market St Lees ada
QUTT-C-AIM DEEDS
E. +. Russell 20 Mzrgaretha Lasoan
lots ! 70 Is even. Grove St. Park
FtAce Aoo .......................... .,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-12
HOWARD'S HEARSE TEAM
One OF the Fine white Horses Sad.
denly Killed.

The finely matched and beautiful white
team belonging to the Howard Cab Co.
was broken yesterday by the death OF
one Of the horses. 1t will be a difficult
matter to ever match a team so admira-
bly, again. This pair of snow white, well
bred and perfectly matched horses have
long been the pride of the city as well as
of their owner, and the death Of one Of
them yesterday was a matter Of profound
regret among all the admirers Of fine
horseflesh in the city.
Yesterday morning the team was In
service on the Dunbar hearse to attend
the funeral of the little infant Of o. A
Reach. The ceremonies were over and
the funeral car returned to the undertake
ing establishment. Mr.. James Howard
was himself driving and had reached the
Main street quarters and unhitched the
team from the hearse and left them with
the harness on and had removed the pole
and was taking it inside. 1t is not clear
~ known just what frightened the horses
but 1t is supposed that the rafting OF
the pole when placed inside did It. Any
how, the team started south on Main and
luIucu west On I lTSL as Tar as the Nich-
ita steam laundry, where it turned and
started east. There was a large double
box farm wagon of watermelons in the
way and 'Maude," the beautifully form
ed on mare, attempted to jump over Il
and fell on the opposite side, literally
breaking herself open. She lived about
ten minutes and died no one knows with
what suffering
This was perhaps as finely a matched
pair OF horses as could be found in the
west, and were OF pure blood stock. They
were tame and gentle as horses could
possibly and their style and elegance of
wellbred appearance attracted the atten-
ton of strangers in the city.
Not alone the valuable worth of the
animal but the difficulty of matching her
again adds to the loss and the personal
sorrow of Mr.. Howard. He frankly saws
that not twice the sale value OF "Maude"
could repay him for her so tragic loss.
She was years old and had been a net
with all the force at the stables ever
since her advent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-12
WISCONSIN EDITOR'S OVERDOSE
Had the NIghthOrse in Comparing
His state with Sunny Kansas.


Some time ago the Eagle published the
following story, and a marked copy of
that issue was promptly placed in the
hands of the Clintonville Tribune, by
the lady in question. This editor at once
proceeded to go into a trance. AS a mat
ter of fact every one knows since Proc
tor Knots famous roast the only hot
thing ever landing in that frozen waste,
that Wisconsin Is principally six months
of winter and the rest of the year al
ways late In the fail. Very frequently
the thermometer gets down so low that
they have to bring 1t in the house Ito
thaw 1t out. All the iron dogs and other
lawn adornments have to Ataken in and
thawed out by the kitchen range, and
even the Populist party refuses to asso-
ciate with the mercury when 1t gets down
too low. The erudite editor .who means
we'll but who has not had of his fur
lined overcoat long enough to get in nor
NAL condition refers glibly to the Kansas
family who were blown away in a cy-
clone cellar, cellar and all.
Out of commiseratton for the feelings
of the chillblain editor no commentary Is
required to show that he never saw Kan
eas nor her vast expanse of waving
wheat fields. ana corn, the likes of which
would scare him to death from its very
magnitude. Following is the Eagle arti-
Gle and the reply:
There Is Wichita lady who for a year
has been visiting in the state OF wiscon-
sin, and most Of the time she has been
busy defending the fair reputation Of
Kansas. All the denizens of the FROST
bitten abode have an able-bodled notion
that Kansas Is the flag end of the uni
verse, drouth-stricken, grasshopper rid
den, and the especial trysting place OF
the festive cyclone. When Wichita was
luxuriadng in early vegetables and gen.
eral garden truch, the benighted people
were sitting on their front porches with
wraps on to keep out the cold. Added to
this there have been three cyclones in a
few miles of the place the Wichita wom-
an was visiting, and one of them, that
of New Richmond, resulted In a heavy
loss OF life and property. In the mean
time Kansas has had no cyclones, but
has blossomed out as the garden spot of
the nation, and marked copies of the
IShSlc are udIIy dSSiSllnE the loyal Wlcn-
ita woman in her steadfast stand for the
state which can more than hold her own.
Wichita Daily Eagle.
The above mentioned lady is at pres
ent visiting relatives in Clintonville We
are sure that could the enterprislng edi-
tor Of the Wichita Daily Eagle but once
breathe the air and glance at the land
scaue of our most beautiful Wisconsin.
he would at once abandon forever his
beloved Kansas and take up his abode in
our fair state. We must confess that
Wisconsin has had the III luck to have
three cyclones pass the boundaries and
enter her fair domain. yet the Inhabi-
tants have never been Obliged 10 saw
that the cyclones have moved their cell
lars mile or so. with the whole family
In 1t. as ne enterprising citizen of Kan
sas was forced to admit that such a trip
was taken by his cellar"
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ANOTHER NEW FIRM
Sends a Man Here to Look Up
Street Car Matter.
C. o. WlSNER- OF CHICAGO
Thinks a Good Line Will Pay
in Wichita.

C. 3. wlsner Of Chicago, representing
a company Of Chicago capitalists, came
to Wichita yesterday to look over the
city and investigate the street car situa-
ton. He was shown over the ground by
President ]. Oak Davidson, Of the Kan
sas National bank. and after his days
work seemer very favorably impressed
with the town. Mr.. Wisner was sent
here by some gentlemen who have plenty
Of money and who propose, upon a fav-
orabIe report from Mr.. wisner, to make
proposition to the council Monday night
to put in a line here. Mr.. Wisner, 1t Is
understood, will make a favorable re-
port. He did not say what kind OF a
proposition would be made, but ne
thinks a street car line well put up and
properly equipped with cars and sched-
uled with good service would pay. He
was surprised at the lively appearance
Of the city, the big new wholesale build
ings going up and the general hustle and
prosperity here. 1t is understood that in
addition to the proposition which Mr..
Wisner will make to the city council
Monday night, there will be two others.
One of these, 1t is said, will come from
Cincinnati men, this being the first time
an Ohio company has been mentioned.
Most Of the men who come here or send
representatives are favorably impressed
with the outlook and with the city, but
they say 1t costs too much to get in a
position to begin the construction Of q
new line and that the margin is so close
on the investment that 1t finally resolves
into complicated and risky affair.
Out of all the propositions that are
likely to come up now 1t Is very probable
that good one can be accepted from
people who have the money to start the
work at once.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-12
FOUR STREET CARS
We're Put Ont ON Main and Douglas
Yeatcreay Afaera0On.

The street cars were running again 4es-
terday, sour of them. The chief engln-
eer at the power house. with an assist
ant after eighteen hours steady work
on the best dynamo that was left in the
wreck of Wednesday night, got 1t in
shape to pull four cars. Cars were put
on and corn shelters dispensed with.
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our baby was sick for a month with
severe cough and catarrhal fever. Al
though we tried many remedies she kept
getting worse until we used One Minute
Cough Cure,-it relieved at once and cured
her In few days."-B. l. Nance, Prin.
High School. Blufdale. Texas. Gus saur.
52i East Douglas. Geo. Van werden. s2s
North Main street.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-12
NEWTON Will COME
Charley Hobart LIk+. tas OutIoox for
" ehIts Fair

Charles Hobart, City editor Of the New
ton Repubiican-Kansen was in the city
yesterday between trains and he caught
the enthusiasm OF the street fair. He
says Newton Will come down and that
Newton invites Wichita to come up there
the first week in October. Newtoz he
says will DE one of the best street fairs
in the state October to I
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-12
ASHLAND WILKES COLT
theodore shelton Makes Record IN
New York or :O0I-A

Another one of Ashland Wilkes colts
has made great record. Theodore Shell
ton out OF Dame Wood who was mate5
with Ashland Wilkes mande record In
New York the other day of 2:O9x. II is
fun brother Of John r. Gentry. a.Oo,z
and Myron McHenry 2:l5is, a tro,ter.
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'Foley's Kidney Cure has been tested
and found to be all you claim for It I
have been giving 1t to my father and 1t
is the only thing that ever helped him."
writes Geo. C. Hickock, Curtiss. wis.
Hooking Drug Co., G. Gehring and Wells
Miller, druggists.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-12
JOE MEYERS RETURNS
Has Recovered From q severe and
Long Sickness and In af Nnrk

Joe Meyers the popular Rock Island
freight man who fell sick here in July
and was kept In the hospital several
weeks is out again, which is a matter OF
genuine pleasure TO mis- friends. He was
in the hospital three weeks and had then
recovered so that he could be taken
home Yesterday he returned and took up
his residence at the Manhattan again and
is ready for work.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-12

Hamilton Clark. of Chauncey, Ca. says
he suffered with itching piles twenty
years before trying DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. two boxes OF which completely
cured him. Beware of worthless and dan
gerous counterfeits. Gus saur, ga East
Douglas. Geo. Van Werden, 1928 North
Main street.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-12

Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cured dyspepsia
because its ingedients are such that It
can't help doing so. THE public can rely
upon it as a master remedy for all dis
orders arising from imperfect Digestion -
James NJ. Thomas, NJ. D., in American
Journal Of Health, N. Y. Gus Saur, 52A
East Douglas. Geo. Van Werden, 22s
North Main street.