Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-05
Letter from Will Beadle.


Dear Friend J. w. b. Cole:
Thought / would write you letter
to let you know how am getting along.
/ Um well and hope these few lines will
find you the same. The Colonel of my
regiment is here and so is the band.
We have been moving around little
Companies f G and H are in Arrayat,
A in Santa Anna / in Cabio, + in San
Antonio, ID and G in San Isedro Nj and
X in Condaba, l. in San Louis and B
in Mexico, so you see the regiment is
scattered good deal. / got a letter
from Will Wilson last night and it gave
a good deal of the news. We are on
guard nearly every other night. The
myers are nearly all out of this country
although when they catch about eight
or ten men going from one town to
another they give them couple of
volleys and then run. They fired on
six men the other day between here and
Cabio and wounded one man in the hip
but I guess he will get out all right
About three days ago down in Santa
Anna they caught suspicious looking
niger and put rope around his neck
and took him out to a tree and then
told him if he knew where any guns
We're to tell quick or they would string
him up. He first didn't sabe but they
swung him up till he was nearly dead
then they let him down and told him
to tell if he knew where any guns were.
He was ready to tell quick then. He
went out in grove and dug up six
Remington rifles.
There is no fighting up here on the
north line but there is some south of
us. You know that fellow that de-
serted out of my company. He was
captured about one hundred and sixty
miles north of here and brought back
and placed in the guard house here. |
don't know what kind of a sentence he
will get but my opinion is that he
ought to have firing party picked
ont for him. He looks pretty sncaking
since they brought him back. Up by
San lsedro, few days ago, negro
raked up gun and was taking aim at
Capt. Rice when the CAPTAIN saw him.
The CAPTAIN took aim in a hurry and
tore the niger's arm nearly off. The
bullet went along up his arm from his
hand to his elbow and split the bone
and tore his arm all to pieces. 1t was
lucky for the Captain that he did not
miss his shot.
| bought an Sth Army Corps song
book to send to you so | guess l will
send it today with couple of Manila
cigars in it to see how You like the
Manila tobacco. 1t is a wonder you
ever got those cartridges after going to
the Inspecting General. Well, l am
going on my fourteenth month in the
L. S. service, but think of that year
and ten months vet to serve. Our
company was about half way up Mt.
Arrayat Il while back. There are
deer, monkeys and snakes as big around
as your leg and all lengths. They are
monsters. The boys had lots of fun
shooting monkeys ont Of the trees.
They had no nigrrs to shoot a. so they
had to do something for fun.
Well, guess will have to get ready
to go on guard at o'clock, so I guess
| will have to quit for this time will
write again in five or six days, so good
bye W. II. BEADIE.
Co. f, 22nd Inf
p. S. Tell me about the folks at
home. my mother is the only one | care
t. hear about.
VI. Il. Smith, Butternut, Mich, says
"DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the
very best pills ever used for costIveness,
liver and bowel troubles" +. Frick
Il Son.
To secure the original witch hazel
salv", ask for DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve, we'll know as a certain cure for
piles aud all skin diseases Beware Of
worthless cuuntt rfeits. They are dan
gerOus. f Frick & Son.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.-The board
of directors of Lincoln township having
decided to build caves in said township,
they invite bids on same, bids to be filed
with secretary before May LIST. Speci.
ficatiOns can be seen at county auditors
office.
A. F. ALTMAN, G. 7. WILEY,
President. Secretary
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