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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-19
! seminaty, where that night Gen. Lee

made his headquarters.
"The mule train, the only one in the
war on either side, so far as l can learn,
that ever charged the enemy-infantry
cavalry and artillery-rested on it's
laurels in a side street of Gettysburg
that hot afternoon until the First and
Eleventh corps reached town on the
way to Cemetery Heights. Then, with
the enemy within close musket range,
and rapidly advancing and firing, the
train moved-moved with the last line
of infantry, cavalry and artillery, amid
the roar of battle, the loud commands
of officers and mix-up that was we'll
night inextricable. Brave Bert 0'Con-
nor was at the rear. rode by his side.
The victorious enemy came so close
that we emptied our revolvers into their
faces several times on the way out.
Reaching the seminary, / saw COM
manders of troops getting orders from
Gen. Hancock. The instant he was
alone rode up, saluted and asked where
1 should place my command.
"'Where is it|
81 pointed to the mule train.
"'Where have you been with these
teamsT
"'To the front, with ammunition,
SIR
"'This is the front; go to the rear
"As / left him / heard Hancock say:
'Wadsworth had better give that SER
geant a regiment of cavalry u. A.
Watrous, in Chicago Times-H Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-19
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A MULE TRAIN CHARGE.
IL Was n bold Move, But 1t Deliv-
cred the Ammunition
All Right.

"The charge took place at Gettysburg
the first day. l was ordnance sergeant.
The ordance officer let me look after the
ammunition for one of Gen. Reynolds
divisions while he joined the general in
the advance against the enemy. The
same thing had been done by other ord
nance officers in time of battle,
and / had learned to depend upon my
own resources. AT the sound of Bu-
gord s batteries had the train, consist
ing of "a wagons, loaded with fixed am
'munition, pull out of the meadow and
started for Gettysburg on the En-
mettsburg pike.
"When we had gone about half mile
the division quartermaster came tear
ing up the road after us. In state of
intense excitement he demanded that
the train be halted, and when that was
done addressed me in these words
Sergeant, where is Lieut.. Rogers,
the ordnance ofiicer?'
"'He is with Gen. Wadsworth, on the
field
Ibid he tell you to put the train in
notion
NO, SIT.
"'Who did?'
"'Nobody.'
"'Why did you move? Don't you
know that 1 am responsible for these
teams and wagons"
1.-The general has always approved
of moving up with the ammunition
when battle begins. 1 am held re
sponsible to have it there wher
needed
"You wait here for orders
AZ ought not to, sir. They will neet
a new supply soon, and it is my duty tc
be nearer than this
"'If you attempt to move the train
will place you under arrest
AT thst moment n member of thu
generals staff rode up and said: Ser
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-19

Iowa City, Ia, Jan. 15.-Fire that
started in the store of Mrs. Hattie T..
Horne Saturday inflicted loss of $780,
900. Lena Delschied, saleswoma1 4,
in attempting to light the gas dropped
burning match in pile of cotton
Gatting, and the entire store was socl
ablaze. The stock, valued at 5000,
was total loss, and the building,
owned by w. =. Coast, was damaged
TO the extent of $4,000. The fire
spread to adjoining buildings. Other
losses are estimated at $4,000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-19
Victim of blood Poisoning

La Crosse, Wis, Jan. 16.-Prof.
George Z. Perry died Monday evening
of blood poisoning, the result of a
boil which started six weeks ago on
the left hand. 1t was repeatedly op-
Grated on, but gave no relief. He was
principal of one of the district schools
for many years and prominent in edu-
cational circles. He was born so years
ago in Richmond, Va.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-19
such Is Fame.

Affable Stranger-I can't help think
ing have seen your picture somewhere
in the newspaper.
Hon. Mrs. Greatmap-Oh- no doubt,
no doubt. It's often been published.
"Then I was not mistaken. What
were you cured of?"--Tit Bits
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-19
olive Crop N Failure,

Washington, Jan. 16.-Consul Skim
ner, at Marseilles, reports to the state
department that the olive crop in
Italy, France and Spain is practically
failure and will hardly reach 80 per
cent. of the average. The failure has
been caused by n fly, and the consul
says the people make no effort to coun-
teract the pest, but accept its opera
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-19
Naval Veteran Passes Away

Washington, Jan. 15.-Lieut. Samuel
Howard, U. S. ~, the pilot and last of
the otiicersand crew of Ericsson's Mon
itor" or"duringhermemorable engagement
with the confederate ironclad "Merri-
mac" died here Sunday from concus-
sion of the brain, the result of II fall.
lie was 10 years of age. and fo. NOR.
than so years had traversed the seas.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-19
Miners Killed.

Butte, Mont, Jan. 15.-Joe Melivich
and Joseph Maxwell, working in the
Cclsnua-Farrott mine, were instantly
killed Sunday by the explosion OF q
blaf' thai lad hung Are.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-19
Rniirond Man Dead.

Boston, Jan. 1D.-Halsey ,. Board-
man, formerly presidenf of tie Duluth
& Winnipeg Railroad company, is dead
al ,he age OF G5 years.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-01-19
VIII Urge a Special Session.

Peoria, ILL.,, Jan. 16.--The Peoria
asylum commissioners will join with
Chicago in asking the governor to call
special session of the legislature.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
L RIVER DAYS.
stories az Steamboat Racing on the
MissIssipni.

Mississippi.
when one steamboat comes along.
side another on the Mississippi, each
tries to pass the other. That is an in
variable rule of the road. No pilot
likes to takes the wash and broken
water of another boat, especially II the
other boat Is slower or more heavily
loaded. Why. when the procession OF
steamboats, escorted the United states
gunboat Nashville up the river last
spring, II of the steamboats, showed
the poor taste to lead the Nashville on
the way to the harbor. The engineer
and the pilot of the Nashville, an old
river pilot, had the greatest kind OF
trouble keeping themselves nj after
her and pulling her down. They did
show their heels In frst-class shape to
one river boat that tried to pass them
down below Memphis. II Is In the hu-
man blood and no amount of danger
from ovcrtaXcd boilers, OF
channel. sand bars. shoals or snags Will
deter the fast boat from showing It's
heels To the slower boat. | have seen
| passengers in the olden time, when
everybody knew a good deal about the
river and It's dangers. come up to the
! captain of the boat they had taken pas
sage on and say to him solicitously:
Nov, captain, want you to assure
me of one thing. that you are not go
ing to race. I've got my wife and
children on board and | don't want To
expose them to needless danger" q
course we won race" the captain
would answer. and he would mean It
when he said II. In a little while along
would come n slow, heavily loaded
scow OF a boa and try to pass us. The
captain would get busy and 80 would
the pilot. the engineer and the iiremen.
And AZ the competing boat would
shade down to a small speck on the
rear horizon, the passenger who was
SO anxious to keep his family out of
needles danger would como Up from
below. wiping a pair OF bruised and
dirty hands and, Initiating his chest
pouldly. say to the captain. she
never touched u.s." That passenger had
been down on the boiler deck during
the race, passing cordwood to the stok'
ers to pIt under the boilers. That's
Z, how 1t is with steamboat racing,-St
Louis Republic.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20

hut at the Maugold cabin there was
something besides the wind or possible
crop failure to alarm the tired mother.
Mrs. Mangold looked out of the win
dow several times. marking the close
ness of the atmosphere. but she saw
nothing in the hazy sky to brighten
her. At mid-aftcrnoon she became un-
easy and went out Of doors To the
south side of the house.
For an instant It seemed that all hor
strength would leave her; her face
palcd and she gave a dcspairing cry
for help
Extending In a long line from east
to west and driven by the fierce wind
came a ribbon of fire that ate up the
dry prairie grass and was bounding
forward as II rejoicing in its free
dom. II was n mile away-was there
time to escape?
To the barn and sheds she ran, call
ing Rob Tad. Link"
Not n voice answered. wild In her
terror. she returned to the house,
seized n few keepsakcs and again went
out Of doors. Where could the boys
be?
The Eranary' To II she hurried and
her cry ran through the building.
ooh. Rob! Tad! Link"
Slecpily, Link answered from his
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
Lawrence T.. Brooks, known on the

Lawrence f.. Brooks, known on the
Pacific coast as the king miner OF the
Ilondike, has returned to Los Angeles
o look after his investments. All
.hings considered, he is regarded as
he most signal success in placer gold
mining in the Klondike. In May, 1896,
lie gave up his job as a track laborer
or the Northern Pacific railroad, sail
ID for the Yukon River gold diggings
With all his money, some $3.50, in his
Gather belt, and came back to san
francisco, twenty-eight months later,
With boxes of his W gold that he
iold at the mine for $l63, 900. He went
back to the frozen north and came
Town the coast again last July with
gold worth SIS, 900 more.
Among all the stories OF sudden
wealth acquired in the Klondike that
lave thrilled gold hungry men OF the
Pacific coast none is more interesting
han that which Brooks tells Of his
ong fight with poverty and adversely,
md of how fortune finally smiled
lpon him. At the age of 80 he was a
Door day laborer. and at the age OF 81
ne was worth upward of 100000. In
1896 he lived at a 20-cent lodging
house in San Francisco. In 1895 he
lived in a handsome suite Of rooms at
he Palace hotel in San Francisco. and
vas giving dinner parties to million
,ire friends.
Il have often be asked II II did
lot turn my head to 'hs e wealth come
D me so fast" he said the other
lay. Il believe 1t would have turned
my head. but we had to work so hard
and stand such ~hardships in getting
our gold that we were kept sobered
,y them. Some young Klondikers
we're beside themselves at the fortune
hat tumbled on them. There Is tha'
Jim Watson, who brought $4,000
,fown the coast from his claim on Ell
dorado creek in July, 1897. He got out
seventy pounds of gold in the month
Of his mining, when he was about 2
years old, and he was literally Graz!
with excitement for a few weeks.
THE sluicing of the dump on m!
claim iaSteu twenty -pne u"'o' VI"
ployed three Indians at an n o
gold each for ten hours work, to he'll
in the operations. Every night gath
ered the gold from the rifles in tn
sluice boxes. The aggregate yiel'
from the seasons sluicing was l,i7
ounces, Troy weight, OF gold, at 81
an ounce. The cleanup netted m
about s23,l i5, but | had kicked out an
banned ont in. the course OF m
mining operations during the yea
s25, 900 worth more of gold.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
strenuous Religion Long Ago.

They made a strenuous matter OF
religion in the good old days, as is
shown by this extract from the diary
of Charles Dreamer Of Waldoboro.
under date of June, 1928; Sunday
there was a Touchdown in the Con
gregational meeting house, between
the Congregationalists and Universal
lists. The Universalists came on vic
torious. was there. Saturday night
the pulpit was guarded all night by
men with clubs. Sunday was the great
day. Both parties occupied the
church, and there were great music
and singing. Afterward the Congre-
gationaiists bought out the Universal
lists. and there was no more trouble
-Kehnebec (Maine) Journal.
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the money in his belt and walked all
the way home. He said he will not
spend the money and will keep 1t as
a memsnto of Miss Gould. In another
ten years he will again travel TO Miss
Gould's home and see her. He ey-
poets a letter from her daily, however,
inviting him to call and settle down
in New York.
Shotwell imagines that he owns
Shohola Glen. Once I month he visits
the hotel and tries to collect the rent.
He says Miss Gould has decided him
the property and hat he wants the
rent to send to her.
David l.. H~ardenbrook, who owns
the hotel, has been threatened with
assault by the old man and has TO
avoid him when he visits the glen.
Shotwell is a sharpshooter and always
carries his gun with him.
The old man has a remarkable mem.
| DRY and ~recounts many events, giving
the dates OF their concurrence. He can
! recite the papers OF most of the presi-
dents, and he carefully preserves all
the messages sent by the executives to
congress. He has a serapbook OF Bry-
ans speeches delivered during the last
campaign and can rattle them off In
fine style,
The quarry In which the old man
! lives is'the one which supplied the biz
stones FOR the pavement In front Of
the Vanderbilt residence On Fifth ay-
epue!
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hence is that of three large particles
of the crown of thorns worn by tho
founder of our religion, and presented
by Mr.. II. Grissell to the cardinal
These particles were presented to Plus
tx. by a member of the royal family OF
Piedmont. After the death of that
pope they were given to Mr.. IL. Girls
sell by the then cardinal vicar OF Rome
and by him duly authenticated 1t IL
intended to place these relics in one
of the chapels of the cathedral.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20

In a stone quarry at Barryville, Jul
livan county, New York, lives stephen
Shotwell, an aged hermit, whose love
is centered upon Helen Gould. He is
happy in the belief that the young
woman returns his affections. lie
goes about singing love songs and each
week writes a letter TO Miss Gouid
telling her of his affections and OF his
life.
In Barryville Shotwell Is known AS
the stone man. He leayes his cave in
the quarry once a week and journeys
TO the postofice, where he mails a let
ter to Miss Gould and asks II any has
been received for him. Fol- ten years
he has waited for a letter from Miss
Gould, and is not disappointed, nor
does his love lag because of her failure
Ia write to him.
Shotwell traps in the woods about
Shohola Glen and lives on what he
catches. He. rarely eats vegetables,
and his meat is eaten half raw after
an attempted broiling over a smoky
fire.
About a week age Shotwell disap-
peared from his usual haunts. He re-
turned Tuesday and announced that
he had tramped oil the way from Bar
ryyille TO Miss Gould's residence In
New York. He said he vas met at the
door by one Of Miss Gouid's servants
who told him Miss Gould thought wei
of him. lie was given a small sum o.
money to pay his fare home. He 1u'
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
Sacred Relic Commons.

Sacred relics have of late become
exceedingly common. They are not
confined TO lintels in Ephesus, letters
in Odessa, or palimpsests in Egypt for,
according to a Roman Catholic CORE
spondent of the London Telegraph,
among the many valuable and valued
offerings made to Cardinal Vaughan,
in kind and in specie. for the new
Westminster Cathedral. undoubtedly
the one most treasured by his emf
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20

mother. clasping Link, went on tho
other, nOne being much hurt.
The car plunged forward with little
slackcncd speed. In vain the engln.
Ger tried to stop and get away from
the queer-looking thing bearing down
upon him.
4 clank. n crash, q cracking OF tim
bcrs. and the white Dove lay partly
in the ditch, partly on the engines
front. Its cruise was over.-Charles
Moreau Harger in Chicago Record.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
bed on the wool sacks, "What yor

bed on the wool sacks, "What you
WANT"
In an instant his mother was by his
side. almost carrying his to the open
air.
"Whcrc-whcrc are the boys
"Sailn' tn white Dove"
Link was almost afraid to tell lest
he should lose his promised ride, but
the look In his mothers face decided
him.
"Where-wherc do You mean
lie pointed to the north. She could
see two small forms standing on the
low car, struggling with a Tapping
cloth, evidently too large for their
strength.
Come" and half dragging the roly-
poly Link she raced over the plain TO-
ward the track. The fire line had
swung In an irregular course, and,
while II skirted the bluffs in n direc-
ton and was dying out in the short
grass OF the hills behind which the
men were working, 1t blazed more
fercely than ever to the southeast ana
east. She could not find safety In any
direction but to the north.
Rob and Tad, toiling with the un-
wieldy sail, has not noticed the fire.
nor did they see their mother until
she was by their side. Then they
started guiltily.
I'VE amt hurtln' any" began
Rob. but he glanced at his mothers
face and all thought Of excuses van
ished.
Come, boys, run" she gasped
looking along the track. wondering II
the narrow stretch of fresh eartt
would save them,
She made a start over the ties, still
holding to Links hand, when Rot
spoke: Lets get on the car-and yol
help u.s."
And sail It," added Tad.
1t was a new idea, but the quickenet
wits OF the woman grasped 1t. Lifting
little Link to the spfinter-covered plat
form of tho car, she helped Rob will
the sail while Tad clambered aboard
Wlth>her assistance the heavy cross
piece and its burden OF bagging wa
hoisted. Then each held "A lower cor
ner OF the cloth, while with the no
wind, heated more intensely by tn
blaze a few rods away, it filed ant
bulged and strained,
Rob slid to the ground and pushed
the car until 1t was under way. Thei
to his seat. Glory! The wind wa
carrying them Observation-Disclosures
Following a slough, the fire had rui
ahead In places and o blazed OF
both sides of the track, a mile ahead
For an instant smoke blinded them
little darts of flame were here an
there, the sail was In danger. Ro'
and Tad lost courage and bowed thei
faces close to their knees; then the!
rushed out into the clear air again
and the fire was behihd-sne tail Pill
lar OF smoke far away telling of thei
cabin homes destruction.
Swifter and swifter whirled tn
wheels of the little car. tighter clunI
the mother to Links chubby form
Mrs. Mangold's hair streamed loose Il
, the wind. The sail rounded beauti
, fully and they were pushed forward a
a rate that would have been a deligh
under different circumstances, an
even then gave Rob and Tad a. thriI
of pleasure.
Ten miles away was the village G
Manchester.
AS they passed the little depot tn
, agent came out waving his hands frar
tically. Peering under the sail in fror
I Of the car, sure enough they could sc
danger-the daily train from the mort
was coming!
= Rob looked at his mother, ST
shouted the one word; Jump"
Rob and Tad tumbled off on II
fresh esrth on n side while II
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
Claim for Wartime Services.

Among the many claims against the
United States government In conneG"
ton with the war of the rebellion
there Is a rather peculiar n that has
Just been made public. The claimant
is an old man named Gibson, who
makes the remarkable declaration that,
though he was appointed by Secretary
Stanton to conduct a rocruiuns station
till the close of the war. he never re-
oeiyed any salary, Now he Is trying
to collect 50, 900, which, he says, is due
him for his services. Gibson Is 81
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
TIM ELY FALL
or Feathers Aided Thieves In Escaping
From tho Police.

or Feathers Aided Ihief's IN EscapthS
From tho Police.
ew York Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean:
A friendly cloud of goose and rooster
feathers that settled down over De-
lancy street yesterday afternoon. en-
abled three thieves to escape from a
pair OF confused detectives. The thieves
had beer ransacking the rooms Of a
burning tenement house at No. 217
Delaney street, from which the tene-
ants had fled. panicstricken. In the
opinion of the police there Is no mean
er thief than the one who will rob a
family turned out by fire, and the po-
lice, who figured in this case did what
they could to relieve their feelings by
kicking the thieves half way down the
flight of stairs to the street, intending
to grab them again on the steps. But
as the thieves reached the steps a
score of feather beds that had been
thrown out Of the Hebrew teneme-ts
upstairs by the hremen piianscca dawn
on the sidewalk and burst. Feathers
rose up and swirled about In eddies.
Fire department wagon and horses
were covered with them, and 8 were
hundreds of Hebrews who were In the
streets, enjoying the last hour of a
forty-eight hour holiday, The thieves
jumped into the cloud of feathers and
escaped. After the cloud had cleared
away the detectives yanked Norris
R~osenstein and Isador Goodman out
OF the crowd and locked them up on
suspicion that they were pickpockets.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
Injurious Lemon.

A singer in grand opera contradiets
the statement frequently made that
lemon Juice is excellent to relieve u
slight h~oarseness, It may clear the
voice at first, but only for a short
time, and the strong acid Is extremely
injurious to the vocal cords. To sooth
and relieve the congestion that pro-
duces the hoarseness. this singer says
that nothing is better than the white
OF an egg whipped to a stiff froth.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
Denominations OF stamps.

OF the $50 stamps which have been
issued the values have ranged from
one cent to $4,000. Five dollars Is the
highest value among postage stamps,
but newspaper stamps reach the 500
mark. while a revenue stamp may rep
resent S., 600.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
Costly Wheels,

1t is said that Queen M~argherita has
the mcst beautiful bicycle in the
world. The wheels are OF gold, and
the frane is richly inlaid with Jewels
and mother-of-pearl. Lady Dudley,
one OF the famous beauties OF Eng
land, has a white enameled wheel,
whose handles are of ivory.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
Her EyerIasttng Dnty.

When a New England woman starts
TO go UPSTAIRS. she always asks her
self whether It is her duty to begin
with the right or the left foot, and
what relation her step bears to the
great laws of We universe, Garden Of
Eden.
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years of age and lives in a little back
room ear the entrance to Brooklyn
bridge.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20

Not until the development of the
postal frauds did we know the Cuban
was such a sarcastic cuss.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
EXPELLED BY KRUGER
RABBI HERTZ, FORMERLY A PRO-
BOER, AGAINST THEM.

NEW YORK, May 6.-Rev DR.. Joseph
H. Hertz who was rabbi of the Witwa-
tersrand Hebrew congregation, of johann
nesburg, until last December, when he
was expelled from the Transvaal by
President Kruger, arrived here on the
Steamer Etruria today
Il went to the. Transvaal a strong pro-
Boer," said he, "and spoke on many a
public occasion in favor of the Transvaal
government, but an insight into the
TransVaal methods and an acquaintance
with the leading officials within the
Transvaal and the Free State, as we'll as
my personal experience while there try
Ing to remove the obnoxious religious dis
abilities under which the Catholics and
the Jews suffer, gradually compelled me
to see that the Transvaal is not a repub-
lie, but rather an oligarchy, misgoverned
on strictly medieval principles.
AT the uitlander meeting at Johan-
nesburg, on July g. 1899, [ uttered these
words: Let President Kruger demand
of the Catholic inhabitant and of the Jew
ish inhabitant what he has a right to de-
mand of his own burghers We would
give up right, willingly; joyfully would
we sacrifice right with the exception of
our faith, our principles, our truth and
our honor, and we will not sacrifice our
faith and our honor because the heroes
of Holland and the sturdy men who have
presided at the birth of this republic have
not taught us that by sacrificing these
things we would become worthy members
of the Transvaal republic
For this sentiment l was called upon
to apologize. / was ordered to withdraw
it. I refused and, although an American
citizen, l was expelled