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Morris tribune., 1901-11-23

The syndicate Of western electric
railroad men headed by Henry Everett
Of Cleveland, O., is making progress, it
Is reported, in the development of the
enterprise it has in hand in Washing
ton. AS will be recalled, the syndicate
acquired last spring the charter obtain
ed from the legislature Of Maryland
authorizing the building of an electric
road between Washington and Annap-
oils and from the latter place to Balti-
more, says the Washington Star. Since
then the work Of surveying several ten
tative lines has been going on.
The National tribune., 1901-03-28
Didn't Want That Prisoner.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / am GO
ing to take COmrade Chandler's advice,
in a recent issue. | am going to write, q
never wrote before). On May q, 1862,
our Division went to Hanover Court
House, Va. | was with them. l thought
there was going to be a fight, and as |
had nothing to shoot with, for / was a
Bugler, l dropped into Il deserted house
for spOils, etc, anC | found a double-bar-
relied shotgun. l was fixed.
In the meantime the fighting had com
menced, and as | was on my way to my
regiment, met an officer with a prisoner.
He said: Here, boy, take this prisoner to
the rear"
L accepted his kind offer and we started
for the rear. BY the way, that was the
first shotgun | ever had my hands on,
and if | had had to shoot it | think | would
have got the worst of it. When | with
drew the charges | found IL buckshot in
each barrel.
On our way back the shot and shell
were raising the dust all around us; in
fact, | don't know how they missed us.
my prisoner would drop to let it pass by
with safety. | thought | would hurry him
up, for we were losing time with his
dropping so often. | think | was more
anxious to get back to the rear than he
was We got back some way.
This was our first fight, and | had the
first prisoner. What was | going to do
with him? l didn't want him, so l just
let him look out for himself, and | did the
same. He did not want to go back to
that fight any more than l did-M. III.
POWERS, Co. G, 25th N. Y, Memphis
Tenn.
The National tribune., 1901-03-28
Easy to Criticize.

EDIroE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Your in
quiry in recent issue as to why COM
rades of the Army of the Potomac do not
write more accounts of their experiences
leads me to say that j believe the reason
to he the certainty that whatever may be
written will be surely followed by lot
of other letters saying ''it want So"
Comrade Moore, who since the war has
attained high rank in the Methodist Epis-
copal Church as Il minister, is case in
point. His interesting letter was followed
by about a dozen others mot nearly so in
teresting), all agreeing that the reverend
comrade was, to put it gently, mistaken in
the most of his statements. | doubt il
anyone without criticism could make any
such rash statements as that Gen. Geo.
b. Mcclellan once commanded the Army
of the Potomac, or that the Eastern Army
did as good fighting as any other ever did,
without having a newspaper war over his
statements, or be called a perverter of the
truth. without answering back. 1t is the
truth that many interesting facts are with
The National tribune., 1901-03-28

As remember. the Federal troops cap
tured that morning We're commanded by
Col. G. J. True, of the 10th Ky. Mounted
Infantry, believe. l think the men cap
tured composed detachments from various
regiments of Burbridge's command, left TO
guard the encampment.
Isaiah GarretsOn, of Lima, o.. whom
/ had the good fortune TO befriend when
he was a prisoner, belonged to the 18th
Ohio Cavalry. In recent letter to me, Of
the contents of which ! shall have more
to say as this story progresses, he says
that Burbridge was in command of three
brigades of cavalry and mounted infantry,
and n section of artillery. AS l under
stand Garretson the 18th Ohio Cav. (COl.
Ratliffl, the 11th Mich. Cav, and the 10th
Ky. Mounted Infantry composed the First
Brigade. The Second Brigade, command
ed by Gen. Z. Ii. HobsOn, was composed
of Ohio and Kentucky troops. / am not
clear as to the composition of the Third
Brigade l think, possibly, that the 10Th
Ky, commanded by Col. John Mason
Brown, and the 45th Ky. Mounted Rifles
belonged to either the Second or Third
Brigade.
4 part of Giltner's Brigade and Col.
Martins dismounted men remained at Mt
The National tribune., 1901-03-28

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The National tribune., 1901-03-28
Commanding omcers.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Will you
allow a poor private to say few words
in your valuable paper? wish to cor
rect Comrade Holman in his account of
the battle of Shiloh in your issue of Feb.
Z, wherein he gives Col. Woods credit
for commanding the 18th Iowa and Col.
Shaw the Sth Iowa.
Now, | don't know who was Colonel of
the Stb, but | do know that w. Il. Shaw
was Colonel of the 18th Iowa. The COM
rade also speaks of the 4Sth Ill. L think
he meant the 5Sth Ill. If my memory
serves me right the Sth, 10Th and 18th
Iowa and the 5Sth LII. were brigaded to-
gether, and We're, most of them, taken
prisoners.
don't wish to charge Comrade Hol-
man with making any false statements
(for We are all getting old and liable to
forget, but he has merely made mis-
take. l knew Col. Shaw before he went
into the army and ever since the war as
long as l lived in Iowa. l think he is
still living in Anamosa, James Co., Iowa.
II. L. CLoTHER, Co. H, 14th Iowa,
Marquette, Neb.
The National tribune., 1901-03-28

100 men in an unsuccessful attempt to
drive the enemy on the Ticktown road.
OF course, we expected Burbridge to men
ace our rear while we proceeded TO further
invade the State. Undeniably, We were
badly used up ON the second day at
Mt. Sterling. The surprise was complete
and our losses great. In the early morn
ing the situation was depressing, tending
to decentralization, and the subsequent en-
gagements, while bravely fought, were
disastrous.
When We had gone some six or
seven miles from Mt. Sterling
we met Gen. Morgan and the
Second Brigade hurrying back from
Lexington to our relief. Morgan,
smiling and handsome, elegantly attired,
riding n magnificent step-trotting Blue
grass charger, at the head Of his column,
was fascinating In appearance, and his
manner and voice inspiring. Although
extremely courteous while in consultation
with Giltner and Martin, we. could detect
that beneath that pleasing exterior was
suppressed displeasure. He promptly sug-
newal OF the battle. Gitner and Martin,
however, had had enough. They related
their experience and infinitely described
the situation. They urged the impracti-
cability and hazard Of attempting, without
artillery, to storm a barricaded town in
which every house was a fortress. Re
luctantly, Gen. Morgan deferred to their
view of the matter. He countermarched
the Second Brigade, and the whole divis-
ion resumed the march Of invasion.
Not long ago, Capt. 7. +. Allen, Of the
9TH Ohio Cav, wrote a story for THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE, in which he face
tiously says: Morgan gave Burbridge a
severe trouncing, rolled him In the dust, so
to speak, and left him gasping for breath" J"
Again, the gallant Allen, Adjutant Of the
1th Ohio Cav, humorously asseverates:
Gen. Burbridge, after his defeat at Mt.
Sterling, pulled himself together and called
for help. He had caught bear and want
ed some one to help him to let CO." Ny
genial friend, Alien, says that he and
Garrard's cavalry, all STAT and sassy" val
iantly swung themselves into the saddle
and went forth to "help let go the bear;;''
or words of like tenor or import. Now,
| notwithstanding my distinguished consid-
Grafton for the veracity and yalor of my
facetious friend, Capt. Allen, Adjutant of
the 1th Ohio Cav, and Colonel by brevet,
| must say that, looking over the field,
where the dead and dying lay" we Con-
federates thought we were done up
that we had been wiped out" We were
the fellows who had been ''rolled in the
dust" Whatever may have happened ia
Burbridge, the moiety Of Morgans men al
Mt. Sterling had received "a severe trounc-
ing" We bears We're not hard TO let GO
we wanted to go. When we left the
town Burbridga was "holding the fort ~
Doubtless he was hurt somewhat. While
knocking us out of the ring he necessa,
| rily received some scars himself. II Bur
bridge was as badly used up" as my
friend Allen intimates, then we "Johnnies'
wofully misconceived the situation What
might have been the result had we turned
back, as Morgan suggested, and, rein
forced by the Second Brigade, have re
The National tribune., 1901-03-28

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The National tribune., 1901-03-28
how We Forget.

EDITOR NATIoEAL TRIBUNE: COmrade
Crooks, 10Th Ohio, asks how could Sher
man have been planning a raid to Merid-
ian Feb. 1, 1864, etc. The Sergeant says
of his own knowledge Sherman arrived
at Chattanooga in time to take part in
the fight. He certainly did, and allo re-
turned to Vicksburg in time to start the
army on the Sherman raid, Feb. 1, 1864.
The army crossed the Big Black River
about dark, went into camp on the other
side, and the 3lst Ill. was rear-guard for
the army, being camped on the river.
We started on the 150-mile trip early
next forenoon, found the Johnnies near
Edwards's Station, and drove them away.
At Jackson, Miss, Sherman called up a
20-pound parrot-gun and dropped q shell
into the Statehouse. The Legislature ad
journed without date. The boys secured
a supply of Confederate bust-head at
Jackson. We destroyed the railroad to
Meridian and south for several miles; in
fact, ruined the road, as we captured
about all the rollingstock. The orders
were not to burn or destroy property; no
foraging, on pain of death; but l remem-
ber seeing Sherman watch the boys come
into camp loaded down with good things
to eat.
IL anyone doubts Sherman being in Me-
ridian just let him ask any old lady down
there today and see what she says.
An old nanny told me some days ago:
The National tribune., 1901-03-28

gallant brigade, which had been almost
annihiated through the inexcusable negli-
gence of somebody.
Giltner and Martin. although they had
not more than 900 effective men present,
determined to fight Burbridge on the Lex
ington pike. The plan was as follows:
Martin was to move around to the right
on the Ticktown pike, and if possible push
the enemy into the town by that road.
Johnson's battalion was to accompany
Martin as scoutS and fankerS. This left
with Giltner the 4th Ky. Cav, 10th ky.
Cav, and the 1st Battalion Mounted
Rifles, under Pryor. Trimble, and Holli-
day, respectively. These three battalionS
We're formed in line of battle and, about
9 a. M, advanced upon the enemy. formed
between them and the town. Hearing
Martins guns on the right. indicating that
he had encountered the foe according to
program. Giltner'S men gave the custom
airy rebel yell'' and charged, driving the
enemy into the town, where once more
they made fortreSSeS of the houses. Their
fire from the "battlementS of the City of
Refuge" was calling, very deadly. Hav-
ing no artillery, we We're unable to dis
lodge them. Nearly half of Co. A, 4th
Ky. We're horS du combat within few
minutes. Co. T., of the same regiment.
suffered nearly as much as Co. A. Com
paratively safe, the enemy kept up an ac-
curate. unremittlng tre. Beng Ill the open,
and within close range. our boys were fair
targets For at least 80 minutes our line
held that position. waiting for Martin TO
turn the enemyS flank. Realizing that
the enemy refused TO be driven by Martin,
Giltner concluded that discretion was the
better part of valOr, and withdrew his line
from the hornets nest" having lost %
men, killed and wounded.
Mounting our horses we moved towards
tnp on hn / owl n ptn La
ing Burbridgc in possession of his impreg-
nabe City of Refuge" he making no at
tempt to follow us. Some distance out we
found Col. Martin. who had lost another
The National tribune., 1901-03-28

"Land sakes, dem Yankee mems jes' ct @
all de supper in de house. Just took my
quilts off. Be you one of dem Yankees?
You looks like dem"
We reached Vicksburg during the first
days of March. and then the vets went
home on furlough, and Uncle Billy went
back to get ready for 'On to Atlanta. y
Il. c. MURPHY, NJ. D., Co. i, 3lst ILL.,,
Entnrnrisa Miss
The National tribune., 1901-03-28

newed the fight, no man cam Say. Morgan
may have missed great, opportunity of
playing the role of Sheridah-hc might
Alas, if friend Aliens story is true, 1T
might have been
Howtrer, neither Adjutant Allen nor
any of Garrard's cavalry were in the Mt.
Sterling fights. l was there and exceed
ingly anxious to get away+that ! might
live to fight another day, We Johnnics
felt that we had enough. do not know
how the "Yanks" felt. llf'
Ito be continued9
The National tribune., 1901-03-28
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This VIII Interest Many.

#. W. Parkhurst, the Boston publisher, says
that If any one who is afflicted with rheumatism
in any FORM or neuralgia, will send their ad-
dress to him at box 1901, Boston, Mass, he will
direct them to a perfect cure. He has nothing
TO sell or give only tells you how he was cured.
Hundreds have tested IL with success.
The National tribune., 1901-03-28

held from publication by comrades able
to tell of them, simply because some Of
the details are more or less obscure, even
in their own minds, and they don't want
the bother OF a world of after correspond
enee.-W. L. GILMAN, Co. D, 18th Mass.
The National tribune., 1901-03-28
RR@R!usSle Notes
.M4t GuEq Dixie

By GEO. DALLAS MOSGROVE.

o. BY TIE PUBLISHERS OF THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08
Mrs. ]. A Bushfield and daughter,

Mrs. J. A, Bushfieid and daughter,
Anna, returned Tuesday from a
visit to eastern Iowa. They rep ort
that section extremely dry, more o
perhaps than ever before known
since settlement OF, that state.
Crops OF all kinds are almost an en-
tire failure, wells are drying up, and
the farmers are greatly discouraged.
July was intensely hot, with hot
winds, and no relief at night. The
sight OF green vegetation in South
Dakota was a great pleasure. These
same things were reported by I'll. Il.
Greeves, who recently visited Mis-
souri,. South Dakota can count her.
self very fortunate this year, espec-
tally SO when compared to states
south and east OF us.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08
Fireworks.

Saturday evening the long delay,
ed Fourth OF July fireworks wer g
shot off in the east part OF town.
They were secured for the fourth of
July celebration here some weeks
ago, but owing to the extremely dry
weather which prevailed during J uly
it was deemed unsafe To use them.
They consisted of several sizes OF
rockets, Roman candles, star mines
and balloons. Everything worked
nicely and they were enjoyed very
much by the large crowd OF specta-
tors.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08

Potatoes are very scarce this year
in nearly every part OF the United
States and this county is no excep-
ton, The long drouth in July kill
ed the vines and stopped the growth
OF the potato Just at the developing
period. The price here has gone up
to a dollar and a half a bushel and
there is a corresponding raise in
most OF the other states.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08

The Escher artesian well drillers
have been considerably delayed in
their work. A depth of nearly eleven
hundred feet was reached, but when
they attempted to put down the
casing it was discovered that the
drill had gone crooked at about
500 feet. This turning was prob
ably due to a tilt in the bed rock.
However, as no remedy; offered, the
drill was pulled up to the turn and
a new hole started in the right d.
rection.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08

Peter Burger was up fir ON his farm
in south Hand one day last week.
Mr. Burgers farm comprises 100
acres OF land all fenced and has a
good house and barn. together With
a fine well OF wateras improvements
Owing to his'increasing age he offers
the farm and improvements for sale
at $500. Surely cheap price for
such quarter!
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08

Huron papers report the number
OF Kansas cattle shipped into that
place during the last two weeks, as
about 10000 head. About a hum
dred trainloads are expected yet be-
fore the first OF September. The cat
tie are distributed to every part OF
the state.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08

Wednesday evening the Yoeman
lodge OF Miller held reception for
the newly married couple, DR.. and
Mrs. S. r. Wallis, at the opera house.
A very entertaining musical pro-
gram had been prepared and was
much enjoyed by all present. Ice
cream and cake were served as re-
freshments, after which some very
fine presents were given, together
with the best wishes, OF many
friends, to the happy couple.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08

The PRESS wishes to notify some
few of it's readers that unless a suffi :
cient number of young fat prairie
chickens are left at the editors back
door within the next few days, it
will be our manifest duty to see that
the chicken law is strickly enforced
against certain ones among our ac-
quaintances.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08
Do You Have fieadacheP

Thousands OF people are sufierlns
with headache who do not realll0
that the cause is q defect or weak
ness OF the eyes. All these cases can
be permantly cured by glasses ina,
are made to correct the errors anu
properly fitted. | don't merely sell
glasses, at eyes and guarantee
cure. Examination free.
CHAs. L. SoNTAG.
51ti Jeweler and OptIcIan
Miller, s. D.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08

Supt. Snoddy reports, that teach
ers will be scarce this fall in Han d
county. He says from twenty-five
to thirty extra teachers will be
needed. At one time Hand county
was not troubled with such n
scarcity OF teachers, but owing to
the very poor wages paid, teachers
only accepted the positions until
they could find something better.
As result OF these extremely low
wages, of S2S to $50 q month, we
are without the necessary number OF
teachers to carry on the county
school work. No relief need be ex-
pected from outside counties, as all
OF them with scarcely an exception
are paying much higher wages to
their teachers. The only sensible
course then, to pursue, is 70. the
school officers throughout the coun-
ty to raise the teachers salaries sui
ficiently above those received by the
day laborer to make the position OF
teacher q desirable one, and the
present dirth will soon be elimin-
ated.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08

Hand County's grain harvest is
nearly over. This week will see all
the grain cut and in stack. The
weather has been very favorable for
the harvest. and the crop has been
gathered without any loss from hail
or storm. What the yield will be
the thresher will begin to tell in a
few days.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08

Charles Carroll, who went to HUI
ron some time ago to study steno-
graphy, has secured a position in
the law office of Pyle & Taylor at
that place. The PRESS wishes
Charles much success in his new To-
cation
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08

Geo. Jeffrey received Il ha ndsome
souvenir this week of the Klondike
country from his son, George, who
is court stenographer in tn Dawson
district. 1t was in the shape OF
pack of playing cards and each
card had printed on it's face some
fine Ala skan view.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08

Jay Myers was quite badly shaken
up yesterday by Douglass mules
running away with a hay rake on
which he was riding. He succeeded
in stopping them after breaking a
wheel from the rake.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08
Estrayed.

From my ranch during the early
summer one black mare 3 years old ).
draft build. A little lame in right
should er when last seen. 34t3
II. l.. Smith, 4
l-ll3-70 Rec Heights, S. d.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08

Miss Edith Ruston, a former Hand
county girl, but now OF Sibley Iowa
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Emma
Andrews, OF Florence township.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08

Irving TAmbltn went TO Huron
Saturday to take the examination
for fireman on the q. an W. R'y.
No new nen were. needed, however,
and he returned home Sunday.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08

Misses Mamie and Bozina Kolda
returned Monday from the south
easternpart OF the state where they
have been visiting relatives for sew
eral weeks.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08

Shamrock posto tfice, Rockdale
township, has been discontinued on
request Of the postmaster, VIM.
Butts. Mail for that office'is order
ed To Cedar as the next closest of
flee.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08

Ladies call and see our new shoes
we just recsived from the old and re-
liable North Star Shoe Go. The lat
est and the best. TIFF
III. X. GREEvEs.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-08

M. Joyce, OF Burdette, wasin town
Saturday to have his foot treated
by Dr. Lane. He injured 1T some
time ago, but on account OF blood
poison it has not healed. Howe yer,
it is improving now.