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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1910-02-18

pencil factory. watch Branson
make her mark.
Missouri University paid Roper
the foot ball coach, five thousand
dollars for the seasons work. The
president Of the university gets
only six thousand dollars.
A Carthage man was divorced
and ordered to pay $50 a month
alimony. Within week he re.
married his former wife in an eff
fort to reduce the high cost OF
living.
Springfield has an airship, and
to that extent the Queen City
"has it on" the Town That Jack
Built. If any one is unfamiliar
with Joplins pet name it might
be explained that "Jack" is zinc
ore.
The Charleston Enterprise
mentions wedding Of two per.
sons who came over from Sikes-
ton, and says: "This couple
spent the day in our city, parad-
ing the streets, hand in hand.
Their wedding dinner consisted
OF cheese and crackers" )"
Some time ago a Higginsville
man signed a testimonial for a
patent medicine telling how it
helped his lame back. Later his
back became as bad as ever and
the medicine did no good. Now
he says every time he comes down
town all bumped over, and walk
ing with a cane, he sees his testi-
monial in the papers.
1t costs a negro S100 in Kansas
City now to be "polite to a white
lady" One of the gentlemen"
was taken before the police Judge
the other day for protruding his
presence on a white shop girl,
and the Judge fined him 500.
The negro thought him a little
severe just because he was trying
to be "polte to the white lady,"
He will serve the city a hundred
dollars worth just the same.
Trigg & Burgess, the editors
and owners of the Richmond
Conservator, closed a trade with
Jas. A. DeArmond last week for
the Bates County Weekly and
Butler Daily Democrat, publish
ed a. Butler. The new manage
ment took charge of the Butler
! papers Monday and Mr.. Burgess
will be in charge. Mr.. Trigg will
! remain in charge of the Conser-
vator as editor and manager.
Harve Smith, wanted in Mount
Vernon, KY, for the murder OF
Ewing O'Neil at tina. place ter
years ago, was arrested at Spring
field last week by the police as ar
insanity victim. He confessed the
y murder and was held for Kentuc
ky authorities who were commu
, nicated with, and confirmed tn,
, story. Smith has lived in Cabool
, Texas county, three years. Pre-
viously he was in the west. H,
is married and 80 years of age
Smith killed O'Neil over a debt o
thirty-five cents.
High prices Of meat and othe
: foods are forcing children out o
a the school room into the factor,
: and work shop. ~his statemen
J. was made Monday by W. W. Viii
e liams, state factory inspector
y His office in the Fullerton buildin
n in st. Louis is filled with children
d who desire to quit school and Q
9 to work in factories. Each mdl
d have a certificate from the factor
Il inspector before being employed
IS When children are leaving seho,
ls to work Inspector Williams q
g ways inquiries the reason az
1t without exception the great doc
! of applicants during the last tt
A A a
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1910-02-18
A man who had Just rented a

Idrm near mug Sity was aEfooteu
on a st. Joseph warrant charging
him with stealing five fat hogs
from a farmer near st. Joseph,
driving them to the stock yards
and selling them.
All. VanMatre received notice
Tuesday from the census DEPART
= ment at Washington that he had
been named as a special enume-
rator, and that his district is COM
posed OF New Madrid, Scott,
Pemiscot, and parts Of Dunklin
and Stoddard counties. Camp
bell Citizen.
Mrs. Alice Moore, Thursday
night, confessed that she tried to
burn the Pettis county home of
which she was an inmate. Two
men she implicated are in Jail.
Mrs. Moore declared she wanted
to get revenge on the county
Judges who sent her children to
an orphans home and her to the
poor farm. -
The tomato crop in Webster
county during 1909 was not as
! large as the proceeding year, In
1908 Webster county canned and
shipped 359 cars from 2,403 acres
while in 1909 the shipments were
; 1856 cars from 3,442 acres. The
extreme dry weather in the sum-
| mer caused shortage in the to-
: mato crop.
, At the grave side of Chris Sun
dermeyer, a farmer, who was
buried in Hart Hill cemetery, in
the southern part of Galloway
county, were his mother and six
teen brothers. The Sundernleyc,
family Bible shows three sons
: died in youth. Every one of the
. brothers votes the straight demo-
. cratic ticket.
e Howard Thomas of Clyde has
e filed petition in voluntary bank
: ruptcy in the federal court at st
e Joseph. Mr.. Thomas is the young
: man whom judgement for 81, ,50I
was given by default, in favo
of Miss Edith Bosley of Maryville
who brought suit against him a
the November term of circui
4 court for breach of promise.
Q A wild duck was discovered
e hanging by its neck to the orna
# mental fencing around the top o
o the court house cupalo, in Fultor
a Wednesday morning. Whethe
VI it was accidentally caught o
e committed suicide isn't known
70 Some one on the street diseoyere,
it hanging there and there wa
tt much speculation as to what i
st was until the janitor went up an
n got it down.
j. The late Daniel Perry, of Mays
le vile, was man who had see
10 a great deal of this world and VIII
'e had a wide experience. He wa
re born in the east and he was as
's sociated with some of the note
le men Of the country. We hav
= been informed that he was
classmate in college with the lat
ID President William Mckinley, like
Is wise a classmate of the late Rus
rs sell A. Alger, who was a gener,
er in the Civil War, and who subss
ut quently held important publ
he positions.
le
40 Mrs. A. J. Harlan, OF Savar
of nah, was hostess in honor of h,
88th birthday, Tuesday, Jan. 2
to the following guests: Judg
's H. s. Kelley, Byron Kelley an
% wife and daughter Flora Bell ar
gn Mrs. Lottie Kelley, all of st. Jot
he eph; DR.. Arthur Kelley and wi
ny of Rosendale; DR.. R. R. Kellt
us and wife and two children
r. Amozonia, and Mrs. Ed. L. We
In and daughters. Mrs. Harlan d
the princinal mart in prenarino II
The National tribune., 1910-09-15
Commanded the 32d Mo.

Editor National Tribune: / have be-
fore me a purported history of the 3Ist
and 32d Mo-, consolidated, i'm which the
writer evidently got his wires crossed
j write to inquire where he got his in
formation that Col. Samuel g Simpson
ever commanded the battalion or the
32d Mo. ] commanded the 32d No.
from the opening of the Vicksburg cam
paign TO the close of the war, when ii
was mustered out. except few days
that il was nOminally commanded 10y
Lieut.-Col. II. c. Warner If your friend
Woods or anybody else wants A more
definite and extended history, they are
at liberty 10 call on me. ] am the
Abraham ]. Seay referred to in your
article of the 18th ult, page "A. ].
Seay, I<ingfisher, Okla.
The Official Register shows that the
32d Mo. was organized at Benton Bar
racks Oct. Is, 1862, and the 3Ist Mo.
consolidated with it Nov. H. 1864
Three companies of the 27th Mo- were
transferred TO it June 13, 1865, and it
was mustered out July IS, 1865. The
first Colonel was Francis H Manter,
who was killed by the falling OF his
horse; Lieut.-Col. Henry c. Warmoth
was discharged, Lieut.-Col. Samuel p.
Simpson resigned, and Lieut.. Abra-
ham J. Seay was in command of the
regiment when it was mustered out
Editor National Tribune
The National tribune., 1910-09-15
Battery G, 1st n. Y. l.. A.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a brief history of Battery G, 1st n. Y.
L. A. ]. Copp, 1414 Grand avenue,
Milwaukee, Wis.
The 1st n. Y. L. a. was organized in
the State-at-large from August to No
vember. 1851, and after serving out two
enlistments mustered out by batteries at
different dates from the 18th to the 2Sth
of June, 1865. Battery was organized
in October. 1t was commanded by Capt.
John d. Frank, who was discharged
April 4, 1853, succeeded by Capt. Nelson
Ames, mustered out upon expiration of
term of service Sept. 23, 1864 Capt
Samuel A. Mcclellan then took com
mand. 1t was engaged in the battles of
Fair Oaks, Savage Station, White Oak
Swamp, Malvern Hill, Antietam, Fred
ericksburg, Charlottesville, Gettysburg,
Bristow Station, Mine Run, Wilderness,
Po River, SpOtsylvania, North Anna.
TotopotomOy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg
and Deep Bottom, belonged to the Sec
ond Corps, and lost II killed and Is
from disease, etc.-Editor National
Tribune.
The National tribune., 1910-09-15
The 1st w. Va. Cav. and 18th w. Va.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
brief history of the LIST Viva. Cav,
and what ever became of the 18th w.
Va? 1T was mustered in, but does not
seem to have been mustered out, nor
did 1t ever lose man. / cannot under
stand about it.-Joseph l.. Buckley,
Parkersburg, w. Va.
The 1st w Va. Cav was organized at
Wheeling and other places in the State
from July to November, 1861. and after
serving out two enlistmcnts finally mus
tered out July s, 1865. 1t was COM
nanded by Coils Henry Anisunsel, H.
p. Richmond and Henry Capehart The
regiment belonged to Averell's Division,
w Va. Cavalry Corps, and lost 81 killed
and 126 from disease. etc.
The 10th w. Va. was organized at
Washington, ID. c., in August and Sep
tember, 1862. for three years, but was
mustered out June 10, 1868. 1t was
commanded by Col. James T. Close,
who resigned 13 days before the regi-
nent was mustered out. 1t lost seven
rom disease, etc.-Editor National
Tribune.
The National tribune., 1910-09-15

mediate front was a narrow strip of
woods, which excluded us from the
! view of the enemy. Soon the signal
gun was heard, when forward was the
order as We emerged thru those woods.
The objective point of our attack was
brought plainly in view, which proved
| to be salient or outer works.
Mounting several guns, our gallant
Col. Norris gave the order double
quick, and away we flew up the incline,
and before they had a chance to fire
many shots we We're on them. Our
lregimental line of about 1,500 strong
enveloped three faces of the works, and
notwithstanding their brave efforts to
prevent us were soon over among them,
and now came the tug of war. 1t was
a hand-tO-hand fight. The shouts of
officers, the yellS of men, the clashing
of bayonets, made it at once a terribly
exciting scene, but the rebels soon found
we We're too many for them, and very
wisely threw down their guns and sur
rendered OF course, we felt greatly
elated over our achievement But the
tables were turned. Down in field
beyond long line of the gray ad-
vanced on run. We were a veritable
mob with our muSkets all empty. Git
was the word. and git we did. but they
sent the bullets after us lively, and
many We're stricken down before we
reached shelter.
"To lis was accorded the honor of
being the only ones to make any i'm
preston on Lees lines. We captured
400 prisoners, but left Cold fiar5or with
over 400 less than when we went in.
''Note.-Col. Fox places The 9TH Art.
third on the list of the greatest losses
in service. | am an old Andersonviller.
nearly so wears old, in fairly good
health. Thank the Lord, I'm here, and
hope to be down to Atlantic City and
give you a congratulating shake as
Commander-in-C Chief
The National tribune., 1910-09-15
Bravery at Cold Harbor.

Serg't John Grover, Co. F, 14th Regt.
Trenton, y. j., writes: ff
"Comrade Marsh asks if I am still
alive. ! am thankful, to say ! am. You
may see by the Captains sketch, "A
Model Soldier published recently IL
The National Tribune, that have had
considera BILE experience In the war.
was not yet 16 years old when i en-
listed, Aug Is, 1862, and / served TO
April 2, 1865, when / was wounded at
Petersburg one week before Gen. Lees
surrender, and / was discharged from
David's Island, n. Y, Sept. IL, 1865.
Five of US were in the army-father,
three brothers and one haIf-brother.
None are now living but myself, the
youngest. The battle of Cold Harbor is
mentioned by my Captain, stating that
/ was recommended for q medal, but
not saying what for, and it was never
mentioned to me, as / never saw him
after / was wounded i don't remem-
Der seeing him since the war. as he
went West
THE Confederates lay behind their
works in q denge woods. We were or
dered to charge, taking possession OF
the works, but the woods being so thick
the soldiers became scattered, the COM
manding officer being at the right, my
self and others being at the left did
not hear the command to move to the
right, so some five or six of us moved
10 the left, and, passing some dead
Confederates, came to an open space.
We looked ahead, and saw a line of
skirmishers coming directly toward us.
AS they stepped into the edge of the
woods where we were they were COM
pleteiy surprised. We told them to sur
render, which they did in regular order
as they approached, until every man on
the line had thrown down his arms
We cut off their equipment, sent them
TO the rear--the last we ever saw of
them.
Il cannot say how many there were
of them. / believe about 80 or more.
We discovered, moreover, the body of
troops forming in line of battle farther
to the right, and my comrades saw that
ii was folly to stay longer, SO retreated,
leaving me entirely alone. Being in the
edge of the woods, put up my gun
and fired one shot at the rebels. They
did not return the fire. ! went back
then and Joined my regiment 1 thought
it would be nice as long as l was rec
commended for a medal to make some
effort in that direction, but as Capt.
Marsh didn't state any particular thing
did, l simply told part OF my expert
ence in that particular battle. Ny l. o.
o. Il. Lodge recommended me to our
Congressman, but have heard nothing
as yet from it"
The National tribune., 1910-09-15
The eth N. Y. IL. A. at Cold Harbor

A. Du Bois, 18th n. Y. II. A, Albany,
y. Y, writes:
The many readers of The National
Tribune particularly those who rar-
ticipated in that rather unfruitful cam
paiSn from the Rapidan to Petersburg,
are looking for a right good treat in
store for them in the coming series you
propose To give us We that were in il
might call il a hammcring affair, as il
was a blow and a march all the way
down, and at every blow the hammer
got the worst of il.
The 18th n. Y. II. A belonged to the
First Division, Second Corps Our po-
sition in line at Cold Harbor was ON the
extreme right of Lees. Just in the
gray of the morning of June we were
aroused from our slumber, where we
lay behind a light line of breastworks
Failing in line, we marched down in q
hollow, where we halted, waiting for
the signal for the advance. In our i'm
The National tribune., 1910-09-15
Drive rheumatism Out Before Winter
Comes.

The Summer is over, and it will only
be a short time before Winter comes,
with trouble for every person who has
any rheumatic poison in the blood. for
Winter always brings rheumatism to
those subject to it. When Winter winds
and snow sweep the Norif.c.1 States
and cold, chilling rains and penetrating
damp hang over the Southland, rheu-
matism begins to torment in way
that makes life almost unbearable.
If you have had any rheumatism this
year, now is the right time for you to
start treatment with kuhns Rheu-
matte Remedy, during the plea Fall
days, to drive all rheumatic poison out
of your system before Winter comes.
Then you can go through the Winter
without any trouble. You can get a
full-sized bottle of this fine rheumatic
remedy on trial without any trouble.
All you need do is accept their offer in
the announcement in this paper. You
will find it on last page, headed Health
for Rheumatics.
This company is reliable, and will do
just what they say. They have adver-
tised Kuhn's Rheumatic Remedy in
this paper for number of years, and
many of our readers have tried it for
rheumatism and know how it cures
this troublesome disease. You need not
buy any medicine until you have tested
1t in your own case, SO their offer is
very fair and liberal Read their ad.
Vertisement and try bottle free.
The National tribune., 1910-09-15

20 the conclusion that the rebels were
too strongly fortified there to warrant
a general assault? They had been get
ting ready for US four months. or ever
since Lee escaped across the Potomac
with his shattered army after Gettys-
burg. Another thing l wish to correct
is that Co. f, 1st n. Y, was raised in
Rochester and vicinity in July and
August, 1862, with some .30.,eor more
from Orleans County. Our Captain,
Shipman, and First Lieut. Starkweath-
cr were Orleans County men. Our COM
pany was intended as flank company
for the 10Sth n. Y, and we even wore
the figures los on our caps while in
Camp Porter at Rochester Early in
September the 10Sth went to the front,
but we did not go with them. They
were a large, fine regiment, and got
there in time for the battle of Antietam,
where they were badly cut up
The National tribune., 1910-09-15

-NhiiOildi fledSe give
short history of the 69th n. Y-B. f.
Toms. 1897 West 1ith street, Los An
geles, Cal.
The 69th n. y. one of the fighting
regiments, was organized at New York
city from September to November,
1861, and after serving out two enlist
ments was finally mustered out June 30,
1865. 1t was also called 1st regiment.
Irish Brigade, and was commanded by
Robert Nugent, of the Regular Army,
thru both its enlstments The 69th
belonged to the State Militia at the time
of the breaking out of the war. and
promptly volunteered its service. It
took part in the first battle of the war.
where Col. Corcoran was wounded and
tieut.-Col. Haggerty was killed 1t be-
longed to th- famous Irish Brigade. At
Antietam it fought at the Bloody Lane,
where eight color bearers were shot
down, but the brigade carried the posi-
non. AT Fredericksburg the Color-Ser-
3eant of the 69th was found dead with
his flag concealed and wrapped around
MS body, bullet having pierced both
flag and brave heart. In that action
the regiment lost 16 officers and 112
men killed and wounded. out of 1S Off
GERS and 210 men engaged. Il lost more
men in action killed and wounded than
any other infantry regiment from New
York State. The 69th belonged to Ham
COCKS Division, Second Corps and lost
259 killed and 142 from disease. etc.
fifty-siX of its number died in Confcd-
crate prisons.-Editor National Trib-
Une.
The National tribune., 1910-09-15

| to move came. AS we hilfed away Tor
| Rappahannock Station the fog lifted
and the day was perfect. You remem-
Der, boys. how we crossed the Rapidan,
went to Mine Run and lay in that ra
vine in the cold. On Nov. 30 there was
some fighting there, and George Kelley,
of our company, and Beers, of another
company, We're killed. The order came
10 move out without noise, and we
marched all night. We fell hack he
| Vond the Rappahannock River to build
winter quarters, and remained in them
one week, when away we went again.
Tor one day, bringing up near Culpeper
Court House. On May 3 and 4. 1864
the army again crossed the Rapidan and
the battle of the Wilderness began May
| D. There was no falling back this time.
John McEIroy, in the Wilderness
Campaign, June 20, says that Meade
mad Lee at his mercy at Mine Run
What do you think about it, boys? Did
we not look the ground over. and come
The National tribune., 1910-09-15
The 5th u. s. C. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short sketch OF the 5th U. s. c. Cav,
and what army did it belong TOWN.
Cav. Anchorage. KY.
The 5th T. S. c. Cav. was organized
at Camp Nelson, KY, from Oct. "a to
80, 1854, for three years, and mustered
out March 16, 1866. 1t was command
ed by Col. James s. Brisbin. of the Reg
ular Army, who was promoted to Brig
adier-General May 1. 1865, succeeded
by Col. L. Henry Carpenter, also a Reg
ular Army officer. The regiment par
ticipated in the battles of Saltville, Hop
kinsville, Harrodsburg, Simpsonville.
and second battle at Saltville; belonged
to Burbridges Division Ohio Cavalry
Corps, and lost 35 killed and 152 from
disease, etc.-Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1910-09-15

Bloody Angle, is given the statement of
a Confederate veteran tRoche), how in
the melee a maddened Confederate
caught up an AK and Glove one of the
Yankee infidels and others followed
suit. Some comrade voiced in The Ma
tional Tribune his mild surprise that
Lees men were so well supplied with
axes on that occasion. An extract from
the report of A. p. Baldwin, First Lieu
tenant, 9Th Ohio Battery, at ;he engage
ment at Franklin, says: The enemy
tried hard to force a passage at right
embrasure. They several times rot in
the embrasure, pushing their guns thru
and firing at cannoneers; they We're SO
unpleasantly close that we had to re-
sort to sponge staffs. axes and picks to
drive them back. Private Jacob Stein
baugh killed daring rebel with an AK
and disabled another with Il pick
among the company losses the Lieu
tenant reports: One ak was thrown
thru the embrasure by Private Stein
baugh.'"
The National tribune., 1910-09-15
The 10Th n. Y.

Timothy Clancy. 425 East 6ath street.
New York City, wants to know what
battles the 18th n. Y. Highlanders en-
gagged in. Were their colors taken away
from them at Washington? If so, what
for?
The 18th n. Y. had long list of bat-
ties to it's credit, beginning with Black.
burns Ford and Bull Run and ending
with the fall of Petersburg. Altogether
it lost 116 killed in battle and 277
wounded 1t belonged most of the time
to the Ninth Corps. and took part in all
the wanderings of .Burnside's Geog-
raphy Class" There was some trouble
in the regiment while it lay in front OF
Washington. which resulted in its be-
ing temporarily deprived of its colors-
Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1910-09-15

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income should be assured
There should be an opportunity now
TO obtain extraordinary profits by an in
vestment In the Racine Company, as
there was when a Racine business man
bought for 81 500 an interest which
later he sold for $4,000.
The Company's increasing business
necessitates an immediate extension of
its plant These extensions are al
ready under way As part Of its
plan for increasing It's capacity. the
Racine Company has given to private
investors a chance to share on a most
unusual basis in all the greater profits
from Government contracts and from
the rapid expansion OF the Company's
other large business.
Such plan, announced by n leader
In a great stable. and very profitable
industry, has naturally attracted wide
attention. because the Company Is xiv
ing direct to private investors the
handsome profits that. as rule are
absorbed only by bankers and large
interests.
Such an offer by a big concern like
this, conducting great established
and wholly legitimate business. is prac-
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rush to take advantage OF it.
high guaranteed income is paid at
once. The profit-sharing arrangement
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To the man who has $50. 800 or
$1,000 that he would have produce a
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You can learn the details of this un-
usual offer by writing direct TO
Walter NJ. Reynolds. President of the
Racine Boat Manufacturing Company,
af office I31S RTOaHWay.
New York. Tell Mr.. Reynolds that you
have read this article in The National
Tribune, and ask him to send you the
booklet THE Racine Proft-Sharing
Plan" which tells all about the propo-
sition.
II will be necessary to write imme-
diately. The offer IS being taken up
so rapidly that it will be open for only
short time. Prompt action Is absO-
IuteIy imperative.