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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS
First publication April 10. lsli-s. a
SUMMONS

STATE OF WISCONSIN. CIRCUIT COURT
~ Vernon County.
Andrew Hankins, Plaintiff. VS.. William Han
klns. EDWARD Hankins, Eliza Hankins. Alex Han
klns, Motley Hankins Jane Hankins. The Unknown
HEIRS Of John HankIns. Jr.. deceased. The In
known heirs OF A b Snow. deceased defendants.
The STATE OF WISCONSIN TO THE SAID DE-
PENDANTS.
You are hereby summoned 10 appear within
twenty days after service Of this summons upon
you exclusive of the day Of service and defend
the above entitled action in the court aforesaid:
and IN case Of your failure to do Judgment will
DC rendered against you according 70 the demand
Of the complaint, Of which a copy is herewith
served upon you.
9. j. SMITH. Plaintiffs Attorney.
Z. o. Address. Viroqua. Vernon County, Wis.
summons and complaint on file with the clerk
OF the circuit court for Vernon county, Wisconsin
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
First publication April %. fsli-s

Notice OF SAFE on Foreclosure.
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. CIRCUIT CoU-
TT for Vernon County.
c. NJ. Butt as administrator of the estate of c. NJ
Butt Junior. Plaintiff. against Martha Hol-
comb Defendant.
ment Of foreclosure and sale rendered in the above
er titled acton in the court aforesaid on the 18th
day OF April. A ID. 1910. the undersigned sheriff
OF Vernon county, viii on the sth day of June A
ID. 1911 at the hour of O'clock a. M Of that day.
at the front door of the court house in the CITY of
klroqua. in said Vernon county Wisconsin offer
for sale, and sell to the highest and best bidder
for cash. the following described premises lying
and being within the corporate limits of the vii
iage OF ReadstCwn, Vernon county, Wisconsin;
Lot seven 90. block two l2l Of Hale's and Cade s
addition to the Village Of Readstown. on east side
OF Rickapoo river MARTIN ROOT.
Sheriff Of Vernon County. Wisconsin.
Dated at Firoqaa, Wis, April 26, 1911.
First publication April 20. i9il-6
Sale judgment and Foreclosure
GTATE OF WISCONSIN. CIRCUIT COURT,
~ Vernon County.
Mary Adams, Plaintiff. vs. Walter Jacobs. AL
bert E. jacobson Mrs. Ella II. Ames. Defendants,
by virtue OF a Judgment Of partition and sale
made in the above entitled action on the 10Th day
Of April, A ID. 1911, the subscriber. sheriff of
Vernon county, will sell at Smith & Moen's office
in the city of Viroqua, Vernon county Wisconsin
on the 9th day of June. 1911 at 10 o'clock in the
said judgment to be Sold and therein described as
follows The northeast quarter ga of section
thirty 900, and the northwest quarter (4) of the
northwest quarter ca of section twenty-nine
t29). all in township thirteen G3) north, range
three 49, west.
Dated this % day of April. 1911
MARTIN Roof, Sheriff Aforesaid.
e. j. Smith, Plaintiffs Attorney.
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First publication May 10. l91l-3.
PROBATE NOTICE.

Dated May l6. 1911.
J. Henry Bennett. Attorney for Executors.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-06-03

paragraphs TO the draft OF the order
drawn by General Chapman, which In
the history OF the Grand Army of the
Republic is known as general order.
No. IL.
At first the wisdom of General Lo-
gan's order was doubted by many per-
sons, who urged as an argument that
the setting aside of a Memorial day
would unnecessarily keep alive mem
cries of the war and foster enmities
However, the objections were not
strong enough, and the first Memorial
day. was generally observed, even by
posts that had been Instituted in the,
south.
In Washington the first Memorial
day was observed by appropriate serv~
ices in Arlington cemetery Feeling
still rea high at the capital then, but
a great crowd went to Arlington. Gem
eral James A. Garfield, who later be-
came president. was the orator of the
day. President Johnson was present.
and others who attended the ceremo-.
MES ncluded General Grant. General
w. s. Hancock, General o. 0. Howard
and General Elkin.
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he quilted his beautiful home forever
to accept command of the military
forces Of his state.
Overlooking as it does the Potomac
and the capital, more beautiful spot
could scarcely be imagined Magnif-
cent old oaks shade its glades and
knobs, and art has perfected what ma
ture left undone. The cemetery con-
tains the tombs of Logan, Sheridan,
Lawton and other noted generals.
One Of the most interesting national
cemeteries is that on Clusters battle
field in Montana. The story of how
the dashing yellow haired young ma
jor general and every man Of five COM
panies of the Seventh cavalry lost their
lives in battle with the Sioux, June %,
1876, is known to every one. The
smallest national cemetery is that at
Rails Bluff. Va. 1t is on the site Of
the battlefield Of that name, fought In
1861 1t is only fifty feet square and
is situated on a large bluff overlook.
ing the upper Potomac. 1t contains the
graves OF one known and twenty -four
unknown soldiers.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-06-03

eral Logan. May 30 was designated as
what has since been termed Memorial
day The order was issued early in
May, 1868. and since that time May 80
has become a holiday and is observed
by every Grand Army post in the
Union.
General Logans order. setting May
30 as Memorial day. was eagerly car
ried out, and the first observance OF
the day was widespread
General Logan was elected command
er In chief at an encampment held in
Philadelphia in January, 1868. He es-
tablished headquarters In Washing
ton.
Early in May Of that year Adjutant
General Chapman received a letter
from a member OF Cincinnati post in
which the first suggestion for Memo
rial day was made. General Chapman.
who is living in California. does not
remember the name Of the writer who
described himself as German who
had served as private in the Union
army. This soldier wrote that in his
native country ii was custom of the
people to assemble In the spring and
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-06-03
GENERAL sHERIDAN's MONUMENT IN ARLINGTON.

eral order directed accurate and per-
manent records to be kept of deceased
soldiers and their places of burial.
The work was assigned to the quarter
master generals department. That de-
partment already had charge OF the
burial of officers and soldiers, but its
care had ordinarily ended with the
drifting smoke of the guns that were
discharged over their graves.
By act of July II, 1862, congress en-
powered the president to purchase
cemetery grounds to be used for the
burial of soldiers who shall die in the
service of their country" Such was
the intensity of the great war that for
some time no action was taken under
the law.
Following the battle of Gettysburg
Governor Curtin Of Pennsylvania In
augurated a movement whereby sew
eral states purchased seventeen acres
of ground embracing the center of the
Union line and caused to be disinterred
and reburied there the bodies of the
soldiers who had been buried outside
this area. The cemetery was dedicat-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-06-03
DUR SOLDIER DEAD
IN "a CEMETERIES.
More Than $4,000 Heroes of Our Wars
Are Buried In Graveyards Own
cd by the Government

n the palmy days OF democratic
Athens the bones Of every citizen
who persisted in the service of his
country We're brought home to be
buried in the Ceramicus. A day was
appointed in the winter, when military
operations were suspended, for the
funeral One of the noblest orations
Of antiquity-that attributed by Thu
cydides to Pericles-was delivered on
such an occasion.
Modern nations build stately mauso-
leums for their great generals, but are
usually content to allot only the hasty
trench or ditch to the common soldier.
The bones of British soldiers are scat
tered the world around.
To this rule of Indifference as to the
final resting place of obscure heroes
the United States forms shining and
honorable exception. There are today
eighty-four national cemeteries, which
contained on June 80, 1909, the graves
Of 359,2S5 American soldiers and sail
Drs.
The national cemeteries are mainly
a result of the civil war. In Septem-
Der. 1861, the secretary of war by gen
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Oldest Veteran Dead.

William Macabee. believed to have
been the oldest veteran Of the civil
war and one of the oldest persons in
this country, has died since last Me-
mortal day. He passed away at the
United States Naval home in Phila-
delphia. where he had been an inmate
for thirty years He celebrated his one
hundred and seventh birthday on Sept.
%, when he was able to sit up and re-
ceive the congratulations of his friends
and tell of many Of his experiences In
the navy.
Macabee entered the service Of the
United States when lad serving on
the frigate Constitution until II was
retired from service. He remained In
the naval service until he went to the
home where be died
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-06-03
scatter flowers on the graves of tA~-

scatter flowers on the graves of the
dead.
would Il not be a good idea to havs~
the Grand Army of the Republic tnr-
augurate such an idea and set aside sR
day In spring In memory of the Unaszs,
deadT he wrote,
General Chapman regarded the sug--
gestion most favorably. and according
ly he drew up rough draft of genr-
eral order carrying the suggestion into
effect. This he laid before Generals
Logan. who heartily approved OF thar
idea.
General Logan suggested that MnF
30 be made the date for the obser~~
ance of Memorial day, his idea being
that at that date spring flowers coulth
be procured III profnsion, even In thes
most northern states and In New Eng
land There were several conferences
on the subject between General Logan
and General Chapman.
1t IL related that General Logan Was
80 enthused with the idea Of general
Memorial dny that he added several
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-06-03

ed by Lincoln, Nov. 10, 1863, In that
perfect tribute to the "honored dead"
who there gave the last full measure
of devotion The cemetery was sub
sequently taken over by the nation.
In the summer of 1865 q force Of
men under Captain James Moore was
sent to Andersonville to inclose the
grounds and provide headboards for
each grave. They were able to identi-
fly 12,4G1 of the graves, leaving only
451 unknown"
The eighty-four national cemeteries
are divided according to Importance
into twenty first class, twenty Sec
ond class, sixteen third class and
twenty-five fourth class cemeteries.
Those in tn, first class include Airing
ton,. Andersonville, Antietam, Cbal
mette, Chattanooga. Nashville, Cor
NTH, Gettysburg. Fredericksburg, JEFF
ferson Barracks, Shiloh and Vicksburg.
In the number of interments that at
Arlington stands first, with 21,106
That at yicksburg is rather close
second, with 1882 The Nashville
cemetery is third, with 1891
Arlington, as is generally known. for
merly belonged to the wife Of General
Robert e. Lee. Mrs. Lee was daugh-
ter of George Washington Parke Gus
tbs, who was grandson of Martha
Washington The stately mansion,
whose classic columns have been seen
by every visitor to Washington city
was inherited by her. and at the out
break Of the civil war it was the Lee
home. Lee, then colonel in the Unit
ed States army. wrote his resignation
.nere April 20. 1861. Two days later
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6HOT HIM JhhOOdh IaE FQnEhEADs
but 1t was the best the captain could
call up at the moment. He expected to
judge by the f1inching of the one who
was required to fire at his own moth
er.
Now, Bennett had left his band to at
tend to this matter himself. He was
so incensed at this new shooting by
the little Union bushwhacker that he
had dashed away after the culprit,
waiting only to call for some one to
take care of the man who had been
wounded. 1t never occurred to him
that he would need support in hunting
boy. So wrought upon was he by
anger that he did not think of the dan
ger of putting arms In the hands of the
boy. The two youngsters stood facing
Mrs. Starkweather. When the captain
gave the order to fire Sam put bullet
as near as possible without hitting her.
Tom, quick as a fash, brought his
weapon to bear on Bennett and shot
him through the forehead.
Mrs. Starkweather turned and, see
ing the captain gasping his last breath.
said quickly:
Come. my boy; we must get out of
this in hurry. Sam, you go home.
Nobody knows of your being mixed up
in this fracas."
Without stopping even TO return TO
the house she and Tom dashed off In
one direction. while Sam went in an
other The mother and son disappear
ed in a wood. At the same moment
half dozen horsemen belonging to
the band. who. having heard the shoot
ing, galloped after their captain, APP
peared up the road. When they reach
ed the Starkweather cabin they found
1t deserted and Bennett lying dead.
They at once scattered to hunt for
his slayer, but Tom knew Of hole
in the ground oyerhung with bushes
into which he and his mother descend
ed, and the searchers missed them.
When the hunt was given up they left
their hiding place and made their way
into the Union lines.
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on my own son, would you. to get him
killed as his father was?"
The captain thought moment. then
said to her:
"You stand up thar with your face
agin the woodshed."
The woman did as directed. which
brought her back to the boys. Bennett
handed each OF them a revolver and
said to them:
"When give the order you two fire.
The one that doesn't or misses I'm
goin' to shoot right down"
This was rather a crude method Of
detecting which was the woman's son,
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STORY OF ORIGIN
OF MEMORIAL DAY.
German Soldier Whose Name 10 For
gotten First Suggested Dsoorat-
ing Graves Of Comrades.

"O an unknown German. one
time resident of Cincinnati
and veteran of the civil war.
belongs the primary credit Of
suggesting national Memorial day; to
General John A. Logan. soldier-states-
man and third commander in chief Of
the Grand Army Of the Republic, and
to Norton r. Chapman. adjutant gener-
al Of the national organization, belongs
the honor of promulgating the first
order.
In the original orders issued from
the Grand Army headquarters by Gen.
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THE LITTLE UNION
BUSHWHACkER'S NERVE.
BY CAPTAIN r. A. mitchell


n ARS. STARKwEATHER, liv-
|" ing in middle Tennessee dur
~ ing the civil war, was
Union woman to the core.
Her husband was killed by secession
lists before hostilities began, leaving
her very bitter against them. Her son.
Tom Starkweather, was fourteen years
old when his father was killed, and he
made a boyish VOW that be would
never miss a chance to kill secession
list. He found no opportunity to do so
until after the war opened. Then at
fifteen he began the work of revenge.
He would waylay his enemies and
shoot them from behind trees, the
regular bushwhacking method during
wartime. One by one he picked of
all of those who had been instrumental
In his fathers death.
In those days there were bands OF
partisan rangers in Kentucky and
Tennessee, unenlisted, ununiformed
men who fought for the Confederacy
on their own hook. which meant that
some of them were murderers and
pillagers. These men were special
object of Toms antipatby. A band
led by one Bennett, made up in the
region where he lived, lost so many
men, whose deaths were traced to
Tom, that they were anxious to get
! their hands on the boy.
Tom and another Union boy, Sam
Parks, were a good deal together. Tom
would do the shooting, and Sam would
do the watching. But Sam was I'M
known by their enemies as having
anything to do with the matter. Tom
always taking the blame.
One day Benefits band came into
the district where the boys lived. and
they went out hunting the rangers for
their scalps By this time Tom was
known as the little Union bushwhack-
er, and Bennett had determined that
If he ever caught him he would put
an end to his shooting his men from
behind trees. While the men were
riding along a road one of them dropped
behind Tom, who was concealed in
the woods. shot him. Then the two
boys ran for Toms home as fast as
their legs could carry them.
Bennett. hearing the shot. galloped
back and found his man badly wound
ed He told his chief that he had prob
ably been shot by the little Union
bushwhacker Bennett, surmising that
Tom would go home, after calling to
his men to take care of the one dis
abIed, rode straight for Mrs. Stark
weather's cabin. Fearing that the boys
would be followed. she hid them.
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When Bennett rode up and asked for
Tom she told him that her son was
not at home. But this did not satisfy
the partisan leader, and he made a
thorough search of the premises, with
the result that both boys were dragged
from behind wood pile in shed.
(which of you boys is the little
Union bushwhacker? asked the cap
tain.
Neither boy replied. Bennett asked
the woman, threatening to shoot her
II she did not reply
|sXou don't suppose I'd tell you uns
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-11-03
STRONG FOR BALTIMORE.
Washington Wants To See the Con.
vention Held There.
lFrom the Washington Pcs

tFrom the Washington Postl
Baltimore is making strong fight for
the Democratic National Convention next
year, AID Washington hopes that Balti-
more will win
The Chesapeake city offers all the in
ducements that could be desired She is
centrally located and has ample railroad
and hotel accommodations a big auditori-
UNI. and a hOspitable people The fame of
Baltimore as a centre of good living is
world wide And it is nearer Paradise
Washington-than any other large city
Ii Washington had large auditorium
there would be little use for Baltimore TO
ask Democrats or Republicans 10 fore
gather there. But Us matters stand. there
is no good reason why the Democrats in
national convention should not assemble
at Baltimore.
The choice of Baltimore as the conven-
ton city may hinge largely upon the State
election in November. 4 setback TO the
Democratic ticket in Maryland would GER
tainly be a setback 10 tie ...r ca. for
tie national convention. since Democrats
everywhere would regard such action as
an Invitation 10 remain away from Balti-
more. a Democratic victory. on the other
hand, would tend to draw the national
convention to Baltimore. 1t would prove
to Democrats that the party in Maryland
i active and determined to swing the
State for the Democratic nominee for
President. The atmosphere OF Baltimore
in that event would he electric with en-
thuSiasm. and the national Democracy
would feel the effect Of local optimism
while celebrating upon the country wide
campaign.
The business men of Baltimore are very
anxious to secure the national convention.
and they are exercising commendable en-
ergy and skill In their preliminary cam
paign. No doubt they are taking into &C.
count the coming State election and its
effects upon their plans. They must be
aware that the chances Of getting the ma
tional convention will be dashed if the
voters Of Maryland fail to elect the Demo-
cratic ticket Ii is not 20 be expected that
Democrats from other States win be in
favor Of holding their national convention
in a State that has just been captured BY
the enemy
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-11-03

on the people, and his speeches have
all been strong and vigorous and each
speech has been stronger and more inn
pressive as the campaign has proceeded
until there IS general and almost uni
versal belief among all thinking people
that he will make as good a Governor as
the State has ever had. and they will
elect him. While this is true, it still
remains that the conditions in the State,
as well as national politics strongly de-
mand and command the people in the
light of their own personal and political
welfare. to elect the Democratic ticket
The State has been well and wisely
governed by the Democratic party, and
it has given the people L safe and pro
gressive policy. which is just now in
process of development and will be
carried out TO a most successful issue,
if the people continue the Democratic
party in power. because it has already
started in on the path OF progress, and
because its platform pledges the party
to a vigorous prosecution OF the policy
OF progress. II on the contrary, the
Democratic party is defeated, and the
State turned over TO the Republican
party, the progressive policy Of the Dem
ocrats will be abandoned Of necessity
for it will be impossible for the Repubi
cans to carry il forward. even if they
were in favor Of it. which they are not.
and even if they were, il would be i'm
possible for them to carry II out. because
Of the composition f their diScordant
and impossible elements of black and
white. aud. because Of their inability TO
control all branches Of the State govern
meni.
And then for the greater reason Of the
effect Of a Republican victory in Mary
land. IS the national election next year,
ought 10 insure a Democratic victory in
the grand. old Democratic State of Mary
land this year.
Besides this is the great necessity
pressing upon the people to secure a
change in the national conditions that
affect so seriously all interests and
especially the interests OF the poorer
classes. There must be reduction in
the cost Of living, and the only way that
is possible to secure it is to put the
Democratic party in power.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-11-03

WE do not like to bring the negro into
too much prominence. but it would be
well to consider. before deciding to vote
the Republican ticket, what the future of
the negro will be if raised in the social
scale under Republican administration.
The city of Philadelphia furnishes a. most
striking illustration of what the negro is
or becomes with social equality. Surely
anything but productive or progressive
citizen. Since the time of the Emancipa-
ton Proclamation by President Lincoln
the negroes in Philadelphia have had ab-
solute social equality, intermingling in
every way with white people. Their
children attend the same schools, they
eat at the same tables in hotels and other
places of public entertainments, they sit
beside each other in churches. theatres
and in public assemblies, and to all out
side appearances are homogeneous with
the white race in every particular. In
that city there are $1,000 negroes, and.
notwithstanding all the advantages they
have had as named before, a recent can
vass of these negroes shows that only
$50 Of them had ever taken an education
10 fit them for the duties OF an uplifting
life or who had ever learned trade or
profession. and that Of these (45o) only
Io6 were actually filling occupations other
than that Of menials or helpers to me-
chauics and other trades people. show
ing conclusively that giving the negro
social equality, either In part or in whole.
in no way betiers his general condition,
and that in spite Of all that has been done
for him. he still desires TO be the newer
of wood and the drawer of water" or
rather he prefers to be shiftless and live
from hand to mouth, which practically
means that he lives off the white people.