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Sherman Tricks the Rebels.


Gen. Sherman, in order to locate the
position of newly placed guns, played a
little dog trick on the Johnnies by fit
blance of monster ironclad, and set
it adrift with the current AS the mis-
cradle old craft Ieisurely proceeded on
fts mission of discovery, the young reb-
els had ample time to test all their
Long and short-range artillery, and,
becoming disabled. the terrible mon
ster came to shore on our side, where
the rebels kept up their mercilcss firing
all the next day, and then along about
April / barge loaded with commits
saries. towed by a tug and accompanied
by 80 volunteers, ventured to run the
batteries in the night, but were unfor-
tunate, and the tug was sunk and the
barge set on fire and every man per-
ished. Ny company marched along the
levee as land escort. heard the pItifui
cries of our unfortunate comrades. but
could render no assistance, and by the
middle of April, as the waters had
abated so as to construct a road from
Tiliiken's Bend to Grand Calf, the
armies began to move. ard consequent
y il became necessary to descend the
river with the fleet. From Vicksburg
TO MiIliken's Bend is 25 miles, and so
miles TO Grand Gulf.
important run was made, consisting of
four gunboats and three transports. One
transport was set on fire and burned
all the others made the run in safety.
The rebels lit up great bonfires. and
the burning of the boat made the river
almost as light as day, and then about
a week later a feet of six transports
were sent down, and one of them was
set on fire and sunk. All the others
were successful, but not without con-
siderable damage. This may be re-
garded as the most hazardous. being
unprotected by the gunboats and sc
heavily loaded. AS Grant began manu-
vering at Grand Gulf, Sherman slipped
up the Yazoo and made a feint or
Haynes's Bluff, landed some troops
under cover of gunboats, the Choctaw
in the lead, and made pretensons as
, il he would storm the very gates of hell
After two days of outwitting the
Johnnies he pulled away, and followed
up the main army. leaving my brigade
commanded by Gen. Giles A. Smith, tc
bring rp the rear. We boarded the
boats and moved up to Milliken's Bend
and on May we took up the line OF
march to Grand Gulf We crossed the
river on the 18th. Next day we loaded
up with five days rations and continued
our march, and in two days caught VI
with the army just in time to take g
part in the battle of Champion Hills
We gradually pressed the enemy bach
all day, and at night they slipped away
The following day we made haste tc
rejoin our rightful com mand at Bridge.
I port, and crossed Black River on a river
I pontoon, and the next day, May Is, we
came to the Confederate works in the
| rear of the city, and replenished oul
haversacks from the Yazoo.-J. w
! Sapp, 9th Mo, First Brigade, Second Di
vision, Fifteenth Corps, Pawnee, Okla
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moving troops and the 26th Pa Emer-
gency was an inevitable result. 1t was
the beginning of a series of events
which clouded and determined all the
issues of the campaign. The boys COM
posing that regiment had no idea Of
the consequences of their action. Early
heard their guns at Johannesburg, 10
miles away, and Lee heard them at
Chanbersburg. 25 miles away
Recruiting the G.. A. r.
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Posts. His Post has taken by muster
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Thee Sd iowa.
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Recruiting the G. A. r.
Thee Sd iowa.
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4 RecitalS ana Y
"Reminiscences \
Stories Emneny Worth Telling of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

river. going into camp at Milliken's
Bend and clear on down to Young's
Point, in front OF ViciSsburg. My regi-
ment went into camp Jan. Is on the
banks of the river at what was known
as Buffers Canal. Gen. Butler in the
Summer before had come up from New
Orleans to cut a channel across this
narrow tongue of land to open up the
Mississippi for traffic with transports
but after cutting mere ditch aban-
doned the enterprise.
Digging the Canal.
Here the narrow strip below the pro-
posed canal is three miles long, running
eastward towards the city, which can
off one and one-eighth miles in length
running due south, so it can be seen
that practically this would save the
travel of at least six miles. Now it was
proposed to construct channel large
enough to accommodate the entire
fleet. The water in the river was with
in its banks, and the work was begun
by dredging machine working its way
from the river thru the levee into the
open ground, and then the gap was
filled in, and the men set to work in
regular railroad style, with picks, SHOW
els and wheelbarrows. cutting n channel
about four rods wide, forming levee
on the lower side.
Our work progressed we'll for some
weeks, until We had a levee five or six
feet high, but all the time the water in
the river was gradually rising until it
got about eight feet higher than the
inland, when all of a sudden our dam
broke and let a great current of water
in upon us, flooding the whole face of
the earth. forcing us to the levees for
protection, where we remained water
bound for several weeks, and from
thence ali work was suspended, except
ing the dredging machine, which leis-
urely went on its way, which served as
a target for the rebels long-range gun,
situated in the hills across the river,
lust beyond the lower end of the canal
Probably this was ''Whistling Dick
which was such menace to our camp
for so long.
But. after all, the failure of the canal
proved no material obstacle in moving
the fleet below the city, for when Grant
got ready for action he ran the bat
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been demonstrated that the running of
the batteries could be made without
material damage As early as the cnd
of February the ram Queen of the West
passed the batteries with only a mere
scratch. Then, on the night of the
14th, the ironclad Indianola ran down
in safety. On the 25th of the same
month the Lancaster and Robert Nell
son, two 1ight-draft gunboats, ran down
at daybreak. The lancaster received
shot in the hold and sank just below
the lower end of the canal, but all the
crew was saved.
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The Fight at Fort Stevens.
seton Story Concluded.

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account of his adventures in The Arc
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-30

er-skirt for mountain climbing; add
snug little serge Eton jacket. Be lib
/ eral in your supply of swagger tailor
I ed shirt waists for all sports and out
ings. Linen suits are also indispensa-
( BILE and plenty of simple lawn house
dresses for the hot midday hours.
/ Foulards and crepons, china silk and
/ crepe, bengaline and popliE are useful
| for cool afternoon wear. 4 trOut-dsh-
/ ing suit Of khaki Will appeal TO the
men OF your party, but do the whole
/ hing; have high tan boots, leather
| belt and tan felt cowboy hat If you
are a genuine sport, this costume will
| be found invaluable for cunning and
| all geological and botanical expedi-
tons. For horseback riding, gray or
tan linen is the thing. Wear very
! high boots and very long coat reach
ing to the ankles, cut so as to fall like
! circular skirt on each side of the
/ horse-every one rides astride today.
/ The masters refuse even to teach any
other way small sailor hat and
! buckskin gloves, and tailored waist
with mannish collar and tie complete
I this equestTienne rig. For golf. tennis
or croquet, MILDLY suits are still the
rage. wrought in many new modifica-
tons with hand-embroidered emblems.
Fall fashions give every evidence
Of a com bination of two materials
in the one costume. The dress first
illustrated was developed of brown
messaline with the collar. cuffs and
lower section Of skirt OF brown and
10
part Of the collar having been made
OF heavy all-over cream lace
After the many days of warm
weather We have 20 look forward to
the fall days. which viii soon be
here. and then to prepare q princess
dress similar to the one in the il
Iustration. made of some lightweight,
for instance. voile, /serge. henrietta.
panama or brilIiantine The one
shown below was made Of black vOile
with trim n .ngs Of lace banding and
pipirgs' of messaline.
For ch7 garden fete. the hotel
dance, the piazza cctiIiion, there are
innum cradle patterns of dear little
baby dresses" very like the quaint
Greenaway children pictured for our
delight many years ago. Powered
organizes. figured lawns, white
gowns, all show the .semi-empire
model, there are cut little round.
square or Y ne"ks: short sleeves,
high waist and simple skirts make
the dancers appear cunning and Pc
tite. Great variety is shown in the
use Ct sashes. gird!es, cOrdilieres,
head-bauds, rcsettes, etc. Girls are
carrying fancy reticules OF lace, even
70 the dancers, which are found use
full for handkerchief. fan, dance card
and even gloves at informal affairs.
LoureiHg robes and negligees are
Indispensable. The new models are
so lovely that they are irresistible
and get 50 dcad-casy. that even if a
poor helpless woman can't make
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-30
CONDITION OF ILLINOIS GRAIN

Bond. Franklin, Jasper, Marion, Perry
Richland, st. Clair and Washington
counties
The area seeded to wheat for the
I crop of 1911 was 1,4O5,373 acres, all
of which was winter wheat with the
exception of 6S,1O acres. Five pet
cent of the winter wheat area was
winter killed or destroyed by floods o;
Hessian fly, leaving 1.336261 acres OF
wheat (spring and winter for harvest
The average yield per acre OF
spring and winter wheat was Il bush
els. the total yield being 22,722, BIG
J bushels
The ruling price of wheat Aug. l
was IS cents per bushel, and the value
of the entire crop at this price amount
ed TO $17,621 ,462.
Hessian fly was reported from Hen.
dersOn, Marshall. Putnam, Champaign,
Cumberland, Fulton, Hancock, Nc
Donough, Menard and Schuyler coun-
ties, and smut from Jersey, Edwards,
Jackson, Saline. 81. Clair and Wabash
counties.
The area seeded to oats for 1911 was
reported at 2,766,0S7 acres, of which
1864, 400 acres are reported from
northern Illinois and 214,s5O acres
from the southern division of the
state.
The average yield was 81 bushels
70 the acre. the total yield amounting
70 S5,632. 301 bushels. Northern Illinois
reports the yield as IS bushels per
acre, central Illinois 2s bushels and
southern Illinois but Is bushels. The
unreasonable hot weather OF May and
June. together with lack of moisture
during these two months cut short the
yield of this crop, though the quality
Of the grain was better than expected
In the southern division of the state
the oats crop was a near failure as
much of the straw was too short TO
harvest with binder and was mown.
The ruling price of oats on Aug. 1
was IS cents per bushel and the value
of the crop al this price amounted TO
s3O,232SI3.
There are 1886 acres Of rye report
ed this year The average yield per
acre was IS bushels and the total yield
amounted 10 902, 5e1 bushels. The rul-
ing price Aug l was fS cents per
bushel the highest price recorded since
1881. and the value of the crop at this
price amounted TO s660.02s.
There are 1924 acres of barley re-
ported this year. The average yield
vas p bushels per acre. the total yield
being S07, 1923 bushels. The ruling price
per bushel on Aug. / of so cents is the
highest price recorded since 1874, the
value Of the entire crop being s726,-
52I
decrease OF 1s6.s15 acres is report
ed IN the area OF pastures, as compar-
ed with 1910, the total area being g.
7s3,4s7 acres. Continued drought and
hot weather cut short the growth of
pastures and their Aug 1 condition is
but IS per cent Of normal.
The area devoted 10 meadows is re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-30

ported as 1,s00.o77 acres. Meadows
suffered greatly from the drought and
the average yield of % of a ton is the
highest recorded since 1895: the total
yield amounting to 1,240,413 tons. The
average price per ton on Aug 1 was
S17.44, the highest price obtained IN
the history of these reports.
According TO the reports of our cor
respondents, fruit. especially apples
and peaches viii be most abundant.
On account of the heavy yield. a great
deal OF fruit is reported small in size,
though the quality is good.
Stock is reported as rather thin in
flesh, due to the shortage Of pastures
Pinkeye affected cattle in Cook, Doug
las. Crawford. Fayette and Wayne
counties. Distemper is reported from
Ford, Greene, Pike and Schuyler coun-
ties. Hog cholera is reported from De
Kalb, Henry, Mercer. Ogle. Warren,
Cass, Christian, Dougles, Hancock
Jersey, Macoupin. McDonough. Men
ard, Morgan, Pike, Sangamon, Schuy-
Ter. Scott. Shelby. Vermilion. Edwards.
Fayette. Madison, Wabash and Wayne
counties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-30
FORECAST ROCK DAVENPORT VICINITY
ally nd weather tonight Thursday
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

Low pressures that still prevail on
the gulf and south Atlantic coasts
have been attended by rains from
those sections noTthward TO the upper
Ohio valley and New England. At
Washington, D. c., the precipitation
amounted to inches. The area of
high pressure and cool weather has
drifted TO the eastern portion of the
lake region and the st. Lawrence val
ley. Showers in Minnesota and north
western Iowa, and higher temperatures
in the Missouri valley, have resulted
from the low that was yesterday over
Alberta and which has advanced to
Saskatchewan and North Dakota The
eastward movement OF these conditions
will be attended by generally fair and
warmer weather in this vicinity tonight
and Thursday.
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