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THE OMAHA DA-1LY BEE : MONDAY , JUNE 18 , 1801
Casper's Incipient Wool Elant and Begin
ning of Her Oil Boom.
NATURAL GAS TO BE PIPED TO SALT LAKE
Ilrhlnd n Plan to 8dp-
ply Mnrtnondom's Cnpltal wltlt Chrup
l'uc-1 Aniitlirr HljIrrlgatlne ;
Ditch for California.
Active work liai been done and several
meetings held for the purpose of securing
for Casper a woolen mill that will convert
the fleece , as taken from the sheep , Into
kn.t goodi of all klndi , ready for the shelves
of the retailer.
A company was finally Incorporated by J.
J. Hurt , A. J. Cunningham and WJlllara
Madden , with a capital slock of J20.000 ,
and Mr Hurt started for North Galvcston ,
where there U a plant of the Hlud which
was operated only a mouth when the owners
the Minnesota Loan and Trust company
became- Insolvent and offered the machinery
at a. fraction of fts cost , which was originally
$19,000.
U as represented , Mr. Hurt will purchase
it for the Casper company , tays the
Wyoming Derrick , and an expert will come
with It to set It up here. There are six or
seven carloads of machinery , and It Is all of
the very best and latest style.
The establishment of this enterprise means
that Casper Is to become the great manu
facturing center of the Pennsylvania of the
west
There Is every reason to believe this suc
cess assured. We have the wool without
paying freight ; the pure water to scour It
and the best market for woolen goods at our
door. Montana , the Dakotas , Minnesota.
Nebraska , Colorado and other states and
territories are easily and cheaply reached
from this , section
If the North Galveston plant Is purchased
a building will be erected and the factory
started as noon as possible.
CASPER'S FIRST CAR OF OIL.
Last Thursday a request was made by
Judge McCalraont to the station agent here
for a car to ship a carload of oil from this
point to Orln Junction , consigned to the re
ceiver of the Denver & OnU Railroad com
pany , and as soon as the fact became known
n general feeling of gratification pervaded
the entire town.
From the numerous visits of the Gulf
officials here and the facts made known by
the Derrick of the proposed pipe line , our
citizens have been dally expecting the close
of a contract between the Pennsylvania Oil
company and the Denver & Gulf receiver
whereby the latter would use our oil and
give reasonable transportation rates. This
order Is now believed to give assurance that
mich contract Is signed and that the pipe
line will go this season from the Salt Creek
wells to Orln Junction.
Thl * means that a grand rush will be
made to our oil fields and development work
pushed very actively , and It follows that
Casper , as the outfitting point of the oil
region , will boom as never before.
WILL SOON BURN NATURAL GAS.
A number of English capitalists are In
teresting themselves In Salt Lake's natural
gas fields. They have had the fields thor
oughly prospected and have come to the con
clusion that there is plenty of gas there ,
says the Salt Lake Tribune. The Tuscarora
well shows a pressure of over 200 pounds to
the square Inch , and the other wells in the
neighborhood also give some Indications- that
they are charged with the fluid.
The parties interested are represented by
George F. Penhale , and matters have
progressed so far that a company has been
formed with a capital of $130.000 , of which
$90,000 has been subscribed and actually paid
tip.
* Mr. Penhale says when the remaining
$40.000 IE' subscribed In London , which he ex
pects win be In a very few days , lie will
cpply to the city council for a franchise to
pipe the gas into the city and through the
btreets , and if the council Is disposed to deal
liberally with him there will be no delay In
laying the pipes and supplying the city with
cheap Illumination.
A GREAT SHEEP RANCH.
Ex-Governor Warren of Wyoming is a
veritable stock baron. His ranch Is 75x100
miles , stocked with 2,000 horses , 15,000 cat
tle and 120,000 sheep , says John D. Hale , a
Dakota ranchman who recently visited there.
The sheep are divided into bunches of
8,000 to 10,000 and driven from place to
place , or rather locate for only a short time
in one place , the borders living In movable
houses built on wagons. In summer they
nre driven up Into the mountains ; In winter
grazed in the valleys.
Two hundred miles of telephone wire
covers the vast ranch and each sheep and
cow ranch has telephone connections with
the "home" ranch , enabling Mr. Warren to
communicate with the several foremen at
any hour , but ho makes It a rule to talk
with each boss "every evening as to- the in
cidents of the day. The most modern ar
rangements are provided In the way of clip
ping machinery , shearing sbods , etc. , for the
speedy , safe and profitable handling of the
sheep , making It in all departments one of ,
if not the most perfectly , arranged ranches
In the west and the most scientifically han
dled.
THE DAKOTAS.
Horse thieves are reported to bo operat
ing in the country surrounding Aberdeen.
The annual meeting of the conference of
Congregational churches of the Third dis
trict In the state held their session last
week at Jamestown , N. D.
The Society of Black Hills Pioneers held
their fourth annual picnic at Spearflsh the.
other day. About 2,000 people were In at
tendance.
Reports from Chamberlain Indicate that the
"June rise" of the Missouri will this year be
the highest for several years. The pontoon
bridge will not be replaced till the water has
bubsldedj a ferry boat serving the purpose at
present.
The investigation of the Fargo lodge of
Odd Fellows by the grand lodge of North Da
kota for the alleged misappropriation of
funds contributed to Odd Fellows who were
burned out .In the big Fargo flre of June 7.
1893. ended last week on the anniversary of
the conflagration by the virtual exonera
tion or the local lodge.
Business at the United States land office
at Aberdeen continues good and compares
favorably with former years. The following
Is a list of entries for May : Some forty-flve
final timber culture proofs were made , em
bracing 7.105.29 acres ; forty-four final home
stead proofs , embracing 0.961.90 acre * ; forty-
nix homestead entries , 7,110.45 acres , and
nine cash entries covering a small acreage.
The record for June will show much activity
In ne-w filings and proofs.
A tramp with a manufactured sore . .
ceedod In working- the town of Devil's Like ,
N. D. . to the uxtent of 110 before the fraud
was dlKcovered. Mayor Kelley ordered the
fellow taken before the city physician , wheat
at once detected the swindle. Ha called la
a few friends , and with a grajre face In
formed the man with the sore that he would
have to make an incision and In all probabil
ity , amputate the arm at tnc shoulder , at the
same time displaying surgeon's Instruments
and a bottle of chloroform. At this Juncture
the fraud wilted and agreed to leave town ,
not even awaiting a train.
Much surprise is manifested all over the
state by the attachment of all the lands In
South Dakota in which the American Invest
ment company of BmmetUburg , la. , has
equities. Eastern creditors kept the matter
very quiet , the attachments being luued un
expectedly to many of those directly Inter
ested , some of whom have already taken
step * to protect their interests. The exact
amount Involved cannot b ascertained for
several days. Messages asking for full par
ticular * are being received. Indicating the
anxiety of taos affected by the proceedings.
The litigation likely to follow cannot be
estimated.
DK1SR CUJ5EK MINES.
The Wells brothers , two prospectors who
arrived from California a short time ago.
have succeeded in folding what promises to
be a very valuable tree gold quartz mine on
the headwaters of Deer creek , five or six
miles from town. A little more than a
week ago they commenced starching for
the vein that fed the gulch that was placar
mined by U. F. Channel ! with great profit
j. great many year * eco , lay * , the Dolt *
Statesman. By sinking holei and panning
the dirt they succeeded In finding the vein ,
which is over a foot in width of ore that
Is exceedingly rich In trev gold. Dy poundIng -
Ing the quartz with a hammer they panned
out over { 100 during the first six , days work.
The mine holds Its own as far as sunk on
ten to twelve feit Several prospectors ere at
work In the Deer creek country , and more
valuable discoveries will undoubtedly be
made. One man Is at work on a small
vein that Is exceedingly rich In free gold.
The owners of the Illinois are laying a
track and a car will soon take the place of
a wheelbarrow. The rich ore body dis
covered over a week ago still holds out cs
the tunnel runs west. The ledge is now
known to contain free gold ore for a length
of COO to COO feet.
feet.NEBRASKA.
NEBRASKA.
Grand Island expects to do herself proud
the coming Fourth.
Corn Is reported as doing nicely In Otoe
county and crops look well.
Eleven cars of stock were shipped out of
Harlan last Saturday night over the Rock
Island.
A Bohemian school will be conducted
during the coming vacation weeks at Schuy-
lor. It will be supported by the Bohemian
societies.
The Platte river is running bank fall ,
while the land in a portion of the country
through -which it courses IE eulfer'ng for
moisture.
A team of milch cows hitched to a wigon
coming eastward passed through Superior
this week , the owner saying It was tue best
team he had.
The report of the school census at Hastings
has been completed , and shows that there
are 2,450 children of school age In that city ,
an increase of nearly 200 over that of last
year.
Cozadlans are becoming aroused on the sub
ject of Irrigation and have appointed com
mittees to solicit money for the employment
of an engineer , to file water rights and take
Euch other steps as may be deemed neces
sary.
Seven cars of hogs , three of cattle and
one of sheep is the record of stock ship
ments from Gothenburg Wednesday , which ,
with a car of hogs shipped the day previous ,
makes a total of twelve cars. Between
$0,000 and $7,000 cash has been put In cir
culation by reason of said shipments.
A crowd of Italians blew Into Fremont the
other day and wanted to give some kind of
a hear show. There were twenty or thirty
bedraggled members of the company and a
half dozen bears and other animals which
are unfortunately no compiler than their
owners. The manager of the "show" wanted
to pitch his tent and give a few exhibitions ,
at flva centa per capita , but Mayor Fried
would not grant a license.
COLORADO.
Three feet of snow at Yankee Hill.
The San Juan smelter has added thirty
men to Us pay roll.
A Nlwot granger figures the cost of an
acre of wheat at $13.50.
A number of Welsh miners have gone to
Silver Greek , a new camp north of Central.
A very large acreage of potatoes is being'
planted this spring by the ranchmen con
tiguous to Berthoud.
The United Mines company of Creede Is
credited with a strike of silver ore running
1,000 ounces to the ton.
The cattlemen at Grand Junction have not
yet made any move against the sheep In the
Mesa , but will soon proceed.
Superintendent Burns of the Rio Grande
estimates the damages to the- road at Flor
ence at not less than $00.000.
A second car of ore has been shipped from
the Iron Cap mine , near Dubois , which Is ex
pected to run $100 to the ton.
The extensive plant of the Golden Pressed.
Brick company will be running In full blast
on 4,000,000 brick fop the Denver sewers.
A big landslide in Taylor gulch near
Georgatown buried 100 feet of the Sliver
Creek wagon road. The damage amounts tea
a large sum.
The concentrating plant at the Alice mine ,
near the Yankton Hill district , will be In
operation In two weeks and will be able to
handle 140 tons a day.
The prospects for a busy time in the can
ning factory In a few months , saya the Rocky
Ford Enterprise , are most excellent. One
hundred acres of tomatoes have been planted
In the Immediate vicinity of Rocky Ford and
all the various , fields ore looking well.
The community at Silver Cliff Is wild with
excitement over another new and rich strike
In the Geyser mine. The 11o'clock shift
fired a shot and opened a streak about eight
Inches thick of as fine ore as was ever found
in the county. The ore is composed of rubj
silver and , tellurium.
The Holyoke papers are urging farmers to
adopt windmill irrigation. There are a hun
dred or more farmers in Phillips county ,
living on the Frenchman , the Whlteman and
their many tributaries where the , water rises
near the level of the surrounding country ,
who could , by the aid of windmill power ,
elevate the water , irrigating land sufficient
to make for themselves profitable farms and
comfortable homes.
homes.WYOMING.
WYOMING.
The rival stage lines frpm Rawllns and
Rock Springs to Lander are doing a thriving
business. The passenger traffic is partic
ularly heavy at this time.
A strike has been made on the Dutch
Tom gulch , near Lander. Wyo. , In a four-
foot vein , ut a depth of sir feet. The ore
washed $10 to the pan , one going as high as
$23.
$23.The cattle roundups will soon be only a
memory , says the Bonanza Rustler. Only
eight men aoeomp-uiled the Bay State wagon
In the gathering of cattle In this part of the
basin this .year , where only three years ago
there were seventy-live.
W. E. Carlin has abandoned his private
flsh hatchery at his Aurora ranch , owing to
the death of his late partner. Mr. Amesbury.
The flsh , to the number ot nearly 100,000 ,
have been allowed to make their escape to
the waters of Rock creek , near the hatchery.
The Four Mile placers can be set down
now as steady producers. All the claim
owners now at work are making from $5 to
$15 a day , working alone , and the Rock
Springs company , employing about twelve
men , is taking out thousands of dollars
worth of the yellow metal every week.
The shearing season is over in this
vicinity , says the Rawllns Republican , and
the sheep have all left for the mountains
for the summer. About 75.000 were clipped
at the Milan pens and about 10,000 at the
Mahoney pens , at Osborne's pens 25,000 , and
about the same number at Massay's pens ,
making about 130,000 In all.
The ditch enterprise at Douglas under
contemplation by Messrs. Richards and
Shcenfelt comprises a rock dam across the
Platte at a point near the mouth of the
Wagon Mound and a water wheel capable
of producing at least 500-horse power. This
will run pumps with which the water will
be raised twenty-five feet and carried thence
In a ditch thirty feet wide to the adjacent
lands. Preliminary surveys were run , show
ing that 10.000 acres of choice land can be
brought under the ditch , and all of It on the
iorth side of the river.
OREGON.
Home grown cabbages are in the Albany
market. *
The steam cheese factory at Cove has
started up.
It costs $5 a head to have a band of horses
broken In Wallowa county.
One ot the runaway upper Columbia flsh
wheels has been captured at Astoria.
The damage to the. Cascade locks at Port
land by the floods is said to be Incalculable.
A Paradise , Wallowa couaty. fanner has
some rye thirty-seven Inches high already.
The Red Boy mine on Clear creek , Baker
county , has sent a $ : ,500 clean-up into Baker.
A summer conference in the Interests of
Indian education is called for July 23 to IB
at Salem.
Lincoln county has let a contract for a
bridge across Kckman slough. It it to be
1,100 feet long.
The 1,200 cattle which W. II. Huffman has
purchased In Union county- will be sent to
stock a big ranch at Fort Cloud , Canada.
Bear hunting U quite , a profitable Industry
In Josephine county. The hide * are shipped
to Chicago , when * they bring $1C to $10 each.
Lumber is being sawed at the Yalnax mill ,
Klamath county , for bulldinc a bridge 00
feet long across Sprague riv r , near Bagle
ford.
ford.The
The berry crop at Hood River , on account
ot bavins no facilities for shipment , will be
almost a total lou. Tbe Dillo * Chronicle
understand * that aaloa ot strawberries had
bvcu contracted at tb prlc * ot S3 cent * a
box. These cannot be shipped , and the pro
ducers not only lo e the saleot the crop ,
but the cost of gathering. The crop It valued
at some $60,000.
Tbe Ochoco mines of Crook county are
running day and night , end the prospects
are that considerable dust will be taken out
this summer.
A band of 2.000 head of cattle , gathered
In the Willamette valley , will leave Eugene
In a few days for eastern Oregon , and the
Guard thinks that before long stock raiser *
will see the mistake they have made In dis
posing of their young stock.
A feature of the Sloan and Haskcll Inci
dental clean-up In Grant county recently was
the product of large nuggets. Many have
been picked up during thecleanup , ranging
from $10 to $30. There was one nugget
valued at $124 , and another worth $480.
Already over 100 homesteads have been
taken In Kllckltat by the Indians , and forty
patents have been Issued to them by the
government. The law does not permit them
to sell or deed land until after the lapse
of twenty-five years from the date of the
patent Issued. The Indians are permitted to
homestead eighty acres for farming or 160
acres for grazing purposes , while a squaw
at the head of a family can enter eighty or
160 acres of land for each one of her minor
children.
WASHINGTON.
Cowlitz county's logging camps are em
ploying 730 men.
Kalama claims the largest sturgeon pack
ing bouse In the state.
The co-operative shingle mill , recently
burned at Custer , is to be rebuilt.
The Simpsons are putting in some 350,000
feet of logs a day at their Kamllchco camp.
Elmer Huntley , an Oakesdale farmer , has
Just finished seeding 1,400 acres of wheat.
A drive of 2,500 cords of wood was suc
cessfully brought down the river into Colfax.
The White River mill , at Buckley , has Just
Increased Its capacity to 140,000 shingles a
day.
day.Everett's
Everett's offer for the county seat of Sno-
homlsh county will be twenty twenty-five
foot lots and $30,000 cosh.
The settlers of Qulnault. despairing of
county aid , will build a road to Humptullps
by giving each ten days' work.
Beef and milk from animals afflicted with
tuberculosis and pleuro-pneumonla have been
found by the state veterinarian in the New
Whatcom markets.
Walla Walla county has paid out $12,000
annually for some years for the eradication
of squirrel and gopher pests , and now it is
rather discouraging but apparently true , that
these animals are more numerous than ever.
John Hudson , a South Bend taxidermist ,
Intends shortly to enter upon the very odor
ous Job of cleaning and mounting the bones
of the whales recently stranded on the
beach near Tokes point and on the ocean
beach. He thinks he can sell them to ad
vantage to some museum.
Experiments will soon be commenced on
the lands of the Presser Falls Irrigation
company , with the canalgre plant , with a
view to the establishment of a tannin ex
tract' ' manufactory at Prosser. The plant
has been found wild on some of the bottoms
toms situated on the Indian reservation ,
which leads to the conclusion that the In
dustry will thrive.
Philip Rine came home from Washington ,
where he went to purchase sheep , says the
Fremont Tribune. He bought a flock of
C.OOO , which is now on its way to Nebraska
by rail and In the hands of reliable men.
Mr. Rlne says the floods and storms have
been terrific and caused great damage.
He was in the path of one cyclone which
struck a mountain top , bounded over him
and struck the earth beyond him , killing
five persons.
Henry Hanson , an old California miner ,
has been over at Westport looking at Gen
eral Don Carlos Buell's plant he has put
up at Westport to extract gold' from the
sands of the ocean beach. He tells the
South Bend , Journal that when he arrived
there Genera ] Buell was preparing to leave.
The experiment has proved , it seems , a fail
ure. Hanson panned out some of the sand.
He found only a few colors , and they were
small flakes as fine as gold leaf. Thus again
have gold beach hopes vanished Into thin air.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Never were more abundant crops assured
in the vicinity of Santa Fe than at the
present time.
Saltair , one of Salt Lake's great bathing
resorts , is already busy and is a great rival
to Garfield beach.
The Nevada state board of agriculture has
decided that no state fair will be held this
year , owing to dull times.
Three train loads of cattle went to eastern
Nevada enroute from the parched plains of
California to the green ranges ot that
state.
Mrs. Alice Ramsay died at Phoenix , Ariz. ,
of acute pneumonia. She was the niece of
Andrew Jackson , being the eldest daughter
of Moses Jackson. She was born In Algiers ,
La. . . and was C5 years old.
The Chinese miners around Grangeville ,
Idaho , have been "salting" their gold dust
with silver filings and quicksilver and sellIng -
Ing it to the merchants of that place , who
only got about 40 cents out of every. $1 of
gold dust.
The Central Utah wool company at Mantl
has cars loaded with baled wool almost
every day. Business Is rushing at the
warehouse , and , although wool is hardly
worth handling , a large quantity is being
handled by this company.
Chlco women have formed a society called
the Ladles' .Anti-Chinese league , and , begin
ning June 1 , they ceased to patronize Chinese
for any purpose. Already fully 500 families
who formerly purchased vegetables and fruit
ot Mongolian peddlers are trading with
white men.
Tbe passenger department of the Union
Pacific railway has issued a pamphlet on
Irrigation , Its history , statistics , methods
and results. Of course Its purpose is to
give Information as to irrigable lands on
the line of its route. But it is valuable
opart from that.
Letters received at Yuma from Gunymas ,
Mexico , state that B. B. L. Robinson and
James Logan , two of the sloop Examiner's
party , bound from Yuma to San Francisco ,
were murdered by Indians at Tiburon Uland
May 2G. The Indians are cannibals. O'Brien
and Clark escaped.
Butte had quite an acquisition to its popu
lation the other day , when there arrived
from Michigan a miner's wife. The woman
is only 3G years of age and is the mother of
seventeen children , fifteen of whom are liv
ing and were on the train with her. the
eldest being a girl of about IS years of arge
and the youngest an Infant of 14 months.
A long string of wagons reaching fully
three-quarters of a mlle has arrived at San
Angelo , Tex. , consisting of sixty teams
heavily loaded with wool , consigned to wool
buyers. The largo number of teams re
called to the old-timers those good old days
when railroads were unknown in this country
and everything was freighted to San Angelo
from San Antonio and Austin.
The railroad race tor Rainy Lake City and
the gold region thereabouts- begun , and
surveys are being made by at least three
American roads. It is likely , however ,
that a Canadian road will arrive first. The
Port Arthur Duluth & Western has been
granted a subsidy of $4,500 a mile for the
thirty-five miles necessary to build and the
work will begin this summer.
Word ooines from lUrqua Hala , cays the
Tombstone ( Ariz. ) Prospector , that the In
dians are quietly arming , and trouble Is ex
pected. For the past two days , every Indian
who has come Into camp has carried his
Winchester and : ammunition. The antici
pated trouble , It | t occurs , will be due to
the action of a white mm. Bloomer , taking
up with an Indian's wife , whom he refuses
to surrender. Should trouble occur it may
result furiously.
Four men are now employed at the mine
located about five miles from BoUe , near the
Idaho City road , which was recently dis
covered by William Pope And Jesus Galtndo ,
and In which Probate Judge Ryals and
County Jailer Packard are interested. The
tunnel is now in five feet and the ore con
tinues to look better. Six pounds of ore ,
taken from the surface , was pounded up and
washed. The button was as < ayed , giving a
result of $102 gold and $187 silver per ton.
Graud btun it Ooll | > M > < t.
PERRY , Okl. , June 17. During a game of
base ball at Jerome park , near here , this even
ing between an Indian nine and a nine here ,
the grand stnnd gave way under the heavy
load and 500 people went down in a heap.
Many were injured , a little daughter ot A. C ,
Potter fatally.
D Wltt'i Little Early Risers. Small plllt.
uf& pills , b st pills.
HEROISM ON TILE CORY FIELD
A Bravo Confederate Dresses the Enemy's
Lines and Saves a tfdmnuh's Life ,
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RECOVERS ALSO THE REGIMENTAL COLORS
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lfcarlos Courage I > l pl y * < l nt OvttraburfT
An Incident Mliicllnir Fun with 1'nt-
rlotlmi Wnr Koeotlertloiis of
Orculutm until linn KB.
I note that without exception the writers
declare it is most difficult to recall some
one man or act and point to It as excep
tional. Speaking for myself , and I am cure
It is the experience of other officers , valor
was so usual that It was only an act of
cowardice that impressed one , and of this , I
must confess , I saw but little , writes Col
onel WoffOrd In the New York Advertiser.
In bodies men would undertake things that
could not be thought ot by smaller numbers ,
and then again field officers did. not have an
opportunity to note Individual acts.
From the many rushing through ray mind ,
I select one , not because I think the hero
was the bravest man I ever saw , but be
cause this act was uncalled for and showed
an Indifference to death that might rank It
with devil-may-care exploits rather than
cool deeds of deliberate daring , where there
was a duty or great principle Involved.
It was at the battle of Sharpsfur , where I
had the honor to command a brigade under
General Hood. I need not remind any of
the fcurvlvors north or soutn that Sharpsfur ,
or Antletam , as our Yankee friends call it ,
was , for the numbers engaged , the bloodiest
battle of the war.
We had been lighting all day near or about
a building known as Muniraa church. Some
times we wers In the advance of this build
ing , and again the terrific firing would force
us to seek shelter In the woods , where there
were a few pieces of almost useless artillery.
As we had done again and again during the
day , we dr ve the enemy back , and were
again subjected to a perfect rain of shells.
The Fifth Texas on the right of the brigade
was commanded by the gallant Captain
Turner , and as I rode in his direction , I
noticed that an enlisted man , whose name
I learned was Monroe , won engaging him
In earnest conversation.
Before I catne up , Monroe had left the
captain and was running like a deer in the
direction of the enemy , who were quid ; to
fire on any moving thing. "Captain , what
does this mean ? " I asked , as I looked after
the flying figure.
Pointing to the trampled corn field in
which so many men. friends and foes , lay ,
the captain said : "Monroe , one of my men
saw a flag rising and falling a bit ago , over
near that burned stump , and he asked for
leave to go out and get it. "
"Has your regiment lost ; nag ? " I
asked. "No , " he replied with pride , "what's
left of the colors of the Fifth Texas , is still
In our possession , and we'll keep it while
there's a man to carry it , " and he pointed
down the line to where a lot of blood
stained tatters flapped about a bullet scarred
staff.
"It must be a Yankee flag , " I said , "and
If so , I hardly think It'prudent" to risk a
man on such a venture. " '
Captain Turner made -BO reply , but mean
while my attention was drawn to Monroe for
I was now intensely. Interested in the out
come of this adventure.
He reached the | lack , stump about 200
yards away and dropped so suddenly that at
first we thought he was -allot. Soon , to our
great relief. Monroe rose to his knees. We
saw him lifting a man on his back and that
the man clung to a flag.
Monroe stralghtenqd up , took a quick
glance about him and then started for our
lines. He was a young athletic fellow , but
he had no child's burden. . Men were falling
back In the line and'ho-w he escaped Is one
of those wonders thaLcan never be ex
plained , though he was allgntly wounded in
the shoulder. , 3 .
He brought back wUhfhlm not ar Yankee
and his colors , but tfaoxolor bearer and flag
of the Fourth Texas , lose in our retreat.
Every man in the brigade saw this exploit
and greeted it with a ringing cheer. The
colors were saved and I may add the color
bearer got well. Had it not been for Monroe
the flag would hove fallen into the hands of
the enemy and to I cannot count his act as
sheer rashness.
FIGHTING AT GETTYSBURG.
It was the first day of the battle of Gettys
burg. We were ( n line of battle on the
north side of a knoll with onr guns planted
at the brow , where they commanded per
fectly any advancing body of the confeder
ates , writes Major McDowell In the San
Francisco Call. After the battle had been
raging for some time our officers could see
the enemy preparing for a charge. The
guns were double shotted and the order was
given to wait until the confederates came
within short range. On came the line
double-quick , until it was within less than
100 yards of the muzzles of our guns. There
was a flash of flame , a roar that , shook the
hills and valleys , and when the smoke
cleared away there seemed to be nothing but
pile * of dead and wounded. Our shot had
mowed a tremendous gap In the line filled
only by prostrate bodies. Quick as the
movement could be executed , however , the
advancing line was reformed in front of the
windrow of bodies ) and , elbow to elbow , the
charge was renewed. They were so near that
we could see their faces , and I shall never
forget the expression of courage and deter
mination , which it seems to me I could see
as plainly as though we were face to face ,
and which showed that they were either
going to conquer or to be shot to death.
Again our guns belched forth and again the
whole line to a man seemed to go down. A
new windrow of the hundreds of dead and
dying was made considerably in front of
the former one. Like magic the line of the
enemy formed again , and again , elbow to
elbow. In front of the piles of their fallen
comrades , those undaunted fellows came on.
Even amid the smoke that was now cloudIng -
Ing everything we could plainly see that
terrible expression of desperate and fearless
courage , which was almost as appalling to [
us as the decimation of their ranks must '
have been to them. A third time our bat
teries poured forth their murderous flre ,
and a , third time the charging troops of
the enemy disappeared , but only to fonn
again , and they finally made It so hot for us
that we were forced to withdraw to- Ceme
tery Hill. I could not conceive ot a
grander exhibition or couragein battle than
was exhibited by those confederates. Each
time it was almost certain death , and yet
not a man seemed to waver. The precision
with which they reformed after the fearful
decimation of their ranks that followed each
discharge of our guns was , I think , the most
marvelous thing that took place under my
observation during the war.
An incident which loccurred at the battle
of Dralnsvllle had a'mixture of the tragic
and the humorous tlfat makes It worth re
lating. The color Byr ant of Colonel Mo-
Calmont's regiment wttcr Frank Alexander ,
a fellow not counted particularly < clever , but
one who was infatuated' with his office and
with his flag. While the battle was raging
and we were slowly"advancing ; , Frank in
his enthusiasm got far Jn front of the regi
ment.
"Bring that flag- back to the regiment ! "
shouted Colonel McCatmonL.
There was no res ioine , though It was
evident the color-bearer'Had distinctly heard
the order. , , , , , '
"Bring that flag bjackr-to the regiment , "
again shouted the colonel.
"D you , bring the jpgiment up to the
flag , " shouted Frank furiously , and the col
onel obeyed the ordori " '
When Prank was afterward taken pris
oner he managed in some way to wrap the
flag , which was so precious to him around
his body under his clothes , and so carried
U with him until be was exchanged ,
THE M1LITABY BALLOON.
Balloon and wagon have formed a Junc
tion and are ready to start with the troops.
Away goes the wagon , says Good Words ,
with the balloon hanging on to Its tall ,
while ( he attendant sapper * on rach side
keep it steady The train moves along at
a good round pace , easily keeping up wither
or even passing the Infantry , and makes for
the particular spot at which It has been
determined to commence ballooning opera
tions , which IB usually on the top of a good
hlgii hill.
An ascent is an easy enough matter and
is soon accomplished. The balloon Is se
curely fixed to the end of the wire rope ,
and the two men who are to ascend take
their places. At the word of command the
men who have been holding down the car
let go , and up shoots the balloon , unwinding
the rope as It rises , and allowed sometimes
to ascend to a height ot 1,000 feet. And
suppose the officer receives instructions to
move the petition ot the balloon , is It neces
sary to haul it down ? Not a bit of It.
A man Is placed at the end of the wagon
who carefully guides the connecting rope
so that It cannot get entangled or run risk
ot being cut , and away goes the wagon ,
sometimes nt a trot across the fields and up
and down hill until the balloon Until is a
long distance away from Its original sta
tion. Next suppose that It is necessary to
lower the balloon. Is It needful to wind
111 all the wire rope that has been paid
out from the reels ? No such thing. The
balloon Is brought to earth In a much more
expeditious manner.
A long , stout pole. In the middle of which
Is a pulley wheel , Is laid across the rope.
Half a dozen men seize the pole and run It
along the rope , and their weight soon brings
the balloon down to the ground. Passen
gers can then be exchanged or any other
operation ran bo carried on , and then the
men run the polo back and up shoots the
balloon again many hundreds of feet Into
the air , without having been away from Its
exalted position more than a few minutes.
But It is not necessary to loner the balloon
In this or any other way whenever It Is re
quired that messages should be exchanged
between those below .and those above. There
are various contrivances for doing this.
Sometimes , for Instance , a wire Is attached ,
through which messages can be sent to a
telephone. Another plan Is to send messages
down the wire cable. A little wire hook Is
fastened around the cable , and the letter or
paper , weighted with a small cand bag , Is
sent fluttering down. The human voice. It
may also be adcidcd , can be heard both from
a considerable height and depth , so that
verbal communication Is not difficult if there
is no wind.
WAR PRICES IN THE SOUTH.
The Confederate War Journal is authority
for the following list of prices current at
Mobile , Ala. , January 21 , 1865 : Apples , per
bushel , $60 to $70 ; corn , per bushel , $6.50 to
$7 ; corn meal , per bushel , $7 : cow peas , per
bushel , $8 ; onions , per bushel , $50 to $70 ;
sweet potatoes , per bushel , $12 to $15 ;
Irish potatoes , per bushel , $30 to $40 ; rye ,
per bushel , $30 to $35 ; salt , per bushel , $3S
to $45 ; wheat , per bushel , $28 to $30 ; bees
wax , per pound , $5 ; bacon , per pound , $3.75
to $4 ; butter , per pound , $6.50 to $7 ; candles ,
per pound , $ S to $8.50 ; coal ( Shelby ) , per ton ,
$200 to $225 ; coffee , per pound , $50 ; calico ,
per yard. $17 to $20 ; chickens , per dozen ,
$45 to $50 ; flour ( extra ) , per 100 pounds ,
$140 to $150 ; fresh beef , per pound. $1.23 to
$1.50 ; quinine , per ounce , $150 ; morphine ,
per ounce , $350 ; milch cows , $600 to $900 ;
powder , per pound , $25 to $30 ; shot , per
pound , $4 to $5 ; sugar , per pound , $ S.50 to
$10 ; tobacco , per pound , $3.50 to $10 ; whisky ,
per gallon , $50 to $120.
GRESHAM. IN THE WAR.
Colonel R. M. McFadden , now a resident
of this city , says the Colorado Sun , makes.
the following statement regarding the wound
ing of General Greshnm , claiming that since
the death of General Potts he Is the only one
now living who was close to the present sec
retary of state when he received the dis
abling wound :
"In July , 1864 , I was in command of the
Forty-first Illinois volunteers , stationed at
Kennpsaw Mountain. Ga. About the 17th I
visited the Fourth division headquarters , four
or six miles east of Atlanta , Ga. General
Gresham suggested that I remain until they
located again and act as aid on his staff. I
did so and was with him until the 20th , dur
ing which time our lines were continually
advancing against stubborn resistance , some
times amounting to a battle. On the after
noon of the 19th for the purpose of locating !
the enemy's lines , and to find a position to
put In a piece of artillery , General Gresham ,
Colonel Potts and myself left our horses in a
ravine In the rear of our skirmish line and
walked through our lines some distance to
the front to a small knoll or ridge , where
we stopped and were taking observations of
the enemy , who , Improving the opportunity ,
were cutting the dirt all around us. Whllo
In this position General Gresham received a
shot In the front of his rlgnt leg , as I now
remember , about six inches below the knee ,
breaking one bone and lodging in the skin
in the calf of the leg. We assisted him back
to the ravine , whence he was taken on a
stretcher to the rear. I remained with him
that night at his request , as he feared that
the surgeons would amputate his leg , and he
remarked that 'when that leg goes I prefer to
go with It. ' He was sent north on the 22d
and I have not met him since. Except the
time named above I never saw General
Gresham under flre , but I do know that he
in the Seventeenth
was an officer of high standing
teenth army corps. General Potts , referred *
to above , has since been governor of Mon
tana , and I think that he is now dead. BO
that I am probably the only person living
who witnessed the wounding of General
Gresham and helped care for him upon the
field of battle. "
GENERAL BANKS IN BATLE.
The bravest deed I ever saw in my two
enlistments in the army occurred at the bat
tle of Camp Blsland during General Banks'
idvance upon Alexandria , on the Bayou
Tesche , writes Elijah A. Morse In the New-
York Advertiser. It was In the spring of ' 63.
The union troops were advancing to dis
lodge the enemy at that point , were in line
of battle in front of the enemy's works and
were hourly expecting to assault the same.
Th& confederates had their works mounted
with some real cannon and more wooden
ones. This incident occurred about sundown.
The confederates emerged from the woods ,
with a tremendous yell upon the left flank of
the union line. Intending to turn to our flank
and rout us before the assault could
be made upon their fortification ,
mounted and manned as before stated. At
this juncture Major General Banks with his
flag and staff rode tothe front. General
Banks sat on his horse looking at Uie as
saulting party through his glass , when a
solid shot from the enemy's works struck
the ground In front of his horse and cov
ered the horse and rider from head to fopt
with dirt. General Banks sat unmoved and
continued his observation , simply brushing
the dirt off of his whiskers , and motioned
his flag to the rear , which made him so
conspicuous a mark. I was but a few feet
from the general when this occurred , stand
ing in my company In line ot battle. We
slept on our arms that night , expecting to
make the assault In the morning , but that
night the confederates retreated from their
works up the bayou and left us In peaceful
possession. This was one of General Banks'
preliminary movements for the Investment
and capture of Port Hudson , which place
surrendered to him In July. 1S63.
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Little Early Risers.
Wrcclted hcnlrr I'lrked Op.
NANA1MO , B. C. . June 17. The steamer
Willamette arrived last night from Dutch
Harbor , Alaska. She brings a meager re
port the loss of the American whaling-
bark James Allen , ' which was wrecked off
Atka island , 200 mllea west of Alaska , May
11. The steamer Dora picked up two of
the crew on Bonen Island June 7. The men
were In n starving condition , their only food
being salt meat. The Allen ran on u rock
off Atka island and Bunk almost Imme
diately. The captain and first mate -were
lost. Tha rest of the crew , who left in
one of the boats to head for I'nalaska , are
still missing. The United States patrol
boat Petrel is out searching for them. The
lost vessel belonged to San Francisco. The
captain a name la not known. He was
drawnodwith the first mate In his cabin.
The second mate Is among the missing
men The Allen bad on board at the time
of the wreck a } 13,000 cargo for whalers up
north. _
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POLICEHcH > T
QUAkER OATS
Songof the washboard.
Endless rubbing tiresome , ruinous ,
* if back-breaking ; wear and tear on things
rubbed ; wear and tear on temper
and health ; -wear and tear on every
thing even the washboard itscl (
It's all done away with , if you " ( fee
Fearline. There isn't any washboard ;
there isn't any rubbing on it ; there's
no wear and tear , and there's very
little work. It's the only sensible
way of washing easy , economical ,
_ and , above all things , absolutely safe.
Cek t A r ldlers and some unscrupulous croccra will tell you "this is ai c00 a * "
OCLLU or " the same as I'earlinc. " IT'S FALSE Pcarline U never peddled ,
. . T- 1 and if jour crocer sends you something In place of Pcarline , be
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READ
Insurance Companies' Order. *
Omaha , Juno 10 , IPOi.
Manager Flro Stock ,
COLUMBIA CLOTHING CO. :
Close out entire halauco WET and SMOKED clothing next week at 11 y M u
lice , as wo want this entire matter closed up just as soon as possible , Yours ,
THE UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE CO.'S ,
So June I9th
, beginning Monday , ,
The biggest tlau.'htor that has over yet taken plnoo for Al clothing , only a
little wet , smoked and mussed will commence.
$15.00 , 318.00 and 822.00 suits , high grade cassiraoroB , black ana fancy woielrdi
in cutaways and sucks , all latest styles , long regent cuts , more easily damaged by
smoke than the cheaper grades ( wo curried a big stock of these fine poods ) , and en
which the Insurance companies have to make up n greater per contago of loss
makes the reductions on this expensive clothing much larger than on the lower
grades.
This week this fine stock of 815. SIS and $22 suits is knifed so low that by rcud *
ing the description and prices for them below you will readily be aurpribod.
"What we do , others cannot.
No Omaha firms carrying clothing made .in sweat hou&o tenements in the
slums of Now York City and who try to mislead the public by stating- that the
goods are imported can touch the Fife Prices ( although they would feign have
you believe it. )
Smell their clothing nnd see if it is imported.
The Insurance Money is What Knocks
So no envious clothing houses can come-so low as to reach the prices on
SUCH BEAUTIFUL SUITS
As are offered from now on at the Columbia Clothing Co. , for
$4.5O , $5 , $6 and $7.50.
LATEST FFRE PRICES.
150 elegant gray cassimerc suits in straight and round cut sacks , regent
84.50 each.
200 cutaway (4'button ( ) frocks in tansj grays ana oxford ? , were only wet , non
dry , pressed and all right , go at $0.00.
275 suits in cutaways and backs , even Prince Alberts amongst thorn , now taka
your choice at SO.OO and $10.00.
500 suits , odds and ends , for short and stout , long and slim , all styles and pat
terns , take your choice for 87.50 to 810.00 each.
Wilaon Bros. ' negligee shirts at 75c , worth $1.50.
BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S SUITS.
300 boys' and children's suits at half former prices , from " > o up.
200 dozen hemstitched handkerchiefs ( large size ) for mntlomen , some that ara
hand embroidered amongst them , slightly soiled by water , now go at 12Jo each ,
formerly btjought33o to50c.
Columbia Clothing Co. ,
Corner 13th and Farnam Streets.
GENUINE
WELT.
Squcakl ess , Bottom Waterproof , H cast Shoe sold at the price.
S5 , S4 and S3.5O Dress Shoo.
* J-lunl custom \ > orK , cobiing trum 6 to $3 *
S3.50 .Police Shoe , 3 Soles.
.
* Ilm \ \ alkmg blioe ccr made.
S2.5O , and S2 Shoos ,
Unequalled at the price.
Boys S2 & 51.75 School Shoes
v Arc the tlest lor bcrvicc.
LADIES'
3 , $2.50 $2 , $ i.75
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