r
THE FIELD OF BATTLE
INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES
THE AR.
OF
Tk Veterans of the Kebcllisa Tell of
WbUtliag Bullets, Bright Bajoncta,
Ba rat lag Boaiba, Bloody Kattlaa,
Camp Flr, Feativc Bn(i, Ktc, Ktc
Id the (laji of the "ivil War. eivpe
daily after the liegiiinlng of 'IKI, therv
were stirrlrijf times In tbe "north cuuu
try." or Uiom portion lmrdering ii(mhi
Canada.
West KtewnrtKlowii, N. II.; Beecher
Fall. Vt.p and the township of Here
ford. I. Q.. ate tbor-e uwjut frequently
mentioned in the lale of the xi sties
a having been tlie twene. of bloody
enoouiiters and Kueb wholesale smug
gling as to render them more cloudy
paLrol.il by the government than al
Oiotil any oilier point u'xin the border.
When the boys. In blue were ti,rlitlns
Tor their country the recruiting Her- ,
gcuuts foutnl It necessary to "draft"
soldiers to enter the struggle between
the north and the Houth, and they
aooured the country for able bo iled
men who hud not come to the front
voluntarily. Thee men. who were
to be forced Into fight agalnnt their
will, rebelled, and large iiuiiiIhmh of
them made their eeipe "over tlie line"
hit.- Cnunda.
At that time, when good roads were
not an frequently mcii as now, the
main arteries of travel In the north
coutitrj were the minis to ('hoioIm on
lKith Hide of the ('onnecticiit river In
Vermont and New Hampshire.
It wax a common occurrence fur a
man who had been drafti-d to make
Ms escape from home during the night
and drive at a mad pace up river to
t'anada, when', once over the lmrder,
lie could not be touched by Uncle
Sam's olIlcerH. Some of these men
Journeyed all the way from Massachu
ettx and Connecticut. taking roads off
the main line, slinking through the
woods by day, sleeping in barns or
haysUicks at night and begging or
buying here and there, at wayside
farms, food and drink for their suste
nance.
Over 100 of the men who held their
own safety dearer than their coun
try 'a honor went to Hereford und I'e
quettsvllle alone, and were dubbed by
the residents of Canada, who had
mall sympathy for them, by I lie huh
'festive epithet of "skedaddlers."
, Here, once K.ifely over the line, Ihey
"lqtwltc(l,M nud built for themnelvcs
from loirs, fence rails or n few dollars'
worth of lumber, quaint little bins
Jbarely largo enough to nccomuiodatr
them and their belongings. In pastun
and forest they built up their settle
imeut, and even now an occasional
'skexhidtilor's hut" may be scon, slow
ly rotting away.
, Some of the men w ho had sufficient
'money clubbed together and built log
houses, which are Ktlll standing in
'Pequcttsvllle, a part of Hereford. Tin
liutu were built In curious shapes. noun
being octagonal, other triangular, still
others hexagonal. Square ones and
round omit were frequently seen, and
Home of the men exercised great In
jKCliiilty In tlie building of their tern
library abodes, (nice in si while n
wlg-wum-sliaped hut may be seen, built
around the trunk of a large Mpritcc or
pine tree, the blanches of which irv"!
to keep oh the wind mid rain.
Very often one might have seen n
conveyance loaded with blankets and
'provisions, driven by the wife of one
of the "skedaddle;-," drive up to the
line. The husband would be In wait
dug, quickly snatch the supplies ami
jdart to the oilier side of the little
Igranlte sign post thai divided the I'nl-
tcd States from the Queen's dominions.
'Here, once past the post, all the detec
lives In the States were powerless In
.touch him, and he might visit all the
Afternoon with his wife, who .generally
kept Iter Aide of the line with Im
punity. Hoston Herald.
Moriea nf t,nnitreet rind Gorilon.
"(Jenernl Gordon," wild the Major,
"told a story well, nnd he had many
good stories to tell. Long 1m-fore he
took the lecture field I heard him tell
a story In Washington which went the
rounds of the newspapers at that time
and brought him closer to the men
who wore the blue In the Civil War.
. "Gordon was speaking of the depres
sion of the men In the ranks of lice's
army between the fall of Richmond
and the surrender lit .Appomattox.
The men did not lose courage, but
'were not as they bad been. One day,
'riding along the road, the General
came upon a reglnu-ntal prayer meet
Jog, which was very Impressive. The
men were kneeling or slunding with
bowed heads about the chaplain, who
was praying In n. voice of wonderful
tompass.
"Tlie General checked Ills horse and
renioed his hat and waited for the
Send of the prayer. The chaplain asked
toe Ixird to give the men of Lee's
army supreme courage to meet the
breat crisis that bud come upon then,
foititude to bear new privations Bid
troubles, strength to fight against the
pursuing enemy. Just then a tall prl
rate rose from his knees nnd shouted
tf the chaplain: 'Pray for bread, chap
'm'n, pray for bread. We have cour
age to burn, but to fight we must have
omethlng to ent I'rny for bread.'
This broke up the prayer meeting.
"General I.ongstreet used to tell a
gcod many stories to show that the
men of his command always treated
raptured Union soldiers with ns much
consideration and kindness ns was pos
sible under the circumstances. He
ld that his orders on this point were
ery strict nd he never knew any of
Ms men to disobey. As he went on
to explain how proud he was of the
word of bis men on this point lie-
, leocr enipmj -1 in one of the depart
j incuts at Whiugtiu inrci i npl.tl him.
i " 'riidnul.tedly your orders were
j Mrict. I .eiicral.' be "but I hap-
' m-ii to know that lie Here citied
j For -XMIl.ple. in Ka! Teliu."-c- juu
I order.st your men to n pccl the !--1
longings of I'rf'iirrv and thi is the
way Mime of iIhui did ii I wore a
, gssJ pair of arinv shoes, nearly new.
, One day a good uatured fellow in gray
j with no shoe to sH-uk of walki ilong
I our line looking intently at the shoes
of the raptured I'uiouiM He put bis
foot by the side of mine. and. remark
ing thai I was jut his hiKc. added,
"(lid Pete iliiigstreetl sjiys be will
j have every man hot who steals any
thing from a prisoner. lo save my
life, won't you trade shitrs with me,
for I must have them shoes." Of
course traded, as did other prison
ers.' At thii Imgstrcet smiled, but
insisted that the story didn't prove
anything." ('hii-.igo Inter Ocean.
Flayed Marlilea with Jacka.iu.
Preston Jai kson. a white -haired ne
gro ol hast lies .Moines, hears the (lis
tlnction of having played with "Stone
wall" Jackson, shot at the general dur
ing tin- Civil War nial captured his
own In-other from lln- onfeilenite
es. Jackson thinks he is about isl
years of age. Me sp'-aks in rich south
ern dialect, and tells hi own story
best.
'My inolhiili n.-i wailno; maid to
Mrs. (Vila Mitchell, daughlah of Cap
tain Hancock .la -kson. who am an un
cle ob "Stonewall" Jackson. My fa-
thah was a Si olch I rishina u.
'Mist.ih Mitcii!! sold inoliiah anil
me to I aptam .lackson when "Stone
wall' was a liitle sliavah. I brought
t'i. We Used to play lim bics, hunt
rabbits ami skyla'k togedder. He used
to call me 'Skinny' and 1 called him
'Vent I Mibbs," fob sho't. He all's play
ed fair an' thi't h heap o' me.
"I went to de Mex'can war wif ole
Massa Captain and mothah stayed wlf
(le chllluiis. We war gone two yea lis
and den went back to fa'nien. Hy'm
bye, I ,i iii-ti in was heard from, de big
wall broke lose ami I run away. We
war liven In Missouri then, an' I coax
ed mothah ter come wlf me to Iowa.
I got her a Job an' one day I
come home all dressed up In blue an
brans buttons, an she kinder cried.
She hugged an' kissed me considerable,
an' lb last words I evah beared her
say wah: 'Now, Preston Jackson, you
do yer best, and' if JO don't git killed
I specs ter see you come inarchlti'
honie wid de niggahs all free I did
but she wall passed away.
"One day I yanked er feller out n a
wood pile and tote him ter headquar
ters. We got ter taik'n and I foun'
out he war iiinh brodder. I gib him
some money and help him git erway.
Tw o yea lis ago he sent me bnck (le
money an' di n died.
"I nice, when we wah light'u er big
bllt lie I see er big gener'l sitt'n llj)
straight like on er horse.;! look erg! n,
an' sab. It war 'Stonewall' Jackson
sure as vo' live. Somebody punch me
in de ribs ami say 'keep on er shoot'n.'
So I did.
"As I drawcil er bead on ole' Stone.
wall. I heard er voice, kinder way
back, sliig'n like er kid, 'Vent Hubbs'
an' I saw er little shavah kiieel'n ter
pick er law.' I couldn't see fob cry'll
like. Jos' dell de flag, de stalls nil
stripes, old Glory, dry call herb -gosh
I'd die fer herb yil -blowcd so's
tiilnl iMe o 1 Cu fliiiieu ill we sun
lien I Ha vs. 'Preston Jack'ion, Vent
liubbs be , do yer duty, an' llrcd
lie smoke blowcd erwny sos I could
see, an" brcss mv life, I'd missed him
slick es er whistle. Oh! I.ordy, but
fell, good!" Des Mollies News.
Gordon S .Idler,' l.lol.
An Incident of the mustering out ol
volunteers at Savannah, Ia.. after the
Spanish-American war shows how the
rank and lile of the army felt Inward
ilciicral John IS. Oonlou. lie had been
lu command of a brigade, but had been
discharged and was uaii) a citizen
of the republic. One of his regiments,
I lie Sixth Missouri, was in camp at
Savannah walling to be mustered out
nf the service. While the men were
ready to Inflict any Insult on the ofll
eel of their own regiment, they loved
(ienciiil (iordon.
In their desire to Hhow admiration
for lit in they collected a fund and
money was not plentiful nt that time
to purchase a jeweled sword for the
old Confederal! who had won the af
fection of Northern boys while a gen
eral In command. The weapon was
bought. It was a tine piece of work
manship and would have appealed to
any soldier. When time came for the
presentation, the rank and (lie of the
regiment I, elected a private as col
onel, ami placed privates in every other
place commonly occupied by commis
sioned otlleers.
The private, who had never been
able to win even a corporal's Ktrlpes,
sat his horse with the grace of n West
Pointer nnd commanded the com
panies and battalions with the ease
of a regular army nlhYor. In this style
the Ixiys marched five miles to town,
and halting In front of General Gor
don's old home, nsked him to come out
on his veranda.
As he stood there, looking the fine
citizen he was, the soldiers broke Into
cheers. After the sword hud been
placed In his hands he Invited the sol
dors Into his house, and every man
round some refreshment there, such
was the general's preparation to en
tertain any wlro happened to cross bis
threshold.
General Gordon's place lu tlie af
fections of the private soldiers was not
won by any sacrifice of offlcln! dignity,
but simply because nil hands r-eeog-ul.ed
In liltn tbe good news of heart and
the character that cannot be hid by a
oldler' uniform tor developed by an
it her garb.
PUNISH THE INSIRCFNTS
AMERICAN WAR VESSELS FIRE
ON SAN DOMINGO REBEL8-
i Uutuinguaa Ired on Aaaerlcaa
Mrnlxiil M-I and fcliuti Land
ad Nrar l ip Hi Miliar'
(rulMr loloiubN.
.'PAULS. A dispatch from Sao
iJomingo t-ay that the Uoited -Slates
ruiser Columbia and the faioiig
ibip Haitford l.ave bumbaided
Duate, which Is occupied by tbe
lusurgenls
VYASH1 NGTOV Late tonight
the slate department lecelved a
cablegram from Minister Poeli,
dated at San Domingo, February 10,
saying a de Ui ve battle has been
f.iught between the govertrjieot
forces and Hie insurgents. It is ex
tended over two days and usulted
in a vl-tory of (be povermueut.
The siege has heeu raised and the
Insurgents are in retreat.
A belated dispatch dated Keoruary
12 from Captain J. M. Miller of I be
United States cruiser Columbia
which witb the Newark, is in San
Domingo waters, Or i i gs ortu ial con-
lirniatinn of tlie assi dated press dis
patcli Kgardii g the tK inbardmtnt of
the insurgents by tlie war vessels..
ftniii a position near tlie capital city,
tlie landing of marines and blue
jackets to punish the revolutionists
ano their suhsequciit'reeiubarkatiou.
According to Captlan Miller's dis
patch tbe affair occurred on a rirer
suout two miles from Sao Domingo,
presumably at t ie place mentioned
In the press dispatches as the locality
where the bombardment occurred.
Tlie insurgents who were statlotud
on the mainland, fJrfd on a United
States merchant vessel believed to be
the New York, which was lying In
the river. The shots fell so danger
ously near the war vessels tiiat Ibe
acts of the Insurgents were construed
by Cap' aiii Miller us an attack oo
the vessels nod a battery fire was
opened on the revolutionists. This
was followed up by the debarkment
of four hundred marines and blue
Jnckets from the Columbia and
Newark who made a successful land
ing ashore. They dWodgid the
Insurgents from their position and
thasrd them Into the couutry. After
ucromplislilnu this the marines
ar.d blue jackets toi k agalD to their
boats and returned to their sbius.
One man s bugler named Pa'rter,
was seriously wounded by the acci
dental explosion of his Mr lug piece.
There weie no other casualties.
Active In Korea.
TOKIO. Three hundred Russian
scouts recoui.oltered ycsteiday In
Wijl and vicinity. They crossed the
Yalti river entered the town and
grouted through the surrounding
country. They then crossed the
river and rejoined their main force.
Advices to the Japanese govern
ment from Peking say that while at
Mukden Viceroy AlixlelT asked the
Chinese troops to aid in guarding
tbe railway, so as to pa vent the
interruption of Irafllc. The Chinese
refused the request and asked fur
instructions from Piking. The
Chlriist told llicm to inlorm Alexlifl
that as Russia bad Insisted that the
Chinese were un.iblu to guard the
railway In time of p'jace, surely Rus
sia could not expect them to guard
it In time of war. .
The national loan has already men
twice covered. Viscount Yoskl
Kawa has been appointed minister
for home nfTalrs.
ST. PETERSBURG. -The Vledo-
mostl publishes an editorial ariMe
'on the pride shown in Great iiritaio
and the United Slates In their pro
Japaness sympathies, anrt asks what
these will Ulliualeiy cost the
"cultured west." Answering this
question of the 'yellow peril' it Is
hopeless blindness not to sea. that
Russia stands as a barrier between
the approaching Jlslng of Asia and
old d( generate Eui.rpe, and to disiro
that tins barrier tie swei t away
Is absolute Imbecility In is ex
claimed that Japan represents pro
gress and civilization. The smie
thing was said in IHiifl about l'nis-la,
and it was not suspectt rl that the
success of Prussian arms would be a
cootlnual source of alum and only
ended when His Kraiico-Rtis i n
alliance re-establishes the political
balance of Europe.
SEOUL. Japanese .fuiitlves who
iwere maltreated at Port Ar'hur ar
rived at Chemulpo ycsteiday and
the sloiy "f their ill treatment has
created (treat excitement anionjr
tbe settlers there.
Pool Room Running Wide.
ST. LOUIS. All the pers-ns
Injured in the Hot at Maidson, 111.,
yesterday folhwlng the attempt of
citizens to eh se up a pool locm ibeie
are doing well and none will die.
Despite the threats of another raid,
the pool room opened again this
af ernoon and the usual crowd of St.
Louis men came over, het lng
conducted at usual, In tbe pre oca
W Chief of Holloa HcCumbrldo.
FIGHT MAY BE ON
?ENEWAL
ON
OF JAPANESE ATTACK
PORT ARTHUR
LNLY PARTLY CREDITED
ICE ADMIRAL.
ED TO EE
TOGO SUPPOS-ASSAILANT-
i.r of Kuuun Craft Ucrd
llav fallra lul (ha Hand or
111- Kufiiiy I'cl v Jftiiuou
irM'iun t I'iMicua.
I oKIO. It is icported here ihit
i- Admiral To'u has aain at
lacked Port Arthur.
I I is impossible to confirm the
nemcnt. Lut the navy department
ns it lias h'id no nes Iroru Togo
b day.
It is considered very probable that
the vice admiral lias made another
ii tack on the I!usians, as lie is en-
g.-d in blockading Port Arthur.
LONDON. Tin- Nagasaki corre-'
ip ndi in i f the Daily Telegraph;
r.ibiing under date for February 2!
It P'Tls that the Japmese squadrou
las capiuicu lour itusSian UTpcu )
ii ats al Poit Artl.ur by using llus-
nun signals. This dispatch appears
lo roiilii'iu reports from various
j jarters of a fresh attach oo Port
St bur ty the Japjuese. '
A correspondent at Ti-kio ot
IK liter's teli gram company says he,
e arns from a reliable source that the.
laissian minister to China, Paid
Lessar, has successfully bribed Chin
:se otlicials with the result that the
Instructions given the Russian gur.
1 at Mandjur to leave Shanghai were
ianceled. Tlie Japanese government
(insiders this lu ba a breacb of
Lblnese neutr.lity, and Is taking
Heps in the matter. 1
VIENNA. The disturban cecrea-(
ted yesterday at Prague by sev
eral hundred Slav students fulluwlng
i service of Intercession In the
Roman church there for the success
)f Russian arms was more serious
than was at first reported. Uefore
(:ie beginning of the service fighting
occurred between the opposing fac
tions and several students were in
lured.
.Fully 1,000 students procetded to
wards tlie United States consulate
tn make a hostile demonstration, but
wire prevented by the pillce. After
tbe service the mayor and otllcial-i of
Prague were given an ovatl io by tbe
iidenls who shouted "Long live
Russia and France," and Down with
Great Iiritaio, the United States
ind Germany." Students and others
who attempted to make pio-Russian
ipeechis were severely beaten.
Japanese Well Treated.
NAGASAKI. The steamer Stnl-
beig has arrived here from Vlaiivo
stock with twenty while foreigners,
Loll) Chinese and tifty Japanese.
She brings in addition forty sur
vtvors of the Japanese steamer
Nakonoura Maru which was sunk by
the Russian cruiser squa'ron fiom
Vladivosiock on February 11. Two
men were drowned during their
transfer to tbe Russian ships. The
survivors were well treated and pro
vided with return passages.
The Vladivosiock squulrjo In-
tend id to bombard Ilakodare but a
snow storm prevented the vessels
from entering the Straights of
Tsuruga. They Intend to make an
other attempt to reach Hakodate in
March, with the cruisers Ave torpedo
boats and an armed transport.
The civilians at VI idivostock have
been ordered to lea c owing to the
scarcity of food, as the government
Is lakelig verylhlng available. A
panic has seize! the Chiuese, who
are leavli g by the wholesale.
TOKIO. The news of the escape
from death of the crew of th?
Nakonoura Maru was received In
Tokio with satisfaction aud pre
ceptP'lv has ns the feeling or bitter
ness lowara the Russians ou account
of the sinking of the s ip.
A piseners' IntolPgcnce bureau
lies been cieated and regul.itiotis re
garding the ti"!itircnt of prisoner!
01 war pii'ilMied. The Tokiowoveru
lucnt. It is understood, has antlcl
patcd the neces-lty ol t-o n providing
for tbe care ot Russian prisoners.
Biron Kinekn, who, as already
announced, wlh sail f r the Unit d
States on Thuisdav, is chained with
diplomatic mls-on concerning tho
neutral relations of the two countries.
Pour Whisky Into Clutter.
BLOOMING ION, 111. A supplj
nf whiskey, smuggled into C -Hui
to be used In a political celebration,
was dlscovcrc by the teiuperanne
women of fie pi ice. They marched
Into a te.taunut win re fie Int xl
(ants were st red and seizing tin
ipp.ilv emu tied it into the gutter.
C' ltm is a prnh hit on community
and the sentiment theie is stiouglj
In approval of the action of Lu
raiders.
7 HEM UP AS SPIES
'IANS MAKE SHORT WORK
r J i PAN EASE PRISONERS-
It,,, - ii II Hfti-r, to lt
. ii'--! trr ami One
h,l llit-llt old lu
To rilurjf.
Oltirtr
Culo
Uar H'Alt 1IVKLOPME5TS.
An caily nasli by Japanese tiO' ps
I if a stiatfgic position in northern
Kuica isexpcted.
Admiral Alcxieff has arrived an
jiablished licadUirte:s at Uarbio,
The advisability of strengthening;
'lie Asiatic llett is being considered
it Wellington.
Itcpo-U that Admiral Togo has re
ieid the attack at Port Arthur
'-a.-'b' d Tokio and are partly con-rme-J
at London, where ciipatcnes
He published saying four Russian
rjc io b .ats have been captured,
.lapinev' minister Hayaslii discred
s the report of a laud battle ou tbe
i. in which many Russians were
lui
J h- Turkish minister at VYasbing-
'i t: i;reoi Is war lu tlie Ji.ilKans.
In an will rot begin aggressive op-
-i-.ilp.nis in Manchuri.i for moulbs.
ST. PETERSBURG. -The Japau-
se tttio weie liangen uy uussians in
tianchuiia fir attempting to bio
ip the railroad bridge over the Sin
,ari river w re disguised as coolies.
i hey wire arrested just as they were
about to mi'ke tbe attempt. InquDy
icvealed that they were Japanese
jllicers of tbe general stalf, namely
ionel Assai of the er gneers, and
Lieutenants Zoncloiascha and
beaeurta of the sappers. They were
at once hanged from the girders of
the bridge.
The newspapers of Port Arthur,
dited February 4, reached St. Peters
burg today indicating that tbty
ere less than three weeks in transit.
Troop trains pro1 ably require a
longer time, on account of the dlfti-
cultles at Lake Haila, where pio
visions and troops are crossing both
on ice trains arid sledges. Rut the
cold is exceedingly severe. Today 36
Ocgrees below (Fahrenheit) was re
corded at Irkutsk and other places.
Stories of the suffering of the troops
In the crossing of the lake are
presistent. Some reports say six
hundred men were fiozen but these
lack continuation, oillc'al or other
wise. The telegraph is working well.
Military men desiring to accom
pany tbe Russian army have bten
formally nolitied I., at they can pro
ceed when convenient, but, it is
added, that accommodations and
commissariat supplies cannot bi
guaranteed before March 15. No
authorlataioo!. have yet been Issued
to war correspondents and direction
will be done until the concentration
of troops In completed.
ST: I'ETERSliU 11 u. "The wai
will end In August or September, in
the complete defeat of the Japan
ese." said a higl'. authority in Inti
mate touch with the Russian war
plans, whoso opinion cau be taken
fiitlifully to rellect the belief In
the highest ollleial quarters, to the
Associated press todiy.
'lOKIO. The plan arranged for
the emptrnr and imperial head
quartcis to move to Ky .to has tem
porarily abandoned, and it is now
ih'.ught belter not to remove until
after tbe closing of the special
session of the diet early in April.
The inconvenience of removing the
seat of government at,d convening
he diet at Kyoto is the reason as
signed for the ch-inge In the plan,
small interest Is manifested in tlie
forth coming election. The var
oversLarlows all political questions
just now. The country is united
politically and it Is expected that the
new diet will fully support the gov
ernment and cordially approve all
measures cor cerning the war.
YOKOHAMA Police and other
otlicials and interpreters have kit
Tokio foi Myake Island, southeast ol
the Idzu penln-ula, where twelve
Russians recently landed from tC
boats, declining they hud hcen shipwreck-d,
but, carrying arms and
pautojiraphic cameias. The captain
and two of tlie crew of another ship
wreckej party, who landed on the
north const, have been biought U
Yokohama and turned over to the
French (onsul.
Jipanease Aie Reassured.
TOKIO.- The assurance of Franci
that the Russian flotil.i. e e?t twi
toip'do bo 'it destroyers which have
b en disarmed and will he detained
until the war ends, have left Jibutil
Fit tich Somiillatid. reaclb d Tolc
tod i.- and pr d iced a feeling of gen
eral satisfaction.
To D g Olrt.
WASHING rON.-Everything l
teidy for the speedy consumption o
the Piniiinn can il treaty, an I b'ib
the war and the state depart men
have mad pr p nations lor did next
step, Ibe former by the dispatch ni
troops to the isthmus and the lattei
. v the en t nlt'tlon of airangpme.i.
f r the ex hange ot rutitica 1 uis r
the t eaty whlc i must tiKe place
iVuslil utun T'lcro l "o reno
I why thlt cermo iv slio ild n t 'c.:ur
Wlllllu llin llt-'ll lui ll-cmuii uuuia.
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The women of Albion gave a leagi
year party to Ibe opera house.
The Crelgbton Farmers' institute
will bold the annual nieaiug om
February 19-20.
A new asbestos curtain has been
installed in the Parmalee toeater at'
Plaits LQOutti
The home of liert Stewart near
Petersburg, has been quarantined oo
account of smallpox.
Knights of Pythias lodge No. IT
of Columbus held its innual ball and
banquet in Hartel's hall.
Robert McCaren aged 22, recentr
fioin Ireland, was killed near Rogers,
b.- ialling from a load of hay.
The John Gund Brewing company
of La Crosse, Wis., will build a brick
(storehouse, 25x140 fet, in Petera
bnrg. The state treasurer will collect
10 per cent interest on taxes do
from counties from and after Febru
ary 1.
Jude Sutton of Omaha Is holding
district court at Papilllon. Tbera
is but one criminal case on tha
docket.
J. C. Cleveland, an old-time leal
dent of Creighton died recently al
the age of 75 years Of a stroke Of
apoplexy.
Captain J A. Trlmhell, who raa
the first si earn boat on Cedar river,
died at Cedar Falli. at tbe age of 7
years.
The Rev. G. II. Sahleh of Omaha
delivered a lecture at Beatrice uudef
i le auspices of tbe Woodmen of tb
Woild.
W. A. Gourley, a sewing machlna
peddler, was fined $5 for using im
proper language to a woman oo tba
street.
A social entertainment and bait
was given at Alliance last night by
tbe Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers ot tbe Wyo mlng division.
George Giy, charged with bora
stealing was given his preliminary
hearing at Beatrice and beld to tha
district court In $100 bonds.
Patrick J. Rattlgan, died ot rbeu-s
matism at Papilllon last Thursday
nUht, He was an old settler and
leaves a wife and nine children.
John B. Mumford, one of tbe pio
neer farmers of Beatrice, died after
an Illness of several years. A widow
and six children survive him.
Mr. and Mrs. 1. N. Beeson cele
brated tbelr golden wedding last Fri
day at the home of tbelr son, Ed
ward, four mllee south of ttaaava.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Snow, two of
Beatrice's well knowD people cele
brated their Rolden wedding In tha
presence of a large number of friends.
The police of Nebraska City are
anable to put a -top to petty thiev
ing from cellars and railroad cars.
They are being censured by tte
oeople.
Frank Gamerl, manager ot the
Standard Oil company's ollice at
Nebraska City, has been giveD charge
at Lincoln. A. W. Juhnion will suc
ceed him at the former place
The February trm of ;cnrt Is in
sessUn at Colmubus. The locket
contains ninety-six civil arid fourteen
criminal cases, with the grand jury
still at work.
J. P. Bailey state secretary of the
Y. M. C. A., addnsscd a large au
dience of men at the Oliver theater,
Lincoln upon the subject "Selling
Out."
J. A. Gage a nurseryman of
Heatrlce, has examined the huds ol
fruit trees in the vicinity and sayi
the prospect for a fruit crop was
uever better.
A tes t case of tbe compulsory edu-.
tatlon law will be made upon a com
plaint tiled against Louis Flgc, living
near Furt Crook, which will be heard
before Judge Goss at Bcllevue on
February 20.
Flags 1 n Lincoln are (lying at balf-
uast as an expression or sorrow ai
the derth of Senator Hanna. Schools,
public buildings, as will as a Dum
ber of residences, display tn? sign of
respect.
Prof. Charles Arbuthnot of tbe
state university will give weekly lec
tures to memoeis of the labor uniona
at Lincoln, Thursday evenings, tbe
object of which will be to make a
practical study of labor and capital.
The MaenDeichor at Columbus cele
brated Its twenty seventh annlver
nary last weeK. toe ursi part oi
the evening was spent la games and
a program. Atterwaia a oanquei
was served, and then r.ane dancing.
Counteifelt silver dollars are float
frig around Gretna In large numbers,
nearly all tbe business men being
the victims. Tbey bear dates uf
1880, 1890 and 1891. Several bad U
bids bave also been discovered.
A horse owned by Fred Rlggert of
Fremont whs abut recently as ae
act of mercy. Tbe animal was
neaily foity years old, and bad been
the family carriage horse for tweuty
Hve years, until overcome by old ag
t ree tears ago, since whlcb tint It
baa noi beeu ait of Ue stable
