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BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1880.
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OFFICIAI. DIRECTORY.
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J. M. KTECKNER.
O B. PARKER
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TOTT V Tt. SHOOK.
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11. B llOADT.
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OmceoverStato llanfe.RrovrnvIllr.Neh. ,
SA. OSBORX,
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OfHce, No. 81 Msln street. TJrownvlIe. Neb
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il i Phyilelan, Snrfjeoii, Ohtetrlclnn.
Oradnated In 1811. Located In nrownvllle 1SS5.
Office.41 Miln street, Brownvllle. X-b.
T S. STULL,
O ATTORSEVS AT LAW.
Office of County Jndge. Bronnvllle. Nebraska.
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Office over Post Ofllce. Ilrowuvlllc, Nebraska.
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Attorney and Counselor at l.aiv.
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Brown vllle. Neb.
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TrNDERTAER,
CoQns made on short notice. Three miles west of
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First street, between Main and Atlantic. Rrown
vlIle.Neh.
AT CLIXE,
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ROOT AM) SHOE MAKER
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CUSTOM WORK made to order, and fitsalwav
guaranteed. Repairing neatl v and promptly done
Soup. No. 27 Main street. BrowuvllIe.Neb.
JACOB MAROHN,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
and dealerln
FineEngllsh,Ftcurh,Srotch:nnd Fancy Cloths
Testings, Etc., Etc.
Rrovriivlllc. Nebraska.
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M. BAILEY,
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LIVE STOCK
BROWXVlLLn, NEttRASKA.
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to handle your stock.
Offlce FlrstMatlonal Bank.
For Sale.
OXE HALF INTEREST I THE
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ESTABLISHED IN 1858.
OLDEST
EEAL
ESTATE
AG-EISrOY
IN NEBRASKA.
William H. Hoover.
Does a general Real Estate Business. Sells
Lands ou Commission, examines Titles,
makes Deeds, Mortgages, and all Instru
ments pertaining to the transfer of Real Es
tate. Has a
Complete Abstract of Titles
to all Real Estate lu Nemaha County.
Aaron Pains:
Bo"bt- Johnson
NEW RESTAURANT.
Palmer & Johnson.
Flct Door Trent
of the Old
Building.
Xatlonal Bank
This flrra, havlnglfltled up these rooms wll
rnn a first class restaurant, where good
warm meals can be had at all hours. They
give their customers the best viands in the
market, including frcsli ojsters served in
any manner called for.
Try the New Restaurant
All Orders for an Express Left Trilli
Them will be Promptly Attended to
AT HATCHETT'S,
Everybody Knows the Place,
ICE-CREAM
Is a specialty. Customers are accommodat
ed day or night to the choicest
ICE-CREAM.
And the calls on SUKDAYS.have been so
ntrmeroas that gentlemen and ladles are ac
commodated to
ICE-CREAM
on that day at any hour, and are received in
to neat parlors and treated cordially. Young
folks from the country are invited to Hatch
et's to get their
ICE -'CREAM,
Lemonade, and Confections. Always go
"where you can get the best
ICE - CREAM,
and where your surroundings are most pleasant.
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HTIN6GLD,
The Doctor's Testimony.
A.S.lnsel of Marlon. WavneG... N. Y.says:
The won Jerfulsucres or Thomas' Electric Oil In
all cases of acute and chronic Inflammation, ca
tarrh, bronchitis, lame back. eta. make the de
mand for it verv great.
The Druggrist'x Testimony.
Messrs. Foster. Mllburn & Co.
ReEardltiRthe saleOrThomas' EclectrlcOIl we
are gratified In being able to Inform yon that since
we took the agency three months ago for the sale
and introduction or EclectrlcOIl. our verv large
salos proves conclusively to oi.r minds: thN reit
erty has extraordinary merits a witnessed by
the unprecedented sale. Weantlclnatn l.tr-. In.
crease in the sale, as Its virtues become moregener-
YOurs truly.
ft. JONES J: SOX.
Dealers In Drugs and Surgical Instruments
Sold br A. W. Mckell, Druggist, UrotrnrlHc.
Goto Nlckell's forMrs Treeman's New Nation
al Dyes. For brightness and durability or color
tlicyaretinequolcd. Color2 to 5 sbs., price 13 cents
Geo. Arkwriglit,
Practical Watchmaker,
In UNION HOTEL, west of Court House.
HAS NOW A COMPLETE NEW STOCK
OF
WALTHAM, -j
ELGIN, y Movements.
SPRINGFIELD, J
KEfANDSTEM-WIND
Silver Cases.
Hunting & Open Face Boss Pat.
Grold Watch. Cases.
Siom-Winil Pnt. Diist-Proof Cisps.
Seth. Thomas
& American
Walnut - Casea
Spectacles &Eye-61asses.
A Full Line of Jevelry
Consisting of ovory thing that goes to mnke
up ft first class assortment.
Repairing Pine Watches a Special!-
jsjF-Work done promptly and every
-v taken to give satisfaction.
care
J0j Main St. Brwiiville, Xcb.
9
T. A. Balh. Joseph Sodv
BATH $ BODY
proprietors
are now prepared to accommodate
the public with
Good, Sweet, Fresh
JlvEZE-A-T.
nighest market price paid for
Beef Hides
AND
TJLLLO'W".
First door east of P.O. Brownville.
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BROWNVILLE.
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$50,000
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BUY AND SELL
COIN & CUEKENOY DRAFTS
on all the principal cities or the
United States and Europe
MONEY LOANED
On approved security only. Time Drafts discount
ea. and special accommodations cranted to dcDOslt
rs. Dealers in GOVERNMENT BONDS,
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DEPOSITS
Received pavableondemand.and INTEREST al
lowed on time certificates of deposit.
DIRECTORS.-Wm.T-Den, B. 5T. Bftllev. if. A
Wm.
iianaiey. Krsnlc E. Johnson. .Luther Hoadlev
ralsher.
JOHN L. CARSON,
A. R. DAVISON. Cashier.
I. ClTcNAUGHTON. Asst.Cashter.
President.
UPHOLSTERING HD CANING
Neatly and promptly done by
MIKE FELTHAUSER,
CABINET MAKER, and
CARPENTER andMOINER
Shop 3 doors east of Post Offlce.
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FirstNetionaSBank
YELLOWSTONE PARK.
The Journey Thither.
I have just returned alive from
""Wonderland," the region where Gey
sera spout and the beautiful Yellow
stone lake glistens in the summer sun;
where nature lias played her most
wonderful freaks; where you catch
your trout in the limpid waters and
cook them in. the hot springs on the
wave-washed shores of the lake, with
out taking them from the hook; where
the wild ilowers bloom and the green
glass waves and the wind among the
pine trees breathes a requiem to the
memory of long forgotten braves that
peopled the Park ages before the swift
stepping ieet or cue wmte man pene
trated the wilds. To tell how I got
there, and faintly describe what I saw
is now my painful duty. "We left the
railroad at lied Rock, the terminus of
the Utah Xorthern, 304 miles from Og
den, the point from whence the daily
mail route lately established starts
for Mammoth Hot Springs, the only
postollice in the Park. We started
down the railroad and theu turned to
theleft until we struck the old Virgin
ia City stage road, which we followed
until we forded the Red Rock river
twice. "We then turned dii ectlv un ihe
river, which we were told we could
follow to its source. When but a short
distance from the main traveled road
we came to what the teamster called
"a mean place." It did look mean. (It
is proper to state that there Was no
road of trail from Red Rock to Ilen-
rj-'s Lake, and no teams or wagons had
gone over it before ours except those of
Salisbury and Marshall, ivho weuL over
to locate the stage road.) The moun
tain came abruptly down to the river
and so steep were its sides that it seem
ed impossible for a wagon and mule
team to preserve their equilibrium.
We all got out without asking. As a
rale I cling to my means oi transpor
tation, but in the jresenfc case .fhdsev-
e-a' others on tins trip I didn't. Wei
st".rled forward with a man upon the
wheel lock, and proceeded until it was
certain we would be bottom-side up in
the river in less thaa four seconds
more, when we stopped and waited for
another team that was to accoirpany
us as far as Ileary's Lake. On- wagon
remained at an angle of fovty-five de
grees for-three hours. I went and hid
rather tlia see the provisions wasMeTl
and mingled in the waters of the riv
er; but the Avagou held its .position as
if glued to the moiintain,a:ul wliea the
other craft hove insight we felt re
lieved. Toe pilot of the vessel at once
came to the rescue. He poduced a
long nine pole which he altaclied to our
wagon on the apper side; placed all the
men in camp upon that pole and gave
the command "bear down." Ttieieup
on he mounted ou- wagon and drove
rapid'y along the precipitous sule of the
mountain i'nL'1 be reached level
ground. He then brought over the
other wagon m the same way, coolly
remarking that "such places were noch-
ing when one got used to them." I
never want to get used ro theui. After
that we moved on up the river with
the consoling assurance ihat that was
not the meanest place. We asked h-.n,
timidly, where that was and lie saul,
"About six m'.Ies ahead." W'tli oye
balls stra'ned, we looked anxiously for
ward, and stood ready to leae our
craft and go ashore at a moment's
warning, or even without it. We soon
came to place where vhe river ran be
tween two high mountains. Inscinct
told me Ave had reached the spot. The
agility that governed my depaiture
from that Avagon could not have been
surpassed by the most expert gymnast.
I walked ahead. It seemed impossible
for a well-regalated mule to wend his
way along the steep sides. And yet
our wagons must pass there, for they
Avere marked "Yellowstone or bust."
I felt "busted" when I came to a deep,
yawning ravine, wlice the bottom
could not be discerned, except w'th Ihe
aid of a poAvciful glass. I could fi.id
no other place to cross. I Avatciied the
proceedings. First, the Avheels Ave--e
locked from stem to siern ; then the
team was managed aad hobbled; then
the drver gently drooped the horses
and covered Avagon clear out of sght
in that ravine. They did not appear
for sone time, and i formed the opir
ion ia four minutes, with nine million
mosquitoes to asssc me, that the la
vine was tne openingto a subterranean
route to the gysers, hiul that I Avas !ert.
Rut I Avas not correct. Tle animals
and the Avagon were unlocked and
scaled the sleep s'de of tiiac ravine,
and then came rapidly tov?vd tnepiace
where al nature protested against a
caravan forcing its passage. The pole
Avas again attached, and the audacious
driver moved ahead. How he ever got
over I cannot tell, but teis I can swear
to, that the wagon was j un entirely on
the front Avheels, and that the mules
could never have, stood up if it had not
been for the harness Avhich Avas man
ufactured, of course, by an Omaha
firm. This place was about half a mile
long and when Ave got safely over we
found tnat Ave Avere tirougli tne can
yon, and that a level plain stretched
away before us for nvnv miles. I
should remark that th"s kind of navi
gation is considered a peasant pastime
by .Montana people, and thev have fre
quently been knoAvn to haul hundreds
of cords of wood out of canyons Avncn
the Avagons and team were bottom
side up most of the t:me.
BADLY BADGERED.
We left the river at the mouth of the
canyon and passed along the northside
of the plain near the foothills. We
journeyed on until 8 o'clock p. m. and
camped at Ore's ranch, tAventA'-tAvo
miles from Red Rock. When on'these
trips I ahvays arise in time to Avitness
sunrise, to see its rays stealing gently
along the mountain top long before
they tint the valley Avilh a golden gloAv;
but OAving to the hardshins of the pre
vious day poetry had been driven from
my soul, and I did not arise until Iliad
to. or not move Avith the caravan. We
Avent on OA-er what seemed to be a leA--el
plain, but it A-as not. The badgers
had been at Avork in it for a million
years, and Ave simply bumped from
one badger-hole into another. When I
got out of the Avagon that night I had
to AA-rup my blankets around me and
Avind myself Avith a rope to keep from
falling to pieces.
AATIAT'S TX A NAME?
We left the plain at hist and crossed
OA-er a Ioav range of mountains, and
once more took the banks of Red Rock
riA'er and skirted along the north side
of another long plain, and finallv camp
ed at Musketo creek, twenty miles
This creek AA'as
that understood
the business.
Figures arid enumera-
tion run out Avhen one undertakes to
estimate the myriads of mosquitoes
that inhabit this region. They are of
the most ravenous kind; they prey
on man, beast, foAAi, fish, and every
thing that comes in the Avay. They are
so numerous that they dim the serene
light of the stars. Existence is agony,
and our pilot had to conceal the fire
arms to keep us from filling suicides'
untimely graves.
We arose Avitli the sun and moved on
through the sand-hills for fourteen
miles, crossed SquaAV creek, climbed a
steep hill, and Avent toAvard Red Rock
Pass, the exit from the plain. Just at
the foot of tlie Pass we stopped for din
ner, near a beautiful spring that gush
ed out of the hillsides. The water Avas
deliciously pure and cold. Xear by the
pine trees fringe the hillock and pre
sent a land-mark A'isible twenty miles
aAvay. In front a mile distant Red
Rock Lake glistened. It is the source
of the Missouri river. There is no.
doubt of that fact, and as I looked upon
it nestled up near the mountain Avith
the eternal rocks reflected in its depths,
I grew tender and palpitated in the re
gion Avhere I am affected Avhen I climb
steep mountains. Here I Avas by the
lakeside at the head of the great river,
Yet my home Avas on its banks three
thousand miles aAvay by the river's
course. Here the Avater Avas clear and
cold, the lake being fed from mountain
snoAV and bubbling springs. At Oma
ha it is da-k, muddy and turbid. This
lake is in a secluded spot, just at the
foot of a high range of mountains, and
is perhaps five miles longand tA'OAA''de.
It is full of grayling Av'th some Avh'Le
fish and trout. The spring gushed up
at my feet, and its waters ran SAviftly
away to mingle Avith the mighty riv
er. 1 Avould suggest to the Omaha AA'a-
ter Avorks company, inasmuch as they
contract to supply the city Avith pure
Avater from the Missouri, that it would
be the only sure way to bring it fiom
this spring. It would after all, no
doubt, be as easy and practicable to do
so as to fulfill their contract at Omaha.
This advice is gratuitous. I neither
Avant to be hung to a lamp-post, ask
for a hydrant nor to be droAvned in the
reserA'oir; I simply want pue water,
Avhich is my only drink. As I looked
upon that lake my inind wandered to
Omaha to the humble comforts of my
home upon tne hills; and as I thought
of the hardships yet to be encountered
I Avavered a moment, and I knoAv that
if I possessed a life preserver I Avould
have placed my Avealherbeaten, mos
quitoeaten remains calmly in the Ava
ter and lisked tbe trip to 'Omaha Avitli
out a murmur. Rut such is life; I had
no preserver. Tlie mosquitoes, galli-
nippers and uuffalo gnats soon made
open Avar upon us for the possession of
their haunts, and Ave passed on up a
steep hill oA'er Red Rock Pass, and
Avent doAvn on the other side into a
lovely park.
It Avas about four miles long by three
Avide, Avith a murm j-Ingb--ook running'
through tne cem.re, Avhose banks and
the Avliole park Avere carpeted with
Ilowers of every hue. The area a'ks
bounded on the south by high moun
tains covered Avith dense pine, and on
the north by a Ioav range Avilhout lim
ber but covered with verdure. The
ouiy entrance is over Red Rock Pass,
and the only exit over the pass leading
to Henry's Lake. Tlie brook runs into
the Missouri. Just over the eastern
pass, hoAvever, the Avateis Hoav into
Henry's lake, and from thence into the
Snake river. He.-e is tr.e gret conti
nental divide; two in:ghly rivers, one
UoAving into the Columbia and the oth
er into the Mississippi, Inwe their fountain-heads
in beautiful lakes only
tAvelve miles apivL We drove along
the north side of the park, passing fre
quently co'd spnngs UoAving out of the
solid rock. We crossed over a Ioav
pass at the south e;d of tlie park aad
then Arent down hill through a thick
quak-'ng-ash grove and forded a moun
tain torrent UoAving in the opposite di
rection from the one Ave had just left,
and iu a few moments Ave saAV in the
distance the AA-aters of Henry's lake.
We -eached Sautelle's ranch, on ihe
bank of the lake, about six o'clock,
having traveled 2(5 miles. We found
several substantial log buildings. They
Avere formerly occupied and are now
owned by Mr. Sautelle, who lived there
Avinter and summer for seven years.
He moved out, hoAvever, tlie t'"me ihe
Xez Perces camethrough Avith Howard
at their heeis, and has not returned.
The houses are now leased by the slage
company, and Avill afford accommoda
tions for all Avho visit the lake. We
found here Jay Cooke, Jr., and partv.
They were just returning from the
National park, and gave us thecheer
ing'inforrnaUon that Ave could onlv get
one day's journey farther in our wag
ons. THE BOSS LAKE.
But I must try to picture the lake.
It is about seven miles long and from
two to four AA-ide. It has several is
huids that are said to float on the sur
face of the Avater Avhen the mountain
snoAvs are melting. It is surrounded
by lofty snoAA'-clad mountain ranges,
except at the southeast end. It can
only be reached by climbing over
mountain p;isses. It is situated in a
lovely valley. It is fed by mountain
torrents and ice-cold springs. Its Aa
ters are of a deep blue and clear as
crystal. When you climb the moun
tain side and look doAvn upon the lake
the rugged mountain peaks are mirror
ed there. The valley is covered Avith
verdure Awiving grasses intermingled
with beautiful ilowers. The surround
ing ranges are full of all kinds of game
found in this region anvAAiiere. Ten
miles distant on the highest summit of
the mountain is Cliff lake, which is
AA-alled in by cliffs six hundred feet
high, and has no A'isible outlet. This
lake is not patronized extensively. The
climate for five months in the year is
delightful. Soft breezes blow gently
all the summer long. The nights are
cool and pleasant. The mosquitoes do
no not infect this earthly paradise.
One could spend a season here and
frantically Avish the hours did not fly
aAA-ay so rapidly. It is aAvay from the
haunts of all mankind: but in imagi
nation I could look fonvard to the day
Avhen its shores AA-ould be lined Avith
residences and hotels, the lake be cov
oicu itii juwisuie uuais ana tne SAVeetn
mrlt 4-l wxl nn..n 1v.i lit .1
songs ot lair women wake the Avild
echoes. Ah, it is beautiful. The eye
lingers upon its green-fringed shores
its sAvaying islands, the white gulls
skimming slowly along Avith never fail
ing delight. It is the most charming
picturesque bit of scenerv I eA-er sav
in the AAide Avorld, and its" stern moun-
from Orr's ranch,
named by some one
tain enclosure is not devoid of grand
eur. It is elevated over 7,000 feet, and
if it Avas a million feet nearer heaven
it could not be more celestial. Itis lit
erally croAVded Avithfish, mountain and
salmon trout. It is the source of Hen
ry's fork of the Snake river.
AS TO FISH.
All the tributaries of the Snake and
the main stream are full of trout. In
the summer they run tin to the head
AA-aters. Then the lake SAvarras Avith
fish. When Ave went there the fish had
abundance of food and AA-ould not bite;
but, fish must be had, and some of the
men at the ranche Avent into the Avater
at the mouth of an arm of the lake and
drove the fish up the stream toward the
great spring that is noted throughout
the Avest for its delicious, ice-cold AA'a
ter. They drove them into the sIkiIIoav
Avater, and caught them, thirty and
forty at a time. The Aiiole camp Avept
when they saw the rude and ruthless
manner of their capture, and Ave all ate
the fish with one hand and Aviped awav
the fast-flowing tears with the other.
When Ave came back they bit raven
ously during the middle o'f the dav, if
the Avind happened to be high ; ' the
wind must ruffle the Avater or the fish
will see the angler and all his art will
be in vain. Two of the party, in twen
ty minutes, caught thirty-six trout, aAr
eraging about tAA'o pounds each. Sut
elle, When he liA'ed here, speared them
in summer, and could easily get a boat
load-in an hour. In the winter he cut
a hole in the ice and caught hundreds
in a Jay. He absolutely coined money
by catching these fish and taking four
horse Avagon loads to Virginia City and
selling them for foi ty cents a pound.
HANDS OFF.
The fishing in this" lake is not sur
passed in the wide Avorld. I am telling
the sober truth. I don't Avant anybody
to go to this enchanted spot. I Avant
to fiKhten ruthless men awav from
there. I don't want the silveiy songs
of loA'ely women to float gently on the
wirgs of the evening bieeze. I Avant
to have the lake remain as the God of
natuie made it, and I hope the day
Avill never come Avhen the Avhistle of
the locomotiA-e and the rumble of the
cai-s Avill be heard upon its shoies. I
am Avriting this letter to frighten eA--erybody
aAvay. But I must tell all the
truth or the spirit of the lake might
haunt me.
A PISCATORIAL NARRATIVE.
Xear the banks of the lake I met an
aged Indian AvhoAvas looking sadly first
on its Avaters and then upon the " wick-
ups ot tiie AVhite man. Tears flowed
fast over his browned and wrinkled
cheek. I asked him the cause of his
grief and he said : "Many moons ago
this lake AA-as so full of fish that you
could Avalk across it upon them like a
AVhite man's corduroy road. This is a
tradition of my fathers." He then
Avept, and I am not ashamed to say that
I mingled my tears A'ith those of the
red man. This is a tradition, but I
Avarn any one aga'nst committing such
a sacrilegous act as disbelieving a sac-
reu tradition, j. nave tlie most perfect
faith in the story. That aged Indian
could not He. He might prevaricate
about AVhat he had seen, but he Avould
not and dare not falsify the traditions
of his fathers, and hence I put the sto
ry in tins unvarnished tale.
I have tried to describe though but
faintly this lake. Its beauties linger
in my imagination, but language fails
me and I regretfully abandon the task.
Paul Vandercoort, in Omaha Repub
lican. A Sensational Elopement.
Dena'ek, Col., Aug. 10. The Trib
une has a long special from Mes:ha,
Xcav Mexico to the effect that there is
much excitement throughout Mesilla
Valley OA-er Jie elopement of Father
Todoro Roualt, a priest of Laseniees,
and a brilliant aud benuiKul young
lady, Miss Ma-guerita Garcia, from
the conA-ent of the sisters of LoreLto,
who recently entered the convent, it is
said, at the solicitations oC priests
against the Avishes of her parents. AC
ter continued scandalous proceed-ngs
the couple eioped and Avere overtaken
at a small hamlet. Avhence the pr'est
appeared in dishabille and A-as struck
and Avould have been killed by an un
cle oi! the girl if officers had not intc
fered. The priest a ml girl were finally
mairied. The former tells horrible sto
ries aboutthebishops and otherpriests.
Willing to Cradle. That Avas a
sharp retort made by a lady teacher to
a School Commissioner a short time
ago. The Commissioner had been elec
ted in the ialeresfc of reform, and his
perpetual hobby Avas the reduction of
teachers' salaries. The lady remon
strating against further reduction, said,
to enforce her argument, that they
could aot live on less, as they Avere idle
so long duting A'acation in the summer
lime. 'You should do as my brother-in-law
does," said the commissioner.
"He teaches school in the country, and
during A'acation makes his liA'ing by
cradling." "We AA-ould gladly cradle,
too," AA-as the arch reply, "but "it is nec
essary fii-st to get husbands." There
A-as no turtuer talk of reduction
that occasion.
on
A case of unusual interest to AA'om
en, bearing on the use of arsenic to im
prove the complexion, lias recently
come to light in the Avestem part of
the city. A young lady, handsome and
intelligent, has been for a long time
using arsenic for her complexion, and
recently she has almost lost her eye
sight. Her eyes began to gnnv dim
about a year ago, and haA'e been grad
ually but sensibly failing eA-er since,
until it is almost impossible for her to
see. Her physician says it is from the
use of arsenic. In vieAV of the calam
ity her engagement AA-ith a young phv
sician of good prospects, Avhile not
broken off entirely, has been held sub
ject to the financial result of experi
ments for the restoration of sight.
Indianapolis Sentinel.
Hartford, Wis:, Nov. 13, I8S0.
Wells, Ricuaroson- a Co.. Burlington, Vt,
DearSIr For years from time to time I
have been troubled with lame back and have
never been able to get anything that afford
ed me little Hanv tpIIpT nntu t mu r.nm
. 4
menaeu to use your Kidney -Wort, have
used but part of a box and am entirely cured
Respectfully Yours.
David M. Hatten.
Fayettevti.i,eten-n., April sOth.lSSO
Sirs My wife has beenusingyour Kidney-
Wort for a short time for Kidney Complaint
and Is greatly benefited therebj'. Enclosed
find the money for another package.
Rev. a. B. Coleman.
ASOTHEESSAWBIM.
General Hancock's Doimneering' Spirit and
Cruel Treatment of Volunteers A Eegi
ment Made to Double-Quick an Hour for
Palling for "Water, After an Eighteen Mile
March A Wisconsin Soldier's Testimony.
Grant County, (Wis.) Herald.
Many have read the chapters from
Dr. Alfred L. Castleman's diary por
traying Gen. Hancock's haughtiness,
profanity and brutal treatment of a-oI-unteer
soldiers under him. Dr. Cas
tleraan Avas surgeon of theStliAViscon
sin Volunteers, of Avhich regiment
Amasa Cobb, knoAvn to every citizen
of this Third congressional district
Avho reads a neA-spaper, Avas colonel.
The "doctor admits that Gen. Hancock
ATas an officer of fine appearance and
says he AA'as so ornamental in dress
and manner that the soldiers nick
named him General Strut.
SPECIMEN BRICKS.
Th-ee weeks after General Hancock
took command, a chapter in the diary
says ne came "one morning to brigade
drill perfectly sober." He Avished to
appear excited at some little mistake
in maneuver, and the volley of oaths
he thundered down the line, startled
his men. They thought he mistook
the men for mules and thoir officers
for drovers. Another chanter relates
Hancock's visit to the hospital Avhere
he said vhe men in the hospital A-ere
"a brigade of d d sight better men"
tnan Avere leftAith him for duty. That
such beds and such comforts AA-ould
mvte every man in the regiment into
the hospital before a month. Another
chapter notes the fact that on Han
cock's cder an experienced druggist
was taken from the hospital and a man
Avho did not know one medicine from
another put in his place. One man
AA-as in consequence poisoned to death,
and two others nearlv so. Another
chapter tells how the hungry men
hired and paid for the privilege of one
di-iAv of a seine in the Pamunky nver.
The General rode doAvn and compla
cently looked on until the good haul
Avas brought to shore, Avhen by his
order every fish Avas carried aAvay for
himself and friends, Avhose tables "were
always laden Avith Avines and the best
v'ands. Another relates how that af
ter a long and tiresome march Avithout
Avater the men Avere not permitted to
get water when it Avas convenient, and
a regiment avjis punished severely be
cause some of the men called for Avater.
Oo ,obovative Testimony.
There l;ves in Lancaster a gentle
man, Charles Langridr;e by name, Avho
belonged to the Fifth Wisconsin at the
same time Avith Dr. Castleman. To
get at the facts Ave invited Mr. Lan
gridge into the office and asked him
AA-hat truth there -Avas in Dr. Castle
man's diary. "So far as I have seen,"
said he, "everything related is sub
stantially true. AVe Aere not ahvays
at the same places at the same times,
but our accounts Avould be as near alike
as John's gospel is to Matthew's
PROFANITY AND BRUTALITY.
Gen. Hancock rareH' addressed a
A-olunteer soldier Avithout profanity.
He treated them Avith extreme brutal
ity, and the men universally, so far as
I knoAAr, c;.me to the conclusion that he
had onJy beasc'y instincts."
"Do you recall incidents Dr. C. has
not rehited derogatory to Gen. Han
cock?" "I could recall many of them
by referring to my dia-y. I, too, kept
a dauv journal oi AVhat I thought
Avoith noting."
KEPT IN THE BAIN AND MUD.
"Well, give an item from notes of
your oA-n indicating the General's
character." "On re'erring to March
19, 1802, 1 find that Ave made a six mile
march through a drenching rain to
Chickahominy. Our brigade made a
halt near a very fine farm belonging
to the Lee fauv'y. Some members not
on duty went to a fence, took off top
rails and bailed tnem Avith ore end
against the fence and the other on the
ground. Over these they spread their
rubber blankets as means of protection.
They then Avent to a str.uv stack and
carried from it armfuls of straw and
placed it under the blankets to rest on
as prolect:on from the mud. General
Hancock happened along just then.
He approached them in his usual rough
manner and ovdeved them immediate
ly to replace the rails and to return
the strsiAV. This they had to do, and
the Avaiting soUi:ers Avere compelled to
remain in the rain and mud. Hancock
regarded the value of a 1-ttle rebel
stnnv as of more concern 10 him than
the comfort of volunteer Union sol
diers. "The account of Hancock's tak
ing the boy's fish is famM'ar to all our
regiment. After that the boys Avhen
they saw h;m Avould say, 'There's the
fish thief;' or 'There comes the old
fish-monger.'
REFUSING AVATER TO FAINTING SOL
DIERS. "What about his not letting the sol
diers have Avater Avhen they Avere
thirsty aud fatigued, and Avater con
venientV" "Dr. Castjeman has not
c'othed that outrage Avith half its real
atrocity. The general resolved Ave
should have no Avater ;t looked as if
he premeditated the AA-ickedness the
n;ght befoie and may have kept
riding along the brigade to see that
the resolve Avas enforced. On the ISth
of August we inarched over tlie old
Williamsburg battie ground and a
about 4 halted on an eminence at the
base of which AA'as a small inill-pond.
The day had been intensely hot and
dusty, and as soon as the boys broke
ranks they made for the mill-pond
AA'ith soap and toAA'els. After 'taps'
(call to retire) that evening, the boys
Avere ordered to have their canteens
filled for an early start. The only
place for filling Avas this mill pond,
AA'hich A'as literally a pond of soap
suds, for thousands of men had soaped
and bathed themselves in it. We took
the early start, and after marching a
feAV miles Ave noticed men in regiments
ahead of us breaking to the left Avith
canteens, for AA'ater. The men of our
regiment then asked permission to go,
and, as usual, a feAV Avere selected to
take canteens for the AA'hoie. The
stream proved to be a mill-race-of clear
running water. The men got ther
canteens filled, Avhen Hancock and his
staff rode out from behind the mill
and compelled them to empty their
canteens and go back to their company.
About noon awis the next opportunity
for a short halt, and peremptory or
ders Avere given by Hancock that the
men should have no opportunity to get
Avater. We Avent on and reached York-
toAvn about two. We had started from
below Williamsburg, and on a hot day
in August in that sultry climate Ave
had marched 18 or 20 miles AA-ith only
soap-suds drenched off our bodies in
our canteens when Ave started, and
A-ithout any Avater in them after Ave
Avere required to empty them. Here
near YorktoAvn Ave halted and Han
cock and his staff, on horse back, made
their appearance in front of the 5th
Wisconsin. The men began calling
"Avater. water!" Hancock rode up to
the officer commanding the first divis
ion. This happened to be myself. I
Avas lieutenant and in command.
'What is your name, sir?" he demand
ed. I gave him my name. A G d
d d pretty officer you are to alloAV
your men to call '"Water,' Avhen the
commanding general rides round in re
vieAv. I demand th names of the
parties so that I can punish them,'
howled the general. I answered, 'Oc
cupying the position I do, general, in
fiont of my men, it is imppssible for
me to designate them.' He then Avent
to the officer commanding the second
diA-ision, Enoch Totten, and the same
AA-as reneated. 'Then ' said he 'by G d.
I'll punish the Avhole d d regiment.'
And he Avent to Lieutenant Colonel
Emery, of Portage, Avho was in com
mand of the regiment, and ordered
him to put his regiment through a
battalion on the double-quick for one
hour! And this punishment going
on the run for one hour after our day
of fatigue and heat and privation, Ave
Avere compelled to undergo. This is
the soit of man or brute Gen. Hancock
is, and I think every volunteer soldiei
under him at that time ivIII attest these
facts."
ATTESTING AA'ITNESSES.
"Can you direct how inquiry may be
made of others?" "I do not know
Avhere the soldiers all are. Our brig
ade Avas composed of the 5th Wiscon
sin, Oth Maine, 49th Pennsylvania and
43d New York all volunteers. The
colonel of oar regiment A'as Hon. Ama
sa Cobb, now of Lincoln, Xebraska, a
judge of ihe supreme court of that
state. Our quartermaster Avas Col.
John G. Clark, of this place. Company
A Avas enlisted at Manitowoc by Capt.
Temp Clark; company Fin Waukesha
county by Capt 1. M. Bean: company
D at Beaver Dam by Capt. Catlin ; com
pany I at Taycheedah by Capt. Emer
son; company C at Wihvaukee by
Capt.Bereus; company II in Richland
county by Capt.lt. ILuvkins; company
E at JanesviDeby Capt. Wheeler; com
pany K in Dunn county by Capt.
EA'ans; company G at Berfn by Capt.
Bugh, and comnany B at WihA'aukee
by Capt. Hibbard. "Did you ever tell
these facts before Hancock was nomi
nated for president?" "Many a time.
Many people in Lancaster have heard
me tell tnem from the time I came
home. Aud here is a letter fiom Dr.
Ingersoll, of Waukesha, a brother of
Bob Ingersoll. On my Avay home from
the army I stooped in" Waukesha couu-
4-.A.n ?1- t 1 1
ty in recruit myseit and mere ieu in
w;th Dr. Ingersoll, an old friend of
mine. He Avrites me that I then told
him of Hancock's brutality and urges
it upon me as a duty, that I tell it all
to the public. I thrink from the pub
licity but to me it is simply horrible
to rellect that a man of such vouched
for b"iital nature and character as
Winlield Scott Hancock is likely to re
ceive the suffrages of a large portion
of the people for the office of president.
That he is the choice of the keepers of
Andersonville and Libby and their
friends is not surprisirg, .and how can
a northern man vote for him?"
We publish the foregoing knoAving
that M Langridge has been pressed
by many citizens co give it to the pub
lic; and they urge it knoAving he is re
liable in eA-c-y utteranc he makes upon
his own knoAvledge. He has been a
citizen here of the highest character
for 27 years. He is not a man to Avhom
any person will ascribe vanity, and he
is not in the least a yielder'to senti
mentality. GABFIEID'S CAMPAIGN.
In AVhich he Eouted the Eebek in Eastern
Kentucky.
In a late number of the Circleville,
0., Union-Herald, Ave find the follow
ing letter Avritten by a former colonel
of an Ohio regiment, now a resident of
Burlington:
Burlington, Iowa, July 18S0.
My Fellow Soldiers: As it awis a part
of my good luck to be placed under
the command of General James A. Gar
field, early in the AA-ar, I thought I
Avould Avrite a short sketch of our cam
paign in eastern Kentucky, by Avay of
refreshing the memory of the officers
and men Avho A'ere Avith the general
through that campaign.
Many of you Avill remember the
untiring energy and perseverance Avith
Avhich he labored to clear the country
of armed rebels in a A-ery short time.
When he received orders to take com
mand of the forces that Avere to oper
ate in eastern Kentucky, he started
for his field of labor with the same en
ergy and zeal that has ever character
ized that noble mind through life.
When he Avas Avorking his passage
on the toAv-path of the Ohio canal, on
the farm, at school, at college, at
study, on the battle field, or in the
halls of congress, you find him stand
ing firmly in support of the constitu
tion and of the laAA
When he reached his field of opera
tions, AA-ith his command at Catletts
burg, at the mouth of Big Sandy, he
commeuced his march up the river,
through a rough, mountainous region
his forces driving the outposts of Gen.
Humphrey Marshall before them at
every point until they reached Paints
ville. Xear this point Marshall had
prepaied to make a stand, Avith about
o,oou mtantry, 700 cavalrv and iavo
batteries of six guns. General Gar
field's forces drove the enemy's caval-
i.v iiuiu x-.iimsviiie, alter a severe
skirmish, killing and Avounding some
twenty-five or thirty, they fell back to
their Avorks at the mouth of Jeney's
creek. By ihis time they began to un
derstand that General Garfield meant
business, so they hastily ewncupted
their Avorks and retreated" up the ri-er.
The regiment to which I belonged
ana nau tne honor ot being major of
at tne time, namely, the Fortieth Ohio
Avas ordered from Camp Chase to rein
force General Garfield at PaintsA-ille
Kentucky. We went bv w.iv of rnJ
Kentucky. At this place Ave Avent in
to camp on the land belonging to
Brutus Clay. Here Ave dreAv our mc
ons, mules, camp equipage and rations i
for the campaign, expecting to join!
Gen. Garfield's command at or near!
Paintsvilfev but tho SAA-ollen condition;
of the stream, OA-er Avhich Ave had
to cross at Paint creek, compelled us.
to fell trees across the stream, making;
abridge for our meii and teams to
cross, and by so doing we Avere delayed,
so that Ave did not reach Paintsvill&
until the next day after the fight. But
General Garfield is not the man to keep.
up a picket tiring and skirmishing;
with the enemy in order to hold then
until his reinforcements come up, but
AAiien he thinks it is time to make an
attack on the enemy, he is very likely
to do so Avith tho forces he has at his.
command. The general then resolved
to pursue the enemy up the riA'er to.
Prestonburg, a distance of fifteen miles.
There he found the rebels strongly
posted on the crest of the hilL He at
once attacked them and maintained.
thebattleduringllA'e hours, the enemy's,
cannon nieanAvhileplaying briskly. Al
though most of Garfield's troops Avero
noAV under fire for the first time, tho
rebels Avere driven from every position, -and
after destroying stores, Avagons.
and camp equipage they retreated in
disorder. General Garfield noAV
moved his force to Piketon, Kentucky!
one hundred and tAventy miles abovo
the mouth of the Big Sandy. Here ho
remained several Aveeks, sending out
expeditions in eA'ery direction Avher
ever he could hear from a rebel camp
and band, in a short time completely
clearing that Avhole country of armed
rebels. While thus employed his pro
A'isions run out, and instead of sending,
he Avent himself to the Ohio River for
a neAV supply. The provisions Avere
obtained, and a small steamer loaded
with rations Avas pressed into the ser
Aice, but noAv a serious difficulty pre
sented itself. The riA'er avsis sAvollen
by an unprecedented freshet, and its
navigation Avas perilous. Xo captain
or pilot A-ould take charge of the boat; it
Avas an impossibility to navigate the
Big Sandy Avith anything in the shape
of a boat'and they AA'ould not go. Gen.
Garfield Avas not to be balked in that
AA'ay. Determined that the proA'isions
should go through to his starving men,
he took command of the boat himself,
acting as captain and pilot, and about
half of the crew, himself and cargo ar
rived in due season at camp, greatly to
the i'oa- of the now almost starving
soldiers. Well do I remember the
shouts that AA-ent up from those brave
boys AAiien the boat, Avith General Gar
field at the Avheel, came steaming up
to the bank at Piketon, Kentucky.
Soon after he arrived with thoso ra
tions he made his famous Pound Gap
expedition, Avhich resulted in a most
brilliant A'ictory to the union forces
and a most complete and humiliating
defeat to the rebels, causing their re
treat in disorder into Virginia, thus
ending the campaign in eastern Ken
tucky. On Gen. Garfield's return to
Piketon he received orders from Gen.
Buell, at Xashville to report to him in
person. ArriA'ing at that place he
found that Buell had already begun
lii3 Tnin.Ii r.tt'firac? "Pif f elm vrr I fimlinir
and, pushing on after him, overtaking
General Buell's army, he Avas placed in
command of the Twelfth brigade and
Avith his command participated in the
battle of Shiloh and through all the
operations in front of Corinth. Soon
after Ave find him placed in the respon
sible position of chief of staff to Gen.
Rosencrans, and doing valuable ser
vice. I, for one, am in favor of placing
General J. A. Garfield at the helm of
the old ship of state, feeling confident
that at the end of four years he AA'ill
land that old craft safely at the capi
tol of the nation without requiring any
repairs with her colors floating to tho
breeze, bearing the inscription, "Xo
Xorth, no South, but one united, free,
and independent nation, and an asy
lum for the oppressed of all nations of
the Avorld."
Col. J. E. Taylor, 40th Ohio V. I.
Small-Pox in Birds.
In Europe nnd Hindostan variola is
so common in pigeons and poultry as to
constitute a variable plague. Thus
Guersent records that out of a dovecote
of 1,000 scarce 100 could be found that
did not bear marks of the disease,
while Tytler says the poultry-yards in
India are habitually depopulated by the
plague. Bechstein and others claim
that this is the true small-pox derived
from the human being and conveynble
back to man, Avhile others, like Toggia
and Gilbert, assert that it is communi
cable to the sheep. That this affection
has not been recognized among us may
be due to a difference in the environ
ment Avhich modifies the infection, or,
perhaps, to the fact that men and pig
eons do not live so much in common
here as in Italy and India. Such an
occurrence under Italian skies should,
hoAvever, demand a careful investiga
tion into the reality o such infection
in our oAvn States, and especially the
Southern ones, during the preA'alence
of an epidemic of small-pox. Nation
al Board of Health Bulletin.
Sam Slick says: Minister used to
amuse me beyond anything, poor old
soul. Once the congregation met, and
raised his Avages from three to four
hundred dollars a year. Well, it near
ly set him crazy; it bothered him so ho
could hardly sleep. So, after church
aa'.is OA-er the next Sunday, he said:
"My dear brethren, I hear you have
raised my salary to four hundred dol
lars. I am greatly obliged to you for
your kindness, but I can't think of
taking it on no account. First, you
can't afford it, no hoAV you can fix it,
and I knoAv it. Secondly, Iain't Avorth
it, and you knoAv it; and thirdly, I am
nearly tired to death collecting my
present income. If I had to dun the
same way for that it will kill me. I
can't stand it; I shall die. Xo, no, pay
me Avhat you uIIoav me more punctual
ly, and it is all I ask, or will ever re
ceive.
Grant on Hancock's Prospects.
General Grant, Avhilein this city, in the
presence of several gentlemen, gave a
flat denial to the report that he Avas of
the opinion General W. S. Hancock
would be elected President this fall,
and ave as his decided opinion, that
Garfield Avould be elected by a large
majority, adding that Hancock would
lose shength every day betAveen this
and tlie election. SantaFeEra South
western, July 29.
i.
Thft erection of the obelisk at Cen
tral park Avill prove to be a put up job.
Soda pop at Johnson & Palmer's