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THE RED CIjOUD CHIEF, RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, DEC. 1, 1893.
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A.C. Hommi, editor.
l.xiiovTAir. .Ut l.nriil lMltor.
ALL PRINTED AT HOME
ItcitilulM'uiii'Ci ol' Army Life.
(IIY A I'lllVAIT. )
NUMIII.lt IX.
The march from Clarendon on the
White river in central Ark.wsjs to
Helena on lift Mississippi river ws to
the Hcuth-wcot analogous toShirmau's
great march from "Atlanta to the set."
Although on a Entailer scale as to
numbers and extent of country gone
over, it was atlctidid w tit many of
tho difTtculliis and dangers. Hctng
cut off from our base of supplies in the
rear by way of SpringCeld, Holla and
St. Louis, wo had moved as rapidly as
was practicable through tho hilly and
mountainous country of notth-western
Arkansas and southern Missouri by
way of tho towns of Forsyth, Dates
vi lie, Augusta and Jacksonport, to
Clarendon where wo were to meet a
steamboat loaded with supplies, which
wo were very much in need of. When
our advance guard reached tho town
they learned that tho boat had arrived
and not finding any of our forces there
had departed only about an hour be
fore. This was a great disappointment to
us, not only on account of tho failure to
get tho expected supplies, but there
wcro many sick at that time, some of
them dangerously ill, whom it was in
tended should bo placed on the bott.
and sent to some place where they
might have the necessary care and rest
from the unavoidable jolting of ambu
lances and in some cases baggage
wagons. This was n bitter disappoint
went for must tho siok ones; but there
was ono poor fellow who if ho wa
aware of the lost oj portuuity at tho
time, was soon too far gone to rcalizo
his condition.
For many days ho had in his moments
of consciousness oalli d for his wil'c or
his mother to minuter to his wants as
none but a wife or mother can and
cow in midsummer under a semi
tropical sun in the swsmps of casttrn
Arkansas, where it was often impos
sible to get even a drink of good water
to relieve his feverish thirst, in hi
deli ijm ho continued to call for thorn,
dying with tho name of his wlf,
"3Iary Ann" on his lips.
It was a beautiful but very warm
' Sunday as he lay in an ambuUnce
nith none but tho driver, Sumner
Whitton on his scat, and tho writer
on horseback, who kept as near as
possible to hear his last words, that a
good souldicr and a dovoted husband
passed beyond reach of tho earthly
roll-call to a land where there aro no
wars, and where in tho fulness of time
ho may meet his "Mary Ann" who I
trust was not unworthy of his devo
tion. Wo left his remains at tho first plan
tation we canio to, wherowo procured
a few rough boatds with whioh to
make a etfliu and detailed three or four
of our comrades to perform tho burial
scrvico as well as they could under the
sad circumstances while wo moved for
ward without fear of jolting our com-
rado who had been our constant care
for many dajs but was now being laid
in his grave a gravo over which "no
Boldicr discharged a farewell shot,"
nor raised a stone, but placed a rough
board on which wis carved in rude
viUlt
Mohuir Beat,
Co. i. I5d, Iowa Cavamit.
- Died July 11th, 1802.
to mark his last resting place. Being
cut off from supplios in the rear and
failing to open communication in front
by way of tho White river, tho army
of tho south-west wos indeed in a pe
culiarly trying situation. This was
tho beginning of a new era in tho his
tory of our regiment, as well as in
that of tho greater part of this branch
of tho Union army. Hitherto wo had
been only in tho hilly or mountanious
portions of Missouri and Arkansas,
which, wlrilo thoy worn slave territory
wcro not well adapted to tho '-p-cullar
institution," thcro being in all tho
country over whioh-wo had traveled,
scarcely u farm of Bullioiout sizo or
on which thcro wero slaves onough to
entitle it lo tho namo of "plantation."
From Chroiidon eastward to tho
MidBiehippi river the country is a suo
cession of lagoons and oypross swamps
inlorperstd with numerous plantations
of grcator or less proportions, most of
them boing limited and s puated from
each other by biyous and lagoons, al
though wo sometimes found two or
more plantations lyiug contiguous to
each other.
' filcd lo mako tlie aciinintntioi
ui iii- uiuii.in nun iiirn iiiuiiiiin in
thoy iTorc all away on their summer
vacation just then nt lea .t they had
jut vacated tin ir homes leaving the
colon tl foils at lioinu to tako cam ol
thing". That they who expcct'ng us
whs evident from the it- i.irnliotiB they
h.id nude fur our accomodation. They
knew wo were coming, and rightly
guessed that we would comu hungry
and had hidden away as much as
they could of tluir flour end biron in
tho swamps where in most casoi it
would have been safo enough if tl c
secret had not been divulged by (lie
colored people, who wcro ptobably
pledged te secrecy, or threatened with
severe punishment on roturn of their
masters if thoy proved false to tluir
trusts.
On each plantation was some I'nclc
Tom, or Ned, who had been entruBtid
with the management of things while
their masters wero away; but theso
trustworthy personages soon become
aware of tho fact that they wcro now
slaves only nominally, that they were
virtually free and tbo ptomise from us
that they and their wive and child
ren could nil go with us if they would
only show us whero the bacon and
other things were hidden, was general
ly sufficient, and not only at every
plantation wo passed, but often on tho
road, wc received recruits for the "pro
cession" which by the time wo had
reached Helena, Arkansas, was indeed
a very largo one, tho largest of tho
kind that wo had ever seen. The
colored men wero also of great scrvico
as guides through tho swampy region
for the improvised roads wo were
forood to niako Foon became impassi
ble and new routes had to bo choj.eH
and now roadj raado every few hours
in some cases. Altrough these guides
had but a very limited knowledge of
tho geography cf tho country, each
knew tho moit practicable routs to the
next plantation whero a new and very
willing guide was probably waitinu
for us to show us whero tho bacon
might be found, and pilot us on our
way.
Ilcwnre of Ointment Tor Cn-
lurrli Hint contiiliiH mercury,
ns mercury will Rnroly destroy tho seneo
of smell and completely derango the wholo
system wnou entering it through tho mu
cous surfaces. Such nrticlcs should never
bo used excopt ou prescriptions from re
putnblo physclans, na the damngo thoy will
do i tan fold to tho good yon can possi
bly derive f rem thorn. Hall's Catarrh Curn
manufactured by F. J. Cheuoy fc Co., To
ledo. 0., contains no mercury, and is taken
internnly, noting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces ot tho syoUin. In
buying Hall's Catarrh Cure bo sure you
got the genuine. It Is taken iutcrnally,
and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney
& Co., Testimonials free. C'Sold by
Druggists, price 75o, per bottle,
From ITIIiMOiirl.
West Plains, Mo., Nov., 12, 188U.
Editor Chief. vYc, that is injself
and family, Monroe Sharp and Chas. F.
Gust arrived hero ono mouth ago to
morrow, soon after our arrival A. Cul
mes and family arrived also, having
driyen through with a team. My
family and Mr. Sharp's family with
Chas. F, Gust livo flvo miles south of
hero on "Oak Delo stock farm,"
whioh I recently purabasod ol F. T.
Blockislcn, I rontcd the farm to Mr.
Saarp beforo wo lcit Hod Cloud.
WEST PLAINS,
is tho county scat of Howell county
and a thriving city of about 1,000 peo
ple. It is tho largest and most pros
perous town within a radius of 200
mile?, making it tho center, and loav
ing a country of 100 miles in all di
rections around it. It has u lurgo
thrco story brick court houso in tho
oontcr of a small squaro, a largo brick
opera house building and is in all a
most cxcollont business point. Peo
ple haul cotton into this town for mar
ket. 75 miles. Saturday I counted
111 teams in town loaded with cotton,
oorn, hay nnd wood. People who
nuko theso long drivos livo for tho
most patt in Arkansas, and come in
squads of four or five teams, eamp out
as they coino and go, and often remain
here a week while making their pur
chases, after selling their cotton.
They make about two trips a year; in
tho fall thoy bring cotton, and in tho
spriug thoy briug dried vonison, flsh
and other meats and furs of all kinds,
with tho proceeds of which thoy lay in
thuir summer supply. Then is not a
vacant house in town, jet rents aro
very reasonable, and wh'lo the town is
rapidly building up in all directions,
property is not high, we havo good
railioads and mail service here, 'llio
K. C. Ft S. and M. rood runs from
N, W. & D, E. through tho town and
brings us mnil from Kanum City and
tho west twice a day aii.1 also from the
south and r-aH trtico a d', o lint we
h.ne four tegular until (lainscuch day,
brs'drs to local freight trains which
carry pat-scngon-, It is a most excel
lent rutid, well equipped and gtvos tho
pceplu along its linu the best of ser
vices nt rcasonablo rates. Tho socioty
nnd schools of West Plains aro both
lirst class. Hrsidcs our common
Jchools, which arc as good as con be
found, wc havo a oollcgo in operation
vith quito a rcspcctablo number of
students. Wc arc also supplied with
'hurohes, all tho leading denomina
tions being represented and supplied
with a pastor.
ThU city is to southern Missouri
what Beatrice is to southern Nebraska.
Wc have clecliic lighis, roller mills'
plaining nulls and in fact all tho in
dustries known to tho country. The
people all seem to bo prosperous, and
are for the most part, intelligent, hon
est and industrious, and they arc
ttbovo all things oouitcous and kind
hearted, hejo their papers, one repre
senting each political party, democra
tic, republican and populist.
HOWELL COUNTY,
is -18x2-1 miles and has a population
of about 20,000 wide awake, intelli
gent people. I find just as much in
telligence here, and as littlo illiteracy
as in Nebraska, Kansas or any of tho
other nothern states, Ol tho 20.000
people, only about 3."0 are colored
people. The county is almost equally
divided in politics between the repub
licans and democrats, with quito a ris
pcctablc showing for the populists.
Tho surface of tho county is cover
ed with timber, is undulating but gon
crallv smooth, and well watered. Tl e
water is from spiings and shallow wells
and is soft nnd pleasant to drink. All
kinds of grass, grains and fruits in
abundance,, and tho peach is king
hero ns is corn in Nebraska.
The county is settling up very fast
with people from nil parts of tho east
and north very few from the south
especially irom Nebraska, Iowa and
Illinois. There arc four Nebraskans
located hero and bought land
since I cauic. Mr. Green from Coar,
Kan., is hero looking after lands and
will evidently buy; land is for the
most part cheap yot, ranging from $3
to $20 per aero according to location
and improvements, except land near
West Plains, which of course is higher.
Horses arc vory cheap he e, as mules
arc cxteosivcly used and oxen aro used
in breaking now grounds as they usod
to bo in Iowa and Illinois. Cows aro
also cheap rainging from $10 to $20
per head, while tho hog keeps his usu
al high prices. Fruit and vegetables
of all kinds aro cheaper hero by far
than there. Apples. 80o., to $1,10,
cabbago 5 to 10c, potatoes 35 to 5(b.,
sweet potatoes about the same, while
flour and groceries aro about tho same
as thcro; corn 40c, per bushel, hay $5
to $10 por ton. Tho business men
hero both in town and country agree
upon all matters of public enterprise.
Wc have sonic real cstuto men hero
who scorn to bo doing a thriving busi
ness. E. C. Markham & Co., perhaps
stand ut the head. Thoy show laud
all over tho county without charge,
and have for salo an unlimited amount
being agents for tho railroad land in
southern Missouri and northern Ark
ansas. Mr. P. P. Dobogy, Hotslend
and Co,, and others seem to bo doing
a good business.
Tho lawvcrs nro among tho most af
fable gentlemen I havo ever met
Judge Olden of tho firm of Oldon &
Orr was the first I met, and both mem
bers of the firm have shown mc cour
tesies whioh I appreoiato very highly.
They nro both gentlemen of high
standing hero and good lawyers. Tho
Judgo has resided hero many years
aud is f-aid to bo tho heaviest tax pay
er in tlio county. I Here is no party
zoulousy among tho members of tho
bar hero and all net ns members of a
osmmon brotherhood. Mr. Livingston
ono of tho ablest lawyers hero is an
npplicant for tho position of United
States distriot attorney, with f tir pros
pects for sucoess. Mr. Gardner, my
partnor, is a young lawyer from Chi
cago and is ono of tho ablest and most
thorough lawyer of his ago I havo
over known. Tho bar or a whole
stands lii-ih, both as mtn aud lawyers.
I do not rcgiet my change, and hopo
and bcliiive it will prove ploasant and
profitable in tho ond. Myself and
Mr. C. liko tho pcoplo wo have met
and the diuiato and country cannot
be surpassed.
Ilespcotfully, Geo. R, Chanet. .
9 Best Oougb SrrupVTule ifooav DwM
EljlmjSoUirumWfcBl
Public Snlv.
On Wnlncttlny Pec. (5th ISM, nt ono
p. m. sharp. Tho iinderei,'iic1 will hoII
nt public miction, nt hie rosidonco O.sr.
Mn.i. Wrsrnntl O.ni: lUtt Mii.k Nouiii
of Kcd Olotiil tho following property to
wit. 'JO head of ntook ilcecrliu'il us fol
lows: 1 lino four-)i(iMhl mnro high
bred; 7 milch cows. & stcor cnlvoa' 2 hei
fer calves, 1 full blood ronn Durham bull
calf, thrco brood bowm wltJi shouts, ono
mowing machine, 1 horeo hay rituo, 1
thrco section harrow, 2 stirring plows,
1 corn planter with chcclt rower tvnd
mid wire, 1 corn cultivator I hand corn
sheller good nB new, 1 fnnnliigtnlll, 10 or
1'.' tons of lino millet buy, wheat in bin,
corn in crib, lino llux soed, hmiohohl nnd
kitchen furniture, mid other nrticlcs.
Several hundred chicheas, of different
varieties including full blooded Ply
mouth locUs, whito and brown leghorns
livo bronzo tttrkcyn very tine. TerniH of
Bale A credit of 12 months will bo given
on uoto and approved neciirity, notes to
draw ten per cent interest from day of
sale, ten per cent olT for cash in hand.
All sums of ti.(K) and under, ciihIi. No
property removed until settled for.
John Kki.i.oco.
Col C. L. Wiufrey Auct'oneer.
Mr. J. 1'. lllni.e, nn uxtoualvo real eittstu
dealer in I)e Moines, Iowa, narrowly os
uapd ono of tho nrvorest attacks of puou
monta while in the northern part of that
stato during a rcotnt bliznril, ayi tho
Saturday Review. Mr. Ulal.u had occn
lou todrivbBuvornl railen during tho storm
and was so thoroughly ohilltd that lie wna
unable to get wnrm, nnd lusidu of nn hour
after hta return ho wan threatened with n
flovcrocas of pneumonia or lung fuver.
Mr. Hlai.ee sent to tho nonrost drugstore
and got n bottlo of Chnmborlaiu's C'ougli
Remedy, of which lie hud of ton heard, nnd
took n numbor of largo doses. Ho Hays
tho i-ffoct wn wonderful i nJ In n thort
tlmo ho was breathing quito easily. Ho
kept on taking the mudielno and tho next
day was nble to ronto te Dps Moinei. Mr.
lllaizo regards his euro n Hiinply wonder
ful. For solo by Doyo aud Orlcc.
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Report, of school Diet. No. 11 for tho
month ending Nov. 2oth IS'.t.'J. Number
of HcholiirH enrolled '2.1; nvorngo uttend
nnco 14; Names of those neither nbKont
or tardy: Ida nnd Frunkio Lewis, Mnlx 1
and Eloa Merrill. Thosu tartly but not
absent: Win and Chester 1'opo, Johnny
Lewis. Thoso whoso deportment nn
100: Frnnkio Lewis, Frank Wittwer.
l'jlnii utul Roxy Merrill, Chester nnd
Elbort Popo.-C'arrio Kldrhl, Teacher.
A Million Friend.
A friend in need U u friend indeed, and
not less than ono million people hnve
found just such n friend in Dr. King's
Now DiBcovery for censnmption, Coughs,
nnd Colds. If you have never uaed this
9 rent Cough Medioine, one talal will con-
vinoo you that it has wonderful curative
powers in nil disenses of Throat, Cheat
aud Lungs, Each bottlo is gnrautcod to
do nil that is claimed or tuonoy will bo re
funded. Trial bottles free nt C. L. Cot
ting's Drugstore, Large bottles Mc. end
81.00.
City Rending Rooms. Ono block
North of tho stato bank on tho oust
side of tho street. Opon ouch wook day
ovening from 7 until 10 u. in., Sunday
in tho afternoon. Wurui, comfortable,
rooms, f reo writing material, good papers'
magazines, und books, and n hourly
welcome for everybody. tf
When on a visit to Iowa, Mr. K. Daltou,
of Luray, Russell County, Kmhiip, called
nt tho laboratory of Chnmborlnin &, Co.,
Dos Moines, to show them hit six year old
boy, whoso life had been Utved by Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, it having cured
him of ii very sovero ntt&ok of croup. Mr,
Dallon ie certain that it saved his boy's
life and is enthusiastic hi his praise of tho
Remedy. For sale by Doyo A. (Irice.
Loet Strayed or Stolen.
From tho hitch rack, back ot tho
Gurdnor houso on Saturday Nov. 2.'5th
180,1, ono bluck muro, ronched mane,
whito strip in face, und wiro cut on right
fore foot. When Inst neon sho lind n
snddloon. A lcnsontiblo reward will bo
given for hor return or information
leading to hor recovery, by applying to
II. 14. Pond, Red Cloud Neb.
DuscrvliiK I'rulsu.
Wo deairo to say toourcitizsn", that for
years wo kavo bom selling Dr. King's Now
Discovery for Consumption, Dr. King's
Now Life I'ills, llucklen'fl Arnica Bnlvo
aid Klectrlu Hitters, and have never hncd
lol remedies that fell as well, or that hare
given huoIi universal satisfaction. We do
not hosltato to gunrautoo thorn every time
nnd wo stand ready lo refund the purchase
price, if satisfactory results do not follow
their uso, Theso remedies havo won their
great popularity purely ou their merits.
Hold by C. L. Cotting, DraggUt.
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To mombom of Rod Cloud Lodgo No,
UO A. O. U. W. Undor tho now luw of
lfi ugo limit, thcro is 01 momberu iu No.
CO that cannot bo reinstated should they
not pay tholr assesemontn by tho 28th
ot thia month, Please govern yourselves
accordingly,
II. E. Tond, Financier,
Mr. J. C, Hoswvll, oue of the best known
and most rospootod citizens ot Urnwnwood
Texas, sufTurod with dlarrlnun for a long
time and tried many different remedies
without benefit until Gtinmborlaln'sColio,
Cholera and Dlarrhtua Remedy was used;
the1' relieved hlui at once. For sale by
Deyo Qrioe,
J. L. IWlM'.K,
I'mmltmt.
11 i't it Mim:i:,
Asst. t'iishii'i.
People s Bank
Rkd Cl.OUl), Nkhraska, '
Transact a General Banking Business,
Special attention given to Collections.
Banking Offioo in
1 All! IlllltJi
" Maketh the heart faint, and reminds one of
the dissolution of the Human Family,"
BUT IF EVERYBODY WOULD
BTJY
Xmas Toys
OF--
Deyo & Grice,
The Popular Druggists, they would not be
confronted with such hallucinations, for
buying goods of them, the
Old are made young, and the
young' made glad.
They have thousands of pleasing toys both
useful and ornamental that will satisfy
the young and gladden, the hearts
of the aged.
OLD STAND-.-Corner Drug Store.
Prices way down!
Reduced
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W. A. Sherwood,
Cnsliier
of Red
Cloud,
Miner Hros Store
"-TFTI
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in Price.
IStli the price of
Tor Sale.
Thoroughbred Poland Chicn male pigs
old enough for service, sired by Royalty
ild and Oold Uug, nnd from sows of the
fnmoiiB "Illuuk Hess "tribo. For sale by
i C.Uusohow, Hluo Uill Nob,
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Ono littlo boy who visited our ofllcfj
recon tly, noticed our sign 'job work"
und asked it that meant that a fellow
could get a job hor any time.
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