8 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : /MONDAY / , SEPTEMBER 28 , 1801 ,
HIE NATION TRUSTED GRANT ,
Eeviow of Stirring FCODCS Near the Oloso of
the War ,
EARLY'S ' RAID INTO PENNSYLVANIA.
Colonel T. II. HinntonVrltcH nn
tlriK Story of u New
Volume of ItouortlH of
the Jlcliulliim.
PnrtTI. of Volume .17 , ONclM Kccords of
Ibo Wnrnttlio Rebellion , 1m Just been Is-
sucil In prollinlnnry form , subject to llual re
vision before publication. It covers the
period from July 1 to August il , IW , nnd
relates the orders , correspondence , etc. , pur-
tnlnlng to tbo operations of thoArmv of tlm
I'otomncln Virginia , Maryland and Pennsyl
vania.
In many respects greater Interest attaches
to this volume than to any other of the series
BO far published. Tlio raid into Pennsylvania
nnd Maryland under General Early , anil the
attempt to captuto Washington , created Intense -
tense excitement in that city , as well ns In
ilnltlmoru and Harrisburg and generally
throughout the country. It was planned by
General Lee to force Grant to relax his vice-
like grip on the rebel unny In front of Peters
burg , aiid to compel Mm to weaken his forces
by sending thorn to the defense of Washing
ton to such an extent that Leo might strlko
the Army of the Potomac n crushing blow.
Or , if Grant would not do this , Leo hoped , as
be despondently wrote Mr. Davis , that
Grant , thinking n largo portion of the rebel
nrmy had been sent north , would attack the
remainder in Its intrenched position. Hut In
both ot these proportions Leo was disap
pointed. Grant would not rcloaso his grip on
the main rebel unnv for side Usuos , nor would
ho attack until no was ready.
In Washington , llarrisburg and Baltimore
all was confusion nnd excitement. Every
body was calling for more troops ; committees
of public safety wcro organized , and the gov
ernors of Now \ ork , Pennsylvania and Now
Jersey won ) called upon to ftirnUh 10,000
men cadi for 100 days , lint , in all this
clamor nnd confusion , a few noble souls re
mained undismayed. President Lincoln ,
General Grant , Secretary Stnntou nnd General -
oral UnllecU were these men , pro-pmlnently.
A certain general ofllecrthcn in New York ,
volunteered to take n command. General
Ilallcck replied , "wo have llvo times as
many generals hero as wo want , but are
greatly In need of privates. Anyone volun
teering In that capacity will bo thankfully
received. "
Then , Mr. C. A. Dana , assistant secretary
of war , telegraphs frequently to General
Grant , and says : "Nothing can possibly bo
done hero toward pursuing or cutting olt the
enemy for want of n commandar. General
Angur commands the dclensos of Washing
ton , with McC'ook and n lot of brigadier
penorals under him , but ho is not allowed to
outside. * * * But there is no head to the
whole , nml It scorns indispensable that you
Bhould appoint ono. Hunter will bo the
ran King ofllccr if ho over gets up , but ho will
not do. Indeed the secretary of war directs
mo to tell yon In his Judgment Hunter ought
instantly tu bo relieved , having proved him-
elf far moro incompetent than even Slegel.
He also directs mo to sny that advice or sug
gestions from you will not bo siifllelcnt. General -
oral Ilallcck will not glvo orders except ho
receive them ; the president will glvo none ,
nnd until you direct positively mill explicitly
what is to bo done , ovorvthing will go on in
the deplorable and fatal way in which it tins
goiio for a week past.
Kvon then. Grant seemed to bo the general
In whoso skill , judgment nnd tenacity the
whole nation trusted , lie replied to JJana ,
that as to Goncral Hunter , ho had great con
fidence in his ability ns a soldier
and his splendid patriotism , nnd did not
wish him to bo relieved. General Crook was
commanding ono of Hunter's divisions , has
tening to Join with the Sixth corps nnd other
troops sent by Grunt to the defense
of Washington. The following cor
respondence concerning him will In
terest everybody throughput the west :
Harper's Kerry , July 17 , 1MVI II p. in.
( liiMoivediu. : : > i > . rn. )
Hon. 1'i M. Stanton , sourutary nf war. Sir :
Ilrlgiullur ( icnoral lieorco Urooic was recoin-
inenilt'il for piomolloii for meritorious con
duct at the battles of South Mountain and
Antlotam , by ( junoiols ( . 'ox , Iturnslilo itnil Me-
( Jlullun : by liuncriilil'nv , WrlKht and Uoso-
cnuiH for services In West Virginia , nnd by
( lenurals Thomas and Grant for services In
the anny of tlm Cumberland. I consider him
one of thn test soldier * I have ever seen , nnd
one of I be most lelltible and well balanced ot
men , 1 thlnU bis capacity for usefulness Is
limited by his rank and think that Ills promo
tion to a superior command would be of Kreat
ndvuiitneo In tlm public Norvlcu. and of very
I'spi-ulal benellt In this department. I would
earnestly request , theiefoio , that ho bo ap
pointed a major general. Very respectfully ,
yonr obedient servant. I ) . HUNTBII ,
Major d'eneral Coinmandln ; .
AV.Mi OKI-\UTMKNr , July 17 , I'-lM.-Malor Gen
eral Hunter , Harper's Kerry : It wi-iild have
given inn great pleasmo to promote Oener.il
( 'took lon ak'o , but the number of major gen-
urals was limited by law two yi'iirs ago and
the appointments since that time have been
made only for vacancies on tbo special 10-
iinestof commandeis-ln-ehlef. 'L'huro Is now
110 vacancy , and has not been since the Presi
dent reinstated ( .feneral lllnlr ; but ( ioneral
Crook can bo appointed now a major general
l > y liruvut. mid assigned to command on his
lirevct rank , ami when u vacancy occurs ho
can receive a full appointment which noinau
In Hie service has mine falily won. His ap
pointment by brevet will bo forwaulcd you tomorrow -
morrow , UPWIN M. JBTANTO.V ,
Secretary of War.
General Grant finally sent General Sheri
dan to command nil the forces without regard
to these who might bo superior to him in
rank and tlio president approved it. Order
coon came out of chaos , but in tno meantime
Karly was recalled , and succeeded In getting
out of harm's way before ho could bo over
taken ,
Gonorrtl Grant remained firmly in his
place before Petersburg , nnd on the 19th
xvroio the following letter to the p 'osldont :
OIUNT'H lliAPo.romim : : , C'ITV POINT , July
11 > . IM1I , 10 a. in. , ( reeelved : : ) p. m. ) Ills K\-
celleney. A. Lincoln , ( 'resident of the I'nltoil
HI itos ; In my opinion there ought to bo an
Immediate call for. say UUO.noO men to bo nut
In the Held In the sliortcst possible tlmo. The
presence of this number of lo-onforceinents
would sa\o thonmioynnce of ralds.and would
fiiable us to drive the enemv fiom his present
front , particularly from Klcbmoiid , without
ultncklm : formications. The enemy now
have their lust man In the Held. Ivvory de
pletion of their army Is an Irioparablu lo-s.
Deserllona from It uro now rapid. With the
jirospe.'t of Inru'o additions to our force these
desertions would Increase. The gro.iter ntiiu-
lier of men wo have the shorter and less san-
Kiilnary will lie the war. I clve this onlliely
us mylews and not In anv spirit uf nota
tion , always holding myself In readiness to
USD the material gl\en me to the hctt advan
tage 1 Unow how. 11. s. CHANT ,
Lieutenant Uenora ) .
Hut thn president had the day before Issued
his call for WK,000 ) men.
Goi oal Grant could not prevent the escape
of Knrly , out neither could any move that
Lee nindo divert him from ttio hold ho had
on the rebel army. Mo matter how much
nolso and clamor , nu know that as long us
ho hold the Army of Northern Vlrtiulautidur
Lee , In hli grasp , all minor operations were
of little coim-ciueneo. Ho had hoped to crush
Kurly , but thu fortunes of war were against
It. Ho writes to General Hnllock , under
data of July 11 , tatI ) : "If the enemy has loft
Maryland , us 1 suppose ho has , ho should
huvu upon his heels veterans , militiamen ,
men on horsobacit , and everything that can
bo got to follow to eat out Virginia clear and
clean as far as they go , so that crows flying
over It for the balance of this season will have
to carry their provender with thorn.1' '
In reply to Grant's suggestion ito call on
SOO.OOu men Mr. Lincoln replies under date
of July'JO :
"Yours of yesterday about n call for . ' 100,000
men received. 1 Hiipiiosu you have not soon
the call for 500,000 nude the dav before , nnd
which , I suppose , covers the ciiso. Always
flail to have your suggestions. "
Tbo iwoildont evidently had no great con-
lldonco that Karly's army would bo captured
or destroyed , or oven punished to any ax-
tent , ns long as our troopj about Washington
were handled with such singular lack of
head and harmony ; for in reply to General
Grant's dispatch saying that ho had sent
General Sheridan tn tuko supreme control ,
Mr. Lincoln undordato of Augusta writes aa
follows ;
WAHIIINOTON , U 0. , Ane. : i , ISfll. n p. m. < tle-
colvud 4th.l lilinitununt ( it-nernl ( Jrnnti I
Imvem'cu your dispatch In nhlch y < m say " 1
want Hhurldan put In conin and of all thu
two [ is In thu Held , with Instructions to put
lilnibolf noutli of thu enemy ami follow him tu
thu duuth , Whurovor thu cuvuiy goc * lot our
troops go aim" ThK I think , Is exact *
ly right n < t to how our forces ihould move , b < it
picnvj look over the dispatches vou may have
received from hero oven lnco you imulo that
order and discover , If yon can , that there Is
any Idea In the head of any ono hero of "put
ting our arm v south of the enemy. " or of "fol-
Inwlnn him to the death" In any direction. I
repeat to you It will neither bo done nor at
tempted unless you watch It every day and
hour nnd force It. A IJINCOI.N ,
{ 'resident.
Indeed , the whole volume Is full of these
ttiltiL's which make ono glad of the fact that
ho lived when suoh men as Lincoln , Grant ,
Sheridan , Sherman and nil those who never
lost their heads In trying times shed their
luUro on the American name. They were
serving their own country and the great
c.uiso of humanity for the world. Neither
the Interests of political general oil leers nor
their rank , the venom of southern sympn-
thi/crs in the north , nor the sldo Issues llko
Karly's raid In thu east or Hood's march upon
Nnshvlllu In the west deterred these men
from the greater work before thorn. His
tory must and will attest their greatness.
T. H. SrAsro.v.
Golty liir > j Town.
The Gettysburg correspondent of the Phil
adelphia Press give * the following interest
ing feature of the town : Had Gettysburg no
battle-field on which to depend , nnd ns a de
pendence it Is not to bo relied on , then her
people would possibly stir themselves nnd
look around forsomcthlng to do. As It is ,
this expectation of making n living off the
visitors , by furnishing them meals or lodg
ing or relic.- ) , has so demoralized the town
that It Is now tncapablu of doing anything
for itself. When monuments first began to
bo erected on the field nnd dedications were
the order of the hour the crowds were
Inuuenso and taxed the town's utmost
capacity. Private- houses were thrown open
to the crowds and the cltl/cns made money
faster than they over dreamed of.
It was this temporary windfall that led
them astray. They fancied that this sort of
thing was going to keep up fore/or that
harJ times were n thing of the past. Uut
when the monuments were up nnd the dedi
cations were over , the garden Hood ceased to
flow. It was found that the seven hotels ,
several of them enlarged and Improved , were
fully nblo to handle what crowds now came ,
except on rare occasions. Yet the people of
Gettysburg nro slow -to relinquish their
dream. In this , as In nil else , it is difficult to
got them awake. They still believe that the
battle Held will make them wealthy yet.
To a visitor the battle llckl , with its fine
drives nnd handsome monuments is n rare
delight , but to the town , ns wo have shown ,
It has brought nothing but evil rc-mlts.
Sleepy and slow , it dreams away the hour's ,
and the only way to liven it at any time is to
announce the arrival of n largo excursion.
Then the citi/ens awake. Hacks , omnibuses ,
wagonettes , vehicles of nit kinds nnd de
gress appear upon the streets as if by magic.
With the celerity of city firemen going to a
conflagration tnoy hasten to the depot. Tbo
rival photographers get their cameras out.
The battle field guides Jostle each other in
their haste Bert Uanner , the relic dealer ,
gets quite excited. Boys with battlefield
canes , boys with relics of the great fight ,
boys witli photographic views of the memor
ials , tioys with guide books , all hurry to the
front. Woodward , the poet crunsmlth , with
u collection of inkstands made of wood cut on
Kound Top or Culp's Hill , cries out the nature -
turo of his wares in shaky vorso. Then the
train como * in. The hotel porters howl , the
liuckmon howl , the boys howl. Everybody
howls. A clo/.on people , perhaps , got off the
ears. They are speedily captured by some of
the porters or haektnen , the crowd melts
away as rapidly as it came together and Get
tysburg is asleep again.
At Clinncullorsvlllc.
General David McMutrlo Gregg is not , a
talkative man about his own splendid record
in the war , says the Washington Post.
Except to his intioiato friends ho does not
oven speak of his crowning achievement nt
Gettysburg , where ho dcloatod Stuart's cav
alry , and so saved the loft wing of General
Moado's army from the contemplated attack
by the confederate horseman. But General
Gregg's fame does not rest alone upon his
Gettysburg record. While ho was a great
soldier thcro and all through the war , ho had
previously opportunities to distinguish him
self , of which ho made excellent use. Ono of
thcso opportunities uamo to him at the battle
of Chaucellorsvillo , whicb was fought on
May it , ISM. About midday in that llorco and
strenuous light the Eleventh corps of the
union army gave way before the confederate
attack and broke in disorder. L.ouor.il
Hooker , who was then in command of the
Army of the Potomac , observed the disaster
to the Eleventh corps and made Immediate
preparations to replace it by ordering his
own old division nnd that of the late General
Koarnny to occupy the Eleventh's position.
It was a critical moment , as the move
ment had to be executed In the face of the
victorious confederates wlio had gained con
fidence from the retreat of the Eleventh
corps. General Gregg , then colonel of the
Eighth Pennsylvania cavalry , was riding
down the plnnk road in advance of hU regi
ment , and when ho was near the White
House ho perceived the dilemmi in which
the union troops were involved. Ho und
Major Tom Davis were riding side by sldo
nnd they simultaneously gave the order to
charge. Their regiment , which tlnn num
bered less than f > 00 men. valiantly attacked
the right wing of the confederate army , nnd
for half an hour was swallowed up In the
smoke and lire of the battlo. When it emerg
ed Its ranks were sadly depleted , for it lost
fully 00 of its members In that gallant on
slaught. But the object at which Colonel
Gregg aimed was achieved nnd his magnifi
cent sacrifice had enabled Hooker and
Kearney's divisions to unite.
nnd the Grntitl Army.
KEII Cl.OL'i ) , Nob. , Sept. 19. At n regular
meeting of James A. G.irllold Post No. 80 ,
Department of Nebraska , Grand Army of
the Republic , held nt Hod Cloud , Nob. , Sep
tember 14 , IS'Jl ' , the following resolutions
wcro unanimously adopted :
Whereas , There appears nn article on thn
editorial pate of Tin : OMAHA DAII.V Dm : of
boptomber I' ' , bill , which Is calculated to cre
ate the Impression that Comrade . A. Mc-
Kolsjhan of tills post does not llko thu army
button , that ho h.is not an honoiablo dis
charge , und that he has boon expelled from
the ordor. therefore , he it
Uesolved , That wo. us members of .fames A.
Oartlold Post No. M > , Dopartmentof Nebraska ,
Urand Army of thu Hepubllo , regaid thu said
uitlcle us a wanton and malicious attack on
tlic character and stundlm ; of \\orthy com
rades and wo hereby certify that Comrade
MoKelKhun not only wears the IJraml Aimy
button , but thut his discharge was examined
by a committee and found correct , und that
no charges have uor been preferred ajrnlnst
him , neither was tin over u\pellud from this
post , hut that he Is a mutmiur ot James A.
Uurllold post , In good Ktandlm : , and entitled
to wear thu button : and bo U further
KusoUcd , That the adjutant of thlspoutbo
Insti noted to send a copy of thcso resolutions
toTiiKUMUiA DULY HIK : , with n request that
they bo published thoioln. U SUIIKNCK ,
U. W. KMIIIIT , Adjutant.
1'ost Commander.
Till' Is to certify that the foregoing U n cor
rect copy of resolutions adopted by .lames A.
( larlleld Post No. M , Department of Nebraska ,
at a regular mooting of said post , bold Sep
tember II. Ibtil , ns the same appears tu the
lecorded proceedings of the poit.
, i further certify that I am the adjutant of
said post and have the records of the post
slnco Its or-'iinU.itlon In my posso&slon , and
that I have carefully examined the same and
llnd that \V. A. MeKolghun w.is regularly and
duly miistoiml In ns a member of this post ,
and that said records do not show thut ho was
over u.\potled from the post , nor that there
wan in or any charge preferred ngulntit him.
Witness my hand and the soul of said post
this 1'Jtnduy ' of September , l&'JI.U.
U. Sl'IIKNfK ,
Adjutant.
Information ( TOO.
Do you know fiat any old sere or out Jan
bo absolutely cured by ttio Intelligent use of
Hnllcr's Barbed Wlro Lltilmont. Bo merci
ful to your horse und try It ,
A RECORD "OUT OF SIGHT , "
The Wonderful Performance of a Train en
the New York Oontral ,
A SPECK , A ROAR , A CLOUD OF DUST ,
Kxpcrt Comment on Train
nt Oracle Crossings A Ilauo
1'or Ijlfo Knrly lnj-H on the
Union I'uulllo.
Last month the railroad world was con.
vulscd by the snood of a train on the Hound
Brook railroad at Now Jersey. Ktigluo ! MW ,
with two cars attached covered n inllo in
! W. 1-5 seconds , or nt the rate of UJ miles nor
hour. Other miles wcro roltod off In 45 , IS
and no seconds. Tlio fastest live inllos were
run In U minute ? , 'JO. 1-3 seconds , and ttio fast
est ton miles in * minutes , l'J seconds , aver
aging -13 seconds per inilo. Thus the
world's record for short distance running
nml high speed was broken. Exception was
tnuen by the Chicago & Northwestern , the
claim being made that the Gould train from
Omaha to Chicago reached an equally high
rnto of speed. No accurate record of that
remarkable run was made , nml therefore
thcro Is no proot tn sustain the claim.
The performance of the Bound Brook train
excited considerable discussion nml rivalry.
Several lUtcmots were made quietly to lower
the record , but each failed. The Now York
Central has succeeded In bearing off the
palm for long uistanco running and leaves
previous records "out of sight. " Exclusive
of the locomotive , the train consisted
of three heavy cars , equal In weight
to live ordinary coaches. THO run conclu
sively demonstrated for the llrst ttmo that a
train can not onlv make sixty miles an hour ,
but it can keep it up for -110 miles at u
stretch without counting the time lost by
stops. Tlio trip of Wtf miles from New
York to East Buffalo was made in 430'-i ' min
utes , wllli no allowance for stops. II it had
not been fur a hot journal on the locomotive ,
causing a delay of eight minutes at Fairport ,
the trip would have boon made in the same
number ot minutes as the mileage , which
Third Vlco President Webb intended to do ,
or in possibly less ttmo. The train had cov-
ever the illll miles from Now York to Fair-
port in litil minutes under very favorable
conditions. It nnd run several minutes ahead
of the schedule which General Superintend
ent T. Voorho-M prepared. Mr. Voorliucs
calculated to bring the train into Buffalo , 110
miles , In 41)5 ) minutes , nnd his calculations
were carried out to a dot until they struck
the hot box nt Fnlrport.
The run of 113 ndlcs from Now York to
Albany , which was without u stop , was
made in 140 minutes. At Albany three min
utes nml twenty-eight seconds wcro con
sumed In changing locomotives. The run
from Albany to Syracuse , 143 miles , also
without stop , was covered in 14i ( minutes. At
Syracuse it took only two and one-half min
utes to change locomotives , and the train setout
out over the 150-milo strctcli to East Buffalo.
One hundred ana fifty minutes would have
been a line trip without any stops , but 150
miles in 148 mltiutai , with a stop of seven
minutes and fifty seconds thrown in for doc
toring the locomotive , is n phenomenal run ,
and it bespeaks the ability of Enginoui
Ilpgan. The actual running time for the 150
miles was 140 minutes and 10 seconds.
This record moans that n continuous speed
of 50.03 miles nn hour was maintained for the
entire distance from Now York to Buffalo ,
making no allowance for stops or slowdowns
in order to scoop water from the tanks.
Allowing for three minutes and twenty-flight
seconds to change engines at Albany , two
and ono-hatf minutes for the sanio at Svra-
cuso , nnd seven minutes and lifty seconds for
repairing the hot journal at Fairport , or thir
teen minutes nnd forty-eight seconds in all ,
ttio actual running time for the loO1 miles
was 420 minutes , or 01.41 miles an uour for
the entire distance.
Pnfitost Possible Uullroml Time.
Many questions have boon asked concern
ing the highest possible speed that wo may
over expect to attain by railway locomotive.
An Engllsli magazine , the Engineer , subrr * s
statements to provo that eighty ( SO ) miles an
hour is the hignost possible speed , giving the
following arguments to prove its point :
Because no greater velocity Uns over been
attained.
Because of the resistance of the air.
Because of the back pressure in the cylin
ders.
ders.Becauso
Because of tUi- amount of power which
must bo lost in imp.ming violent motion to
masses of metal which can make no return
when coming to rest.
Because ot the swinging of the engine ; the
excessive vibration of its parts , the jar nnd
concussion all operating to keep down the
speed.
Bccaaso of the extraordinary retarding in
fluence of very moderate rising gradients.
Bccauso of the coupling-rod it appears
that coupling nu engine tends to keep down
the speed.
An eminent American authority , In review
ing the Englishman's arguments us nuovo
given , says : "This scarcely settles the mat-
tor. There Is not n dofcct In the mechanism
which may not possibly bo Improved. Tlio
whole question depends on the resistance of
the air and of friction. The resistance of
mechanical friction does not increase with
the speed , but with the load drawn. With
accessions of motive power this resistance
may bo neutralized nnd the velocity in
creased. With a smooth , tolld and stable
trackway and improved mechanism there ap
pears to bo no reason why trains may not
attain n speed of 100 miles per hour. "
Allowed Oliosts at Grn-lo
A charmingly frightful and of course
thoroughly woll-vouchod-for ghost story is
given out by trustworthy parsons nt Elmlra ,
N. Y. This story Is to the effect that not
long ago at a certain railroad crossing near
that city several parsons were killed by a
train. It Is avorroa that now as the train
goes by , the whole acono is re-onnctcd with
all its concomitants and horrors. But
strange to say , no traces are loft , nnd imiiie-
dlato examination of the spat reveals that
the whole appearance was but n phantasy.
This story Is told for the purpose evidently
of creating an impression that the disembod
ied spirits of people muraorod nt railroad
crossings come back to earth as a protest
against the cruel and careless manner of their
tragic taking off.
Such a story may bo accepted nt Elmirn
nnd other places , but it will not go down in
Chicago , says the News. If the ghosts of the
people murdered by the railroads on grade
crossings were to sit around where they wcro
killed the city nt many places would look as
though the day of resurrection had como. It
Is possible that the people Hlnughtorcd on
Chicago crossings rialUo that suoh protest
as their disembodied spirits would offer to
tbo Chicago city council is not. the sort of n
one that would inspire the aldermen to do
something. They realuo the aldermen nro
waiting to sco the "ghost walk , " uut It Isn't
the ghost of persons killed on railroad crossIngs -
Ings that ihoy are looking for.
A Story of lOnrly DII.VH.
Expross-Gazoito : "Spealtln1 of train rob
bers , " said the old-timer , leisurely crossing
his lean shanks , "I never had to do with real
llvo robbers , but when wo were Uulldin' the
Union 1'acltlo 1 soon more Injuns than n few.
"I JlmmcU a shifter around the yard nt
Omaha when I first struck the country , nnd
used to hear the boys tell about tha rt'dskins
ditching trains , stealing telegraph wire and
'caslonally shooting nt an cngin' , to say notti-
owder
Used iu Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard *
rldlnp nrontid frco and bolnif mighty
over-pompous totrrcrybody.
"Hut ni lonir at Inver'nt In tlio Immcdgnt'
Injun bolt , I dfda'tnworry much.
"Ono dny I gnt/n now Hoper nnd started
for the front-then , all the Injun storloj I
ovur hccrd camoifbuck , multiplied 400 per
cent.
cent."All
"All dny I was on the lookout for rod nnd
preen blanketsjtarory bush looked llko It
tnlRttt Imvo n Crwv < or n Wynndotto tiohlnd
It , but the sun went down without a sign of
red * .
"Well , 1 lind -train of material for tlio
front , nud would Jo9'/ about cot there for
breakfast If I hustled so I hustled.
"Abou.ll o'clock 1 stopped at n llttlo tem
porary water tank-to liquidate- and lubricate ,
fcelln' rather sleepy for my long hours.
While the lira boy was taking water I did the
grenso net , Kolng around to the left side.
"As I cllmbod up ttio gangway , ntutsucked
In my breath to blow out the torch , my lionrt
hit tno roof of my mouth , for there , In the
right gangway , stood n blp , fat greasy Injun ;
ho had on a voilow blanket , carried a rlllo ,
and greeted mo with a grunt.
" 'Wlier' goln' r sals I gruff-Hko.
" 'lTm Yum '
, sav ho.
11-Oil off'said f.
" 'No git,1 sals ho.
"Here my visitor made n move to got up on
the ilrutnan's scat , and I don't know what
popped It Into my head , but I took the long
oiler by the snoot , and make n kick nt the
gauge glass that was then almost in lilt face.
"Afore you could say Geo-whlz Hint cib ;
was full of stonm , hot water , nnd mufllod
whoops : I pulled out the plug to lot the old
girl iniiuo her escape , nnd about tno second
turn of her drivers I hoard n heavy body hit
the sod on my sldo with n thud , anil n sound
llontcd up to us that reminded uio of n scnr't
hog -kinder llko 'Wough ! '
Hill and I lay low in the tank for fonr of
being-shot , until wo were outside of thorango
of n Kritpp cannon. I often wonder now
Which was scar't the worst , moortho Injuni"
A Haoo TOP I.II\s.
A remarkable race with n locomottvo was
made by Mrs. Lr. ) Hauso at York , Pa , , re
cently. The lady win crosslnir the North
ern Central rallnnd tracks so.itoi' ' in n phaeton -
ton , and driving a spirltoa horso. As the
horse reached thq track the Hanover express -
press , dashing nt n inilo n minute rate , was
sighted Bearing down upon them. The horse
bccatno frightened and turned down the
track ahead of the engineIt was a race for
lifo und thu pluclty woman won.
The phncton bobbed up and down on the
tics like u band box. Every minute the onLine -
L-ino drew nearer. MM. Hauso kept her
seat with dlfllcult } ' , nud the onginocr shut
his eyes , expecting every mluuto that the
locomotive would crash in'.o the carriage.
Ho reversed the onelno nud trusted to luck.
When the engine was wittitn three feet of
the phaeton It was stopped.
The lior o slowed up and it was easily
checked after n race of n quarter of u
mile. The passengers loft the train mm wont
to the lady's ' assistance. It was found that
she hau escaped serious injury , having only
been bruised about the fuco'and body by
bumping- against the sldos of the phnotoii.
The liorso and carriage were removed from
the trade , and Mrs. Kauso drove homo with
out assistance.
Kcarncy'.s
The reunion of the First ( Kearney's ) brig
ade , Now Jersey volunteers , was held at the
residence of General E. Burd Grubb at Edge-
water P.irk on the 11th , and was the largest
of ttio kind over hold in the state. The
brigade is composed of the survivors of ttio
First , Second , Third , Fourth , Fifth , Tenth ,
Fifteenth , Twenty-third and Fortieth regi
ments , all of which were represented. The
Thirty-seventh regiment was also nrcsent ,
it being the date of their annual reunion ,
The occasion was the tenth annual reunion
of the brigade nnd the anniversary of the
battle of Orampton's Gup.
It is estimated that there were over n
thousand persons present.
The spacious grounds were dotted horoand
there with corpj Hags nud several bands
furnished delightful music. An elegant col
lation was served on the river front ,
tlio tables being spread beneath n row of
towering pines. They were beautifully
decorated nna loaded with choice viat'ds.
The general received his guests in the most
cordial manner , welcoming them iu short ,
pithy speeches. It was to bo present nt this
reunion that General Grubb made the trip
across the Atlantic to join tits old comrades.
He fully expressed his love for his foldier
friends when ho remarked today that "I
came 4,000 miles to shako hands with and to
greet you , and hau it been -10,000 I would
have como just the same. "
Now
Tlioat.er
2 S2EM ! , , Sunday , September 271ft
THK I > IO.\KK11S OK F.lllCL-COMKnr ,
The MESTAYER-VAUGHN COMPANY
( ' 1 hetr ItHttft Muiteal Kr
Or , Prohibition.
THK ( HlANn THHUH3.1 rAUlillN.
T1IK 1XIMITAIII.N MKSTAYMl ,
I'rlcos Parquet and 1'iiiquct circle. T.'io nml { 1 ; llnl-
runy , DUd mill 75o ; ( iiilluiy , 25c. . Hot sheet , ojion
Sntunl.vy.
"Tlio liumtucmiost ami snfcht Tbontro In Amorlcu. '
Seventeenth nml llnrnoy Streets.
A HOOD SKAT KOU "M I'KNTA
Tuesday and Wednesday , Scpl. 29 & 30.
OHARLE 3 A. HOYT'S
Musical OoiucUy.
DON' " ! ' MISS HOVT'S IIHST PI.AV.
A TRIP TO
"I.lko n lilt of Down It U llrooillj Illown Into
Uno'ii Fancy nml Tickles It. "
In Is ns nro.it a niorryniiker n < nny u ( Mr lloyt'a
pruUout works.
It l < n novel Innmntloti Into fivrolcil coiupily ,
KIllST TIMI ! IS OMAHA.
I'rlcoa : 2f > e , We , 75ctinU II OJ. Bt'iUa on s.ilo Mon
day moniliiL' .
THMIHIIT MONDAY ,
Soptombop 28.
Oinalia Giiai'ils' ' Armory.
Onpltol Ave. , Dot. 17th nnd 18th.
Patronized by the Hlitc and Wealth ,
Greatest Horse- Educator in the WOrld.
Prof- Norton B , Smith.
Wo Guarantee Our Programme
ns Advertised.
To lo handled nnd Hiihduud TONKiHT.
Also thu tiding of u Wild HucUliiK Hrunco.
All new subjects tonl/lit.
Ailiuisslun ii'K , Itoburvoil Soti'.s flOc.
JJ1AUNAM ST II K ET T 1 1 E V T 11 1 1.
One \vcoli coiunit'iiuln Sunday Sept. 27 ,
EILEEN OPERA CO.
In the all American Upora
EX I K EX El N.
BO poon'.o In thn cast 50
I'onular prlcu . i > - , ' 'k1 , JOe and Mo.
DIME 3SDEN MUSEE
fornorlltli und 1-urnani Strcuts.
Upi-n I'ully from to I 10 ik in.
The fnmoui Juvenile tfim. mniil ctron. Mln I I-
liol.niWv.in iiiniS : III HOI. All KUiiiatnrk
luiuil ) Mrmbi'll nnuon < ! iinnui'l w I1) )
ot WHllfir-rl J H < ' 4 It iitli ) Indiitu * out lluii
rcu > 't ' un lrl > O K p'.ii. ' .
Ailmiiloa ; , Olio Dim * .
SELLING SHOES
In our "shoe store is a different affair from selling them in any other shoe store you were ever in , ThQ
„ _ , „ Goodyear Welts in yet to fit me ?
les sir , they came in today. " "All rurht , give me a pair of sevens , Congress ! " -Here's a dead gamp
sport , "Say ! You ! Got any o'them three nineties like the kicks on me feet" ? "Yes sir. " All .right
dance cm out. " Airt so it goes. They've all been here before. When we sell a man one pair of shoes' '
lies a regular customer of ours after that. ' fj
A TT cijl OC We sell you a working man's shoe , with solid sole leather insoles Jnu
L \ . A. vpiJ counters that will give you gooA satisfaction and save you some money/
AT 9 0 'C SCl1 a cmiinc Goo vcar Welt Calf Shoe , that will give yep
JTJ. . tpjL/\J\J > more solid wear to the inch than any other shoe you can buy , You'll !
sec them marked four dollars , in shoe store windows.
We sell the finest American Calf Shoe that it's possible to make. No fivQ
dollar shoe that a shoe man will show you , can match this shoe in any
particular.
A We sell the finest Cordovan and Kangaroo Shoes. Those shoes are us-
ualiy "cracked up" by shoe man as the dressiest kind of shoes and you'rp
"cracked about seven dollars for 'cm.
AHP ( b CA We sell the finest genuine French Calf Shoe. This shoe is strictly hand ,
JL pvJ. * J\J made , the stock is the finest to be had and the price is two to three dok
lars under the shoe shops.
DO YOU "Y YOUR SHOES HERE ? IF NOT , WHY NO.T ? }
Si
Lo Duc'sPeriodi cnlPills.
Thli French rcniPilr nets illrcctly upon tlm IHMIOM
llvo nrcnn * nnd ourei iitiiproj | < lcm of tlio mi'iiM'f
f2or llirco for f. > . nml can bo m.illoci. should not tie
moil ilurlni : iircvniiricy .lobbnra , ilrneitl'ti anil } ho
public auppltoil by ( iomlmnn Drtnf Cu. , Oniuli i.
MOORE'S
OF LIFE
Kan. 0-15-90.
Leaven worth , , - -
Dr. J. 13. Moore My Deaf Sir : I have
boon subject to siclc hondtioho sill ray
life. Over two yetirs nf { ( > _ I bcprnn us'ng '
Mooro's Tree of Llfo for it , ami I have
never litttl ti case of siclc headache since ,
except whoti I was tit ono ontl of the
road and the inetliuino at tlio othr on d.
It is worth more than money to me. I
heartily commend it to all suD'ofinjj
with siclc headache. Yours truly ,
\V. R. KILE ,
Pastor First llunUstCliuroh.
Mooro'n Trooof I.lfo n poiltlra euro tor ICI tnoj
and Mvor Conipt itat unit nil b oo I dhoaia , . liooit ;
pajrto iiittor wlion you cm urJ I by usUu MoorJ'
Troolof I. lo. tiioCJrj.it Llfo lloiuolr !
1 14 South 1 5th Street.
NEXT TO POSTOFFICH.
Trussss ,
Supporters ,
Crutches ,
Syringes ,
Atomizers ,
Bandages ,
Bed Pans ,
Elastic Stortlij ) ,
Medical Supplies ,
OF ALL KINDS.
Physicians' Prescriptions
And nil modicices carefully com
pounded.
DON'T ' BUY ANY FURNITURE SSStf'ffi
"Jlt'Hcrliitli'n Cnttiloiine of 'I IIIf.T.V :
l < 'OI.lHMi llhl ) , coiulilncd with ovnry
class of I'm nltiire. Ill dlllercnl. Tor milo by
leading dualcrs. IIL'N KOI.DINtl IIKD CO. ,
lirnnd Itiiplds , Mich.
You can have u Tiud In tiny room or nlllcn
nnd no ono knows It. 'Ill I : f.'f'.V ! < > ! , l -
! . > < ; HiIt i o , , ( iriuul KanldK , Mich ii :
HtylcH , coiiibinliiK < m > ry clnsH of furniture.
UutnloRuu Clou. A revolution In furniture.
" "
GOING TO BUY FUMTURE ?
Wo can HIIVU you loom and money. 'I'HK
f.TA ! < > ! , IH11 tlll > cmnhluus ovorv-
tliliiK III furniture. K ) styles. Illustrated and
ilfsurliitlvi-ontiilngiu-
HKli m.Uruml K.inlds , Mich.
BUY NO FURNITURE rffir11/,1 ! / , !
roUHNli IIKI ) CD. , ( iraiid KuphlH. Mich. U
stylus roi. . ililulii uvi-rythln In furniture.
Ilkuli A New frinclplu.
THEFOlDING BED , , !
'wforr
GOLD ciAspa ,
( Mentions ,
Teuth Hlltiinit plains , rmiiovufolo brldva
work. "Or. ThruiUni'irtrii & uiti-nt. No
drutiiilii. tluvMi i'f | ) luti" > , liilu nnyililni ! you
Ilkii , t-oth ri'imilii llrui lit t tno lliuu f'T
iiiii > . .t r . luwycr * in. I puinl'"itmUort. . I'ri.-o
. . within rt-.eli
a I tt.u moro tliiin rulit.i t pi itn.
of all I > r llailuy lantii x the itolu rliiic ;
to u > an.i , nnl limu'is " - > ty OUluu. tit rd
( lour I'vituu biuck. umutia.
EXCURSION TO TALLAPOOSA , GA.
There will be aTe
To the
Yankee City of the South.
All persons desiring to go from
NEBRASKA IOWA MISSOURI AND KANSAS
Will please apply for information to the agent
of the Georgia-Alabama Investment and
Development Company ,
W. PROK <
1033 N STREET ,
LINCOLN , - - - NEBRASKA ,
Fare for the round trip from Kansas City
will be $23.10 , and because we have been un
able to get half rates from other points the com
pany will give all excursionists who purchase
property of the company at Tallapoosa a rebate
equal to the amount paid for their tickets to
Kansas City and return.
Leave Kansas City , Mo. , Tuesday , Septem
ber 29 , at 10:20 : a. m. , via the Kansas City , Ft.
Scott & Memphis railroad or the Missouri Pa
cific through St. Louis , and arrive in Tallapoosa
at 9:52 : a. m. of next day. s
Omaha parties dubirlnff iinformiition in ropiml to tlio nbovo can proctiro same
on application in person or by letter of Guy U l3UUnj'ur , at Kift National Dunk.
NO GUR-EXr NO PAY.
1316 Douglas Street , Omaha , Neb.
. ,
.
10 n iu. to 12 m. Bond itauip lor rupljr
INTEREST RRIDONDEPOSITS
ATOMAHAtOAN&TRlMCO
5E.COR IGT1J&nDUGLA55T5 ,
CAPITAL'S IOO.OOO.OO
DIRECTORS'AJUWYMANC.WNASH
JHWIUARD CUY CBARTON C D. LAKE
J.dnflOWN-THOS U KIMBALU.
IMTHIWOBIOWIIL
\ \f r WRIT/UN / * nupfu.ic
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M. uc "lo Lta ! llo Tru.1 Co. . h u I'rancl.co , . 'ai
NIsURASKA.
National Bank
r. a nin'o rrcjuy. . OMAHA N KB
Capilnl . $4OOOOO
bui-plug . OD.OOO
( illlcpr anil IMrertortllonryU' Vnto . I'roililenti
LuwltH llncit. Vltu l'ro < t > iuiit. Iti . .MmirlcnYf
V Muru , John b. I .illlni. II C. Cutliluv , J N. U.
I'ttlrlvk. W. 11. H. lliu'liui. i ml , lor.
T11K IKON HANK.
turner i 'Hi nii'l ' Knrnaiu du.
( Jonurai II uiUtmil.nl'ij.i '
T8 WEAK MEN youthful the * ff * _ errow ti from < 4
rarljfdMar , WMllimweaknn * . H t mauiiowl , eta.
full particular * fur homo cur * . I'l' 1' " '
AiiikiKlM medical rorki iliuulu ba rtU lijr r rl
man wh" U nrnr ui oml d lillltat il. ArtUrerfl
Vruf. V. C. iff VVLUIt , Woi > du i Conor