PflRT TWO , THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE PflGES 9-16 ,
TWENTY-FIKST YEAR OMAHA , SUNDAY MOKNINO , FEBRUARY lit , 1892 SIXTEEN PAGES. NUMBER 210.
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[ Special Sales. Live and Let Live Prices , Patronize Home LndiMru. Be Loual to Omaha
Dress Goods.
Bedford cords nro very popular.
Bedford cord effects in prints , 7c
[ yard.
Bedford cords , light or dark , lOo
I yard.
i Bedford cords , light or dark,30 inches
wide , 12lc.
' HcUfotd cords in fine gingham , 15o
V Bedford cords , 82 Inches wide , plain
: colors , dark alludes , beautiful goods , 10u
I yard.
112-inch wide delhi cloth , 160 yard.
30-Inch wide wool olTect suiting , 15o
yard.
Amoskcng toaslo cloth , lOc yard.
Flannelette suiting. 60 vnrd.
Plain fast black saline , lOc , 12Jc , 15c ,
17c , lOc , 20c , 2.jc , 30c , 3oo , 371c and 40c
yard.
yard.Wo are headquarters on wash dress
poods. Wo carry the largest stock and
display the latest stylos.
Look at our stock of fine glnghnms.
file , lOc , 125c , 15c , 17c , 18c , lOc , 20c and
25c.
25c.D omcBtic ginghams , 5c and 7c yard.
, _ 2,0 CO pieces of now styles of armures ,
JfJorco , pineapple tissue , fahnntong pongee
gee , can ton clolh , Arabian eorgo ,
Bratonla 'suiting , Brandenburg cloth ,
avoyion cloth , brocaded salines , etc. ,
at 7o , 74c. lOc , 12Ji ; , 15c , ICc , 25c. 30c ,
I16c and 45c yard. We can suit you on
wash goods.
Remnants of white India linen at 60
and ICc , worth from lOe lo 25c.
We have the best line of o itlng flan
nels in Omaha at 6c , lOc , 12i and 15o
yard.
Special Notice.
Wo have just received direct from
Manchester. England , our spring Block
ot flannel ; beautiful styles. Best goods
shown at 60c , 55c , 6c ! ) and G5o yard.
Mostly All light colors. See them on
our ilanncl counters.
, inen Department.
. -Our sales on linens the past week
have boon the largest since wo opened
in Omaha. There h.H boon a great de
mand for those half bleached danvisks
nt45c , 55e and Ooc yard. Our towel
counters hnvo Doon very busy. Our lOc
towel has been a surprise to most pee
ple. Where can you buy a linen buck
hemmed towel at lOc except at Hay-
don's ? Monday will clean them all.
Special bin-gains Monday on
fringed table cloths in red and white ,
cardinal , rod and green , plain white
and white , with fan cy colored borders ,
in all sizes.
Black Dress Goods
SPECIAL PRICES FOR MONDAY.
All woolllannols64 inches wide , 43c.
worth 03c.
Scotch cheviots , 38 inches wide , 45c ;
worth 70c.
Very elegant Bedford cords , with silk
bars giving them the most beautiful
plaid olTet'ts , $1.15 ; regular price 31.60.
Those are among the very latest novel
ties in line dross goods ; do not overlook
them.
Finest armuro weaves in a largo va
riety of stvlos in slriocs and figures , for
Monday's sale the price will bo $1 ; reg
ular $1.35.
Henrietta cloths , 38c , worth 55c.
Serges , 55c , worth 80c.
Cashmere , 25c , worth JUJc.
Fine Bedford cords , 29o , worth 45c.
The very flutist and best satin finish
hcnrloUa , 8Sc , worth $1.12 } .
A very elegant silk finish Henrietta ,
Ooc , worth 85c.
Consumers can always save money by
buying all of their black dross goods
from us , as our stock is much larger
than any in the west and our prices
always lower.
Colored Dress Goods.
SPECIAL , SALE FOR MONDAY.
Monday we will place on sale a full as
sortment of spring and summer dress
"cods in all the latest btyles.
30-inch stripe and plain chevrons 25c.
30-inch gray mixed do beige 26c.
40-inch all wool stripe cheviots 39 < x
30-inch all wool mixed serges , in all
color * , 4c. ! )
40-inch all wool serge , spring shades ,
60c.
60c.40inch Jamestown plaids 39c
40 inch all wool spring suitings , 65c.
40-inch all wool fierring-bone stripes
Ooc.
Ooc.48inch all wool suitings , 08c.
40-inch diagonal stripe camel's hair
$1.25.
51-inch swan's down plaid , $1.75.
Veilings.
SPECIAL FOR MONDAY.
2,000 vards sowing silk veiling , in all
colors , to close at lOc per yard ; regular
price 25e per yard.
Special values in veils of all sorts.
Crystal spotted veils ,
Jot spangled veils ,
Chenille dot veils ,
Brussels not veils ,
Honey comb veils ,
Ha r not veils.
Triple tuxedo veils ,
in binglo or double widths , at lOc , 15c ,
20c and 25c per veil.
exploded in tbo air and fragments fell into
the stockade to the horror of the prisoners.
Strange to say , however , no ono was hurt.
31 r. C'obb'H .Short nation * .
Representative Cobb of Alabama was in
this prison at the sumo time with Speaker
Crisp. Ho had boon taken prisoner nt the
battle of Gettysburg , baa spent six months
in the prison on Johnson's Island , had been
carried from there to fort Delaware , and
now with these other oflicors bo was In the
stockade under the confederate flro. Ho and
the speaker hod practically the aamo exper
iences and they remained together until they
were carried onck to Fort Delaware. Tholr
guards on Morris Island were negroes , "and
those , " says Mr. Cobb , "wero the blackest
negroes j bu over saw. These were exposed
as much to the lire as wo were nnd one of
thorn had his log Knocked off by a shell. "
"What sort of accommodation had you ! " I
askod.
"Not very good , " was the reply. "Tho
camp was laid oft In streets and wo hod lit
tle A-tonts nnd there wore four men in a
tent. A negro sergeant had charge of each
row of touts and it was his duty to call the
roll three times a day and to Issue rations.
Around the tents and inside tbo stockade
there was a rope tied to posts which wo
know was the dead line , and the man
who passed this rope or even touched it know
ho woulil bo shot. "
"What were your latlonst"
' not fattening " the
They were very , was
reply. "Thoy consisted of hard tack and
mush or Jrlco. In the morning wo got from
thrco to llvo pieces of hnrd tack and a picco
of meat about an Inch Wlcte nnd two Inches
long. At noon each of us got about half a
pint of pea soup which was-brought around
in n barrel nnd ladled out und for supper wo
bad a little muah or rico which wns also
served from a barrel. At llr&t the feeding
was not so bad but later on when the princi
ple of retaliation was carried out , they cut
us down to a pint of meal and a half pint of
plcklo per day. This was terrible and It was
done in retaliation so they claim , for the
treatment of the prisoners at Audorsonvlllo.
Many of the prisoners then gottho scurvy and
wo all became emaciated. Wo were under
lire at Mnrrls Island for more than forty days
and were then carried to Fort Pulaskl and at
the close of the war taken back to Fort Del
aware and released. "
Cnpturo oMionrriil Joti Wheeler.
Perhaps the most distinguished prisoner
among tbo members of tbo house was ( Jen-
oral Joe Wheeler , the famous cavalry cflicer.
General Whoclor was a graduate of West
Point aud ha entered tbuconfcdorato nrmy as
a lieutenant at tbo ago of 25. Ho was promoted
meted again and again and upon tbo death of
General J , 12 , L ) . Stuart , ho boouno tbe sen
ior cavalry ofllcor of the confederate array.
He was in fact the Phil Sheridan of the
south and nt thd close of tbo war when Jef
ferson Davis awl his cabinet Hod from Hich-
inond to Charlotte , N. U. , Davis looked upon
General Wboclor oa bis chief support in bis
projected flight through the south. Ho
wanted General Wbeolor to take bis entire
command along with him , but General
Wheeler told him this was Impossible and
that the best moans was for blm to
divide his best mon Into a number of small
bands and that those could follow him and by
the case with which they could be managed ,
could be moved from place to place to nrotoct
and aid him. This was agreed to and Gen
eral Wheeler was dashing along In the roar
of Jefferson Davis when ho was captured.
Ho had not yet reached Duvls when bo re
ceived on order to disband his troops. Ho
had done this and had only a few of his sol. *
illors about him when ho was raptured. Ho
told mo the other uight the circumstances uf
his capture. Said ho ;
" 1 was lying in tbo woods In company with
several of my soldiers undaoouploof negroes
when a party of unlou soldiers came up.
These soldiers were in confederate clothes
and they found us by the aid of n negro , who
had brought us something to eat. Thty were
headed by a t.loutoiiautuoynodiaud ) as soon
as I saw him come up and talk to niy negroes
I know it was all up wltb mo and that they
baa found out who I was. I bad torn tbo
stars which donated my rank off of my coat ,
but the coat was faded aud the spots shone
out so ttiut they could tell that I was an
oillcor. Upoti beiQu" accosted aua asked who
Dress Patterns.
Monday wo will place on our bargain
counter in front room of mixin lloor 300
dress patterns at very low prices.
25 dress patterns , 10 yards in pattern ,
for 08c.
25 dress patterns , 8 yards in pattern ,
$1.10.
35 dross patterns , 71 yards in pattern ,
for $1.75.
30 dress patterns , 71 yards In pattern ,
for $1.08.
28 dress patterns , 7 yards In pattern ,
for 82.45.
35 dress patterns , 7 yards in pattern ,
for $3.50.
35 dross patterns , 7 yards in pattern ,
$4.60.
35 dross patterns , 71 yards in pattern ,
for 81.82.
Bargains in Our
Silk Dep't for
Monday.
8 pieces gros trrain black silks , worth
and sell forl , Monday 75c.
3 pieces faille black silks , worth and
Boll for $1.2oand $1.50 , Monday $ L
5 pieces fancy stripe dross silk , sold
usually at $1.35 , Monday 91.
0 nieces stripe and plaid dross silk ,
worth $1 , for Monday G5c.
4 pieces black polka dot chinas , now ;
worth $1 , for Monday 85c ,
3 pieces cream brocadd ehinas , now ;
worth $1.15 , for Monday OOc.
0 pieces crepe , in desirable shades ,
worth $1.3 > ; for Monday $1.10.
Remnants in silks at half price.
Art Department.
200 dozen stumped linen doylies at 2c ,
worth 5c.
50 do/.on fancy linen doylies at 3o ,
worth lOe.
25 dozen stamped and hemstitched
linen doylies at lUcworth 2flc.
60 dozen stamped linen splashers with
drawn thread , only 12o to close , actu
ally worth 25c.
2o dozen stamped pillow shams at 12Jc
per pair.
10 dozen 72-inch linen dresser scarfs
at 39c , worth 03c.
The very best embroidery silk in the
country at 5e per dozen spools
The Boston knitting silk at 15c per
i ounce spool to cloho 'em out.
The best English tinsel at 21o per
ball.
ball.Chenille
Chenille and tinsel cord in all colors
at Gc per yard.
Laces and
Embroideries. ,
Our now lines ot spring laces and em
broideries hnvo arrived , and for beauty
of design , variety of style , and cheap
ness of prices they excel anything over
shown in this inivlcot.
Now olTocts in real torchon and modlcl
Incus with insertions to mutch. Now
and uxquislto patterns in Valenciennes
with insertions to match
The now Point Lu I'nrls , n very beau
tiful and serviceable wash lace , &c.
SPECIAL FOR. MONDAY.
25 pieces ChilTon , in all the now
shades , regular prlco H5c per yard , for
Monday only 25e per yard.
Embroideries will cut a verv import
ant llguro in the dry goods business ) this
season , as the novelty arid daintiness of
their patterns are so attractive that
they will command the attention of all
'
Indies of tasteand'to look over our stock
moans to buy.
Fine cambric ombroidorlcSi
Fine nainsook embroideries.
Fine Hamburg embroideries.
Swiss , domi flouncing , &c. &c.
'
SPECIAL FOR'MONDAY.
50 pieces 45-inch flouncing , very nice
ly embroidered , actually worth 76c , for
Monday only 37c. ,
Books.
Sir Walter Scott's com pie to works , in
12 volumes , nicely bound in clothonly
$5.76 ; publisher's price $16.00.
John Ruskln's complete works
in 12 volumes , cloth bound , only $7.05 ;
publisher's price $15.
Miss Mulooks' works , nicely bound , at
$1 per volume.
Coopers' complete worKs in 16 vol
umes , cloth bound , $18 ; publisher's
price $25. , J
Life of Christ by Fleetwood , cloth
bound , only $1.25. ' * ' '
Mrs. Holmes' works/cloth bound ,
only 98c per volume. f -
Gcorgo Eliot's , 6 volumes , nicely
bound in cloth , only $1.05 ; worth $4.
Thackory's complete works , in 10 vol
umes , nicely bound in cloth , $2.05 ;
worth $5.
Dickens' complete works , in 15 vol
umes , only $4.50 ; worth $10.
Muslins and Sheetings.
Our sale on muslin and sheetings will
continue on Monday. ' l
Yard wide blcaehod or brown muslin ,
5c , Gc , 6c , 7c , 71o , 8cv8ic dndJOo yard.
Wo carry all the loading 'brands and
make the lowest prices.tfo" Walter what
the cost. Compare our prods' . *
House Furnishing
o
Goods.
Special reduced prices on toilet sots :
$4.00 set reduced to $1.8 ! ) }
$5.00 sot reduced to $2.35 [ - . , ? , ,
warranted.
87.00 .at reduced to $3.05 [
$8.00 set reduced to $4.05J
These are all imported poods under
glazed decorations.
Extraordinary cut in dinner sots :
$18 set of 100 pieces $7.45 )
$25 sot of 100 pieces 0.05 S Warranted.
$30 sot of 100 pieces 14.08 )
Over 800 sets to select from. Wo carry
the largest assortment west of Chicago.
The biggest and lincst looking 60
counters you ever saw. Thousands of
articles lor 5o ouch , commencing to
morrow.
Wooden ware.
Wooden bowls , 3o each.
Wash bowls , Oo each.
Mouse traps , lc each.
Potato mashers , 3o each.
Wooden spoons. So each.
Clothes pins , per dozen , Ic.
Baskets , 3c each.
Clothes forks 5c onch.
Clothes bars 40c each ,
Folding ironing tables Doe each.
Washing machines , $3.60 each.
Wash tubs , 2o ! ) each.
Wooden frame clothes wringer $2.15.
Wooden frame Hour sieve 6c.
Buttons , Buttons.
If you are looidng for something now
in buttons , come to us. Wo have mndo
a very extensive purchase , which on-
nbloe us to olTcr very special prices in
shapes and sizes in white and natural
pearls. Square buttons will bo the
fashion this season. Our price. 35c up.
Our spring novelties in dress are trim
mings are beginning to arrive , which it
very attractive and at remarkable low
prices.
Harness Dept.
Wo are receiving now goods for the
spring trade. y
Wo have just received a fine line of
cowboy saddles , some of the best
makos. and will soil them at prices
that will surprise you , for wo are the
leaders in low prices. Alto a full line
of single and double harness , bridles ,
whips , blankets , curry combs , brushes ,
bailers , tie straps , breast straps ,
polo straps , hatno straps , sur-
singlcs and straps of all kinds , buggy
cushions , heckyokos and harness oil.
SPECIAL.
A light double harness , $20.50.
Single harness , $4.75 , this weolcf
were accounted for. There were 85,000
men in the prison , and I was not going
to lot those thousands of men starve for mo
BO I told the oftlcors how I had been cheating
thorn. The result was that they took mo tea
a blacksmith's shop and fastened thirty-two
pounds of iron to my log by way of punibh-
mcnt. I hi peed this around for awbllo and
then ouo ot the ofllclals , seeing that I WHS
but a boy , asked mo what was the matter. I
laid him and asked Liin to have it taken off ,
saying that I would not cheat them again if
they would remove the iron. This was done ,
but I couldn't keep my promise. My stomach
was stronger than ray conscience and I was
soon drawing thrco or four rations under
diltcicnt names. Well , they caught mo again
and they now put thirty-two pounds of iron
on each log. I dragged this around for some
time , but at lost a Massachusetts men who
had a file cut the chain so that I could taUo
the balls on" and fixed them in such a way
that I could fasten them on with a string
when I had to go to roll call. The result was
that I got around very nicely aud the author-1 *
itlos never susnectod that I was not drag'
glue the load of iron all the time. "
A Thrilling Story of INCIIJC ,
"What Is the story of your escape , Mr.
Tarsnoy ? " 1 asuecl.
"It wns a curious one , " replied the con
gressman. "According to the records of that
prison I um numbered with the dead and the
United States government , which has
erected headstones over the graves of the
prisoners who died during the war , has
probably put ono with my name on it in the
cemetery outsldo the prison of Milan. The
way it came was this : A large number of
nrisonors were to bo exchanged , and accord
ing to the principle followov by the southern
ers , tbo poorest , tbo diseased , the lame , the
hall and the blind were picked out for ox-
chango. I was too fat too get among that
numuer , n'tid I had no Idea that I would bo
takon. The night before the oxclmngo wns
to bo made , In walking down the hill which
was on ono side of the prison , I heard a
volco. It wns about dusk. I looked and on
the ground was an emaciated soldier who hod
attempted to drag himself across the stockade -
ado out hud fallen helpless. I lifted him up ,
cave him something to drink and made him
as comfortable as I could. I talked with him
and bo told mo the company that ho belonged -
longed to and all about himself , tl told mo
he was to bo exchanged on
tbo morrow , but with his
consumptive cough 1 could see that ho would
never got to the north. Ho gave mo tbo num
ber of the company bo was In in the prison
and the name of bis sergeant , and after doing
what I could for him , I loft him. Earlv the
next morning , in crossing the camp , I flaw
what remained of him. Ho had died during
tbo night , and ho was llttla more than a dead
skeleton. As I walked away from him the
thought cama to mo that I might get out of
prison In his plnco , and I at once wont to ono
of my friends and told him my scheme. I
wrote out my own name , my roplmont and
my company on a piece of paper and pinned
it on his coat , then my friend , Johnny
Campion , ana myself lifted him up and car-
nod him and
( j I'luccd Him Among the Demi Hoilleg
at the sldo of the gate of the prison. This
was the custom , and tbo bodies were regu
larly carried out and buried and
tbo names upon them were recorded
among the dead of tbo prison , I then
went to the sergeant of ray own
prison company and arranged to have him
report mo dead. Ho agreed to do so and I
wont to the sergeant of the company to which
the dead man belonged and tried to got him
to let mo pass out in this man's placo. Ho at
first refused and wanted to put In ono of his
own friends , but I told him that the suhomo
was mlno aud that I would expose anyone
else who tried to be exchanged under it. Ho
was ugly and would not consent to It and I
was in dlspalr until at last I thought of an
old silver watch which I bad with mo. It
was the only thing of value I bad saved aud
it was worth perhaps $10. I pulled this out
and offered him the watch , saying : "I will
glvo vou this watch on this condition , If I
trot out of the prison you may keep it , but if
I don't ' you must glvo it back to mo. ' Ho
grumbled a little , but took the watch , and I
wai now ready for tbe exchange. I made
Carpets , Curtains ,
Shades.
On full spring line of carpets are now
in. Tlio styles , the variety , the quality
ami the wicos are positively beyoml
competition.
Standard ingialn carnet at 30c , Sflc ,
37eI3c and COc , actual value 60c to 7fC.
Highest grade extra super at 65c , 0c ! ) ,
OOo and 76c.
Remember , wo are the only house
west of Chicago carrying a full line of
the celebrated Lowell extra super ear-
pots.Tho
The profits nro next to nothing , but
they are the host carpets made Ameri
ca.
ca.Full lines Inco curtains , chenille cur
tains , rugs , fringes and shades.
Drug Dept.
Hood's Sarsaparllla , 75c.
Wright's Sarsupnrilltv. 69o.
Hartcr's Iron Tonic , 75c.
Scott's Emulsion , 75c.
Gar Held Tea , 20c.
Lnno's Family Medicine , 40c.
Fig Syrup , 2c ! ) , 1 irgo size.
Fig Syrup , 15c , small si/.o.
Syrui ) of Tar and Wild Cherry with
Tulu , 20c.
Perfume , all odors , 2 > o per oz.
Beef Extract , 2e. ! )
Red Cross Cough Syrup , 17c.
Slmndon Dolls Son ) ) , 40c box.
Elderilowor soap , 2 cakes for 15c.
Liobig's Boot , Iron and Wino , 43o.
Ilostettor's Bitters , 76c.
Stove Department.
Highest quality goods at half hard
ware store prices.
The renowned P. P. Stewart , Diamond
mend and Pallor-Warren Co. cooks and
ranges ; Aurora vapor btoves , the world's
best at lowest prices.
Bo sure and got our prices on gasoline
stoves of all kinds.
Handkerchiefs.
MORE HANDKERCHIEFS THROWN
AWAY.
15,000 hundkorchiols slightly soiled ,
drummer's samples and odds and ends ,
in fact all sorts for women and chil
dren , regular price 20c to 60c each , for
Monday only at 15c each.
Brass Beds
Are becoming more popular every
day. Wo have a few bargains in this
line and would bo glad to make a very
low price to any ono wishing a brass
bed.
myself look If anything more ragged than
ovor. I drew in my shoulders , affected an
'
extravagant limp ana'
Succeeded In Paining the OlllcerH
and getting out where wo were put to wait
for the train. The train did not coma in on
time and I had to pass a second examination
and this time I came near bclticr caught. I
had gotten past the ofllcors and was In the
gate just ready to go out when the Inspector
called 'Halt. ' I halted , for a move I know
would result in my death. The sergeant ,
however , who had my watch In his pocket
spoke a word to the man , tolling him it was
all right and 1 was permitted to goon. My
name was now John Frantz instead of John
Tarsnoy , and I kept that name until I got
through my exchange and was at the north.
The man I rourosentcd was John Frantz of
pany 1C of the Fifty-fourth Pennsylvania
regiment , and I had to answer to tbts and to
wboro I was captured before they would 1st
mo through. At the Detroit reunion last
summer a unn ; rushed up to mo and pre
tended that ho was going to light mo , saying
that ho had.a little matter to settle with me.
I was just getting ready to defend myself ,
aud I noted the twinkle In his eye and I
found It was mr old frlon-J , Johnnie Cam-
Elon , who had helped mo to carry the dead
ody to the gate , and who after the war had
gene to Iowa to live. "
DtingiinViiN I'urmicd 1 > y lllnodlimnnls.
Representative Dungan of Ohio had sev
eral most remarkable escapes during his
career In the military prisons of the south
wost. Ho wont into the war In tbo Nine
teenth Iowa Infantry , wus captured at tbo
battle of Morgnnza near Baton Kongo , and
ho was con lined at first in the prison near
Tyler , Tex , The stockade about this prison
was made of huco sijuaro posts sot about six
foot deep In tlio enrtb , ono closa to another ,
forming a wnll or funco around the oncloj-
uro. some of these posts were very largo ,
and at first there was no guard Insldo of the
enclosure and no guards on topns there were
later on , Mr. Dungnn and two of hU com
panlons concocted 11 plan to escape. Tlioy
dug the otrtb out fiom ono of the larger
posts , so that they could pull Its bottom In-
wara without disturbing the wall and could
move it back and forth , Tnoy tbon watched
the guard und when no had turned on his
way past this snot tlio three o ! them slipped
out and rushed for tbo woods. They got
into the underbrush and safely away with
out discovery that night. When It was dis
covered that they bad gene the country was
scoured for thorn , and some days later , hey
heard the baying of the bounds who were on
their track. They were at this tlmo
near a river and they jumped into this and
swam several miles down It to an island ,
whiuh was covered with bushes , They
crawled panting In among tlieso nnd lay
there , while the hounds beat up and down
banks , but failed to locate tholr trail. After
tbolr pursuers had gene away they crawled
out and made their way north , following the
north star and at last gotilng into the Indian
territory. They were thinly clad and it was
very cold. Ono night a northwester or a cold
bllizard came up and they thought they
would perish. The cold rain boat down upon
them , but they saw In the distance a spark
and they thought this might bo a camp of In.
ilalns. They hurried forward to It and found
It was n burning stump from a clearing
which bad boon burned ever by the Indians.
Duugan whipped off his coat and shielded
the bluzo from the rain , und the other two
( fathered logs of wood and 'hoy soon baa a
big lire , which wanned them and about
which they lay all that ulght.
"Tho next day , " said Mr , Duncan , "wo
pushed our wav on northward and wo were
almost famished when wo saw an Indian but ,
Upon coming into It wo found it empty. Tbo
other two men rushed for tbo cupboard
while I picked up a copy of Virgil which was
lying on a table , and looking in the front of
it I found tbo name of a man with the words.
'Marietta , Ohio.1 under it. It seems wo
were In the hut of n civilized Jndian who
liad gene to school ut Marietta. The Indian
came in soon , I told him who wo were and
where wo bad been. Ho suld that ho was an
Indian and that bo vyas a confederate , but ho
was more than thai bo was a Christian , and
that as wo were in need und had called upon
him , bo would help ui. Ho then got us up ft
Great Meat Sale.
Dried salt pork ( Ho pound.
Sugar cured breakfast bacon , 7c per
pound ,
Boneless rump corn beef Gjo per
pound.
Sugar cured No. 1 hams , 0c,10jo } nnd
12 } per pound.
Sugar cured California hams flio per
pound.
Dried boufTjc. lOc , 12jc per pound.
Boneless ham So per pound.
Bologna sausageoc per pound.
Liver snusaco 60 per pound.
Frankforts7Jc per pound.
Head choose 5o pur pound.
Brick cheese 15o per pound.
Croum choose IGc ? per pound.
Swiss choose loo.
Best Holland herring In kegs OSo.
Domestic herring in kegs , 75c ,
Best capo cod llsh 12jc.
2-pound brick cod fish 15o each.
Salmon lOc per pound.
While llsh lOc per pound.
Maekorol 12Jc per pound.
Ton-pound pail Norwegian sardinoi
76c per pail.
Bed Room Suits.
Wo are now showing a splendid line
of bed room suits. Over 30 ililTorout
styles in antique oak and 115th century
llnish , at 811 , $15 , $17.60 , $18.60 , $1U
810.50 , $23 and $25. All our suits nro
good and the price Is low.
Mattresses.
Wo arc headquarters on mattresses ,
either cotton top , wool or hair , and got
your old wool or hair mattress made
ever at a vo y low llguro :
Fine line of chairs , rockers , extension
tables , sideboards , hall trees , etc.
Baby Carriages.
100 styles now on display of the cele
brated "Iloywood" carriage. Our
'
price on these' carriages is loss than the
regular wholesale price , and this en
ables us to soil carriages now ; what
will it bo when warm weather sots in ?
Trunks and Valises.
Without exception wo carry the larg
est line of trunks and valises , and our
sales prove that our prices are righ t.
The sale wo started Inst week goes right
on. Before you travel give us a call.
Wo can save you money.
I HAY-DRr BROTHERS.
STORIES OF PRISON LIFE
If Thrilling Experiences of Congressmen Who
Were Captured During the War.
*
ROMANTIC STORY OF SPEAKER CRISP
Capture of General .Too AVhuclor Tlepreseu-
tutlvn Turmioy Took tlio Nttmn of 11
loud PrUonm- mill J'sL-iiutl !
from Ills Confinement.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Fob. 10. ( Special
Correspondence of TUB Bui : . ] Congressmen
in prison I
Yes , aud the best members of congress ,
too. A baker's dozen of them have spent
weary months m prisons watched by guards
ready to shoot them at tholrsllghtost attempt
to escape. Some of such attempts have gene
about their prison pens with loads of iron
tied to their ankles nnd others have been fol
lowed by bloodhounds and recaptured. Thobo
statesmen who how food on the fat of Wash
ington , then grow thin on prison faro , and
bones stuck out as they grabbed for
Rliclr rations In all the different military
prisons of the north and south during the
last war. They were all bravo soldiers and
t hey nro all today patriotic American citi
zens. Not ono of them bears any 111 will
towards the section of the United States
where bo spent those gloomy prison days ,
and both union and confederates among tliom
find oxcutos for the poor food nnd bad treat
ment which they then received.
I'orly I > ttH Uiiilnr Hhut unit Shell ,
Tbo stories of those experiences road like n
omanco. Take that of tlio speaker. Hon.
FJCbarlos Frederick Crisp was plain Cbarllo
' Crisp in 1SU1. Ho was a beardless boy of 10
when bo entered the confederate army , but
they made him n lieutenant and ho led Com
pany 1C of the Tenth Virginia infantry , Ho
bad served tbroo years when lie was
wounded and captured and carried to Fort
Delaware , and for three mouths ho lay there
with thousands uf other confederate prison
ers , having no comforts , but no
treat privations. Then an order
was issued that in retaliation
Jor tbo acts of the confederates , GOO oftlcors
the prisoners ot this fort should DO
south and placed under tha flro of the
oonfoeiornto guns at Morris Island near
Charleston. This order was not known to
the prisoners , and when the future spanker
was selected with the others and told to got
ready to go southward , he supposed ho was
going to bo exchanged nnd bis heart was
glad , The 000 were packed away between
the docks of the llttlo steamer Crescent.
Bunks had boon knocked up for thorn and
these ran In tiers the whole length of the
vessel. KncU hunk hold from throe to four
persons and down there under the decks It
was terribly hot , The trip was taken during
the.worst purl of the dog nays. It lastoil for
inoro ( than twowcokannd during1 the latter
part ot the voya o water boonmo scared nnd
the salt water was condensed and given to
the nrisonors boiling hot. They would often
put It Into bottles and ban ? those by strings'
out in the ocean to cool. At lait the ship ar
m-oil at Morris Island and the sueakor and
i follow ofllcors found thomsolvoi put in a
toricado on the sand. This stockade was
sijunro and it enclosed about an aero. It
as midway between the confederate bnt-
rles UrogB and Wagner , and la fro.it of the
federal butteries , and o located as to bo in
tha direct range of the confederate guns.
These guus were mortars uiul tboy throw
Kaat suolls which wont shrieking over
o priion pen aud now and then
I was I told tbcm that I was General
Wheeler and that under tbo cartel then In
force I surrendered , and asked that wo bo
pnrollod , Lieutenant Hoyaolds told mo he
would not accept my parol at that tune , and
said : 'You wantoa to bo with Davis and wo
will take you to him. ' With that ho took mo
with him to Atlanta and I was there put In
company with JotTorson Davis , Alexander
Stephens , Clcmont C. Clny and ex-Senator
Hoagan upon a llttlo boat and taken in this
down to Savannah , whcro wo got another
boat , which carried us north. The boat
that took ui iiorth was guarded by tbo gun
boat Mutninoras. The families of Davis and
Lilay were tnkon north with us and Mrs.
Davis had little Winnie Davis with her. Bno
was then a baby and I had her on my unco
during a great part of the voyage , and holnod
to take care of her as the nurse bad boon
taken away from Mrs. Davis. "
Alexander Stevens Win Scared.
"I roomed wltb Alexander Stephens on the
steamboat , " continued Goncral Wheeler ,
' and I found him very gloomy over the
prospects. As for mo I felt very happy nnd
1 thought it was a grand thing that I had not
been taken prisoner before und felt relieved
that tbo war was over. Ono day I said to
Mr. Stephens In a Joking way that. I had
been accustomed to going north every sum
mer for my health ana that the federal gov
ernment was very kind in the present instance
stance- when I bud no money to take mo there
and pay my expenses for mo. Ho rebuked
mo and said thut 1 ought not to trifle with
such a serious matter , and bo tola me that
lor himself bo exnoctod a long , If not a per
petual imprisonment. I tola him tboro was
no danger of bis being ill-iroated , that ho
had numerous friends among the public mon
of the north nnd that they would not barm
him wbatovor they did with the rest of us ,
on the account ot the speech bo had made for
the union before tbo war bogon. Ho would
not believe mo , however , and said that he
expected nothing but punishment. I then
asked ; 'Well Mr. Stephens , if this is to be
your fate , what will be the fate of President
Davis)1 ) A look of horror came ever his face
and ho raUedhls hands. Don't speak of it ,
ho said , 'Ills fate is too torribio to think of , '
Mr. Reagan took tbo situation more calmly
and ho evidently did not greatly fear tne re
sults , \Vo went together on this boat north
until wo leached Fortress Monroe , where the
party was divided. JofTorson Davis was
taken off under a guard , Reagan and Ste
phens was sent to Fort Warren nnd I was
put on another boat and carried to Fort
Delaware. 1 was kept tbero for a month in
ono of the large rooms of the fort , and dur
ing this tlmo I bad a guard of an ofllcor ,
tbreo corporals and twenty-six loldlora.
Soldiers with guns cookoa stood at tbo door
during the whole tlmo and kept their eyes on
mo. They oven watched me when t took iny
bath , and their espionage was by no moans
pleasant. I did not grow fat on my diet. My
breakfast was a piece of moat and a pleco of
bread served on a tin plate , which was none
too clean sometime. For dinner I got a tin
cup of soup wltb a llttlo piece ot moat float
ing m It , and for supper I had a ploco of
bread. I had nothing in the shape of tea and
coffee to drink. I slept on the floor and was
nit allowed to rend , write or speak to any
ono. bull , on the whole I was happy , anil
when ono day I was led out to General
Shoopb and dismissed without much cere
mony , the thing scorned to come as a matter
of course , and I was happy in tbo war being
ever and myself still alive. "
A fetory of Tarnney.
A number of tbe northern congressmen
who served In tbo union army during the war
underwent all the horrors of tbo prison life
of tbo south and tbolr stories of Llbby and
Andorsonvillo and the other southern prisons
are thrilling in tbo extreme. Two of tbo
strangest experiences are those of Repre
sentative John C. Tarsnoy of Missouri and
Representative Irvluo Dungan ot Ohio. Both
were imprisoned for months and the capture
of and osoapo of each has tbe variety and ad
venture of a detective novel , Representative
Tarsnoy wont Into the army at 17. Ho enlisted -
listed in tbo Fourth Michigan ufantrv aud
then served in tbo Fifth army corps. Ho
was severely wounded at the battle of Gettys
burg , was carried off tbo field by the confed
erates and taken south to Richmond. iJero
lie was kept for a tlmo at Belle island , tbeuco
moved to Andersonvlllo and finally In ] S04
was taken to Milan , from wbenco ho escaped.
'While ho was In Andorsonvillo his prison
wns located within oiirht miles of the homo
of Speaker Crisp and during the past summer
Mr. Crisp told on audience at Kansas City
that Tarsnoy was a constituent of Ins and
that ho had spent ono summer at a famous
resort within olgbt mlios of bis homo. Tars
noy opposed the bill which was introduced
into the Fifty-first congress to give $3 a day
to all surviving soldiers who , had boon In
southern prisons for the length of time they
were In such prisons. Speaker Crisp re
ferred to this billnnd toTnrsnqy's action and
said that Tarsnoy bud told birn that though
there was $1,100 In the ulllfor him bo could
not support It for the Unitpd States govern
ment , had already paid hint 33Jff , cents a day
for tbo grub which he had received in that
prison In way of commutation of rations and
ho really thought this was moro than tbe
food was worth.
Tha Horrors or Aixlcrhomlllo ,
i talked with Representative Tarsnoy lost
night about his prison experiences. Said ho :
"Prison llfo Is bad in any'shape and tbo
southein prisons were torribio. The south
was poor itself and its soldiers on the field
were almost starving. The rations wo received -
coivod were miserably small and of the poor
est quality , and at Bella Inland , Anderson-
villa and Milan we bad mich y poor tare. It
was terribly cold at Bellojslana during tin
winter of 1801 and I was One of tbo ilrst mon
sent from there to Andorsonvillo and was in
Andcrsonville when the stockade was first ,
opened. The stockade waa built In the midst
of a forest and at Ilrst we had plenty of fuel
to cook our corn meal , and after this had
gene wo had a bakery which served out our
mush and molasse- Throughout my prison
llfo I managed to got enough money to keep
mo nllvo , and during tbo tatter part of it I
succeeded In getting a number of extra ra
tions. In tbo Ilrst place lot me tell you bow
our prison organization originated. Whllo I
was In Andorsonvillo there was a large gang
of robbers among ( he prisoners who made a
practice of falling upon and robbing the new
men as tlioy came In. They were a Bet of
thugsmado of bounty lumpers And stragglers
and had been captured along with our sol
diers. They had an organized band In the
prison and they committed murder as well as
robbery. At last a vlgllanoo ommlttoo was
formed , and with the coaseni , ofVIrz , tbo
commander of the prison , this ; committee ar
rested the leaders of this gang , bold a court
and tried them.Tbo result wus that
They Hun ? Six of Them.
in the prison witb tbe consent of the rebel
autborltios , ana after tblsjratmd a regular
police organization Inside t&ojirison , and this
afterward was extended to the bthor prisons ,
the prisoners being divided up Into hundreds
and tbo prisoner wbo'was appointed having
charge of each hundred ana bringing them
forth for roll call , and being.to a certain ex
tent , responsible for them. " Every now und
tbon wo would have now batches ot mon
como into the prison , add } n'ow hundreds
would be formed. During the latter part ot
my prison career I got in tho'babit ' of gottlng
near the gate when thosd now companies
came In , and as they niarcUea Up I would fall
into line and give a flctltlouiname and thus
become registered with thorn' . Then when
that hundred was up for rollicull and for dis
tribution of rations I.would ( appear and an.
swer to this pamo uno get my ration. In an
other hundred 1 answered as ! John Tarsnoy
and got a ration there , and J continued thli
until at last ( was drawing live different ra
tions , wblclj , in addition to piy pwn , wa six ,
and I not only kept mytelf but a poor follow
Eoldlor who was too sicK/to * ply the same
gamo. I was ono of the ilrst men in Andor
sonvillo and Milan , nnd I saw that these
companies in which I registered were far
enough apart so that I could skip from ono
to tbo other and answer my pamo In all , I
began to fatten up and wo * doing splendidly
when a number of the other prlso.nors got to
playiugthe euma game-and the authorities
discovered us. Ona morulnij attor I had been
called in Number Mo , no order came to dis
band ana I could'not got to my'otber com
panies. That day It was discovered that COO
men were absent aud that IKX ) moro rations
were Issued than there were men. Tbo ofll
cors of the prison then salt ) that tboy would
not iisuo moro ration * until tucjo 600 inou
gocd dinner and took us to a trail loading
ever tbo mountains.
Oupturcil hy 1liiHli lmrloi'H.
"Wo followed this nnd were soon in Ar
kansas. Here wo were captured by bush-
wbackors nnd wo were itept with a troop of
these for several weeks. They at last handed
us over to the Jail at Washington , Arkansas
and wo wore ciowded with a lot of confed
erates und union sympathizers in tno second
story of luo jnll.Vc : made a plan to escape
from hero. 1 had a knlfo which I carried in
my hoot log.Vo made n illo ot till * nnd filed
ono of the burs of the Jail window so that wo
could slip It down nnd crawl out. Now the
thing of it was to got u rope and we bought
ono for flvo dollars pretending that wo want
ed it for a game.Vc Inaugurated the game
of Copenhagen In the prison with this and
ono nlulit when the confederates in the
Erlson were all aslcop wo tied this to the Iron
ars and slipped out. VV'o intended to wait
for n dark night , but none coming wo tried
to escape when It was bright moonlight.
The last man who got nut scraped the wall
with his foot , and the guard heard him and
made for UB. The result was Unit wo were
cupturcu nftur u lively run and were carried
back to Tyler ; My prison lifo altogether
listed about tan months nnd as I look ever
the hardships of It und tlioso of my attempted
escapes , I wonder that I was able to ondura
them. "
Ami There Wnro Otliom.
Roprosontatluo Giady of North Carolina
served thrco months In Camp Butler about
seven mlios from SprlngHold , Illinois. He
was captured at Arkansas Post by General
Shornmn and carried on a boat north to
Memphis nnd the > > co to Camp Butler. After
ho was through wltn his prison life
ho was taken south and an attempt
wns made to escape by cutting a bolo through
the box of the car , but this was discovered
and frustrated.
Representative Klliroi-o of Texas entered
the army ns a lieutenant and was an adjutant
general of the confederate armv of Tamioi-
sco wbon ho was wounded at Chickanmuga.
Ha was cuptuccd during this battle nnd was
carried to Camp Merion at Indianapolis and
tnonco taken to Camn Cbaso and to Fort
Delaware. At Fort Dolawara ho 1md planned
to escape. Ho wus In the barracks outsldo
the fort and several of his fellow prisoners
und himself planned to jump Into tbo water
and swim for It to Delaware City , Ono or
tuo men did got away In this way , but General -
oral Kilgora was not aino'ng thorn nnd ho re
mained In the fort until ho was exchanged.
Representative Buchanan of Virginia was
taken prisoner at Gettysburg on the itd of
July , IBra , aud ho remained In Fort Delaware )
until 1605 , when bo was discharged.
Representative Rico A. Plorco of Tonnes-
sco was wounded and captured In a cavalry
fight near Jacksonville , Tonii , , In 1601 , and
was In the northern prisons during the war.
Representative Andrew Stewart of Penn
sylvania entered the army as a private and
came out of It as an assistant adjutant gen
eral. Ho wns confined in Llbby , Mucon ,
Charleston , Columbia and othnr southern
prisons for over a year and can sing the
whole gamut of prison woos.
Representative Elijah Adams Morso. tha
Rising Sun Store Polish congressman from
Massachusetts , entered tbe army in tun
Fourth Massachusetts regiment at' 10 yearn
of ago and ho wai In in charge of 500 contra
bands ut Braihcar , La. , wbon ho was cap
tured. He watf In the hands of tlio confed
erates for only a very short tlmu and was
BOOu paroled.
John II. Follows of Now York wa > in the
southern army , and ho was a staff ufllcor
under General Van Doran's department
when ho was captured at the surrender of
Port Hudson , Ho was Imprisoned at John
son's Island for some tlmo and tbon sent
south and released at Fort Uelauaro. lie
describes the life at Johnson's Island as not
at all bad as a prison experience und says the
prisoners were made up of officers aud that
they bad lecturoi and schools and different
kinds of games. Colonel Fellow * is tald to
have been ono of tbo most active amusament-
akcrs of this prison and at one time be was
in purl of an amateur troupe vnero that gave
aba old-tltno furco of "Box and Cox , "
t which Colonel Follows took 'ho ' part of Box.
Ho says that the bill of fuio was by no monns
that of Dclmonlcp , still for prison faro it was
not terribly b < td. PIU.NK U.
