The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 06, No. 01, Ed. 1 Friday, October 5, 1894 Page: 2 of 8
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STRIKING FLOUNDERS,
bPORT OF THE NEGROES
THE SOUTHERN COAST.
The Darkey Bout mmi Can Hit a Floun-
der With III* Spear Where \«>u Wooltl
See Only Mud - The Ktpert FUherman
Never MUien HU Kith.
that when very young the left eye l
in what might be called the proper'
place, that Is do the left lower side,
but that very soon it is b.v degrees
brought around to the right or up-
per aide.
SHOOTING A SNAKE.
It W' m Hiit Hrute auri Wm Preparing
to Strsllow the Hunter.
"I am a sworn enemy to every-
thing of a snaky nature, whether I
lind it in human beings or reptiles,"
said Colonel K Shaw, of London,
an ex-oltloer in the British! army.
••During my active service Iu the
army 1 wax stationed for u time in
British liuiana, and while there had
an experience with a snake that was
startling enough to suit tho most ad-
venturous mind I used to amuse
myself a good deal by fishing in the
neighboring river. One sultry after-
noon, tired out with unsuccessful
sport, I drew my canoe to a shady
spot on the liver bank, and stretch-
ing myself in the bottom, with my
gun at my side, soon fell asloep. 1
was soon aroused from my slumber
by a curious sensation, as though
some animal was licking my foot. I
glanced down, and, to ray horror,
saw the head and neck of a huge
serpent, which was covering my feet
with saliva preparing, I suppose, to
swallow me whole
"I-or an instant I was completely
paralyzed with fear and horror and
a terrible death seemed imminent,
but by a superhuman effort 1 re-
gained control of my faculties, and
jerking my feot nwuy siezed my gun
and quick as a dash llrud a loud of
buckshot Into the snake s head. The
boa, with a terrible hiss, raisod its
huge body and thrashed around at a
great rate, as if determined in its
death throes to throw its coils !
around me, but grasping the paddle '
I placed the canoe out of harm's way
by a single stroke. The snake still
continued to writhe around, half of '
its Immense body in the water and
the other hall on the bank. I fired
another charge into his head, which
put an effectual ond to its struggles.
The reptile measured forty feet in
length and was as big around aa a
man's body."
HER WOTNDEDHKART.
NEW JERSEY CIRL WANTS
DAMAGES.
BIO
A MAD HORSE.
lit en Two Men und Hydrophobia May
Result.
At Columbus. Ohio, the other night
Did you over "strike" a flounder?
l'robably not, unless you have lived
or passed somo time on the coast of
the Southern states.
One lovely August evening, just
before sunset, as I stood on the back
porch of our summer home on the
coast of South Carolina. I noticed
that our boy Bob seemed to be very
busy over a boat at the little wharf
only a short distance trora the house
and as J stood there watching him
the mystery was explained.
Noticing that 1 was watching him
with a good deal of interest, he
came up to the steps and, removing
the tattored r.m of what was onco u
felt hat, said:
"Boss. 1'ze goin' 'strikin'J flounder
to-nlghi. Like to go 'long!"'
Aftor having finished supper and
enjoyed a cigar and a stroll on
the beach, watching th> hath • s in
tho surf and spying a distant ,ui on
the horizon, I p-oceeded to dress for
tho occasion. Taking Bob's advice.
1 selected an old pair of base ball
shoes, an ancient pair of cadet trous-
ers that had stood the tost of many
a dress parade (a relic of my "rat"
year), a cap of tho same description
and a llanne1 shirt and a heavy coat,
fir it was cool on the water after
sunset, even In midsummer, not for-
getting to take a good supply of to-
bacco and a pipe to keep oil tho
gnats and sand Hies, und u plug of
chewing tobacco lor my companion
I joined Bob ut the bade door, and
We made our way down to the land-
ing. Here we found a large flat-
bottomed scow, on one side of which
was fixed an old grato, in which a
fire was burning fiercely, while at
the other end was u hugo pilo of
dry oak with plenty of fat pine for
kindling. Standing in the boat was
a oolored boy of about the same size
and blackness of my attendant, whom
Bob designated to me as "my mam-
my's sister Sally's boy Bute' Bob
stood at the bow, Rufus at the
stern with a pole, while I was In-
vited to take the middle seat near
tho fire and requested to keep ' the
boat clear of water, which ns soon as
W3 began our journey rushed through
the many crovices with astonishing
rapidity.
The night was very dark, but
lighted by our fire we began to fol-
low the shore and our flat bottom
enabled us to keep In very close,
says a I hiladelphia Times writer.
And now came to me what was the
strangest part of the proceeding.
Bob, stunding as I have said, in the
bow, armed with a striking pole,
which is simply n heavy rod about
eight feet long, with a two-pronged
fork at one end, kept his eyes fixed
on the wuter. which was brightly lit
up lor several feet in front of tho
boat, while he held the pole raised
in his right hand. All ut once, and
without, a word, he suddenly
thrust the pole into the water in
front of hlra and with a
chuckle of triumph, dashed tho pole
into tho bottom of the bout.and strug-
gling and splashing around was a
dark, Hat object about a foot long,
with two great gaping wounds inuilo
by tho prongs of the fork. The
flounder wus exactly the color of the
bottom of tho water und very flat,
und how on earth anybody, even a
hungry negro, could distinguish it
with the bout going at a pretty rapid
rate was something I could not make
out and have never been able to
fathom.
lobe sure the water was quite
shallow, ranging in depth from one
to two and a half feet, and tho light
from the fire was very bright, but
when you take into consideration
tho fact that tho soil was almost
black and very muddy and soft and
that the fish a most bury themselves
therein, it will be seen that it re-
quires no small amount of skill and j a" let's see what it means.'
quickness to detect tho flounder | Debtor 1 can't pay you anything
with tho boat being rapidly poled this month. Collector—That's what
a'onS I you told me last month. Debtor —
And I never saw Bob miss. It I Well. I kept my word, didn't I.'
would be natural to suppose that tho I'oeticus I see that the editors of
••striker" would occasionally mis- i the magazines complain of a dearth of
take some object for a flounder in | good poetry. Rhymer —1 don't won-
AN INTKHmiMI MIT AT I.AW IN
THAT STATIC.
Fretly Fnntile Howard, Ai;ci| Twenty,
Would Have Mrdded diiatu* Morrlii,
A Red Seventy The Wadding Spoiled
by If I* Mirkneaft.
ISS FANNY HOW-
ard, a htfndsonie
girl, "0 years old,
of Elizabeth, N. J.,
risof Linden, N. J.,
in the Supreme
court of that stute,
for #,0,00u damages
for alleged breach
of promise of mar-
riage. Justus Morris is one of the
wealthiest and most prominent resi-
dents of L'nion county, N. .1. For
several terms lie was one of the
•ounty's freeholders, and ably filled
the oftice. Of a shrewd .nature, he
four men who started out for a drive
with a livery team had a sensational
experience and there is apprehension
as to the future of two of the party.
When a few miles in the country one
of the horses was suddenly seized
with a vicious fit and commenced kick-
ing and biting at its mate, inflicting
several ugly gashes on the neck, and
in doing so Joseph ilirsch and Fred
Leutz were bitten on tlie hand and
shoulder, the skin being brolcen in
each case, liirsch was caught by the
shoulder and thrown in the air, but
the wound was not serious except tor
the possible contraction of the rabies,
has sued ex-Free- It bow develops that the horse, which
holder Justus Mor- died thortly after being unharnessed,
was suffering from hydrophobia. Al-
bert Hughes, a traveling man, was
one of the party, but he escaped with-
AROUND THE CAMPFIRE.
INTERESTING HALF-HOUR WITH
THE VETERANS.
An Il iuoUan'i Souvenir of the Hat tie of
ChickttumugA Half a Century From
Now ?.'• (ireat Army Will He fio«e ~
Old Calory Now.
A Lead Furlough.
Why do we not hear more of tho
old 51st 111.? 1 enlisted in Co. F on
' July 13, 18fl^. and after recruiting a
i squad of comrades, joined the regi-
j mcnt at Nashville, Tern., Nov. « , and
I was with it in the field from that
j time ntil Juno l i. 1805, except three
months following the battle of Chiek-
iimauga, wheije, on the morning of
! September 20,11303, I received from
some kind Jolfnny a furlough in the
i form of a rifle-ball wound iu the left
i shoulder, which ulso excused me
,'r',e irJnr!d h0r8e, T I fn,,n participation in the battle aud
placed in a strong stall to await de- I capture of Missionary Ridge.
placed in a strong' stall to await
velopmenta
REVEALED IN A DREAM,
Nirlnglng Arm. In Walking
Many people waste a great deal of
their strength hy swinging their
arms backward and forward all tho
time while walking. It is a curious
fact that the practice is followed by
one of the sexos much more than it
is by tho other. An observer has
taken notes upon this subject Aftor
Mantling for a good while at the
corner of Broadway and Fourteenth
street he was able to allego that
nearly sixty men in every ion, and
only twelve women in every 100,
swing their arms when walking.
Most of them move the right, arm
with the left log and the left arm
with tho right leg. A man who
gave up tho habit for a time re-
turned to it, for the reason that it
seemed to help him to walk rapidly.
New York Sun.
Heady for Anything.
Mr. Krlopau Dear Miss (irabber,
may 1 dare to hope that some day
you will bo my wife?
Miss (iiabhor You may, Henry:
and tbe sooner tho better, (Jet your
life insured and the license to-mor-
row. We'll got married tho day
after. Delays am dangerous.—
Judge.
A TRIP TO MERRYLAND.
"Dobson claims to be a self-made
man. "He looks like an amateur
job."
Hanker What makes you feel like
an aucient prisoner? Kroker—Because
I've got into stocks and can't get out.
Miss (.hie Is Newport on the sea,
Mr. Pipp? Pipp \w, bless you, no.
It's on tlie blooming shoah, don't you
know?
She \\ hat a lovely rose! What
would you say if I asked you to give
it to me? lie 1 would say it was like
your cheek!
"Aunty, aunty, bring the diction-
ary. quick." Aunty What's the mat-
ter? "The baby has said a new word,
JC8TU8 MORRIS.
availed himself of the many business
opportunities presented and rapidly
increased the family wealth, until it
reached an estate said to be worth
#?00.000, consisting of Elizabeth real
estate and farm land. Of an eccen-
tric disposition, he has lived for years
alone in the oid family homestead at
Linden, notwithstanding the desire
of his married sons for him to come
to Klizabeth.
Miss Howard is a daughter ci a
former Elizabeth laundryman. In
some manner she aud Mr. Morris be-
came acquainted, and, like the usual
run of love stories, it was a case of
love at first sight
Owing to the discrepancy in their
iges, Mr Morris being the girl's sen-
ior by about fifty-three years, his sons
Dbjected to the rumored marriage,
and did everything possible to pre-
vent it The father, however, was
obdurate and proclaimed his intention
of marrying Fanny, regardless of all
objection.
In arranging for his wedding Mr.
Morris' eccentric nature manifested
itself. In addition to engsgitw*' a
prominent caterer, a florist and other
essential assistants, he promised to
afford a treat to his county friends,
and with that end iu view ordered
that the largest hog on the farm
i should be fattened up for the occa-
sion, and to the guest at the wedding
guessing nearest to its weight he
would present the porker.
Miss Howard made all preparations
for the wedding, and, in company with
friends, drove to the old homestead
the day appointed for the marriage
Arriving at the farm she was sorrow
stricken to learn that her affianced
had been suddenly stricken down with
pneumonia. In consequence tho mar-
riage was necessarily postponed. Miss
i Howard remained at the homestead
Mid, it is said, tenderly nursed the
sick man. Her care, it is alleged,
aided in his Hnal recovery. The ill-
ness, instead of deepening his love for
lis betrothed, seemed to have had a
jontrary effect, and, as a result, a
oldness eusued, which, as Fanny
jlaims, was increased by the son's in-
At the reorganization of the army
for the summer of 1803, the 51st
Illinois was placed in the Third bri-
gade of the Third division of the
Twentieth corps, array of the Cum-
berland. The brigade was command-
ed by Colonel L. P. Hradley, 51st
Illinois, and contained the 2'Jd, 27th,
4!ld, and 51st Illinois. The division
was under Brigadier-General Philip
H. Sheridan. The corps was com-
manded by Major-General A. McD.
McCook, and was the right wing of
the army, General Rosecrans being in
command of the department and army
The < rlu «* of !Murd«'r Dixrotercfl In m
Singular Manner.
Herman Marckwarth, a Cincinnati
attorney, has completed some deposi-
tions in a case that is far beyond the
ordinary. Years ago two sons and one
daughter of Mrs. Iviczkowsky, a resi-
dent of Posen, came to that city, where
they lived respected people. Several
years ago the mother mysteriously
disappeared from her notue in Posen
and word was sent her heirs that the
estate had been nearly dissipated and I of tlie7'uuiberland
the little left was in the possession of j On September 19,
Urockart Gardner, a son-in-law of the
missing woman. A year ago Mrs.
Beccard dreamed that she saw tlard-
ner kill her mother and bury her. She
made inquiries by letters and started
an investigation that resulted in the
placing of suspicion on Gardner.
There was no tangible evidence until
a few weeks ago when workmen en-
gaged in excavating for a new build-
ing came upon a mutilated body that
was Identified as that of the missing
woman and Gardner was arrested, i , • ., ,
The body was identified by two wounds \ ar'"y e&r J in iei a\.
which it was known the accused had 6 were ell>ra>r a
in Minted during life.
ISO.t our division
was in reserve, and was not called
into action until late in the after-
noon. only our Third brigade being j
engaged that day.
We came onto the Held in column at |
double-quick step and being left in j
front formed line-of-battle by "on the J
right by file into line," and charged |
the enemy's line without stopping,
driving the line back and recapturing !
a part of the 11th Indiana battery, j
which had been lost by General Wood's !
THE NEVADA TRAGEDY.
engaged ^bout 30 minutes,
and the 51st lost 90 out of 209 men
engaged—about 43 per cent. Col.
j Bradley being twice wounded, the ,
! command of the brigade devolved on
llartly 1V11 " h* Col. N. H. Wolworth, of the 4'Jd III ;
.. "'"7! ' Wo held our position until daylight !
ilrs. M. A. Ilartlv shot and killed of the 20th, when we were moved to 1
State Senator M.J5. l'oley at Reno, j the left some distance, an 1 formed on j
knoll near the road. Here we got |
waters that teemed with all kinds of
fish, or that sometimes he would fail
to secure the fish, even if he struck
correctly, for it is a known fact that
••the biggest lish 1 ever caught was
tho one that got away," no. I novel*
knew Bob or any of the other many
negroes whom 1 afterwards saw out
••striking" to he guilty of failure.
Sometimes the flounder would be
piorced by only ouo prong instead of
two, and sometimos tho wound
be very near the side of the fish, but
secure him they ahvajs did.
Ihe truth is that the negroes, and
occasionally some of ttio -poor white
trash,' who live on or near the coast
in that part of tho state, sometimes
depend very largely upon tho sea
for their support, especially when
the crops have been a failure, and a
pretty good living they inalco out of
it, fish of all kinds in abundance,
oysters and clams to be had for the
picking up, while crabs and shrimps | Sivc! J'
are very common. >o that the
young necroes, accustomed to such
pursuits from their infancy, early
become experts
[hat nl.rbi wo were out about two
hours ar.d scoured eight of as fine
flouniorj cc ' ever saw, ranging in
size from ten to fifteen inches, throe
of which furr.i'hod a very line break-
fast dish the next morning.
Tho Boundir a vorv peculiar-
looking It • .rtnr.:,*- :al ar.u
swims or on
der at that. Thcv returned all mine.
"What hail the prisoner in his hand
when he struck' the prosecutor1.'" asked
the magistrate ot a policeman. "1
saw nothing in his hand but his list,
sor," was the reply.
She—Eve had many troubles, but
she was spared one grea t trial, lie—
What was that1.' She Adam couldn't
always be telling her how well his
mother could cook.
Dikley—[ wonder what induced the
female giant at the dime in lis.' u tn to
marry the India rubber man'.' Dokley
I suppose she wanted somebody she
could twist around her fingers.
first Passenger -Who is that man
drinking from that rusty mug chained
to tho water cooler1.' Second Passen-
ger That is Professor I)j Science,
author of "Disease in the Communion
Cup."
Mother, to suitor—No, I can never
my daughter. I have quite
made up my mind. Suitor—Then I
am doubly disappointed. I vowed
that I would have a lovely wife and
a young looking mother-in-law.
Mother Well, er -you may call again.
I may change my mind.
' (ft
a
Nev , recently. The cause of the
shooting is not known. Mrs. Hartly
is an artist, and the
shooting occurred
in her rooms in the
Hank of Nevada
building. l'oley
was shot in the
stomach and died
half an hour.
Mrs. Hartly was ar-
rested. The affair
caused the greatest
excitement, as
Foley was one of
MRS. HARTLY". the most prominent
men in the state, having occupied a
conspicuous place in politics and hav-
ing been president of the l ank of
Nevada. Mrs. Hartly, when asked to
make a statement,
said she had noth-
ing to say except
that she had shot
Senator Foley and
intended to do it.
She had known ,
Foley since last j||j
October. Mrs. flwl
Hartly is a widow.
Dr Phillips, in
whose office Foley
died, said lie heard senator foi.kv.
two shots. He stepped to his office
door and saw Foley at the head of the
stairs. Foley waved his hand at Mrs.
Hartly and ordered her back. Then
he walked into the oftice. announcing
that lie had been shot, and became un-
conscious. dving twenty minutes after.
breakfast, and rested until nearly 10
I o'clock, when the tide of battle
I surged our way again, aud the 51st
. moved off the knoll across the road
j to the front, and were soon in it
i thick and hot.
We would drive the enemy a little,
j then be driven back until we were
j nearly surrounded, and bullets were |
dropping in among us from three di-
rections, aud a column of the enemy I
i in plain view was marching toward
| our rear, between us and the line on
| our left. Suddenly up rode Gens.
Roseevans and Sheridan to view the (
[ sit^ShAion.
What a war picture: Grounds about 1
! level, covered with scattered pine
bushes, with now and then a large
tree; a column of the enemy on our ,
left going to our rear; a line-of-battle '
in our front aud on our right, and the '
two generals near us on their horses,
conspicuous marks for the enemy's |
sharpshooters.
' to-day we are called "bummers and
coffee-coolers.L. O. Colbura, in the
National Tribune.
Nheruikir* March*
On the march and in the camp Sher-/
man's life was simplicity Itself. He
hail few brilliantly uniformed and
useless a.ds about him. The simple
tent "fly" was his usual headquarters,
and under it all his military family
ate together. His dispatches he
wrote mostly with his own hand. He
had little use for clerks. When we
halted some where in the woods for
the night, the general was the busiest
man in the army. While others slept,
his little cainpHre was burning, and
often in the long vigils of the night I
have seeu a tall form walking up and
down by that tire. * * * Sherman
himself slept but little. He did not
seem to need sleep, and I have known
him to stay but two hours in bed
many a time. In latt«*r years a slight
asthma made much sleep impossible
for him. After the war, when I was
at his home in St. Louis, he seldom
retired till 13 or 1 o'clock. It was
often late, too, on this march.
It was a singularly impressive sight
to see this solitary figure walking
there by th * flickering camptire while
the army slept. If a gun went off
somewhere in the distance, or if an
unusual noise was heard, he would
instantly call one of us to go and find
out what it meant. He paid small at-
tention to appearances; to dress al-
most none.
"There is going to be a battle to-
day, sure," said Colonel Aukenreid, of
the staff, one morning before day-
light.
"How do you know?" aske I a com-
rade.
"Why, don't you see? The gener-
al's up there by the tire putting on a
clean collar. The sign's dead sure."
A battle did take place that day,
and Cheraw, with forty cannon, fell
into our hands. It was more of a run
than a battle.—American Tribune.
••Old Glory" Now!
With love thit Knows no mansard
We love our country')* rta<.
Wo joy to see it wavinx
O'er plain and mounts'n era/.
Its form so fair arul faultless,
Divine Its every hue
It 9peaks to u* of he wen
And all that's good and true.
All hail thou vloriou* banner
All hail red white and blue
For thou dosi speak of heaven,
And all that's gooi and true
It floats upon the billows.
The glory of the seas
By every nation nonored.
And kissed by every bresze
It greets mankind as brothers
And binds them all in one
Whato'er their creed or color
Beneath the shinln; sun
Where'er it waves the captiva
Beholds a iroken chain.
And sees the throne of justice
Destroy the tyr wit's reign
The harbinrer of morula j,
It ushers in th-; d vv,
That watchmen on tho towers
Have seen so far away
O glorious trlorioui banner
Beyond the price of gold
Wilh blood of patriots pur.hised
And sacrifice untold
Wave on, wave on forever.
O'er freedom s fragrant sod.
And let thy glorious brightuejs
Blend with the throne of (JoTl
Inter Ocean
9 -
the Field.
Hie Typewriter
Military authorities appear to b,
hausting every resource that will add
to the rapidity of communication be-
tween the field of battle an-.l the com-
manding officer. For a long time the
_ telegraph was relied on for the instant
How those generals ever got out of ! of intelligence, and then
that shower of lead unhurt is one of
the unsolved mysteries of the war,
and I should like to know whether
they remembered the circumstance
after the war was over.
I hat was the last time I ever saw
either of those generals who had
gallantly led us for more than ten
months in march, bivouac and battle,
through foul weather and fair,
through swollen streams and over
high mountains, from Nashville to
Chickainauga.
\\ hat impressed the circumstance
the telephone was brought into active
use. It has been recently seriouslv
proposed that aides-de-camp and other
carriers of information in times of
war should be taught shorthand, in
order to write down important com-
munications with all possible speed,
and the latest move in this direction
is the Introduction of the typewriter
on the scene of military operations.
One of the novel features of a re-
cent military tournament in England
was the use of the typewriter on the
battlefield for the purpjj: of record-
It is
Two Strange lirotkors
Down in Marblehead, the home of j so indelibly upon my m;ud was that i messag'-'^ from signalers,
prejudice, two brothers are still liv- I just at this interesting time! as we ' state<l tl,at tlle typewriter ope
ing, or were the last I knew of them, fought without protection a rifle-ball
who have not spoken with each other j from the enemy brushed the hair
for many years. They are twins and I from my temple and another passed
through my left shoulder,
a.vnyj W
"So she jilted you," said the sym-
pathetic friend. "VVs " "Did she
give any reason?" "She did. Slia
said ;t v.-as because of her philan-
thrope nature; that It was better to
make a great ninny men happy by bo-
in,; engaged 'i, them than to make
FAN.NT HOWARD.
terferenee, and the wedding was in- I
ielinitely postponed.
Finding that persuasion was useless I
the comely maiden threatened the
courts c! law. but pleading, it is said,
that he was too old for marriage, Mr. i
Morris refused to perform lus part of j
the alleged contract.
As a balm to her fractured heart I
Miss Howard, with the assistance of a !
prominent Newark lawyer, now seeks i
through the highest' New Jersey I
courts to obtain a portion of her in- j
tended husband's wealth. The latter !
when informed of the girl's intentions
md when served with the notice of
'lie suit, laughed heartily at what lie
is said to consider a good joke. The
outcome of this unique love story
awaited with consider?! hi^ •«
as like each other as two peas in a pod.
One is named John Thomas and the
other Thomas John. Each is the only
relative the other has in the world
and yet for some little tiff many years
ago one said "I'll never speak to you
again." and the other said likewise
They live in the same house, eat at
the same table; but occupy separate
parts. They have one boat iu common
and go Hshiug together, but exchange
no word. Should a visitor go with ;
them each will talk freely to bim and
in the other's presence, but no remark
will pass between them. And vet
they are friendly Should one he sick
1 have no doubt the other would nurse
him carefully, for if one hears the
other slightly spoken of there is
trouble at once and he will defend the
absent one with his last breath.
A Girl Ciipt ve.
Dolly Jones of Laura Furnace,
Triggs county, Ivy., arranged to elope
with her lover, .Joseph Colston, uam-
ing a time. Cassius
Hicks, a rival.over*
My rifl
dropped from my hand,my left ann fell
useless at ray side, and I went to the
rear in search of (ien. Sheridan's tield
hospital; coining first to Wood's, then
to \an C'Jeve's, to Johnson's, to Palm
er's, where I was told to go no far-
ther,as (ien Sheridan's hospital was in
the hands of the enemy.
A few minutes after my arrival
orders came to the hospital for all
who could walk to start to Chattanoo-
ga by the valley road, and all other
wounded toby put int. ambulances
and wagons and started for the same
place.
1 had the good fortune i ) get a riJe
part of the way in a headquarters
wagon of nn Indiana regiment, I
think the 7'Jd or 97th mounted iu-
fantrjr.
I arrived at the rebel hospital build-
ings southeast of town at 10:30 o'clock
p. in., and finding a company com-
rade or two *ve lay down iiutil morn-
t *ator
was also an expert cyclist, an I had
i his typewriter mounted on the
! handles of his machine. Ri ling In
i and out among the horses and "^un
: carriages, whi#h he did without th •
I slightest mishap, whenever he came
i to a standstill he instantly braced up
the cycle by a hau.ly contrivance and
pounded away at the typewriter
r, [ while In the saddle. Th
when completed, 'was
commanding ofticjr in
means of a traiije I dog.
s nt
the i
isage.
o the
ir by
180: ;
J a li-
ra us-
Left
Cov-
heard the arrange-
ment, and on the
night appointed,
with the aid of a
confederate, de-
coyed Miss Jones
to his own buggy, ^
and forcing her to
enter drove her to
the house o f a
W ft
one .'ii•• snib'.o Sj* jr.arrying'
:nu '
friend, where for dolly jones.
ten daj's she was kept a prisoner, each
day refusing Hicks' proposals of mar-
riage. Meantime notice was conveyed
with considerable interest by '° 'ler '"ther, who hastened with an
the ex-freeholder's many friends, who • arm|,<i posse to release his daughter,
have quietly enjoyed the different
fhapters that have
I peculiar courtship.
ensued during the
Her captors ignominiously fl l, and
Miss Jones is to marry Colston with-
J out an elopement.
(in the 21st we crossed the river on
the pontoon bridge, and lay there un-
til the morning of the 2:M, when we
started for Bridgeport on foot. That
night we slept on the mountain-top
where had bc.^n a signal station; ar-
rived at Bridgeport on the night of
the 23d at 11 p. i^., and lay on the
ground and slept until morning.
After getting breakfast we boarded
a train of box cars and started for
Nashville, passing 1.70D prisoners at
Stevenson. We arrived at our desti-
nation on the morning of the 25th, ;
and were taken in an ambulance to i
Hospital NY. 2. „:i College hill, and !
placed in Ward F, where the nurses I
liilly and Sheldon, ga.v our wounds
the first dressing, belt-,, only (!)
aiter t>.*y >ve2o received. And
I he Klffhtleth Indiana.
• Organized at Princeton and Indian-
! apolis, Ind., in September, ISO" to
serve three years. The colonel, of
; the regim nt were: Charles Denbv.
resigned .la.uary IT, I..wis
; Brooks, resigned August 10,
•lames U Culbertsou. resigned
uary • (!. 18.il; „\lfred Dale Owen,
j tered out with organization.
; the state Nuplember S, going to
ington, Ky. Was engaged in the bat-
tle of ( liaplin Hill, loving ti officers
and men in kiSed, wuun.tel an 1 miss-
ing. \\ as engaged in two expeditions
against Morgan. In the Atlanta earn-
I aigu the reglaient to,. . part in all
the important engagements, losing
173 Officers and men in killed and
wounded. When the Twenty-third
corps was detached from the com-
mand of lieiieral Sherman and sent to
Tennessee the regiment was a part of
tho organization, and took part in all
the engagements of that eorp, while
under command of General Thomas.
Was ordered to Alexandria, Va., in
13W and embarked from that point
for North Carolina, where it took part
in the campaigns against llalei-'h
Wilmington and other cities It "re-
mained in the state of North Carolina
until June 22, wheV in accordance*
with orders from the -,var department
it was mustered r-.t, ar.:l the rocr iiu
were transferred ti tho ISP.i. Imliaafc
(
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