The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 24, 1884, Page 2

of warm | doe ‘ | but wh en huge fitteen-inch she seemingly from not dread to unc j of warm food or a drop | dnnk, for all the cooking | | ef sare the con A SIEGE OF HORRORS. the solid earth Life and Death in the Confederate Bomb-Proofs. Terrible Execution Done by the Yan- | kee Sharpshooters in ‘Dead Man’s Tree’—How Gen. Johnson al sicknes £7 S : Fooled his own Army— | at on several occas ef 5 n ou Politics in War. {r Bale : | eee { holes in the ground men rushed out | daddle fas f fics lis 1; Se it ith} All thines come to an end, and so | menced enough q When, in the spring of 1862, the | ina fret preferring instan ath = : a a : nen, g of 3e | eee f ever a set otf , Well-peing, and even their ! £4 ST Ee trone both | tothe slow torture, and they gener—- did this siege, and 1f ev a to b 1 Army of the Potomac, strong both fs = linen were Gueroucdiio webeut of depended ans | ae - ir bers and in organization, ad-| #ly got what they sought for. There | ™ 5 er Aor > af a” ie a i i ees f a ¢ | was | Pl ace itwas Johnston’s army when foc they the Ord: 4 vanced from the camps in front o é % eer ae aan = mesure Of th raule 1 - i - aurels | SOME OF THE FINEST SHARPSHOOTING | the line of march was taken up on | i ad Le g the capital city to retrieve the laurels : | _ trasiifon Rachwieaa Ree : that had been lost at the first Buli | done im that siege that the war de—| the back - — eee = OF i ' 4 t st 2 = Seamer ee >of this cam- e tyrant, tt coward, the n_ the v said, I know not An amusing episode of this cam c se ecee * | Novembe Centre— | veloped. It was with what truth, that on the federal | side there were a number of Enghish | sportsmen of high degree, who get- ting tired of shooting tigers in India, | had come over ‘‘to take a pot shot ble as | competent, now tr for non-re-elec embled in his boots | rie Miers, t Will open for its eleve Run, it found on reaching ville that the extensive fortified bat- teries which were supposed to be opposed to their advance were a sham, and that the heayy guns al- paizh, and _ historically on, as a rule, mean crafty showing the methods of s, Defendant. day comes day when {| conscription. It w aintitt general, occurred on the Gen. Johnston became convinced that his opponent had completed his | must also be cautious. Vigilant andj} svi vice’ SEPTEMBER, 8th, 1884, j tor a man to be a good leged to be mounted wa betes ” = ld | measures for a grand and _ fina! | brave. Well, when election day n Miers, is not but well-made ‘Quakers.”? Gen. | @t the rebels. At any rate, olc ee | i SRB eee | a soldiers will recollect the story of | Sault upon the defences. About | came, there was a general shaking of | >} hereupon it is ordered the clerk A large new brick building wil! : n vacation that said defen be noti-| be erected this summer which selection McClellan also discovered that Gen. dry bones, and a splendi noon orders were issued for three will afford eae - se?) Thi ee : Jos. E. Johnston, his astute oppo- dead man’s tree. DES GES e : s and a full supplv of ex- | of officers was there both: , | fied by publication that plaintiff has com- | cilities tar superior ae nent, was, after burning all stores | huge dead tree situated tully a thou- | days’ rations and a full supply ot ex: | of officers wa 4 heres - ot among | menced a cuit against him in this court, to anything betore enjoyed by its abe seh as ane and yards from the confederate | tra cartridges. and ev man who | company and field officers under the [the object and general nature ot which} patrons. ‘Thorough work, by an sand yards from 7 na decree ot divorce from said | experienced | not capable ot being removed, far on ack : gi ene eee 2 Sy ee ane eee ON was not in the trenches was called|rank ot colonel (the newly-elected detendant upon the grounds of adultery, | hi trenches, and among the limbs, fortv nieprmarct tothe southward andy one or fitty feet from Mie. round, a fed- | Out to dig additional trenches behind | captains chose the field officers) and | and that unless the said defendant be} 2 A CE (ae 1 : " 38 the batteries. The generals came|the army was made compact and 1! appear at this court, atthe next term | is only necessary to state that the | ¢Tal sharpshooter had made himself | the batteries. : i ee x € os : mpact and | thereot, to be begun and holden at the] J an impregnable nest, so to speak. down to the lines and directed all} easily handled, an advantage that | court house in the city of #utler, in said Union general retraced his steps and | 4 P BE deen cal men ie oes CA eae e sihaliced (HEL county, on the third ‘day ot November | His view of the rear of the confed- | Officers and men alike, > more than counterbalanced the loss cand of Or before = cists dice fot prepared to stnke Richmond by next, and on efore xth da erate works was confined to a lmit- energy, as a battle was expected on | in numbers by the expiration of the | said term, if the term shall so long con- ra 2 i = hnston’s - sk ; 2 Ska 5 way of the peninsula. Johnst = t jutting points | the morrow, and the issue might de- | enlistment of the twelve months ne -and tt nob shen onior ibetore ithe army by easy marches was moved to | ©¢ Space on account of jutting points ee | last day of said term—answer or plead to in | pend upon this interior line. It goes | men. - the petition in said cause, the same will| 4 Sate be taken as confessed, and judgment will | ample facilities in Classical, scientific or Normal studies and a healthtul location are some of the attractions offered to those desiring an education. qe aes 5 2 ab ot woods, and it was almost certain : i . : : : - nora peep pe ee death for a man to walk slowly} Without saying that the dirt was It was with the aid ot these ofticers his ttme the actual intentions o McClelian became developed, for | #&TOSS that space. Everybody who alarming reports and urgent appeals had occasion passed it on a run. for aid came from Gen. J. B. Ma- | One day some men of the Seven- gruder, who then held the peninsula | teenth Virginia infantry were set to at Yorktown with about 5,000 men work to dig a covered way, eenOss and avery inefficient torce of ar-| this fatal spot and forgetting them- tillery. In the opinion of competent selves rested tor a moment by sitting on the side of the ditch. : ee be rendered according! a hustled with rapidity, for soldiers will | so selected that Gen. Lee was after— And be it turther ordered that a copy hereot be published, according to law, in| Z the Butler Times, a weekly newspapei from _ the | struggle for so long a time printed and published in Bates county, —“—- Mo., tor tour weeks successively, the last Another Buried ‘lreasure. insertion to be at least four weeks before | For particulars, address i i the first day of the next term of circuit directing that work should cease, Social Circle, Ga.. Sept. 9.--Wal-| court. J. R. Jenxins, Circuit Clerk. should | nut Grove, in Walton county, 1s en- [si always workwith a vim to get a] ward enabled to protract the gigantic cover for themselve enemy’s shot ‘Yoward sundown an order came trom headquarters M, NAYLOR, 34-3m Butler, Bates county, Mo = A true copy from the record. Witne: and that a prayer meeting al.] my hand and the seal ot the be held in each regiment to supli- |Joying a remarkable — sensation. | cuit court of Bates county, this 2d day of } - | Sept. 188. R. JENKINs, cate the Throne for the success of ]| Among the most respectable resi- | 5°P 0 de Gicait Cle: ‘DO YOU KN( )W judges it is certain that had McClel- traies 3 lan pressed forward boldly at this | Mt. Sharpshooter got in his work by : E thi nea e ‘ ae ee time he would, with but little dith—| Clipping the heel of one and mortally | the coming fight and for mercy to ie of mS place is Miss Laura THAT , bullet. | those who might fall thereir. I | Sheinut, who has passed the merid:- | - = no | LORILLARD’S CLIMAX PLUG — wounding another with one Every means were tried to get rid ot culty and loss, have arrived before the fortifications ot Richmond when they were in a very incomplete state for effectual resistance. How an of youth, but yet remains an ac- tive participant in society t do eebhcation, TOBAC Z c society events. é Stare or Missovnr, } cco County ot Bates, j°>* way , with reb tin tag; circuit court ot said county, No- = ber term, 1884. recollect that Gen. Longstreet came down to the prayer-meeting in the Seventeenth V it was a solemn scene when Parson this champion shot, even to trainmy rginia regiment, and | “About a week ago she had a dream. Rose Leat fine cut chew ing; Navy clipping-, and [black, brown, and yell wsnuffs are the best and cheap- a rifled battery on him, but it he dis- Before her eyes was spread the an- appeared for a time he always came that may be, Magruder was given a s oO na ot tl = li ne 1g spell it cl fortify | UP Smiling, perched in his eyrie, | Granberry wi good and brave Sn co su OUn Ging. country : of Missouri, ex rel R Catron reathing spell in) which to ortify | °° : j t} ane A soups dian, ot iy de d ae ee id est, quality considered? a and Seen his position, and | when his particular ground was in-|™an as ever servec : ban ; sraaniented with a red ae |v urtin Cook, , Josep ph N. t and R é 2 , srvent and | Oraamented with a red necktie, step- : Johnston hurriedly packed five or | V#ded. Dumng the siege he must | Militant) « ffered up a fervent anc i eee Sy el Brown detendants. | a six brigades on steamboats, which | ave killed and wounded fully a doz- | touching prayer, while officers and Reo up to her and, pointing to a cer- | se 1 ee ee Office pel : i Caoed | men kneeled reverently around, for | tain spot, told her to dig and wealth | 2& es Side pela: answe| troops arrived just in the nick of 5 would be | Just tl ! | eet phone ” . e cce - OL rms c = ule e hers. usftthen she awoke | er things, th re time to frustrate a projected assault The discomfort in the trenches was | the success for our arms in the com are 3 beetle tt ere WOKE Gs ; ape aera ety. i Soe BH oo PR | Ee es PIStov ito oceans and the young man wa bute ieirdgeli diseas on Magruder’s Ines, which would | #!most as demoralizing as the life in | ing fight an nerey to those who f : ee , , | Whereupon it is ordered by the Clerk in Aina } A he )-proofs eeCouG: should tall. The me sre then | the memory of the c:ea ed | va n, that said defendast notified have inevitably crushed ther: bad | the bomb-proofs. On sae oF ls ae 1 S By Sues oe Sela: her that she slep: no more Ae t| as not the remforcements arrived so | the constant sharpshooti: ay Say i perience: bes court, | i | to recover a tax ot one dollar and g6 cents cres se. part sction in 3 | infants and Children get a good rest betore being call- ed to arms at the dawn. Many a to < id by night, and the dream was | for the year 48 | , in the yoni opportunely. | Ah! who that participated the cannon shots, the € ated. So great an gad sixoe | Bible was brought forth and care-| substantially rep | fully read, and feryent prayers were divided into six ho in, on the confederate side at least, bal I sression did it make t le UTOSE corner Now it rained alm ver lay every day e that n can ever forget the said before the tired men rolled she again had | while the siege was maintamed, and MISERY ENDURED IN THAT MEMO- | , } i bhagt B lot | RABLE -SIEG the whole country is marshy and | t€™selves up in ti dankets. lich so Impressed her es v hat gives our Children Tony cheeks, ees a { ae Se facia al Abeut 11 o’clock the officers | on¢he elerane morning she oe ee ee rer, et ee The line of entrenchments of the | SW@™py, water being struck almost = ) CIOck, the ncers pee ee ROrBIDs Sue went 1 3 Cantoria H ‘ Pn eae ee > the sure] quietly awoke the troops, aid i out, and sure enough at the desig th of | When Babtes fret, and err by tur 01 fence between the two rivers, the | *2yYWhere two feet below the sur = € troor ud in nated spot about two fect under the | the northe er of lot 10 in the} | What cures their colic, kilis their worms, Mone id the James. Gas perhaps | face, so that the trenches always had | balf an hour the whol cay, bas | ee ey wae s Wee | northwes: quarter of sectiou 2, in town-| Gastorh, Tl s ’ < S adste found a small OX F an 5, i ERS APES | What « ty cores Cor he a A ‘ : 3 Pie seed F pace PE OR : ee ale i ship 39, rang soutn 11,67} nat quick « Constipat tour or five miles long, and there | # foot and a halt up to two feet of }4nd baggage, was swiftly 02 the filled with coined gold. There are | dl fae thence west 7,20 chains, thence | — 50UF Stomach, Colds, Indigesti + duced j é arct <5 of ae < en ; SES ae? cj ‘storia, Was not a spot of ground in the rear | Water in them. The troops were |™areh toward Richmond. Many | witnesses both to the finding and orth 11,67 chains, thence st Farewell then to Morphing Aprina? Gold ¥ fora mule that y not constantly | unprovided with sufficient clothing |@/!augh went around at the adroit | digging up on the bomoteolds| athe Hanes & ae MES ae ae faa Sen On aes cee onic ty ke is oie Ss i ae ee : : a tale tog a less the said Martin ook, Samue all Castorin. 1, searched by the cannon-shot and | fer this work, such heavy baggage as | Manner in which Jonston had ‘ooled aaa Sey, era ed over the | Brown and Jc eph N. Rust be and a 5 : a are 5 r gz ofthe treasure. ee ~ tar “ i ildres dlver rifle balls of the federals. As the | 0Vercoats, extra blankets, etc., hav-|his army and the spies. But the | peat alka be Te q b ee aa ie eases sta edi metal ; ais. As : : Z 5 ee — H un and holk the court that l recommend it 2s superior to any medi 8 force then present was not more {ing been teft hehind. To stand | general was not as much noted tor Take care of your Liver. A great number | - city ot Bu in said coun- "—H. A. Ancusn, M.D, amount, : ae : : a : ees cee -f the diseases .o which mankind are liaile barddas GENMGa Al : than suffcient to man the breast- | thigh deep in water tor six hours, in | craftiness at that time as he became rise from a disordered condition of this | Nin tie Orage ean daln softenc¢ E uae oe a eae ag | r betore the s day of term, | Tu Cewtava Comrawy, 18% Fulton Bt, ¥.¥ of | of a sudden attack, | the early spring nights, chilled to | afterward. organ. _ Keep it ina sound andhealthycon- ? it the term shall so lone continue and if cs > a, at = ais , ies dition and you can defy disease. PRICKLY t at Inde 3 eae eek Reema eS Ee ee tee not, then on or betor ist said | nde and one was expected moments ariiy, e bone and atraid to move almost It was while this siege was 1n Pro- | Asn Brrrersare especially adapted for this | to+1, » answer or p to the petition in of the K it was necessary to have the regi— | for tear of getting a bullet through] gress that the enlistment of the | purpose, being composed of drags which act | said cause the same will be taken as con- of one s waa : prea ace B aire on the Liver, giving it tone and strength to { tessed, and judee ment I! n Ments within ea reach. There | the head, was a very unpleasant ex- bed elve months’ men, of Virginia e withstand malana. : acconiines [peace een a Cenreaeeted shape. are no such things as hills and hol- | Perience; but it was a relief at least pired. Ina few ct the states the He Was W z And be it further ordered, that a copy| ext, for lows m that God-forsaken country ; | fom the horrors of the bomb-proot. | troops had enlisted for the war, but M Hy as ,Weil Perserved. enone ee Denes ee setie diseee in| To te Ree : 3 a ‘ os : Mr. Runar Wa t late the | the Butler Times, a weekly newspaper it is as Aat as a billiard table, and to| It there is a place on earth more | the V irginia state governmert and - vias tround was out late the printed and published in Bates county, Silver Wy have encamped the troops on open | Mfested with owls, big horned ow s,] others in the begining would only | 0% dete and phe neste toning pers on Toue wee vely, the last Press it >, | at breaktast. in order to “‘justify’’ es wad it screech owls and all other kinds of | enlist volunteers for «a welve ground would have sub jected them . if} — S , : 1 A himself he remarke his wife toa certain loss that would have | OWls, then it has neyer been set down | months period. Like Seqetary Seat aes | Pe re -e hee ted j a beea criminal on the part of the} inthe books. No sooner had night | Seward Pe he Bate ane r pee {Sear] Watch € gone? Ty » } ¢. hz cee J ie twenty years, and vou look almost jeer nee general. hose, then, of the regi- ie than they commenced theis | Exr WAR TO IN as you did then.’”’ Pata png ates and gold ments not in the trenches were com- ’? and blood-curdling NINETY DAYs. | e not ch: anged a parti Te nee rates ved ieee cle,’’ she responded sweetly. Circuit Clerk. *‘Not changed!’’ he answered surprise, remembering his Why gress before ; : ghirg in and among | The ‘Contederate co the tall junipers which stood between the espuabon of this term of enlist— the opposing trenches. Oftentimes pelled to huddle in the bomb proofs | Shrieking and ia qust behind them, and it hell } Worse torture than was experi auton to} locks and ruby nose. h called | can you say that?” ‘Because things perserved in - | cohol never change.”’eshe answere j Mr. R. buttered his n he impression that it was i sees t had taken the pre by the men in these hideous dens j these develish birds would create a pass the conscript whi € tm by some execrable and to arms every able-bodied nan in t to join medi: ately. [Ds ur then I w unaccustomed noise, and then both kin ring sides would begin to DR. HENDERSON. 606 & 608 Wvanoorre Sr., KANSAS CITY, ME, | Regist Graduate io Medicine, 17 payracis 4 ad fire at *} unde will, the batteries joi ng in, with all slabs, covered 1Se of a regular bat- | > ra RTVSTELEA ' thorized to: mud and | AND? *etecrapuic Seminal Weakness (Night Loses, 5 shies i INSTITUT Bal Debit thane of Henna pees huni ume 1 Sra for cicealars. Tos chore low. Ageand exper Em iy a A .BA » Court Leporter. mercury of lnjuricus medicines used. No tape Fincibal BOO OMe BiBARNES, ours. "ta" Baninens, “Patten from = dinance treated by mad 3 B : hen Over-strai Patan: twelve | gus and wend for terms. Csnsuitation fre 8 H Cir Canis apd pra TheGREAT TURKISH Or.6.W. FITZPATRICK, RHEUMAT IT ISM picnic to semi-unco tide of to this, dens were so crowded times the = it was difficult to { 1é service Orbe lot! place to on chine. It was : ee Sead Zoe Dr. Henderson, 606Wyandotte St. Kancas' Biss Ses S22 o = = S S=S= Office = best chopped St. Ss ery. moO. CIAM AND SUE in the s AR AND THROAT. hings. It is Located fi anaes Z since 1265. Operat and Cross. Eyes, lated Lids and Serc $ me, at — We see around us Lverything usive, evasive and shaky.’? Of best qu y “pa! barges reas y | Treo Gsneutibtion Pree: Cal rea Atri