Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 12, 1888, Page 12

GENERAL PHIL SHERIDA Incidents of the Life and Battles of the Dead Hero. HOW HE WENT TO WEST POINT. An Experience as a Lieutenant—The Mission Ridge Charge ~How Shori dan's Ride Came About—His Bravery In Batte. ¥ He Went to West Point Tribune: *“Stories or remi- hout ‘Little Phil’ Sheridan?’ el Willinm Sexton. **I can tell y about Phil’s father that is pretty good T remember telling this story to a crowd at a meeting of the mused Colc ve it to you for what it's worth. Phil Shervidan’s father, John sheri was a good old ITvishman back i state, He in those ¢ democratic dist ticket, was lu congressional (i One aime ty v the same jolly old me to old man Sheridan and says: ‘“John, I've got a gre to run for congress. Ther sight bigger fools than myself in Was ington. if you'll back me, old man, ['1l give 'em a whirl just for the fun of the thing.” Sheridan promised Learty co-operation,and his friend secured the nomination and was elected by a rous- g majorit went to Washington and served his fivst term, himself fully as well as the 4 his associates. On his return ho 3 went to the house of hisold friend, John Shevidan. After a general con- , versation about the scenes and events at Washington, the newly fledged statesman said: 9 ““*John, I have found out that T have g the appointment of a cadet—I think that's the nume—to a gove school at West Pint. I have de gend one of yonr sons. Now which on shall [ name. Mike or ’hil? ““The old man thought a while and asked: Vhat kind of a school did you s , Paty” ith, [ don’t know jist what kind of a school itis, but from what [ can Jearn it's a pluce where they muke sol- jers.” “Soljers,’ meditated the old gentle- man, glancing at the two boys. who were most attentive listeners. ‘Il tell you what you do, Pat. Foind out jist what kind of a place this government school is. If it’s a school where they teach book-larning I'll send Mike, but If it’s fighters they want, be the powers T'll send Phil, who can lick any boy in the district! “After the necessary investigation had been made,” continued Colonel Sex- ton, ‘‘the old man selected Phil, and that was how h B © ~~Point. His subsequent carcor demon- % S - New York Sun: (fl){)equnu was fought with the pr _ was absolute and complete. strates that neither his father nor con- gressional friend made any mistake.” An Exprrience as a Lieutenant. When Sheridan was last in Chi he told some [riends of the incident his caveer as Fourth infantry nection ter, U 20 of a second Lieutenant, yin 1854, It was in con- cort duty to a payma: and the safekeeping of about The_disbt ng oflicer had provided himself with that sum, all in gold.picces, in a canvass sack, i tending to usc the money to pay off cer- tain troops after the pa ched the prover destination. Meantime the re- Bponsibility for the custody of the mouey was vested in_Lieutenint Sheri- dan, who found himself incumbered with a troublesome yellow elephnnt, The geueral said that one night l‘n didn't feel well, so he left the camp, and taking the money with him, went to sleep in a rough- Jooking house near by. The lower purt of the house w with the usual western rough chavacters, and the lieu- tenant knew that if he didn’t keep one eye open he'd stand agood chance of 10sing the gold. Said e, in telling the story: “During the night iv became wnecessary for me to leave my shake- - down and visit the guard.on something. Of course I had to carry the money with me, Thenl had to lug it up-stairs again to my room. Not many minutes later I had to do the same thing ain, and the canvas bag was i ally heavy to v. There I w @ered and burdened by a pile of metal, afraid to go to sleep lest 1 be robbed; wnable to leave it for the same reason: sweating and anxious, M) ched good deal that night, lugging the hag 0 and out, as my necessitios compelled. Bod ['ve been a convert to paper money ever since.” The Mission Ridge Charge. Chicago Tribune: “The first time I paw General Sheridan,” said a member pf the Nineteenth Tllinois infant Swas at the battle of Miss ‘We had formed in line of batile in the timber facing the ridge, not knowing what was coming. We were ordered forward and emerged from the timber fn full view of the rebels. Tlere was a pmall creck inour front and many of our boys were trying to keep thelr feet dry by crossing on a log, buta command from one of our officers brought the boys mto line again and the creek was waded. Then we started across the elear space hetween the timber and the oot of the ridge, in one of the pretticst ines I ever sawi the flags were flying and it looked like a grand’ re- view. The rebels in the first line of Preastworks were making their way to the top of the ridge, and we soon oceu- ;ied their places in the works they had ¥ ust leftamid a shower of bullets and a usillade of cannonading. Then com- menced our seramble up the hill, taking advantage of every stump, bush, and rocky promiunence to cover our advance and pick off the sharpshooters in front who were annoying us. At this mo- ment, to my surprise, & man in a com- mon blouse, riding a black horse, came picking his way up the ridge rightin pur ranks. 1said to some of the boys around: ‘Why is that foolhardy man who is courting death?’ ‘That is Gen- ral Sheridan,’ said oneof the boys, and hen a cheer went up as he continued on his way. Occasionally he would stop to give advice or directions and en eouragement to the boys, but never d mounting. We lost in that advance four color-bearers and a large number f men, but the little general rode his orse uninjured to the top of the ridge. saw him again as we had almost reached the crest, picking his way mmong the brush, logs, and stone. He evidently knew no fear.” How Sheridan’s Iide Came About. The battle of the ecision cloek work, and that was the first one of the war in which cavalry, artillevy Bnd infantry were all used concurrently and to the best possibly advantage, each according to his own nature and tradi- tions. The overthrow of the enemy The coun- was electrified, and the shadow of gloom which had hung over it was dis- lled as if by magic. Gold took such a ble as it fi,‘d not received since the ~ putbreak of the rebellion, and thence- forth no man of sense doubted the ulti- mate triumph of our arms or the re-es- ishment of the union. The astonished Farly was defe again in afew days, and then driv rapidly out of the lley, but the rebel authorities at Richmond could not alize the magnitude of his disaster They had become so accustomed to triumph in that chosen region, to gather to equip and in its abundant crops, and their men with arms, clothing, military munitions captured from their anta ists, thatv cused Early of having been stampeded, and sent him back with reinforcements 1o try the issue ove gnin., This time it so'happened that Sheridan had been ealled to Washington for consultation, and during his absence Larly, who was an able and a shift dev, and o tough and persi 1l upon the army at Ce Kk and came near destroy i [t was tempo- rarily in L Wright, an able and s but 1ts flank was ta of dark- ness, and this vave v such n tre- mendous advantage that it was compar- atively easy work to drive back the whole federal line and eapture most of its artillery and cam) Wright and his generals did their best, and, thanks to the attractions of the federal enmps to the hungry and r they were enabled to rvally and discomfited battalions and their ranks on advantageous ground in ample time to fight another battie and e the fortunes of the and astonished at appened, both ofticers and men were in excellent frame of mind to s the offensive, when Sheridan, business at Wash- buck, rode on ge und fici ) whirlwind of ¢ He had m seve ek their nu ratod knew that a g len his army r to his trusty eharg und fro than the ex they told, h tune had vein and sy galloped to the front, found (€ Wright veady for action, veceiv hurried aceount of what had hap- pened, rode the lines vapidly, and gave everybody to unde 10} sh that E fore night, no Right gallantly respond to tho made upon the Infantry vied with cavalry in spivit and enthusiasm, and nothing could check or withstand their gallant onset. In almost as sho time as they had lost them they recap- d Land drove stand : n mutter did oftice inspiving in soldier’s 1 that he the e rder from the field. The v wl and complete, and it »d up with relentless and unti of Virgin of the union fore ver again to t relinquished. Even the rebel ment was finally convinced that i hopelessly lost, and that the fivst s pede which had taken place was the legitimate result of the tENEFH victory. — Outwitted a Stern Parent. A Chicago special gives an interest- ing account of a little episode of Will- iam H. Lincoln, who started in life as an office boy in the oftice of the general manager of the Chicago, Burlington & Quinecy road, and in course of time worked his way up to the position of assistant ¢ clevk in the office, though he is now only in his twenty- second year. Recently he and bride ame out to Sewavd, Neb., on o bridal tour, Lincoln marri Miss Mamic Lucas, daughter of Captain Lucas, a wealthy banker of Columbus, Ind. The young lady has a large fortune in her until left in pos: valley ssion own right, her by her orand- mother, and will inherit 81,000,000 from her. provided ‘“the old gentle- man’ will give 1, which he undoubt- edly will. Captain and Mrs. Lucas, accompanied by their daughter and a retinue of ser- vants, summered at Cedar Beach.a fash- ionable watering ace in Indiana. They have been visitors there for the past four Young Lincolu met iss Lucas during the fivst visit of the Lucases to the beach, and they soon be came ardent ers. The stern old cap- tain and his wife did not approve of the match. The lovers made three attempts to elope, but were each time surprised and separated by the girl’s family. On last Saturday Miss Lucas and Lincolu met at the beach and resolved to malke another attempt to escape the vigilance of the venerable Captain. who had an unpl of prowling avout when t! in town. That night Miss Lueas esca outof a win- dow of the notel, and with her boots i one hand and her hat in the ot} slowly it herself down a rope, which was held by Lincoln, who was concealed in a thic monents later they were aboard a train, and on Monday they were married. After a sending pleasent me the 1rate banker and his wife, who it invoked the aid of the police to find their daughter, Mr. ann Mrs. Lincoln left for a wedding tour in the west. The hride is a blonde, very pretty and not yet twenty year: c to Jay Gould. A report gammed some credence that Jay Gould was tosell out his Western Union holdings in much the same way in which W. K. Vanderbilt disposed of a large stock of New York Central. Of course there were two opinions on the subject and there is no telling which is right, but it can be said in behall of the rumor’s correctness that Gould isunen about his health and is anxious to r lieve himself of some of his crushing load _of ca Were it not for “the boys” he might drop active business altogether, but they are showing such a capacity that naturally he is tempted to keep th business in the family. Gould’s less aggressive mood of late is illustrated by his surrender in the cable rate war, Wall street men say that this was the first time that Gould ever came to the enemy’s terms in o match of endurance and resources, and that he has now done so is referved to as a proof that he is either losing his grip, or doesn’t care so much for victory as he used to. e Delinquent Jurors. Philadelphin Ledger: Among the citizens of New York who failed to re- spond to duty when drafted as jurymen, according to the list published by the ‘World from the books of the commis- sioner of jurors, covering u period since January 1, are William Astor, P, Huntington, Henry Clews, Chester W, Chapin and other men of equal promi- nence. Mr. Chapin paid his fine. Mr. Clews, got his reduced from $100 to $50, and then paid it. Mr. Huntington's was remitted, and there is no return as to Mr. Astor. Rich men with large in- terests requiring their -attention are naturally averse to serving as jurymen, though in certain cases they might be the very hest a8 to the facts. The astonishing thing ahout the records of the commissiouer, however, is the fact that though there are many de- linquent jurymen, who ave regularly fined by the courts, yet,with few excep- tions, the fines are remitted. Thisisa s:ulu of affairs that requires explana- tion, e Terra cotta aud black, and terra cotta and dark green are two favorite comuvinations for street dresses. DRAWING THE COLOR LINE. The True Inwardness of the Ory, Negro Supremacy. SOUTHERN ELECTION METHODS. Forcible and Fradulent Suppression of the Colored Republican Vote —How the “Solid South” is Hela for Democracy. The Same Old Game. NDEN, Ark., August 8.—[Spe- espondence of THE BEE.]—As ort was circulated that a \ce war s expected at any moment in Critten den county, Arkansas, and desiving to ascertain the trut correspondent can facts to be as follo As the republi ¢ was made up entirely of negroes, for fear’s sake they entered into an agreement with the whites (demoerats) to divide the office [t is commonly known as the “fusion agreement.” For some cause unknown to the negroes the whites found it nee- essavy to break the agreement by tak- ing one of the offices held by a 50 at the late election the negroos went to work and nominated u full-fledged republican ticket which was eleeted, therchy beating them at their own The Leagues™ and "0 suprer T of the same your s hore, and found the negro, or, set W “color lin the sympathy s who believe it o sin an to hold an those of the wh for a negro vepub! it matters not how u grams were sent to for help, which to kill the shew himsel filled the Tele- ny states willingly, cam caer poor negro that da Tundreds of vo! county, first untec veudy for ner- geney flag of truce th o proposition that all the negroes resign their o'Mices and 1 > or abide the ing committed plied that the o aceept sent, W e the country at most improved trouble is expac any moment. Notwithstanding it is a crime to be a repub t south clamors tion! The life of a white 1 s as insecure as thav of the | . With these outrages ex- posed what northern man would he fool Who would in- pistol and s If you dc n come'down and vest money where the gun is the supree | what has bee ritte sce for yourseives. I have stated the situation mildly. Now, we shall notice Mississippi. In the “shoe-string” distriet, which polls the largest republican vote of any d trict in the state, the democratic j nals have begun to warn the v cans not even to try to carry the dis- triet. which means that they will prac- tice the old methods of fraud, violence and a eriminal suppression of the negro vote Louisiana, 1id by ex-Go instance. as nor Mclinery, for 13k is ed by the violation of the civil rights guaranteed the blacks by the constitu- tion_of the Unit As with Louisiana, so unquest y with Mis- ain with South Carolina, states the colored vote ority. The ma- Wd fraudulently mts to the foreible sonstitu- se thre boldly and stolen votes sissippi. anda In these th tion. are Clevel | sreturn of ten repre S35, UPON A total . That is 32 votes to each representat gon gets but one representative upon a vote of 63,000. The one white voter in is equal to twenty-two white of ze of but s Oregon. That makes the pineh in the Oregon shoe. The southern colored voter still counts in the basis of representation. The southern bourbon leaders suppross, yet steal the colored vote. They thus hold solid south, make returns of 17 5, 50 eleet Cleveland, s the majority in the lower house of ¢ are and so dictd to the ng thro tion of the ec tution of the nation. **Whom the Gor would destroy they first ke mad.” The southern bourbon aders have 1 with much the same madness as displayed before the war. They have shown much the same shortsightedness in their estimate of the stamina of the northern voters, and it wos ducing the much sim thing points to the elec Harrison. The outlook is that his clece- tion will be on the much similar footing as was the election in 1860 of Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Havrison if the signs of the times mist not, dseem, pro- results. e will, like Lincoln, receive every elec- toral vote north of the Ohio. The ssolid south” will be offset | tsolid north.” *The issue that overshadows in the OMAHA DAILY BEE: tution is to be chattels if the constitution is to be nullified. If the one th to be in- sured their rights as v It the other, the southern bourbons must be denied representation. It ean easily be seen from these facts that the ser- pent of democracy is winding around the vitals of the national, through 1d. violence, nullification of the con- stitution and a eriminal suppression of suffrage. Sit idle and the ponderous coil of rebellion will crush the life out of the republican institutions and set at naught the fruits of the union army. Once in complete control of the govern- ment and all is over. HEAT FROM e ELECTRICITY. A Cleveland Invention Which is Ex- pected to Take the Place of Fuel. Cleveland Press: On a small street in this city hves an inventive mechanic who for years has spent his spare time in a little shop back of his house. In it electricity reigns supreme, and the owner has worked out the triumph of many hours of study. Models of almost every electrical apparatus known he has made for hims front hangs a powertul carbon light, while every corner is illuminated with soft, mellow incandescent bulbs, all made by him- selfpnd run by his own dynatos and engine. Miniature buzz saws rununing s0 fast as to be almost invisible, electri- cal cars, phonographs, telephones, bat- teries and motors of all kinds, every- thing operated by electricity, turn this curiosity shop into a place where one feels the very influence of that subtle fluid on his body, and even in his brain. All these machines and toys are mere by play to the great discovery of gener- ating heat from electricity, on. which SUNDAY A $10.95 $12.25 $14.70 $18.65 $22.75 PRl AUGUST 12, 188 ~ . 3 “ 1 o THE MISFIT GLOTHING PARLORS Will sell fine Tailor-Made Clothing at half price. All our Summer Clothing to be sold at 50c on the dollar to. Our buy- ars are in the market buying their fall and winter stock and the manager has made this sale special for bargain hunters: $8.35 buys a tailor-made suit wnich was made to order for $17 4-hutton cutaway frock suit “ “ “ 1 o “ GE o " “ o o $22 $26 $30 $35 $45 LBERTS AT MOST ANY PRICE. $6.85 buys a straight cut sack suit which was made to order for $16.50 $9.10 buys a straight cut sack suit $12.45 buys a straight cut sack suit $15.50 buys a cutaway sack suit $18.60 buys a cutaway sack suit $23.15 buys a cutaway sack suit TSETD 19 A1l alterations im Y from $2. 6 ““ € i € 4 75 fo 86.35, $20.00 $25.00 $30.00 $38.00 $45.00 Former Priga from $5.50 to 812 ceive prompt attention, NG PARLORS Farnam Stret, Omaha. 1119 to improve a fit made free of charge. Mail orders re- LA ) S O. FREE FROM DRUGS, UNADULTERATED, HONEST A tencent cigar Anisfield Ed. Anthes Geo, & ( 10th St. L Lake . 15th and Harney. 3on 2 +, 16th and Vinton St. Broy , No. )11 Cuming St. Bennett J. S C and Suunders, Be 16th St. m St Brown & « Chandler | \ Lax. 15, bet. urphy, S and Wal mingham I Crum & Bishop, Cc Dalzell J. A., No. 11 Dygert C. A. & Co. ngelman i th and . 19th 5 ) & Corby St oodman P, Fruel Fields Pecnan M itzeh P, 1tleman Wm., col Goodman Drag Co., I Distributing Agents—Max Meyer & Cos, he has been spending Under a cloth stood his yet perfect and capabie of generating enough heat to turn the shop room into a regular Turkish bath. The inventor uncovered the machine and explained some ot its workings, but the most im- portant parts arve still secret, * veurs,” he said, *'I studied and expe My fi work was on mented in vain. the rule that from the result the caus could be produced. Iollowing this theory 1 commenced on the electro- thermic battery, reasoning that if h srated the cle ity, by workir ward heat could be made by ele tricity. For a long time I elung to thi but had finally to abandon it as practi- eally impossible, Various other the- ories were tried and many we hours spent in study when 1 should have been resting from my day’s work. “iSome of my experiments produced heat, but not in sufficient quantities to be of any benefit. Finally [ started off on another tack and began a v line of reasoning. Heat is simply an accel- erated motion to the molecules of a body which crowd out a larger space for them- selves their faster movements and consequently cause the expansion no- ticed in a heated object. This heat is diffused by radiation, that is by impart- ing its motion to the adjoiuing mole- cules. This is the case eifher in a solid body or in fluid, Foliowing up this mond & Co., No. 121 N, 16th St. No. 1620 3. 10th St. ards & Co., 2713 Leave . F., 1611 St. M L No. 609 5, 16th St. Ha allaner Hensell & Klouse, 16th and Parnam. Farnam. Jackson. . 4184 8, 10th. St. 709 8. 18th. I & Saundors, Vinton, wnders & Ca No, 1821 N. 16th. South Omaba, ). 606 5. 9th, Owen & Co, Pryor W. Powell M Parr M., Prin Post Red! 15th and Jackson. 33, 10th, {. 15th. and 26th St. th, N. 16th. W ol & O Hear 2 @, No. 41 am & Douglas. . Mary's ave bet. 10 & th. 1d Howard. 2 Leavenworth, V., lith . No. Co. Rosa Espanola and Thekla Havana Cigars. yun experimenting with elec v as o means for causing an in- ed motion to the molecules of a The first thing necessary was to asubstance on which the electricity could ac Here it is. An irregu haped picce of composi- tion that looked like a lump of coke ce carbon was disclosed to w. Wires were connected at opposite ends of it and that wasall, The inventor pressed a button and in ap instant the mass gave forth a heat not dry like afi ce | nor yet damp, but that pleasant warmth | felt on a spring day when the sun shines brightly and fairly invigorates a person after the cold days of winte n the further corners of the room the heat evenly penetrated, and except when quite close the sound could not be no- viced. The Mass did notchange color or present any different appearance when the shut off. LY tion of that is the first setrician as he broke the current, *and will be so as long as [ can keep it. As you can see, it is prin- cipally carbon to conduct the electric- it secrot,” said elted and moulded in any form desira- ble; in masses to put in grates, shaped like radiators, flat and placed under registers or whatever way wanted. I call it by a new name, carbodium. But here is the most important part of the whele thing: the machinery whic giv erates he By adding certain acids it can be , and Nicholas, Stevens Henry A Southmayd & Runnell, Schubert H., 816 N, 16th. sSmith & Ow South Omaha. Sims O, D., S St. Slobodisky L., 508 N. 16th. Thompson ¢ Torbitt C. S. inton, 1 0. 101 am, 2002 Cumings. her, & Webe 300 Cumings, yton, 416 Oth. 4 WL L& Co., 601 N 16th, & Sautter, Cor. 20th and Pieree. Worthy Wm., Cor. Corby and 1ith, WESTERK. v rande Wilson €1 Abel E., Denver, Bohner GV Brads Bivken W. h, Neh, Bayrhoffer & Keisselbach, Shelby, Neb, Brown E. R., Fremont, Neb. Bennett 7. N. St* Paul, Neb. Craig A. den, Nel i Copeland L. N., Minden, ) s motion to the mol t in the car It con- sists of a device for making and break ing a strong current of electricity in an electric door bell. Thi however, is made on an entirely different plan, and cost me two years of study. it s not patented yet, I wish the principle to become known, but it acts with inconceivable rapidity, in fact, s0 fust that placed in a circuit with electric lamps the light barely quive The current is intended to pass through this and in jerks to t shodium, ( that peculigr composition it has the fect fivst of producing the small amount of heat given off by an electric light or two wires when d. This is suf ficient to start the accelerated action of the molecules, which is then taken up by the ele ity, coming in broken el an tne motion of the mole s, and soon causes an intense heat. From this simple out- line and the test you s » my inven- tion is a success. It can be attached to the same wires which run an electric jght circuit, and does mnot require H.‘Z vly as much power as a single lfgm. Owing to the equal diffusion of the heat one carbodium will warm half a dozen rooms. The apparatus itself costs very | little. Of course, & severe shock would be received if the carbodium were | touched, but with the care given a car- & Corby. 0 N. 16th, . 16th & Manderson. thl, cor. 17th & Clarke. . cor. 16th & Webster. 5. 1ith, p- | bon forfive cents. “All Straight Havana Filler.” For sale by Following named Dealers; Cleveland Bros., Ord, Neb, Dahlstedt M. K., Chapman, Neb, Deyo & Dore, Red Cloud, Neb. D . W., CL . Neb. 3 al City, D, Gualbraith J. Albion, Neb, ns W . Oakland, Neb, Hurris & Gunuell, Paxton, Neb. Lrwin & [Heckman, Deadwood, Dal, Judd L, P.. Ceda apids, Neb, Jepsou, John, Mead, Neb. Johnson AL B. Neb, Kinzel Bros., Wisner, Neb, Krauss, Phillip, Plattsmouth, Neb, Karker, S, h Knowlten I Larson & S¢ Lamhof Lyons Dr . Brainard, 3., Sehyule Neb, » Neb. i Pethick Thos. M., Silver Creek, Neb, Robb J. D., McCook, b, Stevens W, H., Ogden, Utah, Showe . Linwood, Neb, Stuart & Ferris, Cedar Bluf! Shryock W. B.. Louisville, Neb. North Bend, Neb, Lincoln, Neb, lde Col. "elenmiah Seykora 1 Stéin & Co. Scull K. I Thom Travis & Wells W. Woods H T Wood V Whaley Wolz Gec Wilson € . Burwell, ] Stromsburg, Neb. . & Co.. Buffalo Gap, Dak, Omaha, Neb.; also Western Agents for the Seidenberg & d result. I ing a new lamp no lent ne am engaged now n perf kind of insulation wk will not wear off und which is entirely different from the coverings used for wires at present, By dipping the metal in a peculiar kind f solution permanent insulation is se- d, which malkes it impossible to re- shock even from the most power- mo. "’ inventor thinks his fortune is made, and he has secured monied men to back him, including a well-known and wealthy electri n of this city. - t: Every one wha railroad gineer and hag watched him about his engine knows the Globe-Demo knows a o affection ana _even tenderness with which he handles it and speaks of it. There is no pet like one of these iron dogs. 1t isthe man’s protector. 1t has the speed of his hors has o his ear, a voice—a g ing voice. He likes above of that engine, and its shout of dof 10 his ri on the other road. never tires of telling what his engine did when she was going up “‘Ri snake Grade,” But we find thi tion sadly broken by the new rules of “first in, first out.” The engines are sent out in the order they came in, and the engineer takes whatever one falls to his lot. Soromance departs from the exactions of business habils and routine, )