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The Name Recdils a Bloody
History.
RAID 0N LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
One Hundred .... Forty Citizens
Slain. Aug. 21, 1863.
The History of Sunrise Museum-e, Twenty—
flvo Years Ago—Jesse and Frank James
and Cole Younger—Portraits of Quan-
ti-ill’s Father and Mother—Tho Dreaded
Guerrilla Chief a Mild Manncred School-
muster—Originally an Anti-Slavery Man
and Chosen Comrade of Old John
Brown—{its Death at Louisville.
Twenty-five years ago this 215i; of August
occurred thelplimii ering and massacre at Law-
mince, Kuu., by the guerrilla band of “’ill-
lain Clark Quantrill. ‘
The name is commonly spelled “Quan-
treli” by the historians. That: is wrong.
have seen it written in the guerrilla chief-
tain’s own hand, “\V. C. Quuiitrili." Ho
wrote a very fair hand, too, plain, even,
without shading, and Lelia-ate as a woman’s.
He ought to have written well, for the fa-
' mous border leader was a school teacher by
profession, as was his father before him,
Thomas H. Quantrili, principal of the public
schools of Canal Dover, 0. Moreover, the
elder Quantrill was a zealous Republican in
politics, and brought up his son in the same
faith.
CANAL DOVER.
Quantrill was born in Canal Dover in 1837.
The house in which he wasbom is still
standing.
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BORN.
HOUSE war-mu QUANTRILL WAS
Old neighbors are still in Canal Dover who
remember him from his infancy to the day
he left for Kansas in 1857, when he was 20
years old. His old schoolmates are there—
men who became Union soldiers, and fought
for the cause to which the other Canal Dover
boy opposed himself.
Among these old schoolmates still in Canal
Dover is Mr. TV. TV. Scott, editor of The Iron
Valley Reporter. In their boyhood Mr.
Scott was much attached to Qunutrill. For
the past twonty years he has been collecting
all the historical evidence in regard to the
guerrilla that was obtainable from any
source. He expects to write the true life of
his old school mote. To the rare courtesy of
Mr. Scott our readers are indebted for much
of the information in this page.
Canal Dover is as beautiful a country town
as earth affords. For agriculture the soil
thci‘eabouts is rich with inexhaustible fertil-
ity. I never saw so many fat people and
handsome horses at one place as there are at
Canal Dover.
Through the town flows tho picturesque
little Tuscaruwas river. By its side, mile for
mile along. with it, is the Ohio canal, on
whose towpath tradition says that Garfield
drove mules in his boyhood. U and down
this very bank the blonde haired 037 thread-
ed his way, dreaming of future greatness.
WILLIAM CLARK QUANTRILL.
He was the mildest mannered man
That ever scuttled ship or cut a. throat.
The contradictory stories about Quantrill
were started by himself. In Missouri and
Kansas the few who still remember him
tell the reminiscence hunter the}. they are
ready to eat their
own heads of! if
he was not born at
Hagerstown, M (1.
They know it, they
say, because Queu-
trill himself said it.
It is true, h c
said it. After he
had embraced tho
cause of the south
so zealously, and
- become leader of a.
- guerrilla band for
the Confederacy,
Quantrill passe d
himself off as a
southerner,a. native of Maryland. It will
be readily seen why.
His father and mother were really from
Ilugerstown and came as newly Wedded
bride. and groom from that place to Canal
Dover.
Thomas H. Qunutrill opened a humble tin
shop in Canal Dover. He was an energetic
man, and ambitious. .
In course of time he become a. teacher.
Then at length he was put at the head of the
public schools in Canal Dover. It is are
sponsiblo and honorable place ln.towus of
but: size. '
Mrs. Quoutrill‘s maiden name was Clutk,’
and the last day of July, 1837, her oldest
son, William Clark, was born. As soon as
ho was old enough he was put: to school.
From his own father, a mild, gentlemanly,
highly respected citizen, he received most of
his education.
They call him "Will Quantrill“ to this day
at Canal Dover. He was a. diffldent, re-
served youth. He would fight; if drawn into
a brawl and obliged to defend himself, but
it was not his choice. As he grew to man-
hood he became' remui'kusle as o marksman.
“Watch me make that pig squeal,” he said
once to Mr. Scott. He drew up his gun, and
put a. clean round hole through the ear of a.
pig many yards away. The shot was a per-
fect one, and Quantriii laughed as though
greatly amused.
But that was the only time he ever was
known to be guilty of anything approaching
cruelty. He was always fond of the woods
and of hunting. He used to rather enjoy
carrying live snakes in his pockets. In
lonely, rocky spots, out of sight of the busy,
throbbing world beyond, sometimes he re-
marked to his companions: “Boys, wouldn’t
this bed grand place to build acave and
hide a robber band in?” But: when the boy
was actdally at the head of a band of out-
laws and murderers, none were so horror
“V. C. QUANTRILL.
' stricken then-cat us his old neighbors in Canal
Dover.
He was it little below medium height, with
blue eyes and a slender f mine, but lithe and
active use out. llc was uncommonly pne-
cocious intellectually. At 16 years of_ago
he got a teacher's“? a ,9 1.117, '
school at Canal Diwali” J ‘gvfli‘b lied
Wisely. was at that‘t rem- ogiihe
ansus . . .. . __
terrible conflict We , m" n 6
whether she shoul '_ ...” "4 "
thithcrweut Willlmfilc - ' '
The neighborsy'il 7*" ‘
age-(l to enter a_ mags, — — . _
him. Hawaii hereto '3’” 32%.. .
euterit for himself... "6- .. , ', ., luté
clear. but Camellia??? §§éfiggglh¥
stead, and one orthé . denier ogthd pcighbérs
did obtain posseLssioxi of it. This embittered
the young man.
To revenge himself he took a yoke of oxen
belonging to oucof them and, hid the‘ani-
muls in the woods. He was arrested for
stealing them. From that time dates the
beginning of his irregular, outlawedlife.
In the ensuing lawsuit, without frie ‘or
influence, _t_hg boy 26; the worst 0‘ it
’ make a. midnight
land called herself Kate Clark.
the curly years of the war.
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came embittered thereafter.
He taught: in Kansas even so late as 1860, i
and wrote letters home to his mother in
Canal Dover, breathing the most. affectionate
nudgentlo spirit. ,
I have seen some of his letters. They are
rather dreamy and poetic in tone. In one of
them he speaks of the snow covered land-
scuoeu‘round his schoolhouse. He tells his
neither how Kansas is “locked in winter’s
cold embrace.”
The only picture obtainable of him is said
to be on cxccrablo one. There was one pho-
tograph of him in existence. Some one who
thought it did not look terrible enough ob-
tained it and thickened the lower lip and
lengthened the hair and endeavored to make
it thoidcul bandit. In thus changing it be
destroyed the likeness.
After his trouble about the homestead,
Quantrill seems to have lost heart, and
drifted into wandering ways. Ho made a
trip to Pike's Peak and other places, never
remaining long in one spot.
But the most remarkable fact; in his strange
life is his
ASSOCIATION WITH JOHN BROWN.
Of this there is no doubt. Quantrill was
still a free state man, and looked with horror
on the attempt to plant: slavery in Kansas.
Mouth after month these two and in. few
chosen others made midnight: raids across
the border into Missouri, stealing slaves away
from their masters and sending them into
freedom. The raids were made likewise on
Kansas neighbors who held slaves. It is said
too that by and by tho negroes brought away
vith them master’s mules and horses, and
that the value of these was divided among
those who freed the slave, share and shore
a. the.
In J one, 1860, Quuutrill’s mother, in Canal
Dover, received the last letter from her wim-
dm‘iug boy. In it he declares that; ho is
weary of life in the west, and that; he is com-
ing home in September to “settle down.”
The next she heard of him was from the
newspaper stories that turned their readers
pale to the lips with horror at the deeds done
by “Will Quantrill.”
At this time there comes a great break in
the life of the youth. Some terrible event
must; have happened that: changed him
through and through mid made him hence-
forth the exact opposite of all he had been.
That. idea strikes one. forcibly on hearing his
story. It is also the opinion of Mr. Scott, his
old sclio:iliii:‘.tc,,\vho has tried vainly to as-
certain what: it was that: changed 1.32m.
In his raiding days, at the head of his
guerrilla band, Quuntriil used to narrate a
story of how he happened to join the south
and form his band. He. said that once in the
woods hunting; with his brother he left the
brother-alone intho camp and “'02.: out: to
look for game. Hearing shots he returned
quickly and l'o:.ud that: tho juyhawkcrs had
killed his brother, and he then vowed ven-
geance, etc.
The story in filse. A companion of Quan-
trill’s was killed in that way by Indians in
some of his wanderings. That is the only
foundation for the pretty romance. He
never had it brother with him during his
raids. His brothers were both in Canal
Dover. -
DARK TREACHERY.
His entrance into the guerrilla. field was
marked by an act. of treachery that has never
been excelled. He and three Confederates
had planned to .
raid on Morgan L.
IV a l k e r, a rich
farmer in J ack-
sou c ounty, No.
They meant to steal
slaves and other
property.
Quantrill went
ahead of the band
to recomioitcr. He
entered \l’alker’s , ., " ‘i ,
house, was hospita-
b 1 y entertained
a n d a t e supper.
W h 0 t h c 1' t h 1 S QuANTmLL'S FATHER.
kindness turned
him from his purpose, or whether ho had al-
ready made up his mind to betray his com-
rades, does not appear. But. here it was that
the turn in Quantrili‘s career came.
instead of returning to his concealed com-
rades uuzl carrying out the raid asplauncd
Quunt'rill revealed tho whole plot to “Yorker-
and his son, and conducted them to the spot
where his companions lay in ambush.
Armed to the teeth Morgan \Valkei‘ and his
son, Andrew J ., crept upon the raiders. The
Walkers opened fire. One of the raiders was
killed. The other two escaped for the time,
one being desperately wounded.
The unhui‘t one would not desert his com-
rade, but managed to drag him over fences
and fields through the darkness to a place of
temporary concealment. They were tracked
by the trail of blood that followed them for
a port of the way. Then the trail was losii.
Next day a party scoured that: region hunt-
ing for the robbers. They lay quiet, how-
ever, and undiscovered, till hunger, a. fierccr
pursuer thou man, found them out. The
unwounded man saw in , negro in the fields
nearby, and asked for food and water. In-
st'eud of bringing them the black man guided
the pursuors to the spot. “Did they kill
them?” “The two men were buried there,”
said the narrator of the tale, in a quiet voice.
Afterwards Quanta-ill organized his band
and Morgan lValker’s son joined him. By
December, 1860, Quantrill was at the head of
a. powerful guerrilla band, on the side of the
south. \Vhen the war broke out: his name
was ulready a terror to f roe state Kansas.
He had been chased out-of the town of Low-
rance by the sheriff. lie dodged the oilicer
by running into a blacksmith shop, then out
through its back door, and escaped. They
say he was In the regular Confederate army
a few months. But what made him turn
suddenly from the side of the Union to that
of the Confederacy? That; is a question no
man can answer, or even surmise a solution
to. Some have belicvel he had it bitter quar-
rel with old John Brown, which drove him
to the southern side. But; nobody knows.
His most intimate friends never knew what:
he was going to do next. lie never told his
plans. His men would receive orders to
have their horses saddled at such an hour.
That was all. “When we went on the Law-
rence raid we did not know where we were
going,” tho survivers of his band solemnly
declare to this day.
His hand were not: armed with guns, but
pistols, for short range. They were all un-
erring marksmen. They would ride at; full
gallop into a crowd of men, discharge their
revolvers right and left, then wheel their
horses and be off and away like the wind,
leaving those in whose midst; they had up
peered dead, dying and afi’righted.
Each man of them carried four to six re-
volvers, six-shooters, in his belt, and some-
times two more in his saddle. They could
aim and fire at’ n. gallop, thus sending twenty-
four to thirty-six shots home in the space of
a breath. ,
In its prime, Quuntrill’s gang numbered
not: less than 300 men. They were nearly all
. young, and ad.
mii‘nbly mounted.
The first growth of
timber in Missouri
along the Kansas
border had been
.c u t a Wit y. The
second growth
formed an im-
penetrable thicket,
called the Chapar-
ral. In the midst
»of this Quuutrill
- : and his men cou-
eealed themselves.
They had paths
, . , which none but
QUAD‘TRILL’S MOTHER. themselves knew
They knew the country like wild Indians,
every cross path and hill and stream in it.
For three years Quantrill and his band defied
the whole power of the government in that;
quarter. United States soldiers were in pur~~
suit; of them constantly, but never found
them. Now here, now there, they always
eluded by hard riding and superior knowl-
edge of the country the pursuing force.
”KATE CLARK.”
In the first; part of his career Quantrill was
frequently accompanied by a female com-
panion. She claimed to be married to him,
She was
spimdidly mounted, and was it. during rider.
Sensational stories, most of which are false,
are told of her gorgeous attire, skillful
shooting and various exploits. The amount
of truth seems to be this: There was such a.
girl, no more than 10 ml? years old, who
was Quuntrill’s companion for some time in
She seems to
have been the only woman of any age, ex-
cept his mother, that. the guerrilu ever had
any liking for. After Quantrill‘s death
Kate Clark went. to Texas, where she still is.
”WE ALL DID IT.”
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Quantrill and his men were a product of
the times. So was J ohu Brown. And for
the matter of it one side was nearly as bad as
the other. ,
“You in the east have no idea. of the war
as waged on the Kansas and Missouri bor-
der,” n. free state man told me. “You never
will have. America cannot afford to let the
true .stgryggy be vgitfl_ _For three ygars
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.outsido of an In-
Ifirfrc tin; war was zooms miller rao chick
flag. It‘s true; for we all did it.
“Missouri Union men on the border were
obliged to flee for their lives into Kansas.
Southern sympathizci‘s in Kansas jointed the
Confederate army or some of the numerous
guerrilla. baudsfi’
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“The Union men did the some on their
side, and no quarter was given or asked.
“This will show you what; it was like: I
was in Kansas attending to some business
there. To our ofllco came one day an old
man, who entrusted me with some transac-
tions involving many thousand dollars.
“He told me not one word .bout himself,
but by close questioning I ouiid .ho was a
Missourian who had fled to Kansas. He was
very wealthy, and had had it magnificent
plantation which he was forced to leave.
“By questioning further I found he had a
sou-in—low, a Union man, who was still in
Missouri.
“ ‘Why does he not; COHIO away too?’
“ ‘Well, he can’t get. away; he‘s got some-
thing to do.’
“ ‘Did he tryi’
“ ‘Yes, ho tried.’
“ ‘And what happened?
“ ‘Well, he and his son tried to bring some
fine stock off with them. His neighbors
were secessionists.’
“ ‘Did they try to hinder liim?’
“ ‘W’cll, yes; they followed him, and they
killed his son and took the stock away from
him.’
“ ‘Whnt did he do theii?’
“ ‘My son-in—law, he’s got on eye as keen as
a nigger, as we say in Missouri. “Then his
son was killed he dodged to one side and
watchch to see who did it. \Vhilc the men
took his horses be counted them and recog-
nized every one. There were twenty-five.’
“Each time the old mini dropped into
silence, and each time the Kansas man was
obliged to draw him out with questions.
“ ‘I had to pump it; all out; of him,’ said the
Kansas mun. “ ‘I asked him if his son-in-law
come on through to Kansas after his neigh-
bors disappem‘cd.’
“ ‘Wcll no, he couldn’t come then. you
know. lie had something to do fust.’
“ ‘What?’
“ ‘Ho had to get even with them border
ruiliuns.’
“ ‘But howi’
“ ‘Hc had to kill them, you know.’
“ ‘All of themt’
” ‘W’ell, yes. He just hid himself and
hung around there and watched when he
could pick them oil‘.’
“ ‘Has he shot them yet?’
“ ‘Not all of them.’
“ ‘How many?’
” ‘I have not heard from him in six
months. Then he had picked off nineteen,
mil there were six left yet.’
“ ‘Do you mean to say that story is truc?’ I
asked the Kansas man. _
“ ‘It- is as true as that I am here this min-
utc.’ "’
THE RAID ON LAWRENCE.
Among such scenes as those described the
mild, soft spoken schoolmaster developed
into Quautrill, the guerrilla. Once he took
from a train sixty unarmed men, stood them
along the track and shot them dead.
Why Lawrence was chosen for the visito-
tion is not known. On that point Quautrill
maintained his usual reserve. It is con-
jectured, however, that he had a. grudge
against Lawrence because he had been or-
rcsted there, and because the sheriff had
chased him out .of the town. There ware
guerrillas were well out: 95,,heariug she un-
rollcd the carpet. Itlwgs; 'recig'us igd‘eéd,
for it had concealed lieghus d. -. eg'iVith
two or three others 5:139, gm, up“ . g Q, T
themselves in timc'__ufid"!§§osé Quuntrill
placed in Stodg’i hotg, were oil
the men who survived thot murder.
There were got " '
enough of them
left to bury the
dead who lay all
about them. It;
was the most piti-
ful sight: ever seen
on this continent;
diim massacre,
which it; resembled. %
Agcntlcmau who. 5, ',
is now a. leading ‘ '
merchant in Law— "
rcnco hid in the up-
stairs of his house.
He escaped the
search made by the guerrillas. His wife
begged them not: to fire the, house. They
were deaf to her entreaties, and kindled the
flames. They left; temporarily. The lady
extinguished the fire. A raider returiied
and rclightcd it, and again went'nwuy. The
woman put the fire out. The third time the
man-Larkin Skaggs came and set the house
on fire, and yet the third time the noble wife
extinguished it. ..
By that time Lprkin Skaggs begun to feel
the effects of the Lawrence free whisky he
had been imbibing, and was too intoxicated
to try to burn the house any more. A little
later he himself was killed and the house was
spared. Thus this wife, too, saved her hus-
band‘s life. Lnrkiu Skaggs was the only one
of the 300 guerrillas who lost his life illLa-W-
reuce, and that; happened from his intoxica-
tion.
One man escaped in the strongest of ways,
by u stumble. He tried to run across Ethe
road and reach a clump of bushes. In this
attempt he struck his foot and fell prone
upon his face in the gutter. A mounted
guerrilla. was after him, full tilt, pistol’i'sised.
The doomed man felt something beneath'him
as he lay. It was a loaded carbine, cocked
ready for use. In that. desperate moment be
seized it. mid aimed it at his pursuer. The
guerrilla, seeing the weapon, cumeIno nearer,
but wheeled instantly and gulloped ofl’.
Men took refuge in wells, cisterns, cellars
and anywhere else under ground, that in
their wild panic
was suggested, to
t h e m. A lilo v 0
ground there was
no safety. After
the raiders had
done their work
and passed on, a
few. haggard men
érept pg: of their
hlgizig“'plnccs. In
alwell some time
after, our corpses
‘ wen-Q found, the
‘ es 'of, four
prominent citizens
o f L a; w r o n c e.
In their despair
and terror they
had climbed down into the well to escape the
guerrillas, and had bgeu ,suifogébgd.
The stories of atrocities 'cqm’guijtgd o_n wo-
men and chiidg‘eii by the band'hrc not trge,
according to the ’best. information. Quan-
triil finished his bloody work quickly and
rode away.
He started southward, only pausing in his
way to burn the farm Muses along the route.
It; has becu'sgid iu extgnuation ‘of Quan-
trill’s raid on Lalwrchcc that it was in retalia-
tion for what Col. J ennisdn, tho jayhnwker,
had done in western Missouri. The {Kansas
free state men were called, ffjayhnwkers."
The Missouria'ns who s'oiight to implant
slavery in Kansas by blood and violence
were named “border ruinous,” and it Was be-
tween thcse two pfn‘ties that tho wai- of ex-
termination was waged.
JESSE JAMES.
mirror rm 15.
PURSUIT.
Maj. Plumb’s party reached Lawrence only
in time to see Quautrill’s rear guard disap-
pearing southward. Tho guerrillas were re-
turning to Missouri, to their impenetrable
fastncsses in the Chaparral. Quantrill had
provided himself with fresh horses at Law-
rence. Those of Plumb’s men were exhausted
by the hard riding since midnight. There
was little hope of overtaking the band.
Maj. Plumb pushed on, nevertheless. Dur-
ing the forcuoon he overtook the forces of
Cupts. Colemanaud Pike, who had started
in pursuit; of Quautrill from the station
along the border.
Capt. Coleman, from Little Santa. Fe stu-
tiou, received the word, and without a mo-
ment‘s delay gathered his slender forces and
went; to Aubrey. The two captains there,
with 200 mdu altogether, sctrin for the chase
'of Quoutrill at midnight Aug. 21. Geo.
“Jim” Lane, then United States senator
from Kansas, hastily gathered 100 citizen
volunteers undjoined the pursuit.
But- Quantrill showed the qualifications of
a general on his retreat. The rear of his
command was his best guarded point. Ho
kept 110le 19pr hisgcfitthoggpzhly‘flgipegl
'5‘ ‘
.
l ,,,,u_,7,-,;:gr.-.2 men. They were momitc'd iip'oil
til? freshest, strongesb horses. “’hon the
Union forces come near this 100 men would
bait: and form in line of battle, as if about to
engage in fight}. The Union troops would
then hasten forward and form. Then Quan-
trill’s rear guard would discharge a volley
into their forces, wheel, and ride swiftly
away. So they managed to detain gird
worry the pursuers, while The bond itself
was drawing ueaml' and nearer to the
border. “
These tactics of Quantrill gave opportunity
to the tired out members of his purty to take
turns in resting. . '
Their physical im-
durunco had been
taxed to men‘s ut-
most. They had
ridden not lws than
seventy miles the
night; before to pel"
.form their bloody
work. '
close there was no
pause or rest, but". , .
they must ride “'
with alithcir might
to escape to the
Missouri border. .
Besides the forces ulreml y mentioned, Lieut.
Col. Clark, of the Ninth Kansas, was after
Quantrill with another troop of several com-
panies, liustii gathered. He was in com-‘
mand of the nion border stations south of
the Little Santa Fe. Ho received news from
Capt. Coleman of the raid at 3 o'clock in the
morning of Aug. 21. Gathering what men
he could, he found Qtiantrill’s trail and fol-
lowed it foratime. Then he suddenly left
it; and turned southwards to Paolo, Kan. He
hoped to intercept Quantril'l at Bull Creek
ford, near Paola, on his return to Missouri,
and force him to give bottle. Col. Clark
reached the ford ahead of Quantrill. Thus
the guerrilla, had behind him, close ntohis
heels, over 700 pursuors under Plumb, Pike]
Coleman and .Senator Lane, while ahead of
him, waiting for him at Bull Creek ford, was
Lieut. 001. Clark, with over a hundred more
soldiers and citizens. It seemed impossible
for him to escape.
Yet such was the consummate skill of the
many regular Confederate soldiers with
Quantrili on that. raid.
The survivors of Quuntrill’s bapd recently
held a. reunion at .... "
Blue Springs, MO.
The mother of the
guerrilla. chief
journeyed fr om
Canal D 0 v0 r to
meet them. She
hoped to hear from
their lips that; her 5’
son was not; as
blue k as he is .
pointed. Many of ~
the old band are ’
respectable, we 11 "4
to do citizens now.
S o m e, however,
continued a cares:-
of murder and robbery after the war closed,
and met: either a violent; death or landed in
one or another of various state prisons.
The respectable survivors of the band are
unanimous on one poiut¢they Were neither
robbers nor murderers in the beginning, not,
indeed, till Gen. Bullock issued from Wash-
ington an order proclaiming Quantrill and
his men outlaws in March, 1862. They raise
their hands toward heaven and swear ‘by all
that is sacred that this is true.
After Halleck’s proclamation Quantrill ob-
tainedacopy of it and read it to his men.
“Now, boys, you hear,” he slid. “Those of
you who wish can quit and go home. Those
who stay will know what to expect.”
, Some of the band did thereupon leave, it is
said. Quautrili further took acopy of the
proclamation and wrote upon it these words:
“For every man of mine you kill I will kill
ten of yours.” Then he sent the paper to
Gen. Thomas Ewing, commander of the mili‘
tary district of Kansas.
From that time it; was a war of extermina-
tion. Quantrill, however, did occasionally
spare a life, and sometimes restored prop-
erty when women begged for it. Though
not especially chivah‘ous, he did not harm
women. Indeed, he was far more merciful
than many of the fierce bordercrs that
gathered wound him, and this was sometimes
the cause of quarrels.
Gen. Ewing wosili provided with troops
to meet the roaming guerrilla companies. He
did the best; he could, scattering sounds of
soldiers among localihica‘ «here they could
keep watch. Especially they were ordered
to have an eye on Quantrill’s band. De-
tachments were stationed along the Missouri
border, between that and Kansas for over
fifty miles snuth of Kansas City.
The prov‘ost marshal of Kansas City, Mo...
was at that time a modest military man, by
name Preston B. Phimb, by title major. He
is now the distinguished United States sena-
tor from Kansas.
The Kaw river empties into the Missouri
from the west, just at Kansas City. Fifty
miles west. of Kansas City, on the south side
of tho Kuw, is the town of Lawrence. It
now caitains about 10,000 inhabitants. Then
there were onlyo few people in the town.
The able bodied men were nearly all army
in the Union army.
0n the night of Aug. 20, 1803, Maj. Plumb
came in late to his headquarters. Gen.
Ewing was at Leavenworth, twenty-five
miles north of Kansas City. Maj. Plumb
was very weary. He was also ill. He re-
tired at once. It was ll o’clock. In a sec-
ond story room of the headquarters a. single
light yet burned. It shone throu'ghuwiu-
(low facing the street, Au attendant of the
office sat by the light, reading a newspaper.
Suddenly there was a clutter, of horses’
hoofs up the street. They paused under the
window where the solitary light burned. A
voice below shouted faintly: '
“Hallooi Is this the provost murahal’s
office?” said the voice.
“it is. What’s wanted?”
“I am the bearer of dispatches from Capt.
Pike. He sent: me to say that Quantrill
crossed into Kansas with 300 men this even-
iflg at 6 o’clock, forty miles below here, and
they were heading northwest. It: was a
verbal message.”
Then the solitary horse: man went away
again. He had ridden sixty miles since 0
o’clock.
The frightful import of this information
dawned on the newspaper readar to the full.
Quantrill in Kansas with 300 men, and riding
northwest. It meant: massacre, fire and
plunder to some defenseless town.
In five minutes lights were flashing to and
fro in all the windows of the provost mar-
shul’s office. Soldiers were arming, and Maj.
Plumb, ill and exhausted as he was, was up
and preparing to lead them. Horses were
saddled swiftly in the darkness.
Between 12 and 1 o’clock Maj. Plumb and
fifty mounted men were riding out into the
darkness, they knew not just where. Fifty
soldiers were all there were at; headquarters
at that time. He gathered up other soldiers
on the way, at: \Vcstpoi‘t. Gen. Ewing says
he had as many as 500 men when he was at
length fairly on the way.
They rode all night as fast as their horses
could carry them. Twenty-five miles from
Kansas City they bad word their Q grill
had passed through Gardner at midnig slid
was riding toward Lawrence. They then
had their bearings. Lawrence was the
doomed town. They spurred on fast and
hard.
In the morning, soon after daylight, they
reached Lawrence, a. mass of smoking ruins.
Quantrill "had done his work already. He
had done it so thoroughly that only one or two
houses escaped. Quantrill himself spared one
house, Stone’s hotel. It is still to be scoff in
the rebuilt city. Its proprietor had Cloris
Quantrill some favor in former timesf’gpd
his house wagguyed-from the universal fuin.
Quantfill put into this building some twenty
persons and saved their lives.
One hundred and forty people had been
massacred in cold blood, and twenty-four
others wounded. \Vornen and little children
had been spared. A hundred and eighty-
five houses had been burned, and the raiders
carried on: all the plunder they could laid
upon their horses and themselves—mop”
and other valuables. In front; of one hofiso
the mistress came out and stood before flee
guerrillas. She was a plucky, determined
woman. we begged with all the eloquence
she was master of that her house be spared.
It was in vain. The rough raiders bade her
go out of the way, for» he'r house would be in
flames in five minutes.
(/
MAJ. PLUMR
GEN. THOMAS EWING. ,
STONE‘S MOTEL, LA‘VRENCE, KAN.
“Then let me take my carpet; out of it
first,” begged the lady.
“You may do that,” said. the raiders, “but
be quick about it.” '
She went into the house, rolled her carpet
up and tugged it out to a place of safety.
She watched beside that precious carpet till
the raiders were out of sight. Her home,
meanwhile, melted into ashes before her eyes.
But she had her carpet still. When the
‘ reduced band started north and east.
guerrilla. that he extricated himself from his
trap with the loss of loss thin“ 10 iiicri,"ull
told. lIis pursucrs, too, numbered nearly
1,000 men, while he had only MO.
The weary chose over the prairie lasted till
8 o'clock and dark. Then Quantriil wiis
within four miles of Bull Crock ford. But:
he did not come on to the ford. J ust‘. after
dark he formed nline of battle, as before,
and waited till his pursuers come near. Then
suddenly his troop broke rank and turned
about squarely to the north. Scattering this
way and that in the darkness, knowing the
country as they did, they easily broke trail
and dodged the whole Union force, both be-
fore and behind them. There was a skirmish
at the. ford, but no damage was done. At
this point: the Union soldiers gave up the
chase for the time, and stopped for rest; and
food at Paola. The trail had been lost; in the
darkness.
Pursuit; was not renewed till daybreak Aug.
22. Detached companies of Union soldiers
from the various stations, besides those (ll-
reudy mentioned, were hunting the raiders
in all directions.
Licut. Col. Clark started upon the rcfouud
trail at: daybreak. A detachment . of 13
men under Maj. Phillips and 120 under 'Maj.
Thatdier found the trail early, Aug. 22, and
followed it immediately behind Coleman and
Clark.
thut of Quantrilli After eluding the
troops at Paola, he went five miles further,
and then, within almost hearing distance of
the Union pickets, he stopped to rest, forced
to it by exhaustion.
After briefly stopping he pushed on to the
border. At noon, Aug. 22, he reached the
middle fork of Grand river in Missouri, a
timbered r o g ion-
where he was com-
paratively s a f e .
There be scattered
his band, and they
took to the brush.
Licut. Col. La-
zear was at t. h o '
head of o n other
11 y ing party 0 f
Quantrill’s pursu-
ers. He had 200
m e 11. Aug. 2 3 ,
Col. Luzeur really
did encounter a
portion 0 f t h 0
band, and had sev-
c :- al (1 e suitor-y
fights with them. A number of struggling
guerrillas were killed, and some of the horses
they had taken were recaptured.
COLE YOUI'GER.
I'HE CON FEDERATE CAPTAIN
At one point in the flight, half a dozen of
Quantrill’s men, worn out, had lain down in
acornfield- to rest. They were discovered.
With them was a regular Confederate cap<
tuin in uniform, a man of fine presence and
mariners. He knew the stern rule of warfare
in that; region—death on sight. He said to
the officer of the capturing party:
“I suppose nothing I can say for myself
will do any good. The truth is, though, I
came along with this band in the interests of
humanity. I am a. regular Confederate
soldier on furlough. I feared for tho atro-
cities these guerrillas might commit. I
joined them in the hope I might 'prevept
these somewhat. But I suppose that won’t
help me any now."
“No,” replied the Union soldier; “I can’t
do anything for you.”
“I didn’t think you could,” said the Con-
federate captain; f‘but I have this'last request .
to make. . Here is my watch nnd‘my card.
Promise me that if you over can you will
send these to my wife.”
“I promise,” answered the Union captain.
A few minutes later the Federal soldiers
passed on, leaving six dead men in the corn
field.
GEN. EWING’S FAMOUS ORDER.
The Quuutriil raid took place Aug. 21,
1863. On the fith of August: Gen. Thomas
Ewing issued an order depopulatiug all that
part of Missouri that bordered on Kansas.
Those who proved their loyalty were allowed
to go into Kansas or to any of the military
stations, the others were to go any place, no
matter where, so they only moved out of the
district. To force the execution of this order
Gen. Ewing sent out; military detachments to
destroy property. Grain and hay in the
fields and in barns were set fire to, and all
that would provide food for man or beast
\vns .rlpntl-oyod. What new" cuuugu no we
military statibns the live stock, groin and
buy Were removed thither; when not, they
were destroyed.
So thoroughly was the order carried out
that in the autumn of 1863 one could ride
down through the Missouri border counties
fifty mileoi'fithout meeting a living creature,
even a house cat. Blacksmith tools lay rust:-
ing in the shop, the child’s cradle stood empty
beside’the house door, where the mother had
left it in her flight.
QUANTRILL’S DEATH.
At the beginning’of 1865 Quautrill said to
his men: “Boys, the war'is ended; tho south
has lost. Do the best you can.”
He sent the married men to their homes,
took most; of the single ones with him, and
organized a smaller band. With these he
continued for some time longer his life of
roving and depreciation. lVith him were
Jesse and Frank James, the train robbers,
and Cole Younger. These received their ed-
ucation under Quantrill. 'Cole Younger is
now in the Mlnuésota penitentiary. Frank
J amw is in mercantile business at Dallas,
Tax, and is said to be lionized by the people
there.
At the beginning of 1865 Quontrill and his
...... They
worked their way across the Mississippi river
abOve Memphis, entered Tennessee and finally
reached Kentucky. It is believed that Quan-
trill was trying to reach Lee at Richmond _
and surrender with him.
In Kentuckyhe called himself Capt. Clark,
and his men wore the Fade—rill uniform. But.
their identity was discovered. May 10, 1805,
Col. Terrell, at the head of some Unionmen,
surprised the party at Wakefieid’s begin, in
Spencer county, Ky. In trying to ‘es'capé
two of the band were killed and Quantrill
was mortally wounded.
He died in the United States Military hos;
pita! utLouisvillo, Ky., J unc 6, 1865. H0 is
buried in the Roman Catholic cemetery of
St. John’s church, Louisville.
ELIZA Ancrixm).
Note by \V. \V. Scott, of Canal Dover, 0.
[You may rely upon the pictures asaccurate.
Quontrill saved Stone‘s hotel for this reason: Be-
fore the war there was much ill feeling between
the factions, and Quuutrill was indicted by :Eu
grand jury at Lawrence. Mr. Stdne gave him
warning, and he.escnped to Missouri before.
Sheriff Walker could find him. For this reason
Quontrill putn guard over Stone’s hotel, and
conducted thither some twenty or thirty strum:
' gets who happened tobcin Lawrence; but. Mr.
Stone was killed by a member of the band. . His.
daughter had a. fine ring which she refused to‘,
give up, and a guerrilla. wrenched it from her
finger. Her father knocked the fellow down, and
was immediately shot dead. Quantrlll only
learned this during tho retreat. This was told
me in May, by Quuutrtll‘s men, at. Blue Springs,
Mo. I was, as you relate. a schoolmute of Quan-
trill, and found and Identified his grave. I will
soon publish a minute history of his life and
death, with proofs which put the facts beyond
question-W. W. 8.)
London Shopkcepcr‘s Announcement.
A. Loudou‘ shopkeeper coolly announces
that he is cleaning some frocks for the Duchl
ess of Teck and one of tho princesses. Fancy
what would happen to a. New York or Bostou'
dyer who told a. secret like that, unless in-
deed he spoke of somebody belonging to the
classes understood to like advertising—Bos-
ton Transcript.
Doesn’t Like to Be Bored.
Sho (at a. garden pm‘ty)—Isn’t; that young
Professor Bruiufog coming this way, Mr. De
Savvy? ' '
He—Yu-as, Miss Maude.
him?
She—Oh; dear, no. I think young men
with brains, Mr. De Sappy, are such a bore.
——The Epoch.
Shell 1 present
Curious Freak of Nature.
Dr. Maltz Alsbcrg (Humboldt), referring
'to a ho gout now living at “’enigensommeru,
near Ei‘furt, which yields milk very similar
to ordinary goat's milk, but; rather richer,x
remarks that both in man and in all main
maniliu a time must have existed when hot
sexes wero capable of yielding milk—Boston
Budget. “
Mindful of Her Position.
Mistress (who has been v. riting a letter for
cook)—IIow shall I sign it, Bridgett Your
obedient servant, Bridget O’Toolihan?
Bridget—Faith, ond ycz undo not Mum.j
It‘s not to the loikcs of Mary O’Shauncssey
that oim an obedient; scrvnnt.”—The Epoch.
The Ocean’s “faves.
Scientists insist; that the waves of the
ocean ru‘o never higher than n. few feet.
Summer bothers will insist, with equal
earnestness, that the average wave is from a
hundred feet; to half a mile high.—Pittsburg
Bulletin.
In a. minute an express train goes a. mile
and a street car thirty-two rods; the fastest
trotting horse 147 9-13 rods, and an average
pedestrian of the genus homo has got over
sixteen rods.
BUSINESS SUCCESS.
THE ELEMENT OF CHANGE THAT
SETS FOR OR AGAINST MEN.
An Example of Illow Luck May Change.
A. T. Stewart's Attention to Details.
Gould’s M'ethods—Commodore Vander-
bilt. and His Traffic IMmmger.
Seine of the shrcwdest merchants in this
town will tell you that there is assuredly an
element of chance which sets for or against
men in business affairs. Ono of tho richest
men in this country before his death told the
most fascinating of tales regarding the play
of chance in his experience. This was tho
lute Senator; Miller, of California. He was :;
man of superior business qualification, ‘of
pretty shrewd judgment, and for sighted, yet
when he came out of the army everything
that he turned his hand to failed, and as a.
means of support: he was obliged to seek a
government office, and he was rejoiced when
Grunt: gave him the custom house at San
Francisco. In that office Senator Miller
hoped to be able to save enough in the course
of a few years to put him on his feet; again,
but he found that; he was sliding backward.
He could not see how or why, and lie was
firmly impressed with the belief that. he was
born under an unlucky star.
See now how luck changes, and how its
chance may shift about like a. weather cock.
One day there came into Mr. Miller’s office a
briny tar, with the smell of whale oil on his
clothes and the roll of a sea dog in his legs.
He laid on the onllector’s desk a. bit: of fur,
and he said that he had captured that skin
himself and knew where there were millions
more. He had a gentle proposition to make,
that: the collector should charter and victuul
a. ship and “go Shocks” with him in the
.profit that he thought would boobtained
from selling these skins. He would not tell
in what part of the sea. he found the animals,
and his proposition was about us uubusiness
like and here braiued as any that Mr. Miller
had ever listened to. His business instinct".
told him to dismiss the man, but us he rubbed
his hand on the fur, which was smoother than
tho best silk velvet, it occurred to him to
make the venture. Ho interested some of his
friends in the scheme and they sent the cap-
tain, with great doubt: as to their sanity in
so doing, oil‘ into the mystery of the Polar
sea, and thus the great Alaska Seal Fur com~
puny was organized, and the shuttlecock of
Miller’s fortune shifted from the keen east
wind of disappointment to the bracing west-
erly winds of magnificent prosperity.
The curious thing about it was that from
that day Miller never made a business in-
vestment that was not profitable, although
to many of those. which he did make he did
not bestow onc-hulf the attention and cau-
tion which he had previously given to others
that; were unfortunate. Senator Jones, of
Nevada, is another of those whose experience
leads him to believe in the doctrine of chance
as an element of business men’s success or
misfortune. Into the great Hudson river
tunnel, into his hotel properties, into his
“rushington investments, in fact; into every-
thing cust of the Rocky Mountains which
the senator has put his money, fate set
against him, and he has seen millions
melt. away like icicles in the sunlight. But
in a. chance investment which he almost
thoughtlessly made in mining properties in
the British possessions and in Alaska, as well
as some appareniiy worthless stock in No-
vada mining property which 9. few year ago
he would have seen burned up without; a.
sigh, chance has brought him a new fortune.
Thomrni who prescribes unto himself any
set of rules, or takes as a model the career of
any man, will be very likely to meet with a.
“slip up." There was A. T. Stewart, who us.—
cribed his success to the most; patient atten-
tion to trivial details, but if lVilliam R. Grace
undertook to run his colossal business as Stew-
art did, he Would be frantic in in. week.
Stewart; not only gnvc orders, but followed
them up to see if they were executed. Mr.
Grace employs men who he knows will carry
out in detail the. plain; which ho conceives.
Thai; is also in some respects Mr. Gould’s
habit. Duriu g the great: southwestern strike,
in which Mr. Gould‘s property was so
seriously imperiled, 120 was asked why he
seemed to rest- so easily. Said be: “We cm-
ploy Mr. Hoxie. lie keeps me informed us
to results, and it is his business to look after
ouc'ueflllls.” A. colossal Drum rue-mug Frisi-
ness it was, too, and it undoubtedly killed
Hoxio. But Mr. Gould, had he adopted the
methods of some successful business men,
would have thought it necemary to have
penetrated all those details himself, and that
would have brought on neuralgia like a.
paralytic shock.
Just so with Commodcg-o Vanderbilt, and
wo can illustrate it no better than to repeat
one of Chauncey M. Depcw’s stories. Said
he: “The commodore heard of a young man
who was a. freight; agent, and a. remarkably
bright and successful one, on the Eric rail-
road. The chap had given evidence that; he
comprehended that; the business of freight
transportation was smoothing more than the
mere hauling of goods from one town to an-
o‘elicr. In his limited field the young chap
h.:d shown that he possessed genius for an
interstate or national traffic munaggr. That
was just; the kind of bud that tho commodore
wanted to blossom on the Central systgm.
S.) he got Jim linttcr away from the Erie
and paid him $15,000 a. year as traffic mau-
nger of the New York Central. Not long
after Rutter took charge there arose
a. difficult problem, and one in-
volving the interest of the Con-
tral road very greatly. Rutter
wont to the commodore with it. Tho old
man looked at him a. moment; and then said,
‘Jim, what; does the Central road pay you
815,000 a your for." "l‘o manage the traffic
dopartmeut,’ Jim replied. ‘Do you expect;
I am going to earn your salary for you? said
the commodore. Jim caught the point,
turned on his heel, went away and solved the
problem. If ho hadn’t; solved it: rightly tho
Central road had no use for him.” Yet them
are lots of successful business men who would
have taken it as n. cozziplimcnt to have been
thus approached by Rutter had they been in
Vanderbilt’s place.
That; great merchant prince, John “fans:
maker, of Philadelphia, might have been a.
tailor barker to this day had he tried to get
rich on lines laid down by others. He adopted
just one motto: ”Do ye next. thing,” and has
now reached the point. where the next; thing
seems to be depositing of bigger sums at the
end of one day’s business than he did the day
before—New York Evening Sun.
Napoleon’s nuts and Overccuts.
Of all the historical garments which crowd
the great museums of the world, none are
more famous than the gray overcoat and
chapeau of Napoleon I, celebrated in Ber-
anger-’5 and Rafi’ct’s poems, and painted by
scores of aspiring French artists. At. a re-
cent search through the archives of the times
of the great conqueror the tailor’s and hat-
ter’s account for some of these articles of
clothing has been found, and it; appears that:
for each of his “chapcaux casters” he paid
812, while his “i'cdiugotes griscs” cost him
$82 apiece. The overcoats were always made
very wide, for, contrary to the custom of the
officers of that period, Napoleon never took
off his cpuulets.—Boston Transcript.
Inherited Diseases.
No fuel. of nat‘urc is more pregnant
with awful moaning than the fact. of the
inheritance of disease.
. Modern science, which has illuminated
so manv dark corners of naturedms shed
anew light on the ominous words of tho
Scriptures, “The sins of the fathers,
shall be visited upon the children
unto the third and fourth generation."
Fifty per cent. of cases of consumption,
cancer and scrotula, run in families
through inheritance. Insanity is hered-
itary in u. marked decree, but, fortu-
nately, like many other hereditary
discascs,tciids to Wear itself out, the
stock becoming extinct. A distin-
guished scientist. truly says: “No organ
or texture of the body is exempt. from
'the chance of being the subject of
hereditary disease." Probably more
chronic diseases, which )crmunentiy
modify the structure and unctions of
the body, are more or lossliubie to be in-
herited. i‘he important and fur-reaching
practical deductions from such facts—
are obvious to reflecting minds, and the
best. means for preventing or curing
these diseases is usubjcct of intense in-
terest to all. Fortunately nature has
providedo remedy, which experience
has attested as infallible, and the remo-
dy is the world-famous Sivi it’s Specific,
a. pure vegetable compound—nature’s
iintidotc for all blood poisons. To the
ufflictcditis a. blessing of incstinmblc
value. An interesting treatise on
“Blood and Skin Diseases” will to
mailed free by addressmg
THE war-r Srizcii-‘ic 00..
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Co.
Nu ("Hum—NU l’uy.~—~;\ new Ill'plll'llll‘l-
in in d‘ciin‘! Fonlaine‘s Ul‘t'ill Disrmwiy
removes the cause of disease; namely (Its-
east- u‘i-iuis. 'l‘lrzs guarantee IIII-iliis sonn-
thiing- for "Knowledge is power." For
sale‘ by C‘. Lapham, 11 Main sin-rt. Nor-
walk. .
Wendi-r in a beer siloon is generally
mng-gy.
i‘loll'at‘s Life PH .4, Page’s (flinuix Salve,
and Moll'at’s l'limiix Bitters, form ll. com-
pletc Family Medicine Chest. For sale
by Druggists everywhere.
JESSE Horses,“
cleaner MAKER,
ilas removed to the building
Next In Gregoire Stables. Knight street
Where he does first-class
Carriage Repairing and Painting
19” At Reasonable Prices.
FURNITURE
A i-‘uliStock of li‘uruitureof all kinds-
' PABLIIR AND BEDROOMSEI‘S
a specialty.
Absolutely Pure. I
This Powder never varies. A marvel of rare ,'
strength and wholesomencss. More economic
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in coin-
pctitlon with the multitude of low test, short
ROYAL liAxisu l’owm-m C0.,‘.UI'. Wall St., N. Y.
. “GOOD ENCEJ‘GH”
FAMILY Oil Cit‘il
. E n
_ ....” . . Lamps iii-o
‘ {Iliad direct'by
“THE PUMP
without L111-
!ng the Com-—
the filling 1:.7. 5
mlJusting :c.
suit hei 3h :3:
of any Lamp.
This is the
most practical
FAMILY CAI:
evas- cfl‘ercd to
13.0 public.
IV Siifiiliéfif ’rlr‘i'liE 6:13
rim FA
UANUFAGTURED Z. V
WINFIELD MANUFACTURIFG SEMI .',
www.m- v
.
No Drop in Oil on the Flam-owl" t-I -
Faucet mollusk or get. knocked open T4.
Contents orcause Explosions. Not: .
Lose. ClosesPei-fecuy Air Tight. Non
age—No Evaporation—A bsoluiet y start.
A Universal Household Necessity.
O“:- 43:13 JG 3 m M.
For Sale in Norwalk by Gregory J: Worden and
E. K. Lockwood .Ir Co. izli‘z‘i
TRUE PUBLIC INTERESTS
Treated in a clean manly way.
A healthy people make a prosperous nation.
People made and kept healthy by
Baker’s Great American Specific.
Rheumatism with its Vise-like grip tortures its
victim until he loses control of his temper, and
then comes grave mistakes. Another turn of the
vise and Ncurnlgiu tormeiits all patience out of a
man. Relief from these terrible diseases makes a
heaven of happiness for the sufferer, and Baker’s
Great American Specific gii'es that relief.
There is no mistake about this, and at this season,
in this climate, you cannot afford making the mi5<
take orneing without a bottle of this wonderful
remedy. lianip, chill winter winds, sleet, snmv,
stop and ice are as certain to bring on the tor-
mcms of KIIECMATISM and tortures of NEURALGIA
as is ll.\l\'l‘l 's (tusxr AMERICAN SPECIFIC to cure
them. Price 50 cents ahoitIc. Prepared only by
Maurice, b’uker .i: 00., Portland, Me. Doolittle J:
Smith, 24 and 26 'i‘rcmont Street, Boston, Mass,
Selling Agents.
LAI'IIESi Ellisé
Do Your Own Dyeing, at. Home.
They will dye everything. They are sold every-
where. Price 10¢. a. package. Theyhnve unequal
for Strength, Brightness, Amount in Packages
or for Fastness of Color. or non-fading Qualities.
They do not crock or smut; 40 colors. For sale by
.1. 1;. Gregory .l- 00.; C. Lapham, IiiMain Street:
(:e0. 15. l'laisted, Druggists.) iy‘zT
Its action upon the system is unlike any
disease to the Internal Organs. Its properties go to the diseased part, and -
weight, allum or phosphate powders. l
3-: .. Ill/[W I 0'23
r3 ‘3.
hi) x:
$3
I; 5:13
53 5
a '3‘
+2 {-7-
F‘ r.“
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15:. Will. 2'
B ' W 2-.-
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{e Page 5 Climax Serve, , g,
(D 5
iii A FAMILY BLESSING FOR 25 CENTS. :25
DAVID STOW.
Main Street opp. Depot
SOUTH NORW ALK, cosh
; P. H. DWYERP
The largest Stock of Harness
EVER DISPLAYED Iii TOWN.
All First-Clues, "and Stitched, Oak 'l'iumed
Pennsylvania 'lmulller
THIRD CLASS PRICES.
('all early as I intend to sell at SMALL I'IIOFIT,
S E Y EN 7 Y-FI VIE
Set Single and Double Harness.
HABDENBROOK "All,
Over Mitchell's Market, next door to 1).". Dwy-
er’s old stand. mt
EQUITABLE MORTGAGE 00..
or KANSAS CITY. CAPITAL $2,000,000
6 and 7 percent. Debenture Ponds and Mort a
Loans at PM and Accrued Inlérest. g ge
I. ll. CRAUFURI), Agent.
Room 2 Masonic Bull-'21! g
HENRY TILLY
CARRIAGE MAKER.
SOUTH NORWALK, -
CONN .
Manufacturer of
Fannie Unri'ieges, Victories, Buggies, to.
All Kinds of Repairing.
JOHN S .I’I‘KINSON,
Wholesale and lien-iii limiter in
Harness, Blankets.
’l '1 "u n [38, Bugs,
Solo Leather and Shoe Findings, and Boot
and Shoe L'ppcrs.
Corner of Fairfield Ave. and. Middle Street
Bridgeport. Conn. ms
For Sale.
\DOUBLI‘J BAltlil-Ilddfl) ltl li‘lw) madeby Joli:
f llissett, London. Will be sold cheap to
Iv‘muuire at this crime.
cash
as it never drive: the
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other external remedy.
all the poisonous and corrupt humors, through the pcrspiring vessels to the scrum-e, and
eradicaies the disease from the system. We warr
Scrolula. Sores, Salt Rheum. Sore Breasts or Nipples, lnflrimed Eves.
Ervsipclas, Boils, Scolds. Burns, Cuts. lrniscs, l’istula, Piles. Cums,
bldius, Frosted Feet. and all cutaneous diseases on man and bea~t.s
PAGE'S CLIMAX SALVE acts like ms
Sores, Fresh Cuts, Snake Bites, Bruises, Burns, Sn
boxes .
l: is warranted to cure in every case or money l‘cfiill
every where.
MUFFAT’S
ant it: to cure Old Sort-s, I'lrer<,
Swalleu Glands,
Bunions, Chil-
riches, Etlnaivc,‘ ll
2 i . p..t \w m
an: on horse flesh in c: .
rldlc and Ilarncss Calls,( hale-:7. r
three times larger than any other Solve, and sold at the low prn e‘ ofiweniy-hvc rem; I i-r I m.
dad. For Salt: by l)lllg:l:‘ts' and Denies m lllLullLJx‘
IIFE Pllhf‘e.
THE GREAT STOMACH AND LIVER REMEDY.
Established by one of our most eminent physiciius and recommended by [I‘m medi'”..
profession and druggists who know their real merit, and are u—gcd min more 1-h-
results than any other medicine.
Moffat's Life Pills are purely vegetable.
and kidneys, purify and regulate the whole system, and _ . . ‘
for all Malarious Diseases, Torpid Liver. Impure Blood, Jaundicc, Britons (.mn-
Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion,
Neuralgia. and Nervous Diseases,
Inflammatory Rheumatism, Piles of
Kidneys, Colds and Fever and Ague.
Hi I
_,
They act on the stomach, turn-ole, l', .r
are warranted :1 i. riari cu .:
Illil l,
u
I
ll’,
I
Costiveuess, Nervous and hick Ileari
Female obstructions and General \'.e:ikiic~:s, Scary};
every kind, Gravel and Disease; cl the Illuddcrnz. I
MOFFAT‘S LIFE PILLS are elegantly Sugar coated and easy to take and are :1 pert'r‘t : It i
dinner Pill, one taken after dinner each day Willard
llcmlltclle and Sick Headache cannot exist if these: Pills are used.
digestion and cure all disorders of tho Sin - ,u 3:.
For costivcues‘s take one Pl“ 3: LCthIIIL:
MOFFAT’S PHOENIX BITTERQ
Are not: a drink used for intoxication. but a. pure medicine :1an only used by people-
who are sick. They correct the secretions of the stomach and are usurc cure I. r
Dyspepsia, Sleeplcssness. Nervousnc~s. chility, Weakness, Loss of Appeti e. l‘crn:.l -
Complaints. etc.
perfect cures effected by these invaluable
just what we have said or money will be re
will try them once. their use will convince
Thousands of certificates are in possession of the proprietor, grit-i
7
medicines and we warrant that they \\ i'I .' a
funded. It is simply asked that the allliclLJ.
the most skeptical.
PAGE’S CLIMAX SALVE, 25c.:lllo.\-. MOFFAT’S LIFE PILLS, rec. .1 Tim. MOFFAT'S
PHOENIX BITTERS, $1.60 a Battle. For Sale by Druggists and Dealer; lll nlcdlciur: en t yr. hero.
or sent by mail or Express, prepaid, on receipt of price.
3'. P. MILLS, Sole Proprietor.
85!.
mm mastery Yams- ..
A PERFECT COMBINATION ‘
Of harmless vegetable remedies that will restore the whole system to healthy action. is
absolutely needed to cure any disease “for
all." Palne's Celery Compound is THIS PERFECT COMBINATION;
the disease that affects one organ weakens
Read the proofs I
“I have suffered terribly from nervousness and kidn
trouble. I bought: two bottles
of Paine’s Celery Compouutg,
and oh, how it: did help me! I have so much faith in your
medicine, for I know what it did for me."
Ontario Centre. N. 1.
Mrs. J. J. WATSON.
..PAINE’S GELERY COMPOUND
“ For five years I suffered with malaria. and nervousness.
Itrlcd Painc’s Celery Compound. and I can truthfully say
that five.bottles completely cured me. I cheerfully recom-
mend it, for I know it to be a. good medicme.”
Cm. L. Sunrise, Letter Currier, Station B, Brooklyn, N. Y.
CURES ALL NERVOUS DISEASES,
Neuralgia, Rheumatism,Paralysis, Biliousness. Dyspepsia,Costiveness, Piles, Liver Com-
plaint. Kidney Trouble, Female Complaints, and all diseases arisingfrom Impure Blood.
Bl. six for $5. Wrens. RICHARD.
son a 00.. Props. Burlington. Vt.
For the Nervous,
$1. six for 315. See that each bot. $1, six for $5.
tle bears e Celery trade mark.
The Debllitated,
Wm. lacuna»-
sou k 00.. Props. Burlington,\'t.
The Aged.
ii" ‘z'illl WA ST
A HEATER.
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