Western Veteran du lieu suivant : Topeka, Kansas • 1

We begin the military history of the Second Kansas Colored infantry in this issue. It will prove interesting. As an advertising medium our paper offers superior inducements. "We reach nearly every post-otfiee in Kansas. OLDEEE J1 Xvw We effsr ths Advertising Medium in Eansss.

We have Subscrihcrs in over 1,200 towns in Kansas and Missouri. SI A YEAR VOL. NO 1G. TOPEKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1889. He will never do that thing again.

No sir, never again at lest not in this THE PLACE For a Home. In Later Day BT JAMES FRANKLIN nTTS. tA poem read at the dedication of a monument upon the field of Gettysburg, t)ctober inth, 1888, by the Veteran Association cf the Tenth New York Cavalry. camp, for a bullet headed Corkonean from company picked up that "Nagurs" basket and skipped down the company street. PEERLESS STEAM LAUNDRY.

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"Collars aud Cuffs a Specialty. 21-50 The darkey discovered the loss and promptly gave chase with a wild yell of despair and the way the son of Africa flew down among those tents beat all the time BAIN we hear the bugle'a blow. Ti old strain Efcht well thi veteran troo ever made on the "under ground railroad;" ers Know Ab hear it Mi LUSIC HALL. he yelled at every jump the hoys clapped their hands and shouted, urged Pat to "stick his toe nails in the ground," but the once again. What's thisf The hills about us rise Unchanged, to blue and bend-fiia CL-IAB above the others and over all this was thrown the sunset glow of crimson and gold that gave us a glorious picture painted in nature's most generous mood.

The pleasure experienced by this grand picture, was heightened in a great measure by the enthusiasm with which we were received and welcomed on every hand by those hardy mountain men, whose huts and little homes were pitched on those mountain by-roads, along our line of travel all through Pennsylvania. They welcomed us at every step with cheers, and totsings the flag which their song and brothers were fighting under, and which was to be our Guide and Guard during our pilgrimage in secessia, and our protection when we are done with the fight. Their cheers did not go unanswered nor their banner withouts salute and when we crossed the south-line of the State gave old Pennsylvania "three cheers and a tiger" Camp Morris, Tennellytown, D. October 19, 1802. PROF.

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contraband clutched the basket and the All that Can be Desired-City Water, Gas and Transportation. ONLY 15 MINUTES TO Au BUR NO ALB, race was over. fi The mountaln- Our "colored brother" gathered up his a mm scattered washing and was escorted out of camp by a guard of honor under the com Memorial ReunioD eyes The same the same I Swing backward Time's reluctant gates. mand of the officer of the guard. Second Kansas Colored Infantry.

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We hear again the charging yell The some the same What thunders roll from hill to hill. What dashes rend the smoke 1 What rce delights our spirits fill. Oh, I nion hearts of oak 1 With slackened rein, with sword arm free, We charge together, knae to knee. Stout riders in that cause are we The same the same I The bugles blow, the pennons fly, The shouts, the clash of steel. The tumults ot the liyht are nigh, Our straining senses reel.

The tides of battle eiib and flow, We feel the quick, delirious glow None but the soldier's breast may know The same the Bame 1 Oh grand experience of those days I Life lingers slowly now. It hath no spirit-stirring frays, No laurels for the brow. Yet at the bugle's glorious thrill, Re-echoing from hill to hill, We feel ap'in the warrior's will The same the Bame 1 And something more. With feebler paMt Eyes dimmed of youthful fire, We seek anew this haunted place, With not a trace of ire. To grasp each comrade's hand And half in pleasure, half in pain.

receiveu in me nioiuu of June, 1863. Recruiting officers were appointed in different parts of the State and enlistments were car If you want a Piano or Organ, We did not stay long at "Camp Chase." It was a dirty lomsy place, and had been camped on until it was infested with that lively little insect P. lebescentium, we were glad to shake all of them we could, and get out of there at a double quick yet from certain nervous movements observable among the boys I incline to the opinion that we have brought a supply with us sufficient to seed down ull the in this "neck of the woods" for "three years or during" We got a scattering fire of them a 6mall supply as we came through Washington at the "Soldiers Rest" what a name. It is a regular "Soldier's Uneasy" and Deferred payments to bear interest at the rate ot 6 per Cent per Anrrurru Contracts will be given on payment of one-tourth of the write to J. Lyman 805 Kansas av, ried on with all possible energy and promptness.

Gen, Blunt was appointed by the secretary of war recruiting commission purchase money, and deeds on payment of one-third. needs to be baptized in the fire and re- BAILEY'S Cornet Band and Orchestra, Good for any Occasion where Mnsio is Wanted Call and see us, or address the leader, WILL. K. BAILHY, Of Lincoln Post No. 1, G.A.R.

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T.J. Anderson, then major and assistant adjutant general, army of the Frontier. Fort Scott was the designated rendezvous. Company A was mustered itno the United States service August 11, 1863, and officered as follows Captain, Samuel Sanders of 01 athe. 1st lieutenant, Ralph E.

Ceok, killed in action at Baxter Springs, October 6, 1863. 2d lieutenant, Charles Scofield. Company was mustered into service September 2d, 1863, and officered as follows: Captain, Richard J. Hinton. 1st lieutenant, John M.

Cain. 2d lieutenant, James M. Trant. Company was mustered into service August 26, 1863, and officered as follows To view the skies, the hills, the plain The same the game 1 Rest for tho fallen On that height Where fiercest tempest a heat, They sleep the long and peaceful night Of ages. Not the heat Of summers, nor the storms that rave, Can vex their rest who died to Bave They wait the roll-call of the brave The Bame the same 1 And till these hills shall rend and rock, Till sinks yon mountain wall, Saved in the roaring bat le's shock, Shall Union rise o'er all.

Clasp hands, old comrades 1 Here to-day We tell the story of that fray-Freedom and Union 1 Bine and Gray At last tho same 1 The author was a member of this regiment from September, lstil, to September, 18J2. INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, Portland, Oregon. E. Lewiston, Proprietor, Membor of the G.A.R. cut out a piece of the scam of an old pair of pants and 6end you by next mail that will fix you or anybody else that gets with in forty feet of it.

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1st lieutenant, Henry De Vilhers. 2d lieutenant, Wm. J. Brewer. Company was mustered into service September 8, 1863, and officered as follows: Captain, James Adams.

1st lieutenant, Samuel Kaiserman. 2d lieutenant, Isaiah Nichols. Company was mustered into service October 17, 1863, and officered as follows Captain, Ebeneze H. Curtiss. 1st lieutenant, David E.

Westervelt. 2d lieutenant, Geo. E. Hutchison. the U.

S. Land Officer for Oklahoma, is the coming metropolis of the Indian Territory, and furnishers of grand army supplies, at No. 507 Kansas avenue are making some decided improvements in their store, of whieh we shall speak of more at length next week. it is not a case of love at first sight. On every side as far and is located on the Rock Island Route.

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Once more I am called upon to record the death of a comrade of Washing, ton post of Lawrence. On Tuesday morning, after a long and painful illness com-rad James P. Stephens passed quietly and Boil them in camp coffee kettle (after we Company II was mustered into service October 17, 1S63, and officered as follows Captain, Alexander Rush. 1st lieutenant, termingled with horses, artillery and men in bright uniforms. The roll of the drum is incessent from revike to taps (0 A.

m. to 9 r. Our camp is on a sloping hillside look FullMoroceo, gilt 3 25 Kansas City and St Joseph, also from Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo to peacefully from earth in response to the Address, M. STEWART, Hotel Metropole, Wichita, Kas. have had our coffee) roast them at the fire until we can smell woolen: pound them with an ax and then cuss 'em; but all to no use they are with us to stay.

It don't take long to locate them, for when you see one of the boys coming up last summons of the Great Commander, Comrade Stephens was born in North the Territory, through the cities of Topeka, Hutchison, Wichita, Wellington and Caldwell. It will be your advantage to locate on the People's Favorite Railway. Look ing North while in plain view the Potomac which extends far round to our right, glistening in the bright sun shine like a silver cord, and beyond it lies the city of Carolina June 16, 1830, and at the time of his death was in his 59th year. During Dr. H.

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2d lieutenant, Daniel K. Hardin. Company I was mustered into service October 17, 1863, and officered as follows Captain, James L. Raferty. 1st lieutenant, Marcus F.

Gilpatrick. 2d lieutenant, Harry C. Chase. Company was mustered into service October 17, 1863, and officered as follows Captain, John Branson. 1st lieutenant, the war he lived in Illinois, and raised at the map.

The Rock Island has excellent connections from all portions of the Union. For full information concerning Oklahoma, the land laws, and the best way company 143d Illinois infantry, and was elected its captain, which position he held with a kind ot a wiggle-lee-liuch you may rest assured he has a supply or when a chap suddenly stops and makes a desperate plunge with his hand over his head and down his back, you may be certain that there is a surveying party investigating GENERAL pratice solicited. Has the Pneumatic Apparatus for the Treatment of Catarrh, Hay Fever, Asthma and Consumption. Geuito-Urinary Diseases, and Diseases of the Rectum treated with uniform success. 38-41 to get into the country, address until the close of the war.

He was a member of the Lawrence bar and also of the John Sebastian, G. T. P. A. Chicago, Kansas Nebraska Masonic order.

He was a past post chap Washington with its spires, roofs, and the unfinished skeleton of the Capital dome in the centre of the picture. After leaving Elmira, N. our route through Pennsylvania was grand and most enjoyable. We crossed the Tioga river on a splendid bridge mid waiving Hags and deafening cheers. The sun was just setting as we entered Pennsylvania.

A sun set scene among the mountains was to me a delightful revelation for at the Rock Island Route, Topeka, Kan- lain of Washington post No. 12 and at the time of his death was a justice of the peace. Wm. G. White.

2d lieutenant, Jessie Buckman. John R. was mustered into service on the 14th of July, '63. Edwin Stokes, ouartermaster, was mus that fellow's spinal column. Then you see a man suddenly slap his pants leg with force sufficient to knock a bullock down, and then hear him repeat the Lord's prayer backwards you can bet on it that Comrade Stephens was kind and generous E.

A. CRAVaTT, Of Fort Pillow Camp No. 81 S. of Fashionable Barber, 832 Kausas avenue. to a fault and was always ready to relieve the wants of the needy.

II The patronage of comrades and brothers is solicited. ruylfl lhe nnter uirl lor JMarcli is on our table and is a very presentable number, and reflects great credit on its publishers and he has a visitor pre-empting a homestead at the spot he hit with his hand. It makes a man industrious get-up and dust himself. Cannot stop to give you any more on this tick-lish subject justnow for I have a bite. tered into service on the 12th of August, 1863.

Francis P. Thomas, assistant mustered into service on the 27th of July, 1803. James II. Gilpatrick, major, was mustered into service on the 1st of October, 1803. Emporia Republican: O.

H. Coulter, for the past year the efficient assistant adjutant general of the Kansas G.A.R., has purchased the Knight and Soldier, organ published at Topeka, aud will devote his energies to building up that paper and making it in reality what it purports to be, the organ of the old sol-dieis. This will be Mr. Coulter's first venture in journalism, but he does not fear to go in single handed and alone. He will, as he says, make a success or walk out of Topeka on soleless shoes.

Mr. Coulter elevation we were then traveling the tints of Autumn had already painted the forests, which extended from the railroad track to the peaks of the mountains on our right and left and oft-times apparently in our pathway as we wound among the defiles or crossed some mountain spur all this was in gorgeous Autumn colors. editors, lhe number before us contains many well written articles, and it is pro T. B. MACKEY, Professional Horse Shoer, South-west cor.

Sixth and Jackson, fusely illustrated. This magazine is pub lished and edited by ladies and is devoted fun "Hurry up or you'l miss the to the interests of lady compositors. Terms The regiment leit Fort Scott, about the 16th of October for Fort Smith. Arkansas, as escort to a large supply train from that place, under command oi Maj. Horse Shoeing done with promptness and dispatch, in a scientilic manner.

$1 a year. Office Topeka, Kas. The cedars with their spires of green hung with their distorted trunks from the W. M. Hess and J.

L. King have engaged will bring excellent business qualities to his new duties, and if persevering industry will count for much, he may safely count, on making it go. nigger loose in camp I dropped my pipe, rushed ont of the tent but to discover a colored geniinen had brought some clean clothes in a basket, aud a pail of nick-knacks for some of the boys. Nig had found the owner for part of the clothes but before it was emptied he was indiscreet enough to set his basket down. J.

II. Gilpatrick. On the 1st of November, at Fort Smith, Arkansas, the organization of the regiment was completed by the mutter-in of the following field and staff officers. Colonel, S. J.

Crawford, of the 2d Kansas cavalry. recks overhead, while down the slopes were scattered clumps of silver poplars, scarlet leaved maples, the feathery hemlock and the yellow leaved birch with its tassels of brown, while now and then a stately pine lifted its noble head like a monarch, decked in deepest green, high Buckingham's Dye for the 'Whiskers is easy of application, and never fails to color the beard brown or black as may be desired. Try it. All the latest novelties in fashionable trimmings at No. 803 Kansas ave.

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