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tiou to to attend }t acroi* Iowa to ConnellBluffs, making lr a short line frnui tin? MiHHt^uri River to the East, Gen. Drake 1ii']ii'Vi.'s the nearer the- railroady can hi* bruught to I he )iim|!^ the bottor if iu l nr Loth It ia cany u* find in Center vilU*. 11 mi for tlutc matter ul nay point nlung lho Drake linen, abundant corroboration of I lie Diet thnr tlio people look upon Gcu. Drake ill hj* rapacity its a mil-run*I builder as lilLle If uny k»n« than n public boiiri'actor.Aw Private Citizen,In addition to liri oilier qualification*,Go:i. Drake i» ft lawyer of ability. Heroad Black* lorn* flinl got u general idea ofGEN. FRANCIS M. DRAKEftJuN, 1RAKK8 FATJIKH AND MOTHER.tnw for use in hN boriuoHK. Then when (ho hard times caiue on and the railroad hnxlrn**w was not promising bn jmt bln h*gi;l knowledge to iijk* and [itiictiior? for KtOiTiil yearn in purl tie rah ip with .ludgn Harris, and laier on with ex-Atiorm-y (ioiioral Bilker. He iil-m estnblished the lt;'iiiiti»rv»ilie Xalionnl Bank, which \u util] under his control. (Ion. Drake Inis been n nicmlkU' of the ChriftLinti Church aincn 1S7-- Hi* joined the Ol d Fellows in and the Mhriou* in 1N.*D, and is iiuw exempted fi'niii ilif- payment of (Iuoh in bulk of thiMi! orKUhi/Jitions in Collierville in recognition oT dohaliohft oT JjwOO to each nf ilicso onlers made by him lo liquidateI inlt;!ilt;l)todiu-ss they wer** xl ruggliug imdormany yearn ugm Th* record of Gen. Drake's philanthropy is n Jung inn? mid much of it is liiown o?ilr lo the recipient*, for bo has JvrpMleii many iiiHlauceti uf good done to his fi;l)uw-men.Drake University in Den Moines was founded by lien. Drake in l.SSb and to ithe h:i« givt-n fully 3100'Xfl I. It is one of tint nn‘*U sii'.'iM'Mtiful i;i*tihi( ilt;*n* t.f ’earning in ihr State. In LSM U'wn Culicpe ut tii'iumll was defrayed by a eyetono. lt;rii*n. Drake did much towards the re* budding f iImk iu^t jtu|»n nml ho rjhI .f.B. Grimm) I eutiUlwl il Li» Vwrnt prosper-oUK again. Gi n. Drake til*; secured the Qssiaimuvof ItiiHdcli Siiift* in ita rebuilding. He has hided WVrityun Unlvprmty utMount ]*h*iiH:uit materially. Ill iagrcftrly iaU resled in luiw»iohul‘‘ illiil ftibln work urid churrii extension.Mrs. Drake, who died suddenly June 22, iSd. wad iid actively altercated iu good works ltd her husband, nnd many of tlie poor |*pcple roiiiomhor wiili gratitude her kiijiluC'Kd 10 Tlii'in. §lu? planned the urtiif-tic aiTuuKCuu'kl of (bu hlt;aiiTlluJ ^rouims a I the Genera l's Centerrilie home, nml in order that ihey may nlwayh remnia nw she plunned them he Jin* deeded tho. property to his sou-iu-law, Ileury Gosa, with the pro vision linit It skull always bo kept in the family.InstTiiicea could easily bo multiplied of the benefactions of Gen. Drake, ami of his large-hearted nos* in bin home and public life. •_Tho Cruel Chili) end the Mao.What a win-fui't; itiij while life of nbrture \h. it' Mother Nature l» of a. truth kiud. nft We lire taught to cull her, fiurf4-ly she la far from justlUeil of all her clilJdfeL—of her human children least of all, perhaps. Did not PlQto aay that ■♦of ii 11 wild beaut*, a hoy wiw the molt;t savjige? And ia It not true? I haw a friend who telU me tlmt ut his Mehuol tlie hoys ns«l U on tell black beetles and lihllto Uietn ruu rmvs the ku^tli of thu dormiiuvy. If a buctlo sJiowud il nmiurkillde lUl*n Of UpOCd (St was tj.'iiutlfully simple), they would hit a 1110:1 p him l\v pulling oft ft leg. It makes oite sU'fc to tiitnk of 11And this wds ft naiurtil instinct. Nature iWs unt l’L'gard it—the bidh’Ulual Is iiofliJng to her, whatever lie be to Nature's God. A mother vehuked her child—a girl, too; the Instinct Is not uoutltjod to a sex—for killing llloa on the window. “Do you know who made those filesV “Ess.” snld the lisping little hmoeeot, “God made them; but He can moke plenty more.” That Is the way that nature seems to look at It. Three was moaning In It, when the author of “Tho Coming jtace” made chll-GEN\ FRANCIS M. DRAKEhim. They nil pronounced the wound mortal. An ambidftiKH! whs procured und lie wus taken lo n hoete nnur by. After eicht dnjTs lie wnu plno'd In an nmbuliuicc filled ivlik cuitoii ftbd tnkeu to Pine lilufC*, where he was put on a boat unJ tukeu lo Diirle 'llmtk, and In jimt a month to tin* dt»3' from the liaie he recuivi‘d tin* Tt*ound he wm* at liome. 'Iu rlriMHlng thu ivouml it w'ub found that thi* bullet hud vpUl hi two pieces by eoiiluet with the lmlirt tf the leg. These two piece ft Wolghvtl ounce and IhWc dl‘;UU*. leaving a dram of leild mi accounted for. Three ft ml a bulf yenrs ullcr the wnr the wound wanopened to remore some decayeil bone oimI tho miaaiug part of the bullet was found embedded In tho lioue. It was derided that it would be daugerou# to remove it and It remains there to this time. Drake wan laid up with the wound for mix months and at the expiration of that tiir.e be was back at Little Koek on crutches. He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General while he was at home wounded. Gen. Steele notified bln held oliicera that bu should rceuimiK'inl one man for promotion to that position and asked themTHE DRAKE HOMESTEAD AT CENTERVILLEto deride who *hou3d be thus recommended. They voted uunuiumusly far Cnl. Drake and the reemniiiciidntioa was made accordingly. It Wits approved and for several month* prior to the Hom of the war Gen. Drake bad com in und of n brigade. In September, IStio, he was mustered out und returned hnim. Hi* -was beloved by the o I beers und me it »f » Ids coiniiiiinJ nnd highly rsteemed by Ids ( Rupnrinrs.A Railway Builder.Shortly aflcr tho wnr uloswl Gen. Drakebegun tho organiuLiou of a Cuminiay fo construct thu Missouri, Iuwti und Nc* j brauku, now known a* the Keokuk it ml ■ Wofttorn Railroad. Ic was not uiitil I December, 1 STD, tbnt rbo lirst rail ww , laid ui AleSftndur, Mo„ oppvriilo Kcokiik. ; Then caiftc The puklfc of I87i5 nlid delayed llic work, and si waft IST'J be lure l lie line was Rumple led U Vim Wort, 150 mi leawent of Keokuk. This line was built entirely w iiliout the aid of Eastern capital.Ju JSSl he organised a company ard built the Centerville. Mora via nnd AHdu, now known ar« the Alhiu and Collierville, a piece of rnad twenty-four mi.cn :n length from Cciiti*evii!n tn Alhin. AftiT-wurd« both lines were s«jld lo I lie tVnbua'.K but tlmt coirpuny defaiilird and the romls mime into the hands of tlie bondholders. The A lb in and Ceiitervllh* wu»t pcruiltlid to go into i’Imis'.n and for k eve nil y«nni was not operiF.i’d. Thin was a great detri-mcuiio the of CunlcrvLlle, ns wlunrun in cuaui'Ofion with the hnVrt Ceiitr.ll It gave u fine outlet fur the con I mincH uf ihi«c vicinity. Suiue three yeiii's agoGen. DniLi* bunghL jiO inlcri'Hl in tin* liiii*with tho understanding that it should he operated by Ihr* luwn Celillal undd il lair hgrecmcnt. To make it mure binding' he was made the resident director of tlie Iowa Cent rid that he could tn* on the inside and m?o that the agreement was carried out. The road was in u had rondi-tiou and the General proposed In Russellge thu Che would put in one d«»ilnr lo every two dollars l3u\t Sage would pul in in rebuilding the line. Both the General and Sage kept their agreement and the line was pul in good shape iiml in ruudroit the GXi!CUtloiura uud wlriders of tho fiupl “vrir1 force, In hla f a Doled stale. It Is tiotlilng to them. They me nature's childiip, and Inherit from their mother. We will not think the worse of thorn, lr we can help; though, of course, we must hlunic th(?m. We wil] bo eon loin to tlitek worse of tho grown-up ehlMreii, who have conic to years of reftHim, pad yet follow luatlucttf lt;if crdcliy which they should have out* grown—.'ay, tho mail who ♦’browns” uruvuy. Or 11 res ut a phensiLut at sixty5*a rd s.—Longn m ifs Mngar.i tie.On the Increase of KurvivurM,Amoug I he cUriusitiuH Of tbi* L'0li»d Sriilos census is the fact that the mira-her of veterans druwing poiiftlous on account of service In the Federal ar-jnlcs during tlio civil wnr, lustoad of decreasing from year to venr, geeins, rut hoy, to Increase. Those familiiu* with military statf^tlc^ will not, how-os'cr. ho suvpiiseil at this. Take, for exjl inpUs. tlie *'‘Tludlt'ftad” w;m accom-puitied Oftrlhaldl to Maraala. To speak wlrh iltwluie nceiiracyt this lajmic bund eoiifijiKied of 1,051 soul«, including two giillmit FiviidiuiftD. They foughi with Jitioi' leckk'ssituw, uud siiffcrod torrlbiy freiu hick of food nnd shelter. Nevertheless, It U computed Unit the survivors of ifcc “Thonsuud Iu Imly now pumbor fully 7,1)00 men. mid to those should la- added sit Umbt lu.OuO more who are ftl present oithor III Hie Unhid Suilcs or in the Argentine ltc-public.1 do not know precisely how many survivors of the Six Hundred of Balaclava there arc now in Great Britain, liut there is not a town of any size la the United State** that does not boast of at least one of these gallaut men, and wo may safely assume that there are fnlly 2.CKK) survivor* of iho Six Hundred in the l. niicil Suites aloue, without cmmling these in Canada anO the mhor colonies.-'-W. L. A Idea In The Idler.GEN, T. M. DRAKE AND STAFF. ThoU by L. L. Cross, Dc* Vail’s Blnlt', Aikthe littlo band of brave men, turned and lied, leaving niae of thoiv mmiliur dead oa thu field. Among the dwol was the Indian chief whose skull hud been broken by n blow from Drake’s gun. Six months Inter the party readied California, and after remaining there n fihort time Drnko returned to lown, coming hack by the ocean.The trip Jiad awakened in Drake a desire to rough it on thu plains, and in the spring of 1S54 lie ngnin started for California. He lmd waved sumo moucy in thu meftatitno and «et out u*Hli 100 cnwH. live yoke- of oxen, und five lihrseu. He r^neli-i'J hia UeMtiiiutioa' Kut'riy and after di»-jHishig of his atock left for home Sept. 3b on the Rk’nmer Tnrtkev Itlnde, lliu irip In'inK* muiU* vin. T’ikinum. Ah tho Yankee JLilurflc JitcenieU om of th*‘ JiurlKr nt SunFrftiielaoo ihv Sonora, a *iuuuu*r whivh carried th^ umils irtnJ wtia-cuaaidercd a very rapid boar, also got rcodj* fur sea and a chnhongo for a race to Panama wan given and aoreptcd. Capt. Randall, of tho Yankee Blade*, was familiar with tho MexicnQ ccant nnd decided to ranke r short cut by running eloae to aboro at Point Aqtitllu, after, they were several diy» out, tlioreby hoping to save uoualder-aDle di»tauce. The weather was beav5% and tho fog settled down close around theeither.By this time the ShcrilV and a file of militia upjienivd on the scone. The General tnnii'fl to the fi'ii^wn in the cub and fold thorn that he coukl order every one uf them under nrrcst. ile talked to them of the offense they hud cmumittcd, ami wound up hy smuling Jhr* engine lo the si all. giving the fel-own Un*ir *upper and tilling the skerifl nut ult; arrest Llumi.Ait n. Roldlcr,At fbc outbreak of the war Fraueih Drake vvnti in mercantile InndneicM in Uuiuiivillo, but in April. IS 111, he euliftted uh a private in a compnuy which was viiiswl to join the Second Iowa. The regiment wuh full, however, and no the com-l*u»iy julnvJ a regiiiK-nt that wai* brliin fi»rcij4Hl H»p llit' (IclVitHC «’iC llav I ’.i'Vu !*lt;r*dor. This regiment wuh commiiniled by CuL John KdivardM, wiiu wiw nl that time Slicnkcr of tlie- Iowa iloiiHeof Keprescn-tatiTCS. uud it wuh known fin Col. Edwards' Independent lows Regiment. Shortlj* before this the rebel Con. Pattenbad driven* body of Union troopu out ufMissouri, Gen. Pul ten had 2,000 men .Under bis command, but they were armed largely with squirrel rifles. Col, Edwards’ regiment numbered SOO men and they wore armed with Springfield rifles.
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Worth County Index
Northwood, Iowa, US
Thu, Aug 01, 1895
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