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EAST CONNERS VILLE.The surprise darce given at the residence of A. M. Jackson, proved to be a very pleusunt affair,Michael Brown has moved into the house lately vacated by William Bray,Fred Jackson left this plkce for Tennessee, lust Thursday, looking for a locution* -Mrs. Jackson and son will visit Indianapolis friends for two or threeweeks,Mrs. Plummer moved in her house at this place last Friday*Shanon Petro and wife are visiting relatives in Randolph County.Rev. Chase delivered quite an interesting sermon hist Sunday, but owing to the bad weather, not many were in attendance. His text was the parable ot the sower. The 13th chapter of Matthew. Guess,FAYETTEVILLE.Last Thursday, Miss Jane Burgoyne fell from the top of a step ladder and broke her arm above the elbow. Dr.Sipe set the broken bone, and she isgetting along as well as could be expected.Dr. R, W. Sipe and wife were called to Lexington, Ind., last Friday, by a telegram stating that Mrs, S.'s mother was very sick. After their depait-ure another dispatch was received by the family, announcing her death.A Miss Lucas, of Glen wood, died of consumption last Tuesday, and was buried in the Fayetteville cemetery, Wednesday evening.Aunt Trieste Davis, an old lady seventy-seven years of age, met with a distressing accident last Saturday morning about 4 o’clock, in the following manner: She is a widow and lives alone, and getting up to htart a tire, she fell with her hip upon the floor, breaking the thigh bone where it enters t lie socket of the hip bone. Her condition was not known till alter daylight, when she attracted the attention of a passer by, Drs. Orr oLGIenwood, and Pugh, of Rult;hvil!e, ®\ere summoned, and ditl all they conld for her,but it is probably a hopeless case.Aunt Polly Conner, whose illnesswas noted in last week’s items from this place, is slowly improving.I was mistaken in the account which I gave last week, of the fire in L. S. Hunt’s store. It is supposed to have been caused by a spark falling from the lighted lamp wick into the partially opened drawer containing candle-wicking. Q. S.LYONS.Hog cholera ia prevalent in this vicinity.Ira Robinson has purchased T. B. Lyons’s farm, in Union County, and will move to the same in a few days.B. F. Simpson caught a German carp in the East River, at Brownsville, that weighed six pounds.R v. J. A. West was at Edinburg, Ind., last. Sunday, holding communion service; consequently there were no services here.There will he preaching at the Christian Church, commencing next Friday night and continuing over Sunday.Mrs. John Woods, of Hancock County, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Beib-somer.Why can’t we have a literary society?We have a host of young men and ladies with excellent talent who are willing to help make it a success. Let some one take the proper steps to secure its organization.The exercises of the Children’s Missionary Society, to he held Thanksgiving evening, are very interesting and should be greeted witli a full house. Let all he prepared to give something to the missionary cause. Wil.MAPLEWOOD.Mrs. Sue Proctor spent Sunday with J. K. Proctor and family.The attendance at Sunday School, last Sabbath, w as not as large as usual, owing to the inclement weather.We noticed brother John B. Salyers at Church Sunday night.Eli Griffith has accepted a position in the Keller, Uhl Snider mill.The revival meetings were continued each night last week, and quite a number joined the church. About twemy-•five of the number were baptized last Sunday.We understand there will he 110 school here next Thursday or I iday, on accouutof thanksgiving.J. C. Stewart spent Sunday, in Jennings Township, with his—parents, we guess.There will be Thanksgiving services at the church to-morrow evening.Rev. Machlm preached at Alquina, last Sunday afternoon. Logan.Excursion to Chattanooga.Mn. Editor: Last week I promised you that in my next I would give you a brief accouutof our trip to the battlefield of Chiekamauga.On leaving Rossville we passed through a gap in Mission Ridge, and followed the Lafayette road, the same road we followed twenty-two yfars ago. As we emerge from the gap on the east side of the ridge the road turns sharply to the southward, and runs at the foot of tlie ridge. We now come to ground that looks familiar, althoughthe familiar sounds that greeted our ears of olu, the booming of cannon, the sharp crack of the rifle, and the whiz of the bullet, are happily absent.We soon arrive at the farm house of Mr. Parker. It was here that General Thomas made his last stand, after being forced back on the second day of battle. The house on this farm was used during the battle as a hospital for our wounded. The rebel artillery getting range of the house, threw sheila into it and set it on tire. It was said that many of our men who were badly wounded, perished in the flames. I remember seeing this bouse in flames as we marched to the assistance of General Thomas, on that ever memorable day.We here left our carriages in care of the drivers and after viewing the places of interest around the Parker house, the house having been rebuilt, andttalking a short time with the old lady,who lived there at the time of the bat-*tie, and picking up a piece of shell andsome bullets, as relics, we started on— * *foot to the .westward to trace the line, of battle and find, if we could, the spot where the 84th fought on that Sunday, September 20, 1863. Leaving orders for our drivers to meet us with the carriages about three miles west, on theroad that leads from Rossville to Crawfish Springs, we cross the road to the west and enter a strip of timber. This strip of woodland was occupied by Breekenridge’s division. Here was some vety hard fighting, the timber yet showing the scars made by shot and shell. This battle was mostly fought without breast-works, the army at that time, not having adopted the use of a spade, and the only traces of a sanguinary fight visible, were en the timber.After going about one mile, we came to thehou8eof Mr. Snodgrass. It stands on an elevation of considerable height, about the center of General Thomas’s line, and was used as his headquarters during the latter part, of the battle. It was here that General Granger reported to him with a portion of the reservecorps to which the 84th belonged, and*from here we were sent to oppose the rebel left wing, held by Longstreet’s rebel corps. Immediately north of the Snodgrass house is a narrow valley, running north and south, upon whichthere is no timber. We were halted in%this valley and as we stood here, the Johnnies shelled us from both wings of their army, they had Thomas’s army so nearly surrounded.But as I started out to give you an account of our present trip, and not a history of the battle, I will try to getback to my text. After leaving thehouse of Mr: Snodgrass, we continue in a westerly direction and again enter i the wodQs. After going a short distance we ascend a low hill and again descend into a thickly wooded ravine. This ravine is a spot, that will be forgotten by us only when deatli claims us as his own. It was here that my file leader and the man at my right elbow and the man at my left elbow, fell at a single volley. It was here that my company, numbering thirty-one men, lost thirteen. It was here that theregiment left half its number, andthe reserve corps, numbering but 3,800, lost 1,727 men.The place looks very familiar. It has changed but little. One small field that has been cleared since thewar, and the growth in the timber are all the changes of any note. Many of the trees have been cut into, and some have been cut down by relic hunters. Some were cutting canes, some chopping bullets out of the trees, some were down on their hands and knees, scratching like so many chickens, for bullets and pieces of shell. This has been going on so long, that it is almost impossible to find any tiling in the way of a relic. Some people here make their living by selling things that arepicked up on the different battle-fields around Chattanooga.They have a piece of a pine tree inthe city, about three and a half feet long, that was cut at this place, thatcontains twenty-eight balls. Afterviewing this part of the field as long as we wished we started for our place of meeting where we took our carriages and arrived, about 12 o’clock at the great Crawfish Spring. Tkis is a stream as large as White Water, at Contiersville, at a low stage of water. In the center of tliis spring is a large rock that divides it in two parts, one coming out from the northwest and the other from the southwest. The stream coming from the southwest is the hardest kind of limestone water, and the other freestone water, so soft that it is a« good as rain water for washing purposes.jAfter spending one hour and eating our lunch, at this place, and cutting some canes from a cedar thicket near by, we again boarded the carriages and drove out to Lee Gordon’s mill,Around this point the battle raged fiercely on September 19, 1S63. This is thirteen miles from Chattanooga, and here again we strike the Lafayette road, and again turn our faces northward. A shout distance, and near where we left this road In the morning we pass a nice little country school-hou^c, and a very intelligent looking young lady teaching school.This is one result of the war Ilia is seldom mentioned. Before the whj there was not a free school in all tin South. Now, in place of the auctioj block and slave pen, we see free school' springing up all over the the country As we passed this school-house, tin teacher and scholars came to the doo: to see the Yanks pass by. We conic not help feeling some pride at having been a soldier, and having helped tlt; bring about this happy result. We re marked to one of our comrades, that ii the South had been dotted over will school-houses twenty-five years ago, a it is now, the war would not huv taken place.After viewing other parts of the fielc and gathering some more relics, w bid farewell, peril a ps forever, to th historic field of Chiekamauga, th drivers turn the heads of their horse toward the city, where we arrive abou sunset. In our next an account of th grand reception at G* A. R. Hall wil be given by Japnrl,
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Connersville Times
Connersville, Indiana, US
Wed, Nov 25, 1885
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