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Sheridan Road News-Letter (1889), 19 Aug 1899, p. 9

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Gun Bogart» a prisoner at Fort Sheridan, and his way through the bars of the Quad hon-0T neo- day nig ht and iogiving the ofloers a lpardlg chase, but that lie will eventually he captured there is little doubt. He is thought to be not far from the fort; the last seen of him he was going toward Wau- Regan Ever since Tue-day u t Lieut. McCoach has been me ing the roads and woods around the fort and early Wednendl.’ morning he got track of the fugntiw in a strip of woodland do the edge of the lake and about me miles above tho'fort. - . . A man accompanied Rogers and as Lieut. McCoacb approached the‘m_they opened fire with revol- vets. Nothing 'dannted, the lien- tenant forced his horse to jump the twelve foot creek between him and his assailants.,bnt being com- Felled to pick his ground for the en Rogers and his companion hurting to make of! into. ,the un- derbruah. They are supposed to be there yet and a dozen light ar- tillerymen did patrol duty along as many miles of the, show all night waiting for the tWO to break cover. ‘ The police of Chiangm, Wanke- gan, Highland Park nifdall towns along the, line of thoChioago and Northwestern railroad Have , Men notified that he is at large and are on the lookout for him. It ifs pre- dicted at the fort that the deserter willbein custody by Saturday night, / . DROPPED FROM ROLES. ‘ J. R. Rhodes, who hasheen in the quartermaster’a d'apartment since 1868, and in continual ser. vice at the. qllartermaster’s stores in Fort 'Sheridmu‘ifin’ee 1892, was dropped from the rolls Tuesday and found employment with- Man- age Whitslar “Fort 'SheridanPark "Old Tex” he has long ago dubâ€" bed by the soldiers at the ’post. a sobjiquet‘ derived from the state of his nativity. He had been in the service all through the wars with the Cheyennes and Sioux and has denlLout as much hard tick and pork as most any man in the ser- vfice. ‘ lie, seemingly Knows his DESII‘I'II 8801‘ AT OIPIOID. Fort Sheridan. THE SHERIDAN ROAD NEWS-LETTER. mace of the reasons for his sudden octagon fr_om_gr¢_ny work. Rhodes statement was that he had merely been notified that he was no longer needed at the post; that he asked for an explanation of his dismilsal and was denied it. At Fort Sheridan Park he has succeeded to the shoes of Special Policeman Merryman. who was anfioiehtly injndicions to display a loadedgnn in the face of sixty rookies from the Thirtieth United Stetes infantry who desiredto see the show atthe park without pay- ing adminion fees and laterjump- ed the'fenee. CO. book, and pretends perfect igno- Pertinent! yplied with questions he insisted thy“ he did not know the' moon of his dismissal Joseph Carroll 18 ill with typhoid fever. Peter Walker, the Onwentsia hm‘m;nnn‘ â€"na n6 “Annam‘_A‘ George Findlay spent the week in St. Paul. _ Prof. Brass Thomas will preach at' Druce’e Lake to-morrow. Miss Louise Menard is visting at Hoddam, Ill. . ‘ ' The Tubal-s are spending a few weeks at the seashore. Mrs. Booth and her children have gnaw to the seashore. Miss Bessie Swift has ’ returned from a twom‘mnths’ sojourn. Walter S. Anderson is .at his mother's cottage in Newport. George Anderson left'laat Satlir- diy for a two-weeks’ visit in Bos- ton. , 'Mr. Charles Holt and faniily a‘hd Miss Nellie Holt are at the seashore. - , Joe Anderson returned from a trip through Canada Tilesday evening - There Was an infdrmnl dance at the Onwelitsin clubhouse Saturday night. ‘ Mrs. Melody, Miss‘ Genevieve Melody and Mrs. Merchant of Waukegan, spent Thursdgiy in Lake Forest. L...‘ Cfil’Ifiifl '§“I"‘§§"i§l§§§ ummtimitfiuu :IOCUuitfiiiififiI U UUGUUO. [All Items node! the thou mugging in: Situation- wanted. Rely Wanted. Lon. Found. Etc. s‘c-uuuu-u. Special me: "We kw" manna-non a an. once. to: LOST OR STOLEN- From wk on bk. front. Aug. 17th ltdy’ I black cloth jmkot lined with pur- ple satin. Rom of 85. if n:- turuod to 1511 Sheridan Road, Bueua Ptrk. Telephone No. 142, Sheridan. FOR SALEâ€"A .[number of fine-bred Cooker-Spank elpuppiu. Addms box 52 Glenooo, Ill. Mrs. Lawrence Mastermn entertaining hler niece. Mi O’Neil of Evimston. Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Warren of Oak Park, are guests, at the home of Mrs. William Wan-an. ~ Prof. Halsey and family aré visiting at Faribault,‘ Minn, the fdi‘mer home of Mrs. Halsey. " Mrs. O’Brien of Chicago, who has been summering here, returns to her city home next week. ‘ Miss Poole, sixthgrade teachey in the west school, called upon Lake. Forest friends last week.‘ The. monument which has been erected in Waukegau to the memory of the Lake county vet- erans, will be dedicated August 29. Bishop Fallows will give the address. . J. V. Farwell, Sr., a'ttem ted to board the 8 o’clock train ednes- day mornin after it had'started in motion. 6 was dragged some distance, and received a few scratches, but got to town in condition tohold his-own with the Reviewing Board, before fihicb he wg summoned in the afternoon. Peter Walker, the Onwehtoia professional, was at Oconomo'utoc Last week. v . Glencoe. 30...... O“ O Win-ii FOR SALE. 10 RENT. ETC. 3.." KW

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