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Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favors Win us and no Pear Shall Awe." VOL. 16. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1891. y- fl 36 ft:- mih* .<$•: Br *'}•: PVULIKIiEU ICVBttT WKOtrKSOAY BV '.*ap. VAN SLYKE,- | ! EDITOR ASD PROPRIETOR. (Hftoe In Block, . * dttwjqw* w " "TfiStSM :OP 90»i0ttiPTM»|F, ph« Ta.tr (In jvnva.icc) If Mot Paid within Three Months..".... ." 3,00 ; Subscriptions received for three or six {months in the same proportion. fe Kates 61 Advertising. Wo announce liberal rates for advertising n the PLvCNiiRALBtt, ami endeavor to State lie n s> plainly that they veil! be readily an- ersto-vl. Tliey are *s follows: 1 Inch one year . - 5 no 2 Inches one year • • - 10 00 3 Inches one year - - - _ - 15 00 H Column one year - • - - - 80 00 WOoiumn one year- • - • . « 60 00 jOolumn one year - - - • - 100 00 One inch means the measurement of one Inch down the column, single column width. Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have the privilege of changing as often as they Choose, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having Handing cards) will be entitled to insertion of local notices at the rate of 5 cents per line each week. All others will 1)6 charged 10 cents per Mne the first week, and 5 cents per line for each subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of 10 cents pe line, (.nonpareil ftvpe, same as this is set in) the drat issue, and !S conts per lino for subsequent issues. Thus, an inch advertisement will coat il.OOforone week, $1.50 for two weeks, $2.00 for three weeks, and so on. Ihe Plaiwdraxbb will be liberal in giving editorial notices, but, as a business rulo, it will roquire a suitable fee from everybody •coking the uae of its colutnhs for pecuniary gain. BUSINESS CARDS. KNIGHT Se, BROWN, ATTORXKVS at LAW. IT. *. Express Oo. Building, K7nn'l 8!S Washington St. O I R I O A O O , H I . . " JO*LTV;* OV«5KT. ATTORNRTfl AT LAW, Woodstock IIL /1L All basinets will receive prompt atten­ tion. O. P. RARNR8, ATTORNKV, solicitor, and| Counselor, pollnctloris a sporiaity. w«>onaror!K, ILLINOIS. V. <*. MTMT.KT. ATTORN BY AT LAW, AND SOLICITOR M Chan^erv, WOOI*« TOOlt, TLTj. Office in Park House. II rat floor. A. M. CHURCH, Watchmaker and Jeweler NO. One HundredTwent.y.Five State St Ohr cago, til. Special attention given tore pairing Fine watcher and Chronometers. fA Fall Assortment of Goods in his line United States War Claim Apncy -OF- WM- II. COWLIN, Woodstock Illinois. BUSINESS CARDS. O. J. HOWARD, If. D. PIIY-iiciVN AND SURGEON. McHenry, 111. Office at residence, one block east of Public School Building. O.H. FEGKBS, M, D- PfirsIOiAK AND 9URGKON, MoHenry, Ills. Office at Residence. WM, OSBORNE, M. I>. PHTHIOIAN AND SURGEON. Office at Residence, West McHenry, III. Calls promptly attended to day and night. Li very Stable. B. WIGIITMAN, "propneto*. first class rigs with or without drivers ^"^'^fcrnishe'! at reasonable ratea. Teaming of fell kinds done on short notloe. NEAR THE DEPOT, WX3ST MoHENRY, ILL, Keeps open for the accommodation of the Public a Flrst-Olass Salooa and Restaurant, Where he will at all times keep the beat .brands of Wines, Lienors and Cigars . to be found in the market. Also Agent For FRANZ, FALK'S / Uilw&ukat lagw Best. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al­ ways on hand, oheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. Orders by mail promptly attended toj GOOD STABLING 1*>£ J70A8JB& Mr Call andjsee us. Robert Sohlessle. West McHenry, 111. A. Englen's SALOON AND RESTAURANT. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. Piae Kentucky Liquors, French Bitters, McHenry Lager Beer, -AND- J. Sdlitz Milwaukee Bottle Beer, In any quantity from a Snitz Glass to 1C0 barrels. AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL Beer in bottles, kegs or case as heap as the cheapest. v We buy none but the best and sell at Reasonable Prices. Gall and see me and I will uae Troll* ANTONY ENGL$1J. tfcfitniy, Ill.» 1888* Prosecutes all classss and kinds of claims against the United States tor exSoldiers, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made In prosecuting old and rejected claims. Ail communications promptly answered 11 Postage Stamps are enolosed for reply. WM, H , COWJUJS Office at Reatdenoe, Madison St., Woodstocc, Illinois. Attention Horsemen! MOUKNRT, III., April 1st, 1388, I would respectfully invite the Public to eallaud examine :ny stock of Horses before maklog arrangements eUowhere, No busi. ness done on Sunda . N. A OOLBY M'HBVKY ILL i. C0MPT0N, A front for the HOME, OF NEW TORE, Capital, 98,931,1 OO. "AND THE -ETNA, OF HARTFORD, Capital, ̂ 1 o.or1,550, Fire tested, time tried.Qompanies. Insures again3t K<re, Ligtittun#an<l Wind-Storms, at the most reasonable rates. For insurance and further pirticulars apply to J. Compton, Volo. 111., who has been 35 y^ars in the ousi- ness, and always gave entire satisfaction ..In ea*e of loss. ... . Vtflo, III., Hftt ailtta, WO. * -&***» • ' ii MEN WANTED. To represent our well-known nursery m this county, for town and country trade. Good pay weekly. A steady position with a nur­ sery of over thirty years' standing, and a known responsibility. We want good, lively workers, and will pay well. Good references required. Apply quick, stating age. CHASE BdOTUElW COMPANY, S7-m2 Chicago IIL The Police Gazette, Is the cnly illustrate') paper In the world containing all the latest sensational and sporting news No Salo. n Keeper, Barber, or Club Room can afford to t>e without it. It always makes frieuds wherever it goes. Mailed to any address in the United States securely wrapped, 13 weeks for f l. Send Five Cents for sam pie copy. &ICHA.RD X. FOX, --' I'KANKLIM SQD1.BE, New York ATTENTION ! Farmers and Dairymen. It will pay those lookingjfor CHOICE COWS Fresh milkers or springers, to call at premises before purchasing. I can furnish anoh by the car- load or single cow. PORTKK H. WOLFRUM, OHBMUHO. Farm about four miles northwest of Harvard, Illinois. JOHN P. SMITH, Watohmaker & .Jeweler, McHENRY. ILLINOI8. AriNK stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew­elry always on hand. Spec-ial attention - - - watohes. Give me riven to repairing fine a call. JOHJyiP- SMITH. 4^'M?- Hi LitS l pan.phlet of \str.-jft ol' tiio liws, bbowiii) vObtaia I*utents, C'aveHi^ .Marks, Copyrights, vent Jrc.e. WUNN & CO .A 30? Jlr«,:t<lway, .-w Vcrk. ""*• V, J. Barbian J. J. Barb. •a BARBIAN BROS. Wholesale and Retail DZALEBS M FINE CIGARS, McHENRY ILLINOIS,\ BarlTig leased th«brlrk building one door South of the post o2iee. we have opened a retail store, where, at all tiraee can « found, fine cignrs of our own manufacture, together with smoking and chewing tobaoeo of the best brands. Fipes a Specialty. We havs a very large a**or'ment|and|}*oaie very handsome patterns. ;OALI<. AND HTXE U8. yoBnry, H«t»»bejWth. »IQV STOFFEL, Rockford Insur'ceCo Ak.„, fcr| PHttnjx nf Brooklyn Li?htiinsr *nl T>rna"1o In«urancc placed ssfelv and with despatch in either ol above companies. Policies cor.ected, changes andttransfcrs made Cail on or address ^ " _ Simon StoffoU Weet MtHcnry, Illinois. . f ANTED! fl SALESMEN! I^OCATT A\TEJLING good chsnce! Don't n»i«a it! Yon no c np'tHl to represent a reliable fnn that warrants Nursery Stock llrst class and true to. name, Vork all the yt-ar ami giHi i pav wretiv |o energetic men. Ap ply quick, stat,ng age. L. L. MAY A CO. St. Paul. Minn Nurserymen, Florists ami Seedsmen. (This house is resjKinsibie) Quintette Orchestra9 McHENRY, ILL. Are prepared) to fnrulsh First Claws IfrtHrt* to the Dancing Public at Reasonable Rates J, Smitl:, 1st Violin. Robt. Madden. Clarionet O, Curtis, Comet. L,, Owen, Trombone, K Ingalls, Basso and Prompter, Address all communications to Jerry Smith McHenry. NEW YORK HOUSE. 239 tc 243IE. Randolph St. Between Franklin and Market Streets* CHICAGO. Be*l Accommodation to 'lYavelera and Boarders. E. G. K0EPPE, Prop. tl.WPBKDAy, GOOD SAMPLE ROOM. A Urat-ekun House. Ihe^Bopt All Stop There. THE Culver House. RICHMOND, ILL. Good Livery, Good Sample Room. FREE BUS TO AND FROM ALL TRAINS FOR PA TRONS OF THE HOUSE. I run it line of carriages to Twin I.akee from uichmond, three-fourths of a inile nearer than any other load, and more level and feasant'by far. If you intend going to Twin ,aUes, stop at Richmond and inquire for CULVER'S BCS. It i» always there, rain or shino ltound trip uricesas usua*. , C. N. CULVER, Ptop. SHORT BORN BULL V POLANDCHINA AND BERKSHIRE BOAR9, AND Plymouth Rock Cockerels, For Sa]f at Living Prices by the under­ signed. Call on or address FRANK COLE, SPRING QROVE. IIX. Spring Grove, III, Nov. 12. 189U, Special Announcement. Send 25 cents for a copv of mv WKW ILLU8 dTEATED CATALOGUE of: J®"Sport Atliletlo and Gymoasiium Goodt<),',§| The Finest Isiver Issued, RICHARD"K. FOX. Franklin Square. iNew Yobk. 0ALESMJ31W WANTED. ii Travellngand local, to sell our choice Nur­ sery Stock. Faet-nelling specialties in htrdy fruits, etc. >ptendid Outlit Free. Steady employment guaranteed. Your pay weekly. Write tot terms. Cormanla Nursery Co. Rochet tar, N. T. FLORIDA. 8«nd address, on pontal cnr<t, fdr any infom at ion wanted about LANDS. HOTELS. ROUTES, etc., etc. Answered promptly. L, Y.JEKNESS, SAMFORD, FLOSIDA. -- -----4- I CHANCfe TO MAKE MONEY <*»larvand Kxpenaes nai l, or Oommis- 11 sion if preferred. Salesmen wanted JL J everywhere. an experience needsD. Address, stmin? age. H,. W. JFCJ&TERJb CO., Nai^rynmn, i >>'•." , GeiMvn N. T. Save $36.50 .to Caiimia. J. C. JHWS.% CO."Spersonally conducted Cali­ fornia Excursions in- «#oad Kaujio rullman Tourist Sleeping Cars, via newer & Klo Grunde U. it., (the ecente line of the w>»rtf) leave Chicajto via Chicapo t Alton It. It. 12:00 110M1 8atiirtlay of every week, each excursion in chasae of an emclentand crcntle- manly excursion manafer. PullmantourlstsleejiiiiK cars through from Boston and Chicago to SHU Fran­ cisco and Los Anaeles, For rates, reservation oC berths, etc.. call on oriddress. T. 0. .'Cj^Sc-KiCtX lite Clttrk Street, €SiH "" Bom's 9SFABTMEHT. Cdltttd by WM. H, COWLIN, WOODSTOCK, CLU Sherman Knew Them- General Sherman's residence in Slew |Tork taught him a thing or two. He not only selected, but paid for his own monument.-- Washington Post. TMlTmM Mailt Is on The Best VatGrprMl Goat - . In tfieworltf. (tod fotill^trrtsdCstrioei.s.fW ij.WBMton. &SH C. H, AÎ BRECHT, DKNTIST. Alife WWW AND APPROVED Dental Oper­ations performed at treasonable Prices. Crown ar^Bridge Work.l And the preservatW of th<% nstnral teeth* specialty. Gas and ether given for patnleas extraction. All work warranted. Office over Kvanson & Oo.'s store. West McUenry, ill., Deo, 17,18U0, PATENTS, Trnde-tnarks, Caveats, T ai>el<i and OopTrlghta p r o m p t l y p u i c u f e d . A I fURTy-PAOfcBOOK FliEfi. Send fciietch or modei for free opin­ ion as to patentability. All luin'ncAS treated as sacredly confidential. Sixteen years' ex- terience. Highest references. 'Send for took. Address, W. r. FITZGERALD, 800 F Street, Washington, D. C. "7b care for Mm who ?ia* borne the battle, and for M» Widow and . Or. phaht." --LIKOOLK. dton.'.i/. Loyally-- Worthy sonn of Patriot FoUaro " , €U A. R. Directory. * , H'HESKT rOBT MO. 64S. Heets the First*ThurMay evening of each L. K. Bbhiibtt, Oon. v% : - fwomn *b wa. a, 8. Wrtoht, Coo. Kt7HDA rO»T. KO M, the second and fourth TnMdar F. K. cox, Oon. <'41 •« ,«UITUB N«t| KO 96S, * InMitfe OiA ieoona ana narti Monday eaen tail of Mwh month. K. N. AtJSTlK, Oom. lluuirao Post, NA 168, Veete every Second and Fourth Friday evenings of eaoh month. K. R. MOKBIB, Com, •' waucokda roar. MO. 868, Poat meets every second and fourth Satur­ day evening In O. A, K. Hall, Main St. A. L. Pbiob, Oom. Meets eYealBgeaf each month The New Orleans New Deha repeats the stale old lies about two-thirds of the revenues of the Government being expended in pensions, and- tliat the mili tary establishment of Gerrisany only costs "a little more than one-third the amount we will pay the current year to ex-soldiers, for absolutely no services at all, and a large portion of it goes to coS«je coolers, bounty-jumpers and de­ serters." These lies have been so often refuted that it seems a waste of time and apace to deny them again. The soldier- hating papers do not care for any refutal they repeat the lies when they are abso­ lutely sure they are lies. The New Delta, fiercely demands that not only shall there be no additional legislation, but that some which has been passed shall be re­ pealed. In this it is strictly in line with its allied soldier-hating papers in other parts of the country.--National Tribune. WM. 8TOFFEL. --Afft>nl for--] 'IRE, - LIGHTNING, And Accidental Incuranoe. Also Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Alabama, an t Oalttyrnla baurtc jki'ill on or address , WM.sTOF^EL. lSclSSnry, 111:' HOTEL WOODSTOCK. SITUATED OPPOSITE The Mineral Spring. W, H. R0TN0UR, - Prop. THE BEST Of SAMPLE ROOMS IN CONNECTION. WOODSTOCK, ILL. HOWARD STEVENS, DEALER IN Electric Bells, Door Connections, Window Connections, etc. WEST McHENRY, - ILLINOIS IST" Satisfaction guaranteed. Call and Agents Wanted 1 II be given to introduce our new book Bible Brilliants: BIBLE STORIES, 1*0 CHER'S HOME •BRKKDJEKS OF- MORGAN HORSE?, Short Horn, Bid Follsd Aagu. And Jersey Cattle. Hillaid* Farm, West McHenry, III. Our Morgan Stock is all pure bred, and originated from the best Morgan stotk in tlge Ohlted States. - Old Gilford Morgan, who stands at the head of our Sroc s, is one of the best bred Morgan horses in the country, and can show more and better all purpose colts than any other horse the West. We invtte the inspection of our stock by horsemen and all lovers of fine animals, few full blood Morgan Oolts and young oorsea for sale. Also one matched team, full l'jod3. in Oattle «re have the full blood Short Horn r Lur h we are crossing with the Red Polled and therefore instead of saving off the 'inriif ve are breeding them off and with food euoeess, A few Heifers and Bulls, both pure t>red • hort Horns aBd the cross above mentioned for *&le. _ _ J. R. Saylor A Sons* W«st MoHanry, Ilk* l1*^ Wth, MH. U The greatest success of the year, and some thing entirely new in the book line. Royal narto; size, 95**11?4'; finest of paper; large tvpe; 320 illustrations, 63 full page, two of them printed m nine colors; refctil price only "" f«0 Thousands will be sold for Holiday Presents. Those llr*t in the Held will reap a harvest, Act quick or you will miss it. FORSHEE & MACMAKIN, Cincinnati. O. CEDAB MWN STOCK FARM, HEBRON, ILL. Phillips & Richardson, BREEDERS OF High Grade Jersey Cattle, REGISTERED POLAND CHINA HOGS. AND PURE BRED POULTRY. Silver Laced Wyanflottes, Light B'amas, PlyJ mouth Rocks, S. C. White and 8, C. liruwu t.eghorne, Patridge Cochins, *nd other Varieties. Mammoth B-onzo and While Hrlland T« rkeys. Pekin Ducks and White Guineas. We have a lew high Grade Jersey Cattle for sale, fmm choice selected stock. Our Poland China Hoars are of the best snu choicest strains. We have some very choice spring Pigs for sale at very reasonable pries. An inspection of tliera is invited, or write us your wants and we will quote you prices. All pigs eligible to any register. Poultry, for silo at reasonable prices. Eirgs dutfrrjfreason. We have some very choice Poultry ot all kinds at Pall prices. All or'lers for Pigs, Birds or Eggs receive prompt attention. Our stock has been carefullv selected and is strictly pure, and we Guarantee it «s such. Our customers may rest tssuredthat we shall ship only such stock as will reflect creilit upon ourselves an I them also. Correspond, ence cheerfuliy and promptly attended to and respectfully solicited. Visitors welcome any day hot Sunday, and w« extend an invl- tation to all to call and see our stock. Hoping to receive a share of your patronage, and assnringour friends that we will labor to please sou, we await your favorg. Yours Respectfully. PHILLIP* & RICHARD30X. MPIEQABAR, UM. AlOBfftlM Skirmish Line, The W. R. C. of Massachusetts, ex pended in relief during last year, f5,272. The Department of New York, G. A. R., for the quarter ending Dec. 31,1890, ex­ pended in relief, f12,538. TheW. R. C. convention of Penneyl vania was held Feb. 24 and 25 at Al- toona. Let some anti-pension howler point out a single, instance where taxes are levied or maintained to pay pensions He cannot do it. Dr. Francis T. Drake, one of the oldest citizens of Virginia, and a pensioner of the war of 1812, died at Lynchburg, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 25th. Dr. Drake was 94 years of age. Let the pension bureau clear away the vast accumulation of cases which have been pending all the way from one to 29 yedrs, and the pension outlay wi& once diminished by about $32,000,000 a year. The Union Prisoners of War National Association has inaugurated a move­ ment to secure a memorial hall in the •National Capital to the memory of the Union soldiers who died in rebel prisons. General Joseph E. Johnston, who at tended the Sherman funeral, was also among the mourners at General Grant's funeral, and rode' by the side of General Sherman. He is thirteen years the senior of Sherman, and is yet a well preserved man, mentally and physically. General Sherman was a resident of New York, but he wanted his body to rest in a grave in the West. St. Louis is accused of being "a sleepy old town," but ten to one a beautiful monument will be raised over the grave of Sherman long before that to Grant is completed in New York. Col. Edward Jardine, 9th New York and 17th New York, has been pensioned at the rate of f 100 per month, for the severe wounds he received during the New York draft riots. Col. Jardine's services in quelling these riots have at last been acknowledged by the Government. The Colonel was desperately wounded and is still a cripple. General Jacob Ammen, t>f Lockland, Ohio, is probably the oldest living Gen­ eral of the late war. He was born in Botetourt county, Va., in 1808, enlisted as a private at <k>lumbus, O.; became Colonel of the 24th Ohio, and was pro­ moted Brigadier General for gallant and distinguished services. He is a brother of Admiral Aiumen, of the United States navy. "In Jdne, 1862, on the battlefield of Hanover Courthouse, Va., Capt. W. S McFarlin, 18th Massachusetts, found a blanket marked "To J. M.Toms; sent by his mother, care Capt. Fulton." Capt. McFarliu caused the fact to be published in a Raleigh (N. C.) paper, and in a short time received a letter from J. M. Toms, Rutherfordton, N. C., stating that he was the Confederate soldier who lost the blanket, and would- be happy to again get possession of it as a relic. Capt. Mc­ Farlin also received a letter from .1. W. Gidney, who became Captain of Co. E, 12th N. C., after the battle of Hanover Courthouse, telling that Mr. Toins and mother were still alive. Capt. McFarlin immediately sent the blanket to its former owner." A bill is now pending before the Legis­ lature providing for the construction and maintenance of a Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Hall, in a building to be erected by the directors of the Chicago Public Library on a piece of ground in this city known as Dearborn Park. This bill, was introduced in the Senate by iCoinrade H. H. Thomas, Jan. 27, and in the House by Representative Quinn, Feb. 3, and is the result of an agreement be­ tween the Grand Army Hall and Memo­ rial Association of Illinois and the Chi­ cago Public Library. This bill not only provides for the construction of a Sol­ diers and Sailors Memorial Hall cover­ ing not less than 15,000 square feet of floor surface, which shall commemorate the patriotism and sacrifices of the brave men from this State who took an active part in the late civil war, but it author­ izes the various Grand Army posts of this county to use such hall for the pur­ poses of their organization for the period of fifty years rent free. A second bill has been introduced by Comrade Thomas providing for an increase in the tax levied for library purposes in Chica­ go. The passage of these bills, it is believed, will not only secure for the Grand Army posts of this city a perma­ nent home without any expense to them W^eu§^le jtbem to establish perma^ neat headquarters where comrades from other posts in the State will be Welcome when visiting Chicago." bone and shattered it, passed through his body and came out within an inch of jj his spine between two ribs. , After a des- Ii perate struggle for life he recovered, and i| regained his regiment. At the battle of 3 Monaccasie Creek he was again wounded, the ball entering between the correspond- *' ^ ing ribs on the other side of his spine, and issuing from the same hole that the -1 first ball made in going in the opposite . • \ direction. He was in prison with me later and appeared to suffer no unusual: pain." ~ The case of Sergeant B. F, Cortrigbt, who is now on the Atlantic potice force, was cited as another remarkable in­ stance. Sergeant Curtright was wound­ ed in the right arm, the ball passing through the limb from the front. The muscles were badly lacerated., and when he recovered he found that though he had perfect use of his hand, he could not lift his arm above his head. He was not disabled from using his weapons, how- and * M General Sherman was a singular man in character as in personal appearance. His nature as rugged and angular as his body, his mental energy of decision and stubbornness were equal to his physical hardihood; but though he was austere, sometimes harsh, he was not without kindness, and his thorough devotion to duty and his intense honesty of purpose tempered his severity into soldierly earnestness that all his men respected "He put on no airs"' as an old cam paigner said of him, was simple and frank with private and officer, dealt justly and encouragingly with his sol diers, and though all of them were aware that Uncle Billy had "a devil of a tem­ per," there was not a man in his army but loved him. Though a military strategist he was not a political diplomatist. He could not truckle to men or parties. He would not have surrendered his independence of open opinion or sacrificed his pride and dignity of manhood to have become the ruler of an empire. Had he been self-seeker he might have gained the highest honors of peace as he achieved the greatest honors of war. It was ouly the knowledge among politicians and time-servers that he could not be "manip­ ulated,' that prevented the election of General Sherman to the Presidency, where the people would have rejoiced to see him. No National convention could have been constituted to have nominated him for the chief executive office; yet it is doubtful if there was another man in public life who could have polled a larger popular vote. Sherman would have represented in the administration of National affairs a compromise between the characters of Andrew Jackson and of Abraham Lincoln, for there were many traits of his own character that bore stricking resembleuce to traits in one or the other of these. He was as emphatic as the one and as clear-sighted as the other, and as just as both. New York business men are moving in the matter of errecting an equestrian statue to Gen. Sherman. They have con­ siderable courage to do this in the face of the way New Yorkers have acted with referanceto the Grant monument. But it appears that this movement is mainly among wealthy men who were personal friends and admirers of Gen. Sherman, and they can readily make ap among themselves the relatively small amount-- |35,000--which it is proposed to expend upon the statue. They will make an effort to have the monument dedicated on the anniversary of the death of Gen. Sherman, which will be pretty rapid work. Queer Oanahot Woa&da- Capt. Tip Harrison's office at the cap­ ital is the room where the veterans of the late war are wont to congregate. When several of the old soldiers who bear about them the scars of many battles meet, reminiscences of the great struggle are in order, and some of the stories told are very thrilling. Yesterday the subject un­ der discussion was the remarkable man­ ner in which some men were wounded and recovered and were wounded again. Capt. Tip Harrison is responsible for the following: "Lieut. Muncie of the 61st Georgia Regiment," said Capt. Tip, "was one of the most remarkable men I ever knew. He was a slender, cabaverous-looking man, with apparently no physical strength, yet he lived through what would have killed a dozen ordinary men' and is alive to-day. In the early part ol the war he was shot through and through. The ball struck the breast ever, and returned to his company. Later in the war, at the battle of Win­ chester, he was shot in exactly the same place, except that the ball traversed his arm in the opposite direction. When the inflammation subsided he found, to his surprise, that the stiffness of his mus­ cles had almost entirely disappeared, and he was soon able to use his arm as well a« ever. Lieut. Leath was another man with a remarkable experience. He was leading his men into battle when he received the order to charge. The noise of the guns and the shrieks of the wounded made it necessary for him to give his orders at the top of his voice. He had his mouth wide open, calling out the word "charge" when a sliver from a shell struck him at the cheek. It passed through his mouth without touching a single tooth and came out through the other cheek, leav­ ing on each side of his head a garfi as clean as if cut by a razor. The wound became inflamed, tind Leath, who was at the time near his home, was given leave of absence for two or three days. Whea he rode up to his mother's house his head was tied up with bandages. The old lady rushed out when *1* saw him coming and cried: "Oh, my son, where are you wounded ? " "Right through the head," he replied. His mother, thinking the wound must be fatol, sent for a doctor without wait­ ing for explanations. When the medical mau arrived he found Lentil sitting at the dinner table eating a hearty* uteal* --Atlanta Constit ution^ ^ • ""Set ' " , liS* Sherman Stories. it • r j A . • >' ZmMkii The West Coast is filled -with reminis­ cences of General Sherman. When report went West that he was crazy be­ cause he had declared that it would re­ quire 200,000 or more men to put down the rebellion, one man in California said : "'1 will wager that Sherman's head is more level than the head of any man who thinks him crazy. 1 was on an old steamer once coming up the Coast from Panama. It got on lire one day; the passengers were panic-stricken, and the officers were fast loosing their heads, when a tall passenger sprang up and virtually took command. He ordered the men into line, ordered the ship's buckets to be brought out, got the men passing water as rapidly as it could be drawn on board, delegated &ome picked men to go with axes under charge of the engineers to cut their way into where the Hre was burning; in five minutes he had the whole thing working like a charm, and in twenty minutes had the fire out. Don't any of you ever think that tnaa is crazy. Before this war is over you will hear from him, if I am not deceived, you will hear like h --1 from him, for he is a born commander, and he knows what to do in emergencies when ordinary men do not know on which end they are standing- Ill the early California days there wa* an express company doing business ia California under the name of "Leugdon's Express Company." In San Francisco the company did its banking with "Dun­ can Sherman & Co." Rumors reached San Francisco that the express had failed at headquarters in Downieville; Sherman started up the country to see about it. Reaching Marysville by boat, he at once tried to procure a conveyance and driver to carry him through to the mountain town. Hewnstold that it was impos­ sible ; that a flood was over the whole country; the roads were impassible, the bridges all gone and most of the ferries swept away. / He said "very tall, give me a saddle horse and I will try it alone." He got through, at once sent out an attachment and tied up the insolvent express com­ pany. When the ease came up for heap­ ing he was on hand again, and after a tive days trial won the suit. Heemployed Harry I. Thornton then a young attor­ ney practicing in Downieville to assist him. When the rebellion came on Thornton closed up his affairs in California, went South, and in 1804 was on the staff of General Cleburne in Bragg's or Hood's army. When Sherman was thundering before Atlanta, the Confederate comman­ der one day decided to send a flag of truce to Sherman. Thornton hearing of it asked to go along. The request was granted and Thornton tells the sequel as follows: "When we got where we could see General Grant he was tanding in his tent. The flaps were thrown back revealing a table on which was a map. Sherman was surrounded by his officers and with a stick or pencil was bending over the map gftJtn'uiating and talking rapidly in his usual nervous style. When the flag of truce was announced everything stopped in a mo­ ment. Shermau drew himself up a ad received the officer in com maud--who was an old acquaintdnee--he then intro­ duced to Sherman the others until it came to me, when Sherman said: Stop moment. This is Harry I. Thornton; we tried a suit in Downie, Oal.; it began on the 22nd day of March, and lasted five (lays, and we won. I am gi*d to see you Colonel Thornton, how has it been with you siuce 1 met you 1" andtbfa turned and introduced us to bis officer*, and any who did not know the last*, have seen us,""\XT>uki have wondered why a part of us were dressed iu gray aad th# rest in bfoa." t*. . L. ' t