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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 6 May 1885, p. 1

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I •• r& •:& rr/,^' f.«z «MfcuHi4., I £* ^V<&S m •"' h f ,^:sfeV WOSM <!> ,. V* *~T JJT~ A' I*- J'^*i * iV * * V -# ;• * : : ; -- ^ "Pledged but to Truthyto Llbortjr VOL,-10. - % I - 'Vjffi- • >/ .7-- M'HENRY, ILLINCI .aw; No Favors Win us and no Pear 8hallAwe." >RI*% IDNESDAY, MA.Y 6, 1885. . PablUUod v^-\v Wednesday by i ;*f:jr. VA> NI>YKE ',, «Drro> \Hpcpiriii.MHKiis i£'-e & - 1 ^ J ^ -'ii.t . "-• " i ,*.<'r1ta4>. i! Office4ii Bishop's Block, ,V<;» ** ^V* ' --OPPJ8ITK PBKItV & OWEN'8.-- • K:C': »W- 1fKftMS OP aUBSOftlPTIO*. • ' Jn«! Year (in .vtvaaee) .$1.50 tf Not Paul witljin Three Months....... 2,00 Suhscri ptions- received for three or six liouths in the same itroportion. Vi '-iviy---- 500 10 DO 15 00 SOW 60 OA 100 00 R; Kates of Advertising. "We announce liberal rates for advertising V:ln the Pi,a<ni>ealek, and endeavor to state 111 em so plainlv that they will be readily un- lii-stood. They are as follows^ - I Inch one vear . • » i| Inches one year - •'*-* "* f~ Inches we yes*'- * Col urn if one year - • , » -Column on® year- * .'•••',*• Column one year - ' «' « • One Inch means the meamrement of one •ich down the eolumn, single column width. Yoarly advertiser's, at the alx»ve rates, have the priVitege of chanjjinjc as often as they "imoose, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having Standing cardS) will be entitled to insertion |»| K.CHI notices at the rale of 5 cents per tine Mich week. 411 'others will be charged 10 Mfits per '.ine tho.fi-st week, and.5 cents per line for each subsequent week. > Transient advertisements will be charged St the rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil type, same as this is set in) the tirst issue, and Iccnts per lino for subsequent issues. Th"S, M inch advertisement will cost $1.00 for one Week, $1.50 for two weeks, $2.00 for three . Weeks, and so on. The Plmwdejilbr will be liberal..in givrKg* '-^filltorial notjfreS, but, jvs a business rulfe, it irill rteqftiire a irfitable fee from everybody Seeking the use of its columns for pecuniary gain. i BUSINESS CARDS. a. T. BltOVVN, M. 1). fa VSICIA.VMNP s the Post i+tlWe,- ; |tore mi> st UiKOST. O^Oce 0V«r t« pprrjcjjt Starting tairs, Mollenry. ill, C. H. FEGKRS, M, D- 'l>arsiCt,VX AN'D SlTKiJKO.V, McHenry, ,1. Ills. Office at Residence. O. J. HOWARD, M. D. '.!»RYSlOIA!». AND STTR&EOW, McHenry, •1 •: Ill.'"0/flc£'onejloor Wdsi of (Titzsfmitions ^8 EViinaon'a store,.up Stairs. . • », , j V { BARBIAN ltROS. CIGAR Manufacturers, McIIenry, ill. Or-ders solicited. Shop, li Old McHenry, j^Keiter Block, two doors west , of PtAIN- Aaler Office. P II I The oopular palace hotel of the National 0*pltab'.iO#fVenienMy located an/l accessible - to>U4be djkjteei car^i^eg ofj^ie |}iys. Optm jill ; * ^dfe's^LESr' Propbibtor. iitifcte of the Thousand Island House. AGAIN! Robert Schiessle Having purchased the old stand of jfoMph Wiedemann, R THE DEPOT, Jf -iv : ^ Has opened the same as a first class Salooa'and ' Eestaurafti, .Where he will at all times keep LUc;best v"V~ brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars ; '( to be found in the market. ; • A r., Also Agent For MILWAUKEE LAGER BEER Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al- tys on hand, cheaper than any other, quali- c o n ^ l f t e r e d i . " • . • . f f ' • ; Orders by nldlt |krompCl$r attended t6. ' GOOD STABLWO FOB HOI 49*Call and see us. Robert'Schiessle. enry, 111., Sept. 1st, 1884'. |v ; B M A R C U S ' GERMAN ManufactjUrpil by P. MARC US F.,~T •• TJ: -DE^LJEiR ,IN^ . 1 M U M M , Litfuwte iijip CIGARS. Woodstock, III. Orb# best Tonic m the world. P Fidtand t^uart Bottles. ' #* yfr 9P in f. MARCU81 Patentee. JDONT YOU PORGET IT! ASA W. SMITH, • --or-* •\ .1 v^r,, ' f / F' •' v?> ; Backed by Millions of money offer rou if IKDEMN'ITY against damage by4 Lightning,' Wind Storms, . CYCLONES AND TORNADOKS. Drop me a postal card and I will visit you; iM##!! on me wtd I will write yon a polity, and • waen either or any of these destructive el*> * Ments devastates your property, happy will yon be if you hold one of my policies, for I , will »Ureiy visit you, *nd minister unto you. bo1 wwwke you. * y ASA W. S.KITiT, % Ue*'l iiuucuies Agi BUSINESS CARDS. MA W. 8MITH, Attorney at law ami solicitor in Chancery.--Woodstock, III. JESSE A. BALDWIN, m ATTORNEY AT LAW. Law bueidRm in Every part of the State receives prompt attention. Room 24, 99 Washington St., Chi­ cago, 111. S. F. BENNETT, M. O. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Also United States Examining Surgeon. Klehmond, Illinois. A. 8. CHILDR, M. D., Homeopathic physician"and 8*tb-GEON, West Mcllenrv, III. Qilts promptly attended to, day or liijcht. DR. C. R. WELLS. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Waucondn, 1: LaktCo., III. All calls promptly attend- Bd, day or night. Office on Main St., east of ed Barker's harness chop. MART G. BARBIAN. HAIR WORKER. AH kinds of Hair Work done In tirst class style and at reasonable prices. Rooms s t residence, north­ east cofner of Public Square, McHenry, 111. DR. C. E. WILLIAMS. DENTIST. Residence Dundbe. 'Will be at McHenry, at Parker House, the 10th l)tb 26th and 20 th of each month. When dates occur Saturday or Sunday 1 make my visits on the following Monday,and the first day of such visit occurs on Friday, I will stay but one day. W. J. CUTTERIDGB, Teacher of instrumental music Terms reasonable, and satisfaction guar­ anteed. Rooms at Bfrs. L. A. Clark's, Mc llenrv, III. A. M. CHURCH, Watchmaker and Jeweler NO. 35 FIFTH AVE., Chicago, 111. Special attention given to repairing Fine watch • es and Chronome ters. , WA Full Assortment of Goods in bis line AT THE OLD STAND, JACOB BONSLETT, SALOON AND RESTAURANT, at the Old J stand, apposite Bishop's mill, McHenry, 111. The choicest Wines, Liquors and Cigars to be.found in the county. Warm or cold meals on short notice on application. ~ -GOOD STABLING FOR HORSES. J. PEKOVSKY, CIGAB MANUFACTURER, Wholesale and Retail Dealer. TT ANDLJ53 note but his own make,and will JEl compare his Brands with the best uad4; In the Stale. Store and Manufactory next door to r he Post Office, McHenry, III. [ITS fi INF^ ».«. Trsatlse and $s trial hottlt free to Fit patients, they paytngr .xprvnchareexoKbax when ^•received. S:nd names, r.O.an4npras* addrew af IB afflicted to Dr. KUNBam Arch StTptiiladatatiia.Pa. CssOnvttitts. BE yVAXM QT UUTATUiG FMAUDS. ^STOPPED FREE Mamitus ntecttt. . Insane Psrsora Rsttorsd iDr.KLIKBSOKSAT NerveRestorer for all BR All* Jt N»V> DlSBASBS. Only turt cure for Nrrvt Affictitns, Fits, BMlrisy, tie. lUrtli.iDLS if taken at dtnettd. Ai fmt a/ttr WM. H COWLIN [ICOCIUOS W&H. CLOTlItKB] 0. S.fARCLilI S(M(fri AND ATTORNEY. ALSO NOTARY PUBLiC. Prosecutes pension or. any other claims igain«t the government, relating to the late, or former wats. Complicated cases and re­ jected claims made a specialty. If stamps are enclosed for reply, all communication* Will be promptly answered. Office at Eeaidence, MAD 80H ST., WOODSTOCK. ILL # References by permission as regards char- aeter, business ability, reliability, Ac., Ac : Gen. John A. Logan, U S. Senator, Chicago, Illinois. Gen. J.C. Smith, StMplrreasurer of Illinois. Hon. R Kllwood, M. C? 5th IlL Dist., Syc. amore. III. Hon. John C. Sherwin. ex-M. C. 5th III. Dist., Aurora, III Hon. A. M. Jones, U. S. Marshal, Chicago, III Col. Jas. A. Sexton, Pres. Union (Veteran Club. Chicago, III. J esse A. Baldwin, Ass't U. 8. Attorney, Chi- cago, 111. MessVs. Selz, Schwab A Co., Wholesale Boot and Shoe Dealers. Chicago, IlL Also hundreds of county and hone referen­ ce*. mi Dime, PUMP-REPAIRING, fCEMENTIVC, ETC. undersigned is prepared to do all jobs In the line of Digging Wells, Repairing > Pumpi, Cementing Wells, or will put in New Pumps On short notice and warrant satisfaction. In short will do all work in tins line. Can furnish you a new Pump, eitner woo I or iron, warranted, as cheap as any other man. Good references furnished if desired. If you want a Well Dug, a l'uinp Repaired era new Pump, give me a call. XVOrdeis by mail promptly ,attended^to. Post Vttod, Jolinsbiirgii, 111. L. BAN TES. Johnsburgh, lll., May]25th, 1884. ' >|E5vV S"A&lr- HE. WIGIITMAN, Proprietor. First class rigs, with or without drivers furnished at reasonable rates. Tean\iug ot IL." Tiioroughlv taught by practical stenograph­ ers in JRowe'll & Hlckcox' Correspondence CI^bs of PhOnogrAphy. Tuition f5 a term (12 lessons) two tonns in the full course, The most popular, the largest, the oldest, irott re­ liable class of shorthand In existence. Through it hundreds have acquired a thor. ough knowledge of Phouography. Write for particulars and ciiculavs. BOWELL & RICKC X, Boston Mats American agents for Isaac Pitman's Phono­ graphic Book's, and dealers in all Shorthand Bookt and supplies. The American Shorthand Writer. (FOUKTB YBAB.) "thtt Cheapest 8hortHan«l Journal iri the United States. Each number contains file-simile reporting notes of eminent stenographers in the various -systems of Isaac and Ben Pitman, Graham, Munsoii, Takgrafr, etc^ and all the news in­ teresting to the profession. Contributed to by leading stenographers. 8CBSOIPTION SI.OO A TKAR. Single Numbers, 15 Cents. Row ELL & Hickcox, Boston, Mass. DO YOU KNOW THAT • . Plug Tobacco, With Bed Tin Tag; Rose Leaf Fine Ont Chew ing; Navy Clippings, and Black, Brown and Yellow Snuffs ure the best and the cboieesC quality considered. • Attention Horsemen! 1 would call the aitentfion of the public to my Stable of Stock; Horses, four in number: two Morgans, one 3-4 Percheron, and one Imported Horse. They are all good representatives of their breed. Also a few Merino Sheep i.» r sale. The public are cordially invited to call and examine stock, get prices, etc. No business done on Suiiddy. N, S. Colby. 10-7-tf MCHBNRY, ILL v Culver House, ; •f , RICHMOND. ILL. C. 5t. CBLVER, - -- PboprM& HAVINJ recently purchased the above House, I have pnt it in thorough repair, with fnew furniture throughout, and would respectfullv invite the patronage of the trav. eflng public and others. The tables will al­ ways lie provided with the best that can be procured, and polite and attentive waiters will be in readiness at all times to attend to the wants of guests. No pains will be spared to make this a First Class House. Large and commodious barns on the premises. Free Omnibus to and from ail trains. Sample Rooms on first floor. J. P. SMITH, McHenry, - Illinois. H viug moved into my new store, one door Kastof Mrs. Searles' Millinery Store I am . n'«w prepared to show to the buying public as line a stock of Hatches, Clocks, Jewelry. Silver and Plated Ware, As be found in the county, which I4offer it prices thai cannot be beat. The finest line of Jjlnger Ring's aver seen In this section. Alio Agent for lae P tpular Is* Home Sewing llachini. A Fine Stock of CHOICE CONFECTIONERY, AND CIGABS. Aiwavs on hand. •T'Oall In.examine goods an l !<iarn prices. Remember I will not be un »«r#old, quality of goods considered. J. P. SMITH. McHenry* HUJOct. 13, l&M. C. BUniTT, ItREKDER OF Littfit FOWLS RICHMOND, ILL. (FIRST REHIOM 4T HCHElHtT COtJNTT fill.) Me fowls are of the celebrated DITKB OF YORK strain, remarkable for their great size and laying qualities. I can show a trio of last season's chicks weighing SI pounds. Bggs, per setting of thirteen. #1.60, delivered to 'purchases' in* Richmond* Shipped, securely p a c k e d , £ 1 . 0 0 . _ , . , JTOBJCHT C. BEJSNBT1• - - • •• ;•••••; • ' . • SALOON and RESTAURANT Buck's Old Stand, JMCHENRY, ILLINOIS. Fine Kentucky Liquors, French Bitters, UcHemy Lager Bee% Phil. Best's Milwaukee Beer By the Bottle or Case. We buy none but the best and sell at Reasonable Prices. Call and see me and I will use you well. r; ANTONY ENGELi. McHenry, 111., 1884. • >• MI'V. IF <vC SI The POIjI< securely wi United Sta e«| . ^01 Liberal dis agents and oinl Address all " Weeks. BTTE will be mailed, » any ailrtress In the months on receipt of El «T i AB. Illowed to postmasters, liple copies mailed tree U0EA1DK FOX, I SQUAWK, New York. HI O SAVE Apts VanM For '-History, Bomanee and Philosophy of Great American Crimes and Criminals." The most startling book ot recent years. Biographical, Pictorial, 161 Superb Engravings witn personal Portraits of the Celebrated Criminals. 05.9 Royal Octave pages. Low retail price, « 50. It is a work of art as well as of thrilling historic interest. Is bound to produce a profound impression. Agents sell it by the tnou sands. A grand chance for canvassers. Send (or particulars and tic convinced that this is _ the most salnble and profitable book published; or, to save time, send 75 cents at once for c tnvassing Book and state your choice of townships. Address S.U, Thompson A Co., Publishers, St. Louis, Mo. or «e* York City. *w Aneots Wantei Men Wanted. To sell our Nursery products, on salarjr ftM expenses paid by us, oi, if preferred, on com mission. Work every month in the year tor energetic and reliable men. Business easily learned. Wages liberal. Terms and outfit free. Address, stating age and inclosing stamp, u S> ft CHASEJk SP.T. (The Chase Nurseries.) Geneva! 1 Thpi u d i |||f Mtl Hei Wi I0BBB1 Of all kinds. Or money re Waucon<la, Ks alng to the well-known INT TAIU Maiman. •nda, ealer la-- lira coiasTic TH&-- . ler you a suit of. clethes Rttingandatl ed. an H. Malman. , 1885. Smottrs Call For ,E TAQ, 5.caw|r SRBA roar CIQAB. ' E R T A G , Or 3#or a Quarter Cigar. TAO, OH IO.CjUw STRAIGHT CIO Alt. The Finest Goods Ever Offered jFO'i SALE BY Flr«ft*Cla38 Dealers. RETAILERS ATTENTION. We advert!s#Sfee above l;rands in the lead ing St. I.opisMilallies, and your name will ap pear among ttaMst of agencies once a weqk for 60 days froi| date of last purchase. <vun first order wei 3 neat and ^pretty signs. We have on^iprtce for these goods from which there iHkndeviation, nanielv: Ni<>kle Tag, *35.00; SflK-Tag, I«0l00; Gold Tag, *70.00 per 1000. carry the most extensive line of DomoMfe Key West, an<l Imported Ciorars in the^MMry,'at bottom prices. Sample ordqMBpeited. Goods guaranteed. Address. SBKLj „ TAriMmfltSt-Vnifc *0 H. P. i,., . IBLEYfS 0*TE8TED*A oEEDo Teitiakltt Flower sMI field ottlld DIAHTC bulbs. FLORiMT?bs(fir. rJLRIilO P1IW and IMPI.HWKNTS ••all kinds, mailed FKBB on applleatlea HIRAM SIBLEY & CO. ROCHESTER, N. Y. CHICAGO, IU. ,822-326 E. Main St. 200-206 Randolph St W I I V S L O W ' S ^'Vineyard" Roller Skates. For the best, most durable and easiest run­ ning Roller .-skates get the -'VINEYARD." t*l the principal Rinks are using the ViNEYAlll)" Roller. Put up in a11 Clamp, Half Clamp and strapped Complete. The demand for these skates is so great that they arc kept in stock by all principal har I* ware dealers throughout the country. Manufactured by the Inventor and'Patentee SAMUEL WINSLOW, WORCESTER, MASS. FOB SAR5MHS DT For Coal and Wood CALL ON E. M. HOWE Opposite Bishop's Mill, dTho has a completejline of the best stoves in the market, as well as a large stock of ' Hardware, Mechanic's Tools, TIN, COPPER & SHEET IRON WARE, And, Mnffact, everything In the hardware stove and tin lino. r - HE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD. (Mil at his store before buying elsewhere lobbing and repairing promptly attended to •SfReineinber, extra good Bargains can al­ ways be obtaineid at Howe**. McHenry, Dec. 1, 1883. Importanl to RupturedPersons The Excelsior Itypture Cure M'f'g Co., of Ogdensimrg, fi. Y.. guarantee to cure any case of reducible Herria with their Remedies. Tiik Rupture Plaster and Healing Com roiTND. This treatment is endersed by our best Doctors', Diuggists, and the general public. Sebd Sets for free Ixfolr on Rupture or ask your druggist for the Remedy- Written for the Plalnd&iler. »• t; ^ DKKWKK'8 OROLLSKIU, w- " "•* ' No. IS. BT L. U D., ST. LOUIS. MO. HER 8MILK. • VjS IJke parting clouds ot ruby hue,, * *:*t He* lips dl.closed a dazsling vie#^»^£ Pure pearly teeth, like ceral isles. ' Lay basking in a sea ot smiles! ! THEY SAY. * They say, my man, you go to prayer, Anil sing in church when daylight sets Until the sounds pollute tnc air, And scare the women into fits. . A DARK TALK. \ X il **are there are many who pro­ fess to sneer at ghostly apparitions a$ the offsprings of a diseased imagination or an overwrought brain. 1 say profess .to sneer, because I think they are as liable to tliesa visitations a* many oth­ ers, and would unavoidably believe In their reality should they experience all that I have seen. Even the boldest man Is needlessly a coward in tlii presence of a specter, and a horror is Imparted to him that chills his life current* and seemingly paralyses all power of speech or movement, It is a wlerd and terrible sensation, one I hope never to again realize. Sever*! years ago I was sojourning In the trim little village or Lachance. I frequently rambled at will among the dark woods surrounding the town, and delighted to wander along the banks of the rushing Umber, a turbulent stream, whose source lay f^r up In the mountains. Once, 1 lingered far Into the night, and wandered further up the stream than was my u*ual wont. High banks, and tall, wavy trees threw deep black shadows over the noisy waters, except where occasionally the moon glimmered brightly between the foli­ age. Suddenly my eyes descried a marble toomb-like structure, its white sid*? showing plainly in the night. I proceeded slowly to Its heavy, sculp- tured door, and saw between a Assure a dim light Issuing from within. Much I wondered who could dwell In this -strange abode,and I knocked loudly for admittance. No sound was heard save that I fancied I heard a ghost. Again 1 knocked, bnt receiving no answier 1 made bold to push the door ajar and onter. No lamp or taper was burning within, but an unearthly light made objects vividly distinct. And what I saw by its pallid lustre mads the blood run 'chill to my heart. On th« hard earth floor lay the bleeding corpse of a ran** huge MBh across his throat, and HMjftlhlng ipfoMl and rent. His cold Mn^swereiHlTicbecl. atid lift sightless tlassy orbs 8<-<>med to look fearfully In to my own. With an exclamation o( horror, I was about to retrace my steps winen the he«vy door was silently clos­ ed by what or by whom I-knew not, and the dim light faded and left me in inky darkness, alone with rhe murder* ed man! The door resisted my mad and frantic efforts to open it, and f iliri»k« ] loudly for help. But my voice seemed suddenly lost, for a chill hand was laid upon me, a cold breath fanne I my alieek. I could not speak for very terror, and It seemed as If my tremb­ ling limbs could no longer support me* A voice whose accents haunt me still* spoke from out the darkness. It said: *1 am the spirit of the murdered mau! I was dccoyed here, robbed, aud mur­ dered by pitiless villains! Seek out the murderers or dread my direst curse! Tou will know the wretches do you but even glance at thtir faces. The wlerd spirits of the woods now come wlili leaves to hide tlie corpse from the preying wolf, and buzzard! Fall not. Now--farewell!*' As the voice ceased the door reopened as silently as It had closed, and I staggered out and fell senseless upon the grass. When I rega ned consciousness a clammy sw«at ktood out upon my brow, and my hands were cold and numb. " The light was again shilling from within the tomb. As I was about to arise and depart, the heavy door «wung open and pale faced, misty spirits came trooping out. sing ing a <ad, wild funeral dirge. Each spirit gathered a quantity of leaves aud disappeared within the mystic ^rault. As I gazed the tomb seetnnd to sink aud disappear, leaving long rank looking grass In its place. I returned home exhausted by all I had undergone. I knew I had not been droaming, and nights was often haunt­ ed by theughts of the murdered mau "He »aid I would know them did I but glance at their faces," I found myself vaguely repeating one autumn night. I formed the resolution to start out at once and visit the lowest b«unts of crime and drunkenness In hopes of finding the guilty faces of those whom 1 sought. As I opened the garden gate twi) men walked rapidly by me, and almost without motive I commenced silently following tliern. A secret spirit within me seemed to prompt me to do so. They walked on and on until they came to an old deserted house on the outskirts of the village--a wild, lonely spot. They entered and soon a light siione from between a long crack in one of the decaying boards that rattled loosely by the wind. Eagerly I knelt upon tli6 ground «nd peered within. The moment I saw the faces of the men my wliok frame quivered with excitement. 1 knew not why, but I was certain they were the murderers. They held a bag between them, and emptied its contents out upon an old rickety table. It was gold, and the shining pile reflected the light of the battered lantern* The taller <>f the two men commenced dividing tbo money, but evidently in a way not satisfactory to the other, for soon they were fierce* ly disputing. From word* they came to blows, and, from blows to deadly strife. Each drew a long,flashing knife and rushed furiously to the combat Blows woro given aud parried. For a time It seemed both must inevitably be killed. But finally the taller man received a thrust which sent him, dy­ ing, to the floor, and the victor, placing his knee oo the breatt of his victim, gashed hit throat as had boon that of the murdered manV The murJerer seized the fold, replaced it In the bag, and hastily opened the do r to escape from the scene of hiscrimo. I fortu­ nately- had placed my hand on a huge thick stick, as I knelt down to look within the hovet, and my presence be­ ing unknown, I succeeded in dealing him a blow which sent him senseless to the earth. Disarming him of bis long bright knife, I bound his wrists tightly with my strong Uneu handkerchief and called loudly for help, and 6oon the criminal was turned to the stern law. Several weeks,after he was hung, and his body buried among the nameless graves of the paupers. On the night of the day or his execution I was sit­ ting reading in my study. It was In November, and the wind without shrieked madly around the gables of the house, and sighed mournfully among the barren branches of the'trees The sky was cloudy, and the night heavy and dark. The grate-fire's warm Ing glow was p|easant. As I read, the page on which my gaze was fixed com­ menced slowly to turn a blood red color! The book dropped from my nerveless grasp, and 1 looked up with a sickening fear. I was startled to see a human form, and it required no sec­ ond glance to assure me It was that of the murdered man. I could eveu see the crimson gash In bis throat. The doors were locked, the windows fast­ ened and I knew ho was hone other than a visitant froht the dead, In hol­ low tones he spoke; said ho: "You have done as 1 have bidden, and I have no further claim upon you. My mur­ derers are punished, and lie In dishon­ ored graves. Bnt I will amply reward your services. Beneath the oak whose stilly shade yon so often court, near tho banks of Umber, you will find buried gold which I placed there years ago for safety. I with you to possess it for your own. You will nevor see m« more," As be ceased speaking his form melted into air, and I was alone. I weut to the aged tree, and found in the earth a large bag containing the treasure of which the murdered man had spoken, But It was ill counter­ feit! Lovell. • Grant and Sherman, General Adam Badeau in hti article on Uenerrl Grant in the Century for May brings out some new points as to Grant's relations to his Generals. Be says: Grant's friendship for Sherman all the world knows. It had, however, two great exemplifications which should not be omitted from the por­ traiture. When Sherman had finished his march to the sea, and had come out successful in'Savannah, the country of course rang with plaudits. Grant had been sitting quietly before Richmond for months and apparently had accom­ plished nothing, while his groat sub­ ordinate had net only capture-.] Atlanta but had absolutely marched through the Confederacy. It was at once pro­ posed to raise Sherman to the same rank with Graut, and make him capa­ ble of supreme command. Sherman heard of this and promptly wrote to Grant: "I have written to John Sher roan to stop it, I would rxther have you in command than any other one e l s e . • • • • • • • • • * • I should emphatically decline any ctmmlslon calculated to bring u* into rivalry." To this Grant replied: '"No one would be more pleased at your ad­ vancement than I, and if you should be placed in my podtion and I put up subordinate. It would not change our relations In the least. I would make the same exertions to support yon that you have dene to support me, and I would do all in my power to muke our cause win." These were not mere pro­ fessions On either side. 7'bey were pledged in the view of possible con­ tingencies. And they would-bave been fulfilled. There were many during the war and afterward who declared and be­ lieved that Sherman thought himself the superior of Grant, and that he should have come out foremost; who represented many of his actions as prompted to rivalry and jealousy; but it was impossible to shake Grants confi­ dence In his friend. I never saw him so angry as when I showed him Stan- ten's denunciation of tlie terms of peace that Sherman had granted Johnston. He declared that it was Minfameas'* to impute any but patrlo tic motives to a man who had served his country as Sherman bad. And al­ though he was empowered, and In fact ordered, to proceed to Sherman's army and *ldlrect In persou the operations against the enemy," he scrupulously refrained from assuming persona] com­ mand. He might, under hia orders have received the surrender of John- stou as veil a« of Lee, anaU&lng the laurels that his friend had fairly earned ;but the enemy did not know of hfe Arrival until signed, and Grant ington without _ army, and without Bis pi been generally known eten man's command. This friendship did i|, war. Shortly before tion as President, whU* General-in-chief. Mr. , Speaker of the House tlves, proposed to Gra^t I tion should be tntri houses of Congress of absence for four could resume his position t* at the close of his Presidency. rank of General, it was said, had created for him, and he ahoulll called on to relinquish the emoluments bestowed for be »u3e in order to serve thf he had accepted even a hi] tion. which could only Ust four year*. The offer was made in th* name of • large majority of both houses; Grant declined psremtorlly. said he could not sleep at night if felt that he had deprived Sherman and others of the promotion they had earned as fairly hs he oontd be said to have Reserved his own* His refusal was final, and tho resolution was not proposed. He formed a similar frlondshfp for Sheridan, but this began late In war, and has gone on rlpeiiing si His admiration for the present eral-ln-chlef Is equally outspoken and generous, and he thinks and saye to*- day that Sheridan is the peer of any soldier living. McPlierson also was a dear friendi Rawlins lie *vas warmly attached; with all his immediate subordti lived on terms of c»mparatlve*1!ntt macy, and with some of personal friendship. He had the faculty |a * large degree, which nearly or'lf^p||i lit great commanders posses, of attaching those brought closily about him. HI*, personal stall were, without exception, devoted to him; any one of tr would have risked his life for his had lie known he must share the of Des-ilx when he sacrificed himself for Napoleon. In the last year of tho war they organized a systemr Point by which one sat up on him every night to watch of the enemy; for there bad vices of dynamitic character tempts not only to assassinate prominen'. Oflloe*». That camp life at City iPoint never be forgotteo by those who shared it, living in summer In groups of tents in winter in rude huts, of which tbo Commander-in-chief's was larger, but in no other respect better than th%t of tiie humblest captain of the stall. He shared hia table with all his aids- de-camp, snd at night he always joined tlie circle around the camp-fire, and toKl his stories or conversed about old comrade's, and discussed the chances of Sherman on tils march, or of SbMttldan in the valley, or of Thomas in Nash­ ville, or of Butler at Fort Fisher. Bnt with all this familiarity he pre««ped exactly the degreejftf reticence that lie Intended. He never betrayed What he meant should bo kept secret, and though willl .g to listen to suggestion* as to movements or plans, he. made no remark In reply. In the mld<Bi ®f conversation he would leave the circle, enter his tent, write a telegram with­ out consulting any one, and returning say: "I have ordered Thomas to fight to-morrow," or, *'I have senfr another division to Sheridan.** Thus ho gave his orders for the last assault on Piters butg; thus, too. in spite or urgent en­ deavors on the part of Rawlins and others to change the plan, be wrote the final permission to Sherman to stsrt for the ses. For all his great determination* were his own, he was never averse to availing himself ot the idea* of others; and, as I must always repeat^ no man ever learned the lesson of experience quicker, or applied it more ab*oMlle)y. But the suggestions of others wore presented slmr>ly, and either accepted or rejected as his judgment dictated: he was never persuaded.. And if he took up an idea that he found, it wa* so developed by bis own mind tkit It became as original in reality as if ho had conceived the germ. Every who might be called an associate this. Sherman resented tlie ascrip to himself of the orlgtn ot the Tick** burg campaign, and has often told tho story of his objection to the move moot with loyal aud splendid magnanimity. Mrs. Disbrow, Lamberville, Hunter* don, Cfe. N. J^ desires the present.ad­ dress of the surgeon who served on board the U. S. Steamer Montgomery in the year 1864-*65. Jeremiah Haywood, a soldier at tho. Dayton Home, recently contgslttedsnl* cide by hanging. He was 56 years old at the time of his death, and formerly was a member of the 17th Illinois..'-In* fantry, Joseph Bickwell. a member of tfeau Post at Portage, Wis., hadm. shot taken from the joint of tiie other day. This shot w«n* breast in February, 1865. at A pbla, Ark., and for twei ty years been carried *• • souvenir of that skirimisb. •

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