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PUBUIRIB Krnr «rsD»smri Jrr V A N S L Y I t i l KOITQ.R A.HO PaOPRlBTOR. --Qrroarr* Pnaar * Oirwl tkhv* or saswRi PTioar. T#iji» te*r (In AtTaaoo) *••!•§!! ffKotPaiil within Three Months...... *. 9QMcrlptiottn receive! for APM or Mix n#»tbb iu trie tamo proportion. k Kates of Advertising. ."'We announce liberal rates tor advertising tn the PLA.iNr»RALBit, and endeavor to state tliem so plainly that they will be readily nn- Jtyniood. They »W *• follows: -' 1 Inch one year - • ' *• V ' ®® S Inches one year <• • HtHla."!? B I n c h e s o n e y e a s • - . . r | ® If Oolumn one yea®./-.. • »<• ? \ i-T )f Oolutnn ene ye»ir. - », * •" rf „ 60 00 Column one year - 1L\ * * ^ -. 100 00 •ne inch mean? t^e of one itek dawn the column,single column width. Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have the privilege of changing as often as thoy eheeee, without extra charge, Bagalar advertisers (meaning those having standing cards) will he entitled to insertion ef local notices at the rate of 5 cents per line each week. All others will be charged 10 cents per !ine the first week, and 5 cents per llae f*r eaoh subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of 10 cents pe line, fnonpareil ype, same as this ia set in) the first issue, and Mat* per line for subsequent issues. Thv.s, an inch advertisement will cost $1.00 for one week, 11.50 for two weeks, #8.00 for three wewks, and so on. The PLAiNDRAMnt will be liberal in giving editorial notices, but, as a business rnlo, it will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use of Us columns for pecuniary gain. BUSINESS CARDS. raff O. H. FEGEB8, M. D- TSIOiAJT aXD SUaaEOH, McHenry, OflFce at Residence. - O. J. HOW A ED, ML D. OttrMOIAN AND STTRGEOST, McHenry, 1 111. Office at Residence, one door west tf M. K. Ohurch. WK. O^BOB^E, M. t». PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON QI«W at Hosidence, West McHenry* III. Galls piomp.ly attended to day and night. BAKBIAN BROS. CIGAR Manufacturers, McHenry, 111. Or­ders solicited. Shop, la Old McHenry, in Keiter Block,, third door west of Rivereide House. Livery Stable. Hs. WIGHTMAH, Propnlior. first • class rigs, with or without drivers tarnished at reasonable rates- Xei>m,),ng <M all kinds done «t abort notlee. 1. SCUIBSSLE, NEAR THE DEPOT, #EST MoHENRY, ILL Keeps open for the acoommodatlon of the' Public a First-Class ~ Saloon and Restaurant, Where be will at all times keep the beet hraads of Wines, Liquors andOlgare bo found In too mftrpM^ '"vr" „ JJ«O Agent For FRANZ FALK'S MILWAUKEE LAGER BIER. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al­ ways en hand, cheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. Orders by mail promptly attended to. GOOD ^TABLING FOR HORSES. ' fr™> and see HS. Robert 8ohi©#®ie. • West McHenry, IlL - A. Englen's SALOON AND RESTAUR iNT. MoHENRY, ILLINOIS. t , . PAUL'TRROWN, A TTORNKT AT L AW. IT. S. Express Co.'i iV Building, *7 and 89 Washington St.- ' CHICAGO, ILL. " M. F. ELLSWORTH. • 1 AWORJTBT at T.aw, and Solicitor m Chn eery, Kunda, 111. ASA W SMITH, ATTORNEY AT law and Solicitor ia Chancery;--Woodstock, IH, JOSLY5T ft C1SEY, ATTOBWKTS AT LAW, Woodstock III. All business will receive prompt atten tlOn. Ci P. Hornet ; i 3;.j D. T. Smiley. B.1HS1E} 'i StttLKY, ATTORNEYS. Bnilcltnrs and Counselors. ollecttons a specialty. * -WOODSTOCK, lLtlHOrl. V. a LUMLEY. ATTORSTEY AT LAW, and flalleltorl la XX Chanoerv, WOODS TOOK, iILL, Office in Park House, first floor. A. M. CHURCH, Watchmaker and Jeweler NO. One HundredTwenty-Five State St Chi­cago, 111. Special attention given to re­ pairing Fine watches and Chronometers. WAFull Assortment of Goods ia bis line Men States far Claim Apcy OF WM- H- COWLIN, Woodstock, • llliolos. Prosecutes all class as and kinds of claims against the United States tor ex-Soldiers, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made in prosecuting old and rejected ciaims. All communications promptly answered if Postage Stamps are enclosed for reply. WM, H. CO WLi y Office at Resldenee, Madison St., Woods toe*, Illinois. Attention Horsemen! MOHENRT, III., April 1st, 18%, T would respectfully invite the Public to Mil and examine ai 7 stock of Horses before making arrangements elsewhere. No busl. necs dene on Sunday. N. ft COLBY V'HKTKT ILL Livery, Boarflinc aid Sale Stable. Ai Parker House Barn. FIRST CLASS RIGS, with or without Drivers, Furnished at Reasonable Rates. Bus and Hacks run U« and fr >ra ail Trains.-- Orders for Baggage Promptly Attended to. West McHenry, III. Fins Kentucky Liquors, French Bitters, McHenry Lager Beer, Quintette Orchestra, Mo HENRY, ILL- Are prepared| to furuish First Clans MuM* to the Dancing Public at Reasonable; Rates. J, Smith, 1st Violin. Robt. Madden. Clarionet, C, Curtis, Cornet. L, O^en, Trombone, K. Ingalls, Basso and Prompter, Address all communications to Jerry Smith, McHenry. SI for 13 Weeks. The POLICE GAZETTE will be mailed, securely wrapped, to any address in the United stales for three months on receipt of ONE DOLLAR. Liberal discount allowed to postmasters agents and clubs. Sample copies mailed free Address all orders to BICHABD K. FOX, FBANKLIN SQUARE, New York ATTENTION! Farmers and Dairymen. It will pay those looking for CHOICE COWS Fresh milkers or springers, to call at nry premises before purchasing. I can furnish such by the car load or single cow. PORTER H. WOLFRUM, CHEMUKQ. Farm about four miles northwest of Harvard, Illinois. JOHN P: SMITH, Watchmaker & Jeweler, MCHENRY. ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew-elry always on hand. Special attention given to repairing flue watohes. Give me a call. JOHN P- SMfTH. c. a. ANDREWS; GENERAL SPRING GROVE ILL. =! --AND- L Scblitz lilvaiikee Bottle Beer,; Ia any quantity from a Suitz Glass to CO barrels. AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL Beer in bottles, kegs or case as cheap as th« cheapest. We buy none but the test * Mkl at Reasonable Prices. Call and see me and I will use f«u well. , < ANTONY ENGE^N.. ? Jfeaanrr, IU» 1988. Sales ot Stock, Farming Tools and Goods of all kinds attended to on the most B1AS0UABLE TERMS. C. C. Andrews, Spring Grove* II1 dpriaff JTOTI, Sept 3th, 1885. H-il-8a> H. Prilctioal Painter AND DECOllATBR. HEiROS, ILL. Decorating, Paper-Hanging, CAJLCIMINim% QRAININQ. «*« OeM on short notice and satisfaction guaraa- ' teed.- Oall on or address, H. FISH. ',--1 Phoenix of Brooklyn, National of Hartford. Fir<», *n i T>rnii"> I«i!»urnncc placed Srtfelv awl with despatch in eirherof altove cut»|)anies. Policies cor.ecte>l, changes and transfers uiaile. Call on or address Simon Stoffel. ® linois* HEW YORK HOUSE. 239 tc 243 E Randolph SL ^ Between Franklin aiid . Market Streets, •i"U' ^ CHICAGO. Bert Accommodation to 'lYavtlert and Boarder*, E. G. K0EPPE. Prop. MM PEE DAY. WOOD SAMPLE ROOM. J. M. CILLILAND, --Dealei in alUKirid* of-- HABO WOOD LUMBBB, EITHER BY CAR LOAD'OR RETAtl*. 870 SOUTk WATER CHICAGO, ILLHTOIS. SQUARE TIMBER A SPECIALTY. WESTERN LANDS. J. O Mi-Gresror & Co., of; Elgin,!'I lllnels, have folr sale in the Great Pipastone Co , Minn. 60.000 Aorea ef Land. Which they offer at l,ow Prices and Easy rerms. See bills giving date of our next Excursion, and for full pntttculars apply to J. VAN 8LYKE. McHenry, ItU Pomp Hspais!a|, CEMENTING, ETC. The undersigned ia pi-epp.v^i t^ 'to all iobs in the line of Digging Wells. Repairing Pumps, Cementing Wells, or vill put in XTew Pumps On abort notice and warrant satisfaction. Ia. Short will do all work in this line. Can furnish you a new Pump, either wood or iron, warranted, as cheap as any other man. Good references furnished if deaired. If you want a Well Dug, a Pump lie paired or a new Pump, give me a call. OTOrders by mail promptly attended to. £0#tOJBce, Johnsburgn, 111. And Accidental! Insurance. . Iowa. Minnesota, Nebraska, Alabama, aad California I.auoa, Call 09 or address WM.S-PClrFEI,, McRcnry, til. McHENrtY HOUSE, McHeitl^'i Illinois. JOHN THELEN, ' - PropfletoTe. ,:- »."" r£S'-A-fJ " •? % *'*, i This House is situated near the Iron Bridge and opposite iho stcamboat Landing, has been newly rtfiSovatc! ana painted, inside and onti and is now prepared to . accommodate the traveling public, or boarders. In- <lav week, on the most . reasonable terms, < and guacautee to five satisfaction, ; The public is In. vited to give me a tail. GOOD Sf ABLIRS FOR HORSES L. BANTES. Jolinsburgh, 111., May 25th, IMS. •BREEDEK3 OF- MORGAN HORSES. Short Horn, Bad Polled Aofu, And Jerse7 Cattle. West McHenry, III. Oar Morgan Stock Is all pure bred, and originated from the best Morgan sto ;k in the United States. Old Gifford Moifan, who stands at the head jf our Stock, is one of the best bred Morgan horses in the country, and can show more and 'letter all purpose colts than any other horie the West. We Invite the Inspection of our stock bv h>rsetnen and all lovers of fin* animals, A lew full blood Morgan Colts and young torses for sale. Also one matched team, full ilood . In Cattle we have the full blood Short Horn viiich we are crossing with the Ked Polled &ngusand therefore instead of sawing off the lorns we are breeding them off and with food success. A few HeiferB and Bulls, both pure bred 'Short Horns and the cross above mentioned for J. R. Sayior A Sons. Wast McHanrv. III.. Feb, 27th. 1RP8. vhs CHICAGO H8RTH- " WESTERN WW RAILWAY. .: ^ #ain«tr«t«« tlie Centers 9ft. Popul«|tton In , im, hwa, t fisconsil • licliiiB, : ,' 1 Minnesota, 11 Dalota, Hetraska |&d Wyoming. Itatrain service is carefully arranged to meet requirements of local travel, as well as to furnish the most attractive routes for through travel between important Trade Centres. Its equipment of and parlor cars, din- big and place sleeping cars is without rival.- Its road-bed is perfeetion. of stone ballast­ ed steel. The North western I" tkv i".» vori te route for *he onmmercial UavWBIIthe «eufMt^*u<l the •eekers after new homes In the golden Northwest. ^Detailed information cheerfully furnished BERKARD BUSS. Agent, >McHenryt III- r. WHITMAN, (mi. Manager. ^ H. a WICKER... Traffic Manager. A P. WILSON, jOmmral JPattenger Agent. • I 5 I E C o . IM». ©70lt'- Record, 2:26. Will be limited to Twentvt Mares f>>r the spring season. He has left the best Colts ever raised in this county. CEO. W. OWEN, Prop. MeHbnry. February '5th, 1889. IA A \TC ®*ADE FARM LAND AND .HIEHsfiit torrowei'i . J. W. RAN8TEAD, Borden Blk, Elgin, III. L W. NICHOLS; JR. WatcH«- //K JEWELER AND IN&RATER, RICHMOND ILLINOIS. Alltrotk In mv line neatly and promptly done. Fine watch repairing a Specialty. ly WM. H. CO> -WOODSTOCK. -- ^ " Tb cnr« for him »oho ha* borne the battle, and far his itHUotv <tnd orphans."-- LINCOLN. "tt-iendihip. Charity. Loyally-- Worthy tons of Patriot'Blather*." C A. R, Directory. M'HBNHT POUT WO. 641 Meets the First and Third SatiirdltT eveninga ot each mouth. U E. Com. WOODSTOCK POST, KO 108. Meets llrst and third Mondav evenings of eaefc aonut. W. HS MOMBOK, Com. : HCWDA POST, KO 23B, . Meets the second and fourth iTulMi| evenings of eaoh month. M- F. ELLSWORTH, Com. HARVARD POST, WO 265. Meets the second ana rourtn Monday even ings ot eaoh month. 0. W. ONTbANK, Con. M ARKNQO POST, NO. 169, Meets every Second and Jtoarth Friday evenings of each month. E. it MORBIS, Com. WAUOONDA POST, NO. 368. Post meets everv second and fourth Satur­ day evening In Q.'A. K. Hall, Main St. ARTHUR COOKB. Com, F°^ . consumpT1 it has permanently cured THOUSANDS of cases pronounced by doctors hope­ less. If you have premonitory symp­ toms, such as Cough, Difficulty of Breathing, Ac., don't delay, but use PISO'S CURE FOB CONSUMPTION immediately. By Druggists. 25 cents. " , < i - ^*Wv; W SODA R Best ukJjuilftElfL SALESMEN WAHTET) ^Permanent Situations guar-* ̂ teed, Salary and Expo's paid I Special inducements to beginuers Any nan I ean succeed witli our advantasres and quick- selling specialties. Outfit free. Write H o o k e r W u r - J), BOOHESTKB, K- (Naiue this paper.) Along the ftkimrish Lin*. Boston, Mans., has voted |4()0 HI each G. A. R., in the city for memorial purposes. • It is estimated that 10,000 pgqple from Michigan will attend the National Encampment of the (1. A. R. General Grant's sixty-seventh birthday was celebrated on the 27th in various cities throughout the country. Major William Waruer, Commander- in-chief G. A. K., has been appointed by President Harrison a member of the Sioux Commission. There are five war Governors now living--Blair, of Michigan; Curtin, of Pennsylvania; Kirkwood, of Iowa; Gilpin and Evans, of Colorado. A. G.Biscoc, Post "No. 80, Westboro, Mass., recently held a fair, netting nearly $l,0tM). The fifteenth auuual encampment of the Department of Iowa, was held at Burlington, April 10. It is estimated there are to-day living over 1,500,000 ex-soldiers and sailors. Of that number 8+0,000 are pensioners. There are about 400,000 members of the Grand Army of the Republic. By a vote of 206 yeas to nays 0, the Massachusetts legislature has adopted a Constitutional amendment forbidding the disfranchisement of veterans on ac­ count of pauperism. ' Col: Hepburn of G&riuda lute* barnt ftp* pointed solicitor of the Treasury, Hep­ burn was a good soldier and - congress­ man, is a good lawyer and a very proper man for the place. Crippled, sick and mained veterans of the \Var have a powerful ally in Corporal Tanner. A man who is compelled to stump through life on two cork feet is pretty apt to have active sympathies for fellow-sufferers.-- Detroit Tribune. One hundred years ago last., month George Washington was inaugurated President. Washington was a great sueeessjas President. He never vetoed a pension bill, and was re-elected President by a more decisive majority than he re­ ceived the first time. , . . Recent rulings show that Geueral Bussy, though liberal in his rulings, is in­ clined to hew close to the line. All disa­ bilities, except where manifestly brought on by ones own act outside the lines of duty will count on application fof pen­ sion. . " Commander-in-chief Warner call's at­ tention to the death of Comrade Walter H. Holmes, Past Junior Vice Com-" mander-in-cliiel. Comrade Holmes was elected to this honor iu 1883. He died at San Francisco, and was buried with military honors in the G. A. R., cemetery on March 31. The soldiers have a good friend in Assistant Secretary liussey. He does not split hairs to deprive them of pen­ sions, but adjusts their claims upon the proper and rational theory that the pension laws are to be construed in their favor, rather to their disapointiuent and discredit.--Inter Ocean. Great activity prevails at Milwaukee among the boys who are getting ready for the National Encampment. Within another week all the department head­ quarters will be located. Arrangements have been perfected for the necessary number of tents for use iu the camp. Barracks will also be erected in different parts of the city. The comrades at Mil­ waukee are making no noise, but never­ theless they are doing woyk that counts. There will be accommodation for all. "IiCiigth of service shoukl be of value to the Government, aud the pension might even be graded as follows: For a four years' man, $40 per month; for a two years' man, |20; a one years man, $10, and a 100 days man, $o per month. Pensions for wounds of the same char­ acter, whether the soldier was in the service one day or four years, should be the same.'"--James A. Sexton. Depart­ ment Commander, Illinois. all that could have been desired for danc- 'nK- Farmer G. S. Welch of Delavan, as ..prompter, let his voice out clear and dis­ tinct as though he were driving his yoke of brindle steers, planting corn. C. W. Todd, of the Waverley Theater, Chicago, was the drummer and general variety musician of the occasion. He is quite a rooster. The Grand Army boys are to be congratulated in view cf the splendid success of the fourth annual reception. Aboat Sight. Ge&eraJ Sherman got very 'seac the truth when, in a recent letter, he said: "And now I address my comrades of the Grand Army which made these civic cere­ monies possible, as one of themselves, not claiming any privileges by reason of exalted rank and honors far above my deserts, if it is not better that we should devote Decoration Day to the cemeteries which contain our honored dead and the dedication of permanent monuments in their honor for the teaching ofpatriotism to future generations, instead of swelling street parades and pageants for the glorification of the 'belligerent non-com­ batants,' who make use of us for their own purposes." An investigation has been going on for some time in the New York Pension Office by the examiners, and they have made their report and exonerated General Sigel. lie has made up the money stolon through his son's forgeries. Speaking of his resignation. Commissioner Tanner says: "The General has been too trust­ ful and has been deceived by his subordi­ nates." The next day General Sigel went to see Commissioner Tanner, and the latter read the report, and assured him that it did not reflect upon his honesty. The Geueral said he wanted to resign. "I tell you,,'" said Commissioner Tanner, "it was pathetic. I could re­ member how General Sigel's horse had splashed mud over me as I stood in the ranks and he galloped along the line with his splendid staff, and here he was, a broken down old man, offering me his resignation. And so I want people to understand that Gen. Sigel's personal record iu the New York Pension Office is clear." Such testimony is due to the old lu$o.--lutei' Ocean. . J*ok at The* fifiueai Last year-- .j 'S- 283j&enreoeiTed«l00amontMrt • " 44 88 »y«?«oo •fc.. ,.f« 50 IDS 00 l» 00 *23 44 WiSSe 69.6(H) 00 G7 44 3,992,080 00 *4,153,260 23 187 • 800 la i-2w *25 tM *«6 2 at*, 3 00 Sttt 4U» Sou of Veterans. BKLVIDERE, 111., April 28.--Special Telegram --General Allen C. Fuller camp. Sons of veterans, has been organized at Capron, this county. The following officers were elected: Captain, Levi Fitzer: First Lieutenant, W. A. Corn well; Second Lieutenant, John Johnson; Or- derlv Sergeant, C. E. Hillyer; Quarter- in aster, William Linderman; Sergeant of the Guard, Olle Ray; Chaplain, Bert Lilley; Corporal, Charlie Coleman. The officers were in stalled by Captain C. A. Hart, oi this city, with pleasing cere­ monies, Geueral Allen C. I* ulier, of this city, was present, and talked for a few moments in an able manner. Harvard Independent: The fourth an­ nual reception of J. B. Manzer Post, G. A. R., given in the Roller Academy, Thurs­ day, was one of the best and most pleas- able parties held in Harvard this season. There was a large company present. The hall was tastefully decorated, having a cozy alcove in the south end for serving refreshments.. It was separated from the dancing floor by pendant flags, whose folds were gracefully draped. The floor managers were unremitting in their efforts to make all present happy. Slocum's orchestra furniahod. the music, whkfe W$K a W.7SI s i % 1.MJ <9,9li 103,903 The total eost of rutming the Pension Bureau, by which Jt5,0bt) men were put on the rolls, at various rates of pension --many of_ them insignificant--was $3,- 262,524.07. That is, it cost as much as Hi,771 men received to fwy a force which only put on the rolls 35,089 invalid pen­ sioners. These figures speak more eloquently than any words as to the need of a sweep ing reform in the penslbn system.-- National Tribune. ^ 0. A. S. AND MEMORIAL OAT. Aa Important General Order Prom Com mander-ln-Chief Waraer. Major Warner, Commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., in General Order No. 8, designating May 30 as Memorial Day, says: "Attention is directed to the ex essive burden that falls upon the infant posts that are struggling for existence in the South, where more than 250,000 of our comrades lie in National cemeteries, whose graves in many cases are sadly neglected on Memorial Day owing to the paucity of our membership in those locali­ ties. The National Encampment, through its council of administration has author ized the Quartermaster Geueral to make provision for supplying flags to mark every grave in these cemeteries, but dona­ tions of flowers, flags or funds from indi \iduals or posts would be gratefully re- received by either our comrades, having this matter iu charge, or the Superin­ tendents of the National Cemeteries, notably at Marietta, Ga.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Memphis, Tenn.; Nashville, Tenn.; Fredericksburg, Va.; Arlington, V.; Salis­ bury, N. C.; Challinelle, La.; Vicksburg, Miss., and Andersonville, Ga., in each of which the remains of more than 10,000 Union soldiers repose." The Commander-in-chief also reminds the comrades that contributions to the Logan monument fund should be sent in. Hints to Comrades, Mingled With Xfcntbs That are Toaohingly Sad. The flowers we are gathering, comrades, for the solemn service of Decoration Day, 1889, will hardly have withered or lost their fragrauce above the holy shrines where our heroic comrades sleep, until we shall lie down beside them. The time is drawing near. The night cometh. The three shots are already loaded in the guns soon to be fired above our insensate clay. Passing away, 25,000--30,000 of us, annually, and iu an accelerated ratio as years roll on. We cannot tarry much longer. Bid the hungry and avaricious office-seeker and miser be patient. We shall soon be out of their way! Soon we shall all be mustered under the sod. It cannot be long. They say we want the the earth--the earth wants us and cannot wait much longer to receive us. Graves yawn at our feet. This is the last Decora­ tion Day 25,000 of us shall ever see. Be­ fore another Decoration Day we shall rest under the graves and flowers iu our green tents of peace and rest. Solemn, then, and universal be the service of flowers. Bring your garlands, dear old comrades, and from your sad eyes once more, and for the last time, shed your tears above these holy graves. But ever above the blooming blossoms of spring, above the quietude of death let the flag float, the sweetest of all the flowers in the world. An Interesting Circular. The following circular should be of more than usual interest to the members of the Grand Army: HEADQUARTERS G. A. R., KANSAS CITY, Mo.--Circular letter No. 4. Comrades: The Commander-in-chief believe the time now opportune to specially invite the at­ tention of all comrades of the Grand Army to the necessity and propriety of completing a work which has twice re­ ceived the unanimous endorsement of the National Encampment, namely, the erec­ tion at Washington of Grand Army memorial in honor of our late comrade, General 1'lyases S. Grant. It was then recommended that each post of the order set aatd« a sum equal tq luwats for each member in good standing to be turned over to the Grant memorial committee which is composed of one representative from each department. A large number of posts early a vailed themselves of the opportu nity for joining in this good work; but others, doubtless for good reasons then, postponed action. The fund as it now stands is not suffi­ cient to properly represent the Grand Army of the Republic, nor would it be just to those who are waitiner for fine' -notice to now close the project by accepting plans based upon the amount of money : now available. The committee, however, dosires to complete its work at the earliest pratv tieable date, and the Commander-in-chief earnestly recommends that at the firat meeting of posts, after the receipt of ihis order, favorable action be taken in this matter. The insignificant sum required from each comrade will secure the erection at the capital of the nation of a memorial that will, long after we have passed away, testify the tender love of tne surviving veteran soldiers and sailors of the Union for ope of their own number, whose services in life coi^feht!$d lasting honor Upon all who with him were privileged to serve their country, either on land or on sea, in its days of* trial, now happily over. All contributions for this purpose should be paid through Department HeadquaiP- ters to Comrade John Taylor, Quarts master General, Philadelphia, Pa., audits ' is fervently hoped that soon after the next birthday of General Grant, April 27, the contribution of each post of our order will have been received • and the speet^jf , completion of the monument assured. t WttU* M WAKNBR, Oommander-la-Ohietfr . Tke Bight Man Again- We doubt if in the endeavor to successor to Pension Commissioner Black, who would be most acceptable t» the soldier element throughout the con#* try, the President coulii have made » better choice than that of James Tannetv Through his prominence in the Gran® k Army, and his eloquent tongue and pest that have been so constantly exerted iji the cause of his comrades, his name is ai well known throughout the land tm Others of the hig-hest rank. Entering ttar- army on the breaking out of hostilities ; and scarcely 17 years of age, he had passed through the first year of the war with credit to himself, when a bursting shell at the Second Bull Run so rr.ar.girig - iiis legs that both feet had to be amp# tated to save life itself. Few men could enter life under such a disability witfc any hope of success; yet it acted upoja Corporal Tanner as a spur to activity j and despite every discouragement lie won his way to high honor and a fair competence. With no other especial fitness for the ta.sk, a man who has dem* oustrated his ability to manage success­ fully his own business under a restraint ̂ that would have thrown ninty-nine men out of every hundred at the outeek is a *nfeitt)«n t^ lothu* witlr pd^f%K - But the new Commissioner is known to be a man of fine executive ability; of evenhauded justice; of sound integrity and capable management. The faet that he was selected out of d§ore thsui. fifty prominent candidates is an evident of the weight of the influence that urged, his appointment, and it is well know# that he was the second choice of the friends of nearly every other candidate'. The President has made no mistake in this appointment, as we believe tl^ future will show. A representative Unipji soldier who stood shoulder to shoulder with the men who are coming before thjift Pension Office for their rights, so long delayed); a brave man, who was strickeft down with musket in hand while in d*» fense of the Union; a sympathetic coinie;j rade, who, with power to act, the abfHtgty to control, the heart to lead and tt# • force of character to command Itospect^ there seems to be imminent propriety in . the selection of such a man for the heao:' of the Pension Office. No more couspicii- , ous proof of this is needed than the ladfc that the papers and writers who havB^!; always opposed all pension legislation,^ and who have nothing but hate for thjt? Union soldier, are greeting his appoints '; nient with their usual howl of derisioit The enmity of these people is to ouar mind the beet possible evidence of h|| fitness for the position. We shall bi§ greatly surprised if the aduunistratioj|; of Corporal Tanner does not rebound tttf',. his own greater renown and to the betsti - public interests. '"Sit:" : STILL THE GOOD WQBX A Pension Boreas Soling. A decision was to-day rendered in th* - case of James Dunn, late of Company B. . '*v Massachusetts Volunteers, foraniucrats%- of pension. Claimant was pensioned in,./ 1884 at fi per month, for a guu-sho%^^;;; -1 wound of the back. Since that date has filed numerous applications for act increase, all of which were rejected on thfkp ^ ground that the climaut was then ,&g ceiving the full amount of pension t«fep which he was entitled under the for the disability resulting from the gui|| " shot wound of the back. In claimant'!! original declaration he alleges that life wari wounded in the small of the bacfe^ V « ~ '-"M and the bullet was never extracted,, and ^ in a subsequent application he state® ,, ^ that "the ball struck the spinal column and was embedded in the vertebrae.®- • j'" - In an application tiled in 1887, he says^? "I ask of the pension department as it special favor, to have my wound opened. and 1 am under the impression there wilt be no difficulty iu locating the ball U|T the vertebrae." The Assistant Seeretarjf calls attention to the fact that it doen not apjiear that any heed was given to this request, which would, at once, have letermined a fact--one which is a poteife tial factor in rating his disability--an# in case the ball was found to be lodge# where the claimant believed it is, it would account for the real disability from which the claimant suffers, and so eit«. titles him to a higher rating. In . his ,, several applications, the claimant *ffeakii '! of importaut testimony which he ha4 from time to time sent to his attorney^ 4 but which does not appear in the hies of the office. The Assistant Secretary sayf J* that the records do not show that th* » ; j climaut had been notified of the nou-ap- ^ pearauee of this evidence and htis. in hi* ; opinion, just cause for complaint for inattention. "It would seem," says Mr< Bussey. "that since claimant has volun­ teered to undergo the pain necessary tt* a surgical operation, the governments ought to be willing to do its part toward getting at the facts, especially when thw facts are such as would affect claimant's* rights."' The Assistant Secretary tlirect» • that a new and full investigation te . made in the case, and that iu case the g former decision is adhered to that -th** case be returned to him for tnai actku% / mmm. H' ; •t ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ V ^ ^ * 4* - v ;