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••- > ^ 4|j ? ̂ _^->-.*^t v j*^ rt4 v^ |fr jr^r - # • • • • *'m-" ::ry^;M3 : ! t i :5 * .;«y *V«.T" i ' j*-'v^ ^ .c*w - - ' "•* V. ' 14'- ' HJSf""" " ' • *&» f '«•. * • «*- 1 - 55 % * ? *?,y ^ vv', * * 'I . **-'- §:y v. •j. •. y • . A . .. .... L; : . /• " Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty anil Law; No Favors Win us and no Pear 8hall Awe." i; VOL. 15. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1890. f".1 1 "'""'I1 ".'i" *<0$ NO 29. • j^ejjeaify pUufotl »F. PnmiHIU KVEKrBWEDMESOAr BT - J , V A N 8 L T K E , - 4KD PBOPBIKTOB. r &•?"'" Office in Bishop's Block, :^p||goara«; awmrfE\;£ TERVH aiOF SUBiOttlPTION. One fear (la A'tvsare) .$1.80 EfNot Paid within Three Months,..... .. SLOO 3uoscriptions received for three or tlx IMmths 1b the same proportion. • • • ' ; • > "k : - . K•> . u'] »» IS®""' 500 10 00 15 00 80 00 60 00 100 00 ^ ' , Kates of Advertising. We announce liberal rates for advertising n the PLMVDBVCBK, and enteavor to state hem so plainly that they will be readily un- er stood. They aro »s follows: . 1 Inch one year •-y* •inches one voafr :'«?*?-•' - S Inches one year • 4 V Column one yew * • • • Ji Column one year- - * Column one year - - #ne inch means the memnreraent of one . Inch <town the column, single column width. Yearly advertisers, ut the above rates, have the privilege of changing as often as they Choose, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having standing cards) will be entitled to insertion •f local notices at the rate of 5 cents per line eaeh week. All others will bo charged 10 eents per Mne the first week, and 5 cents per line for eaoh subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil type, same as this is set in) the first issue, and Scents per line for subsequent issues. Thus, IB inch advertisement will cost #1.00 for one week, $1.50 for two weeks, ti.00 for three webks, and so on. The PIAINDRALII will be liberal in giving editorial notices, but, as a business rule, it Will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use of its columns for pecuniary gain. m BUSINESS CARDS. O. J. HOWARD, M. D. fitlT'ICnN AND SURGEON. McHenry, 1 111. Office at residence, one block east of Public School IruiUling. ' O. H. FEGKRS, M, l>- PHrsiOiAN AND SURGEON, McHenry, Ills. Office at Residence. WH. OSBOItN"E, M. I>. PHYSICIAN AMD SUllGHSOa. Office at Residence, West McHenry, III. Calls pppmpvly attended to day an i night. BARBIAN BROS. CIGAR Manufacturers, McHenry .111. Or­ders solicited. Shop, to Old McHenry, in Keiter Block, third door wee* of Riverside House. .^•Livery Stable. TT E. WIGHT MAN, Proprietor, first H. class rigs, with or without drivers (tarnished at reasonable rates. Teaming of all kinds done on short no{bk*. r*i" m It EAR THE DEPOT* ffEST MOHENBY, ILL Keeps open for the accommodation of the' Public a First-Class Salooil and Restaurant, Where he will at all times keep the best breads of Wines, Uquors and Cigars to be found in the market* # Also Agent For F*JEIA.NZ IILHME1 LAGER BEES. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al. Dreys on hand, cheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. Orders by mail promptly attended t& GOOD UTABLllfO FOR HOR8BQ. toroall and see us. Robert Sohiessle. West McHenry, III. :: A. Englan d SALOON AND RESTAUR 4NT. MOHENRV, ILLINOIS. fine Kentucky Lienors, . French Bitters, llc&enry Lager Beer, - -AND- , r ' JT. Schll tz Milwaulee Bott le Beer, sfV' ' hi"* •%*' ... .J-'l* BUSINESS CARDS. In any quaatity fro in" ft Snitz li ;: ' Q-lass to 100 barrels. ( PAUL BROW*, A TTORNltr AT T,\W. TT.»S. Kxprefcs Oo.*s t\ Building, A7 and 80 Washington tSt. CHICAGO, ILL. |M. r. ELLSWORTH, ATTORNEY at I.aw, and SoUoitor m Chan­cery, Nunda, III. V*A W SMITH, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND solieuor T» Chancery.--Woodstock, 111. J09LYN * CASEY. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, wowist«*k in. All baslaess will reoeive prompt atten­ tion. C, P. Borne* /X 1 Smiley. RARNE3 ft -SMILEY, A TTORNRYS, Solicitors and Counaclers, il Collections a specialty. i 'WOODSTOCK, ILLIVOn. " V« S LUMLGY ATTORNEY AT LAW, and$Solicitor le Chanoerv, WOODSTOCK, ILL. Office in Park House, first floor. A. M. CHURCH, W atclirtiakor and Jeweler NO. One HundredTwenty-Pive State St Chi­cago, 111. Special Attention given to re­ pairing Fine watches and Chronometers. SVA Pull Assortment of Goods in his line Unite! States War Claim Ape? --or-- WM-H. COWLIN, Woodstock - - Illinois. Prosecutes all classss and kinds of claims against the United States tor ex-Sold:«rs, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made in prosecuiKig old and rejected claims. All communications promptly answered if Postage Stamps are enclosed for reply. WM, H . COW UK Office at Residence, Madison St., Woodstocc, Illinois. Attention Horsemen! MOHENRT, III., April 1st, 1838, I would resnectfully invite the Publio to call and examine m 7 stock of Horses before making arrangements elsewhere, No bust* nees done on Sunday. NI & COLBY . H'HIRIT al E. R- AUSTIN, Liverr, Boariiiii aM Sale Stable. At Parker House Barn* FIRST CLASS RTGS, with or without Drivers, Furnished at lieasonable Rates. Bus and Hacks run U» and fr»m all Trains.-- Orders for Baggaee Promptly Attended to. West McHenry, 111. ^ i '%xMX AL& OB ttErAIL t*- ' Beer in bottles, ke^s or cai»e as l^ieap di the cheapest.' r ;. We buy none but the best and , % at Reasonable Prices. > Gall and see me and I; will use AVTOVY RMQMM : / Ic^ry. IU., ^.v liik . it. ' „.i Quintette Orchestra, McHENRY, ILL. Are preparedi to furuishl First ClaRs Mu^ii* to the Dancing Public at Reasonable Rates. J, Smith, 1st Violin. Robt. Madden, Clarionet, C. Curtis, Comet. L, Owen, Trombone, E, Ingalls, Basso and Prompter, Address all communications to Jerry Smith, McHenry. SI for 13 Weeks. The POLICE GAZETTE will be mailed, seourely wrapped, to any address in the United States for three months on receipt of ONE DOLLAR. Liberal discount allowed to postmasters agents and clubs. Sample copies mailed free Address ell orders to KICHAKD X. POX, FBAHKLIH SQDAKS, New York ATTENTION ! Farmers and Dairymen. It will pay those looking for CHOICE GOWS Fresh milkers or springers, to call at fr premises before purchasing. I can furnish sueh by the oar load or single cow. PORTER H. WOLFRUM, CHBHUKO. Farm about flour miles northwest of Harvard, Illinois. JOHN P. SMITH, Watohmaker £c •Jeweler* McHENRY. IULINOIS. A FINE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew-elry always on hand. Special laitention given to repairing fine watches. Give me a call. „ JOHX P. SMITH. C. G. ANDREWS. CENERAL AUCTIONEER, SPRING GROVE ILL. Sales ot Stock, Farming Tools and Goods of all kinds attended to on the most MSOIABLS Tim C. C. Andrews, - Spring Grove, 111 -pring *rov«, Sent Sth, 1885. ll-U-te • FISB) Practinal Painter AND DECOBATER. HEBRON, ILL. Decorating, Paper-Hanging, CAL CI MINI NO, GRAINING. Ac ttisftetiqti taan srtdfoss^ *f. FT^ Dime on short notice end sttisfestloa gaamn- teed. Oall on or address^ SIMON snrm, PhiBnix of Brooklyn. | Rockford Insure Co fir*. LtgUtntn? mn<l Tirnado Insurance placed safe!v and with despatch in either of above companies. Policies coriecte.1, changes and 1 transfers made. Call on or address Simon Stoffel. West McHenry, Illinois. til . Mar S WAVERLY HOUSE, WM, H. KOTNOUR, Prop., WOODSTOCK, - ILL \ Sampl* Room on First Floor. NEW YORK HOUSE. 239 tc 243 E. Randolph St. Between Franklin and Market Streets, CHICAGO. ' Beat Accommodation to 2*aveier$ and Boarders £. G. KOEPPE, Prop. tl.5 P KR DAY, GOOD SAMPLE ROOM. A HrH-clau Houae. She Boy* All Stop Thert. THE Culver House. RICHMOND, ILL. Good Livery, Good Sample Room. FREE BUS TO AND FROM ALL TRAINS FOR PAT ROUS OF THE HOUSE. I run a line of carriages to Twin Lakes from i.ichmomi, threo-fourtlis ofamtlenearer than any other road, and more level and pleasant hv far. If you intend going to Twin Lakes, stop at Richmond ana inquire, for CULVER'S Brs ItUaiwavs there, ram or shine. Mound trip prices as usua>. C. N. CULVER, Prop. WANTED! SALESMEN to sell Nursery stock *11 Goods Warranted FIRST-CLASS, Permanent pleasant, profitable positions tor tlie right men. Good salaries and expenses paid week ly Liberal inducements to beginners. Mo previous experience necessary. Outfit free. Write for terms, giving age. CHARLES H. OHASB. Nurseryman, Rochester, N. Y Mention this paper. ll-2m* ILL DIbGI Pomp Btptbiag, OEMCNTINQ, ETC. The nswSereigned is prepared to do all iobe In the line of Digging Wells, Repairing Pumps, Cementing wells, or *-111 put in XTSTO- Fumpa On short notice and warrant satisfaction. In short will do all work in this line. Can famish you a new Pump, either wood or iron, warranted, as cheap as any other man. Good references furnished if desired. If you want« Well Dug, a Pump Repaired ere new Pump, give me a call. WOrders by mail promptly attended to. Post Office, Johnsburgh, 111. L. BANTES. Johnsourgh, 111., Hay 2Stta, 1885. -BREEDERS Or MORGAN HORSES. Short Horn,. lad F»l«t Aagv, And Jersey Cattle. Sillside Farm, West Mctfenfy, III. Our Morgan Stock is all pore bred, end originated from the best Morgan sto >k lathe United States. Old Gifford Morgan, who stands at the head jfour Stock, is one ot the best bred Morgan iiorses in the country, and can show more and 'letter all purpose eoita then any other horse In the West. We invite the inspection of our stock b? harsemen and ell lovers of fine animals, A few full blood Morgan Colts and young torses for sale. Also one matched team, fall tloods. in Cattle we have the fall blood Short Horn vti!<-h we are crossing with the Red Polled \ngiis and therefore Instead of sa wine off the •orns «e are breeding them off end with food suceess, A few Heifers end Bulla, both pare bred 4bort Horns end the cross aboTe mentioned for sale. J. R. Saylor A Sons. Wmit HsWmrr, III., Feh. 27th. GERMAN Pain-Killer and Empire Salve, Is the very best medicine ever introduced Into the rountrv. The following are the names of a few of the many who nave been jured by this great mediiine: il. P. Mader, Genoa, Wis., cared of asthma if ten years' standing.' 4 C. C. Deigan, of the same place, cared of e chronic sore H ub. Mrs, J. J. Huff, Richmond, III., cared of ung trouble of six mouths' standing. Mrs. Hulburt, Numia III., cured of asthma tnd catarrh of long standing. Mrs. Wetistein, Harvard, cured of internal '.rouole of ten years' standing. Mr, Handeshall. of Harvard, cared of ce- i.arrh, scrofula, and varicose veins of five years'standing. Theodore Borrhold, of Harvard, cared of paralysis of two yenis* standing. This new medicine has cured bronchitis, scrofula, abscesses, bolls, burns, catarrh, et1?., in l relieved astlim 1 and consumption for al) who have used it. It is a sure and sate medi- Mne for all troubles and never fails to give laUslaction. Try it under a full warrantee Price of Empire ̂ alve halt ounce box, 25 cents; two ounce box, 76 cents, or three boxes for (1 SO Painkiller, one-ounce bottle, 25 rents; two-ounce bottle, 50 cents. Call on your IrnKKist for it, or send to N. LENNA9DS, Harvard. III. ror s&ia by Geo. W. Besiey, West McHenry. -Ms; SQLOXSBS' DEPABT1UNT. Edited by WW. H. COWLIN, WOODS ILL.-- 4. J.. '• 7b car# far him who ha* borne the battle, and for hit UI'IOTC and arptmni "--LINOOUI. "Fl-igndthip, Churn?/. Loyalty-- Worthy WM of Patriot &<uher».'* r C A. R. Directory. «» • M'HKIfT P»»ST NO. 643 ,t "Wtfo the first Thursday evenlnf olikch month. L G. RRNNETT, Com. WtKMWTOOK roST, BO 108. Meets first end third Monday evening! of each month. nr. IT. MONBOO. Com. WRK»A W|T, HO 228. Meets the second end fourth Tuesday svenlnesof eech montk C- F. Diks, Com. Bastard (#«T, HO m. Meets the secona ana-tourtn Mondey even ings ot each month. JOBN M AUSHALL. Com. KiBlHOO POST, No. 1M, lilMls every Second .and rourth I^rld*? evenings of eeoh month; R Monms, Oom. WAUOOKDA! NO. 8CS. Post meets every second and fourth Satur­ day evening la O. A. R. Hall, Main St. AJtjrtiuuoooKB, Oom. Along the •kttmish Line. The Logan monunfcnt fund (G.Jutt.) aggregates $11,975. I C. S. Grant Post, Boy City, Mich., OWns property to the valuer! $1,334. The Geoi^ia LegWuture has made Genera) Lee'e birthday a legal holiday. The tenth annual encampment of the Department of Indian^, (l. A. R., will be held at Indianapolis, March 11 and 12. Commander-in-Chief Alger addressed the Grand Army postAat Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 14. The 73d N. Y. numbiml In all 1,250, of whom 161 were killed^ 89 <Jied and 348 wounded. ] The Barry County (ikiehigan) Soldiers and Sailors' Monument Association has a fund of $1,105.90. j Custer Post,No. 6, Leavenworth, Kan., during the past year b|tR built a fine hall, 44x80 feet, costing $6|000. The 51st N. Y. had i? bloody battles inscribed on its banneim, in which it lost 124 killed, 471 woun«5ed and 382 miss­ ing--total 977. General Benjamin F. BnLerTS meiittou- ed as a candidate for the position of Com­ mander Department of Massachusetts, G.A.R. Charles H. Hackley made the city of Muskegon, Mich., a Christmas gift of #15,000, to be used in the erection of a soldiers' monument. A Sons of Veteran camp has been mus­ tered at Washington, D. C., and is known as John A. Logan Camp. The camp held a fair at Willard's Hotel Dec. 9. Feb. 12,1890, the anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln will be ob­ served by the Sons of Veterans. It Is to be known as "Union Defenders' Day. Commissioner of Pensions Raum has requested Congress to authorise the ap­ pointment of thirty physicians and sur­ geons in the medical division of the Pen­ sion Bureau. The next reunion of the Army of the Potomac will be held in Portland, Me., July 3 and 4. General Francis Walker, of Boston, Mass., will be the orator, and General Horatio King, of Washington, D. C., the poet. The 69th N. Y. began fighting at Bull Ran, and did not stop till Appomattox, during which time is lost 138 men killed, 656 wounded and 204 missing--total, 998. It assulted at Fredericksburg with 228 men, and lost 128. Twenty-five years ago the soldier was a very important factor in this country. Then he was urged to the front and all hands stood by and hooped him up. The soldier is just as good now as he was then, has the same right, and more, to go to the front as he had then. He went to the front then--will get there now. Commander-in-chief Alger will start on his visit to the various departments Jan. 18. He will visit the "New England de­ partments first, then New York, Pennsyl­ vania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ten- nesssee, Ohio, and all the departments east of the Mississippi. Then' commenc­ ing with Minnesota, he proceed to South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Ar­ kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, California, Oregon, and North Dakota. The gush of the Southern papers over "President" Davis reminds one of the re­ mark of one of the 4t,h Mich., Cav. after the capture of the arch-traitor. He ad­ dressed a civil request to Davis, when the atter's Private Secretary said haughtily: "How dare you insult the President, sir?" "President!" said the Michigander, What in ---- is he President of, I'd like to know?" , Those Bounties, So much is said about the "enormous bounties" paid by local authorities, to .induce men to volunteer that it is worth while to examine the statistics on the subject. The truth is, much the larger proportion of men who volunteered re­ ceived no local bounty whatever, and what was paid those who went out later in the struggle has been grossly exagger­ ated. The statistics show that the whole amount of local bounties paid was $285,- 941,036. As there were 2,859,135 en­ listments, this would make an average of about $100 a man. As at the time these bounties were paid the greenback was worth less than 50 cents on the dol­ lar, the value of the average bounty was really less than $50--a very small induce­ ment indeed for an able-bodied man to leave his comfortable hotne and well-paid employment. Colorado, Dakota, New Mexico, Minne­ sota, Nebraska, California, Nevada, Ore­ gon, Washington, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana,' Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas sent 85,- 541 white troops and 63,571 colored troops into the Union army and did not pay a dollar of bounty. Kansas sent 22,231 men into the army and paid $57,407 in bounties, or an av­ erage of $2.50 apiece. The Western States and territories sent altogether 1,110,799 men to the field, and paid them $69,299,185 in bounties-- or about $68--gold value $39 each. The Middle States--New York, New Jer­ sey and Pennsylvania--sent 914,164 men into the army, and paid them $153,653,- 182 in bounties--about $154 each--pres­ ent value $77. The New England States sent 375,131 men and paid them $52,- 676,605 in bounties--about $138, or $69 at present value of greenbacks. So much for the "big boanty" dap» trap.--Natiooal Tribune. The Census end the Soldier. In taking the census for 1890 account will be taken of surviving soldiers, sailors and their widows. This movement many be credited largely to General Alger, chief of the G. A. R., and will be of great utility in many ways; chiefly, under present laws, in enabling soldiers to make proofs in their pension claims. * States, post office addresses, regiments and companies will be given and the whole will fill eight nuttrtQ iroIiiixuM-of ^ HAft A Belie ofLibby. Hanging on one of the Libby-prison war museum is a little weather-beaten pine board. It is about nine inches square, aiid its edges and corners have been rounded by time, one of the head­ boards taken from a grave in the Gettys burg battlefield. This relic has been placed in the museum simply to show the character of head-board used after a bat­ tle, and when one realises that this little board was better than that over the graves of nine-tenths of the fallen soldiers, it demonstrates some of the terriblfe re­ sults of the late civil war. It is a fact that more than nine-tenths of the poor fellows that died on the battle field were buried with the inscription, "unknown," at their head. At Salisbury, N.C., alone, there are graves 12,126 soldiers, and 12,032 have only that little inscription at their head. Official statistics show that of the 2,653,000 men that enlisted in response to the successive calls of Pres­ ident Lincoln, there were 44,238 killed in battle, 44,206 that died of wounds, 185,- 216 of disease and 24,184 of unknown causes, making a total of 303,843. Tho Legislature of Mississippi insults the patriotic people of the country by creating a new County, to be named "Jeff Davis." Its County seat will be "Cleve land." To be consistent, the other towns should be named "Wirs," "Winder," "An- dersonville," "Libby," "Salisbury," "Cahaba," etc., and its boundaries should be marked by "deadlines." Some people have talked vaguely about Mississippi "being disgraced by the Sullivan-Kilrain fight." On the contrary, we think that performance above the average of res­ pectability in a community distinguished mainly for repudiation, rebellion, negro massacres, political thuggery, and adora­ tion of treason.--National Tribune. Only for Stormy Weather. Some writer has said that a soldier is like a cloak--only valued and appre­ ciated in stormy weather, and thrown aside unheeded when the skies are balmy. It was very stormy weather in June, 1863, when Lee, with 90,000 of as fine soldiers as $he world ever saw, was in the heart of the great State of Pennsylvania, and it was a question in his and their minds which rich city they would pounce upon and destroy first. Every day that they roamed unchecked through the land cost the country more than it pays out for pensions in several years. Had the Union soldiers who rushed up to head them off retreated after the appalling slaughter of the first and second days' fighting, the Government bonds, which have netted the holders over five thous­ and million dollars, would have only been valuable for wrapping paper; the four hundred millions of greenbacks would have been used as the Confederate notes are to-day--to print advertise­ ments on, and the hundreds of millions of due bills for mules, pork, hardtack, shoddy clothing, guns and munitions of war, would have been waste paper. Nor would the ruin have stopped with the bankruptcy of the Nation's creditors and the destruction of our great sea­ board cities. The failure to conquer the South would have been followed by an attempt to break the North in two at the Alleghanies, the Pacific coast would have tried to secede and New York become an independent city. Civil wars, enormous standing armies and costly defensive ar- maments at all points would have con­ sumed the substance of the people and re­ duced them to the serfdom of Europe in the last century. Ail this was a verted by the gallant men vvltQ "^Wod iu. the evil hour" at Gettys­ burg--by the unconquerable veterans who breasted the storm until it rolled back and let the sunshine of victorious peace smile upon a rescued country. Could the country do enough for the men who had saved it from hopeless ruin? v But as soon as the storm passed, the men who were nearest destruction were the first to forget their saviors and press in between them and the Nation's justice. Abject fear was at once succeeded by clamorous greed, and the money-grab­ bers gathered all the rich fruits of victory, begrudging the veterans even the poor husks and crumbs which fell from the overflowing tables. To-day the survivors of that band erf heroes ask Congress--a Congress which they themselves elected--to send the money-grabbers to the rearmost places they held when the storm of war was rag- ing, and bring to the front the men who were at the front then, but have been at the rear ever since. For 24 years Con­ gress has listened attentively to the men who reaped the bountiful harvest which other men sowed in the bloody sweat of anguish. Now let it listen for a brief while to the men who did the sowing. --National Tribune. Decisions by the Secretary of the Interior in Pension Claims. ACCIDENTAL DEATH. Where a soldier had received a gunshot wound in the service and line of duty, and by reason of said wouud severe pain and sickness resulted, continuing to increase to such an extent that the soldier became at times, insane^and in pursuance of a medical prescription, he took for relief a fatal dose of laudanum, it is held to be a proper case for pension. There was no suicidal intent, and the immediate cause of death was a part of the treatment for the disability for which soldier was pen­ sioned. Appeal of Tamezen Ball mother of Augustus F. Caldecott. (Decision ot January 27,1887, reconsidered and over­ ruled.)--Assistant Secretary Bussey, Sep­ tember 5,1889. SERVICE ORIGIN--PRE-EXISTING CAUSE. In order to bring a disability, alleged to be of service origin, but having a pre­ existing cause, within the purview *of the ruling of the case of Rudolph M. Mont­ gomery, decided May 17, 1888, (vol. 3, P. D.), it is necessary to establish some c^use or injury resulting from or incurred iii the service ltric! line of duty sufficient to produce a recurrence of said disability --some cause without winch, presumably, the recurrence would not have happened, and not merely the natural aggravation of an already existing disability. Appeal of Jesse Lovel, No. 299,747. (On motion for reconsideration of former decision.) Assistant Secretary Bussey, Sept. 5, '89. ABANDONMENT, RE-MARRIAGE, WIDOWHOOD. 1. A voluntary and permanent aband­ onment of each other by husband and wife may be lawfully accepted as equiva­ lent to divorce. 2. A voluntary and permanent abandonment of a husband by a wife will be held to be a complete waiver of such pensionable rights as might be derivable from the marriage. 3. A widow who re-marries ceases, there­ upon, to be a widow, losing* as she does, her legal identity in the personage of her husband. 4. The pension system can­ not be allowed either to cover or to pro­ mote the designs of mere avarice, nor to shield the infidelity of pensons to -the laws of thecountry. Appeal of Mary A. Garrnan alleged widow of Jonas T. Boynton, No. 370,189.--Assistant Secretary Bussey, September 5,1889. Grant Before Vioksbnrg. Washington special to New York Times: The following story of Lincoln, Stanton, Grant, and Vicksburg, as related by a prominent army officer, is here made public for the first time: In the last part of 1862, when General Grant was preparing to make a move­ ment by land to reach the rear of Vicks­ burg, in accordance with the plans he had made for the capture of that strong­ hold, he saw that he did not have a suf­ ficient number of men to command suc­ cess, and that it was imperative he should have 8,000 or 10,000 more. His plans had been sent to Washington and ap­ proved, but to his request for men the answer came that he must go ahead with the force he had. In response Grant in­ formed the 1 resident that he could not do it, the attempt would end in failure, and that the expedition had better be abandoned than attempted without re­ inforcements. Determined that the War Department should fully understand the situation, he ordered a former member of his staff, General M. D. Leggett, of Ohio, then commanding one of his bri gades, to proceed to Washington and lay the whole matter before the President and Secretary of War. "General Leggett had a personal ac­ quaintance With Mr. Stanton, and knew there was little hope of changing his mind when once made up, and accordingly de­ cided to gain access to the President be­ fore the Secretary should forestall him by the presentation of the War Department side of the case. He thereforecalled upon the Secretary at 8 o'clock on the morn­ ing after his arrival and said to him: "Mr. Stanton, I wish you would take me to Mr. Lincoln and introduce me and let me do the talking. I don't want you to destroy my case with objections." 'All right," was the response, and the call was made. General Lefrgett was permitted to present General Grant's i< eiasfully and clearly as possible, white Mr. Lincoln listened with the do--t at­ tention. j< When he had concluded the Preaidatt took him in hand and gave him the most severe and critical cross-examinatios he had ever undergone, as to the wtHtfon in the West, Grant's purpose, etc. Mir. Stanton added several questions at his own, and when he had ended the Presi­ dent thought for a moment and then said decidedly: "Very well, he must have the troops." "But where will yon get them?" ****** the Secretary. Turning to General Leggett the Rresl. dent said: "How many must he have?" "Sixteen thousand," General Leggett responded, setting a high figure for the purpose of future compromise if need be. Turning to the Secretary the President asked a series of questions as to the dis­ position of certain forces not then In the field: How many are at Cleveland? How many at Detroit? How many here and how many there, until he bad gone over the available force in the West and had demonstrated that 12,000li,000 could be sent on to Grant. Then Mr. Lincoln turned to Leggett and asked him when he to leave Washington. 0 "At 5 p. m." . ; "Well, I want you until then." i ' A carriage was ordered, and the twl I entered it and were driven to the Soldiers' Home where the President was then liv­ ing. Of all the quizzings and close exam­ inations General Leggett ever experienced those of that day were the most severe. It must be borne in mind that the Grant who was then planning so great and so important a move as the reduction of Vicksburg was not the Grant of Appo­ mattox, but only of Donelson and Henry, and known then neither to Mr. Lincoln nor fame, as in the later days; but the President was determined to learn all he could from the witness then present, and as General Leggett was loyal in heart as in speech to his chief, and had already had a dawning realization of the gnat figure Grant was destined to cat in the civil war, his responses were clear and to the point, and visibly impressed Mr. Lin­ coln as being as lame as they were com­ plimentary . General Leggett returned to the West, and when the Union troops marched Into Vicksburg he had the honor, suffering from severe wounds, the city at the head of the First which was granted the privilege the first to enter, receive the surrender, and raise the Union flag. ' "y-% OBOTTP. \ V i How to Guard Against the Disease. Croup is the terror of young motham especially during the early winter moathe, as it is then most prevalent. To poet them concerning the cause, first symp­ toms, treatment, and how to prevent it, is the object of this article. The origin of croup is a common Children are subject to it very easily and croup is almost sure to follow. The first symptoms of croup is hoarseness; it is a peculiar tunmrimiiuis, easily recognized, and once heard always remembered. Usually a day or two be­ fore the attack, the child becomes hnorsn and gradually shows symptoms of hav­ ing taken cold, and this is when the take is usually made, the mother think­ ing her child lias just taken cold, gives it no especial attention until awttened in the night by the violent coughing of the child, finds it has the croup, and remem­ bers it has had a cold or been hoarse for a day or two. 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