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Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Faivors Win us and no Fear Shall Awe." VOL. 15. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 16, 1890. NO 40. Uutak* Rmr VBO«R«U\T BT v ' -- I . yAN SLYK 13 »--• .IRNVW .VSH PROPFURRO*. URIoe In Bishop's Block* p»**T * aw(w,» • 'V'.-. ..t**--'."-ti?v- -•-- • ̂ 1 • -• .. ( * i O F ^ < J P j l 1 u i i • One Te,tr (In vtvaace) ** If Hat Pal<t within Three Months...... .. 1.00 SttMnrlnUmiit ntetived for thm or iix months in the same proportion. : J. r,;/ j^====^=======--=====^ i> * * * 'Afi '»S "-'Ih-$ M* ;r: Kates, of Advertising-. announce I i he ml rates for advertising n tbe PLi(«ris\bKR, and enieavor to state he n so plainly that the? will be readily an. er stoo 1. They are m follows: I Tncb one year v„» »-, « ,» • 3 06 8 Inches one year '-*s «• , .\v* •*' 10 nc f ' Jl Inches one year «T . • •. ». • » IS 00 W-<> " ' V Column one year *<.•*• si -#-•«# SO 00 }«, ^ «K X Oolnmn one yeftr^""' 60 00 i v.\- ' Column one year - - - - . 100 00 One inch means the measurement of one ?V ( inch down the contain,-single ©olnmnwlrtth. ,t * * Yearly advertisers, at the above rates, have y =5. the privilege of cbanKin* as often as they * • ^ ehoose, without extra charge. 1' Regular advertiser* (meaning those having - - , standing cards) will be entitled to insertion -> - t #f local notices at the rate of 5 cents per line y viA'<- each week. All others will he charged io <' 'JT. cents per :ine the first week, and 6 cents per * -'«s "B® ^or eRC'1 subsequent week. • W Transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil j. inrao as this is set in) the first Issue, and ST'-..,.', s cents per line for subsequent issues. Th-.s, V... «• an Inch advertisement will cost *1.00 for one week, #1.B0 for two weeks, *2.00 for three * ^ ")[• weukA. and so on. iV '* 1 he Pi.AfMDRA.LKB will be liberal in giving ed.torlal notices, but, ana business rule, it ' ' will require & suitable fee from everybody < seeking the us* of Its columns for pecuniary fain. 4V &' • BUSINESS CARDS. ViWy- O. J. HOWARD. If. D. r>IIY<IOlVN A$D 8URGB05I.* MeHenry, v <s^' I 111. Office at residence, one block east of '«'* Public School Building. a H. FBttEBS, M. D. IMIYSIOIA.N ASTD SMliaEOS, MeHenry, | Ilia. Office at Residence. vr*. o-jBoa^B, at. n. PftY-ilCtYtf \SD SUftflKOi. Oflloe at Residence, W"e«tt Mcrfonry, 111. Oails protnp.iy attee led *•> >l<ty an l ni£ht. Livery Stable. * TT B. WIOHTMAN, Proprietor. First I.#!*' lit class rigs, with or without drivers ^ furnished at reasonable rates. Teaming of *11 kind* done oa abort notice. , BUSINESS CARDS. PAVL RROWV, TTORHier \T T, \W, IT. S. KxpreM Oo.'s i Bnildlng, *7 and vrash'ngtoa At. CHlCAnO, III.. 1M. r. RLLSWORfll, TTORHRY at f.aw, an>i Solicitor IB Ohan- i eery, Vnnda, TU. AS.\ W fMITH, TTORNBY AT LAW and folteltor in L Chancery.--Woodstock, III. JOSLYST A CVSEY. TTORNBY3 AT LAW, Woodstock III. All business will receive prompt stt^n- • V O. P. BARNBS, TfORifKT, Solicitor, and L Oollecttons a specialty. WOODSTOCK, aUKOIt. v. * LUMI.BY. ATTORNEY AT LAW, and Solicitor Is t\ Chancery, ' s WTK)IV«TOOK, ILL. i Office In Park House. 11 rat floor. ; , > A. M. CHURCH, Watohmaker and Jeweler VTO- One Hnndre-ITwenty-Five Btate At Chi- i.^1 cago. 111. -Special attention given to re­ pairing Fine watches and Cbronometers. IV A Full Assortment of Goods in his lis* UnM States War Claim Apt} OF WM- H. COWLIN, Woodstock - - Illinois. Prosecutes all cta«slm*iMt kinds of claims against the United States tor ex-doldlers, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs. A specialty is made in prose'cuiiag old and rejected claims. All communications promptly answered If Postage Stamps are enoiosed for reply. W J r f , I f . C O W L 1 J D Office at ilesldenee, lltdiMB Woods toes, Illinois. Attention Horsemen! MOHHNRT, III , April 1st, 1848, I would respectfully Invite the Public to> Mil and examine m 7 stock of Horses before making arrangements elsewhere. Mo bnsi. nets dene on Sunday, H. & OOI.BY? K'RBMMT ILL SMITH'S Quintette Orchestra, . 1 McHENRY. ILL. Are preparadi u> furaishl First OlMs ltu»ie to the Dancing Public at iReasonable Rates. J, Sm'th, 1st Violin. Robt. Maddfn. Clarionet, C. Ourils, Oomet. L, «>»en, Trombone, K. Insra11s, Basso .and Prompter, Address ajl communications to Jerry Smith, MoHenry. t NEAR THE DEPOT, t West MOHBNRY, ILL Keep* open for the aeoommodatfcw of the* ^ Public a l! irst-Olass f Saloon and Restaxira&t, '•i;r Where he will at all times keep the best •i . brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars * : to be found in the market. * Ala© Agent For PALK« UilwaukM Lijir Bw. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al- grays en hand, oheaper than any other, qnali- : ty considered. 9^;; Otdsrs by mail promptly attended to. QOOD STABLING FOR HORSK8. HpfOail and see us. Robert 8ohlessle. • % Wost MoHenry, XU. ' JOHN P, SMITH, Matchmaker Sc JTewelor, MoHENRY. ILLINOIS. AriNE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew-elry always on hand. Special latteotlon given to repairing fine watches. Give mo *°*1L . ' JOHN P. SMITH. 'T^W f'M •; '• ^-1, M SngXo&'a SALOON 1HD RESTAURANT. m- - w > -:4\ MoHKNRV, 1LUMOIS. --AND- I: fiae Kentucky Liquors, French Bitters, t MeHenry Lager Beer, fa la any quaatity frQta,' a Glass to 1C0 barrels. AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL r Beer in bottles, kegs or case as eheapasthe cheapest. VTe bay aoae bat the^ best and veil at fteasoaabte Prices. Call aad see me and I will Q9e fen well. ANTONY ENaSLK. i«Br?, m.. 188®. . • yf£ The Police Gazette, Is the nly illustrate ! pnper in the world containing all the iatesi sensational and sporting news No Salo n Keeper, Barber, or Cluo ttoom can aff >rd tobe without It. It alwayb makes friends wherever it goes. Milled to any address in the United States securely wrapped, 13 weeks for tl. Send Five Uents tor sample copy. ftlCHABD X FOX, . riJUBLn 9QCABB, New York iTTENflOfl! Farmer® and Dairymen. It will pay those looking|for CHOICE COWS fresh milkers or springers, to <*atl JMt ary* premises before purchasing. I can furnish suoh by the car load or single cow. POUTER H. WOLFBUV, CHUMDVO. rarm about four miles northwest of Harvard, HWf- •**» McHENRY HOUSE, MeHeur j, Illiuoiw. JOHN THELEN v Proprietor. This House is situated near the Ironi Bridgs and opposite the Steamboat Lanilng, has been newly renovated and painted, inside and out, and is now prepared to aecomuioilate the traveling public, or boarders, by day or week, on the most reasonable term?, and guaranteejto give satisfaction. Tbei.public is In­ vited to give me ajcall. &00D STABLINS FOR HORSES D. NEEDHAM*8 SONS 116-1D Dearborn Street, CHICAGO Red Clwer BISSSK Whoopinfr Co KBM BtStAtO. SSr, KetiQoi Send for dr on paper. ' s- Practical Painter AND DECOKATBR. HEBRON, ILL. Decorating, Paper-Hanginfl, CALCJMININQ% GRAINING, Ae DWM O» short motioe and satisfhetini |«UM> Mad.- Call on or address ST0F7EL, A«.„« «,,} Ph«njx f, Brooklyn. } Bockford insur ce Co "i". li'iCiMii?' «n l T»rnido Insurance placed safelv and with despatch in either of •boveountpanies. Poli<M«s cor.erted, changes and transfers uiade Call on or address Simon Stofto', We«S Mr,Henry, Illinois. Life in Southern California. SEND 20 CENTS FOR THE TWO, Los Angeleo Times Annuo/, ISSN). pages; Weekly Mirror, 12 pages --standard publication. Or send #2 tor the Mirror 52 weeks (624 large pages). Full and valuable iulormatiou abtul the most famous section of the Union TIMES-MIRROR CO., Los Angeles, CU. WAVERLY HOUSE, WM. H. ROTXOUR, Prop,, WOODSTOCK, - - ILL. Samol« Room on First Floor. NEW YORK HOUSE. 239 tc 243 E. Randolph St. Between Franklin and . Market Streets, Hhicago. Beat Accommodation to lYaveiert mid Boarders. ' E. G. KOEPPE, Prop. •1.8PKEDAY, GOOD SAMPLE ROOM. A UrM-cta-- Houte. 7he Bay* All Stop There. THE Culver House. RICHMOND, ILL. Good Livery. Good Sample Boom. FREE BUS TO AND FROM ALL TSA1NS FOR PATRONS OF THE HOUSE. T rati a line of carriage* to Twin Lakes from t.ichniond, three fourthsofainile nearer than any other road, and more level and fleasant'liv far. If you intend going to Twin ,akes, *top at Richmond and inquire for CULVER'3 Bt'S It U alwr.vs there, rain or shine, ttound trip prices as usua^ C. N. CULVER. Prop. Pomp Biptiiiagt CEMENTING, ETC. The andcrsigued la prepared to do all jolts la the line of Digging Weils, Repairing Pumps, Cementing wells, or **111 put in Tftevr Pumps On short hotice and warrant satisfaction. Ir 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 desired. If fou want a Well Dug, a Pnmp He paired or a new Pump, give me a call. VOrders by mail promptly attended to. Post office, Johnsburgh, 111. L. BANTES. JobMMrgh, 111., May 25th, 18tffi. BREEDERS Or \tORGAN HORSES. Slaprt Horn, Bsd Foiled Angsa, And Jersey Cattle. Hillside Farm, West MeHenry, III. Our Mornin Stock ie aSl pure bred, and iriglnated from the best Morgan stoak lathe United States.. Old Gifford Morgan, who stands at the head at our Stock, is one-ot the best bred Morgao horses In the country, and can show more and letter all purpose colts than any other hone In the West. We invite the inspection of our stock by horsemen and all lovers of line animals. _i few full blood Morgan Colts and young aoraes for sale. Also one matched team, full bloods. • In Cattle we have the full blood Short Horn ivbK'h we are crossing with the Red Polled &ngus and therefore instead of sawing off the borne <ve are breeding them off and with food success, A few Heifers and Bulls, both pure bred 3hort Horns aad the cross above mentioned for sale. _ J. 11. Saylor A Sons, W*«f McHenrv, 111.. Feb. 37th. IRK. I. W. NICHOLS, JR. 'WW///,- X tJ, I" *• . J i* "l 4i.5 , - ' *• i fffia , *h", H. FISH. JEWELER AND ENGRAVER, ; RICHMOND ILLINOIS. *; '-WM. 8TOFFEU • --Ajftad for--- FIRE, - LIGHTNING, And Accidental Insurance. AWM Iowa. Minnes<v ndtiaiiforuia l.ab<t.i. ^Si-liraska, AtfctKM8»i l i on or address WM. STOffEL, MeHenry, til. s WANTED. l^ocal or Traveling. I To aell onr Nursery Stock. KtKrv, Expenses and Steadv Emiii >vniont gmirauteed. CH&SE BE0THKB8 COMPANY, Jiochester, H. % W* WANT^I ,«sl, ?*- • - '"A fotal Abstinence life Association s V •' • OF AHEKlOlL, Furnishes the BEST Und CflEAPK^T snrane.e for tjtal abstaioors from alcoholic liquors as a beverage. Policies self-support­ ing after 20 years. Woineii insure ! on same temsM«M«b-4; • D. W. J^Ni HANK, ^ ; Harvord, III., General Agent for McH»>n)-y County.; ;--: ' i1; L P E R R Y McHENRY, - - Bankers, ILLINOIS. This Bank receive* d poHitH. buys and setts F\>reign and />oiii^slic JKc- change, and does a , General Bankii^f Business, We endeavor to do all business en­ trusted to our care in a manner and upon te:ms entirety satisfactory to our customers and r&speetfuHy solicit the public patronage. MONEY TO LOAN; On Real Estate and other Jirxf, class security. Special attention given to coif lection*% INSURANCE In first Class Companies at fit* iA^estUaA&t. ' Yours Respectfully^ • PKWUtY A OWj|tt. ' THE CHICA ti O'ANO 5 NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY Aibr4a nnrivaled facilities for imitit I* ' ween the *uo»t unoortan'. cities and towns in Illinois, Iowa, Wise. nsln. Northern Mich igan, Minnesota, North and South Dakoto, Nebraska and ^ yominp. The train service Is carefully adjusted to meet the requirements of through and local travel, and includes FAST VESTIBULED TRAINS IHniagCars. Sleeping Cars ft Day Coaches Running Solid between Chioagoand ST. PAUL. MINNEAPOLIS^ COL NCIL BLUFFS, OMAHA. DENVEh AND PORTLAND, ORE. PULLMAN A WACKER SLEEPERS Chicago to San FranclsM. WITHOUT CHANUE. COLONISTS SLEEPERS, Chicago to Portland, Ore. AND SAN FK A A CISCO. Free Reclining Chair Cars CHICAGO TO DENVER AND PORTLAND, ORE, Via Connoil Bluffs and Omaha. For the time of tra<ns, tickets and all infor­ mation, apply to Station Agents of Chicago A North-Western Railway, or to the Ueneral Passenger Agvnt, at Chicago. IT. U J. M. WHITMAN 3d Vice PreM. Gen'I Manager. H. P. WILSON, B.BC88. P. Ustt'l Aw. AgL Afftitt, MeHenry, 111 QANLY BBOS, -BKKGDEBS O f - Roadster, Draft, AND GEAD£ HOESES. . We having the following stallions in service for the season of isiw. S0LDIEE5' DEPA2TMBNT. Edited by W M . H. COWLIN, -WOODSTOCK, :i,u- " 7b. car* for Mm who ha* borne the ba t t l e , and for hit ui'tow and orphans 'LiscotN, "Priend.thip, Chcirit)/. Loyally-- Wortfiif. sons of Patriot FbUtuirs." O A. JR. Directory. 9 M'HEJTBT POST NO. (U3. Moefs the Kirst Thursdav evening of sack month. - * "E. BKKKKTT, Com. , WOOMTOfiK POST, Ifl» 10P. Meets. <!r»t and third Monday evenings of each month. w. H. Mnnoit Cos. rnxrmx roar, no s», Meefa the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month* C- F. DIKR, Com. HARVARD POST, MO 26ft. . Meets I he second ana rourtn Monday even ings of each month. JOHN MARIIUU, Com. MARENOO POST, NO. 188, Meets every second and Fourth Friday sveniugs of each month. E. R Mosais, Oom. WAFOOMOA FOST, NO. MS. Post meets everv second and fonrth Satur- tay evening In G. A. R. Hall, Main St. ARTHUR OOOKR. Com, VON LEER. Tonng Hamble>.onian Stallion. Foaled June 1st, 1885. Stands hands litgh, weight llou pounds. Is bright oay. black |>oinls. Has fine style and good action. As <i representa­ tive for getting good roadsters is hard to beat. •'Von Leer" was sired bv tieorge O. ',97011, by Lakeland Alxlallah (351) First dam by Patchen, by Autocrat, second dam by Gilford Morgan. CH4NCELLOR, JR. Having purchase«i a very lino imported Clydesdale -tallion, Chancellor Jr.i tor our own use. will breed a limited number of mares outside. Chancellor Jr. is V years old this spring; is a Cherry Hay with black jwints; 163* hands high and weighs a I wilt 1700 pounds; strong, clean limbs, line a -tion, mill disposi­ tion. He was sired by fHiancellor, (1310;, he by 'Drew Piince of Wales, (673) <>am liy Lofty. MG0); grand.ilam by Duke of Welling ton. (1515;; great-grand-d'im by sir William Wallace. (tWi)- He combines in his breeding the besi bloo<l Scotland ever had, and has proven his ability to get nniform colts, of great size, fine form, strong and rugged. CHAMPION, JR. The Perchon Morgan Horse. He has'iMTOven himself a fine stuck geller for general pur­ poses, au'l cannot be >ealen in the Northwest. Parties who intend breeding the comin? season, will find it .o their advantage to call and see our slock and get our teims^which wil' be reasonable. Acci'lents and escapes at owner's risk. Mares from a distance well cored for, at mod erat«rate*!, . Call and see as i i f . ?.£s Ste. vsi-; '<:*£••• -Vv * r-W* *.a-ms I want.to see my Ca^aln and the soldier bays again, I want t-> sec tbe snowy tents once more,. And the dear old camps a-stahding out on the ninny plain, And the faithfni .entry nr.aichinga* of yore I want to see tbe comrades who have before me gone, When I think of them the teardrops dim my eye; I c.in almoxt hear the whispers of their pale lips saytnf comi . I anvKJiug back to see tliem bye and bye. . Long weary years I've wandered from that svl and silent camp, Ann where mine eyes tlrat saw the smoke of •w%r; Long years I've tfstened far then and their steady soldier tramp, And h*ve seen their columns forming over - ttieio I'm growing old and feeble, while oar ranks are thinning out . Vet they're swelling over on the other side. And our losses are their gainings when wo are mustered out, I am going back to see them bye and bye, \nd arc the martyred thousands who stem­ med the fearful strife To preserve the starry banner as of yore, renting op the fields ol beauty by the streams of li e, While they sing reunion anthem* evermore? And do thu roses blottom as,sweetly over . there, , In tlie dow an<f ge*ntle siin oFstimm ir 'sky, l,n>l magnolias blooming gayly in the sweet * and bvlrnly air? I'.O going iwck tosee tlidm byeaad bye. Chorus.-- ' • • • - v% I'm weary now of roam rng ttUWHgh this sad and dreary earth, - But I want to see my coinradbs whea I go ; i want to see the camp.(ires on the bright and cheerful hearth, Andariund them all of those we used to know, And &hcn my spirit joins then in-elysian fields above, . Iv With toe martyred hosts OfStand­ ing by, 1 shall know the saintly comrades that I have so dearly loved, l am going imck to see them bye and bye. Aioiur the 8kirmish Line. March 27, Commander-in-chief Alger was At Little Rock, Ark. A post of the Grand Army is soon to organize in Montreal, Canada. The Davis dependent bill had been passed by the United States Senate. Mr. Ingalls has introduced a bill for the erection of a monument to Abraham Lincoln on the Gettysburg battle field. The annual encampment of the Depart­ ment of Arkansas was held at Little Rock, Ark., March 27. Posts of the G. A. II., are being organs ized among the colored veterans of tbe State of Louisiana and Mississippi. It is said that there are fully 30,000 colored veterans residing in these two States. The Phil. H. Sheridan Women's Relief Corps, of Salem, Mass., has voted to ex­ tend an invitation to Mrs. General Sheri­ dan to be its guest during the Boston en- ampment next August. The annual encampment of the Depart­ ment of California G. A. R., will be held at San Jose April 2i, 22 and 23. The annual conventions of the Women's Re­ lief Corps and* Ladies of the G. A. R., will meet at the same time. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Mil­ itary Order of the Loyal Legion will be held at Philadelphia April 15-17. It is expected that 3,000 members of the order will attend. , The membership of the Department of Pennsylvania on Dec. 31, 1889, was 44-,613, an aggregate • gain during the year of 2,783 members. Fifteen years ago the membership of this department was less than 4/,000. The average annual value of pensions paid for twenty-three years up to June 30,1885, $39,090,985. Paid for inter­ est to bondholders annually within the same period,$95,870,409 in gold. The soldier was paid 50 cents a day in depre­ ciated currency. During the past' week Mr and Mrs. GSli- eral Alger have been in Kansas and have receivecPan ovation wherever they went. Kansas has more cyclones and more en­ thusiasm among the old soldiers than any other state in the union, at least that is her reputation. Now we do not wish to compete in the cyclone business. But we do expect to show them during the encampment that te ant not behind in enthusiasm. The House Committee on Invalid Pen­ sions has had before it a delegation from the, United States Maimed Soldiers League, who presented their reasons for the passage by Congress of the bills intro­ duced in the Senate by Mr. Quay and in the House by Representative Bingham increasing the pensions of those who have lost a limb, two limbs, or both eyes, and for other purposes, from $36 to $50 a month. The delegation consisted of Messrs. Benjamin F. Widdicomb, Jas. M. McGee, A. G. Rapp, Gen. H. S. Huide- koperand J. H. R. Storey. Several of the delegation addressed the committee. --« Dependents. So long- as the mother of the deceased soldier (if he left no widow or child tinder the age of sixteen surviving him) is liv- ing, there is no one bat her entitled to pension on his account, except in the case where the mother has abandoned the family (including the soldier) prior to the soldier's death. In the case of the death of the soldier's mother (or her abandonment of the family prior to soldier's death) then the father's title to pension begins as a dependent per­ sonal, and dates from death of the sol­ dier, and not till then. The title of the brother and sister, who must be under the age of sixteen at the time their title accrues, begins with the death of the father, the mother being previously out of the way, with the death of the mother, the father being out of the way, or with the death of the soldier, both father and mother being oat of the way. . * The Dependent Pension Bill passed the United States Senate after a hot debate on Monday. Plumb's amendment re­ moving the limitation as to arrears of pensions was voted down, 9 for and 46 against. Then Plumb offered an amend­ ment to pay a pension of $8 per month to all who served 90 days and who shall arrive at the age of 62 years. This was also voted down, 19 for and 39 against. The original bill then passed 42 for and 12 against, all southrons. Sec. 1st gives dependent parents of dead soldiers relief after they make applica­ tion. Sec. 2d proposes to give $13 per month to soldiers, &c., "suffering from mental or physical disability, and who *n . de­ pendent upon their daily labor. Sec. 3d gives pensions to widows aud children of deceased soldiers and such as die where the marriage ante-dates the passage of the act,* V Sec. 4th increases the pension of minor children to $4 per month. . Sec. 5th provides $10 for tbe attorney. KINGSTON, Ont.--In the humble home of Mrs. Matilda Delear, Cobourg, there was spread out on a plain pine table re­ cently, in gold and bills, $12,637.27, pen­ sion money from the United States gov­ ernment due to the late Francis Delear, who, as member of Company I, 18th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, went through the civil war. He pressed his claim for eighteen years, and when he had proved its validity death seized him. It has taken six years to prove that Mrs. Delear was his widow. „ As soon as the pension money was paid, the old lady divided the money and gave half of it to Edward Delear, her hus­ band's son by his first wife. She said that she had promised her husband be­ fore he died that, if she got tbe money, she would give Edward one-half, and be­ sides, she added, in broken English, "Ed­ ward he beeu good to me. He take care of me. " For all there has been a big wrangle over "rules" in Congress, Major E. N. Morrill, chairman of the committee on Invalid Pensions, watched hischance and secured the passage of a part of the De­ pendent Pension bill, as follows: That in considering the pension claims of dependent parents, the fact of the sol­ dier's death by reason of any wound, in­ jury, casualty, or disease which, under the conditions and limitations of sections 4692 aud 4693, would have entitled him to an invalid pension, and the fact that the soldier left no widow or minor chil­ dren having been shown as required by law, it shall l>6 necessary only to show by competent and sufficient evidence that such parent or parents are without other present means of support than their own manual labor or the contributions of others not legally bound for their sup­ port: Provided, That no pension al­ lowed under this act shall commence pri­ or to its passage, and in case of applica­ tions hereafter made under this act, the pension shall commence from the date of the filing of the application in the pen­ sion office. It changes the present rule so as to only require of parents that they abow that they are now dependent. Grant's Speech- During the war Major Wham was a lieutenant in General Grant's regiment, the Twenty-first Illinois, and was as for­ tunate bodily then as he has been since. "We were in for thirty days at first and had a Colonel who had two pistols in his belt and made speeches on dress parade,'" he said to a circle of friends at the Ebbitt last night. "We refused to re-enlist un­ less we could have a new Colonel and the case was presented to Governor Dick Yates while the regiment was camped at Springfield. It was then that Col. U. S. Grant was assigned to our regiment and the Governor suggested that the boys be enthused with some speeches by Logan and one or two others. The program was carried out and the boys, who had been worked up to a three-cheers-and-a- tiger state of mind, and were accustomed to speeches from their old Colonel, called for 'GranV 'Grant,' 'Colonel Giant,'vith the accent on both words. Tfaore was a slight hesitation, and then Col. Grant), who had been sitting down, arose an® made an effective speech, without e% hausting the English language. It coul4 be hardly divided into the three parte re quired by rhetoricians, of about four words, to-wit: "'Go to your quarters.' < "I told the story onoe at a reunion when Grant was present, and the veter­ ans took it with a storm of applause, bat the old commander never smiled. It was one of those incipieats of necessary army discipline which he thought ought never to be alluded to at reunions, and I harei never told it since." What did you think of your Colonel those days?" was asked. "A man who couldn't see Grant had the elements of greatness in him was a shoat himself," was the reply. "We all" ' |j said then he was bound to climb the lad- f t'r der, and the world has seen our prophecy j p. fulfilled."-- Washington Star. v • r >; ^ 1 Oae of Ae Last War Hems.* • - ,) - Tod Vaughan is dead. The friends of \v the genial General A. J. Vanghan, whose J nickname fs "Tod," need not be alarmed,1 It The General is hale and well, but hi# - namesake, a famous old Confederate war ,, horse, has been gathered to his fathers. „ * Away back in 1861, when Tod was a. ̂ 4 frisky colt, he was given by his owner, ^ Mr. J. T. Abernathy, living near Moscow, - -,;y; Tenn., to his son, William Abernathy, v;- William was at that time a private in the 4 thirteenth Tennessee Regiment, but was at home on a furlough. He named his colt for his Colonel, afterward General A# J. Vaughan, who was familiarly known as "Tod" by his men. The young man, on leaving home, gave the colt%o his sister, Miss Belzie, with the injunction never to part with itil he failed to come back from the war; Young Abernathy was killed at the battle of Murfrees- borough, and the colt remained at home > Jl undisturbed until the spring of 1864. He was then taken by the Federal troops \ / -4. and became a Union horse. Eo» . caping in some way ftOBahfc captors, the < horse soon after s-etuftlSd home. After a brief rest he fell into the hands of the Con- ;^| federates. From that time he followed ^ the fortunes of General Forrest in his cavalry operations. At the close of the war he drifted back as before to the house of his cotthopd. His yonng mistress was subsequently married to Mr, J. H. Bann^ now a resident of suburban Buntyn. Forjp -• a quarter of a century pastth«f old equine * * hero has led a peaceful farm life, tende^y watched by the lady as a special trust imposed upon her "by her brother, who "J,, never came back from the war. The old \ horse died last Thursday at noon, then ^ ,^|i 37 years of age. He was probably the | last of the war horses.--Memphis Appeal. > ^ Champion Bill. It was in.the midst of one of the hottest ^ ^ fights of the civil war--Champion Hill. • We were in the thickest of the fight and had suffered dreadfully under the fire of , - the enemy, when suddenly there came a, momentary lull at our immediate point J > J" in the line. We had fallen back a feflr < -.y steps under the partial shelter of a little I'^h v J rise in the ground, but wore even then only a few*yards removed from the en*- emy, so close, in fact, that but for the noise of the battle, we might have beea^ able to converse with them inan ordinary . '<... >$ tone of voice. The Confederates had 1 . ' -•;C& ir' * done exactly as we had, and the move^ ment of both forces had been made ver$H quickly. In some unaccountable manner a man of each command, a Confederate •'£& and an Eleventh Indiana soldier, ha failed to keep in the line, and when their comrades Ml back these two soldiers faced each other, several yards in adf vance of their regiment and only a do: yards apart. I shall never forget sight of these two soldiers as they st there glowepng on each other, altho it was only for an instant they reiuai inactive. Their faces were so begrimed with smoke and powder that they were ^ scarcely recognizable, and both fairly panted from the exertions they had been making. Any man of our regiment! could have shot the man in gray had he cared to do so, and any man in his regU *"Sj ment could have killed the gallant young - ^ Yankee where he stood; but there la -*sJh A where the spirit of fair play came in% | Both sides realized at a glance that the '^b'f two men stood on an exactly equal foot- * ^ ^ iug, and while not one of the comrades ..>J| < ,*j of either failed to entertain a wish that *~j| * his comrade might come out victor in the duel that was sure, to follow, not one raised a gun to bring down his foe. s 1 The two men evidently realized and * <J fully appreciated the situation. The gun ••!^g . of each was empty. • A Confederate raa out from their line with some cartridge® in his hand, which he stuffed into his com- : rade's box, and 1 did the same for our man, and both of us retreated unmo­ lested . Youftiever saw men load more rapidly than did these adversaries, »k>r both knew that the slowest had rammed home his last charge. It wtis the work of a moiueut only and our boy won. The Confederate waited to withdraw ramrod and this lost him his life, lor soldier of the Eleventh never gtoppi&jff Quick as a flash when the chaige home he raised his musket, hi* eye*. glanced along the barrel, and iu the vwry •' act of raising his piece the brave rebel .- --for he was a brave man--fell dead his opponent's feet, ramrv>d, charge all having ptissed completely througtl his body. The victor ran back to oar line. I shook his hand, but m spoke? A few moments later we a»L J-j V »\;