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"ir M '•'kr[... -$3$r m=s= VOL. 13. -•\'V '•••' 'vf . .rr:," "y#" iji .ste «« Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Li w'w Si M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, JWDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1888. . - -• ' i >....- . * :'jJL .» r * ... . No Favors Win us and no Fear Shall Awe. er. ' PlIUIHID KTB«T WKDWKSDAT BT YAN SLYKE,- AKD peofeibtokJ " Office In Bishop's Block, -OrrtwiTB PasBT * Owbh'i *, • TBRH4 or StJBiOKIPTIOSr. JtiWTipttmM rooelrod for [iMtbi fa the na^pcpportlon three *.00 or six Kates of Advertising1. W>'?*naennee liberal rates for advertising p tM FtiADIblllSs, and enleavor to state inlalnty thatthev will be readily an 1 • Th*t **»•*• tettewej llwhtMrHi1 «• ,•/;"'»•*' 500 t lnekes one year * • ;«• woo • teehee one year i ! V ". 15 00 "TOetamn one year - . . - . so no ; Oetninn one y ear- . . - woo Oelutnn one yoar - . . .. . ioooo I ln<Tb moan*t1»« rawMnrfttnent of one j.'fWk'IOIini'the column, single column width. '^T^rtJhjpiTertisors, at the alwve rites, hare life of changing as often as they tbeut extra charge. '•dvertlsers (meaning those having £ tarda) will be entitlod to insertion *" tioes at the rate of 5 cents per line All others will be charged 10 tfNHr line the first week, and 5 cents per ~*eaeh subsequent week. Blent advertisements will be charged rate of 10 cents |>e line, (nonpareil ame as this is set in) the llrst issue, and ,.F<HNita per line for subsequent issues. Thus, 'fta Inch advertisement will cost S 1.00 for one VMk, fL50 for two weeks, 18.00 for three weeks, and so on. (he Pulindbaubk will be liberal in giving editorial notices, but, as a business rule, it < Will require a suitable fee from everybody •king the use of its columns for pecuniary BUSINESS CARDS. WM. OSBORNE, M. D. PHYIOlAX AND U RGEOX. Office at the Parker House. West McHenry. Calls promptly attended to day and night. PAUL BKOWK, A TTORNBY AT LAW. U. 8. Expret# Q».'S t\ Building, 87 and 39 Washington St. CHICAGO, 11* L. ^ iL F. ELLSWORTH, TTORTFBY at Law, and Solicitor ta Chan L eery, Nqnda, 111. ASA W. SMITH, TTORNEY AT LAW ami 8<>lieltOt|p» t Chancery.-- Woodstock, IlL MARY (J. BABB1AX. HAIR WORKER. All kinds of Hair Work done in first class stvle and at reasonable prices. Rooms st residence, north- east comer of Public Square, McHenry, III. DBS. C. E. WILLIAMS & DAIfLlrf. DENTISTS Residence Dundee. Will be at McHenry, at Parker House, the 10th 11th 25th and 26th"of each month. When dates occur Saturday or Sunday I make inv visits on the following Monday,and the first day of such visit oocurs on rriday, I will stay but one day. BUSINESS CARDS. H. T.BBOWK.M.D. AN AND SURGEON. OH00 at e, McHenry, 111. 0. H. flBQKRS, M. D- TSIOtAN A.HD SURUEO*. lit. OIKce at Re«idence. MeHenry, o. J. HOWARD, M. D. jwtsioxan A JTO StfBGEON, McHenry, t Bestdenco, on* door West BABBLAM BROS. JA&iEiaiiiheturers, McHenry, 111. Or- Livery Stable. ^ * WiaETUAS, Proprietor. First II klaits done an abort notice. | --J NEAR THE DEPOT. MoHENRY, ILL, W Keeps open tor the accommodation of the PuWlo a Flrst-Olasa Salw& ail SwUxyfant, Where he will at all time* keep the best AlMAfMttVor FEANZ FALK« IDiViBKSI LA&IR BBEB. Bear ta Lar«« or Small ways m hand, oheaper tbaa any ot her» ^Mli> ty ceasldered. Orders by mall promptly attended to. OOOD KPABL1NQ FOB 4Vt3al! and see as. . RoMft Sohiessle. West McHenry, UL JL Snglen'a SALOON AND RESTAUR ANT. MoHENRY, ILLINOIS* I;-.. I'- Rn« Kentxicky Liqws, French Bitters, I --AjfTD- J. m iflfaitee Bottle Beer, Is say quantity froqfc a> Snitz GIms to 5C0 barrels. AT WHO ELS ALE OB RETAIL llftr in bottles, kegs or case as mb the cheapest. W« bay nons bat the best and lill at Reasonable Price®. Gill and see me and I will use ANTONY ENQELN. McHenry. III*. 1886. *1! kh» iMnHtftei, it U* Stofl «tak Unites States far Ciaii Apucy OF WM-H. COWLING Woodstock, - - Illinois. Prosecutes all classs* and kinds of claim# against the United States tor e* Soldiers, their Widows, Dependent Relatlvesor Heirs. A specialty is made in prosecuting old and rejected ciainm All communications, promptly answerod if Postage Stamps are enotosed for reply. W M , H . C O W L I A Office at Residence, Madison St., Woodstoec, Illinois. Attention Horsemen! MoHekbt, III., April 1st, 1888, I wOald resooctf^lly invite the Public to <ull arta exAmitie tn7 stock of Horses before 7s making arrangements ness done on Sunda#. elsewhere. No busl. \ CX>LBY • H'llKNKY ILL E. R- AUSTIN, Livery,Boarfliai ai Sals State. At Parker>House Bam. FIRST CLASS RIGS, with or without Drivers, Furnished at Reasonable Rates. Bus and Hacks run to and fr ua ail Trains.-- Orders for Baggaire Promptly Attended to. MTest Molleni-y, III. f SMITH & ROGERS' Quintette Orchestra, RINGWOOD ILL. Are prepared to furnish First Class Music to the Dancing Public at Reasonable Rates. J, Smith, 1st Violin. M. Rogers, «d Violin and Prompter, Robt. Madden. Clarionet, O, Curtis, Cornet. K, Ingalls, Basso. Address all communications to Jerry Smith, Rlngvood, Illinois, or Mort Rogers, Lake Qeneva, Wisconsin, \> o iit at Hie vforw 101 io» ]>iiccg. A hiiwlfonio and Strongly Uimnd Photo- _ graph Album, AS x 11,;a ill, ei<U'n »n<l cdfros., lioiilinc 22 pafcoe of Cab- Oivd pictuioa Runt for 60ot"iit8, n tail price. : Vln-U l'Jrol»»,';rm>li Album, M' Vwii Rmhosxed j>a.I0<"l ki'Jom, gold edges, extension claep. hol lini; 32 p iseg of rabinot and Card pictures tent for JiJi'i, retailR fort2.25. T" *" M|tC tiic n'«>v« and rtltt Fintr Styles or PomiKM- A- ni lliikln, Cbiciiuuitl. <Mklo. AGENT: incli-s, stilt ef. met ann O.i'd *1.25. A U«*<1 1 Pi. Illustrated clrcnlars ALBUMS a G- ANDREWS* CENERAL "' 1 SPRING GROVE ILL. Sales ot Stock, Farming Tools and Goods of all, kinds attended to on the most BEASOHABLE TIBMS. Andrews, J • > . Spring Grovo, lll| 3th, 1885, ll-ll-3m JOSLTN A CASEY, A TTORNBTS AT LAW, Woo-1 stock IlL A All business trill receive prompt atten- JOHN KLEIFCEN. HOIT.^E Painter, tiraiuer, Calciininer aad Paper Hanger. Residence one Block West of Riverside ilon.^o. Work attended to promptly and on reasonnble terms. A. M. CHURCH, Watohmakor and Jeweler NO. 112 SOUTH CLARK STRICT, Chi­cago, 111. Special attention given to re­ pairing Fine watches and Chronometers. KTA Pull Assortment of Goods in his line SI for 13 Weeks. The POLIOS GAZETTE will be mailed, securely wrapped, to any address in the United States for three months on receipt of ONE DOLLAR. Liberal discount allowed to postmasters, agents and ciubs. Sample copies mailed tree Address ali orders to KICHARD K. FOX, Fbavklw Squaeb, New York. ATTENTION! jrs and Dairymen. It will pay those looking for : " CHOICE COWS Fresh milker* or springers, to call at BT premises before purchasing. I can furnish such by the Car load or single cow. * PORTER H. WOLF RUM, GHKMCKe. Farm aboutifour miles northwest of Harvard, Illinois. JOHN P. SMITH, Wftehmalier Sc Jeweler, MoHENRY. ILLINOIS. A FIKE.stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew. elry always on hand. Special attention given te repairing line watches. Give me a call. JOHN P- SMITH. P. NIIDHAM'I •OH* IKlif DgMDornDtPwt, and a& tor elr- FOR sale at H, V. Sbbpakd's Hardware Store, McHenry. Gb Pomp Rtyabiag, CSMBNTme, ETOL The undersigned is prepared to do all iobs in the line of Digging Wells, Repairing Pumps, Cementing Welle, or will put IB i Hew Pumps On short notice and warrant satisfaction. In short wilt do all work in this line. Oan furnish you a new Pump, either wood or iron, warranted, as cheap as any other man. Good references furnished if desired. If you want a Well Dug, a Pump Repaired or a new Pump, give me a call. aSTOrders by mail promptly attended to. Post Oflce, Jonnsbfcrgh, 111. L. BANTE8. Johnionrgh, 111., May 25th, 18». -DEALBE IN- Rye attd Mill Feed! Prices as AS TH E LOWEST Gall <f nd get figures before boy^- ing elsewhere. Will guarantee you satisfa jtiou in every particu- lar. ' ;3TV . ' ( Oon't Pay Anyone . ^ . To Buy Your Fsad For Ton. Large new Warehouse at the Pickle Factory in West McHenrj, Ilia ois. W. A. CBISTT. THE BEST OFFER YET. YOU WANT IT! Don't delay, but send at' once for HAWK EYE SIFTING6, the papular paper, with its forty columns of humorous and literary matter, profusely ll< lustratcd, ueatlv printed on tinted paper, and containing the cream of the best publica- tlons of the day, as we}l as^L. large aaiount of original matter by tlw nvn^Vumorone writ­ ers You v on't ro to sleep twdlng it. In order to introduce it we will eeM. lt to any address fopbmonthb on tbial for only 10 cents In silver. Splendid premiums given away. Nothing like It. Send to-day and •how this to your friends. Addieae* - . - " UAWKKY* 6IFTINOS. <MrtiR-:;. bosMoImMww ™e CHICAGO*"® R|0RTH< WESTERN ;."v' RAILWAY. , ;• V wt- • - f*«n#trates the ;0»nteri3«fC w Populatlon3ln IOiMB, Iiia^-^V^^ > fi; ' *; "."A*' Jwta, Dakota, Nebraska M Wyomini. f Its train service ta carefully arranged to meet requirement* of local travel, as well as to furnish the most attractive routes tor through travel between important Trade Centres. Its equipment of day and parlor cars, din- ingand place sleeping cars is without rival. tts road-bod is perfection, of stone ballast­ ed stet;!. The Northwestern is the favorite route for the commercial tiaveler, the tourist and the seekers after new homes In the golden Northwest. Detailed information oh^erfuliy furnished by BERNARD BUSS. Agent, McHenry, III. WHITMAN, : / > it a WICKX&, ' ; f - ; " ' : r - T r a f f i c " J. M. ' •'2 & P. wiLwir, : . 0tmeml Pattengar y&,. am* H. FISH, l"*jrac tioal Painter ? AND DECORATER. «HEBRON, ILLt S, .WHEAT WANT Decorating, Paper-Hattfllnn, CALCJMININQ, ' GRAINING* dee D o n e p p g a a r a a - : - - H. FISH, ; UMI>.UW4<: ?. ;k-, V" \ ; J*..kli^rJi.JLLxL'i . WBSTERN J. G McGregor ft ©to., have for sale in the Great Pipestore i0.000J.erss Which they offer at Low ; Terms. See bills giving Excursion.and for full patt J. • IDS. Kin, Illinois, Minn. and Easy of our next i apply to ^ 8LYKE. UBenry, III. Wishes to inform Mm* , oyen,, ON JUf.Y let, la MoHuuy WITH A FULL CHOICE TEAS, And And each Purchaser will HANDSOME Everything of the best qui as any other Store. that he will bid ' OF >FFEES. anted with a IE8ENT ly an| as cheap 1BOAKDINO Wliraiso accommodate Reasonable Bates. W0»l f llHd: USE. Boarders at See me. »« Good Stabling tor Horaos.^* Howe's Hock, MoIIENRY, ^LINOIS, CHA8. A. BARBIE, Prop. We take pleasure in announcing to tlio clti- ieno of Moilenrv and surrounding country that we koep on hand at ail jt|diee a full stock of all hinds of , , . BAm'S SUPPUES, And hope by a close attention to busine«a to merit the patronage of the Public. From a long experience in the business wo are confi­ dent that wo can please ail, BBZAS, PUS, CAKSS, And in short everything initio Bakery tine will he kopton hand , ,'tf '•;;>#re8h Evft^jf Osiy. . ^ A ' U L L S T O O K O F f . ; . y l hectic All of the best quality and at the lowest prtoes. Call aad see as. CHA8. A. BARBEE. KoHcnry, March 27th, 1888. MORGAN HORSES, Skort Ho: ii'r I lod Mod Aafu, lad Jertsy Cattle, illside Farm, W««t McHenry, III. t owes !• mi pur. bred, and m the best Morgan stotk in the Our Morgan stock is all pure >riginatad froi " United States Old Gifford Morgan, who stands at the bead if our Stock, is one ot the best bred Morgan 'tiorses in the country, and oan show more and . better all purpose oelts than any other horse >!in the West. We invite the inspection of our stock by ~h>rsemen and all lovers of fine animals. A tew full blood Morgan Oolts and young oerses tar sale. Also one matched team, full •doods. In tjattle we have the full blood Short llorn winch we are crossing with the Red Polled Angus and therefore instead of sawing off.the •fiorns we are breeding them off and with <ood success. A few Heifers and Bulls, both pure bred Short Horns and the cross above mentioned for sale, J. R. faylor A Sons. W««t KnHsnrv. 111.. Feb. 37th. 18NL IBLEY:S •TESTED# send'--"IllEstratei Catalopc Vegetable, Flower, Field Plants, Bulb?, Im(item'is, by mail on application. ;;f" IIbB Don't neglect writing for it. HBAX SIBLEY & CO. Rochester, N. Y. Chicago, III. S88-3M JC. Kaia It. lf-14 V. Clark St I ALESME WAITED N To eanvass for the sale of Nursery Stock. Steady employment guaranteed. Salary and expenses paid. Apply at once stating age. KBnr to this paper. „n.„, SKELli A HOWLAND, , Bochester. N. T. TED. pHe« la NO* 51. Soldiers' Department, OONXBIBUTO BT WM. II. O0WLIM. C A. R. Dlreotry. M'hbitbt POST NO. 618. 'Meetsthe Firstand Third Saturday evenings of each month. L. E, Bbhkbtt, Oom. UOKKOIO VOBT HO 888. eets the second Friday svening of WSf.;P«AOCKJ«,^Qoat. woonaTooK post, do H8. Heetil first and third Monday evenings of saoh month. Wk. Avaav, Com. IDXD& POST. MO 226, Meets the seoond and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month. Wx. Bcylkr, Oom. H4BTABO POST. MO 800. Meets the seoond and fourth Monday-even lags of each month,. R. J. WHITTLBTON, 09*. MAUHOO FOOT, Na w, Meets every Second and Fourth Friday evenings of each month. JoujrJW. Grkkx, Oom. WAUOOHDA POST, HO. 368. Post meets every second and fourth Satur­ day evening In G. A. It. Hall, Main St. Warren E. Powers, Oom, What Did Th« Private Do? Our dailies teem with daringdeedfi And books are filled with fame. Brass bands will play and oannons tlinr In honor of the name Of men hold commissions, andfi., Were honest, brave and true; B it still the question comes to me, What did the private do? Who were the men to guard the camp When the foes were hovering 'round Whe dug the graves of comrades dear? Who laid them in the ground? Who sent the dying n\ps3agi» home To those he never knew? If the officers did all this, What did the pri vate do?' • • Who were the men to 111 1 thilj^w# „ Of comrades slain In strife?? j; "'7 • Who were the mon to risk their ovMK To save a comrade's life? ^ Who was it lived en salted pork And bread too hard to chew? If officers did this alone * * What did the privates do? Whe laid in pita on rainy nights All eagor for the ifray? Who marched benosth the soerchtnf tun Through many a toilsome day? Who paid the sutler double price,' * 1 And scanty rations drew? If officers get all the praise, * Then, what did the prlvata de? ' '• All honor te the brave old beys Who rallied at the call- Without regard to name or rank, • * ; We honor one and all, > -tttay'ee passing over, oae And soon they'll all be gone To where the banks will surely show v - what the boys have done. -- Wathltyjton natUt, W > V - *' ? 7..^. •icti In- Ttm h vlltj* thi ha«k tttfkM d - ' 4lMttbtSklrmiih Uae• The 8Utt soldiers boons hu 180 nates. Gilbert A. Wheeler Post was mutter* ed at TUden, Wis., May 23. There are only eighty-three ex- Unlou soldiers In Congress. June 7 Ceogress appropriated |8,- 000,000 for pensieas. A reunion of veterans was teld at Plymouth. Wis., June 13. July 2 Is the tweuty-flfth aoairer* sary of the battle of Gettysbarg. . The reanlon of the First Minnesota Infantry Volunteers will occur at Lake Mlnnetonka, June 27. The Grand Army reunion al Fergus Falls, Minn., JuneS. was a suooess in every particular. Martin Post, No. 666, was mustered at Qlayvtlle, Ohio, May 17, with *blrly charter membera. New York has a law granting Grand Army posta the absolute right to rooms In the armories of the State. A reunion of the Ope Hundred and Twenty-fourth Ne* York Volunteers will be held at Gettysburg, July 2. Judge William H. Bassett, Arcolo, was an Inmate of Southern prlsoo pens duting the war for 547 days. Post 26, Department of Oregon, was mustered at Sandy, Ore., May 7, with fourteen charter members. The loss of the First .\Tinnesota at the battle of Gettysburg was 82 per cent. Only 250 officers and men went into the ohargo. Senator Quay has been authorised to report favorably his bill granting pensions to soldiers and sailors confin­ ed la Confederate prisons. John T. Hunter, a Philadelphia?!, claims to have been the first man te enlist la 1861. He telegraphed Gov­ ernor Curtin offering his services April 10. Kansas has oow 180 subordinate corps. Since the middle of March eleven corps have been organized. This is a splendid record for the W, B. C. of Kansas. The ladies of George N. Morgan W. R. C., No, 4. Minneapolis, will hold a series of social hops at Grand View Pavilion, Minnehaha Falls, during the summer. Phil Sheridan commanded the caval­ ry la the Army of the Potomac one year, and in that time fought seventy- six battles, captured 905 battle flags, and 160 field pieces. Aug. 28.29. and 30 the annual reun­ ion of the soldiers of the Military Tract will be held at Canton. The soldiers of Fulton County will bold tbeir reunion at the same time and place. June 4 Dunham Pott, Decatur, dedi­ cated a new hall. This is the first pest of the Grand Army everorgaoUed, and the oooasion was an event la the his­ tory of the order In this department. Sexton and Past Commander J. W. Burst were present and assisted In the dedication ceremonies. The camp of Sons of Veterans of Moline will present the high school of that village a silk National flag. Bach graduating class will be requested to select a "color guard," whose duties shall be to carry the flag ob at least three occasions during the year--Mem­ orial Day, Washington's Birthday, and the Fourth of July. This is a true way of teaching patriotism, and the example thus set Is worthy of repeti­ tion. A design for a btfjge for the Woman's Belief Corps at the National Convention At Columbus, Ohio, in Sep­ tember next, has been made, as follows A bronze bar with the figures 18S3-1SS8 on the end and the monogram W, R.C. In the center. Below this hangs a buckeye; below that, suspended by a piece of yellow ribbon, a medallon, bearing on the face the head of Past National President Kate B. Sherwood, of Toledo, Ohio, and on the reverse side the inscription, "Sixth National Convention, Columbus, Ohfo. Septem­ ber, 1888." - Department Commander Sweetser in his annual address reodmmended that the department choose a badge emblematic of cur Stite in tta. war history. The committee on officers' report recommended that a committee o( three be appointed by the Depart­ ment Commander to consider, select and report for approval or disapproval to the next encampment a bailee for this department. On metien the re­ port was adopted. The following will constitute eaid committee: Comrade A. C. Sweetser. Past Department Com* mander. Post 146 Bloomington; Com­ rade William L. Dlstln, Past Depart­ ment Senior Vice Commander, Post 96, Quincy; Comrade William Avery, Past Junior Vice-Department Commander, Post 108, Woodstock. 4. Commander Sweetser also recommend­ ed that steps be taken to erect a menu- naent at Gettysburg, to commemorate the part taken by Illinois troops in that great battle of the War, asking for an appropriation of 110,000, The committee en officers report suggest that a committee of three be appointed by the Department Com­ mander to properly introduce said proposition to the Legislature. The following oomrades wUl con­ stitute said committee : Comrade R. B. Stinson, Post 558, Anna; Comrade J. R. Herring, Post < Canton; Comrade John F. Maddox, Post 408, HUlsboro. ,,>u Carolina Invader aad Vateraak. Two soldiers of a North regiment were with Lee in his Invas­ ion of Pennsylvania in the summer ef 1S63. The men were fording the Po­ tomac en their way North, when one of them called'out as he entered the water: , "Hallo, Yanks! Here's yer er!" (Invader). At this ioswt the man's comrade sank out of stfit in a hole, aad as he came up spurted out: "And hero's yer wet-ter-un!" (veter­ an ) GSaeral fiherldanV wife might al­ most be called a daughter af the army. [Ier father was Brevet Major-General Daniel Henry Roeker. Her mother was prior te her marriage, Miss Irene Curtis, daughter of Lieutenant Wm. Curtis, of the army, and adopted daughter of Colonel Wisler, Fourth United States Infantry. Her father was, after the war, en the staff of Lieu tenant-General Sheridan la Chica­ go, and oae year after she left school she married him. They hare three daughters and a son, X ; Dana's Watermelo*. "One of the most amusing ? ever saw," said Capt, A, J. West, "oo- curred near West End. It was during the,dark days of the war when rations were scarce and every soldier wore in addition to his uniform a lean and hungry look. A soldier named Dune, whe is now living in Alabama, owned a very small peny, upoti whleh he constantly rede, "One afternoon he went oil on a raiding expedition, and returned in triumph, bearing a large, luscious- looking watermelon across his pony's neck. Dunn's eyes twinkled with satisfaction and the moisture crept out of the less fortunate fellows' mouths, myself among them, as we thought of the delicious feast in store for the lucky men who would be In­ vited to the soldier's banquet. MWhlle we were all admiring the melon and askins: where it came from along came a cannon ball and hit it a center shot. There was a shower of red meat, green rlndv and seed, and when it oleared away there sat Dunn en the pony, neither of whom had been touched. Dunn was as wet as a drowned rat, and never will I forget the utter loneliness and amazement depleted upon his face, down which trickled little streams^f red water from the expolded melon,--Atlanta Journal. den. T W. Sherman's Great Staff. Sherman had a crowd of men about him who afterward became distin­ guished for outstripping their whilom commander. Gen. Hen^ioG. Wright* who did so much good servioe at tlM army of the PotouuM, bus la partmentat Washington whe* attacked the capital, aad under Sheridan la the Vall«!>| Egbert L. Viele, since a Congress, and well known fir York City in civil life--both had gades under Sherman, The fw senator and governor, not to sip; dent, Joseph R. Hawley, ooasi a regiment, as did Terry, the Fort Fisher. Lawrende BsrflM&t actor, had a company; whUe owSfcai^ man's staff there was * host of clo*|r, capable soldiers. James H, Wilson, the commander of Thomas's aHkby at Nashville, the captor of 3dsHiud of Jefferson Davis; Horace Ported terward ald-de-camp to Grant, private secretary during his first ministration; O'Rorke, who ti gallantly at the head of his at Round Top in the battle of Get burg--these were, perhaps, the meet brilliant. But Skunk of the erdenaace. Tardy of the engineers, Morgan of commissary, Saxton of the quarter- master's, and Pelouze of the adfrttaat*- general's department, wlthOcklteras medical director, made up Attn of' regulsr officers hardly surpassed dar­ ing the war. The oely volunteers were the aide-de-camp, two of whom were commissioned, and myself*Sim* ply appointed by the general CNMt- mandlog; but I wore a lientenaat% shoulder-strap by permission, at Gillmore did his brigadier-general's. ADAU BADEATT. Grant's Old Comrade. Detroit Free JFVcm: "Now, comrade, you sit still and rest yourself while your wife runs down to the baakaad gets this check cashed; she is ysnilger than you are," remarked Peasloa Agent McKlnstry yesterday, aa he handed a check for 924 to Mrs. Joha Fieur, who stood behind her hoabaad in the Pension Office. Mr. Floor is upwards of 71 years/ old aad lives at: No. 188 Macomb street, where he moved about a year ago from (Jhehoy- gan. Me ta now suffering from paraly­ sis aad his pensioa of 98 per moath te In the Mexican war class. He relates that during the Mexican war he saw the late General Grant from West Point as a second 14 ant. Being in the sam« reglmeat' became somewhat anoa!ate$J. A| the war he met <*«*» 4M|*trolt! be do ,;f * • •*'=•- •" foralai not see.4|fi|i ag^a l̂lî '̂ l, Petershi|jK 1864, wlien tf*1 then Ltea$iiaat Ooaeml .or asked why ia had not i lcaowa before. Fleur: It was hot becoming the their positions for htm ta himself to the Commaa*sr «i United States Army. The General re­ plied: "I am the aame Grant that you knew in the Mexican war,* or two later Fleur was General Grant's messeager, positloa he held to the close of! war, whoa the General made hlatj eaaebmaa. ' A couple of,. topHp FletMli laflrmitles ;preveated Mi ing jifr flutles of eoaohatai cam^ack to Michigan. He with the Seventh Michigan o%| call for troops, was mustet Harrison's Landing in 1S63. Michigan and enlisted agaitt': Seventeenth. The Fint BaSllan It is upon first gfhlftl a soldier's nerve l»i It may be that la rea is marched past the ta! with all their gorar . _ he meets scores of straggleriij fear, ambulanoesloaded with screaming with pain, hurrying to the rear, batteries of artillery gallop here and there, and tfca front, toward which he is marching on tha quick, the roar aad surge of amies seeking each the destruction of the other. Happy for him If he ta at onoe thrown into the midst of the oanMge, for soon the demon ef deatrootlea will possess him, all fear is baalsbed aad be sees before him only the enemy of his country, bated and detested, the am* bodiment of all that Is deserving Of; loathing and soora with men. • « i.ij • ? And In all thia mad excitement tha soldier, wild with murderous pa Is thrilled by the sight of the flag (may God bless it time I) to him never again a < tion of silken texture and fringe, but the emblem of i worthy, enobllng and of goo^ among men. How he Is iai lifted up aa Its beaatttatJ out through the this hell of man's own flag par excellence of all the dags of earth, as Is fitting, for Is It not the representative of the hlghMiiNis of government koowa to mastf fetfcftttle it is the heart of hearts, the eara, the centre, the rallying point, thapaaired trust. Men may die. and men dodte, that the flag may be avteMi; othere spring forward to take keealv alive to all tfco1 hut the stars aad stripes borae aloft, or wIms oatfi dire rsealts--the panic, the defeat which sorely comes bloody battle's desperate < at.v'H. •">> iiiiiiiBlis"ci7WMIii• f,Ay i'-T. .... li'Ml