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Pledged butto Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favors Win u. and no Fear Shall Awe." VOL. 15. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1889. NO 18. aiife [«p. PUBMSHBD BVBSrQWKDNB8DJtT BT . V AN 8LYK KffSf; KOITOR \SO PROPlMRTrtR. Office in Blshop's- Block*? - pinr A,%wai*» i • r«tivr* «*P *iTit*;*fif "i <*nt» V«Mr(ln vtva.»w> .. || v.»t l»aiI vithin Three *f.'»Htha .. nwiinvl fir tkrw ®f D<i1tth«ix the «mno prn)*>rtlon. mm etx Kites of Advertising. We Hnn«Hiin« liberal rates for advertising n th« i»i.u*r»B\r,ni, *n-l (in le-tvor to state h«'« *» iiUlnlv tint thev will be reudlty un- Th«v 1 Tm*h in» vi ir • v 5«« !««*» is on so no mnn 100 00 of one 4 Tn«h«,»<»n* voir • • t Inches one veir - ' , - • • ^fWn-nnnnevMr . . H fv»inirn one vmr. • - Coltrnn i>n<* . • «ni» iiv't ti'it'i" the flKnnrn'nnnf, licit down ttlftnitnmn,9in!?l<! column width. feir! * i.| ve.rtHer*. at, the al>ore r^t.es, have the nritfHe're of n'n-miin'r as often us ther choose, without ATtni eh a-ire. 'le<rular ad verti^or* (meanlnsr those having rtan'linT carls) will be entitled to Insertion •f local notices at the rate of Scents per line each week. VI1 others will be charged ia eenl» per "ine the. 0" at. week, and 5 cents per line for oa«h subseffjent wools. Ti an*iorit ii|vorttso'nent-s will be charged as the rate of JO cents t>c line, (nonpareil •"*p«, same as this is sot In1; the (1 r«t Issue. and Scent* per line 'or <mbxnitiient is«'ies. Th""*, nn loch a-l ve-tiscnent will cost #1.00 for one wee'., for iwo weeks, t2.00 for three w«>.ks, and so on. 1 he I't,vt?fi>K\i<BR will be liberal In trivlne eri.torial notices, lint. ii»n bn«inoss rule, it will -eipji-c H strlnble foe from everrbody seeking the use of Itfl columns for pweuniary fain. im KUKIYE8S CARDS. OJ, nowABO. M. n. t»H*' I^r*N AN l> SURGKOV. Mcllenrv, » IP. Office it -esl-'ence, oi»is blortk east of 'Public Ac.hu »i B'tildinT O. H. KKUKIt*. M. U- »HV«*IOiAS \NT> "WKtiROV. Mcllenry, ills. Offlce at Re-sMonce. WM. IXIL MTVK, VI. •». P'lVMOl vS Ofllce at KnKiilnni'i1, \V«st Mcilonry, III. Onlls pr-»inp.U !*t,t.e.vl<! I t» Hvfrn I BAUB1AN BROS. Or- CM;.\K MitnufHcturers, McHenrv, Ml <ler« soliclte<t. Shrtf, la »M Mcllenry, In ICeiter Block. thtM «lw»r we»t of RlveruUte HoiiRe. . Hi e Livery Stabfe. TT K. VTi»*HTM.VN, Proprietor, ftirit HL. cla«a rites. "»r w««hoiit «1ri*ers fuminhe'l at rcasonnlile rates. Twaintuff «ll kin>l4'lone on short notice. •HEAR THE DEPOT, . ""'L * Wli^T MoUENItY, ILL Kmm onen for the accommodation of the* Public a Hret-Olas* -- Saloon and Rsstiuraat, IP .Iqnors »ml Oig^ra all times keep tha bee* qn bo found in the market. r* he will at 4>run ld of Wiues, Also Agent ror FOLK'S MILWAUKEE LASER BEER- Reer in l,*rt« or.Small itegs or Bottlee al- ways en hnnd, cheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered. Qfi4er*> by mail promptly attended to. tiOOf) tiTAnt.lXH Witt mutam ; ||)h<Jall and s«e «s. Robert SohiessKia Weat Meilenry, III A. Baglsn's SA103H AN3 RS3?A0RAHT. MoHENRY, ILLINOIS. Fins Kentucky lienors, Prsncii Bitters, HsHsary Lager Bee^ --AND -- BUSINESS CARDS. P/V^/r. RHOtrV, 4 TTORVHV AT I, \ W. TT -* K\nr«»«* OO.'a /\ Bnll'Untr, "«7 in ) Wi.yh:n!jti»h4,4t. onirrxoo. in, ^ ;M. F. Kl.l.SWOR BIi, ATVORVF.V at l.iir, sn't •»n<i~it.*»r tw Phsr. eery, Nnnd», Til. \«*\ W SMITH, -! TTOttXKY AT \.AW and aoHeWnr \n ^ Obancerv.--Woodstock, Til. JO^f.YV * 0\HKV. TTrtRWKTS AT l. \W, W .otstrtek Til. L All bnsiness will receive, prompt s< ten C, P. Ham** P AT foitVKV^. «rtHelt-»p» fti, r Oonns^lors, Oolle'fonn a spe>Mil!tv. . WU »l»«T«>OK, ILLtWOfS. V. *. I.TTMTiET. ATTORVRV AT LAW, and Solicitor in Chnn«-err, wnorwTmK, TT.T,. Office in Park House, tirst floor. A. IM. CHURCH, WtctoHmalcor n.n<l .Toweior VfO. One HnndredTwen.tv-Klve ^tate Ohi- 01 chtfo. III. Special Attention iriven to re- pslrlntr Pine wntches nnd fTiironomf ters. HT\ Full Assortment of Hoods in his line United Stales War Claim Apcj. op VVM- II. COWLIN, Woodstock - - t Illinois. Prosecutes all cln«sis snd k*««fs of claims aarninst tlie ITnitO'l .St;Ue« for ex.SoM!«rs, their Widows, Dcp"O'!0nt Rel.-.'lves or Heir*. A specialty is made In prose< <•. r.ig old and rejocied claims All coinman'cittons prompt l» .mr were«l if Postage Stamps are «ncioiie<i fur rem v. If W, // <*OWi.i A Ofllce at Itesldenae, Ma>Uson St.. Wools toe Illinois. Attention Horsemen! MCIIKNIIV, ILL., April Is', ISS#, T woul<f rusoe-tf'tllv invite Public to call Mil l cximine m j st'Vk of 'i irsns lH!for« maklr ir trrHn/Minontii ulsewhere. V> bnsl- ness iltnt en Sim i«*. s N. a mt.RY «'uttN«r IU. E. R- AUSTIN, Livery, Bsarfliri and Sale Stable. At Parker House Barn. F1 IRST Ol, \»S RTGS, with or without Drivers, Pnrntshel ai Keasonsble Rate*. Bus and Hacks run t» and fr >m all Trains.-- Onlers for B.iKgntre Promptly Attended to. West MeHenry, III. snstX'r:EX"s. : Quintette Orchestra, M< HEXR Y, ILL. Are prep ir«sd| io fnrulsh First Olass MiiM1* to the l>a<icttiK Public at R<vt*onable Kates. J, Smith, 1st- Violin. Koltt. Madden. Otarionet, (), Ourils, CJotnet. L, Oven, Trombone. K. Imrallh, Bnsso and Prompter, Address all communications to Jei'ry Smith, Mcllenrv. Weeks. The POI.IOK WX/'ETTK will tie mailed, seeurely wpappeUT, to any address In the United Sta es torlhree months on receipt of . ONE DOLLAU. Liberal disoount allowed to por(masters agents and clubs. Sample copies mailed troe Address all orders to BICHAKD X FOX, FRANKLIN S<JUAKB. New Vork '• ATrEITIOJI! Farmers and Dairymen. It will pay those looking for CHOICE COWS Fresh milkers or springers, to call, at premises before purrliasuig. I can furnl such by the ear load or single cow. POKTKR H. WOI.FRUM, OlIKMING. Farm about four miles northwest of ilarvard, llliuoie. . 7.1 JOHN P. S^lTv^ Watchmaker Jov^eler, VI j I i \ f •. ILLINOIS. riNB stock of Clocks, Watches snd Jew Special I Utentioi wateh'»s. Give me /V elry at wavs on haitd Special I Utention given to reoairlng line a call. J'>HS P. ftvrTH. |, ScMMilvaitee Bottle Beer,. In *ay qivatity from a Suitz G^lass to 1H) itarreU. AT vV I VLB ALB ott RKTAIL * Beer in battles, ke/ac& opr «»»© m oheap as th« cheapest. . ;W-'rv: MTe buy aoaa but the best and soU at Seasonable Price*. . Call and see md and I yep, wall. A.vrovr w ill u*e Ifefewv. I-U C. G. ANDREWS. CENSRAL UETIDIBSI. SPRING GROVE ILL. Sales ot Stock, Ftirininsr Tools ami Goods of all kind* attended to on the most * SEASONABLE HEU3. C. C. Andrews, Spring Cr ve, 111 • >rinar irove, ̂ «»l Vh, HMi , Hrll Sm Praotioftl Painte*!' AND DECORATE It. HEBRON ILL. Decorating, Paper-Hanging, CALCIMlNINQs ORAININO. Ac Deaeoa short notice and satislfcction goaran- • oal) om or address, SIMON STOFFSL, Ag«nt for Phoenix of Brooklyn. National of Hartford. f,'MCii«r -inl T»m-il'> Insurance placed S'ifel . snd with despntch in either ol itlxiVH cnffi|ii<il««, Policies tSoi'iocte.I, changes ati l.irnnntors m.ide Call un ur address ^ Hinion HtofloU WsM •l«tl«,nry, Illinois. WM. STOF#EL. *--Agnnt for-- flgf*." • L5GHTN1NC, . And AooidsaUl Iasuranoe. rwAlsa tir,wa. Minnesota, Nebraska, Alabtt^a, and California i.abds. Call on or address WM.^TOFFKL,, Mcllenry, ill. WAVERLY HOUSE , WM. II. KOT.VO0R, l'rop., W00D3T0CK, • • - ILL. Sample Woom on f'rsff'ioof. NEW YORK HOUSE. 2;]9 fc 24^ E.\ Randolph St. Between Franklin and Market Streets, CHICAGO. Be*t Accom nvxiation to 2 ravelert und Boarderft. £. G. K0EPPE, Prop. •IJ# PER »>* V, l-OOl) «AMPMC ROOM. SAI.KSMKS to oel' Nursery StOCk Ml <i00i|S WHITHBte«l FIRST-CLASS, Pennanent ^iieasnnl, pr^lHnblo positions lor Hie right In^jn. G'Hid saiai'iesand expense* pnid week iy I ili-fil induciinents to beginners. So iirevious experience necessary. Outlit free. IVrite for t^rm-*, giving age. CHAR1.KS H. CJlIASB. Nurseryman, Kochegter, S. Y, Men lion 1 liis paper. I l-2iu* M^poaip CEWIENTING, ETC. tThe nn<lersicrned is prepared to do all jobe in the line of Digtring Wells, Repairing Pumps, Oementinr Weils, or viil put in New Pumps On short notice and warrant satisfaction. In 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 you want a Welt Dug. a Pnnip llepaired ora new Pump, give me a call. •^Orders by mail promptly attended to. Post office, Johnsburgn, HI. L. BANTES. Johnsmurgh, 111., May 26th, ItMt. FISH. A Urtt-cleut House. 7 he Bos* All Stop There. m Culver House. RICHMOND, ILL. Good Livery, Good Sample Room. > FREE BUS TO A A>/> FROM ALL TRAINS FOR FA TRONS OF THE HOUSE. I run a line of carriages to Twin T.akes from irhmond, threA f.urths c.f a mile nearer than any mher »oid, and more level and pl'*a«ant i»r fir. If you Intend aroins to Twin i.nl.p*. nt.op at Kichiiioml and inquire for rirj.VEU's BP"* Ii.i-»lwv.\s there, rain or shine. Hound trip price*as usua>. C. N. CULVER, Prop. WANTED! J. 8. Sailor & SOBS ---BRftfiDKRi OF MORGAN HORSES, Short Horn, B*d Polhd Angai, And Jersey Cattle. Hillside Farm, West IVIcHenry, l||. Our Morean .Stock is all pure bred, and lrlginat^d from the best Morgan sto >k in the United States. Old Gifford Morgan, who stands at the bead it our Stock, is one ot the best bred Morgan :wr»es in the country, and can show more and 'letter »ll purpo e colts than any other horce In the West. *e invite the inspection of our stock horsemen and all lovers ol fine animals. by Mortran Oolts and young Also one matched team, full A tew full blood lorses for sale. •IBVM'L . In tattle wo have the full blood Short Horn vim h we are crossing with the Red Polled VnX'isan I therefore instead.of sawing off the torn* « e are breeding them off and with <ood sueeess. A tew Heifers and Bulls, both put^ »>re<i Siort Horns ami the cross above mentioned s»i«. J. 9. *»ylor A Son®. *r#«t M««eni"-. Hi.. Ffh. W»fc , C-RMAN Pain-Kil'er and Empire Saifs, Is tne vei v liest medicine ever inlrodwed into the cotVntry. The lollowing are the names of a few of the many who have be-n 'o«re«i i»y ihis great medi :ine: •M. P. Madrr, (iemv-, Wis., cured of asthma if ten years' standing:. O o'Doigan, of the same place, cured 01 a chrontc »«>re li nil. . . , Mrs. J .1. Huff, Richmond, III , cured of 'itnsr trouble of six monlhs' standing. Mrs Hultiurt, Nuinla 111 . cured of asthma ind cat ir> li of long standing. , Mrs. Wetistein, llsrvsrd. cured of internal WtlDle of ten wears' standing. Mr, Haniieshnll. of Harvard, cured of ca- arvh, scrnfuiH. a d varicose veins o^ nve vearo'slainliug. Theodore Borrhold, of Harvard, cured of paralysis of two yeats' standing. This new medicine has cured bronchitis, scrofula, abscesses, boils, burns, catarrh, eti., tnd relieved astlimi and consumption for all who have used it. It is a sure and sale medi- jtne for all troubles and never fail* to give toiislaction. Trv H under a full warrantee Price ot Empire salve hall ounce box, 25 cents; two ounce 1k»X, 75 c©nts, or three ooxes for 1150. Painkiller, one-ounce bottle, 25 centsi two-ounce bottle, 50 cents. Call on your traurist for It, or send to N. LENNARDS, Harvard.lit. POT sate by <,«* McHENRY HOUSE, McHenrj, Illinois. JOHN THELEN, Proprietor. This ITouse i« siuiiled near Ihe Tron Bridge andopi»osite ihe Steambivit l.nn ling, hits beeu newly renovated and painted, inside and out, and Is now prepared to accommodate the traveling public, or boarders, by da? or week, on the most reasonable terms, an t guarantee to give satisfaction. The public is in- vltetl toftve me ajcstl, ;f )D ST1BU8S FOS HIKES Farm Los MADE ON TIMB ncd terms to rait borrowers; no com. mission or ohargee for examination of abstracts. Honey fnnuebed at once, without red tape or delay. J.W KAN8TEAD, Booms land 2 Borden Block, Elgin, 111. THE CHICAGO'*"0 ESTERN RAILWAY. ;Penetratea the!Conter« ofi: Population! In Illinois, Iowa, ; Nctirash aoi Its train service is carefully arranged to meet requirements of local travel, as well as to furnish the most attractive routes for throngh travel between import ft Its equipment of day and parlor care, dm- ingand place sleeping oars is without rival, its road-bed is perfection, of stone ballast. ed steel. The Northwestern is the fitvorlte route for the commercial ttaveler, ttie tourist and the seekers after new homes in the golden Northwest. Detailed information cheerfully furnished y BERNARD BUSS, Agent, MoHenry, 111. /. M. WHITMAN, Gen. Manager. & a WICKER, ̂ Trot Re Mcmagmr. K. P WILSON, f-t+Mrof Pnmxenorr Ao^nl. L. W. NICHOLS, JR., sin V^Cf |CS. '.f v ' V rf' .. SOLOUBS* SSPABTKIST. Edited by WM. H. COWLIN, -WOODSTOCK, ILU-- " 7b care tor him who ha* borne the battle, and for hi* tvitjow AND orphan*."--LINCOLN. JEWELER AND RICHMOND ILLINOIS. All work In my line neatly and promptly done. Fine watch repairing a specialty. 1 CONSUMP^' It has permanently cured THOUSANDS of cases pronounced by doctors hope­ less. If you have premonitory symp­ toms, such as Cough, Difficulty $f Breathing, Ac., don't delay, but use PISO'S CURE FOR CONSUMPTION immediately. By Druggists. 25 cents. li W A N T E D ! E S M E N to canvabs tor the » lie of Nursery ^tock. A full hue of leaiiiti!. ' specialties, SALARY AND EXPENSES p;iid to «uccesrt' 'n I men No experience necessary. Write for terms Hating age {MeiUU'ti this paper ) C. L. Boothby'TocSlIffeWf'- s W AJN TED I To eanVass for the sale of Nursery Stock. Steady employment guaranteed. Salary and expenses paid. Apply at once stating age. Keter to this pa per. mmb iu* ^•Friendihip, Charily. Loyally-- J Worthy mm* of Patriot fitther*." A. R« D freetry. 'f .• M'HBBBT FOSTSNO. 6IS. Meet* the First Saturday evening of each month. 6 L. B. BBKVBTT, Oom. WOODSTOCK POST. HO MM. Meets llret and third Monday evenings of e-*ch month. W. H. IIOXIOI, Com. MUKDA POST, VO 898, Meets the second aad fourth ,Tuesday evenings of each month. M- F. EI LSWOBTH, Oom. RAKVAKD POST, NO SOS. Meets the second ana rourtn Monday even lags of each month. 0. W. OHTHAWK, OOM. MAKSKOO POST, Na 180, Meets eve-y Second and Fourth Friday evenings of each month. K. R MORRIS, Oom. WAHOOKDA.POST, MO. 8W. Post meets every second and fourth |3atBr- day evening In G. A. R. Hall, Main St. ARTHUR OOOKI, Oom, c Along the Skirmisli Line. A beautiful soldiers' monument, was dedicated at Derry, N. P., Oct. 1. Lincoln Post, No. 3", Washington, D. C., has a membership of 525. Nevins No. 1, Rockford, will give a' grand campfire in the near future. Nov. U and 12 the annual encamp­ ment of Michigan ex-prisoners of war will be held at Big Rapids, Mich. The first reunion of Butler's Brigade was held at Lowell, Mass., Sept- 10, and was attended by about 000 veterans. There are no • about 470 veterans in the Soldier's Home at Grand Rapids, Michigan. The capacity of the Home is to be increased so as to accommodate 600 veterans, The Lincoln Monumeut Association, Springfield, recently received and accept­ ed the bequest of $2,500, mhd#5in the will of Wm. Bain, of San Francisco. It is reported that in the distribution of Post Offices since March 4th, 1889, out of 16,000 appointments, nearly9000 was given to old soldiers. Among the objects for which the South Carolina Legislature will be asked to pro­ vide is an appropriation of |72.000 for Msions for ex-Confed$rate soldiers. Wednesday, Oct. 9, §as Day" at Gettysburg. Monuments erect­ ed to her Holdiera were presented to the battlefield associatian and dedicated with appropriate and impressive ceremonies. On the uniformed police force in the city of New York veterans of thfeta^e war are represented by the superintendent, two inspectors, ten captains, twenty-eight sergeants, twenty-four roundsmen, 148 patrolmen, and twenty-three doormen. A portrait statue of General George B. McClellan is to be erected on the south front of the Philadelphia City Hall. The figure will be of bronze and the cost about $30,000. September 17th, 1890, the anniversary of the battle of Antietam is the date fixed for the unveiling of the statue. The eleventh annual reunion of New England survivors of Southern military prisons, was held in Worcester, Mass., Oct. 4. About fifty veterans were pres­ ent^ Twenty-one ppsqns were represent­ ed. The following officers were elected: President,Charles M. Smith, Worcester, Mass.: Secretary and Treasurer, Wm. Judd, Fitchburg, Mass. Now is the times of all tiiiies for the country to do justice to its veterans. If. at the behest of alien money grabbers, Copperheads and rebels, it postpones the payment of its just debts the sbcCfae will be inexpiable, The question before the coming Congress is whether the combination of alien Free Traders, unrepentant rebels and venom­ ous ^Copperheads, who are plotting against the country, or the soldiers who saved it, should be heard first? Com­ rades speak your minds on the subject. Grant's Gallantry. When the honors came upon the Grants, says America, the mistress of the white house began to renew the dream of her girlhood--to have her cross-eyes straightened.' Wishing to surprise the president, Mrs. Grant telling nobody, sent for the most eminent oculist in America. He willingly promised to un­ dertake the operation which he assured her would be easy to accomplish and without danger. The good lady could not content herself with joy. and women- like, gave way when she saw her husband, and confined to hiin her secret, the pleas­ ure she had in store for him. He looked wistfully in to those dear eyes which had held him with tender gaze through all the trials of a checkered career, and said, in his simple way, "My dew, I wish you would not change them. I love them as they are' and they would seem strange if altered." Nor Launcelot, nor Romeo; nor love of any clime or age, ever spoke words of tenderer gallantry. | Unappreciated Young Bayonet Points has been ex­ ceedingly kind (?) to us, and all because we are "a cripple." His kindness ought never to be forgotten. But say, young fellow, you need have no care for our con­ dition physically, in the future; just sail in and we will b» there to meet joo, a^toornoer^fe. i #; . The Bebel Yell of Young Bayonet Points. Young Bayonet Points is mad--raving mad--and he fawns upon and flatters us no longer. We are pleased to give the readers of our department and our com- rades in particular, the privilege of read­ ing how the poor fellow squirms and twists in his feeble effort to "craw-fish" out of the bed made by himself and for himself. We call the attention of our readers to the past utterances of and the clippings we have copied from the Dem- ocmt from the time It ouug Bayonet Points demolished (?) the G. A. R. to our article of a few weeks ago, and which drove "his nibs" wild 'and let them judge for themselves us great amount of love and veneratkji^^iis young copper­ head has for the tiMTOiferans. As for the personal abuse the tiling in its frenzy froths forth, and his threats of "doing us up," etc., we have no time to squander on. Suffice it to say we are on earth and ready to furnish our comrades and oth­ ers who read the PLAINDEALER with the rantings of this fellow in his attempt to brow-beat those who have brought him to where he is, despised by every old sol­ dier who knows him or of him, or at least ninety-nine per cent of them. Com­ rades, read what Young Bayonet Points says in a recent issue of the Democrat and which We take much pleasure in re­ publishing: For some time past th*, Democrat, and more lately, "Young Bayonet Points," has been the target for a fusillade of abuse and misrepresentation at the hands of Win. H. Cowlin and a couple of loud­ mouthed imitators, because we have seen lit at times to criticise (and justly, we be­ lieve,) the conduct of the pension office at Washington, and various other pen­ sion matters, in a friendly spirit towards all deserving veterans and their interests. In last week's PLAINDKAI.KK appeared an article which brands the writer either as an irresponsible crank or a duty falsifier. The bone of contention for the past few months has been that gentleman with the trip-hammer tongue, ex-Commission- Tanner, who was so ceremoniously hustled from his perch a few weeks ago because of insubordination and general rottenness in the administration of his office. Cowlin feels bad bmiuse the Dem- ocrat called the Commissioner afool, and from that draws the unjust inference that this paper is unfriendly to the Old sol­ diers. We did say, and still insist that ;is commissioner of jwnsions Tanner was a fool. He was a fool to try to redeem the empty promise of his party in election days; he was a fool for shoo off his mouth like a steam calliopet he was a fool to dis.ogard the law fynd trample upon precedent iu rerating j sions, and granting large slices of th surplus to senators and special friends; he was, in short, a fool on goueral princi­ ples as commissioner of pensiofli: *•<* As # fertfit*?* t?oiptawi-« JjwiMis brave and loyal, rendering his country valiant service and leaving both of iiiV legs on the bloody field, and he is deserv­ ing of all the generosity that the govern­ ment can reasonably bestow upon any man--and the Democrat has never claimed anything else--but as commis­ sioner of pensions he was a dizzy, ragged- edged failure, which Cowlin himself ad­ mits, aud which he cannot help but ad­ mit since the president and secretary of the interior have spoken so forcibly. Then why all this yawp which Cowlin is uttering? Why, politics is at the bot­ tom of it. Why should he feel hurt be­ cause the Democrat insists that none but deserving veterans be pensioned? He never did anything in the service that would disbar hiin, did he? Then why a|l this rant and mud-throwing? If he in­ sists that we have published aught that is derogatory to old soldiers, he is a des­ picable liar and unworthy of belief in the most trivial matters, or else his sense of appi-eciation is so deadened by years of prejudice that he cannot distinguish praise from condemnation. He has no right to \jse his physical condition as a breastwork behind which to stand aud throw mud and falsehoods, and the Dem- ocra t does not propose to tolerate it any longer. We have refrained from dealing with him as he deserves, IxvniLse he is a cripple, but 'we believe the bounds of pa­ tience have been overstepped, aud we pro­ pose a different course of treatment henceforth. Every article we published as a clipping from a Republican pajK"* was just as rep­ resented, but it answered his purpose better to omit the severer ones and de­ clare that they were not as represented. His efforts to smut the reputation of the local editor of this paper as a citizen will fall flat, for a residence of a life-time here has caused his fellow citizens to place him into an office of trust and re­ sponsibility, and all the dirty flings of this self-constituted apostle of soldier-in- terests for revenue only have but little weight with people who kuow both par­ ties. He ("Young Bayonet Points" as you call him) has done as much for old soldiers without pay as you have for money, so lay on, sweet William, and we'll guarantee you a stomach full before the deal is ended, • lin and hundreds of others whom *» know to be worthy should be so Mberafly pensioned by the government as to be able to live in perfect ease the rest of their lives. Wm. H. Cowlin is an old soldier who did valiant service for the country in its hour of need and who has for years been an invalid because of such service,and we and the people generally, are willing to overlook his radicalism because of » condition. A Thousand Pardons Asked. We beg the pardon of Young Bayonet Points a thousand times or more for be­ ing so careless in the past as to neglect to inform our readers that he holds the honorable position of "trust and respon­ sibility" (?) of being clerk to the board <pf "city paps" of Woodstock, whose "re­ sponsible" business it is to write up the proceedings of their meetings and which he does in most unsatisfactory manner. So at leaBt we hear about every day in the week for persons who look in our city papers for his report of said proceedings. The office of "trust and responsibility" is paid for by the city at a little over one hundred dollars per annum, with tickets to all the shows, etc., thrown in. Itshall be our "•»» in life, in the future, not to let such mistakes occur. Then and Now. < What Young Bayonet Points thought of us before he begun belching wind aud when he was trying to edit a soldier's de­ partment in favor of the lost cause and wanted dreadfully to be let alone: Now we make no war on the honorably discharged deserving soldier, for we hi- t o * * W m . A Bird of Another Ceior. When we furnished the Democrat att<~ article in support of General Black, ax- pension commissioner, against certain charges at the hands of an fiufcieadly press, Young Bayonet Points Mud: It does us good to occasionally SM man come out from the arena of Repnb> lican partisanship and give credit to men who are deserving of credit, even though they be of a different political faith. An article by Wm. H. Cowlin, on the first page of this pa])er, is the "right thing in the right place." Let the old soldiers and everybody else read it. How about politics youngster? $ I Ptesloa Knsiiillm WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.;--Commissioner Raum, of the Pension Bureau has ajfe» nounced that hereafter, in all cases where a medical examination is desired or re* quired under any of the several pension laws, such examination must be made by the local board of examining surgeons in the district in which the claimant resided* General Raum said to-day that in many instances claimants come to Washington from a great distance and at considera­ ble expense in the erroneous belief that an examination by the Washington* board and personal solicitation their casee will be more promptly acted upon and possibly with a greater degree of liberal­ ity. Some of these are indeed poor and cannot afford the expense, and it is moie to save these people needless expense than it is to give the several examining boards their proper share of the work of making examinations that this policy has been adopted. If the local boards are incompetent or are influenced by prejudice or favoritism, said General Raum, they will be removed and compe­ tent surgeons appointed in their places. The Washington board will not hereafter be allowed to examine claimants for pen­ sions whose residence is not within its jurisdiction. •ahone la Battle. ing of Mahone, a friend of Ml T'VId me a story about him the other daf^ He said that when the General was lea4|r '•ftitlf brigad^-^j^ction at. Gett ̂ always "Come!" not "Go!"---the btdhte and shells were flying pretty thick, anil some of the men yielded to the natural impulse to "duck" their heads. Mahone reproved them sharply, telling them thai dodging was unworthy of brave soldiers. "The Gin'ral kin be brave purfcy durned easy," exclaimed a fellow in the ra^ks, "fer he's so doggoned thin that the Y< couldn't hit him in a month of Sundays^ and ef lie did he'd jest split the bullet. At this instant a shell went screaming just above Mahone's head, and burst » short distance beyond with a terrifle crack. The General's steed reared and plunged so furiously that the rider wae unhorsed. He disappeared so quickly from the saddle that thesoldiers thought at first that he had been killed, but when he was observed remounting they set up a wild yell, mingled with cries of "No dodgin' thar, Gin'ral." "Stan up'n face the music, ole man!" Flushed «.nd an- gry the General drove the spurs into the flanks of his horse, swished his sword through the air and yelled to the the men to follow him, "Double-quick^ march!" and he led them into the storo of death. As a matter of fact General Mahone was injured once, but to look at him you would wonder how it happened* Mahone has Irish blood in his veins and was a great fighter in war as he is now hi politics. As a leader of soldiers he wae much like General "Pat" Claburne, who commanded a brigade and then a division under Bragg, Joe Johnston and Hood, and fell in the charge at Franklin on the last day of November, 1864.--CkreJaodt Leader. Confederate Soldiers Qrgaaiiing GREENVILLE, Ala. The ex-confederate soldiers of this portion of Alabama are organizing themselves into what are call­ ed "County Confederate Soldiers' and sailors' Veteran Association," the aima and objects ot which are similar in m great measure to those of the G. A. B. posts of the North. The members pledge ̂ themselves to the relief of sick and inaiie» ed soldiers and the families of veterage who need assistance, and to the ereetioa of monuments to the memory of the de­ ceased soldiers of the Confederacy and those who passed away since the war. The movement was started in this Con­ gressional district, and is being taken op all over the State. A renuion of Confed­ erate soldiers will be held at Birminghaia next week during the session of the Btata fa i r for the purpose of perfec t ing the or­ ganization of u State association. j* M ' > * ̂ a 'M -M 6% cents per yard is the price of good serviceable Shirtings, blue and white or brown aud whites you prefer. Gnue berries 10 cents per quart. Honey 14 cents per pound. Fine Caliiornia Bnie ens 10 cents. Buckwheat Flour, pare Maple Syrup, in half gallon Tin Ganew-- Also luapltf fiavoml Syrup at 60 estate per gallon. Fresh Oatmeal, LSUMM% Oranges, and nearly all staple dsftfcBMiNI of the season are on hand at JOHN Kv.vNaitti 4 Go.'a, The price of Ladies •' aekete hav% )»*% * ^ " 1 ^ >