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i • £.1 WMF881 £ -.^ ..-,7 / f m NMFTD but to Truth, to Liberty and Law) No Favor* Win ua »nd NO Pear Shall AM." M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1891 VOL. 17. t' * i f . : PUBLISHED IBVCBT|WKD1IW>AT BT • ' . k .VAN SLYKB, - SDXTO& AKD PBOPttlXTOa. Office In Bishop's Block, ^ --OFPOSIT* PSKBY * (Hrm ,'ttfsin o* ' WBsowpTiupi^; • -flhM HfWT (la AKTSSM) . 91.60 uKotPald within ThroeMonths 2.00 Subscriptions rsoelved for thro* or six MKlkilB the same proportion. Kates of Advertising. We announce liberal rates for advertising PLA.(NDBALBH so plainly that j| the PLA.(NDBALBB, and endeavor to Btate lam so plainly that they wlU }»a readily erstood. They an M follow*; 1 Inch one year 1 Inches one year -8 Inehee one year • » . 500 * . 1000 •%<- » • |6WJ * voinmn one year - * • . • 80 oo H Oolumn one yr ar- « < . 60 00 Oohuan one y*ar - ,»•_> - Mpoo One Inch mea-is the meainreniient of one loch down the <v ianrn, single oolamn width, f Yearly a.tvorti aers, at the above ratea, have the privilege of changing as often as they ehoose, without ixtra eharge. Segnlar advertisers (meaning those having ' ftanaing cards) will be entitled to insertion * Of local notices 11 the rate of S cents per line faeh week. Al others will be charged 10 lents per line th i first week. andB oeutsper line for eaoh subsequent week. Transient advertisements will be charged tit the rate of i0 cents pe line, (nonpareil frpe, same as thu is set in) the first Issue, and feesiU per line for subsequent issues. Thus, ta ineh advertisement will cost tUX) for one Week, (LOO for two weeks, fl.00 for three jrooks,and soon. /' The Punmiun 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 «*tn- ' BUSINESS CARDS. H. v. SHKPAKD. W. I. NWIXD. SHE PAR Di 4 SHEPARD, ATTORNKYS AT LAW. Suite 512, North­ ern Offi-e Building, 96 baSaUe Street Chicago, 111. 45- ly KNIGHT A BROWN, TTOENET8 AT LAW, U. 3. Express .(JOW'S L Bnlldtng, 8? and 89 Washington St. OHIO AGO, ILL. JOSLYN * OA9BT, TTOBNBTS AT LAW, Woodstock I1L All businesa will receive prompt tttn> a P. BARNES, TTOEXKY, Solicitor, and Oounselor, L Oollectlons a specialty. WOODSTOCK, 1LLIHOIS. V. 9. L0MLBY. A TTORNBY AT LAW, and Boltoltor in 0h*"°"»bOT>,TOOK. ILL. Oflo« in Park House, first floor. " A. M. CHURCH, Watohmaker and Jeweler NO. One HundredTwentv-Flve State St Oht-oago. 111. Special attention given to ro. pairing Pine watches and Ohronome ters. A Pull Assortment of Goods in his line BUSINESS CARDS. O J. BOWARD.lt, D. •• f>HT«10IA.N AND STTRGBOK. McHenry, 111 Office at residence, one block east of ubllo School Building. a I. PBQBRS, M, D- LAM AND 8TTRGHC Ills. ottoe at Re«idenoe. papIOlAN AND SUROBOST, MeHtary WM. OSBORNE, M. D. HYdltilAN AND SURQEOrf. Office at Residence, West Mo Henry, III. Calls p.ly attended to day and nighty Liverv Stable. B. WIQHTMAN, Proprietor. First • --or without drivers rates. Teaming ot uotioe. T , ' NEAR &BB DBP01\ K; WBWT MOHENRY, ILL ® ; Keeps open for the aooommodatioa of the fa bile a First-Olass i. Saloon and Restaurant, - >* Ifhere he will at all time® keep the best of Wines, Liquors and Oig&u \vw|P iii» he found in the market.™ ; • •K^is S'V- Also Agent For t'""V FRANZ FALK« Hhrankn lagsr BIN. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al- ;; ways on hand, oLeaper than amy other, quali- w oonsldered. •. i/. Orders by mail promptly attended to. * GOOD STA BLING WOR^BOMtM W k ' MTOall and>eo ns. P; / flobert Sohlessle. I*"" Weat McHenrj. 111. » Si&glen'a AKD RESTAURANT. tSoHINRY, ILLINOIS. Fine Kentucky Liquors, r French Bitters, HcHenry Lager Beer, -AND- J. ScMitz Hilwauto Bottle Beer, In any quantity from a Snitz Glass to 1C0 barrels. |AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL Beer in bottles, kegs or case as pest. cheap as the chea | , We boy none but the beet and J / sell at Seasonable Prices. !>;;;, Call and see me and I will use W yon well. If ANTONY ENOLEN IU„ IS88, Attention Horsemen! MOHEKRT, III., April 1st, 1898, I would respectfully Invite the Public to ealland examine mj stock of Horses before making arrangements elsewhere. No bnal* ness done on Sunday. N. 8. OOLBY n'nrn iw. The Police Gazette, Is the nly illustrate') paper in the world containing all the latest sensational and sporting news. No Salo<>n Keeper, Barber, or Olub Room can afford to he without it. It always makes friends wherever it goes. Hailed to any address in the United States securely wrat-pert, 13 weeks for tl. lor sample copy. RICHARD K. VOX RMAWKUW SQUARK, New York --«or WM- n. COWLIN, Woodstock • - Illinois. Prosecutes all classss and kinds of claims againat the United States tor ex-Soldiers, the " rejected cfaima ir Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs, specialty is made in prosecuting old and Jeetecl cla' All communications promptly answered if Postage Stamps are enoiosed for reply. FH, & COWL1X Offlee at Residenoe, Biadison St., Woodstock, Illinois. ATTENTION! Farmers and Dairyman. It will pay those looking for V- ' CHOICE COWS ^ Fresh milkers or springers, to call at vy premises before purchasing. I can furnish suoh by the oar load or single cow. POBTKRH. WOLFKUX, Omm. about four miles northwest of Harvard, ilinois. farm fllino Airicai Clover |osn Ge. 351 N. Cla rk S t. CHICAGO. I LL. Great Blood Purifier. Cures all Blood Diseases thst arise from the rffect of Bad Blood. A sure cure for Dancer, Oatarrah, Piles, Sink Headache, Oys. pepHia, Whooping cough, [Rheumatism, Con. stlpation, etc. BLOSSOMS, per pound - - 90JS0 FLUID EXTRACT, per bottle •Ja"!*' - LOO SOLID EXTRACT, per pound • 3>S0 Both the Solid and Fluid Extracts are made from the same stock of Bloseoms, and are equally as good and efficacious as the Blos> *°'5 *,|IULIA A- STORY, Agent; MoHenrv. Illinois. CEDAR LiWN STOCI JARK, HEBRON, ILL# Phillips & Richardson, BREEDERS OF High Grade Jersey Cattle, REGISTERED POLAND CHINA MOSS, AND PURE BEED POULTRY. Silver La*ed Wyandotte^ TJght Bmmas, Ply mouth Ilockfe, S, C. White aud S, O. Brown Leghorn*!, Patridge Cochins, r»nd other Varieties. Mammoth B'onze and White Hofianii T- rkeys. Pekin Ducks and White Guineas. We have a few high Grade Jersey Cattle for •tie. from choice selected stock. Onr Poland China HOSTS are of the bestsnu choicest, strains. We have some very choice spring Pigs for sale at very reasonable prices. An inspec t-on of them is invited, or write us your wants and we will quote you prices. All pigs eligible to any register. Poultry for s-tle at reasonable prices. Krgs during season. We hwe some very ehoiee Poultry of all kinds at Fall price*. All orders for Pigs, Birds or Eggs receive prompt attention. Our stock has been carefully selected and I* strictly pure, and we Guarantee it *s such. Our customers may rent tssurod that we shall ship only such stock as will reflect credit upon ourselves an I them also. Correspond- ence cheertuUy and promptly attended to and respectfully solicited. Visitors welcome anv day but Sunday, and we extend an invi­ tation to all to call and see our stock. Hoping to receive a share of your patronage, and assuring oar friends that we will labor to please you, we await your favorg. Yours Respectfully. PHILLIPS A RICHARDSON. September, MS®. , v > . i . F. K. CRAWCER, • General Auctioneer. Sales of Real Estate, Stock, Farming Tools, Household Furniture, and Goods oi all kinds attended to on the most reas­ onable terms. Orders by mail will receive prompt ot- iddrem, - * ,v. r. K_ob*WO*P West MoOeaary SIMON STOFFEL, AGENT FOR--™ Fhosaix, oi BsooUjb, f, T, Oapttal, S.OOS.31S. Rockford, of Rockford, III Capital, 802,448, Kational, of Hartlsrfl, Con. Capital* $2,620*213. Bisnranee oarefully and safely placed on •11 classes of property against fire, nghtn>ng, and tornado, either tor CASII or on long time, w.ithout interest. Fire policies on live stock cover name in tuiiMmg or on farm tgainst loss or damage by fire or lightning ami against lightning anywhere, nay, straw, stalks and fodder are covered by one policy, in building or stacks on farm. Grain, seeds and mill feed are covered under oi e sum In building or on farm Insurance transferred to other locali­ ties free ofcatge. Gasoline or oil stove and steam thresher permits granted In policies free of charge Household goods of every description, including coal, wood and provf. •ion* atl ooveie<l under one item Complete records kept of all policies, condition*, align­ ments and transfers made. Call for list of over 700 poiiey holders in above companies* Simon Stoffet West McHenry, Illinois. V. J, Bwrbiaa. J. J.larMu BARB IAN BROS. Wholesale and Retail DEALERS IK FINE CIGARS, MbMENMY ILLINOIS, Having leased the brick building one door South of the post office, we have opened a retail store, where, at all times can be found One cigars of our own manufacture, together with smoking and ehewing tobaeeo of til* best brands. Pipes a Specialty. We have a very large assortment and| soaae yeiqi^ifi.dBome patterns. IUlLL AND 8KB US. itnu> Ultra *)ry, KoveKhciltth, >wt 0AK LAWN ACAiurr Will open tt« tpond year on Wed­ nesday, tk»pt. 16, 1891, and will oiler special pr|vllefr«t lo the right «I«M of tsudonts. The Institution will b« con­ ducted as a Home School for Boys JOHN P. SMITH, Wotohmaker 4KC JEWELER MoHENRY. ILLINOIS. A VINE stock of Olocks, Watches and Jew* •lry always on band. Special attention given to repairing fine .watehes. Qive me a call. JO HK P. SMITH. WM. BTOFFBljb,;--' , --Jffibrd for-- ' FIRE, - 7 LtCHTNING, And Accidental Insuranes. Also Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Alabama, and California Lauds. Call on or address •WM. STOrrSX., McHenry, ill: Quintette Orchestra, McHENRY, ILL. Are prepared) to furulsh First Class Musi* to the Dancing Public at Reasonable Rates. J, Smith, let Violin. Robt, Madden. Clarionet, O, Curtis, Gomel. L, Owen, Trombone, B, Ingalls, Basso and Prompter, Address all communications to Jerry Smith, McHenry. SHORT BORH BELS For Sale at Living Pvtoes by the under­ signed. C&U on or address FRIAHIV COLE, SPRING OROVB. ILL gptm , in., Nov. W. 1890, SALARY »»d commission to •gUU, Agents, Men ao'1 Women, Taaeh ers and niergvmen to IntTodace a new and papular ttandard bnok, MARVELS of the NEW WEST A netv Agent so Id 70 fn one week. Aff'ntt profit*, $1SU 50 Over 350 Original engravings. 10,400 copies ^oid vn oBQ. week, Exclusive erritory. Endorsed by the greatest men of our country. Apply to THEHKPTRYBILL PUB. CO.. Jte»vteh, Onm McHENRY SOUMBS' D1FABTUIT. ULTML by WM. H. COWLIN, WOODSTOCK, AX.-- '•fb 0are for him who ha* borne the battle, and far hi* m<*rn md OryAana" --Liwoour. "fyiendxhip. Charity. Loy­ ally-- Worthy eons of Patriot ttuher*." CA.lt.DI redtory, **HKwnr row HO. ta Meets tbe First and Third Tfcureday even­ ings of each month. L. S. BRKMBTT, Oon. WOOMTOOX POST. HO IW, Meets trst and third Monday evening* of nak aenth. • A, S. WKTQHT, Com. IIIIBi loir, MO tMt Meets the eooond and fourth Tuesday evenings ef eacn month F. B. Cox, Com. habvakd roar, no 965. Moots the second ana toarth Monday oaen Inge of each month. K. N. AtrsTiH, Own. MABBireo roar, No. 190, Meets every Second and Fourth Friday Qvoaiagaof ea^h month. B. R. Momnta, Oom. WAOOOmtA FOOT. HO. M t*ost meets every second and fourth 8atur day evening in G. A, R. Hall, Main St. A. Li. Psion. Com. Where THEY will «>eHve thebwaeflts thorough preparation in all of tbe Of! ooQuaiOQ branobes of study. GERMAN AND MUSIC* We claim for our school a pleasant and heal ill? situation, ai d tbe past year bears us out lu the assertion. TERMS AMD DESCBIFTlVX CIBCULAB Sent to any address on application. The school Is situated at Blngwood, McHenrv Co., III., on the C. A N. W. R. R,. 69 Mllfs from CMcage, 15 miles from Lake Geneva, and 6 miles from Fox Lake. No saloon, billiard hall, or other loaflog place In town. Address Oak Lawn Academy, 8tr RINGWOOD, III. HOW Ift THE TIM^K} BUY YOUR Robes & Blankets ,• ... .... J-y.-.v •"--I I111I I--- THK "BO88" \ •C,* ' ' i;'-* * HARNESS MAKER I Can save yon money if you will call on him, A. Large Size, No* 1 Fur Bobe, only $2.50 to close out. |g* The Largest Size Square BlanKet ma^e. 75 cents. You can afford to keep yoursolf and your h rse warm at these prloes, Call and see me. ' : V ' I. L. BVBBABO. " " ' * * * " • - ' Nuoda, IllnDec.l, 18#l. * H. Miller & -DEALBBS IN-- MARBLE I GRANITE, AfomiraeiitM, Headstfnes, 3;, ' • qratolHim, «3t©4;\ . Cemetery Work of every de­ scription neatly executed at the Lowest Prices. ^ ^ SstlifceUon IhUiBtwi Shops at McHenry and Johns- burgh,, 111, where at all times can ce tound a good assortment of finished work. Respectfully, Henry Miller & Son. J. R. SA7L0R & SON, ' * !*8teiZBs65Stii*6BhB»y4dfc$2S6&8SI ThloTratfo Mark Is on Tbe Bd Coat la U>o world. PENSIONS! The Disability Bill l« a Law. oi diers Disabled Since the War are Entitled* Dependent widow* and pare« te UJW de­ pendent whose eons died from the effeste of aruiy eervlree are inchided If you wish ye ar claim speedily and successfully proie- eotad. address . JAMK8TANNCR. l<a«oOoam WASHINGTON of Pê ioos. 41 > <«^-BBBIDES8 OR Morgan:: Horses, Embracing (be celebrated General Giflord, Green Mountain and Motrin blood. 8TOCK. FOR 8ALB. Stallions aDd Fillies, dendfor pedi­ grees. JKssex and Registered Poland China -SWINE."- Choice Merino Sheep» Mammoth Bronze Turkeys* High Grade Jersey Cattle. Por sale. Come and !gip?ot stock, or address . / • iff-':. Alont ths •kimislt Lias- There were over 2,000 batdw and skirmishes fought during the <^ar of '61- '65. There are thirty-two States and Terri­ tories organized as Sons of Veterans divisions. Comrade J. H. Stine, of Washington, is writing a history of the First Ann; Corps, Army of the Potomac. The annual meeting of the Ohio Veter­ an Association of Illinois was held at Galeeburg, Dec. 17 and 18. The official returns show that 2,653,000 mett enlisted during the war in response to suocntmivo calls of President Lincoln. The Woman's Relief Corps, of Clinton, nrt< preparing to give an entertainment in th<> nrar future, the proceeds going to reph'iiisli th© relief fund. Indianapolis has an order of the Sons of Veterans called the Gresham Zouaves. They propose to attend the encampment at Helena, Mont., next year. ovember 20 a grand camp-fire was fatRoscoe, arouftd whiAh fee Tetfcr- ans gathered and told the stories and sung the songs of '61 and '65. The pedestal of the Bohemian soldiers' monument at Rose Hill cemetery is al­ ready in place. The time for the dedica­ tion of the monument has not yet been fixed. What is the matter with the McHearj County Democrat? Not one word against pensions nor the men who are granted such since Wm H. Cowlin's "Old Soldier to His son" which appeared in the McHenry PLAUWKAUCB some weeks ago.--Sentinel. There is a camp of Sons of Veterans in Alaska that is attached to the division of Washington for jurisdictional pur­ poses. Also one in Montreal, Canada, that is attached to the division of Ver­ mont for jurisdictional purposes. They were mustered March 13,1891, and No­ vember 11,1890, respectively. General Henry V. Boynton says that the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Park is progressing favorably, all things considered Work will begin about Dec. 1st, and will be pushed vigorously so as to make a handsome showing when tbe Army of the Cumberland meets at Chat­ tanooga in September, 1892. In disposing of the question of the "color line" in Southern posts the Grand Encampment wisely preferred to stand by an immutable general principle rather than temporary local expediency. All comrades who fought for the flag should be treated as equal in veteran organisa­ tions.--Woodstock Sentinel The citizens of Washington, D. C., are already preparing for the G. A. R. en­ campment of 1892. The guarantee fund is being rapidly subscribed. Instead of the usual banquet an immense reception will be held. Regular headquarters of the citizens' encampment committee will hereafter be in the Atlantic Building. General Hurlbut Post, No. 16, Belvi- dere, held its annual camp-fire Tuesday evening, Nov. 17th. Post No. 1, of Rock- ford, commanded by Comrade T. G. Lawler, to the number of over fifty at­ tended. The musical comrade, George Roper, of Post No. 1. was also on deck, while Chicago did not go unrepresented. P. L. McKinnie, A. A. G., Ed Harlan, J. W. Burst, and J. H. Stebbs, made a quar­ tet of veteran story tellers not to be du­ plicated in this or any other department. General Smith D. Atkins, of Freeport, was also present. Speeches, songs, etc. The late Colonel Don Piatt became very indignant over a personal item which ap­ peared in one of the New York papers regarding his old friend, Gen. Robert C. Schenck, because they called the General Poker Bob." He made a violent and vigorous protest, saying the General was gallant soldier, a gentleman and a dip­ lomat, and should not be held up to rid­ icule because he was the author of a treatise on the American game of draw. Col. Piatt delivered an eloquent and touching eulogy at the memorial service held inDayton, Ohi(^S8pfcg§t^||#'8 fonoriBApril, 18** .0; ^ His PsB'ion Cans too Lata. In a small, scantily furnished room on Union street, Auburn, Me., Alexander Walton lay dead, with a widow and two children weeping ovjr him. He was a veteran of the war of the rebellion, hav­ ing enlisted when fifteen years of age, in Company 1,8th Maine regiment. During his service he contracted the disease which caused his death, and which had for years prevented him from earning support for his family. Three hours af­ ter he had breathed his last an envelope bearing the frank of the United States Pension Bureau arrived at his home with the announcement that he had been" granted s pension o£ --Nf* Tort World. * •» Careftatfes&jyst ' It costs the United States about 60 oents a month to take care of a dead sol­ dier who lost his life in the service of the Union. The sundry civil bill passed by Congress at its last session, appropriated 1100,000 for expenses of the National Cemeteries during the fiscal year. In ad­ dition to this there was the sum. of S76,- 000 set aside for salaries of superintend­ ents of these burying grounds, and there were also some oddB and ends amount­ ing to several thousand dollars, for sup­ plying headstones where they were lack­ ing. and so forth. The government takes charge of all these cemeteries, which are under the di­ rect control of the quartermaster-general of the army. There are eighty-two of them in all. Oonoral Swell's Convtnton. General John Echols, in an addr^ll fore the Confederate Association of Ken­ tucky, read a letter from a Virginia min­ ister, describing how "Stonewall" Jack­ son's example made a Christian of his lieutenant, Gen R. S. Ewell. Ewell In the early days of the war was a very profane man and a skeptic. And he was as skep­ tical about his commander's military talents as in religious matters. At a council of war called at a critical stage of the valley campaign, soon after Pope took command of the Federal forces, all the generals, including Jackson, were un­ able to offer any suggestion concerning the movements of the army, but Jackson asked for more time to consider the mat­ ter. Perhaps an hour later, Ewell, return­ ing to the General'stent to get his gloves, which he had forgotten, found Jackson on his knees praying for Divine aid. Ew ell could not help overhearing the appeal, which was childlike in its simplicity. The following morning Jackson proposed the movement through Thoroughfare Gap, which led to a series of victories. Gen. Ewell was so profoundly impressed by the incident that he forthwith joined the church. As the world knows, he also be­ came Jackson's most trusted lieute&aut. --Chicago Tribune. Weeping at the Gettysburg Panorama. Among the crowd present at the pano­ ramic battle of Gettysburg the other evening was a boy about 15 years of age. He had been gating around him about fifteen minutes when he began to weep. The fact was noticed and directly a gen­ tleman said: 'Ah I poor lad 1 This painting revives some episode of grief in his life. My boy, why do you weep?" "'Ca-ca-cause, sir I" was the broke! reply as his tears fell faster, 'Does the sight of the battle more you?" "Ye-yesl" "Did your father lay down his life on tiiis field?" "No." ^ \ '•' "Lose a brother therel" ̂ ̂ "No." "But yon lost a relation of some sort?" "No; not that I know of." "Then it must be these bloody somes which overcome you, poor child." "N-no, sir. I came in here on the money which dad gave me to buy mo­ lasses with, and it has just struck me that the whole Union army can't stop him from giving me a bim-awful whalin' when I get home. I reckon that feller over thereon a stretcher is me--after dad gits through bringin' np his reserves." --Detroit Free Press. The South furnished a much larger number of troops to the Federal Govern­ ment than is generally supposed, and thereby weakened the Confederacy. It claims, in fact, that nearly as many men enlisted in the Federal army from the Southern States as comprised the whole Southern army. Missouri gave the larg­ est number, 108,000; Kentucky came next, with 78,000; Maryland, 49,500; West Virginia, 34,000; Tennessee, 30,- 000; and the District of Columb a, 16,- 000, exclusive of North Alabama and North Georgia, besides which there were 186,000 negro troops; making an ag­ gregate of 501,501 troops drawn from the South. It is probable that there is some mistake about these figures. | New Orleans Times-Democrat. The Board of Inspectors of the Nation­ al Soldiers' Homes for disabled volunteer soldiers and sailors, have been making an inspection of the Homes. Tbe mem. bers of the Board are Gen. W. B. Frank­ lin, Gen. A. L. Pearson, Major G. M. Steele, Governor of Oklahoma, and Ma­ jors J. M. Birmingham and G. B. Patrick. There are about 160,000 veterans in the various homes, and the great problem that now confronts the Board is where to put all the old soldiers who apply for quarters. They cannot (jive quarters to half of those who seek admission to the Homes. The appropriations made by Congress are altogether too small to al- fam by a Batten. Cat. A. W. Gwynne, of Memphis, emin a charm that has a history closely inter. wo ven with his own, for it is a relic of tike battle of Shiloh, and brings to mind a- time when the gallant Colonel might have yielded up his life in the cause of bis conntry but for that same button. It was an old brass button of the Ind­ eral pattern, for at the time the battJe of Shiloh was fought the Confederates did not possess a button peculiar to their own uniforms. Col. Gwynne keeps It brightly burnished, and its every inden­ tation is as plain as the day it left the factory. In the pride of its youth it WIM puffed out, that is, it was globular in form in the middle, but as it appears now the conceit has been taken oat of It by the ball that struck it and flattened it. At the head of the 26th Alabama regi- ment of cavalry, Col. Gwynne took a foremost part in the battle of Shitoh, and it was in the thickest of the light, that, when leaning forward in a charge, a ball tore through the front of his cap, grazed past his nose, and struck the first button on his coat, glancing thence .to his right arm, which it shattered, so that for some time he was laid up for repairs. But he never forgot the button that saved his life, and ever since it has hung from his watch chain, slightly disfigured, but therefore the more phis Appeal. A Curious Ballet A curious missile was recently eat opt out of the limb of a prominent dtiasn of Mt. Sterling, Pa., says the Philadelphia Times, who was wounded in that mem­ ber in the first battle of Manassas. Thfci citizen, Major James Morrison, has suf­ fered from periodical breaking out of th» wound, which was situated in the call, but, though probed for several timee, all attempts to find the ball proved unsuc­ cessful, Friday, however, the doctor ane- ceeded in recovering and removing the irritating body, when it was found to be no bullet, but a small gold button. TUa was cleaned, and found to be inscribed j with the legend "E. to E. Mizpah," la, small German lettering. The button is perfeotfy round a&3 about the size of a buckshot, having a small link attached, by which ft waa might to a garment or watch chate, on which it was in all probability worn as a charm. In all likelihood it' crammed into the ojpner'a mt out of ammunition and in an Major Morrison naturally prii mento, which he has carried for one years; but says he will return it to the man who fired it, if he still livee and can relate the circumstances under which he made use of it, which circumstances were such as to impress the Major, and cannot have failed to have remained la the mind of his assailant. The button was in all probability the loving gift of some fair young sweetheart or faithful wife to her beloved boy in blue who will be glad to recover the pretty trifle, which is lone the worse for its long hiding in the Major's leg, though the lat­ ter is decidedly the better for its removal and is rapidly healing Bince the oper­ ation. I } v, V; -- f X"'"' , ' • . l e a - A- # . HovoyDoad* r Gen. Alvin P. Hovey, Governor of Indiana, who had just returned from an extended tour of the Republic of Mexioo, died at the Jenison Hotel, in Indianapo­ lis, on Monday, Nov. 23, pi heart failure, superinduced by a heavy cold taken at Vicksburg, Miss., where the Governor and staff had stopped on their journey home from Mexico. * Gov. Hovey was born in Posey County, Indiana, Sept. 6, 1821, and received a common school education. After a course of study he was admitted to the Mount Vernon bar in 1843, and practiced with success. In 1850 he was a delegate to the Constituional Convention of the State, and in 1851 besame Judge of the Thfrd Judicial Circuit of Indiana, which office he held until 1854, when he became Judge of the State Supreme Court. From 1856 until 1858 he served as United States District Attorney for Indiana. He entered the Union Army as Colonel of the 24th Ind., July 31, 1861; waa promoted Brigadier-General April 28, 1862, and was brevetted Major-General for meritorious Mid distinguished ser­ vices during the War of the Rebellion. He left the service by resignation Oet. ^ 1865. •is.:! •-•a*** During his service in the Army he manded the Eastern District of Arkansas in 1863, and the District of Indiana la , 1864-5. At Champion Hills he com­ manded a division in MrClernand's Thir­ teenth Corps, and bore the brunt of tint battle being mentioned in General Orders by Gen. Grant for conspicuous gallantly and meritorious services. After leaving the Army he was appointed Minister to Peru, which office he resigned in 1870. He then resumed the practice of law at his old home, and took little part in pub­ lic affairs until 1886. when he was nominated and elected to Congress by tbe Republicans of the First Indiana District. He served but one term, bet was conspicuous for his advocacy of legislation favorable to the interests ot old soldiers. He retired from Congeaas to make the race for Governor of Indiana and was successful, his popularity with the soldiers adding much strength to tbe Republican ticket. He was an active aad influential member of the Grand A nay of the Wftm - "V- I"* ' ' V-: mmm mmmm % ' ivX