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The WONDERFUL
EGYPTIAN BL00D-PURIEIERl
HEMATs.

THIS inconparable DEPURATTYE u
a po,cerfu ALI,ER1ILKE, TONIC, DI1
-ENT, combining. virtsIes tgl,icIt rendeT.
d fnUatuabIe aud nerer-fdiItng, and bs,
cate all diseases. Of the blood. Iis tn0re-
dients are of a purely harmless e1trac-
tion, the products gathered from remote
gyIIttGn PrGyitceS t@is Gna dssdss ,Shers ers
tenn, Il 1ieyer fails IN eJectin0 that disease
through H,e medium Of the skin, or le1-
channels Of the body, thereby alIO,oinG
fheir proper normal and I,inotionGi con:
Sd"Snce S5ttSE aS ysJg gatse Srts sg ;s e. ;s
doubted reliability and syO1aderjRI cura-
tiUe properties, Dc being, most unq,testioH-
and the greatest discovery of tho presen {
age, In the treatment of eUery diSeaSd
4chere tie blood itself ts primarily the
SCROFULA and the thousand and ono
causes that lead to this terrible affection
of 'chicI. all eiyiLiSed communities ard
cd that the "SinS of the fathers shdld
piSit euen untO the THIRD and fottgth den-I
srSSfFGEns ESFE4L6 rs to !, 4S
7o,ceTiH TcjuUen0tor, causing the tcreck
of man, once more to assume the GOd-Iite
'''Is Tor ~ dtUT1SEoU t51.1SGSj Us DISEASES, URN
AIRY DISORDERS, CONSTIPATION OR.
COSTITENESS, LIYER And KIDNEHI
0SEfisi oUs DEhfHiiTF, TsG4E X III 1M1 TfsM TTsH
GLANDULA ENLARGE1LENTS,E EPI-|
AFFECTT0Ns OF THE BONES, iND01
LENT UL GERS, FEMALE COM-|
PLANTS (and to the 0entEer sep it is a
boon long Sought for by sensitive, suscep-I
tibte, aud delicate females, as lit takes,
all FORMS OF CHRONIC DISEASB3
IN WHICH THE BLOOD rs THE SEAN
OF THE TROUBLE, 1t Is in6aIta6Ic. Al
1DeT.Sepe rance arifh thta 1.ezl1edU s1iH proud
a positive and permanent cure for4
CHILLS and. FETERS and all MALA-j
RIAL POISONS. -.f.4l ...l.-rI... H
Thousands of 1eSttrtontdLS attest thu,
truth of these ctatgns.
Price, One Dollar, Ia largo bottle, OF
Otp bottles, So. r .t.f-'
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hsTABLt5EED 1906.
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OFFICERS SOLDIERS and SAILORS If the late
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examination, viii be given you free.
PENsIoNs.
All officers, Soldiers ard Sqi'ors wounded
ruputed or Injured in the late war. however
sngnttY, can OUtHln psnsI01, many now rpceiy.
ing pensions are entitled tOtan IucTedse send
stamp and inform tlOn will be furnis she'd free.
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Contested Land Cases, Private Land Claims,
Mini Presumption aud Home Al ead Cases pros.
ecuted before the General Land Office and De-
partment of the Interior.
OLD BOUNTY LAND WARRANTS.
The last Report of the Commissioner of the
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BY reason Of error OF frand many ATTORNEYS
are suspended from DruCtiCe before the Pension
ana other offices each year. Claimants whose
alto news have been thus suspended viii be
Gratut0usy furnished with tull information
and proper papers on app ieatiOn to us.
AS we charge no Ice unless successful stamps
Tor return postage shOuld g sent US.
Liberal aIran lemenbS made with ATTORNEYS in
all classes of business.
Address, GILMORE & CO,
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WASHINGTON, DC, November "a, 1876.
take pleasure in expressing my entire cOaf-
dcnce in the reSpOnsi6tLlty ana Haelity of the
Law, Patent anO Collection House of GILMORE
& Co., Of this city.
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BRONCHITIS AND LUNG
AFFECTIONS.
TRACHEON.
TRACHE0N.

A slight so-caIIed cold tDtII 0fttinies
lead to a serious cough, S1htoh, IRcaredl
for or badly treated, must h0Ue Dat one
of BRONCHITIS, or schdt Is tcorse, the
deadly CONSUMPTION. To all suffering
from hGrdsstssg cough and eSpecforati tion,
permanent relief. II 0aVDs essts eEpeoto-
ration, and enables the patient to espet
4cithoWt j,sdtoious treatment, nEisst COM
5'lunioate it's poison to the OcsteaIar sab
stance of the lung, deOeneratfng aud de-
stroytnD that most essential of organs,
and uItinl0teS OnIy In an early and NTt-
timely death. TRACHEON has no equal,
much less a superior, and dts Mse tctH 9Ot
OnIU remove the deposit, thereby aHordfnO
great relief, bat heals the membrane and
ieGUes the patient Ia possession of healthy
lang tissue.
Prtoe, FlJtv Cents per bottle, or stOi
bottles, $3.50. -. .---'' ~.
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DR.. TOwnsend's Oxygen.
ated Air will purify the
blood IN one.third the
time that any OF h er
known rene lycan. Why2
because to inhale Oxv-
genated Air 1t goes di-
rect to the Lungs and
passes through the tls-
sues and comes IN direct
contact with the blood
as 1t ia forced into the
Lungs by the action Of
the heart. All the blood
in our veins returns TO
the heart every four min.
utes n the blood is good,
andforced from the heart
TO the lungs, and the
more Oxygen you inhale
into the LUNGS the more
you purify the blood.
When Oxygen comes in
contact with the impuri.
ties in the blood 1t car
bonlzes and burns, caus-
Tag the blood 10 be heat
ed so that 1t warns eve
nv part Of the BODY. as Il
goes on its revolutions
through the system. II
your brood is pure Won
cannot be sick. We drive
Mercury and all other
impurities out of t h o
blood. We guarantee 10
puntY the blood IN one
third the time Of any
other known remedy.
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DYSP EPSIA!
GASTRON.

GASTRONfS fS "a cafe, .sIoeedV, 9nd POstAl
ttUe cure for that most depresSfIlO or atI-I
ments, and "a brief course OF treatment S0iII|
restore the dtOestfte organs TO their pris-|
tine strength, and promote the healthy
action of the stomach and tIlteSti1tes. Th0l
merUOWS irritdbiIitV of literary and GIL
persons pursuing q sedentGry Hfe, g
speedily removed by this agent. ThoI
stomach u restored to health and the key
note of the systeNS 1OiII once more respond
In the performance of labor. ~
Price, One Dollar IN largo bottle, os
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-What Is it that eyerybody dIslIkes,

What is it that everybody dislikes,
yet no one likes to lose--a lawsuit.
"A clear conscience is the best law,
and temperance the best physic.
When is a man thinner than a shin
gle-when he's a shaving.
The man who had his head turned
ls now trying TO carve out his fortune,
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Brackets Made to Order
GIVE ME A CALL.

u Those enoaged in BmIding viii find il to
lhelr advantage to have siding Floor Boards
Factory. " ' ne N' ~ 'iii'
May 10y1 JOHN BAI,TrET
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Bronchitis !

ALL Persons thai
read this are invite,
to send for our lurg
and beautifully lllu
trated Paner,s sent frl
TO any address.
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q Az TT ID N !

There are unprinciDled persons In Boston and
elsewhere that are putting up B G q :
IlQU I'D and trying to palm Il II as MY rRRkT.
hEN1, or ONyeen0ted Air, aud claiming 1t to be
IKE mine. Mono genuine unless the words
" DIR, TOWNSEND'S OXYGENATED AIR"
ARE BLOWN IN BOTTLE AND PohTRAIT on LABEL.
Feb. 10Th, ly.
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PILES. KemOHhOidS!
PILON.

Many causes tend to produce thts oai,.-
Iit and dtsfresstng state The blood tS
asse of drastic pirSatires tends to prodsace
congestion of the bOiOels, torpid dctioN Of
the ItUeT, and numerous other causes are
nothing efectgGt has been Ssresfnfed pres 20
the public, eohtoh SCoHLd rapidly dueviGfe
symptoms aud ultimately prove an effect
1Uhich not only acts almost INSTANTLY btt
ScHI remove the largest tNntOrS OF the parts
[PilesJ by dbsorPttOs,' and many echo
been radically cured, have been assured
(priOr to 1isiSlD this Treatment on emit
,Ient surgeons that the only relief they
operation, and removing it OF them JT0nt
The body Iy a procedure sehieh 'leoessitat-
ed the knife. This remedy has been halted
tUith delight, and Is IlOtO prescribed bH
many practising PhDstctd1lS, t0t0 are coG-
Ttsant Of tts merits, as the O''iy k'ioiS'S
PRICE tiTtvf Cents per package, or sis
THE ABOVE REMEDIES ARH1
'' sns aug varicSs s s nsatadiss SenoH.t o tn1tsa,
and are the resltte Of patient, searcHtsg,
tGSorions, and setsntiFc tnvesiigation,
essorGctIg q peItoa OF "l9i'y years, t'S
1.-THE specific direeyions are complied
nth, thohsdnds Of PutieRts sciH beaS Ictt-
Ordte eUerV assertion Where there are
many complications Of disease, aud pa
tieHts 50 desire,. DR., ,CHANDHER SCiIL \
iTedf Jv letter y -. necessary. ~ O'''''' "'
Descriptive and Explanatory Cirett-
Lds ar The atoge remedies sent on receipt
MEDI0iSEB are not on sale at your
PaTtiOiss' + rdru0Oist's, send orders 70
DIR. CHANDLER,
l47s BrOadWsy, Nsw-YOrk City.
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SIA Q Coz day So RE made by AGENTS
SIV 2 SSO selling our ChromOs Crayons,
Picture and Chrome Cards.
100 Samples worth "a sent postpaid for rs cts.
Illustrated Catalogues ERE.
]. II. BUtFoRD'S SONS, BOSTON.
Established 1901 feb3-y
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NJ I'VE viii start you in a business you
1NO can make $50 weelSwithout capital;
Money easy and respectable FOR either sex.
Nj. A. Young, 26l BoweIy. n. Y.
Feb Iona
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New Advertisements.
PROPRIETARY
M EDICINES
DIR. CHANDLER, F.R.S.A.,
Late Physician 10 81. Georges and 81. BarthoIu
news Hospitals, London, Curator TO
st. EliEabeth's, etc.

A1er years Of the most ed0oFsous rel
search and inUestfDation, and otter thJ
practical applicuttof In treath,entto thou
sands of patients, Geo. Chandler, Am
Md, non presents to the Am lerfcdn pttbI
Itc the folIOICing TentedtesS his sole dds
cOuerU and property, the efficacy of tgIicII
testimonials; the unsolicited offerings o1
suffering and discouraged patients, tch@
haze not only received Fettef and benefI
from their continued use, but haze beerI
radically cured of ailments and cIrOni(
complaints, tCI,tcI hdUe been ddjttd0ed 6iI
the most eminent IDhystciG1S as hopeless.
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Can be cured. Whyl be-
cause we have cured
hundreds of cases. some
of them being olven over
to die by all physlcinn4
of other schools OF prac-
tice. Consumption is a
disease OF the Air pnssa.
ges and over two-thirds
of the cases are caused
by Catarrh. We guRIan.
Tee q cure If you will
come In season.
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g q B E g
CafaHrs Il.

WE MAKE A SPE-
CtALTT Of treating
patents by Matt
Please write and des-
orlbe your symptoms.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-28
Holding Chickens by One Leg.

We saw paragraph in newspa-
per the other day to the effect that "a
hen held up by one leg will not
SQuaWk half as much as when both
legs are grasped." In view of the
multiplicity of men hereabouts who
seem to have turned chicken lifters,
We concluded this would be of inter
est TO a large number Of persons, so we
inquired of Il fellow who is now in Jail
for robbing a hen roost if such was the
case He replied that it was, but he
wouldn't advise anyone TO try the eX-
pertinent. lie grasped Shanghai
rooster III that way one night, and he
Was sorry for it afterward. The vet
cram old chanticleer never opened his
mouth, but lie worked that other leg
like the piston rod of a steam engine,
tearing every particle ofdesh from his
udnd, giving it the appearance OF hay
lug been run through threshing ma
cline. When he was arrested and the
police asked him what was the matter
with hIs hand, he tod them that his
VIE accidentally ran against his ell
BOW when he was feeding the sausage
grinder and that his hand got caught
and was ground up. But when the
police found out that he wasn't mar
Ned man at all md wasn't even able
10 own watered stock in "A sausage
grinder, he discovered that he had
g'el himself away bad. Hence his
advice not TO carry chickens by one
rs The army of roost robbers in
'hs vicinity should cut this out and
paste it in their hats. 1t may save
Wrr lives. "A eoE3tk (IolcQ) cate CITY,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-28
Spotted Tails Daughter.

SPOTTED TAIL has a daughter named
N.'uhoo, which means the Red Road,
".. lids recently been married to Mr.
."ao Elk, dashing young buck.
Hare is "a little bit of romance about
>...aoo. Not long ago two sisters Of
CLARITY visited their Agency, and We're
presented u spotted Tail during their
-.t.. lie was well pleased TO meet
..eu. and had a friendly" talk" with
"ru 1T Col. Mills house. In the
'.t-e of the conversation they asked
-t Die would like to give them
~ a.to u 60 and live with them in a
convent. He said yes, he would like
rs much. Then they sent for
ah1o and asked her if she would
.ar ,9 Cp; but she remained silent,
..a.a-ai.ng no answer to their ques-
-a. Her father urged her 10 speak,
say Jes but still she was silent, and
--- interview thus terminated. That
.+-.t NAonkuo eiopad with Lone Elk,
' "a"u she managed to convey the
Negligence that her father was about
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-28

of Easter Monday rites various
-.1ics still linger. One, called "cllp.
l 10 fine church," is performed by
ibij1ren of the charity schools. amid
.rowd3 of people and shouts of JOY.
NAV Mace their backs against the
aside of the church, and JOIN hands
iii rhp circle is complete and the build
~, surrolnded, When the ceremony IS
nyer and they 60 to another church.
10 Another custom in Durham, is for
non 10 90 about the streets and take
nH shoe from every woman they
,naer unless she shall pay a small fee
- nrpyent it. The next day, as is but
f,ir the women retort by dong the
same to men.
In some parts still more ridiculous
custonl is found. called "heaving' or
"Iiftfnr." On Easter Monday the
mon lift women, and on Tuesday
the women are the lifters. 1t is done
fins. Two strong men cross hands in
The way we used to call "making a
cIair," in my school-days, or they
carry a chair lined with white, and
decorated with flowers and ribbons.
on meeting a woman in the street,
thay invite her to take seat, and, in
Fact insist upon it. They then lift
her INTO the air three times. when she
must kiss each of her filters, and give
thp,a money beside. In the time of
Edward /. this custom was SO general
flat even The King was Gifted"
In Kent, the young people on Easter
Monday Ego a pudding-pieing." That
is. 20 to public-houses to eat pudding
ME. a dish about the size OF saucer,
with raised paste rim, and custard in
side
And everywhere, and all the time,
are eggs, eggs. eggs; boiled and col
ored; striped and notified and gilded;
onamented with names, notices, or
pictures. Common ones are variously
adorned with designs drawn with bit
of tallow, which keeps the dye from
taking Oh those parts A better kind
of decoration is to scratch the design
with sharp knife ON an egg after it
is dyed landscapes, notices, ETC., can
De made very neatly.
4 common game--which, perhaps,
YOU knows played with Easter eggs.
The owner Of a hard-boiled Easter
egg challenges any one he meets to
strike eggs with him. If his egg
breaks the other, it is called the "cock
Of one. - and its owner has the broken
one as a trophy. When it has broken
two, it is "cock of two,' and SO on.
If an egg which is cock Of one or more
is broken, the conqueroradd the num-
Der of trophies won by the victim to
his own score.
The custom of making presents of
eggs is said to be Persian, and TO bear
auSiOn to the mundane egg, from
which the world was tabled by certain
nations to have been derived. 1t is "A
custom among Jews, Egyptians and
Ilindoos, and was adopted 10y Chris
tians to symbolic the Resurrection.
This feast Of eggs, therefore, very
properly occurs at Easter.
Ih0rHe, ia st. Nicholas tor april.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-28
Asparagus-Beds.

For a small garden, where one has
to do all his own work and little time
for that, there is nothing easier to
manage than an asparagus-bed. Once
made it will last lifetime. 1t is said
that some plants in Paramount Park,
set out in PENIS time, bear good
stalks yet. Many people dread to
think about sparagus-beds, because of
what the books say. The soil has to
be dug out three feet deep; brick-hats.
bones, and all sort Of things have to be
put in the bottom; manure by the cart
load has TO be bought; and labor
enough. not to say salt and notions
enough TO ruin "A moderate purse. are
essentials TO success. But the market
gardener does none of these things.
He plows the ground and prepares it
much as he would for a crop o. wheat,
and drops the roots in the plOW fur
rows as he would drop potatoes. Some
put the roots deeper than they would
potatoes. not because the depth is of
any good to the roots, but because they
can plow and harrow over them in the
spring. and thus easily destroy weeds
and grass that grow through while the
plants are growing in the fall. For
garden-culture the roots need not be SO
deep. though they may be put down 80
as 10 allow Of forking over in spring.
The ground may be prepared as If for
cabbage. and this will be good enough.
It is pretty well-settled that there is
but one variety Of asparagus, and any
good, healthy plants VIII be the ones
to st out. Two or three-year-old
plants are generally chosen, and the
roots may be set twenty inches apart.
The large size of some asparagus is not
due to any particular variety, but to
the distance set apart and the richness
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-28

to send her away. Shonkoo is consid-
cred quite pretty. She has good taste
in dress, for an Indian woman. and
understands English but dislikes to
speak it, She is proud enough to be a
Princess. Cor. ~. Y. Herald.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-28

AsrHMA.-lt is useless to describe the fortunes
OF spasmodic asthma. Those who have suffered
from ITS distressing paruxysms know what it is.
JONAS WmrooMBs REMEDY never failed to afford
immediate relief.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-28

of the soil. Those who like to aston
ish people by monstrous grass set
the roots two and often three feet
apart. -Germantoscn Telegraph.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-28

The Calvinistic Church of Wales
has about 100, 900 members. 1t is gov
erned by an annual General Assembly
and by two Provincial Asso Citations,
which meet quarterly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-28

READ advertisement of Florida Homes Send
for maps and views of that lovely State
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-28

RHEUMArIsM cured at once by DR.. Duang's
Remedy. Send for circular to Hell
phenstine Bentley, Washington ID. c.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-28

A POSITIVE CURE for heumatism--Durangs
Rheumatic Remedy. Send for circular TO Hell
phenstine q Bentley, Washington, ID. @.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-28

. A Church League for the sepa-
ration Of Church and state has been
formed, with headquarters IN London.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-28

DURANG's RHEUMATIC REMEDY never fails TO
cure rheumatism. Sold by all druggists.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-28

Patents Obtained ut Half OF Usual Ere..
by Col. l., BINGHAM & Co., Attorneys and Patent
Law Advocates, Washington, ID. G.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-02-28
STATE NEWS.

The Engineers ball at Wadsworth
was q grand success.
The Sentinel says that foot pads
abound in and around Eureka.
The Crown Prince Mining Compa
ny has been incorporated at Reno.
Annie Forbes has obtained a di-
vorce from Thomas Forbes at Reno.
The White Pine Newp says the
mines there have very favorable out
look.
Eight furnaces are now in opera.
ton at Eureka. As soon a. spring
opens several more are to be started.
Work is going on in the 9Th, 10th
and 18th levels Of the RAYMOND &
Ely, with fair prospects Of striking
ore.
At Eureka 1t began Snowing about
noon Friday and continued some
hours, covering the ground TO the
depth Of several inches.
Typo 10 . lively camp. Mart. Tup-
per and Lemon Stuart got into an
alteration over . game of cards,
when the latter stabbed the former
with . pocket-knife. Upper drew a
2istQl and shot Stuart, killing him
lastently.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-02-28
SITTING BULBS OPPONENT.
A Brief Sketch Of General Miles
Hi-tery.

General Nelson A. Miles, who
has of late taken General Clusters
place as an Indian fighter. is a ma
tive of Massach and has had
a remarkable career of advancement
in the army. He was born in one
of the upper towns of Worcester
county. The second year of the
war Of the rebellion found him q
clerk in a crockeryware store in
Boston. He was but little more
than twenty-one years of age, with
no military experience. 1t was pro.
posed to raise company in the city
of Roxbury for the regiment then
being formed for United States
Senator Wilson, and young Miles
had an uncle who took considerable
interest in its formation with the
view OF making his nephew its
second lieutenant. When the Of
ficers came to be chosen he had
some votes for first lieutenant oyer
another member who felt he had q
better right to that distinction.
The captain sided with this latter
officer, and this made 30 much bad
feeling that Lieutenant Miles left the
company to join the staff Of one of
the Generals in the division. His
advancement was astonishingly
rapid, from that time out, and he
had soon occasion to smile upon the
petty chickering's that put him in
the way to it. He was often in
fights, and won distinction constant
ly. At the battle of Chancellors-
vile this almost raw youth was
thrown into a position in which he
had command for some hours of a
most important portion Of the line.
He held it with rare credit, but
came out OF the action severely
wounded. This made him not only
a General, but very distinguished
soldier, and attracted to him the
attention Of the regular army Off
GERS. who pronounced him to be
possessed of the best elements of a
military commander. General Miles
had a reputation second to almost
no man in the volunteer forces of
the State when the war ended. He
was selected to take charge of Jeffer
son Davis while the latter was the
Governments prisoner, which
brought him into notice all over the
nation. A few years since he was
married at the West to q relative of
General Sherman. Fortune seems
to favor him in every respect. He
is man of fine physical frame and
with an an unusual endowment OF
manly beauty. and if he is as sue
cessful in fighting Indians as he has
been in all his other army expert
ence he is destined to be their con-
queror. There is probably no in
stance among Massachusetts sold.
iers where man without influence
to aid him has risen so high.