Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-22
GRAND Army GlEANINes.
Particulars Pertaining to the Posts.

Particulars Pertaining TO the Posts.
Blue Mound Sun: Equity Camp No. II,
Sons of Veterans, viii give a grand ball
and supper In JacksOn's Hall, at that
place, on Thanksgiving night.
Chetopa Times: "The Spy of Atlanta"
was performed at the Opera House, by
OsWegO Post No. $50, @. A. r. The
house was well filed on the occasion.
and every person was pleased with the
entertainment. The presentation of the
flag by ladies was grand. Some of the
scenes of the dying and wounded sol
diers was heart rending.
Topeka Lance: Commander II. W.
Pond, of the Department of Kansas, of
the q. A. R., has issued circular No. Z,
calling the attention Of Post Commanders
to the fact that Comrade John Wits,
late a member of the First Kansas Bat
terry, was injured in. the sham battle atthe
Soldiers Reunion at WamegO, Kan,
October 4, 1884, by the premature dis
charge of a cannon, and suffered the loss
of his right arm, and that with family,
is in want. He orders contributions to
be transmitted to COmrade George Trout,
D. P. Morton Post, No. IS, q. A. r.
WamegO, Kan, who will receipt for the
same. COmrade Trout closes q letter to
the Post Commander, as follows: "The
comrade and his wife, wish me to re
member them to you, and acknowledge
their gratetulness for favOTs and kind re-
memberance. I will keep you posted in
regard to the COmrade, and what the re-
suit of your communication to the differ
ent Posts Will be-"
Burnside Relief Corps No. 1, Of Wyan-
dOtte, held an open meeting Thursday
evening, November 9Th, to which was
invited the members Of Burnside Post
No. %, their families and friends. The
Post room was filled to overlooking. A
fine programme had been arranged of
addresses, music and Rotations. The
President, Mrs. DR.. Grafton, introduced
Rev. John Bennett, who spoke upon the
mission of the Woman's Relief Corps in
an able address, which was listened to
with deep interest. The recitations by
Misses Maud YeOmans and Minnie Gas
kins, and Master Johnson, were received
with rapturOus applause. The fine sing
ing by Mr.. and Mrs. Hazel was very en-
iOyable. The gems of the evening were
the duets and solos by Miss Lena Brown
and DR.. John L. B. Eagan, who kindly
volunteered to sing for the occasion, and
! rendered their selections as only profess
SIGNALS can, winning the hearty applause
! of the large audience, and the unbound
| ed appreciation of the ladies' of the Re
/ lief Corps. These entertainments are to
I DG uGlu curing GuC COullllg W lllLGIs anu
! doubtless viii increase the interest in
/ the noble work of the Corps.
Hutchinson Democrat: Among the
many curious wounds received in battle
and remarkable recOveries, there were
few narrower escapes from death than
| that experienced by Mr.. r. II. Hunter,
now of Pratt county, whom we met in
this city few days ago. Mr.. Hunter
was trading in Mr.. Jacobs store, and
taking of his hat revealed a deep, schir-
rus wound in the center of his forehead,
one to two inches across and half an
inch deep, whence the skull had been
crushed and removed by q wound re-
ceived in the battle Of Fort Donaldson
over twenty years ago. A seam running
from the upper part of this back above
| and to the rear of the left ear shows
where his skull had been broken nearly
One-third Of the way around, while on
top of his head are the distinct marks Of
where the physician drilled hole in his
skull in order to extricate some of the
fragments that had been driven in from
the wound. Mr. Hunter informs US thai
: he was unconscious from this wound bu
a short time, that he recovered rapidly
? and that he has since suffered no very
great pain or Inconvenience from 1t
except on exposure to the heat. He ha
to be careful about working in the no
sun.