The National tribune., 1886-08-19
PERSONAL.

About O'Clock last Saturday morning Gen. q. q.
Augur, at his home in Georgetown. was greatly
annoyed by couple of negros carrying on CONVEX
saIion under his window pIentfully garnshed with
them away, and they responded with torrent Of
abuse. which enraged him that he ran out with
a light and struck one of them over the head.
The latter replied with four shots from revolver
all OF which took effect in the Generals legs and
sides. The wounds severe but not dangerous.
The police arrested the miscreant who did the
shooting, aud il turns out that he is a negro named
Pope who is just out of the penitentiary. and who
is known to have committed at least one murder.
Gen. Phil Sheridan and Col Mike Sheridan went
last week to Somerset, Ohio, a visit to their
mother. who Is IS years old. The people received
the General with great enthusiasm.
Collector seeberger. of Chicago, has decided to
remove Maj. John A. Fitch who has been in charge
of the Barge Office since 1867. at salary of 81 COO
year. He was a gallant soldier, and is popular
with the people with whom the office does business
that they have all signed petition for his reten
tion but the party pressure Collector Seeberger
is too great, and Fitch has to go.
Miss Adele Garesche, OF Washington, the young
est daughter of the late Gen. Julius p Garesche, U.
g. A. took the white veil in the Convent of the
Visitation in st. Louis. Mo-, Monday. Her elder
sister. Octavie. entered the Carmelite Convent of
the same city last October.
A tragedy near Pierce City. Mo-, duplicates two
men who were once comrades in good standing in
E. A. Siocum Post, Of Fairport, n. Y, but dis
missed for bad conduct. They were J. j. White
and Edward +. C1um. IL seems that they were
army chums, and after the White became n
prosperous farmer and a good citizen, while Clum
became worthless. At length White became in
fi,iua,ed with the wife of Clum, woman of supe-
rior education and character and some beauty.
Mrs. White it Is claimed, committed suicide on
account of her husbands course. Clum was in
different to what his wife did so long as he could
make money out of her. which he appears TO have
DONE Finally White and Mrs. Clum went away to
Missouri where the former bought farm, settled
down rs man and wife, and they seemed to get
along very happily. Clum shortly appeared on the
/ scene was introduced as Mrs. Whites brother I"
and settled down to living off them. Eventually the
| woman died. and White began paying attention to
/ an attractive young woman of the neighborhood.
| Clum also paid her attention. but she preferred
| White which so enraged Clum that he stole upon
! them where they sitting together and killed
them both with shotgun. He has been arrested
| and is now in Jail awaiting trial.
Afler a rather protracted struggle the comrades
! of the G AR. and Veterans Rights Union have at
last succeeded in securing the appointment of Capt
| J. w. Pipes a one-armed veteran of the 10th Pa,
to the position of Assistant Doorkeeper of the Sen
/ ate at a salary of 81 40 year. According to the
| law this is now life position and makes a perma-
| nent provision for man who deserves well of his
| country. Capt. Pipes went out as private soldier
and was rapidly promoted for gallantry. While
| yet a boy he commanded his regiment in sever al
fights particularly at Joness Den at the time of the
explosion of the mine, and in the of Peters
burg lie was wounded at Gettysburg. Spottsyl
vania and Ream's Station. At the last engagement
lie was in command Of the skirmishers of Gen
| Aiess old brigade, the First Brigade First Divs
| ion, Second Corps and at the close of the fight re
| ceiyed a wound which cost him the loss of his
arm at the shoulder. He has several testimonials
| as To his gallant conduct from Gen. Miles and othe
prominent officers who witnesses to his sol
dierIy bearing on the field. Capt. Pipes is an en-
thusiaste GAR. man, and is Past Commander o
Lincoln Post, of Washington. and was a Delegate
at-Large to the National Eneampment ut san
Francisco.
Brig-Gen. Robert Murray, Surgeon-General,
s A. was placed on the retired list on Saturday b,
reason OF having reached the age OF 81 years. III
was appointed an Assistant Surgeon in 1916. AM
served continuously since that time passing through
all the grades to Surgeon-G which he reaches
in 1853. He is still hale and hearty. but his hal
| and beard are white. There n large number o
candidates for the vacant position.
Gen William h. Hazen, Chief Signal Officer, lei
Washington Friday night on an inspection tour
lie will go as far West California and will return
via the Isthmus of Panama.
Samuel ii. Queen, of Harrisonville. o., Is names
by the Pomeroy Telegraph as probably the young
est ex soldier in tho County that carried musks
through the war. He enlisted rs private in tn
18th Ohio when but IL years eight months and fiv
days of age. He served three years. four month
| of which were spent in Andersonville Prison. III
is still able to take the straw away from a steam
| thresher.
Col. Geo. w. Hooker Is laid up at his house il
BraitIeboro. VT with bad case of ivy poisoning
1t is said that Mrs. Grant not only receives thu
larger part of the profits from the sale of the Gen
erals Memoirs" but has also the privilege Q