The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-10-28

offered 20 play his slave, the Ex-Governor again5s
5000. On this basis the cards were dealt. Tho
young lad watched his masters hand eagerly The
old Southerner looked ut his cards and raised tho
ante. He was met and promptly raised IL again.
At this moment a gentleman who had recently
come up attracted by the young negros looks,
called him aside. Whose boy are you?N he asked.
" De Dear Lord above only knows sah /" answered
Piuchbacb anxiously. 3" use ter b'lOng to Mars
c, but he done gone an bet me on n pair OF
deuces." Bet you on peir Of deuccse" yes
sab, an dunno whose boy is now But dc ole
Massa he's blufin' Ike de mischief an L reckon
Is gwine ter stay" The bluff wou
Gen. J. VI. Thsyer, candidate for Governor Of
Nebraska. q gallant and distinguished soldier
At the beginning Of the war he was commissioned
Colonel by the War Department az Washington
andtook command of the first regiment which ieft
Nebraska for the field He served IN Missouri dur
ing the first six months of the war After taking
part in various important operations, Col. Thayer
was intrusted with the command Of the extreme
right at the battle of shiloh. where he greatly dis
tnguished himself and won his promotion to Brig
adier-Genera subsequently, at Chiesssaw Bayou.
the battle of Arkansas Post, the siege Of yicss-
burg, and both captures of Jackson, Miss. he
gained additional laurels a brave aud sisillful
soldier. Having been given command Of the Army
of the Frontier its leader he participated in the
battle of Jenkinss Ferry and other engagements.
BY the end of the war he had been created Major
General for " distinguished services" Since 1855
Gen Thayer's services a Statesman have been
| considerable. On March g. 1871 ne concluded .
| term of six years in the United States Senate,
where he proved to be an able debater and a USE
\ ful member Of several important committees lie
was appointed Governor of Wyoming Territory in
$50, and served the term Of four years
At the battle of Malvern Ill., June 30, 1862.
Chns. T. Wood, soldier of Rockand. Ne, was
struck in the shoulder by fragment ofGyng she'll
and desperately wounded. lie would inevitably
have died on the field bad not two comrades. Jo-
siah G. Spear and Corp. NJ IT. Green both Of the
4th Me-, borne him in their arms to a farm house
near by where his wounds were dressed AT the
end of week the farmhouse fell into the hands
Of the rebels and Mr. Wood was sent with other
prisoners to Libby Prison. Here he lay for three
months, suffering every hardship and lowering
between life aud death, and indeed given up ~
dead by the folks at home. Afler his exchange
and restoration to health SIR Wood endeavOred TO
find Corp Greene, to whom. with spear he owed
his life but without success. until recently, when
he heard Of him as being in Washington. ID. G.. Mr..
Wood wrote and was gratiGed to receive letter
last week from the gentleman whose whereabouts
he had been for nearly = years trying TO discover.
Mr.. Greene expresses himself as much a5tonished
at hearing from the boy he left dying in the south
ern farmhouse. at seems almost incredible"
lungs moving at every breath. i have often told
my boys of your bravery and how you bore up
under such a wound
Asst Adj't- Gen. Clarke has sent from CA. r.
headquarters at Rome, ". Y. a letter to President
Cleveland asking him. when he sees fit to discharge
Republican ex-solders, to flI their places with
Democratic ex-soldiers and not with ex-Confeder-
ates or with civilians.
Benz. Franklin Cleveland a sixth cousin Of tbs
President married last week in Jersey City,
, n. j.. to Miss Emma Coe. The groom is veteran
of the war; serving two years. first private,
then Corporal, and finally as a Sergeant in the
5lsJ y. Y After the war he became a member Of
: the Union Veteran Army Of the United states and
is now tine Chaplain of that organization. and his
rank and name is Brig. Gen. Benjamin Franklin
Cleveland He also bears the title of First Lieu
, tenant in The Boys in Blue and he is a member
Of Zabriskie Post, No. 90. GAR.
Every old soldier in Huron. Dalz knows Mai. T.
, 5. Free, of-ioux Falls. He was Commander Of the
GAR of Dakota in the first two years of its exist
ence lie has been the Adjutant- 6;eueral Of Dakota
: for two years They will deeply mourn 70 read
that he has lost his reason and been taken tOYanS
ton. He has never been well man since he lef
: the army.
n Gen. Hazer is again on duty at the Signal Office
after an extended tour to the Pacific coast and th
Isthmus of Panama
, The Republicans of Fillmore County No. seen
o not to have forgotten the soldiers judging from
. their County ticket. c.. W Rockwell. candidate
? for Auditor served during the in the 2d MINI
d r. " Harrington, for Probate Judge served ia tn
1lth MINI. DR.. H. ii. H1skins, for Coroner was
member Of the 18th Wis. c. G.. Edwards for Stat
Senator, entered the army as private in the 19tl
Ohio, and al the close of the war was Lieutenant
Colonel of the IO5th OhiQ. L. II. Prosser, eaudi
date for the Legislature, served four years in tn
Il 33d H. and is President of the soldiers and Sailors
10 Association Of Fillmore County. T. Tousley anohc
candidate for the Legislature, was a member of tn
IS 9Th Mimi. o. J. Halstead, also candidate for tn
n Legislature, was member Of the LIST Mimi. 1IF
Rangers.
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