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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

pknrs1kN NOVELTIES. We have Just
received some high novelties IN tha line
Of Partisan r0bo. emhroidersed and
combination dress goods. The styles
ara entirely new and there h only oue
pattern Of q kind. Anyone wishing
eomethinR extremely neu and stylish
viii be usli paid By seeing them- CHEs-
rRn CEnAn1. aule
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18
NEW RARRER smoP.

CHAR1Es voE DuHaKs. Who has con
Quoted the TonsoFial and Bath Rooms
&c the Occidental Hotel for several
years past, has taken new rooms on 90
Iumbia street. next above the engine
house, where be will Be clad 70 welcome
bis old and new patrons. my Is
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

618e and 25s per yard. Lengthy con-
neal ca the clsns Of DRESS Goods ". P.
BosD ars exhibiting this season Il IN
necessary. Their good value and At
trAgfiveness vii Be readily seen and ap-
pFeeiated on examioalion. Ask 20 zee
their speciaf barpains at SIC and Sc per
yard. au5
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

Il vii always pay 10 walk - The OPP
era Block fof aaY article h oar line, no
matter boz insignificant. Oar prices
are the lsWezi, ~ take paiuat % koep The
bes, and newest goods and saus az job
lsfs. ehetf saara goods ffala stcftoA and
frash a ~ aarts. LkFoun 4 Co.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

&c kAcL-The steamers Hayward
= washington bad another lively race
wa 1scsma and Seattle last even
he Hayward left TAeoaa one
~ e TIE lead Of the Washington,
sas boats ran IN tandem. the Hay
q ne lead, antil Three Tree
- NaA reached, when the WAahinG-
- ~ heK larger rival, and beat her
seatlie tvs INITIATES. The WASH
eas passsd the Hayward twice,
~ ~ tun, daFing the past month. and
nAywAFd has Yeg 70 run b. the
aRaan, They are both smart
- and when the question Il Anaily
- e 2 uhieh b the fastest. raeing
~ psehahly cease.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

We earnestly recommend w. p. Benz
4 Co.'S Azart Suitinas at sixteen yards
for si. Certainly extra value. and il is
conceded By The trade generally THAI
their lines 81 dress snitings at 80 per
yard RFs not exceiled. Il eqnaled, any
where nsrsh d San Francesca. Call
and see them. aa7
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

MuaEKN uapEhwKAR.-W We carry the
largest line north Of San Francisco,
from an Eastern manufacturer thai
standa 81 the head for handsome, neat
and well made goods PKioos from 20
osnta Per garment upwards.
aulS LAroun 4 Co.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

Nm. NrrscHKE Il Ia tbs city and viii
remain as ieng IS necessary 70 attend 70
contF cts for piano tuning. Orders
left Ct Davies book store and Low
mans music store, or at Humphreys
will receive prompt attention. au4 u
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

TAHLK IlrNENs Wonderful values,
satln liniah, bleaehed Irish damaak, 500.
Our 8 bieached. no dressing. German
iinen 60. Il the bea1 made 10 wear. Nap
kins special cash bargains. Square 20 3
cent. One rice. CHEgTKR CKRARY.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

Aa1atn o. TIE MHxIcO.-rhe steam.
~ hszieo arrived from San Francisco
yesterday morning. having on board
seaal 50 passengers, The greater nuH-
20 g when weFe Grand Army people.
iaeif say East. after having attend
e ktand eneampment - San Fran
Ine steamer remained In port
aag. thus aaardine The passengers
Hottanity b uaik or drive shout
= 80. Aasy took TIE street ears and
-! eet % Lake Uniou and down 10
- ne barrel factory. TIE steamer
eeat % the Sound SIS tons Of
l.szea distributed a. foilowas Yioto-
-. - tons Port Townsend, s. tens }
A 80 tons Tacoma, lS5 tens.
eosH dark lssl evening the Mexico
l'eassae4 20 The Sound.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

Bux THK BEar FAoE PowDER. Free
man'a Medicated Invisible Face Pow
guaranteed equal 10 any four bit pow
der made. Il Is scientific combina-
ton for beaaiifying without injury 10
The skin. iy501m
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

AsEo ouT.-IAsi sunday Caughran
]. aaaisosd'ssab and pail factory, on
- eeash one mile distant from the Ia
sssmiil. Wss destroyed By hfa.
- tt<.aNs fuS1FAnce. &3il0 The
- sndosbteily Of ineendiagy
49, Investigation reveals the fact
-, -. sae water AZ chs tank On The an
tefned e8 and she Gre boss eai.
NJ 60 fre.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

FEEsu ROASTED CoFFKRs. = / havs
made arrangements b. which our oof
fees ara roasted fresh every week By an
expert. Inay are not surpassed any
whare, either a. 10 Price or quality.
ALFnxp SxEDER, 706 Front street. iy2I
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

Agents Columbia River Paper Co., Front
and Madison streets. Seattle. P. o.
Boz $50. mYle
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

Balls C0rssts, genuine, have the words
= BaiFa Health preserving Oorssts, pat.
eutad February -, 1854 on the inside.
Isoek out for limitations. IAAToUn 4 Co.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

=. r. WAffzeg's Crystal Creamery AID
Hal DaViss DlsgeAess Batter are pro
n0nnosd By experts e equal the famous
0raAqs caanlg product. 70 10 had only
Of nkEEx 4 WHzaHT, sole agents, us
Front street. ans
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

Iuwr RncE1Vxps-Tweuty tens 81
White river hay, fresh from the harvest
aelda. which Ne viii dispose 81 % ne
loeal civ trade a TIE mosl ressonAble
rNtes. 9oSns a HrnHxEE. Dsnny Block.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

SuNMnn Gocnss--Every piecs q sunl-
uer Goods mnsi Be disposed % inside Of
% days We want the Foum ter car
fall and winter gods. IoLKAs 4 S1za'
rrNsx. $50
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

AtDrS FuurT YrxEaAR. recatyed
from 81. Louis, No, an inVuiee e this
celebrated vinegar. tne pareat and best
kneWn 70 ne trade. AERnED SxNp4a-
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

: = Z. i {. laAsA { Co. have renewed 70 cor
- steet and James street, oppcsite
~ ss..<l tleATy balldine. where they
= -. s.etlnes % sell he anesi boets Ent
q Ne lowest prices. Romsmber
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

ID. n JunKnus. pholoEfaphef. et See
ana and Columbia streets, b furnishing
his patrona fiEat -elass oabinsts e. g 50
q a0Ean. go
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

Tommy Clancy has Invested . patent
faucet f0r drawing Philadelphia beer,
which beverage Hiii h9Fsaftef be kep&
81 dfausht a. the Esmond. aaiS.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

epEAks Foa IzsE1R .-John Robb. near
FioEenca, SkAais csaaty, writes - The
Paei6e DRAG slors; "6snlss Rleass send
O. q. D.. thFes boxes Of CARLSBAD Salt.
Yea oaaha - aaua q quantity % the
stoFs as great many are taking ~" Ar
lii3eiai CARLSBAD SAli is the besl remedy
for al stomach RiimentA = ard doc. .
boz e TIE Pssifls Drag Store. y c6gA
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

Ma A. HraaEza. q NFoUinR ( n. h.Ss
says hs haa 80 piles foF nsarly g yeaEss
ana uas s1rsd ~ uEing GiiUors'a Pile
SloritA A. .~aKWkEf. ~
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

PRINTED SArrKNss For the next 80
days 80 vii sell car entire siack of eat
teaea fcr -. All reduced from go.
TokEAs a SINoERMAN. iyO
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

TnR widsAwAks HoaasWife's Para
diss wiii Be- found fag she next y days
a ehs great bargain sale 81 TOMS 4
SINaRnMkN. 150 :
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

Housn AxD FUnNIanTsa Goons-t Add
fnn fnsl 10 the aamas) tor tae next u
DAYS a TIE RReat miaSnmmef eleatlaR
esis a. T0xKks 4 erxGEEHAN. 1yD
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

New assortment. susde (undresBsd
kid Gloves. aoI5 LAT0UR & Co.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

peraans wishing monuments o. stain
afv fec oenaeferv o. other purposes
shaaid eall Il SIS Frous sfrsas and see
tke models for While BFonns,r which
I'll ias4 faf cenaFations aud h oheapgr
than mAFbls e. granite and u much
haaaaomeF. Gall On
fe4sswff knaAh hNTAH.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

SanefhinQ neH b he Uay o. pearl
arnanenfa. annslsting 81 ladtes
broaehes. hair pina eeaFf piaE. arrows,
sleesa hattaua. ase.. have been reserved
81 &. Isoes 8 Co. Galden k1le ha1AF;
alss Al tnzseues Ii af re htssl,
So, sstskais, gaieb uili Be sod eeeap-
e. than eses hsfore; alEo q ms lin9 o,
haraasrea hraaa Raoas. cunsiattuR 81
laaiss' afeesina miFrura, fan s1ARed
wltsu- k,raoza hsisers, conb and hresh
tFavs. hnna psSntea plaqaes A11 nnEs-
- e cthef naselgiss - tha fa1ny
ran.3s ina. an6 ID tha iln4 az oHo4ksF9
4 - az nsu aesixns og dinneE So.
f'asne aua izsrasi sna s1ack and iad1a
foE yeaEssif 8aAo
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

Oar 50 cens Corset h extra good value.
Oar rs cent Corset d made OF french
coatills. anls LAxocR q o.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

T.R. PupHnxz. Insurance. and Com
mission Agent. ial0
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

WHY WIZ xoU suEvKR from Ages and
Malaria when 0ilmuEe'a AfoUatse WIS
viii cure youf A. b crnwAHT. AZ
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

For reliable work and honesa tteat'
msnt, 90 20 PEEzEH's Art sadie Cao-
inets &3s0 PER donen. y y
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18
4. HERSHBERG & CO.,
$50 and 637 Front street.



MOoxx's s. Cabinets are the best. m3o
Censemeri Kid Gloves. LAroUR 4 Co.
DHrss Goons. Extra values this
week. One price. OHEsrER CLEART.
White River cheese. the best in The
market, at p. fhEDERIcKs. Try e. tYlI
T. r. PUMPuKx, Insurance and Com
missioa Agent. ialo
Best assortment Lowest prices La
r0UR 4 &c. anlS
lOo.-A fair quality check NainsOok.
strictly cash. CHEsrEn CLEAKr.
Toe cold beer on dr4ueht at the Bank
Exchange. auiz Inn
T.R PusrBmEz, Insurance. and Com
mission Agent. iaIs
Buy the Decker. NE leading Piano, Al
LOwMAN 4 HAEEoAD'A 0l1
New Buttons Eev Trimmings La
ToUR 4 Go. anlo
sKo-A mixed lot Of dress goods an
der value. Cash. CHEs1Kn CH.EAnx.
e 20 per dozen for 6rst-class cabinsts
a PEzsER's Art Studio. APP
An elegant line Of Dress Clasps just
received. aui5 LAT0UR q 90.
LAcra, LAors, LAons. Cash prices.
S1uaFa 70 a cent. CHMTER CLEAEr.
Charlsy Clancy'a carriage stand h -
the Oooidantal Hotel, James Street side.
Teiephsne No. SS. iyl0
Mrpprz.AaKD mxz Who lack viRor and
vitality can Be cured b. GklmoEe's AEo-
matia Wine. A. b. STEWART. az
CousEra--Ror the nsxt 20 days 6ns
eoFsets as Goa. (Eeduosd from Ibo.l at the
San FAANeEsoO SronE. jy1
Nav Goops.-I.ots 10 stock. Several
eases 10 arrive Tuesday. square 70
cent. Ssrielly cash. CHEsxEn CLlEAAx.
French woven Cosssts, Of al the dif-
ferNn1 shares and lsnRtha, eight styles
from 81 70 t2.A LkroOn = %
ASnoE HoUaH. Of BlaekteFFy, Ills)
avs he owes his life - Gilmors's AaR
nstis Elixir. TrY L. 4. B. szHNAER. az
PARkso1s-At given away rrioee thie
ueak Al ths great sale 81 The sAN ~
CISCO STosE. D0
For reliable work and honest treat
neat, 90 20 PEzEA's AT stadio- oao-
NETS &a-s0 PER doEan. - Il
WHH VIA roo guERER from Ague A1o
Malaria when 0ilm0Ee'a AfoUatie " fEa
--slS -. ,,e.-B A n &rmwARr oW
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

49, kxscutEFs. 80 daEsn ladies
:, zasa ealosed border handkeFehiefs
- saee @ - 6. q da1ea fer he hext
- - the great eiesrinx sale q SAN
saees - loLKss 4 SEN0HGA4N8 iyEE
n sss ktsaoh dress eooda iasa opsned.
Ts1 c1HARx, aais
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

PARAsoIs-At giVe1 away rrioee thle
week a. ths great saia e the sAS ~ e.
CISCO SToNE. 1O
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

saysE
II cbssxfully eaUmena
Year ASoxkTlc WEEs
Il did uaw lfe and vlFof eend
Thrgarh this weak fraUe q mine-
Il ala fer al mg stomach u
Nore thaa "a dOslor and Ms pllis-'
A. ii SrEwkaT. scent. Seattis.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

Nav Goops.--Ilots 10 stock. Several
casas 70 arrive Tuesday. square 20 .
cent. SsFictly cash. CHEsxKA CLRAAr.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

MrDDLH-A0KD MMN WAo lhek vlRor Anu
vitality can Be cured b. GslmoFe's AEo-
matte Wins. A. b. SEBwART. az
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

Conssxs. -For the next - days nns
eorssts a. 50a. (Eeduced nom Ibo-l 81 ne
sAx FAANeEsoO STonx. iy0
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

AssoH HouoH. Of BlaekteFEy, tIlls)
says be owes 1is life y 9ilmorss Aee
nstie Elixir. Iry L. 4. .. szMNAkf. AZ
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

French woven C0ssots. Of al the Off
f.v@n1 shaues nnd Lengths, eight styles,
from 81 70 e2A LkToOn = %.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

Net Of Summer Goods must be LEFT BY the 18th of
August, Reap The throttle wide open
all the brakes Sail int ain! Sail n Note the mug
gets at the size Of them, and don't get left.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

DnKss GooDs. Extra values this
week. One price. oHEsrER cLEART-
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

Gen. Pass. 4 FRI Agsat from q. s. ports
On Paast SQUAD. ao15 DIV lu
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

LAcna, LAons, LAcEs.-Oash prices
Square 70 a cent. CHMrRR CLEAnx.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

White River cheese, the best in ID
market, At P. RhEDERIcKs. Try e. tyl
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

Charlsy Claney'a carriage stand 10 81
the Oooidantal Hotel, James Street. side.
Telephone No. b. tylV
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-18

An elegant line Of Dress Clasps Just
received. ani5 IaATOUR q 90.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-23
Answers to Correspondents.

G. w. c., West Randolph.-The bill
you refer TO has not passed. The rate
|of pension for the loss of a leg below
the knee remains at 1924 month. The
pension office recently revised the rates
of pensions for disabilities not fixed by
law. In some cases the rates were
raised, while in a majority of cases
they remain as heretofore.
ID. S. A., Barre.-The pension of an
officers widow is the same as the officer
himself would receive for total dis
ability. The rate of pension in such
leases being above S12 month is not
effected by the recent act of congress
increasing widows pensions from IS to
1912 month. Widows of soldiers who
were not married until since the close of
the war are entitled to pensions the same
las they would be if they had married the
soldier prior to his service in the army.
L. j. r., Waterbury.--Only one
thousand copies of the history of the
Eighth Vermont Regiment were pub
lished. The book is entertaining and
interesting to the general reader as
well as to the men of the regiment, for
whose benefit it was more specially
written. In telling well the story of
the service, the author deals with the
agreeable things and allows to remain
forgotten the disagreeable. He praises
worth and noble daring, without seeing
it his duty to condemn and criticise the
mistakes and blunders that may have
occurred during the four years of the
gallant service of the regiment. He
tells us where the comnanies cOmpOsinp
the regiment were raised, and where
the officers hailed from. He takes the
reader with them through the service
and tells them where the surviving
ones may now be found, and what they
have done since the war. He closes
with an account of the dedication of
monuments erected by the officers of
the Eighth Regiment last year in Vir-
ginia to mark places where Vermont
ers' blood flowed like water in defence
of their country. The book is illus
trated with pictures and maps and will
interest you.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-23
An Interesting Circular.

The following is copy of the confiden-
tial circular sent to examining surgeons
by the commissioner of pensions with
every order for the examination of an APP
plicant for pension. We are permitted
to print it for the information of all in
terested in pensions: The claimant
named on the outside of this circular
has been directed to report himself to
you for examination within three
months of the date hereof, when the
validity of the order will cease. Should
he present himself, please examine him
and make your report to this office at
once, in accordance with the instruc-
tions of the pamphlet already trans
mitted to you. A particular description
of the disability as it now exists, and
separate rating where more than one
cause is found, must be given, and it
must be clearly set forth in what form
or manner, and from what probable
causes, an increased disability, if any,
has resulted. You will use the following
distinctive terms to designate the de-
grees of disability, viz. CD Claimants
so disabled as to require the regular
attendance, aid and presence of
L
GRADE rating. (2) Those so disabled
as to be untitled for the performance of
manual labor to SECOND GRADE. (3)
Those who suffer disability equiva-
lent to the loss of hand or a foot to
THIRD GRADE. (4) The surgeon should
certify to the fact only in each of the
following disabilities: the loss of a
hand or foot; of both hands or feet;
of sight of both eyes; of one eye, the
sight of the other having been previously
lost; of arm at or above the elbow; of
leg at or above the knee; of leg by am
putation at hip joint; of arm by ampu-
tation at shoulder Joint; of hearing of
both ears, so that subject is compelled
to use artificial aid. 90 When claim
ant is totally disabled in both hand
and foot the surgeon should certify to
the fact, and explain why it is so dis
abled. CO. When disability falls below
the above-named grades the ground of
comparison should be anchylosis of
wrist or ankle, and disabilities should be
rated accordingly. CD When disability
is greater than that caused by anchy-
losis of wrist or ankle joint, and less
than that caused by loss of hand or
foot, the latter disability is taken as a
basis of comparison. (S) The THIRD is
the only grade subject to fractional
divisions. CO. The lowest degree of
disability pensionable is one-eighth
The surgeon may inform the claimant
of the result of the examination, as tC
whether or not in his judgment there is
any pensionable disability, bat IN no cas-,
should he communicate has opinion touch
ing the degree ofdisabiHty-that is to sag
the surgeon must not state has rating Il
the claimant.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-23
Pension to Mrs. General Stannard.

Senator Edmunds has introduced a
bill into the senate granting a pension
of 500 month to Emily G.. Stannard.
He prefaced the subject in the follow
ing novel way: I" Mr.. President:-I
present the memorial of myself as
citizen of Vermont, praying congress
to pass bill granting pension of 500
month to Mrs. Emily G. Stannard,
the widow of the late General George
j. Stannard, a brevet major-general and
full brigadier-general of volunteers,
whose conspicuous strategy and gal
lantry at Gettysburg turned the fortunes
of war at that time, and who afterward,
at Harrison's Landing, on the Potomac,
in the operations before or toward
Richmond, lost an arm at the shoulder
from cannon-shot of the enemy, and
who, after he came home, drew a pen
sion at the rate of S4S month. He
was entirely broken up by his war serv-
ice, and his widow and two grown-up
daughters are left in very necessitous
circumstances, the widow having been
for many years helpless invalid. |
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-23
Stray Shots.

IN Ohio soldiers orphans are edu-
Gated by the state.
IT costs thirty-nine cents day per
man for board, washing, clothes, lodg-
ing and hospital expenses at the Sol
diers' Home in Ohio.
EVERY state in the Union that
had troops engaged at the battle of
Gettysburg will be represented at the
reunion of the Army of the Potomac to
be held on the battlefield July I'd.
Every regiment engaged is entitled to
representation.
AN exchange says: "The trustees
of the Vermont Soldiers Home have
about decided to accept the beautiful
Park estate at Bennington as the site
of the new Home. The estate COM
prises over two hundred acres, and it
is proposed to use portion of the place
as camping-ground for the Vermont
National Guard"
THE President received for consid-
Grafton, on his return to Washington,
one hundred thirty-four pension bills
that had been passed by congress while
he was away on his honeymoon. He
will be likely to veto several of them.
These bills alone will keep him engaged
for the next ten days if he examines
them all carefully with the view of veto
ing such as he cannot approve.
THE following bills granting pen
sions to Vermonters have passed con-
gress and are waiting the approval or
veto of the President Sarah Ann Will
Jams of Mortified and Horace w.
Brownell, late lieutenant in the Sixth
Vermont Regiment, original pensions,
and an increase of pension to Henry
Brooks, late of Company E, Fifth Yer
mont Regiment, Thomas j. Slayton of
Worcester and Charles F. Ward.
THE committee on invalid pensions
in the house have reported, with an
amendment in the nature of substi.
tute bill, the bill that passed the senate
recently granting pensions to all soldiers
who were in the service three months
who are disabled and dependent upon
their own labor for support. This will
bring the bill before the house, but un
less the house rejects the proposed
amendments of the committee and pass
the bill as it came from the senate
there is not much hope of its becoming
law at this session.
BY decision of the secretary of the
interior, Clarissa E. Shepard of Fai
Haven, widow of Harvey Shepard, lat'
of Company A, Seventh Vermont Regi
ment, has been granted pension o
Sl2 month and large sum of arrears
Her claim was rejected in the pension
office, on the ground that the testimon'
failed to show that her husbands fata
disease was contracted in the army
She employed T. j. Deavitt, Esq, o
Montpelier, to take an appeal to the
secretary of the interior. Mr.. Deavit
contended in his brief in this case tina
the testimony filed in the pension offic
was sufficient to warrant the conclusion
that the soldier died of disease con
tracted in the United States service
Secretary Lamar took the same view o
the evidence, reversed the action O
the pension office and ordered the pen
sion granted.