Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-10

Crawford. of Pittsburg. The claim for original
pension of w. V. Marquis has been granted
THE adoption of names by the following
posts has been approved by Department Com
mander Stewart: IS, John F. Hartranfti 76,
Simon Cameron; 5S5, John S. Mel0ni oSl' owen
Jones
The following posts have recently been
established; John @. Taylor Post No. 5SS, at
Buck Valley, Fulton county, and George d.
Elliott Post No. 593, at Uniontown, Fayette
county.
EEcAMPMENr No. 49, q. V. L, will be mus
tered at Uniontown next week, and No. oO IN
East St Louis on Friday evening NO ol l is
being formed at Wheeling, W. Va, and No. o.
al Chicago. III.
The meeting of the National Advisory Com
mittee OF the Union Veteran Legion at Gen.
eral Pearson's Office tomorrow afternoon is an
important one. The Pension Committee Will
meet at the same time.
LEAEDER FERGUSON, of Brandon, has been
chosen Department Commander of Wisconsin,
to succeed A. G. Weissert, elected National
Senior Vice Commander. E. B. Gray has been
continued as Assistant Adjutant General
NATIONAL INSPECTOR CHAPMAN will on
cislly visit Encampment No. !, Union Veteran
Legion tomorrow evening. He will be accom-
panied by 5. V. Commander-ln-Cme1 Mlller
and A. A. General Brady. A full attendance
is desired.
The Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion
met in Cincinnati last Wednesday evening.
Thirty-one new companions we're added to the
membership. Among them was Colonel Cal
Vln stuart Brice, Chairman of the National
Democratic Committee
LADIES AUXILIARY CORPS No. l, of En-
campment No. g. U. V. L., will mold a pipe
social on next Friday evening at the hall of No.
6, corner South Diamond and Federal streets,
Allegheny. Some good musical and literary
talent VIII be present. A large attendance is
hoped for.
THE subcommittee on soldiers monuments
appointed by the Grand Army Day General
Committee, will meet with Allegheny Councils
on next Thursday evening for The purpose Of
looking toward the improvement of the
grounds around the soldiers monument on
Seminary Hill
ALL comrades are invited to attend Post
25Vs meeting on Tuesday evening. Comrade
A. z. Morrison will deliver the address he was
to have delivered on the occasion of the un-
yelling OF the Ninth Reserves Monument at
Gettysburg. The address was not delivered
then on account of the inclement weather.
Posi- IS visited the fair of Post l5l, at Sails
bury Hall, southside. last Friday evening. On
Tuesday evening Post will attend in body
day evening the Select Knights Band will give
3 concert, and other special features will be
presented. The fair is worth three times the
admission price.
Posi- l62, G. A. R., and Encampment No. l,
U. V. L., it is expected, will turn out their full
strength on Thanksgiving Day at the dedica-
ton of the monument to their late comrade,
Ihomas A. Armstrong. Captain William p.
Herbert, of Post 259, and Captain of COmrade
Armstrongs company in the One Hundred and
Ihlrty-ninth, P. ", will be Marshal of the
Veteran Division.
ABOUT the happiest man in Allegheny county
is Hon. K. b. Collier, who on Tuesday last was
a second time unanimously elected Judge Of
Common Pleas No. !, both parties having in
dorsed him. Judge Collier was Colonel of the
One Hundred and Thirty-ninth, Pennsylvania
Volunteers, during the war. He is an earnest
member of the 6. A. R., the Union Veteran
Legion and the Loyal Legion. In every rela-
tion of life he is a model.
ALL arrangements for the fair of Post l57, at
Fifth Avenue Music Hall, are about completed,
and Monday the doors will be swung open
and the fair inaugurated, Many excellent fea-
tures will be presented. On next Friday even
ing stereopticon views of the war will be given.
The relic department will comprise many in
teresting mementOs Of the great struggle. The
hall has been beautifully decorated. An even
ing can be prottably and enjoyably spent at the
fair of Post l57.