Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-03

thanking the members and wishing their or
gsnization prosperous career.
Oh. RRPEY Posr No. Il will hold memo
rial service in its hall, corner Forty-thro ana
Butler streets, on Sunday November ~ AZ 0 7.
N. A cordial invitation is extenoeo " ns ds
bers of sister posts. Comrade Rev. McuuIrS nliS;
OF the Fifth Avenue NJ. Z. Churcn, VIII
oficiate.
THE Grant Memorial Committee desires 70
close the subscription books to that fund on the
first Of next month. All posts that have not
yet contributed to the proposed monument 20
General Grant are requested to send IN Inen @
contributions at once to John Taylor, quarter
master General, at Philadelphia.
EVERY effort is being made by Post Il 20 90
its share toward increasing the membership Oh
the Department of Pennsylvania to 5OOOo py
January ], 1890, as the Department Comm2noet
oeslres.' A recruit committee Is acsiVely ~
work and recruits are mustered at eaeh m%ee.- %
ing, and the prospects for the future are orlSn@
GENERAL DANDY, of the Quartermasters
Department who is on tour of inspection OF
the national cemeteries, will recommend
SIS 900 appropriation for the purpose OF putting
an iron fence around the spot where the gal
liant General Custer and so many OF the SeNehtn !!
Cavalry laid down their lives. The oplect u
the preservation ofthe place and monumenb
which has been much chlpped by tourists WHO
annually overrun the ground.
A GRAND elocutionary and musical enter
tainment for the benefit of the relief tuna OF
Post go will be given at the Eleventh ward
school hall tomorrow and Tuesday evenings,
November and s Miss Grace Furey the
elocutionist of Altoona Miss Carrie Ierrant;
the well known vocalist, and other talent viii
contribute to what will be no doubt an excel
lent entertainment
A PORTRAIT statue of General Mcclellan is
to be erected on the south front of the Phila-
delphia City Hall The figure will be OF
bronze and with the pedestal will stand 30 feet
Pelz and Henry ]. Ellicott, and the cost OF
execution will be about $4,000. The anniver-
sary of the battle of Antletam, September IL,
1890, is the date fixed for the unveiling OF the
statue.
AT the office of the Anderson, Ga, LnteIli-
0encer was recently left highly priced relic
of the war. 1t is 32-pound cannon ball. which
was the first ball fired from Fort Sumter. 1t
was fired at Fort Moultrie, which was in charge
of the Confederates The ball was picked up
by Mr.. Manson S. Jolly, who was on duty at
Fort Moultrie at the time, and sent to his
home. 1t has been in the family ever since,
and was left at the InteLLfoencer office by a
relative of Mr.. jolly.
BEFORE his election as Chief,
General Alger had promised Governor Foraker,
of Ohio, to assist him in his campaign for re-
election. Immediately after the Milwaukee
encampment General Alger notified Governor
F. raker that he could not keep his promise, as,
during his lpcumbeney as Commander-in-Chief
OF the Grand Army, he would take no active
part in politics While this was a disappoint-
ment to both these comrades, it was gratifying
TO the organization that politics, whenever pos
sible. will be kept in the background.
THERE was good deal Of merriment at Post
l5Ts last meeting. The meeting was on Thurs
day evening. and Halloween happened to fall
on the same night, Commander Askin and
Past Commander Patterson were presented, in
neat speech by Comrade II. b. Bengough on
behalf Of the friends of both recipients, with
boxes Of the contents of which they knew moth
ing until the boxes we're opened. Commander
Askin found a fine head Of cabbage in his box
Comrade Patterson's present was lot OF
onions. In his speech of acceptance Comrade
Patterson said that as he was not selfish he
would share his onions with his comrades.
The joke was much enjoyed all around.