Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1889-10-05
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.

The twenty second annual reunion OF
the Society of the Army of the Tennessee
held its meeting at Cincinnati. Gen. Sher-
man, on taking the chair. pleasantly con-
graduated the members upon so large an
assembly of men in such apparent good
health. Chicago was unanimously selected
as the place for the next reunion, the time
to be announced by the President of the
society. 1t was agreed that the meeting
should be held coincident with the unveil-
ing of the Grant monument IN that city, the
ceremonies of which are to be under the
auspices OF the society. Gen. Andrew
Hickenlooper of Cincinnati, was unani-
mously chosen as orator of the occasion on
behalf of the Society of the Army of the
Tennessee.
The case of the heirs of the late United
States Senator Allen r. Caperton of West
Virginia against Ben amin Rich and others,
in which suit was brought to clear the title
of 400, 900 acres Of land in that State, was
settled at Parkersburg recently, a clear
title being given to the Caperton heirs.
1t is said that Cinnamon are landing i n
Mexico at the seaport OF Tamplco and
thence make their way to Texas. The press
demands that the government forbid the
admission into Mexico of Syrian and Turk
ish beggars.
Nellie Ewing and Mamie Lee, aged
about Is, eloped from Mount Vernon, o.,
recently with Artle Mann and another
youth. They have OF been captured.
The report that Joseph Pulitzer has
become totally blind is denied.
Canadian and American capitalists have
applied to the Canadian Parliament for a
charter for railway from the Canadian
500" to Hudson Bay.
Richard Robillard, engineer at the Pills
bury A Mill. at Minneapolis, has invented
machine which he claims is a solution of the
problem OF perpetual motion. 1t requires
no fuel, little oil being all that is necessa-
ry to keep it in motion. Robillard says that
the machine has been running seven weeks.
Tie inventor is engaged on u larger ma
chine, which will be carefully constructed.
He has already taken steps to have his
machine patented, and thinks he has made
the discovery of the century.
The Texas fever has broken out in the
southeast part of Erie Pa, with fatal ef-
fects. That section of the city was infected
by herd of Texas steers shipped there by
Armour &, Co. The cattle broke away and
attacked men and children, creating
panic. score of mich cows have died
from the disease, and as many more are
sick. The fact that a dairyman' 5 stock is
stricken has created panic among his pa
irons
An appeal has been taken to the United
States Supreme Court in the case of Jesse
p Farley against J. J. Hill, the Kittson es-
tate, and the Manitoba Road. recently de-
cided by Judge Brewer of the United States
Circuit Court at st. Paul The action in
wolves some S5,OOO,00.
The following army officers have been
placed on the retired list: Maj. Charles H.
Hoyt, Quartermaster. and Capt. Harrison
S. Weeks, Eighth Cavalry.
The September report of the cotton
crop in the South indicates that the crop
will be about per cent. lighter than it was
last year.
"A. C. Pool, editor of the Vernon Ua.)
Ne,cs, and Lee c. McAlpin. Sheriff of Yer-
non parish, fou ght duel in which both
we're killed.
The Wyoming Constitutional Conven-
ton has ad journed sine die:A