Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-20

Gently presented with a gold-headed cane by
Colonel A. Louden Snowden, United States
Minister to Greece, through representative.
Engraved upon the head are these words:
This cane was cut from the yoke which sup
ported Independence bell in lT76. To President
Harrison"
On Thursday. April 10, Mrs. Mary Lydia
Bucher Hartranft. mother of the late Major
General John F. Hartranft, was buried IN the
lot at Norristown, where the remains OF her
distinguished son lie. The funeral was attended
by many prominent people OF Pennsyiyaniia. ni
the comrades OF Generai dartranIb Delus
quite numerous.
YESTERDAY was the twenty-ninth ami
versary OF the first blood5hedding in the war
of the Rebellion. On April 10. 1861. as Massa-
chusetts regiment marching through
street of Baltimore, Nd, on its way to the de-
fense of Washington. it was attacked by mob
of secession sympathizers. Three soldiers were
killed and eight wounded.
The celebration at Philadelphia last week Of
the twenty-ffth anniversary of the institution
of the military order of the Loyal Legion was
notable event. With receptions, orat1ons,
music, readings, parading, meetings. reunions.
goodfellowship and about everything tnat Is
nice, the members of the organization and
their ladies mad an exceedingly pleasant time.
CoMRADE ISAAC WHITE, who lives on a
small farm near Leavenworth. Ind, was re-
Gently whipped until he became insensible by
alleged White Caps, and IL appears for no
cause. He is 20 years Of age, and it is feared
that he will not recover. Comrade WHITES
post is trying to bring the towards to 1ustlce
A lynching bee. should they be caught, Is
talked of.
CoMRADE II. H. BENGUGH met last Tues
day at Philadelphia with the committee ap-
pointed by the Department Commander to pre-
pare and present to Past Department Com
maDder Thomas J. Stewart a testimonial Of ap-
probation for his love and work in the order
The com mmittee decided upon what the testimo-
nial should be, fixed May % as the time OF its
presentation and his home at Norristown as the
place.
IN his Grafton at the twenty-ffth anniversary
of the organization of the Military Order of the
Loyal Legion at Philadelphia last week. General
Deyens took occasion to say that there is only
one representative organization of ex-sodiers
OF the Union army in existence. and that that
one is the Grand Army of the Republic. He
expressed the hope that II there were any
companions of the Loyal Legion who are not
mediateiy join the organization upon their re-
turn home.
AT the National encampment at Boston in
August there will be a reunion and permanent
organization of the survivors of the old (First)
Vermont Brigade. This famous organization
was commanded for nearly three years by the
newly appointed Assistant Secretary of War,
General Lewis A. Grant, and served at the
front in the Army of the Potomac and under
Sheridan In the Shenandoah Valley from the
beginning until the close of the war. 1t was
officially known as the Second Brigade, Second
Division. Sixth Corps and justly won renown
for merItorIous service, fighting qualifications
and hard knocks in general second to no SIM
liar organization in the United States service.