The National tribune., 1891-09-17

Tolerate officer. lie is one Of the promIucnl Lusi-
ness men ~ Chattanooga, and he ped put down
ihe rebellion by becoming ava agtlche 90 thc G. on
army soon as he found an opportunity to .,tva
his rebel owner.
The muster-out roll Of Capt. ClarIs's company @
Albuquerque. y. ~, was recently pubushca onr
Of The home Journals This man went iu taes...
vice some SD years ago upon the call Of Gov. % uTy
Connolly. Tho company was organized by Csr,.
Clark iu september, 1851. Many mon who enlist q
Tor THIS border service attained distinction
The announcement Of The approaching mari s.-,
OF Rachel sherman daughter Of the man who
m"de che march TO the sea- creates H1tter b.,
Grand Army circles Anything connected with
tle OLD hero, who succeeded Grant I'm command
OF the Army Of tho Tennessee or his family ia II
deep interest % the members Of The GAR or
WEC
Gen. T. Eurd Grubb Cnltod states Minister 10
spain, arrived n New York Iasf week for "a vucs,-
ton OF 40 leost two months. Cen. Grubb may not
return to Madrid as be is mentioned az the success
7or 70 Secretary OF War Proctor. The General WA
met at quarantine by large delegation Of New
Jersey Grnad Army men. who gave him hearty
reception. The citizens Of Burlington ~ j. also
turned out and welcomed Che Minister The YES
sci upon which ths General came was almost
ionndered, the lookout on thc foremost IS feet
above the water line. being stove iu, and other
damage done.
j.. J. WhippIe Of Ashland wrote 10 the Adiu-
Cant % Vermont for his army record a. there
recorded 10 the state Capitol. TIE received q reply
stating he time he enlisted that He was wounded
and captured june e. 1865 and died Rs rebel hos
pi'"i at Petersburg, Va, July I2. ls6i WbippIo
was very much surprised Cd learn Of his death
Tie has been resident Of Ashland for 10 years and
has drawn pension from the Governments for 20
years.
The German friends Of Gen. Franz sissi in New
Work propose 90 raise n fund 10y popular subsc5sp-
ton for The old Veterans relief The General now
gets pension Of 800 "a month. but o. late years hs
has bad hard luck Ia business aa, other vvavz The
Germans throughout the country as we'll rs rand
Army men, will be asked to contribute TO ths
fund.
Comrades John Vogler Commander Of Phil
sheridan Post. and Thomas ellis. Of Thomas
Francis Meagher Post came near LOSING, their lives
In the awful catastrophe which recently befsU the
Taylor building ia New York City. Comrat,
Nogier had the contract for painting the interior
OF the Postoitce building, and iu the habi. OF
visiting Peter-ou'7 restaurant to get his luncheon
ue had taken his lunch aud cal "a sor g glass ~
beer, which did not suit blm. consequentIv hs
hurried 10 his work. He had hardly gone 50
feet when The building went down with 70 crash;
therefore, the warm beer saved his life. Conn
th''S ''ittt7, VINO 4n employed elevator
the PostOllcs building. also took his luncheon
in that building. His relief come about IS minutes
late, which made the comrade somewhat mad bus
he was afcrwprd very glad That f happened lie
was q short distance from Che lui.dug when is
fell, Intending 90 In Petersou's lunch house for
his midday luncheon, but be escaped by about
half a minute Of being crushed along with tho
other victims
I Newspapers on the Plciic Coast have been stat
ing that = Thomas who is considered political
coniidant Of Gen. AzeF Is q mytbe. and "a reporter
OF a san Francisco newspaper has majcria.izsd
Ar. Thomas. lie acknowledges q friendship for
Gen. Aiger, isau editor Of a paper which has con-
siderable circulation iu California, and hopes Gen.
I A.ger viii be a candidate for the Presidency and
that he viii win. Thomas IS about So years OF age
has an excellent reputation, and wonders why ne
has been called mythe, nothing to his dis
credit has been known. He is an old soldier aud
thinks that the boys ought to have all the pension
/ the Governments can give them.