The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-15

since 1879 for the loss Of an arm he en-
listed in Company B. First Georgia regl-
ment. His affidavit states that this arm
was lost at the second battle Of Manassas.
By the merest accident in the world this
claim was brought 70 the attention OF Capt
F. N. Myers Of Atlanta and Others They
remember the man and the particulars Of
the loss OF his arm He deliberately shot of
I his hand in order 10 get out OF the service.
/ That was in August, 1861 Three arfi-
I davits 10 that effect - from two officers
and one private IN that command-ars
now filed away in the executive department..
awaiting the pensioners application for a
| pension this year. Still another case Is that
| of a man who lost a leg Ia a railr ad acci-
dent at Jonesboro, and has been drawi z q
pension on the Strength Of the AFFIDAVIT,
vouched for in due form. that be lost his
| leg in battle. Another is a man with an IN
| red eye. The injury, which he clam' was
received in service, wes really received in a
blacksmith's shop before tae war, ard
the man never was Ia tie army. Still
another case Is that Of a man living IN
DeKalb county. He got two doctors to ex-
anime him and make affidavit as to his con-
dition. This affidavit was not strong
enough 10 secure the pension, so an At
lanta doctor inserted words and signed tie
amended affidavit himself This gave il
the proper appearance, making a strong
clai n, signed by three physicians. The
two DeKalb county physicians learned
that the man was drawing a pension, and
upon examination of the affidavit they were
supposed to have signed. discovered that it
had been materially changed, and so noti-
fed the department OF course that man
won't draw any pension this yea r.
Atlanta Constitution: One of the city
street aweepsrs at Atlanta is an old man
named A. Burns. Mr. Burns has led an
almost unsventful life since he first came to
Atlanta twenty years ago. But one Incl
dent has occurred in his career in wnicl he
and Jay Gould we're the principal figures.
a1d Mr.. Burns relates it with much JUNCTION.
He came to hiscountry some thirty-iye or
forty years ago when a lad Of fifteen, and
was naturally rather green--no pun about
his having been born on the Emerald isle
intended. He drifted into Pottsville, Pa,
aud went to work as a laborer for Jay
Gould, who had the contract for building
the Land Patch railroad out of that place.
One day, while at work, Mr.. Burns found a
box by the roadside, securely fastened.
Gould had been away on pay trip and the
rumor reached Pottsville that he bad been
tanning $4,000. The truth was that
his horse had ran away and
Gould was pretty badly hurt in body. To
this bodily pain was added the mental an
guish ocoasioned by the loss of the stout
box containing his money. Burns, who
did not know what the box he had found
contained, lost no time in carrying it TO his
employer who was So oyerjoyed at the safe
return OF the money that he rewarded
Burns with $500 cash. He Furthermore
paid Burns boa d for one year, aud told
the latter be would make a man of him if
he stayed with him. But Burns became
restless and drifted away. For some time
his old employer kept track Of him and fire.
quently gave him money. But after awhile
Gould lost sight Of him, and Burns in the
course OF time drifted TO Atlanta. He saw
Gould when there last week, aud says there
is but little change in the wizards appear
ance from the time when he was an obscure
railroad contractor, except that he has
grown grayer.