The National tribune., 1891-11-12

his chatts and could be used By him tho same al
hts horse or any other animal Of which no might
be he possessor. The Mayor listened patiently,
and after al the argument was ia asked Counselor
Roberts u he was snre that was ths ruling Of Tho
Supreme Court, at tho same time expressing his
iEnoranoe Of any such construction Of Tho statute.
80, sah.' proudly answered Roberta In thas
case said His Honor II am afraid this cour, will
nave 70 reverse the decision of the Supreme Court
Ehe penalty viii be SIS and costs"
Robert B. McCuIy. a veteran Of The war be,f,,
to believe that he IL about the mos, patient mar
out OF Office IN New York City McCuUy's IavvvsF
= trying to get a msndamus from The suprcms
Court OF the State % New York to compeI tha
Board OF Excise 20 forward his application f,r an
Office 70 The Civil Service Commission "a {ft,,v
80 'hat ne may DC examined, sod n qualified -.
ceiVe MS appointments as Excise Inspector in Nog
York City. lie began his labors 10 get his ca.
before the Civil Service Commission in Oc,obsr.
1850 be having made application under Tho 80
which gives preference TO veterans He says he han
met with evasions and subterfuges without num-
Der He also says che BoHrd mt one time promised
MN mo first vacancy but that a man who mads
application long after he did has been appointed.
Pay-DirectOr Horace VI Hciskoll a retired officer
OF the United States Navy who lives NJ Cierr,an.
town, Pa, 10 the only officer living who was on fha
brig Somers when she was wrecked At Vsra CruH
Aug 70. 1876. He "a 70 years OF age but IL siiu
hale and hearty old gentleman. full Of sea tales
Gen. Carl Schurz makes proud boast Tor his
oonntrymea in America He SAYS the German.
Amerlcans saved the State OF Missouri 10 he
Union when The rebellion broke out and that NOR.
than ls5 900 men who were born in oer,.,-
served IN the Union army from The various States.
This Il proportionatsIy more than from any other
part Of our population Of forcgn-born oitizsua
Gen. A. :. Webb, Of New York, Is mourning ths
ios7of highly-valusd walking stick made out Of
part OF the flagstaff which the most advanced
regiment Of Pio<stgs line carried At Gettysburg
Mrs. Annn RO sers Case wife Of Rear-A dmiraI An
Rustus l.. Case u 5. Navy, retired died on Tuesday
Nov. 8, al her home in Washington. at an advanced
age. She WAS the oldest daughter Of the late
Daniel Rogers, Of Newburz. " z. She leaves one
son, Daniel Rogers Case.
William j. Haines, Of g. Louis No, n rars
Old man OF l03 years with an experiences a. =
soldier In two warsths wars Of 1912 and the Next
can-as an engineer on African slave trader,
and az pioneer LOCOMOTIVES engineer on the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railroad. Mr. Hainss is an extremely
Weil-preserved ceutenarian, with an erect figure
and hrm step that belle bis years. Until he wa
100 years old he earned his own living
COL Cornelius Csdle, jr, who was elected AZ tho
last meeting of tho Army Of the Tsnnesses Rs-
cordinE Secretary Of that society TO succeed Col
i. M Dayton, who had dlled the position from the
organization Of the society," entered the service as
AdJntant OF the llth Iowa in October 1861 After
the battle Of Shiloh he made Acting Assistance
Adiutant General Of the celebrated Croekers Iowa
Brigade his regiment being one Of the four cons
posing the Brigade In May, 1855 he was pro-
NOTED Captain and A. A.-G.. and went with Gen.
Croker In that capacity when he took command
Of the Fourth Division Of the Sixteenth Corps and
served with him during the siege Of Vicksburx.
and aferward when Croker commanded the Dis
trict Of Natohez. He aiterward served as Adiu-
ant-General under Gems Walter @. Gresham and
Giles A. Smith when they commanded the Fourth
Division, Seventeenth Corps, and vas in all the
battles around Atlanta I'm which the Seventeenth
Corps was engaged. earning promotion to Major
and Lieutenant-C Colonel and A. A-G and was
brevetted Colonel March - 1865. He was MUSTER
ed out Of service Sept l. 1856. He was a brave
and courteous officer, and was beloved By all the
commands in which he served. Since the war ne
has resided In Alabama where he has extensive
iron and coal interests and IL considered one Of the
richest men In that State. He is also member OF
the Society OF Croeker's Iowa Brigade, and at
tended their last Reunion at Dss Mofnes Sept q
aud "a