Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-07-02

with pride TO his l2 years stay in Ma
poleon. and Is full OF remembrance OF the
many friends ne has there
Stopping in junction City. between trains
on Decoration Day. vas present at the Y.
N. @. A. rooms, where the citizens were Civ
ing lunch" 70 Gen. Forsythe and a batta-
lion Of the famous Seventh cavalry, from Ft.
Riley. The soldiers had taken part in the
days exercises and were riding up the street
towards the rooms when met them. The
horSes were the finest / ever saw, and we're
divided into troops according To color. OF
course the order and discipline were perfect,
and considered myself very fortunate 10 see
even a part of such a famous regiment.
There was also part Of the artillery along,
and all dismounted and passed up into the
hall where every thing was in waiting.
After lunch two pieces of silver plate were
presented, one to the Try and one to the
artillery, and were received on the part of
the soldiers by Gen. Forsythe. The speaker
in presenting the silver took occasion to
roast" the court martial, who tried Forsythe
for alleged misconduct at wounded Knee"
last winter during the Indian troubles.
junction City people seem very proud of
1.-THE general" as they term him, and were
very indignant, as were all western people,
when he was court-martialed to satisfy the
demands of few eastern sentimentalists.
Olu VI ANdpOlCOu Will
the G. d. Forsythe, who lived in the town for
four or five years as deputy auditor in the
employ of ]. E. Cowdrick, and who enlisted
first in the old 14th D. V. l., then in the
Tooth, and was captured, and after living in
Libby prison fourteen months. was killed by
a guard. He was brother of Gen. Forsythe
of Ft Riley, who then was chief of Sheri-
dams staff.
Over year ago visited the fort Land in
conversation with the general found that he
had visited Napoleon once before the war,
coming there to see his brother. Gen: For
sythe is very fine looking officer, with per-
fectly white hair and mustache; he Is very
strict disciplinarian, a skillful SOLDIER, and
ranks very high in army circles. de has had
charge of all the Improvements at TT. Riley
which is to be made, and is being made
rapidly, the most complete training and
supply camp in the country. Millions are
being spent to accomplish this, and yet II
will be some years before this is done.
At Topeka the other day saw result OF
the economy of the last Legislature, no WORK
being done at the capitol but the building OF
door steps. Swallows were building thelI
nests in the great dome, which lowered into
the air, a huge skeleton of iron unfinished and
exposed to the storms and winds, which are
beating upon it in no friendly way. More
than that though, is the fact that the state
charitable institutions will have to dismiss
their attendants and send home nearly one
third their inmates for lack of means to sus.
tain them as the alliance legislature fallec
to appropriate enough, and then passed Law
forbidding state employees to be worked
more than eight hours out of the twenty-four
1t is said that Gov. Humphrey will have to
call special session of the legislature t(
remedy the matter, otherwise hundreds o
the insane and blind will be thrown on thei
friends for support and care. q. l.. Il.