The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-04-23

Capt. Know, an Inmate Of the Soldiers and Sailors
Home AZ Erie, Pa, is the inventor Of an adjust
ment which viii readily, and at little expense.
e"'nEe amy garment ~ to &c any person. The
invention - said 90 be Of great value and firm
:" Nno'go = said TO have offered to advance $1,000
''aid 20 putting 10 before tho public. Capt Knox
went INTO the army a. a private soldier. and rosa
20 " Cnptaiucy and, since the war. he has been
S'cces7ihi salesman forsome large business houses.
IN EFFORT is being made 10 secure the pardon 81
'"o son OF Cen. Franz siscl OF New York. who is
10" serving a sentence in the peuilentiary for =
VOCATION Of the pension laws.
short time before his death. Cen. Joseph Il.
Funston designated as bis biographer his young
N'''','''' 'IF Robert W. Hughes Of NoTfols, Va,
VINO - a son Of Judge Robert W. Hughes
Dennis W. Hickey enlisted in August 1851. IN The
4'"lri' LiEhs Cavalry. Of New York, Of which
regiment Gen. Judson KiIuatric,s was the Colonel
nc ""s captured nc ChauccIIoysviiie and served =
'efn IN Libby. In June 1861 when the cavalry
.'io " iAid 70 cut the railroad south Of Richmond
my E't INTO an unp'eas, ut * AID were compelled
- 'e''at' Hrst destroying their artillery They
were pursued vigorously by the rebels and there
vas stampede near stony Creek bridge Hickey
WAS . sergeant, and had command Of che rear
H'"'' anu was ordered 10 take few men and
remove The piauking Of the bridge as soon a. the
pursuit Serg't Hickey and his men performed
the task amidst a shower Of lying lead. An eve
witness says he saw man an er man Of the .alIans
''i'''u urop through the bridge Shot until Hickey
WIS '''e only man LEFT; and when he started 10 run
"0I''s 'he stFingers to our side he too, was shot,
Dnt succeeded in reaching the abutment on our
SIDE OF the creek before ne fell. IL was the inn.
preston at The time that serg't Hickey WAS
I".a'y wounded, and his companions reluctantly
inn u.
'o's n'll' lie was i've days on the field before no
was taken to Petersburg as a captive. He recoy-
e'e'' and Is now living az Newburg ~
Gen. John Newton. T. s. Army. retired Of New
YORK has resigned Che position Of Consulting En-
slneer 20 the Drainage Board Of Chicago, to which
ne was appointed recently, "because It is not APP
parent 70 me, with such an accompl ished Engineer
- VIZ " orthen in charge Of the work my sery-
ices should be longer needed"
Gen. Felipe Fernandez Cavada. Captain General
OF cuba, meditates visiting New Orleans at an
early day. The General is fond Of Americans. aud
Is represented as being anxious to promote closer
relations between the Queen OF the Antilles and
the United states.
William MuIIery who died at Vernon y r re-
Gently IN the s0th year Of bis age, was a we'll.
known figure In Sussex County for MANY years
WI Mulberry came to this country from Ireland in
MS youth, and being intelligent aud better
IMAM The ordinary Immigrant taught school for a
"hiIe. and aiterward worked at anything his hands
iopno 70 DO. He had hard struggle with poverty
ana with some conviva habits the latter Of which
ne "na'iy overcame completely When the war
broke out he sent four 10 the fron; all he had
VINO were Of seryiceabe age and probably no bet
yer nshting material could be found in the whole
C"lo" army than these same Mullery boys. Ono
% tnese was shot through the heart at Petersburg
anu the others served with distinction and bear
IA al Ma nrs.HH -.
esty and positive ways commanded universal re-
spect.