The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-02-12
PERSONAL.

Mr. Ubert X PgttinglI senior member Of the old
aud highly successful advertising firm of s. N. Pet
tiugill Il Co, Of Boston was married last week ia
New York 10 Miss Lucy r. McISibbin. The eere-
mOny which performed by Rev. DIR. Faunce,
OF ghs Fiflh Avenue Baptist Church took place nj
the residence Of tho brides sister Mrs. Frank L.
Froment, 80 East Seveuty-ffth street. and was wit
messed by large assenlbIage. incl udrg del egations
Of the groous friends from Boston and other cities
The house was beautifully decorated, and after
the ceremony there was an elegant reception. The
newly married pair left In the evening for an ex-
tended tour through the South aud West.
It is thought that the era Of reconciliation has
come In good earnest when the names of Gen.
benjamin r. Butler. late Of the U. ). Army. now Of
Boston, Mas. and Gen. John p Gordon, late Of
che G.. 8. Army. now United States senator-eIeet
frou1 the Stale OF Georgia. appear side BY side as
managing officials OF New south Developing
Company
It now looks very much as If Gems. Meade and
Hancock will soon have monuments on the battle
field Of Gettysburg which will be erected by the
State Of Penusy ivauia, as a movement is on foot
looking 20 that end. The only wonder is that
this action was not taken long ago. There is a
splendid statue Of Reynolds aad q fine one Of Stan
nard, Of Vermont. but the two great heroes of the
great battie-3Iesde and IIaBcOeS-haye not a sim
gle stone TO mark their participation in the great
est killing contest of modern times But at last IL
seems that the memories of these heroes are to be
houOFed by their native State.
Mrs. Calharine MeRnight hanged herself at
/ Chicago, H.. Wednesday. Feb. 4 Mrs. Mcknight
was born in New Hampshire 81 years ago. and at
the age Of 10 eIoped with Henry Wilson. When
Wilson entered the army ia Is6l she followed him.
and was adopted a. the daughter Of his regiment
For assisting him to escape from a rebel prison-in
which adventure Wilson shot and killed-she
was sentenced death as spy, but escaped. After
/ that she became a noted Union spy. sac married
\ four times alteTwaFd, two of her husbands being
I noted criminals, and from all Of them she was
I divorced She supported herself By laundry work
/ but in destitute circumstances. She had been
| Respondent, unable TO obtain employment
I and friends testified that she had threatened to
/ commit suicide. She found hanging from a
nail in her room.
! James F. Ashley Postmaster at Troy, N Y,
boarded train Tuesday, Feb. g. at Albany for
/ Troy. He was apparently we'll aud in good spirits
but few moments after the train started his head
| was noticed to drop upon his breast. a doctor,
who was in an adjoining car, was called, who said
4 Mr.. Ashley dying. When the train reached
/ Troy he was removed to his home in an ambu-
/ lance and physicians summoned, but all attempts
I to restore him have proved unavailing. and at
last accounts lac was gradually sinking. Mr.. Ash
ley has been very active in local politics; was a
veteran Of the late war, and quite prominent ia
\ Grand Army circles.
/ Mai George r. Davis, Director General OF the
Worlds FAIR says that II the report OF the Chand-
Ter Committee is adopted by Congress rs presented
he will resign his commission. The report max es
no prov ision for the Director Generals salary and
the Majors inference is that the intention of the
committee Is TO denationGlize his position and
make him an official under the local directory in
stead OF the National Commission as now, and this
he declares he viii not submit to.
| Richard j. Smith, a veteran Of the late war, who
was Mt one time employed as n reporter on several
| New York papers, is now an inmate Of the Essex
County Insane Asylum, at Newark, N. j., and the
Chief Of Police Of shat city IS trying to find per-
uanent home for him. He had been living until
recently with sister in Newark but at her request
was temporarily committed to tho Asylum. A
/ little over % year ago he was an inmate of the
/ Flatbush IN. Y Insane Asylum. He has a mania
for riding in cabs. He fell from a train OF cars ut
Railway, ". j. in January, and was severely cut
on the head. His New York friends are moving
l in hrs behalf.
Mr. Milo CASTOR joined New Hampshire regi-
ment in ls62 and went to the front. He was cap
tured but while being taken to Andersongillo sue
ceeded in escaping. He wandered about through
the woods and swamps for nearly three weeks,
| when famished and crazed, he decided to give
himself up. lie eTawled cut Of a thicket. where
he had been lying all day, and made his way to
a large house, caring littIe whether he lived or
died He walked boldly up to the house and
| knocked ut the door. He was admitted by young
woman who carried revolver in her hand. She
gave him supper after listening to his story. She
said she alone in the house. but expected her
father who was Confederate soldier home or
sick leave, at any moment. She took an interest
In CASTOR. and hid him in the garnet, where she
fed him for two weeks, when he left, and finally
entered the Union lines. After the war he went
South and found that his benefactress had married
Comrade CASTOR became a railroad contractor and
last Summer. while building a branch ON the
Georgia Pacific Railroad, he learned that his old
love was q widow and had live children. He