The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-10-06

Bottom, Mass. on Saturday las. thoroughly de-
lighted with Washington and the treatment and
entertainment he received while hero.
Mrs. Mary A. Wiswell and Mrs. A. NJ Lewis OF
Lynn. and Mrs. Jennie wiswell, of South Boston
Mass, all connected with the womaa's Relfsf
Corps, have been in Washington since the COM
mencement ofIhe Grand Encampment of the GAR
The two former are now visiting Col. and Mrs. O.
T. Eldridge, q. 20os Portner Place. Washington.
The latter LETT for her homs on Saturday last Mrs
Wiswell thinks Washington beautiful she hates
to leave IL. She speaks in very high terms Of her
treatment and entertainments while here and hopes
Washington viii again see the GAR la full re-
gala before many years.
Comrads Martin V. Trip was married 10 Mas
Alicia c. Cary Wednesday, Sept. 7, at Plymouth,
Fla
That our paper IL the best medium In the United
States for comrades TO learn Of matters OF Interest,"
to them the following. clipped from the Dunoannoa
(Pa-) Record will attest: while reading The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE about q week ago AIonxo
Summers eyes came across the following no.ics,
'Wanted-By James Smith. onazs. Ksn.-The adj
dress of any oomrads OF Co. A, 7th VI. InE who
knew George Smith. who was drowned in the Rio
Grande River In June. 1885, It occurred to Mr.
Summer Immediately that his diary contained the
necessary information. and he got IL and found
written in 1t the following: June H. Saturday
Remained in quarters. One man. private Smith,
drowned in Rio Grsnds River. Weather fns.'
Mr. Sumner belonged to the same com pany and he
recollectsd the incident as ne read the
notice."
Miss Jessie Harlan Lincoln. the daughter Of
Robert T. Lincoln. American Minister to England,
has entered the Iowa Wesleyan University In BIT
Pleasant, Iowa. and will take the classical course
Harlow N. Hignbotham, Of Chicago, who was
chosen President of the Board of Directors OF the
Worlds Fair a fsw weeks ago, has been connected
with the mercantile house of Field, Palmer e.
Letter. and its successor. Marshall Field & Co.
since 1859. He was soldier in the Union army
but his service was mainly in the Quartermsster's
Department His economy and industry resulted
in prosperity, and much of the wealth he has ac-
CURED has been layishsd organized charities
like the Home for Incurables and the Nswsboys'
Home.
The nomination of Miss Ada C. Sweet of Chicago.
as a member Of the Board OF Education having been
pigson-holed by the Common Council, Mayor
Washburne has sent 10 In again. and petitions are
pouring in upon the ungraeious City Fathers to
confirm the appointments. II has been intimated
that the opposition Is not much a personal hos
tty to Miss Sweet TO the idea of putting women
in Office a: all Miss Sweet was appointed by Gen.
Grant Pension Agent at Chicago, and was removed
by Mr.. Cleveland.
sPccisi uiSpatcn from bay Clty, 1Ifon., dated
Sept %. says: I'm a two-room shanty In the sub
urbs Of the city, foul with the gathered dlth Of
weeks the dead body Of Mrs Clara Hosmer was
this morning found lying the bed, where her
helpless and crippled husband has lain for years.
She had been attacked with fever several days ago,
and with no one to nurse her had literally so tbs
physicians say, starved to death The husband,
too Is also In the throes Of death from lack of food
He 10 scarcely able TO speak, but says over q week
has elapsed since anything passed bis lips. He 10
o veteran of the war; but In spite of wounds that
made him helpless cripple has steadily refused 10
apply for q pension" And yet the soldier hating
papers of New York tell that all old soldiers
bummers. coffee coolers and deadbeats.
The appointment of Col. John II. Keatley Of tbs
104th Pa, Commandment of the Soldiers Home as
Marshalltown. Iowa, Ia regarded with general
favor. Col Keatley has admirable record.
and during Mr.. Cleveland's Administration was
United States Judge of Alaska