The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-05
Parsonal Pararraphe.

Comrade John McElroy. editor of the
National Tribune. at Washington. arrived
yesterday.
Mrs. Nellie NJ. Metcalf. of washington
Press Association, Is stopping at No. 81
West Ohio street.
Comrade w. A. McKinzie. of Brooklyn.
n. Y, wife. daughter, sister, and son are at
the New Denison-
Francis NJ. Law, Company II. 14th In
diana. of Hot Springs. Sonth Dakota
Soldiers Home, is at headquarters IN Mill
tsry Park.
Comrades George w. Gowan. Azor e.
Marvin. Fred u. Agens and f.. u. Tucker.
man. of Lafay cite Post. arrived yesterday.
and are at the DenisOn.
Capt. Z. b. Haskell and daughter. of Gin
o%innati. and Colonel Fitzpatrick and wife.
of the regular army. are guests OF MI. y. N.
Payer. of 453 Park avenue.
Cen. Lee Raymond and wife. of Clsrks-
burg. w. Va. are at the Spencer House.
Gen. Raymond is past commander Of tho
department of West Virginia.
Comrade George P. Edgar. of Lafayette
Post. N. Y, is at the Denison. He served
on the stats of Generals Fremont, McCler-
nand. Grant and Lew Wallace. and was
complimented by each one of them in
special reports.
Comrade L. G. Mcknight. of Massachu.
sets. who represents the National Prison
ers' Association, says they expect an inter-
esting reunion at TOmllnsOn Hall on We'd
nesdav at 10 o'clock A. NJ. All prisoners Of
war are invited.
The Cactus Blossom drumi corps com.
prises four people-Messrs. Pembleton and
Hawley and the two daughters of the
former-and accompanies the Nebraska
delegation. The four are capable of play.
ing on fourteen instruments at one time.
Comrade John G.. McCarter. of Major +.
+ Fletcher Post HO6fOn. and IL. COnrOy-
of Charles Beck Post. Cambridge, Mass..
were the recipients Of many SOCIAL atten-
tions from city friends yesterday. Com
rade ConrOy Is tho youngest post COM
mander living.
Il. b. Geron, of Atchisou, Kan, senior
sas and ex-city editor of the Atchison
Champion, is an ardent admirer of the
soldiers monument, and says the Indian
apOlis decorations are on n grander scale
than at any encampment he has visited.
Joseph +. Robinson. of this city. was
represented in the army by n su bstitute.
whom he furnished voluntarily. The SUBJ
stitute is here, and the meeting between
Robinson and him was touching. Robin
son tried to buy a badge for a man
who had furnished o substitute. but could
not find one.
A center of attraction at Nebraska head
quarters Is the veteran Republican polti-
cIsn. Church Howe. During the war he
served in the Sixth Massachusetts, and
on the staff of General SedgwIck. He has
q right TO wear the title of major. but out
West be is always called Church. He Is
senior vice commander of his department..
He has served nearly thirty years contin-
uously in the Nebraska Legislature. He
has become confirmed in the habit of
Withdrawing from politics each year dur
ing the last generation.
Mr.. A. Z. SprinRsteen. of the War Depart.
ment. Washington. ID. c.. who served as
ment Indiana Volunteers. and also in Com
pany j. Esd Regiment Indiana Volunteers.
will make his headquarters at the When
Clothing Store. on PENNSYLVANIA street.
during enoampment week. where he will
be pleased to welcome his old friends and
comrades. He enlisted in September. 1861.
at the age of IL years. and served through
out the war. returning to his home at In
dianapolis, July 2 1865.