The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-03-23
PERSONAL.

Colo, has suffered from excruciating pains In his
head Darin. ali these years he has been under
the medical treatment Of the best physicians in the
country. but none of them brought him any relief
All the time he believed he knew the cause OF his
trouble, and told the doctorsi but they only pooh
poohed his theory, and the result was that lie was
treated for nearly every aiment that could possibly
affect the head. One day in the latter part of jan
nary Mcmillan WAS making his toilet in his shop,
when he felt unusually severe pain In one side
of his head. Than came singing sensation In
the region of his right ear, though gimlet was
boring from the inside outward. The next hs
knew. he heard rushing in that ear, and some
thing rolled out OF IL, down his cheek and pumped
into the wash-bowl. Mr. Mcmillan looked to see
what it was that came out OF his head, and the
sight Mortified and Disguised him. There in the
wriggled hideous reptile about three inches
long It was whitish In color, and jointed, each
Joint I'm It's body being marked by red ring. The
head of the lOahsome object was shaped Ike that
of centipede, but there were claws or feelers
on the body. Mcmillan was soldier in Co. d. llth
III. Cav. Capt. Armstrong, the Colonel OF his regi-
meut being Robert c. Iugersoll. the celebrated
agnostic and orator. In 1862. while near Corinth,
Miss. Mcmillan and a number of comrades went
In bathing in a creek and man of his company
ducked him. While his head was under water lie
felt something crawl into his ear. He thought it
was weed, and put his finger in his ear and
touched n slimy object, which WIS getting out OF
reach within his head so be knew it some
thing else He went at once to the Surgeon and
told his story. The Surgeon probed his ear and
said some live object was in his head. A fluid was
poured into the to kill the object but it proved
unsuccessful, and Mcmillan suffered the most ago
MIXING pains. At time he felt boring sensa-
ton in his head as though a red hot corkscrew
were being forced through from the inside. The
doctors decided rfnaliy that Mcmillan unfit for
service, and offered to discharge him, but he de-
eined to aecept IL, as military duty distracted his
attention from his sufferfugs. He discharged
at the end of the war and went home, and since
then has been treated by many physicians but for
90 years this vcserun has been suffering from that
worm which crawled into his ear at Corinth. At
last accounts he was still suffering pain In his
head but hopes In time 1t will cease. This fs
fairy tale rs the writer has letter from Comrads
Mcmillan saying that the worm crawed out Of his
head during the last week in January Of the pres
ent year.
Ex-President Harrison passed through st. Losts
last week. He came In over the YaBdslia Road in
the private car Of George W. Boyd, of the Penn
sylvania Road. At st. Louis the was trans
ferred to the Jacksonville & Southeastern and
pulled out for Havana. ILL.,, where She ex-President
| will go duck-shooting.
| Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. Of Virginia, has been the
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week and had dinner given In his honor Tues
day evening, March IA.
Cspt. Charles W. ". Cunningham committed
suicide at Eagle Pass, Tex. Thursday, March 9,
| by shooting himself He had been much depressed
| since The death of sister two months ago, and
had expressed to friends for several days desire to
| kill himself Capt. Cunningham was q gallant
| soldier of the 9Th Mass, and became Captain in
| the Regular Army. He was dismissed from the
| Army in 1878.
| Gen. Dabuey Fl. Maury is said to be again In
| quest of Office. The General Ia 8 veteran Of
both the Mexican and the rebellion, and is one
| of the little men who have made brave soldiers.
He is not more than five feet four inches In hight
| and very slender bu. he knows o great deal about
the art Of and Is fine borseuian. Since Beau
| regards death he Is of the most prominent
/ Confederate leaders left.
/ Gen. Lew walIace's new novel. HThe Prince of
| India; or, Why ConstantnopIe Fell" viii bs pub
/ lished by the Harpers early In the Summer
| The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania held
| its first annual meeting at Philadelphia Mon
day, and Dr. Edward Shipper, U. 8. NJ, was elected
| President.
] johnson Hagood, of Columbia. 8. c., q West
| Point Cadet. broke arm some weeks ago, and IL
Is feared chat he will be obliged leave the Acad
envy account Of the accident
| Charleston Is proud to be the custodian of Gen.
| Beauregarfs sword" that brilliant blade" to
quote the Ye1rs and Courier that flashed In salute
! TO Mai. Anderson that brave officer surrendered
| Fort Sumter; that again glittered at the head of
| the conquerfng Confederates they pursued the
routed hosts of the enemy at the first battle OF
Manassas and that for long years was familiar to-
( the gallant defenders OF Charleston Harbor."
Gen. Armstrong, OF Hampton tVa.) Institute, Is
expected home the last part of March. He has
been spending several weeks at Summerville, 8. G.
It's related of Gen. Grant that while engaged in
| an animated argument with Mrs. John A. Logan
| on one OCCASION he opened his cigar-case. offered
| her a cigar and took one himself He lit his own,
| and proceeded with the discussion. Mrs Logan
quietly accepted one too, but seereted II Without
attracting attention, and sho now values 1t highly
| az q souvenir.
The Old Guard that stood by Gen. Grant In the
Republican National Convention of 1880 in Chicago
will celebrate Gen. Grants birthday at PhiIadel-
pi,ia on The 9th of April. About l5o SURVIVORS Of
the famous SOC will BIO present.
| Mrs Lovey Aldrich Clark. who draws her PEN
sion from the Detroit Division of the Pension De-
| partment is widow of the Revolutionary
and the war of 1872. There eight other Reyo-
Iusonary widows in the United States, but none of
them is the widow of two National wars. Mrs.
Clark lives Seattle. Wash, having removed from
Michigan some time ago. Her age is butIiitla over
80 years.--Her husbs nd, Caleb Aldrich, pri-
| vate of the Revolution in the New Hampshire aud
| Rhode Island lines. Regiments were known
lines back in that age. 1t is believed nc must have
Joined the Revolutionary army toward the close of
the war in 1888, when lie was very young. Some
thing like 40 years later. when his hair was gray
with age, he met avery pretty maid of very few
Summers. Tho old and young were welded. He
| died. and she became a widow of a Revolutionary
| hero. As her hair was growing sray she married
| Taylor Clark. Her second husband had fought in
| the of 1S12 He died. and the widow of two
| war heroes now draws n pension of $50 month
| from the Governments. Her stands alone In
the United States.
recent dispatch from Atlanta, Ga, says that the
Both of May will he notable day for the old Union
| soldiers who live in the South. Edwards s. Jones
/ Post. of the Grand Army Of tho Repnbc, Of that
city. has perfected arrangements to have celsbra
tion ut Andsrsonvillo. to which all old sx-sodsrs