The National tribune., 1893-02-16
Homes for Settlers.

| kept, In of accidental loss
Homes for Settlers.
J. T. Stanhope, Forum. Ark, says he has
ceved so many inquiries from comrades in
reply to his offer Of information about the adj
vantages OF his section. that iie has written out
a description and had it printed. He will send
| it to anyone OIL receipt of stamp.
| +. +. Marsh, Manhattan. Kan, wishes to locate
| in Florida. and if any comrades know Of good
| places to start general store. or anyone wish
| ing TO exchange property in Florida for prop
| erty in Kansas, he would be glad to hear from
| them.
| Thomas J. Frost. Lewistown, Mont, says that
Montana is a grand State for old soldiers and
! their families. Good wages are paid for labor.
| school teaching professional work, etc. He will
he glad to answer the questions of all incosiDg
stamp.
| j. II. Bridgeman, 1st Wis. battefy, Chamber
| lain. S. d., says that he cannot answer one
tenth of the letters of inquiry from the COM
!! rades about the Government land OIL the Great
| Sioux River Reservation. He says that the
| price per acre. under the Sioux bill. up to Feb.
10. 1893 was SIPS per acre; after that date it be-
came rs cents acre. Thousands are waiting
| to take advantage Of the reduction. Those who
cannot get on the ground themselves file
| claim by proxy to 100 acres. by forwarding
certified draft and power of attorney and
certified copy of discharge and SI2.5 80 by draft.
State about kind of farm wanted. Relinquish-
rnents are selling at So to SIP. While ground
! may be selected by an agent, yet the right to
the land is forfeited if not occupied in person
within three months after the claim is filed.
So. unless veteran intends to settle on his
| claim, it is not worth while for him to take it
up.
Want to Get Married.
Recently there appeared in this column
quest for correspondence. with view to matri-
mony. desired by Mrs. Jane Tripp and others
1t is now believed that this request was not au
thorized by the persons mentioned. If such an
occurrence be repeated there will be no more
such requests published in this paper. Here
after ID every case the name and address of the
persons wanting correspondence with view to
matrimony, with references, must be given,
and the Postmaster of the place in which the
writer lives must indorse the signature.
C. J. Hayes, Box g. Hood River, Ore, wants
to hear from young ladies between the ages of
30 and 50. with view to matrimony. Refer
ences must he exchanged. No unsatisfactory
letters will be answered.
+. N. Nugent, Claysvile, Ind wants to cor
respond with ladies from Is to 35 years of age,
with a view to matrimony. No unsatisfactory
letters answered; references must be ex-
changed.
Miss NJ. L. Morgan. sheIbyviIIe, Tenn, wants
correspondence, with view to matrimony. No
unsatisfactory letters answered; references
must be exchanged.
w. J. G.. p o. Box 81, Centerville o., would
like to correspond with loyal lady with q
view to marriage. He had wide experience
as a Union soldier in the late war, and is in the
4O's. No Democrat need apply, unless-weIl,
unless She be beauty, indeed and very, very
good!
How Rebel Got U. s. Pension.
Joseph Smith, Box 344, Wayne, Wis, says
that he heard the following story at the Wash
ngton Encampment: "On the picket-line
near Winchester, Va, on the Confederate side,
behind a trey. stood a rebel soldier with q gun,
ready to shoot any Yankee who made his ap-
pearance on the opposite pickets All at once
young Yankee appeared within gunshot. No
sooner did he show his head than bullet from
the rebel gun hit him right between the eyes,
killing him instantly. The rebel went double |
quick to the spot to rob him. What was his as
constituent to find that he had killed his own |
son, who soldier in the U. s. army. |
When the war broke out the father joined the |
rebels, and the son enlisted in the u. 8. army. |
Long after the war the father found out the |
company and regiment of his son, and being in |
dependent circumstances and an inmate OF q |
Northern poorhouse, applied to the Comm isioner |
OF Pensions for pension as the dependent |
father of son who was shot while picket |
near Winchester, Va, and under the pension |
laws of the United States he received the PEN |
sion." Is that fair? The writer tried to find |
unsuccessful Maybe some reader of The |
NATIONAL TRIBUNE knows more about this |
case.
Information Asked and Given.
John Rogers. 210 Thames street, Newport, |
r. l., writes During the visit of the GAR. |
in Washington, one of the members of Charles |
Z. Lawton Post Of this city, was accosted by a |
lady who wished to get the address of Captain |
Rogers. of the LIST r. !. Cav, who had done her |
some service during the war in Virginia. The |
lady gave her card to the veteran, who prom |
ised to band it to me. but he lost the card and |
forgot her name. and feel it point of honor
now to get her address and write her, as she |
naturally will suppose l do not consider it of |
enough Importance"
S. E. Chandler, 72s East Fifteenth street,
Minneapolis Minn., wants some one to send |
him the poem Caliber Fifty-two." 1t tells of |
drummer who was wounded, and as he was |
about to start for the someone told him to |
report that the regiment was out of ammuni-
ton, and be sure to have calber SO sent. The |
drummer played the hero afterward, and died
trying to execute the commission.
Charles III. Zimmerman, Sioux Falls S. D., |
wants the addresses of the following comrades:
Wallace Kippey and George F. Balls, both of
Co. F. 18th q. s. Inf; ALSO that of the Hospital
Steward of the 10Th Inf.
John Bryant, Co. G, 18th u s. Inf, Wooster,
o., wants the address of William G. Little, who
served in the same company in 1865 at Rich.
mond Va.
Who Set the Barn on Fire?
Comrade Barney, First Sergeant, Co. B, Sd
Nd. P. H. b.. Hancock, Nd, wants to know
who claims to have fired the shot that set the
barn on fire at the battle of MOnocacy Junction
July 8, 1864, as he claims to have some infor-
nation on that subject. Also, why the line of
battle was formed up and down the river, the
right resting at the bridge. facing towards Fred
erick City, so that when the rebel line of battle
emerged from the woods south of the Thomas
House our line Of battle had to change front
under q murderous fire from the rebel cannon
west of the Monocacy. This is question he
desires some comrade who knows to answer,
without reflections on anyone, living or dead.
We have enough to do to fight the pension.
haters, without fighting one another. Com.
rades stop It'll
More About Spanish Fort.
NJ s. Lake, Captain Co. C, 18th Wis, Trini.
dad, Colo. writes: {" Where was the 14th Wis.
(Third Brigade, Third Division, Sixteenth
Corps,) at Spanish Fort? On the left.center,
Gen. Macarthur ON its left, and joining on the