The National tribune., 1894-01-11
PERSONAL.

Richard y. Mccormick, formerly Governor OF
Arizona, has given q half acre of ground in the
center of the village Of jamaica l.. T. site for
soldiers monument. which Is to 5000. This
money has been raised and the work will be begun
at once. Col. John Fleming has the matter in
charge.
An autograph letter of Gen. washington's has
come to light. written In March, I7s5. II shows
that In the old days people were just prone TO
appropriate other peoples newspapers they
now. The letter was to Matthew Carey in reference
to the Euening Herald. and reads:
SIR: purposed so soon as understood you in
tended to become the Publisher of a newspaper in
Philadelphia to request that copy OF your weekly
production might be sent to me. WAS the more
pleased with this deies mnaton when. by n letter
from my friend the Marqpisd do Ia Fayette. found
he had Interested himself in your behalf II has
so happened that my Gazettes from Philadelp hia
whether from inastention. printing post offices,
other caH5es, came very rreguIarIy my hands.
Let me pray you. therefore. to address those you
send to me in the appearance of letter The
common paper usually applied will do equally
well for the cover. II has sometimes occurred to
me that there persons who, wishing to read
newspapers without being at the expense of pay
ing for thenl make free with those which adj
dressed to others Under the garb of letter it is
not presumabe this liberty would be taken.
am, sir, your most obedient servant.
6. WAsHISGros.
Col James A. Lakin was given a reception in
Boston last week by the comrades OF his company
In the Ist Mass He is present Com ander OF the
Grand Army Post at WestfieId. and members OF
this organization also assembled to congratulate
him. Oue feature OF the dinner was many dozen
champagne sent by Col Sloan. the staff of
the Governor of New York. and once n member Of
the odd ISL" letter of regret read from
him. and also one from Governor-elect Green
halge- The speechmakers were Couirade Weather.
bee, Cob w. M. Bunting. President Alva j. Wilson,
and others. Col LskiR served with Co. B. South
Boston company. and was wounded at Williams
burg. Va.
Clarence Wilson. a very able newspaper man,
who has been residing n Scranton. Pa. has re-
moved to California for his health. and is now
editing The Tribune at Tres Pnos, Cal.
Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, who is now in such e
condition of mind and body that he cannot go
about without an attendant. has had of the
most interesting careers ever known to the public
and If record of attending incidents had been
kept 1t would fill lsrge-sized volume. Yet of all
prominent men he has written the least. In his
early life he tried editing but his did not in
cline that way, and he soon gave t up He Was an
orator by nature, aud neary all of his productions
in print were first spoken by him. Some Of his
best speeches in Congress were never published
because he retained the report of them and
neglected to write them out After he retired from
public life he intended lecturiug but never pre-
pared any lectures.
Capt. J. ID. Tinney was burned TO death at his
house Belle Island, Vicksburg last week
He Postmaster of Vieksburg during Hayess
Administration. He was also Gen. Grants private
telegraph operator and veteran of the war.
There were white persons the place at the
time of the fire. and some negroes say that they
Capt. Tinney last about o'clock at night and when
the house was discovered burning. after midnight
II too late to attempt to rescue him. Their
story will be Investigated. IL is thought he may
have been murdered Capt. Tinney had an insur-
of 5000 on his life and was a member of the
Grand Army.
Mrs. Charles LAHORE, wife Of the Chief of the In
dian Police. recently died in Indian Territory.
She belonged to the Chic<ssaw Nation and, with
her intelligence aud many accomplishment was
considered in her youth the most beautiful woman
I'm the five civilized tribes.
Dr. Stanton Colt in an address before the Society
for Ethical Culture in New York the other day.
made n reference TO Abraham Lincoln's methods
In regard 10 improving industrial conditions he
sasd Lincoln's method Was take thought of
all the prejndees, all the conflicting claims the