The National tribune., 1894-09-13
PERSONAL.

Gen. Harrison appeared last week in the
audience at the Academy of Music New York,
with Baby Mckee, little Mary Mckee, and their
mother. It was the first time the children had
ever seen play, and their grandfather took
them TO see Shenandoah" Gen. Harrison
evidently did not care to be recognized, for he
most of the time kept one hand up to his face.
But when Sheridan's charge came it was too
much for the General and he applauded SO en-
Enthusiastically that attention was drawn to him,
and Republican in the audience yelled ::
Three cheers for Harrisonl" The man
stood up and pointed at the ex- President till
the crowd saw Gen. Harrison, and Joined in
the cheer. At the Fifth Avenue Hotel later
Gen. Harrison said: at is good play, and
we all enjoyed it very much. l have no criti-
cism OF it to offer. ! am not talking on any
subject these days" Ex-President Harrison
viewed the Labor Day parade from one of the
windows of the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
The monument that was recently placed
over the grave of DIR. B. +. Stephenson, the
founder of the Grand Army of the Republic,
in Rosehill Cemetery, near Petersburg, H., is
of granite and is much admired for its artistic
beauty. The monument is to be unvailed some
time this Autumn, and the event will be mad
q National affair.
The monument to Gen. Lafayette on the
Brand vino battlefield that was to have been
unvailed on Sept. IL will not be unvailed until
that day 1895. That is the anniversary day of
the battle, but the monument is not ready !;
hence the postponement.
Mr.. J. W. Carver, of King George County,
Va, has in his possession medal picked up on
his farm, which evidently was lost by a soldier
during the war. 1t is about the size of half
dollar, and has on one side the following:
Cornelius McEleny, Co. C, sd Reg. Mass.
Light Artil Entered service Nov. 6, 1851"
On the reverse side is likeness of Washing
ton, surrounded by "a stars. with the word
Union" Any one desiring to recover the
medal can do SO by writing TO Mr. Carver, Igo
King George Co., Va.
Here is what Abraham Lincoln said of the
law: Let reverence OF law be breathed by
every mother to the lisping babe that prattles
in her lap; let it be taught in the schools, semi
naries, and colleges; let it be written in prim-
ers spelling books and almanacs; let it be
pTeRCutG iEOu puipilo III lep-
islative halls and enforced in courts of justice;
in short, let it become the political religion of
the Nation"
A. J. Williams, of Percival, Nsb., has found
a curious ring on the Custer battlefield. En-
graved around the band are the names of 10 of
the principal battles of the civil war. Most of
the names can easily be made out with mag.
nifying glass. The owner of the ring, Mr.
Williams thinks, probably persisted in the
massacre of the Little Big Horn. Mr.. Williams
has made every effort to discover the whore
abouts of anyone who would recognize the ring,
but without success.
The comrades show up well among the lead
ing lawyers of Randolph County, Ind. Hon.
Andrew ]. Stakebrake, of Parker City, served
as Sergeant in Co. E, 35th Ohio, and received
four gunshot wounds at Mission Ridge Hon.
Albert o. Marsh served over three years in the
18th Ohio, and rose to the rank of Captain
Capt James B. Ross, of Union City, served
three years in the 10th Ohio. Garland p. Ross,
of Winchester, served three years in the Army
of West Virginia. Levi James, of Ridgevile,
served three years, rising to a Lieutenancy.
William II. Ewell, q war veteran, was last
June appointed a clerk in the Office of the Sec
rotary of State John Palmer, at Albany. He
was given the position under the veteran ex-
emption act of last Winter, which provides
that the head of any department. may appoint
any honorably discharged veteran without any
Civil Service examination when the salary does
not exceed 81 per day. The comrades position
comes within the law, but he has received no
salary since his appointment as Comptroller
Roberts has refused to pay him his salary until
he produces certificate from the Adjutant-Gen-
eral showing that he was honorably discharged,
and the Civil Service Commissioners notifca-
tion that he is eligible under the law. This
Secretary of State Palmer refuses to allow him
to do. as he holds it is not within the jurisdis-