The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-02

up Of genuine back OF a ten-dollar bill
and spurious face Of a hve-dollar bill.
Mr.. Irwin is much interested 70 know
whether the government will redeem
this money and has sent it to the treas
ury department for this purpose. A
counterfeit ten-dollar bill was passed upon
one Of the clerks at the Racket store
yesterday which was not discovered until
Mr.. Barnett, the proprietor, went TO
make his deposit at the First national
bank. The police have the matter in
hand for investigation - Columbus
Herald.
Judge David T. Laid. aged seventy
eight, is dangerously sick at his home in
Rockport, Spencer county, from old age
and disease. Judge Laid has spent a
useful life and for many years has been
widely known as an able jurist He was
circuit judge when the district was COM
posed of the counties Of Spencer, Perry,
Crawford, Orange and Dubois, and he
made the rounds Of the circuit on
horseback, which ordinarily took him
three months. Many years ago il was
quite a common thing for all OF the at
torneys at the bar to get on a spree
during court. which fact was evidenced
at Leavenworth one time when Judge
Laird was holding court there. He very
much surprised the attorneys one day
when he called their attention to the fact
that they were all drunk, and after
severely rebuking them, said: Court
ing, till you get sober. 1 can't do bust
ness with the bar drunk" Judge Laird
relates another very amusing incident
that took place while he was holding
court at LeavenwOrth. An old man by
the name Of Joe Whitehead, a farmer.
who resided near that place, was always
an attendant at court, not as a litigant,
but as an observer. Whitehead was a
drinker and full Of wit and hUmOr. He
had asked Judge Laird to let him sit
IN CO Ha ind
promised Whitehead that he might sit
as judge in the first knotty case that
came up" A few mornings afterward.
while the civil docket was being called,
the case Of Knott VS.. Knott was called,
when Whitehead rose up in the back
part Of the court room and hallowed out
at the top Of his voice: Judge Laird,
that is my case, and 1 am ready
Evansville Courier.
No man has more or truer friends in
this city than our distinguished and VEN
cradle warrior and patriot, Gen. Man
sen. They are not confined to any par
ticular political party or class OF peO-
pie, but come from all ranks. Friday
afternoon a number Of them called at
his home and treated the old gentleman
to a delightful surprise. For his age and
considering what he has gone through
Gen. Manson retains in a wonderful de-
gree his strength Of body and mind, 50
that the meeting today was a very
pleasant one indeed. The object Of the
gathering was to remind the general that
several OF those present had in April,
1861 volunteered with him to help put
down the rebellion by organizing Com
pany G., Thirty-third Indiana regiment,
101 strong. Only a few are alive and OF
these the following were present: Capt.
J. II. Watson, p. c. SOmerville, Mart
Simpson, William Birchfield. J. r. Boots,
Elihu Nicholson, Henry WATSON, Mart
Liter, D. w. Hartman, Ike Davis, the
Rev W. II. Hickman. William McNeeley,
Barney Hoover and Harry Morgan. The
old boys took with them two elegant
willow rockers, one for the general and
the other for Mrs. Manson. After the
surprise was over Gen. Wallace made
the presentation speech 10 which Gen.
Manson responded in a happy manner.
Then all sat down to a splendid dinner,
which Mrs. Manson had prepared for
them. The occasion was a most enjoy
able one to all, a number being present
who were not veterans. The biggest bat
tie the volunteers engaged in was that
Of Rich Mountain. which they won
Charlottesville Argus-News.