The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29

cult Court, is full record soldier. He
entered Company b, Fortieth Indiana, as
- private when seventeen years old and
after thirty-two months of faithful service
ceived at Mission Ridge Judge Shively
is man fifty years old and in the full
vigor of life. After coming out of the ser
vice he took the law course at Ann ArbOr
and entered the practice of law at Wabash
in the firm of Cowgirl, ShiveIy & Cowgirl,
where he attracted attention as a skill
full lawyer. He was a member of the House
in 1882, and in 1890 was elected circuit
judge, a position which he so Well fills that
he has attained the reputation OF being
one of the best JUICES in Indiana Circuit
Courts. He is man of decided innuence
and force OF character In, 1879 ne I'M maTTled n
Calvin Cowgirl, of Wabash.
Quite a number of important matters
tions, the reading and discussion of which
occupied a considerable portion OF the day.
One of the most important or these WAS
the resolution affirming the purpose OF the
department to build ten cottages at LaIay-
cite, but only using so much OF the 5000
voted as the limit at Fort Wayne as IS
necessary for the purpose. Another i'm
portant recommendation Is that ali pensions
be paid by check from Nasninston Inns
is made a second time by WadSWofth Fosl
of Franklin, and is in mucn IaVof.. "A
significant resolution was that thanking
the lndana dn hegign f6 ebs rof The
statement of the committees OF the lhdiaIl-
apolis posts, regarding scnooi hlstoIies, was
approved and a resolution appointing
committee to lay the matter ps1ore sne
school book board was passed. A vote or
thanks was extended 70 4 Inc efs,sns in
appropriating money for STATE soiuiers ,,s,
home the Chickamauga monuments anu anu
q room in the StatehouSe for headquafters
and To the Governor for board of trustees
for the Soldiers Home compossea VI YET
Grams. AN APPEAL TO CONGRESS.
The most important pension action
adopted was the following, offered by Sena-
tor Haggard, of Lafayette:
.aro the Congress of the United states
Your petitioners the Grand ARMY VI .tc
Republic, Department OF lnulai.a' tna Iespset pset
fully represent that in justice to the ,,,a, ve,,
eran survivors of the war or the repeuiolr rai
they should be put on the same Iooli,6 oe1;1a,5
with the surviving veterans OF the MeAleail Ne l,sr
war and to that end they the said sur
vivors of the war of the rebellion, should
be placed on the pension rol al at the the age of
sixty wears. This department, tnereIore'
asks that Congress shall enact a law .io,, piu
viding for the payment of service pension
of SO ner month to each ex-Union soldler
Who has been honorably discharged from
the service, when he shall nave afrlSeu a.
'itr Tba es denarting guests of Muncie are full
of the praise OF the hospitality OF ltS peo11
pie They left nothing to be desired, anu u
cities which are ambitious to entertain the
State encampment can prontapiy tane iea a
sons of Muncie. Mr.. Mccullougn, W1o a,1i.ana au
pleased the encampment by saying thal II
the other cities wearied OF enter5alnlhg lne ne
annual repetition of this years reception.
Department Commander Marsh was an
admirable presiding officer prompt, Impair
tial and dignified.
one of the incidents of the encampment
was the presentation of gavel sent to the
department by ex-Congressman Waugh ana
made from the wood of old Fords the
ater in which Lincoln was assinated IL
also has gavel made from the ROOF tree
of the cabin in which Lincoln was born:
Most of the delegates got away on the
evening trains, and Muncie Will resume It's
EVERYDAY gait but its visitors will never
forget the unbounded hospitality OF the
two or three pleasant days of this week.