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General Longstreet Writes in Answer to Inquiry of L. c. StricIsland-The Latter Possesses the Last Shell Fired in Civil
 War-Au Content Whist Club Excursion Other News.
 L. c. Strickland, the Grand avenue grocer, received a setter yesterday from General James Longstreet' one or the surviving great military leaders ol the Southern Confectionery, in answer to letter of inquiry. In 1865 Mr. strlck- land belonged to the Thirty-sixtn reg iment, Massachusetts volnteers or the Army of the Potomac, commanded oy General Meade and besieging Peters burg, Va. The army was confronted by the rebel army under General Long street and an object of dread to the Unionists was a 10-inch mortar pat tery. The last day of the siege thls battery threw shell which exploded in front of MT. Strickland's company, and a fragment struck the ground within ten feet of where he and three or four comrades were standing The fragment of shell imbedded itself nI- teen inches in the ground, and MT. Strickland remarked: Boys, who knows but this will be the last shell they will fire?" And as he spoke he decided to secure the piece of shell as relic of the siege and dug it out of the ground with his bayonet. MT. Strick- hn siege was near it's end, but had no idea that that shell was to be the last to be fred but such it proved, and in fact, according to the best authority, 1t was the last shell thrown from either side during the rebellion. MT. Strickland retains the relic and is anxious to know the name of the rebel battery. He has forgotten the names of his comrades who stood with him before the battery when the shell was fired, and wrote to General Longstreet for information. The general replied at once from his plantation near Gainesville Ga., but he was unable to give the desired in formation. His letter Is as follows:
 Gainesville, Ga., Aug. IS, 1897. L. c. Strickland, Esq, New Haven,
 Conn:
 My dear sir: Your favor of the 18th is received and noted. I regret that I cannot give the information you seek in regard to the mortar battery No maps of the lines showing positions and commands have been preserved, I believe, and it is next to impossible to give names accurately without.
 Very truly yours. JAMES LONGSTREET. The excursion of the all content whist club to Branford Point this week proved very pleasant affair for the members. They took dinner at Swift's, and Welles J. Bray, who presided made a pleasant speech. Those pres ent were MT. Bray MT and Mrs c. D. Parmelee, MT. and Mrs. F. H. fleming way, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Stone, MT and Mrs. Charles Kelsey and Miss J. C. Hemingway.
 James w. Hemingway has returned from a stay of two weeks at Block Island
 l Mrs. D. M. James and Mrs Charles Kelsey went to Newport Thursday
 Rev. MT. Swift of Michigan will preach at the Grand avenue Congrega- tional church Sunday
 l Herbert Clark of Atwster street is al South Royalton, Vt.
 George Bfdwell jr., of Omaha, is ex- pected here next week to visit his grandmother, Mrs. P. A. Futile. | Sunday evening there will be preach ing in the Ferry street church by the son of Rev. l. c. Meserve. There will be no morning services, but Sunday school will be held as usual at + o'clock.