The National tribune., 1900-05-24
PERSONAL.

| The splendid old 2d n. Fl. grieves par.
| ticularly, but veterans everywhere will
mourn with them over the death of Miss
| Harriet P. Dame, who passed away at Con-
| cord, n. H., April "a. She was born In
New Hampshire in 1918, and entered with
enthusiasm into the war spirit Of 1851.
AZ she could not carry musket, she went
along with the I'd \. 81. to do what good
| brave, earnest woman could. She was
worth many men to the Union cause In the
care she took OF the sick OF the regiment,
and saved many valuable lives by her
skillful nursing. In the trenches at Fair
Oaks the rebel shells tore through the tent
| in which she was making broth for the sick.
She was taken prisoner at the second Bull
Run, but was passed back through the lines
| in recognition of the care she had given the
rebel wounded. In 1854 she was appointed
Matron of the Eighteenth Corps hospital
and remained in that position until the end
of the war. The Legislature of New Hamp.
shire gave her vote of thanks and $500.
| She gave the money toward building
home for the veterans of the ID N. 81. al
Weirs.
VIM. l.. Distin, jr., son of a veteran,
has formed law partnership with Arthus
B. Wright, and located at Cape Nome, to
grow up with the country. Brother Dis.
tins father, Surveyor-General VIM. l..
Distin, Of Alaska, is a veteran of honorable
record and Past Department Commander
of Illinois. Brother Distin has been Chief
Clerk in his fathers office. There must
be a great number of sons of veterans at
Cape Nome, and they should look Brother
Distin up. The sons OF veterans ought to
get together wherever they may be.
The 23d N. j., Gen. E. Burd Grubb's old
"Yahoos," held their Annual Reunion at
their beloved commanders Summer home,
Edgewater, n. j., May 8, with large
number present. There are but 235 of the
original 1,o41 left. The best part Of the
Reunion was the story Of the Generals
successful struggle with fortune to recoup
his losses. The General had been a very
wealthy man, and one of the leaders OF
Phiadeiphia's most select society. Presi-
dent Harrison appointed him Minister to
Spain, and he made brilliant figure in the
Castilian court. But the panic Of 1898
swept everything away, and he came homo
from Spain a ruined man. 1t was a bitter
experience for a man who had long been in
the enjoyment of the oest things this world
affords. But he came down to hard-pan
with vim that would have done honor to
the youngest man. A new company was
formed, with the Generals brother-in-law
at the head, and the General donned coarse
working clothes, and went to work at 60
cents day and his board in one Of the
furnaces he formerly owned at Sheridan,
Pa. Hekept this UP for seven long months,
and then got a promotion He made the
plant Just pay expenses through the hard
times, and when the boom in iron came ne
was in shape TO take advantage of il. The
Sheridan property and his Virginia ore
mines went up i'll value faster than they
had gone down, and the General found
himself rich man again. One Of the first
uses that he made OF his wealth was to re-
open his luXuriant Summer home, and in.
vite his old comrades to meet him there.
Mai-Gen. E. S. Otis, now en- route from
Manila to San Francisco on board the
transport Meade, has accepted an invita-
ton from Lafayette Post, 140, of New York
City, to a banquet to be given in his honor,
welcoming him TO his home and county,
This is to be the first banquet he will receive
and will be attended by many prominent
people. Arrangements are now being
perfected to make this affair worthy of the
Post and its guest. \ member of the Post
is now in San Francisco awaiting the
Meade TO receive the General on his arrival.