The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-11-05

vile, being shot In the mouth. and suffered
from it ever after. He always said thai
he wanted Secession" engraved on his
tombstone. He ran for Governor of Ten
nessee against Henry Clay Evans, and
though the latter received very decided
majority, the office was stolen from hin
and given to Turney. Turney was also
Chief Justice of Tennessee for many years
The romance in the life of the late Gen
| George f. Spencer, at one time Senator
from Alabama. is recalled by n telegram
from Boise City, Idaho, that Mrs. Spencer
| had Marshal Rounds arrested for will
| fully and felOniOusly Selling her arm. witt
such force as to produce great pain" Mrs
Spencer was very beautiful Creole. witt
! Il romantic history, whom Senator Spencer
married. She proved 4 devoted wife to
him and nursed him with exemplary
| fidelity during his long, wasting illness
and afterward received an appointment in
the Office of the Marshal of Idaho. later
being made Chief Deputy and put ir
| charge of the books and records of the
Office. She was dismissed recently, and
| the alleged assault was made in Oustine
her from the Office which she refused to
vacate. Gen. Spencer went out from
! Iowa. became n Captain and Assistant
Adjuiant-ieneral, and in 1863 raised the
list Ala. Cav, of which regiment he be
liant and meritorious service in Georgia
and the Carolnas. where lie commanded
a brigade most of the time of Sherman's
march. At the close of the war he went
to Alabama, and was prominent in Recon.
strnc,ion times and was elected Sena-
tor from that State.
Comrade Nelson G. Gill died at his
home in San Bernardino, Cal, Oct. II
He went to that State in 1919. overland
with an OK team. He raised and marketed
the first wheat and barley ever grown in
that State for market. Returning, over.
land in 1858. to his old home at Toulon.
ILL.,. he enlisted in 1861, in the 33d Ill
and was mustered out as Captain of his
company at the close of his service. After
the war he lived for some time in Mis-
sissippi, where he served in different off,
cial places, being appointed n Postmaster
by President Grant. Removing to Kan
sas. and thence again to California, in
1882. where he was elected Sheriff, and
served afterward as Postmaster under
! President Harrison.
johnson G. Hull. who served in the 1881
n. Y, died suddenly at the funeral of his
brother, William. on Oct. IL. He stopped
| over the coffin and said: "G00d-by, vii.
liam; my summons can't come too sOOnv'
and fell to the floor, dead of heart fail
ure. He was II years old. At Port Hud-
son he was shot in the mouth. and the
rebel bullet remained lodged in his cheek
when he died. He was the 18th letter
carrier appointed in the Brooklyn Office,
having been appointed in 1864 upon re-
cOvery from his wound. He was a COM
| rade of Moses +. Odell Post. G. A. X.
AT his funeral there were in line 367 let
ter carriers, over 40 members of his Post
and over 30 Red Men. who marched from
his house to his grave. A cOmrade and
brother carrier writes TO The National
Tribune: I'VE loved him very much; We
miss him very much; the carriers miss
him because they loved him. and his
comrades, who all loved him, will miss him
sadly"
Solomon II. Bailey. who died of hear.
disease Ut Sisseton, S. D., in the ed year
of his age. enlisted Aug. II, 1862, in Co.
b. O5th ILL.,, and was discharged March
10, 1863. being disabled by hemiplegia,
one side being completely paralyzed. Com
rade Bailey was appointed to q clerk
| ship in the House =. o., in this city in
1880, but on account of his health had to
give it up in 1891, when he returned to his
home in Minneapolis, whence, in 1899, he
removed to South Dakota. He leaves a
widow and one daughter, Mrs. Jennie Bal
ley Leavitt, of Sisseton.
Lieut.-Col William +. Waters, of the
U. s. A., retired, died Oct. q, at WASH
ington. He entered the army in May,
1851, as Assistant Surgeon, and served
during the war as Surgeon, entering the
Regular Army during its course. He be-