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THE 5TH IOWA.
A Gallant Organization in the Army O.
the Tennessee.

Editor National Tribune: If the blue
pencil Is quiescent, ] wish to make 4
few statements concerning the 9Th Iowa
which is supplemental to the very inter-
esting narrative of Maj. Byers pub.
lished some time ago.
When the brigade reached the foot
of Mission Ridge the 9Th Iowa was de-
ployed over ground enough for a fun
regiment of 1000 men, whereas it only
contained less than one-third that
number. After the capture of the so
prisoners, the rest OF the regiment with
the balance of the brigade assault ID
q fort on the crest Of a steep hill and
fought desperately for Il half hour or
more until Bragg overpowered them
with reinforcements on that part Gf
the line. The brigade then started :o
return TO the main line, when they
met the 10th Mo. and the 18th Iowa
sent TO their assistance from the Sec
ond Brigade of the division, and to-
gether they returned to the main line
During this fight Col. Putnam, of ths
S3d H.. was killed, and Gen. Matthias
received severe scalp wound.
AT this time the Army of the Cum.
Eerland started on their gallant charge
which resulted in the capture o,
Bragg's position and DIost disastrou.
defeat to his army.
Fourteen men OF Co. K, 5th Iowa
were taken prisoners at Mission Ridge
Including Capt. +. y. Bascom, and Firs
Lieut.. John Austin. Four of thes,
made their escape at Castor Station
n. G., while being transferred iron
Belle Isle 10 Andersonyillc OF the 5tl
Iowa men taken TO Andersonville i
that time, seven died, three escape,
ard four lived thru the horrible cx
perience, including two commissions,
officers. One of these, however, los
an arm later thru the impure vaccin
matter with which he was inocculatc,
By a Confederate Surgeon.
The day after the battle the 5th low.
took part in the pursuit of Bragg, goin
as far as Tunnel Hill, Ga. The division
was then sent back TO the camp, from
which We crossed the Tennessee Rive
in pontoon boats. Gen. Grant reviewe,
the division while in this camp, an
sent it back to Bridgeport. Ala, wher
We remained till after Christmas. TIL
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other way. and the boys had 10 ''ske-
daddle." Soon after that Gov. Morton.
true to his promise, had the com pany
equipped q battery of light artillery.
consisting of two 20-pounder PARROTS.
two 24-pounder Iowitzers and four
James rifles. The HowitZers and james
rifles were brass pieces.
Wilder was then promoted to Lieu
tenant-Colonel, then to Colonel OF the
9Th. Haskell having been promoted TO
BrigadierGeneral.L Lieut. Silas +. Righy
was promoted to Captain of tho COM
pany. The battery was IN the battle }.
Cross Keys; after that il was sent to
Winchester. The battery and 18th Reg
iment was not together after that. The
battery was known after that as Rigby' 5
lnd'p't Pattery, and was 'gobbied'' ur
in September. 1862. in the Col Miles
deal at Harper's Ferry (and here wan.
1" say that ] have been reliably in
formed that there is no record in tht
War Department that the battery was
captured at Harpcr's Ferry).
Ny discharge shows the names of II
r. Thomas'S company, Wilder Batter:
My pension certificate shows the num-
ber os the battery to be 26, when the
battery was the first organized from tn:
State. Gen Wilder never left the SER
vice until the rchs laid down their arms
in 1S65.-G. Z. Draper, member of Rig
by's, II. y. ThomaS's Company, Wiider's
Battery l.. Art, and last 26th Battery
Ind. Vol, Monett. Mo.
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The 28th Ohio,

Editor National Tribune: The Nation
al Tribune is a welcome guest in my
house. fully appreciated and considered
the soldiers best friend, but I look in
vain for something from the old 26th
Ohio. Hoping to wake up some of its
sleeping members, ! write these few
lines. In looking over a little book
called when First We Met by Land
or Sea-" / saw an account of that scrim-
mage, the battle of Boon Court House,
in West Virginia, on Sept. 1, 1861. ]
participated In that battle, which was
fought by Co. G of the 26th Ohio, and
Co. A of the 1st KY The detachment
was in charge of Capt. Wheeler, of the
latter company. Col. Guthrie q think
that was the name of the Colonel of the
1st Ky) told Capt. Wheeler that he
wanted no prisoners; that it was bad
man who was not worth a pound OF
lead, and so we took no prisoners ex-
cept one on our way back to Charles.
ton, w. Va. We left Charleston about
the last of August, 1861, and went UP
Loop Creek, on the banks of the Ke-
nawha River. Loop Creek Is on the far
side OF the river from Charleston. We
waded across Loop Creek I don't know
how many times that night, and were
wet to our necks the next morning, not
from the depth Of the water, but from
falling on the slippery stones. We
reached Boon Court House about tn,
1st of September, I think. 1t was Sun
day, and a part of our command march
ed down the public road TO attract the
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The 9th n. Y. s. VI. In baltimore.

Editor National Tribune: Rcgardins
the first regiment to pass thru Balti-
more after the 9Th Mass was attacked
in that city in 1861. neither the I'd
Mich. nor the 18th y. Y. can lay claim.
according to dates published. 1t is a
matter of record that -he 9th N Y
State Militia left New York City late on
the afternoon of May %, 1861, reaching
Baltimore at / o'clock on May %. Hay-
ing left the State without the Cover
nors permission, the regiment carried
no musketS. 1t was expected that the
Sth y. Y S. NJ. would escort the 9th
thru Baltimore. but for some reason
they failed to do so. Arriving in Bal
timore. the men OF the 9Th left the
cars. the regiment formed and marched
thru the city to the Washington Depot,
the sidewalks being crowded with peo-
pie whose looks conveyed anything but
welcome. Tho there were some un-
friendly murmurs, there was no at
tempt on the part of the crowd To create
a disturbance. and water was even
handed to the tired men in some cases
1t was rumored among the men in the
ranks that Gen. Dix was in command
at Fort McHenry, and had given the
Mayor of Baltimore TO understand that
if any regiment was attacked while
passing thru Baltimore en- route to
Washington he would shell the city, but
for the truth of this I cannot vouch
The 9th arrived in Washington in 81
hours after leaving New York. I claim
no glory for my regiment because OF
the above facts, but history should be
correct.-A. W. Taylor, Co. d, 9th n
y. S. NJ, GaIesburg, Ill.
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The Calling Gun Mt KnoxxilIc.

Editor National Tribune: In the last
issue of your paper l noticed something
about Gatiing guns. and / would ask
you If you or any of your many readers
remember or ever knew of a gun that
was at the headquarters of the Dc
partment of the Tennessee at Knoxville,
Tenn, in the Summer of 1865? \ cOu-
pie of large wheels six or more feet in
diam eter supported on an axle between
them a lot OF rife barrels joined to-
sether and magazine for the cart
ridges at the breech worked by a crank
that it was said would spit out bullets
faster than hail storm. This machine
was captured somewhere in North Car
Gina. where 1t had been sent by some
English friends of Gov. Vance Gen.
Stoneman had it in a little yard by the
Lamar House, which was then our
headquarters, and it WAS the first gun
ever saw of the Calling type l have
often wondered what became of it, as
don't believe that it was moved to
Memphis when our headquarters were
transferred there about Christmas Of
1865. Did you or do you know any
thing of it? l think that this gun ante
dated the Gatling.-Samuel Kitchen, NJ.
D., Saginaw. Mich.
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The LIST Iowa.

Editor National Tribune: I do not
now recall having read anything from
this meek of woods in "the soldiers
paper" and not as much from the grand
old State of Iowa as 1 should like to
see, and so ] make bold to take my
pen in hand" ] have just come back
from Reunion of Iowa's first born and
first baptized IN the blood of battle for
the Union in that fierce contest at Will
sons Creek, Missouri, where 1895 were
killed, wounded and missing out of a
total fighting force of less than 1000.
How wildly all the old scenes are
brought out as we take those early war
days in review The news from Sumter,
the fires of patriotic fervor, the rush of
men from shop and field and counter
and office, and even the boys from
school to fill the ranks of the $4,000
called for; the drill, the formation OF
company and of regiment and election
of officers, the leave taking. the trans
portation by the Mississippi, then by
rail into Missouri, the first marching,
the wait at Boonville for supplies and
wagons, then the daily march, the eager
hunt for the enemy, the finding and
meeting him, the drawn battle where
each army sent back q flag of truce for
permission to bury its dead, the retreat
to Springfield and then to Rolla, where
the old muskets We're turned over to
troops 1reShcr IN the service, the ride
| 10 st. Louis in cattle cars ian easy
mode of travel compared with that
| those boys had used for the 60 days
previous), the muster-out and the home
coming. What a picture it all makes!
All who came home from that initial
campaign In fit health to do so re-en-
| listed in some other organization, and
many Of them obtained high rank IN
| the later struggle But no later honors
no greater trials, no prolonged and
varied experience can ever dim the
memory of this the pioneer effort, the
first taste of real war. Some of us IN
all these years have been inclined tc
say but little because our time was
short, and there were always Others
who had seen and done things SO much
greater, but the closer the investigation
the more plainly is 1t seen that no one
in that early organization has reason t.
i hang his head because of the achieve.
| ments of the 1st Iowa. There were 81
4 present to answer to their names at the
| Reunion In Muscatine, Oct 3 and 4, ant
| 3S sent letters of regret, while 20 were
4 reported mustered OUT since the las
!! Reunion two years ago. Hon. Eugene
\ f. Ware, ex-Commissioner Of Pensions
a member of Co. e. was present, bu
] was taken Ill and obliged to leave fol
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Good Advice.

E. Jones, Oceanside. Cal. says that
The National Tribune gave the veter-
ans good advice before the election.
For himself, he cast his first vote for
Abraham Lincoln and his second for
the same man in Florence. S. c., where
white beans were voted for Mcclellan
and black ones for Lincoln. Out of the
II, 900 prisoners there on election day
over 10000 voted for Abraham Lincoln,
much to the disappointment and dis
couragement of the rebels. He served
in Battery X. 1st U. S. Art, and was
kept for six months over his time on
account of being in prison. He hopes
the Ex-Prisoners of War bill viii pass,
even if it is modified to give no more
than $40 month.
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The 1O5th N. Y.

Editor National Tribune: I think the
boys of the 105th N. Y. have all been
mustered out, as / hear nothing from
them in our good paper. We did not
put down the rebellion. but we were
there.
l would like short history of the
regiment by the editor of The National
Tribune Perhaps this might wake up
some of the boys.-Capt. Joseph Alli-
son, Fonda. Iowa.
The 1O5th N Y. was organized al
Rochester and LIE Roy March 2S, 1862
and consolidated with the 94th N Y
in March, 1863. Col. James NJ. Fuller
resigned, and Col. John w. Shedd was
in command when the regiment was
consolidated 1t belonged to the First
Corps, and lost As killed and As died
from disease.-Editor National Tribune
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The Bloody 18th Ind,

Editor National Tribune: I have read
the good old paper, The National Trib,
une, since last March, and have looked
in vain for a word from the old bloody
18th Ind as it was called. The regi-
ment went out in 81 and served until
September, IS. Its Colonels were Sui
livan, Foster, Dobbs, Zent ana Law
renee. 1 hope some of the old com.
rades will write a line, and that you.
Mr.. Editor. will please give an account
of the old regiment.-Corpl Daniel A.
Stewart, Cos. f and B, 18th Ind, Hunt
ington, Ind
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The S1th Ind.

Editor National Tribune: Please re-
ceive this dollar for The National Trib-
une for another year. as we cannot very
we'll do without this valuable soldiers
paper. 1t stands by us when the Gov
ernment will turn against us. God bless
The National Tribune. Don't forget 20
give us a little more Of the octopus; of
the abominable whisky traffic. / am in
my 18th year, and l am fighting the
damnable stuff Just as / fought the
slavery cause. l belonged to the Saith
Ind. 1 never hear from any of the S4th
Ind. boys.-W. B. Miller, 619 Park Ave,
Anderson. Ind
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PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades AIon. the Whole
Line.
Gen. Curtis.

NJ. T. Cross. Co. A, 142d y. Y, Mont
rose. s. D.. was stricken with paralysis
three years ago and his right arm and
hand rendered entirely useless. He en-
listed in the 1921 n. y. Aug. Z, 1862
and, referring to Gems. Curtis ana Bar
ney. says they went out as Captains OF
the 18th N Y. and Joined the 142d
while that regiment lay in camp at
Upton Hill. Va. in the Winter of o.
So Capt. Curtis. of the 10th y. u,
was first wounded at West Point, Va.
May :. 1862, a bullet hitting one of his
ribs. passing around his body. coming
out on the opposite side. A year later,
May Z. 1863. Col. Curtis. commanding
the 1920 n. Y, landed at the same
place. At the terrible battle of Fort
Fisher Curtis, then General, lost an
eve. After the war nc was made In
spector of Customs of the ports of the
St. Lawrence. was afterwards elected
to Congress for two terms, and FOR the
last 10 years or more has been lnspec-
tor of Soldiers Homes. Five years age
Comrade Cross attended Reunion oi
the 1920 and shook hands with 80 o.
his comrades, Gen. Curtis among the
number. Gen. Curtis said he must sing
one song, so he sang, Never Give VI
the Flag Boys At that time the iaSs
(rebe) hadn't been given up.
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The Wirx Monument.

B. F. Smith, 45th Pa, Younssvilie.
Pa. put in three years of hard service
for the Government. and he cannot iook
with any patience upon the proposition
70 erect q monument to such demon
as Wirz.
Dewitt C. Bassett. 4ith n. Y. Woor-
socket, S. D.. is stirred to anger at the
proposition to erect a monument to
Capt WirZ.
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Pleased with Army Chart.

Editor National Tribune: I received
the Chart some days ago, and am very
much pleased with 1t. I have been a
subscriber of your paper only two
years, and during that time have not
noticed anything about the fst N. j.
Regiment, but I hope some time to see
an article concerning it. l expect to be
reader of your paper the rest of my
life.-Wm. Perrine, Plainfiefd, ". j.
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The LnteSt Father.

W. A. Vaughan, 11th Wis. Wauzeka,
Wis, wants all the fathers of the young
est child to fall back and give him q
chance to produce veteran OF the
Mexican and civil wars. Jacob Wilhar-
Dor, 81 years old. who two years ago
became the happy father of a fine boy.
and up to the present time both father
and son are alive and doing well.
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attention of the rebels, while the bal
ance went down over the hill on the
doublc-quIck and cleaned out the town
In little while. That was my first
engagement with the rebs. We lost a
color bearer and others in that fight
Timothy Droasy. Co. G., Goth Ohio,
Cleveland, o.
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The Youngest Omcer.

Houstin James, Enid Okla. puts in
claim for being the youngest officer.
He enlisted in the Fall of 1861, and was
commissioned Second Lieutenant. Al
that time he was only 15 years old, and
recruited at Piketon, o., for two years
when he went with his company into
the 176th Ohio, and became its First
Lieutenant A year later he was COM
mlssioned Captain Of Co. II, 176th Ohio.
and served as such until mustered out
June 5. 1865. He helped chase Nor
gan, and was in the battles of Franklin
and Nashville.
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THE NATIONAL

IT
home the first evening OF the Reunion.
A letter from him since tells me that
he is imRyovipg He had very clear
and Detailed ,review of the movements
of the regiment. which was printed
later.-IIenry S. Field, Grinnell, Iowa.
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The PRISONERS OF Var.

]. f. Harding. 18th W. Va. Atlanta,
Ga, thinks that the best reply that can
be made to the proposition to erect o
monument to Wirz is for Congress to
pass the Prisoners of War bill.
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yeteranx' Wives.

| George NJ. Swift. Mentor, Mimi, is
much pleased with the action taken by
the Spanish War Veterans In favor oe
admitting the wives Of veterans TO the
Soldiers Homes. =.
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Scattering.

Comrade II. Eastman, Co. A, 18th n.
H., writes from Glen, n. H., that he
desires to compare his service with that
of other comrades; that he enlisted
Sept. %, 1862, and participated in the
fOllowing-named battles, Fredericks-
burg. Charlottesville. Gettysburg. Spot
sylvania Drewry's Bluffs. Cold Harbor,
siege of Petersburg and Bermuda Hun
dred; was slightly wounded May ),
again wounded at Bermuda Hundred
and taken prisoner. and was confined in
Libby, Belle Island and Salisbury; pa
rolled Feb. 2S, 1865, and sent to Cen
eral Hospital, Washington, D. c., with
typhoid fever; furloughed at the expira-
ton of seven weeks, and discharged
June 81, 1865, by reason of close of the
war.
Will some reader of The National
Tribune inform Albert Ellis. Gillespie
vile, o.. of the present whereabouts of
]. w. Wilcox, who was in the employ
of the Government in 1862?
David NJ. league, Darrtown, o., Co.
H, 18TH Ohio, writes: Service pen-
sion first, last and all the time. The
boys are growing old and should be
remembered; a few more years and we
will be no more. Why cannot Congress
do as The National Tribune has been
doing for us old fellows? We are not
young any IHoTe anu ndiuly dpiC "
i make n living Why not give US the
relief while living, and not wait until
we are dead?"
Charles A. Day, Pagosa Springs,
Colo, writes in response to the request
of Joel Campbell for information in re-
gard to his brother, that he knew a
Joshua Campbell, an old soldier, az
Cortez, Montezuma County, Colo, but
that he has been dead for several years.
He thinks a letter to the Postmaster at
CorteZ would receive an answer and
definitely establish the identity of the
Joshua Campbell who lived there.
Minor Applegate, of Smyrna, Del.
has in his possession the certificate OF
discharge of John Mulvey, private in
Capt. Edwin L. WilIiams's Co. F, Sth
ILL.,, which he would like to return to
its owner.
Edward Tatro. Stafford Springs
Conn, Co. c, 7th Vt, wishes to hear
| from some of the comrades who be-
longed to that organization, as he re-
quires assistance in a pending claim.
George Young, President of the Ex-
Prisoners of War Association of Cali
fornia, 615 Bay St, Santa Monica, Cal.
would like the poem, Dead Line al
Andersonville."
Comrade John s. Hall. SO E. ASH
ST, New York, N. Y, would like to hear
from any of his old comrades of the
65th N. Y.
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Burncd Out.

John C. Hosser, Colesburg, Iowa. had
his house and home totally destroyed by
fire, leaving him without shelter oS
means to live.
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L. v. DebS.

Thomas p Crandall. Williamstown,
Mass, is out of patience with the men
who attempt to defend E. V. Debs ana
his reasonable performances.
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The Spring at AndersonviIle.

C. w. Bell, 44th N. Y, Bromley. N.
Y, says that by looking at Comrade
O'Dea's picture of Andersonville it will
be found that the spring is little north
of the swamp on the west side. The
spring was near the middle line Of the
stockade on the west side.
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Served With the North Atlantic
SQUADRON.

Editor National Tribune: Please ir,-
sert a few lines in our dear old Nav
tionaI Tribune asking if any OF my ship
mates have a roster Of the officers OF
the vessel on which 1 served was on
the u. s. S. Kansas in the North Attain
tic Squadron as a fireman under Chief
Engineer Robt. Potts-John T. Hodges
SAT E. Clement St. Baltimore. Md.
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MoULToN.

Moulton, March ga. Oswald, of
Abba, was in town on business FRI
Gay.
Mrs. Arthur Rawlston and children
of Queen City, are visiting E. C. I'm
derwood and family.
The Y. M. G. A. orchestra went to
Glenwoood last Friday evening to at
tend the graduation exercises. Those
who finished the school this year are
and Charles Brown. Prof. J. M. Cur
rey has conducted a good school this
term ard good results have been ac-
complisned
Lloyd Garrett, student Of Drake
university, is visiting at the parental
home this week.
Misses Ethel and Lillian Cunning
ham, two of the public school teach
crs, are visiting at the home Of Miss
Laura Harter near Centerville.
Pliny Jennings returned to this city
Saturday. He has been working in
Cttumwa.
Mrs. James Jennings, Of Moberly.
is visiting relatives here.
Prof. WILDER York, Of Bloomfield
was here Sunday to visit with friends.
The Iowa Wesleyan Glee club gave
ar excellent entertainment at the M.
E. church Saturday evening. One
special feature that was received with
great deal of favor was the skillful
work of Miss Clough on the violin
Rev. w. S. Lockhart, pastor of the
Christian church, will go out on Il
featuring tour this week. He intends
to visit Browning and Chillicothe and
will spend a few days visiting his
brother near Browning. His theme is
Ben Hur," which is illustrated with
stereopticon views, some which are
the latest production Rev Lockhart
is quite scholarly man and with the
aid of many beautiful pictures his lee
ture is very instructive.
Word was received here recently
that Miss Mary Moore has been elect
ed boookkeeper and stenographer ir
the registrar office in Drake university
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notably the Union Pacific, motor cars
are actually in use daily on some
branch lines. The Burlington is the
latest road to enter the field with a
type of motor car, and it will be
unique among the motor cars of this
country, although its prototype will
be found upon the railways of Ger.
many and England
Several months ago Max Toltz, a
motive power engineer on the Bur.
lington, was sent to Europe to inves.
tigate the motor car situation there
1t is well known that the use Of motor
cars by the railroads is more ad.
vanced in Europe than in the United
States. Mr.. Toltz spent six months
in Europe studying the sub.
ject, and has just returned. He has
recommended the steam motor car
as the most economical, dependable,
and successful type of car in use on
the European roads.
Roads Building Many Motors.
The Union Pacific has in actual use
seven gasoline motor cars and has
others building. The Lake Shore is
building seventy-five gasoline motor
cars at its shops, which 1t hopes to
have in service in Ohio and Indiana
this spring, and the Alton has an cleo
trio car about completed with which
it will experiment. In Kansas the
Strang company has a number of gas
oline electric cars in use on twenty
mile road which it owns, and the
Pennsylvania has. also experimental
with this style of car.
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MYSTIC.

Mystic. March ga little daugh-
ter was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Rocks Saturday night, March II.
Word was received here last Sunday
of the death of Miss Minnie Leach al
her home three miles from Iconium
She formerly resided here.
B. E. Brown is quite i'll at his homo
en- First street.
Prof. Reed is moving his family
here from Cedar Rapids, and they will
occupy Mrs. Swanson's property on
First street.
Miss Eva studebaker is i'll with ton
silitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph McMarin and
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Norman attend
ed the funeral of their niece, Miss
Minnie Leach Tuesday.
The Christian Ladies Aid society
met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. A
e. Homan.
Miss Agnes Colgan has been Ill this
week with the grip.
Mrs. VIM. Davis who was called
here by the illness of her daughter-in
law, Mrs. George Davis, returned to
her home near Moravia Wednesday,.