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TILT WEEKLY TRIBUNE M. QUAD’S STORY. MAD DICK. [Copyright. 1593, by Charles B. Lewis.] Everybody called her Aunt Kate, but that was a misnomer. She was an old maid and aunt to no one—at least in that neighborhood. Her name, as she signed it to legal documents, was Cath arine Davis, and at the time of my story She was about 35 years old. Aunt Kate and her brother Ben had bough* the farm in lowa. When Ben died, sir con tinued on the farm, directing operations through hired help. Let me first tell you about a horse which Aunt Kate camo into possession of iu the spring of 18G0. One afternoon ® BIL fl L I SAW A FACE. a stranger came along iu a buggy drawn by a fine, large horse which had been taken ill. He told what seemed to be a straightforward story, and Aunt Kate loaned him a horse for three days and put his animal into the stable to be doc tored. The stranger did not return, and after a few weeks everybody believed the horse had been stolen. Aunt Kate advertised in several papers and had the information spread as far as possible, but no one called to claim the horse. He got well after a week or tiyo, and was then used iu farm work for about a month. Then ho seemed to be taken with a fit of fury one day and did such damage that everybody became afraid of him. He was turned into a paddock in the rear of the bam, the door to one of the stalls being left open, and he was fed and watered from the main floor of the bam. Several horsemen who came to look at the animal gave it as their opinion that he wk naturally vicious, wliile a veteri nary surgeon thought the horse had once been bitten by a rattlesnake or mad dog and would be subject to “spells” at in tervals every summer as long as he lived. The stall which he entered from the pad dock was fitted up on purpose for him. Stout plank partitions separated him from the other horses, and the hayrack and water trough were of iron. There was no way for man or boy to get into or out of his stall e»eept by the door, and as that opened into the paddock, one had to climb upon the fence to get a good view of Mad Dick, as he came to be called. After three months had gone by and no owner had appeared, Aunt Kate could have sold the horse, but she re fused to. While she could get no work out of him, she was determined to keep him through the winter at least. I think she reasoned that the horse had been grossly abused, and being a very tender hearted woman her sympathies were aroused. There were days when Had Dick seemed at. i>eaco with the world, and there were days when be was so fu rious that no man dared show his head above the fence. On the 20th of April, 1861, the girl who was doing the housework for Aunt Kate received a message that her mother, liv ing 15 miles away, was dangerously ill. At 1 o’clock iu the aft* tnoon the hired man set out to drive the girl across the country, and was fold that he need not return until the next day. Aunt Kate rode with them as far as my father’s house and asked me to return homo with her for th* night. I was then a boy of 18, and micli things were considered as only neighborly iiimtng ueigiilxin. 1 was anxious enough to g.i, for Mad Dick was a magnet to attract, and Aunt Kato had plenty of lii'-kory nuts leftover from the wiater. I went Lome with her, fed the stock, got in the night wood and suw that, all was safe st Ilin liMtit, aud the ovonuyt [Mssed very swiftly and pleasantly up to 9 o'clock. That wits bedtime hour in rhe country, and A util. Kale bud j«ir>t started to wind tlio clock when I saw a iiiiili's fault agaliHl Um kitchen window ul I. i right hand. 'I liore was a inirtuin, hut it wsi not Inwerail, It was n pretty limit uiglil outsit)", while the tight wllllhl hi or t ii" mini's fin «,uni Lroilglit "Vi i,i Ii 4 ii" oil! dlitini lly. I was tiui 11141 I io i i t out, nii'l Aunt Kato Weld ■ i I III"! llm • lock without a hiis|ili.‘liiii 'I i " wire uluiiil loliiiso vlsllol I. Hl' hit j• I iI" 'd III" ilirii • 4 th" 'lm I " I i■■ i ii"‘i • >■!' v.lien |iii kll' ill'll d" ", n d.m l ill r. "Ii ■il Hili " slmiii;« im ii I b »<ti' ' ui'ivi"! hl Ii i |., i pi. i l tio lit imin I mid i.olii d in • ioiod n i ~ lim im, " r dull ‘I I* I.m Aim I. 'I IUH I I 111-' "A it I I pun Io I •m • I ■ i d" t'i I 1 cidli I In !■ I ' I • ic I' 1 I' i li" lll|Oil 'I l,ii) " i |. I i I 111 I i, <"I II i null n || 'Hd d, m. I"l ' bl •" 'b-i. ' i, .Un. daylignt witu any reasoname excuse no one would have put them down as bad men. While 1 accepted the man’s state ment as he gave it and was wondering if they had a team to put up, Aunt Kate in stantly sized the trio up for what they were. She turned pale and put out her hand to the corner of the table, but it was Ouly a few seconds before she replied to the man: “I sorrv that I cannot keen you. At tne nouse naif A mile Delow you win be well taken care of.” Each man tossed his hat on a chair, coolly removed his overcoat and sat down, and it was a couple of minutes be fore the leader quietly observed: “Sorry to put you to any trouble, ma'am, but we are hungry and must have a bite to eat.” Aunt Kate hesitated for a moment, her first impulse, as she afterward ex plained, being to refuse point blank, as she knew she had robbers to deal with. On second thought, however, she con cluded that it would be unwise to anger them, and in the course of five minutes ■he had a cold lunch on the table. While she was busy the men talked among themselves about the state of the roads, the weather, etc., and I felt so sure they were ordinary and honest travelers that I naturally blamed Aunt Kate for not making them some hot tea. As they drew up to the table she took a seat near me, and I noticed she was all a-treinble. It was a pretty light luncheon she had set out for three hearty men, and it didn’t take over 10 minutes to clear the table. They kept up an animated conversation as they ate, but did not address either of us until they shoved back their chairs and each lighted a cigar. Then the lead er said to Aunt Kate: “There is no occasion for you to lie alarmed, as we are not robbers.” “I—l thought you were!” gasped Aunt Kate, looking greatly relieved at tho in formation. “It is very easy to misjudge people,” remarked the man as he blew a cloud of smoke toward the ceiling. “You have four or five good horses, I believe?” “But I don’t wish to sell any of them,” she quickly replied. “No? Sorry for that, as wo must have at least three. If we can’t prevail on you to sell at a fair price I’m afraid we shall have to borrow the animals.” “So yon are horsethieves!” exclaimed Aunt Kate as she sprang to her feet and the color came back to her face. “I don't like the term,” calmly replied the man as be compared tho time be tween his watch and the clock. “It sounds rough. There's degradation in it. It is just as easy to say 'horse remover’ and give a man a show to be a gentle man. Our errand here is to ‘remove’two or three of your horses. The boy will get a lantern and accompany us to the barn, and if you don’t want to be used roughly you will remain right here. Should you attempt to leave the house or raise an alarm we will give you cause to regret it all the rest of your life.” The man spoke quietly and in an even voice, but there was a menace in his tones that made me shiver, while Aunt Kate turned white again. The lantern sat on a shelf behind the pantry door, and without further words I got it down and made ready to accompany the men. As we went, out the leader made a salaam to Aunt Kate, and thanked her for the cold lunch, and added that one of his companions would be stationed outside the door for the next half hour. That was a bluff to keep her quiet, as the three followed me to the stable. Aunt Kate had only three horses beside Mad Dick, and the hired man was away with one. The other two were fine horses, and I unlocked the door and led the men straight ' > them. I think I was more surprised tb.in frightened, but yet I was that scared t hat I had no idea of playing any tricks. When the men found only t wo horses, they began to growl, ami I explained that the third was away. Just tlieu they heard Mad Dick in his cell, and charged me with lying to them. I started to ex plain, but one of the trio cuffed my ears and ordered me to show them th* door / ' ■ • 4. 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They moved down on him and were about to close tho door and enter when he dashed out with a scream and seized the man with the lantern by the arm. It was pretty dark, as I have mentioned, but I could make out that Mad Dick shook the man as a dog shakes a rat. and he also dragged him about and pawed and struck him. The victim yelled out ence or twice, and his companions rushed at the horse and struck him with a hal ter, but it wasn’t over a minute before 1 heard the stable door shut, and realized that they nail rnsned in there to save themselves. The sight in that paddock would have been terrible by daylight. The horse kept screaming out like a wild beast, and I am sure he was down and rolling over the dead body of the horse thief when 1 ran to tho house. Aunt Kate was at the door to inquire what was going on, and as soon as 1 told her she clapped on her bonnet and shawl, and we started for my father’s house on the run. When half way there, we meta whole wagon load of men who had been down to Concord to a political meeting, and all eagerly volunteered to go back with us. By the time we got lights and reached the barn Mad Dick had cooled down somewhat, but stood before the stable door like a watchdog and reared up and struck it every time the men within made a movement. They could not get ci.t on tho main floor, and dared not ojien the door an inch in the face of the horse, and were thus neatly trapped. When the crowd went iu on the barn floor, the fellows fired several shots from their pistols and drove us out. They probably’ hoped to pry oft the planks and make their way < but they found nothing to work with and were in mi l night darkness besides. A messenger was sent after the sherifi’. several rifles were obtained from the nearest farm houses, and before daylight there were 40 men about the barn. Just as day was breaking I climbed the post to get a look at the horse. He had backed off about 80 feet, but was still watching the door. The men in the stable decided to make a dash for it, and of a sudden the door was flung open and one rushed to the right and the other to the left. With a scream of fury’ the horse dashed at the one try ing to dodge him on the left, and I plain ly saw all tliat happened. He caught the man as a dog picks up a rabbit, and he not only shook him about, but bit him in place after place and then rolled over him and crushed him to a pulp. The other man might have escaped had he kept on to the fence, but he lost his nerve and retreated to the stable for safety. After Mad Dick had made sure of his victim, he stood sentinel at the door again, and then the fellow in the stable called out that he would surren der. The men had to saw a hole in the partition to get him out, and though he had two pistols he made no attempt to use them. He proved to be the chap who had done all the talking to Aunt Kate. He was a middle aged, good looking man and evidently’ well educated and was an entire stranger to all. Like many an other criminal, he was willing to talk when first captured. He said the trio had come over 100 miles to steal Aunt Kate’s horses. They could have got the two without alarming any one at the house, but they didn’t want to pass the tollgate below us until after the gate keeper hail gone to bed. Having a cou ple of horses on their hands and having ascertained that there were no men about, they had entered the house and conducted themselves as described. It was desired to get the mangled re mains of the two men out of tho pad dock for burial, but after a dozen differ ent plans had been tried without suc cess, it was decided to shoot Mad Dick. He was crazy for another victim, and his fury had been so fully aroused that it Was feared he would break through the fence. He was kicking at the boards when a bullet was fired into his heart. The man who was captured guv* his name as William White, but that was probably an alias. He would give no other information about himself, and when asked about his companions he claimed not to even know (heir names. After be had been sent to prison it wa» said in the papers that he had bw.n rec ognized as a horsethief who had made himself a terror to a large district in Minnesota. Aunt Kale got breakfast for the crowd of inmi who had piirlki pnted ml he capture, and when llur prisoner wus ri.ixly io b« taken off to jail eliu said to him: “You are evidently a bad uuiii, hut J must suy you were civil enough to me when you visited the house.'’ “And why rliouhlu't 1 have been?" lie qut'iied as h" smiled and bowed. “Aly professfon i« ilnit of s horse remover, ami hidl'Mt mid < Inldi «-u uro as biW'm in my compiiuy ns If nt s prnyer meet ng. Nhoiihi I happen thio wuy again I kind) j bo d< llghfi'il to i .ill .m l rciii'W "ar p|i-,i» ! ant Hi qiMiiilmii <•." ... HOUSI IHJIiNI Hb CAUGHT. I i lima >i null iiiiihlna ttiiniii * atwr hi • <I" I li s ■ " M I I -<ii> i~. i,, l < nil I 11 i 11 il> •, t I M 111 its , Nut I Livid I 111 ■ mid Allen Ib v/ini win luiiged i j.H lil la' iit i»y, . Icgi d * l*li luii ■ ii,* .y, It Wl| Ill’s nini" Ill'll." H< HuaU. ' III 1 "III'I In 111 " 11.11 | 11l I 111 1,1 fl I||. ,f • Illi "kll" mg, wh'l "111 lliiillgli I'l 1,. 11 " pitll.i. all ■.m fill « Ir I I. Iloiu it> Inn L iMi'lvi. n Ho mu ,<> jt l, nine malesand one female; eight whit" at.d two colored. Nino of them are youngsters, 17 to 23 ytars • Id. Dr. Grace, alliance kc urer, delivered an interesting speech at the c<>urt house Saturday. His audience was m do up of all trades and fac'ious, farmers, lawyers, doctors, merchants, mechanics, demo crats, republicans and populists The fanners have finished fathering their crops, which are considerably short of las year The number of families moving west is greater than ever before. FOUGHT A DUEL. A Cuthbert Fool Room Furnishes w A Tragedy. Special to The Tribune. Atlanta, Nov. IS.—W. E. Hickey and W. W. Bryant fought a duel in a billiai d room at Cuthbert last night. Bryant was drunk and got mad with Hickey when he laughed at one of b i miscues. He cursed Hickey, w> o knocked him down. Bryant left the roi m but returned directly and began firing ; t H okey- The latter dodged behind a stove, and then puiie* his pistol and emptied it. He hit Bryant three times. Bryant is dying. Hickey was wounded but will recover. GEORGIA LEG I SLAT UR E. An Important Bill Just Introduced—Bills That Vanned. Atlanta, Nov. 21.—The bill which passed both houses, authorizing the an nexation of West End to Atlanta has re ceived the signature of the governor. A bill providing that any woman shall he entitled to a pension who can show that she was the wife of a soldier during the war, that she was his wife at his death, and that his death was caused by wounds received during the war, pro vol;- d considerable discussion but failed or p issage, receiving only 63 votes in the house. 1 n the house, a general bill providing pay for election managers and clerks, pa "i-d as amended. Ti ■ original bill fix-! the compensation at -:*J a day; the bill as passed leaves the sum in the dis cretion of tiie county commissioners. One of the most important new bills introduced was that requiring the label ling of convict-made goods. A number of states have this law, which is, of course, in the interest of the product of free lalxir. The bill provides that “con- J vict made” shall be clearly stamped on every article so manufactured—the size of the letters to be used being specified. Any person selling gwds of this charac ter that does not bear the stamp shall lie guilty of a misdemeanor. In the Senate. The biH of Mr< Person ? Arestricting the amount of money’ which the treasurer shall keep in any’ of the state depart ments to the amount of the bond given by that depository, passed the senate unanimously. Th# senate also passed: Mr. Wooten's bill to appoint graduates of the military colleges of the state to the rank of second lieutenant. A bill to preserve the game and fish in Catoosa county. Senator Corput’s bill to amend the registration laws of Floyd county. FIGHTERS WANTED. The Mexican Revolutionists Are Advertis ing for Recruits for Their Ranks. El Paso, Tex., Nov. 21.—The follow ing circular, printed in Spanish, is being distributed throughout the valley on both sides of the Rio Grande by the agents of the Mexican revolutionists: Twenty-five Thousand Men Wanted to Fight.—Tho unilers.igned, general in chief of the revolutionary movement, will pay F 2.50 per day or $75 per month to any indi viduals that present themselves, armed with no less than hit) cart ridges, to any of the chief; commanding in the north of the state of Chihmiliua. The chiefs of the north lire ( iiizens Micarlo Pacheco ami Valente Gniei i. These men, mmuited, with rifle .-.nil pistol, will be paid IS per day. Santa Ana Pehez, General in (’iiief of lie North. It is said that the seerc-f ageuts of the movement have organized n provincial form of government, and will shortly i issue script with which to carry on their | campaign against Mexico. - Millions her th«- PrtnftMiM ( aiihl. Pakis. Nov. 21. L'Autorite says that, a new group of financiers has b<*eu formed to reeom truct tli ‘ Panama Canal company, and that they have already •übai'rih*' 1 htt.inio.iaa) I’rimes. A Fir* «>n m f'oftnn Ship. Wai.vemon, Nov. 18. -Thu British •UamMhip Fuiiwell, which sailed for Liverpool with 6,010 bales of cotton, re turned lo h'T pi<’r at midnight and it> •taotjy sniumim d ilm fire dapartmeut to *nppi"i* flr.i raging in Iho i-ottun litowed in th" hold ‘ The iti'einen hav- i th* fit" iimler i udli'ol. Bi* •‘in* hi l»i<tiun p<i|j«, hmcirm i>. Nor. is. William 11, Bn|lord’a i>xlt n-ii■ printing, engraving mid lilli 'l'l.ipluii ;. .1 i' li-Inii' nf io burn jug. I ll" fill' i" ' online I 111 (lie upper ttorica, bill Hi" i .itiro budding i . ! i-,ng di'liigi'd «iih wal' i mi l tie In . wifi n io Ii proliably |mn imhi. i.miliiii a. h I . ■ lii,, r. Si W V >Ki < | , <i"i i i| .li.lui 1 J 5 ' on 11"' I' ' m ■| ' 'll u li' i' I ii' 111 I> ii lllbi 11, '." Ind , i . , "i|( Jin h', I jo. I• . ill 1.1»< I ||i. I j h 'l' i T u« I h • . >ilh ! plepm I p i I im,. net II I, iueot I jl"' im I lul I. Gt i"i ll.< .'. lih. il" »< I I"' I. 'LI H led Inio . .ii Ii", I. . wiu l"l» 'lll. I, I'll* it I. ■' Ii t , , I lit tli' Ii "111 I THE SCHOOL FUND. A MISUNDERSTANDING. Special to The Tribune. Atlanta, Nov. 21 —The question of quarterly payment of teachers brought up bj the report of the j lint committee yesterday has formed the principal theme of discussion about the iegisla’ure today. The report makes it appear very simple indeed, but there is a misunderstaoding of swie eorc growing out undoubtedly of the difference between the fiscal year and the calendar year. The committee’s report figures it about this way: That by the first of April when the first payment provided by their resolution will be due, there will be in the rreasurv iu round numbers something like $3,000,000. They say that that will be for the first quarter, and also for wbat may be due to the sol diers and widows providing they be paid quarterly also. Included in this $3,000,000 is the state road rental which goes to the school fund every July of the previous year. Even here there is a clash be twean what the committee thinks the quarterly payments amounts to and what Che state school commissioner placed that quarterly payment at. Commission er Bradwell says that this will be $400,- 000 or more as the first quarter is the heaviest. Oa the contrary the committee says the first quarter is the lightest. I am afraid they do not agree on what the j first quarter is. The school year now begins the first of July, while the com mittee does not say so it seems pretty sure that they are figuring on it begin ning the first of January. Even if it does begin the first of January and even if there is the amount of money needed for the first payment, it is diffi cult to see where the money for the sec ond and the third payment is to come from. It is all plain sailing lor the fourth payment as the bulk cf the tax s come in in the last month or last two months of the year. After a cireful study of the whole thing the solution seems inevitable that tho schools must be suspended for six months. That is the feature of the bill introduced by Mr. Fleming. If the schools are suspended for six months aud the money due the school fund is put directly in the treasury and placed to the credit of the several counties, then it will be possible to pay the teachers at the end of every quarter. They may not get" the full amount the first quarter or the second quarter, but the money will be accumulating, aeditis easy to see with thia machinery, they may eventually reach regular payments. The Day in the LeglHlature. It was an easy day in both branches of tho legislature today. The members of the present legislature are not talkers, strange t_> say, and with the very light attendance made necessary by general illnes?, they have gotten down to busi ness aid are passing such bills as they deem necessary without any discussion. Ths feature of the day was the veto by the governor of a bill of Mr. Freeman, of Troupe, giving attorneys the right to swear to tho best of their knowledge aud belief in certain money cises. After a careful study of the bill and of the pres ent law,and especially of the decisions cf the supreme court bearing ou that sub ject, tbo governor has decided that it would baa bad bill, aud for that reason vetoed it. Quite a big Chatham county delega tion is here today, figuringov« r tho much discussed election bill introduc'd by Mr. Doolan. The gentlemen who are hero are Mayor McDonough, M >jor Ryals, Co). Estill and one or two others, and they are fighting the bill. The indications are however that the bill will have the support of the entire delegation. ATLANTA FAILURES. iMHlrr’K Book Store an<! I.iukl n Gro«-e*r.v Get ReceherN. Special to The Tiiibuxb. Atlanta, Nov. 21.—J. T. Osboru was appointed receiver tonight for John Mil lei’s book aud stationery atore on Mari etta street. The liabilities are estimated at SIO,OOO and the assets arc nearly as much. Application ba* been made for a re ceiver for W. H. Land, grccer, on White hall s'reet. KILLED IN CARROLL. t riuhi it>-uiik in ii>* Pi'iiih »r iiiK '.fih,. ll< n. M/rriii! I h I i ibuno (' I'll "I.: I IX, G> , \"V. Jl Deoil Al man kllli'd Jordan Chamblee, in this ciuuty last night. Both wrio white ii.nn. They wine with a luige parly of fileud* and g>l tn qilairellh.g in thn publiu road. Aiinaii was diii'ik and stabbed i'hiinililih. Aliu'in has b>eti anokU’d, A ST" I ‘'i'.O!’/» V'f.j<i!|» A *»•* i ** • a I.* «»' i I <»•*' ' Hts ini 11 i i I IM » e 1111 ii ni, iia,, n ii < i i i i div evening, *< vi nib ill . -1 < i i nl ll.e bnd< '« llhl, Mi 1 st d Mi I y "• m ind i in n I "«i,<, I" v. K. II Ililli'H ilu "»<l|i ( The groom is one of the most promising young farmers of this community, while the brid« is one of our best young ladies. They have the best w’ishes of the people of Stilesboro. Mrs. Lucas had the misfortune of hav ing her corn crib containing three hun dred bushels of corn on the night of the 14 h burned. Ou Saturday night Mrs. Arthur Davis lost her barn, five horses, seven hundred bushels of corn and five out-hoasee by fire. Both burnings were the work of incen diaries, and were for the parpose of rob bing. While Mrs. Davis’ barn was burning two men entered the house and broke open several trunks, but failed to find any money. Farming in this community has come to standstill. The ground is too hard to plow, and cotton and corn is all gathered and most of the cotton crop has been marketed. BEATS THE WORLD. Great Steel Cruiser, Columbia, Shows Off at Boston. Boston, Nov. 18. —An accident to the corvette Kearsage marred what prom ised to be the most marvelous perform ance ever witnessed in any wafers. The fleet-winged cruiser Columbia, afteF-1 crossing the line with a speed with 22.7 knots an hour, was thrown four points off her course by the position of the sec ond-station vessel. Despite a wind that blew so hard that one could hardly stand on the forward bridge of the great commerce destroyer, and a sea that seemed to churn itself into one foaming mass as far as the eye could reach, 7,350 tons of steel w r as driven through the water at the speed of a rail road train, and it is fair to assume that 23 knots would be a reasonable estimate of the speed that would have been reached by this the great steam vessel that the world has ever known. If it be remembered that the swift merchantmen Lucania and Campania have never attained an average of more than 22.7 knots per hour for a day’s run, one may form an idea of the speed ready developed by this naval phenom enon. It has just leaked out that on Tu«x day’s preliminary run, for a distance Os 4.7 nautical miles, the Columbia actual* traveled at tlie rate of 24.9 knots gB hour. Though she conid hardly batt been able to maintain this speed for fav consecutive hours, it will stand as a# maximum spurt. Will Get the Bonu«. Land Ends. Rockport, Mass., Nov. 18.—The Columbia passed the Irwana four knots from the start, and the sage at 10:05, making 24 knots an hour The wind was dead astern, and she wRI probably keep up this speed on l»r re turn trip, which, if accomplished, will earn a bonus of $600,000 for her hwJM ers. WITH MUCH POMP. Virginia’s Governor-Elect Will Be Inaugu rated at Richmond. Richmond, Nov. 18.—It is now pretty well decided that the inauguration of Governor O’Ferrall will lie characterized by an imposing military display and that the incoming executive will deliver an address. Colonel <<. Percy Hawes, who is a great admirer of the governor-elect, called Colonel O'Ferral] and informed him that tlie military were exceedingly anxious to honor him on the occasion of his inaugviratiiin. Colonel O'Ferrall ac cepted. The only appoiuiineni that the incom ing executive has decided u]»n, is that of Mr. Evan H. Chesternian to be his private secretsiry. Mr. Chesternian is a member of tlie local staff of The Dis patch and a son of Colonel W. D. Chw tennan, The Dispatch's well kno st managing editor. Colonel Nash and Justice East, of N.c folk, called on Colexcl tl’Ferrall in il." interest of the appointment of Gem il Anderson as ad jutant genera). Cole *» G. Percy Hawes, another aspirant !< r this office also called to pay hie respects and was aceonijMinied by ColoiM-1 H. C. Jone*, of the Find regonentof infantry. THE VETS TO MEET. Gcnvrul «»i'il<iH II w I nd il>e far Ihr Rt-fiHlmi. Naw Okl.EAsn, Nov. 21. Heatlqnavl •rs Ihiitei! Slates i '<n>fcdor tie Veff ,i.i.-. General Order No. 115: The g, 11 •. commanding aiiiiosii.ei's that the n t . < which wan fixed by the lusi in. ■ held in Ihe city of New Orle.im, («• n, place in the eiiy of Itiriiiingliain, Ai..,, leaving tlie date Io the geih ~|l ninildillg llnd di p'll III" i'll l Oinni.iii'leii and wliii h wiw |m* l|ioiiei| I'm h .im i • given nt Hie lime und whi.Ui A. re no, Voidable, will HOW t ike I'Piee nt Jl„ iniiiglimii. Alt. on W<duei'diiv md Tliin>dni. 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