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THE THIRTIETH INDIANA.A Gala Day at Ligonier—One Hundred and Fifty Members of the Old Regiment Meet and Renew Old Comradeship.Colonel H. W. Lawton Receives Right Royal Welcome.Saturday morning a special train conveyed the survivors of the old Thirtieth Indiana, vWith s number of •veterans of other organizations, to .Ligonier, whither other members of the regiment and other veterans had already assembled.On their arrival, they were met by Captain J. E. Braden and a detail of Stansbnry Post, G. A.' R., armed and equipped, and escorted through the town to the strains of martial music. Never since the close of the war, has there been such a gathering of soldiers as assembled there yesterday. But the citizens were equal to the emergency and never were the boys better treated than they were by the ladies and citizens of Ligonier.Arriving at the Grand Army hall,all registered, and it was fonnd that 150 of the old regiment were present, among whom were the well known names of Colonel J B Dodge, of War-sow; Old Colonel A D Hurd, Colonel C A Zollinger. Colonel J W Whitaker, Colonel H W Lawton, Major N N Boydston, Mrs J B White, Aunt Lizzie Aiken, the old army nurse, of Chicago, ill,; Captain J. E. Thompson, Captain Captain J E Braden, Captain Robert. W Swann, Colonel J WMcBride and General L J Blair, of Waterloo; Captain 1) J Kennedy, Sandusky, O., Mr and Mrs Chas. Floyd, of Kendail-ville, Mrs J D Shatzer, of Junction City, Ky., and from Fort Wayne we found the following well-known veterans: t-ea4Hon R C Bell, Christ Boseker, Captain S L Lewis. John C Kensil, Michael Browand, Allan H. Dougal, George W Wilber, Joseph Badiao, George Beiter, John A Soliday, Thomas Meads, James Dawkins, Thomas Brooks, James Erana, John Hatfield, James Mnrphy, Phillip Schram, H W Myers, Of New Haven, J A Johnson.Ater handshaking all around, the 'veterans partook of an elegant dinner which had been prepared by the ladies.At the afternoon meeting, the exercises were opened by prayer by the Rev. A. H. Lang, of Joliet, 111., a member of Company I.The veterans were welcomed in a very happy and felicitous manner by P. V. Hoffman, who paid a glowing tribute to the boys of the 30th, who twenty-seven years ago left Ligonier for the- front. ‘-You were” he said, “the first offering we made on thea few words, which were well received.A numbejr of letters were read from absent eomrades. One from Captain J. B. White was received with great applause.The election of oflloers for 1988 were as follows:.Comrade Isaiah Piatt, to deliver the annual address.Comrade F. M. Vedder, of La-Gran ge, president.Comrade Lee F. Weldon, of Pleasant Lake, vice president-.Comrade S, N. Ohlwine, of Cromwell, secretary.Comrade H. M. Goodspeed, of Lieonier, treasurer.Next reunion to beheld at LaGrange first Tuesday of April, 1889.After an elegant supper, served bvthe ladies, a rousing camp fire followed, which was opened by a recitation byaltar of our country; to day you ara thrice welcome to our town. ’’Isaiah Pratt, of Lagrange, replied in words which well express the .sentiments of the regiment.Comrade A. H. Lang, the orator of the day was called upon, but this was but a ruse which succeeded well, because he presented an elegant gold headed cane to Colonel J. B. Dodge. For once that gallant old commander was so completely surrounded that he surrendered and with faltering lips endeavored to return his sincere thanks for the. valuable token of respect.Comrade Lang’s address was a complete series of word photographic views'of the regiment’s services during the war, commencing by telling how green they were when they started for Hie front. The only redeeming thing was that they then did not know it. He continued by telling how they fought and marched, how they eussed their officers and quartermasters. Concluded by a beautiful view of the state of the county then and now. In the course of his address he mentioned the fact that some of the members of the regiment were serving in the state institutions and some in the halls of congress. He warned the boys not to be afraid of the future of this country because the wheels of time do not turn backwards.The following resolutions were adopted: •Whereas, Captain H. W. Lawton, of the Fourth regiment United States cavalry, formerly colonel of the Thirthieth regiment of Indiana volunteers, is now with us, the survivors of aaid regiment, at this our fifth annual reunion, this 7th day of April, 1888, being the twenty-sixth anniversary of the battle of Shiloh, andWhereas, Each and every survivor of said regiment, throngh years of service in-the late civil war, bear witness to his gallantry, devotion to duty and soldierly ability, andWhereas, Since his entrance into the regular army he has by arduous and distinguished services won still further laurelsTherefore be it Resolved, That we hereby request the senators and representatives in congress from the state of Indiana to present to the proper authorities this onr memorial teetify-ing to onr conviction thatCapt. Lawton has fairly won and is entitled to recognition and promotion, and we aek that they respectfully urge that he be advanced to the rank and position to which his services and merits entitleopened by a recitation by Miss Blount.Judge J. W. McBride told some of his army experience in the serVice, and although he was an Ohio soldier and a cavalryman, vet he felt proud that it was his privilege, to have taken a part in the war of the rebellion and on the Union side.Miss Emma Speigel recited “The Tennessee” in fine style.Captain Lewis kept the audience in raptures over the story of his first experiences and nntii he cured himself of his heart always coming into his mouth while in battle.Little Miss Swaub recited “Jenny McNeil’s ride.”Short addresses followed, interspersed with songs and recitations led by John C. Kensill and John H. Lolidav.The words spoken by their dear old colonel, O. D. Hurd, were well received by the boys of the old regiment.Aunt Lizzie Aiken, the old army nurse, read a very feeling letter from from Mrs. Colonel S. S Bass from Chattanooga, Tenn. After she spoke of the dnty so well performed by the regiment and urged them to continue to the end in the good work until it was completed-Hon.R. C. Bell, Major Boydston and others followed in quick succession.A resolution was unanimously adopted extending the sympathy of the regiment to Captain James Harper and his family in his prolonged illness, and a wish for his speedy recovery. Resolutions were also extended to the ladies and citizens for their excellent reception and entertainment promised for their comfort, also to the officers of the asBooiation and Capt. Braden for the excellent program which was so well carried out. At 10 o’clock the Fort Wavne special train, with the delegation, was obliged to leave, much to their regret as the program was not over half over.Union hall was beautifully decorated with a profusion of white and blue, interspersed with banners on which were inscribed the leading battles in which the regiment was engaged. Shiloh. April 6, 7. 1862 ; Corinth, May 30. 1862; Crab Orchard, August 22, 1862; LaVernge. December 9, 1862; Stone River, December 31. 1862 ;to January 3, 1863, Cbickamauga.September 19 to 22, Missionary Ridge, October 25, 1863; Atlanta, May 1 to September 1, 1864; Franklin, November, 1864; Nashville, December, 1864. and the napies of their old general officers: Rosecrans, Pap Thomas, Lew Wallace, Hnrlburt, Gross, SteedmaD, Hslleck and the pictures of Grant and Logan.The original flag of the regiment, which is kept sacred by onr old war mayor, F. P. Randall, was once more nnfurled and was gazed npon with pride by the members.The Fort Wayne delegation continued the reunion in their own way until -their arrival at Fort Wayne.J. W. Stutzenberger, Frank Fallon, Clark Fairbanks and others went with the excursionists and enjoyed themselves’The roster of visitors showed twenty-five members of the Eighty-Eighth Forty-fourthIndiana and ten of the present.The songs and reoitations of Sergeant Kensill added greatly to the enjoyment.There were more members of regiment present than.at any previous reunion.Yon Can’t Make a Samsonout of an attenuated dude, with meagre legs, pigeon chest and a slight cough. But a man or woman to whom constitutional vigor has been denied, can get it to a very considerable extent by the persistent use, in regularlyproportioned, alternated doses, chief tonic, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. To the nerves and mueclee of the stomach that genial invigorant imparts tone, and to its operations regularity. The promimate re-muscular tissue, a healthy appetite, nightly rest unimpaired, and a disappearance of theResolved. That any snch advancement and promotion will be hailed 'With satisfaction and gratitude by the eomrades of Captain Lawton and by Indianapolis generally, who feel a jnst pride in the recoid and achievements of this soldier son of this state.Resolved, That the secretary of the Regiment be instructed to itransmit a copy of these resolutions to snch of the eenators and representatives as are in congress from the stab ColoneTLi w t£r *k” m* *smmnervous symptoms to which etiolated invalids are always subject, and which they are very prone to take for the manifestations of serious orgsnic disease, and dose accord. In diseasesmgly. In diseases of the kidneys and bladder, always excessively weakening, and for constipation, fever and ague, and liver complaint, use the Bitters.Texas Siftings: How to raise frogs set the switch wrong, with the lightning express coming at full speed.Symptoms of Heart Disease.Diseased hearts are as common as diseased lungs, kidneys or stomach, but far less understood. Hie gymptons are shortness of breath, when sweeping, etc., oppression in the chest, faint, weak or hungry spells,dreaming, pain or ter.™ swelling feet, dropsy .etc. The unnaturalcirculation of the blood in the lungs, stomach, kidneys, liver and brain causes other symptoms. The, only reliable remedy for the heart yet discovered is Dr. Miles’ New Cure, Try it and be convinced. Sold by C. B, Wood-worth Co.Leap year—Woman proposes, man supposes and the divorce court exposes.Doa’t fall to try it.J. C. Burrows, Kalamdxoo, Mich., testifies:‘For more men five years, a mem Wof my 'arnily has been afflicted with Hay Fever, culminating lata inEvery remedy proved futile, halfa bottle(f^PapiIlon jextract of flak) Ca-y fever, hacking Be. Notnplysod before tha coucrh
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Thu, Apr 12, 1888
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