Show hartranft ln in bronze pennsylvania will soon dedicate the monument at harrisburg palate u 61 anth there will be here with lin fin posing services a brume statue of the late john F art hartranft ranft one of ilie the u aust ost able an ani I 1 gallant officers wiliom pennsylvania sent to the civil M ar several year years ago juet just after beneral a in lit 1889 2889 the prole project of creeth g uch such a statue its was as started by a committee composed foin of prowl nent clit citizens zeni frum from arlous parts of ibe mate state legislature granted trant til a certain sum of money for be the purpose and a eite site iu in front of llie the lie Lull at harrisburg where tin the might be placed many scull turn tors f for the lion bon or of the statue anil and dually finally from among lie tile various sketches sul ant witted the committee selected il etil that of frederick of new ew lork arh the statue to t supposed sul ui posed to represent the general un on bis his from the war sitting artt and dignified dien ineil with cap la in band hand be lie li Is returning the saluted of the people who have gathered to meet him on the ground the horse a e feet are branches brauc be of palm and auril deml le lenia tic of ma la praises and mere nere beetled bee bes toed upon the vencial the horses fl jre is t full fuit t are fire and vigor and lie seeing a fitting mount tor for ibe the hero bero of port stead nian wan the plaster model of the statue wa was made in carls furls and as cast in bronze 1 iu I new ew I 1 lork ark I 1 ibe lie height liol clit of the lainie lainis about 13 3 4 feet it Is I 1 to be placed on a pedestal of poll polished shed red granita fourteen f feet et above the level of taj place on which it stands etau ile thus making the total height of the monument near ly twenty eight feet when the war broke out john P F was wa practicing law la in mont ornery county his hi native place lie ile was then thirty years old ou and bad for some year years alcin active in the ml mi fills havin having reached the crade grade of coloni nv I 1 proceeding at once to clarris burg lie he offered the services 1 of bis his ns reg ament its tern term of three months expired just before the ont first battle of llull bull BUD but remained la in the fluid serving on general U N U B rr anklin a staff ills services at bull run received special caal mention after the battle be returned to pennsylva Penu sylva 1 nia via and a which under hit command man ent with burnside to the coast of north carol na no here won a it signal victory over the Un confederates federates at boan oke island later the distinguished himself blo Bjelf at the second bull run and ihan chantilly tilly and his carrying carry lne of a bridge at antietam Antle tam which bad had been assailed in tain vain liy ivy en eral other divisions wax was a brillI nut military feat at macli icks burg though prostrated by sickness be he led a brigade directing the move ments of the march to jackson from bit ambulance in the latter part of f tte ito war he be erred served with the corps army of the I 1 after the battle of Spottsyl vanla courthouse Court bou wa was made a brigadier general and for bis his memorable capture of at fort rort steadman president Linc lincola olti con feared upon him the rank of brevet gajor general touching Touch lne the protest we O 0 occasionally hear bear against the dangerous daog erous practice of dris ing loose mules through the street streets t MAT be well to assure the timo timorous that thre th re Is 1 DO no possible 11 danger of 9 mile wyle mi wy le running over a child lou IOU may set et a baby in the middle of marietta street and drive a thousand mules at a wild gallop through it ami not one burt butt the baby it Is we well it enough to give a mute mule a heels ft st widd berth but no DO oil ever heard ora of a 1 I uld ild or man wing nin run over by one you could iol lot drive a luule over alid atlanta arx praise Is 0 2 fool and it maker hia hilt proud praise a gift man wan nd it ingle taa b hubit huo hua it itAl |