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Show COST THE COVERNMENT DEAR, On Arenunt of a Clerical Otrilhl an Kt. Nultllvr KurelvM KI..VM1, Atchison, Kan., Aug. 0 Thomas F. Williams, of thi county, has just received re-ceived notice from Washington that a treasury note payable to his order for .'ltl,,W:l, w ill be forwarded lit him In a few day, the same being In accordance ac-cordance with a bill recently passed by congress in his behalf. Williams w as a second lieutenant In a Kansas cavalry regiment, nnd wa w ounded al the battle of WiNon'a creek. Being no longer tit for duty he w as in lmi;l discharged from the nervlce, but by some oversight ha wat not mustered mus-tered out and that formality did not take place until about a year ago. lie applied for back pay for the lime between the date of hi last pay and the date he was mustered out, nearly thirty years, and there being no law to cover his case, a special act w passed In his behalf, Tim story neoms incredible, but Williams Is a reputable man. and good cltiens who know him vouch for his Integi iiy. William Is already al-ready on the pension roll at a month on account of his wound. |