Show remarkable pension claim george staff a civil war veteran living near prospect pa has a becu liar claim against the government tor back pension amounting to 1400 he was discharged at the close of the war and given 12 a month for disa billt les some years ago staff while living near in beaver county was the subject of lunacy proceedings ansti buted by the local authorities and as a result was sent to diamont dixmont and later to danville here he mas allowed considerable freedom and acting on the suggestion of a farmer whom he frequently visited staff decamped he resided in turn in virginia ohio and missouri and then drifted back to his native county he bases his claim on the ground that he has been restored to his rights tor a number of years and Is entitled to the back pen elon he seems in full possession of his faculties |