Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1891 — DEATH OF GEN. JOHNSTON. [ARTICLE]

DEATH OF GEN. JOHNSTON.

Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, the noted confederate soldier, died at Washington on the 21st» He caught cold while attending the funpral of Gen. Sherman, which aggra-' vatpd ailments to which he was a subject. He wa9 born In Virginia in 1807, and graduated with Lee at West Point in 1829. He participated in tho Black Hawk war ,in 1832 and participated in all the important engagements of the Mexican war, and was twice breveted for gallant service. In 188* he was appointed Quartermaster-General which position he resigned to enter th confederate service. Hii career as a confederate scidler Is a matter of history. He surrendered to Sherman in 1805. Since the 0 war be has engaged in many business enterprises. Ho was elected to Congress in 1877, and during Mr. Cleveland's adminis. tration was CommissioNer of Rrailroads. Gen. Johnston was a man of courteous manners, and his friends are legipn. Old Sam Rivers, the counterfeiter, has been arrested again on a new charge of counterfeiting, by a United State* detective, and be is in jail. He has for many years belonged to the Rittcnhouse*Lc i gang, and was last June let out on a flos*. after turning State’s evidenoe again?: 1 oonfedaaw >■