Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1874 — Of Interest to Pensioners. [ARTICLE]

Of Interest to Pensioners.

A Washington dispatch of the Ist gives the following information: The act approved Jnne 18, 1874, entitled “An act to increase pensions in certain cases.” provides that all persons who arc now entitled to pensions under existing laws, and who have lost an arm at or above tlie elbow, or a leg at or above the knee, shall be rated in the second class, and shall receive s2l per month; provided that no artificial limbs or commutation therefor shall be furnished to such persons as shall be entitled to pensions under this act. Thia act. by its terms, was to take effect from and after'June 4,1873. Gen. Baker. Commissioner of Pensions, to-day announces that persons embraced within the provisions of thia act can secure the benefits of the same without formal application and without the intervention of an attorney. A power of attorney will not be recognized in’an application for increase of pension provided bv this act. A letter of ths pensioner addressed to the ComHUPsioner of Pensions, inclosing bis pension certificate and giving his postoffice address, will be sufficient presentation of his claim. Address by a Detroit Judge: “If it wasn’t for your children. I’d nut you where the coach dogs couldn’t bite you. I'tn going to let you go this time for thSir sakes, but look out for me in fiitute. If that physiognomy ever peeps over this desk at me again you’ll think I’m a piledriver and you are a mouse. Trot out of here, and don’t tarry to see what becomes of the rest.” Says a broken-hearted Pennsylvania farmer: “If the new Constitution had had a clause inserted outlawing sewingmachine and lightning-rod men it would have been carried by a majority that would have been unanimous.’ 7