A Sad Case

herc last even ing, en route for Michigan, liaving ia charge Lis threo chüdrcn who had been rendered motherlcss under circumstances the uiost painful. The wife, with her children, had made a visit to the camp, near Washington, for the purpose of sceing her husband. A few days after her arrival, he was handling liis rifle in lier presence, when it accidently went off the contents entering a vital part of the wife, causing death in a short time. He obtained a furlough for the purpose of accompanying his childreu to what was once a peaceful and happy, but now, alas ! a desolate and sorrowful home. - Cleveland Leader, 9A. UtSTA special to the N. Y. Pont, says tliat the government ia making preparations for a draft to fill up the old regiments which havu been depleted bv tho casualties of the service. The State of i New York will be among the first called upoü for fretjh troops. I