Batcheller

George Sherman, an American jurist; born in Batchellerville, N. Y., July 25, 1837; graduated at Harvard University; was admitted to the bar in 1858; entered the Union army at the beginning of the Civil War; was taken prisoner at Harper’s Ferry, and exchanged in 1863. In 1889 he became A istant Secretary of the United States Treasury; in 1890, United States Minister- Resident, and Consul-General to Portugal; and in 1897, a member of the International ‘Tribunal of Egypt again. In the last year he received from King Humbert the decoration of the great cordon of the Order of the Crown of Italy, in recognition of his services as President of the Universa Postal Congre which met in Washington in May, 1897. 1908. \ Bate, William Brimage, an ‘American legislator, born near Cast ali an Springs, Tenn., Oct. 7, 1826. In the Civil War he rose from private to the rank of Major-General in the re army, and was three times dangerously wounded. He was an Elector-at-Large for Tenne ee on the Democratic ticket in 1876; was elected Governor in 1882 and a U. S. Senator, 1887, 1898, 1899. He died Mar. 9, 1905.