Obituary--Daniel Donovan

Death has again caused to be ef' faced from the pension roll the name of an old veteran, that of Daniel j Donovan, who died at his home in ' Northtïeld, suddenly, Sunday mornjing Nov. ii, ot heart disease, leaving a wife and one daughter to ! mourn his loss. He was bom in county Tipperary, Ireland, in the year 1835. Emigrating to this country when but ten years of age, he settled in Michigan, at Ann Arbor. He attended school for a time, and subsequently apprenticed himself to the shoemaking trade, following that avocation aill the breaking out of the war. Lincoln 's proclamation for men to put down the rebellion found him in Ohio. At Antwerp, Ohio, he enlisted in the three months' service, and when his time of service expired he re-enlistëd and served until he was wounded at the battle of Atlanta. The wound he received at Atlanta left him with an empty coat sleeve, a silent witness to the fact that he went in defense of the country of his adoption. In 1868 he married the widow of John Conley, and they have ever since lived happily together upon a small farm in Northfield. His extensive travels as a journeyman shoemaker during his four years as a soldier, coupled with his clever knowledge of the history and geography of his country, made him one of the most entertaining of visitors, and his own fireside was su-rrounded during the long evenings of winter by the young men of the neighborhooc-1, listening to him nárrate the reminiscences of his hfe as a soldier. His house was a hospitable one, and the only references he required of his comrade in distress, was that he carried the knapsack and shouldered the rifle in defense of the Union. During his Hfe he had on exhibition in his soul the most essential element of