Got His Pension By Fraud

St. Louis, Maren 16.- The judgment of the Tinited States circuit court in awarding a verdict allowing the government to recover $9,847 from Francis M. Rhodes of Hannibal, Mo„ which it is claimed he received by fraudulent representation, was affirmed by the United States circuit court of appeals. The government alleged that it had been induced to pay this sum as a pension, upon his representation thát be contracted catarrhal ophthalmia, a disease of the eyes, while engaged as a soldier, while in fact he was so afflicted before he entered the service. Rhodes ■ivas a private in Company K, Fortysecond regiment, Missouri volunteer infantry.