his wife were reared in the Lutheran church and now have membership relations with the denominations in Pittsfield. Mr. Yaeger feels that he was wise in the step that he took in severing his connection with his native land and seeking a home in the new world for here he has found good business opportunities and has steadily worked his way upward through persistent energy to a place among the enterprising business men of the county, and through the exercise of his native talents and industry he has accumulated the handsome competence which now enables him to rest in the enjoyment of a well earned ease.                                                   _______________                                       WILLIAM  E.  SHASTID,  M. D.   Dr. William E. Shastid, physician and surgeon, oculist and aurist, of Pittsfield, was born in this city, March 12, 1863, and with the exception of twelve or thirteen years has resided here continuously. He is the eldest son of Dr. T. W. Shastid. He was prepared for college in the schools of this city and after four years in Eureka College, at Eureka, Illinois, he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, having taken the full classical course, with additions in German and French. His summers were devoted to the study of medicine under the direction of his father and following his graduation at Eureka College he went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, matriculating in the Jefferson Medical College, one of the oldest and best known schools in America. While there he received special instruction in the Pennsylvania School of Anatomy and the Pennsylvania Hospital. In the year 1886 he was graduated at the Jefferson Medical College, his thesis on pathology receiving second honor.      In the same year Dr. Shastid was married to Miss Clara B. Willson, of Tallula, Illinois, who is a graduate of the Jacksonville Conservatory of Music and Young Ladies' Athenaeum, of Jacksonville, Illinois. Her father, Dr. J. F. Willson, is a prominent banker and capitalist of Menard county, Illinois.      Dr. and Mrs. Shastid located in Wichita, Kansas, where he practiced for nearly five years and for three years during that time was physician and surgeon to the Wichita Hospital. He also lectured on anatomy one year in the Wichita School of Medicine and served for a time as a member of the city board of health. In 1889 he was called to Eureka College, where the degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him. In 1891 he returned to his old home in Pittsfield and has practiced here since, his special attention being given to diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He has taken post-graduate work several times: in 1894 in London, England, and Vienna, Austria -- in the former city at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorfield's and Central London Hospital, for eye, ear, nose and throat diseases; in the latter city at the General Hospital for medicine, surgery and specialties, this hospital being one of the largest in the world. In 1901 he attended the New York Post Graduate Medical School and Hospital. In 1903 he again went abroad for post-graduate work at Berlin, Germany. The Doctor has traveled extensively in most of the countries of Europe as well as in Egypt and Palestine. He has been very successful in his practice and is one of the leading physicians of the county. He has served as a member of the board of education of Pittsfield and is a member of the board of United States examining surgeons for pensions. He has been prominent in Masonic circles for some years, being past commander of Ascalon commandery, No. 48, K. T., and is a thirty-second degree Mason.      Dr. Shastid has two children, a son and a daughter, William J. and Mary Margaret Shastid. His office and home are located on Monroe street, a block and a half from the public square in Pittsfield.                                             ________________                                CAPTAIN  JOSEPH  G.  JOHNSON   Captain Joseph G. Johnson is a veteran of the Civil war and prominent in Grand Army circles in this section of the state. He makes his home in Milton, where he is now living in well earned ease after close and active connection with business interests in former years, for he was well known here at an earlier day as a merchant and