The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-31 00:00:00

THE DEATH-ROLL OF 1887.

Lord Iddesleigh's sudden death was among the
earliest of note in January ; then came that of Sir
Joseph Whitworth, the engineer. Other mark-
worthy deaths of the same month were those of Sir
Francis Bolton, the telegraphist, Lord Chesterfield,
and the two celebrated law luminaries, Serjeants
Sleigh and Ballantine. Mr. Peter Ryland',
the staunch Radical M.P., died in February,
and so did Mrs. Henry Wood, the authoress of "East
Lynne" and many other popular works of fiction. In
the March obituary occurs the names of Henry Ward
Beecher, the celebrated American preacher; Mr. John
Kynaston Cross, ex-M.P. for Bolton, who held a
Ministerial post under Mr. Gladstone, and died at last
a painful death by his own hand when mentally
afflicted; the Duchess of Richmoud and Gordon; and
Viscountess Strangford, a tireless hospital worker.
Mr. Newdegate, at one time a familiar House of
Commons figure; the Duchess of Norfolk; Lord
Kinniard ; the Earl of Longford; Bishop Binney, of
Nova Scotia, and Baron Hindlip, better known as Sir
Henry Allsopp, were among those who died in April,
while those who passed away in May included James
Grant, historian, novelist, and boys' book writer
Admiral Lord Edward Russell; the Bishop of Sodor and
Man; Sir Horace Jones, architect to the Corporation
of the City of London; the Duchess of Leinster;
Gen. Sir Hussey Vivian; Lord Say e and Sole; and Prof.
Spencer Baynes. In June Lord Winchelsea and Mr.
Lionel Cohen, M.P. for North Paddington, were the
chief celebrities who joined the majority, while July
saw the demise of the Rev. G. M.,Murphy, of the London
School Board, a Nonconformist Minister, who enjoyed
much popularity, especially in South London;' the
Marquis of Winchester; and two eminent foreigners,
Signor Depretis. the Italian Prime Minister, and Harr
Krupp, of artillery renown. In August, Death re-
moved the famous Russian diplomatist and news-
paper writer, M. Katkoff ; Justice Lawson; and Lord
DI oneraile, who died from the bite of a rabid fox;
while the world was well rid of the cold-blooded
Parisian murderer, Pranzini. Lady Brassey died a
sad death at sea while voyaging with the Sunbeam in
September, and others called away the same month
included Lord Lovat, whose demise occurred suddenly
in Scotland, while with a shooting party; the ex-
King of Oude ; and Mr. Charles Hengler, the
circus proprietor. A long mortality list had to be re-
oorded in October, the most noted names being those
of George Fordham, the jockey; "Chinese" Gordon's
brother Sir Henry; Mr. Beresford Hope, M.P. and
untiring advocate of the Established Church; Mr.
James Grierson, of the Great Western Railway; Mr.
E. H. Washeurne, one of the most experienced of
American Ambassadors; Sir George Macfarren, the
celebrated professor of music, conductor, and com-
poser; Mrs. Craik, the authoress of "John Halifax,
Gentleman' and dozens of other widely-read stories;
the Rev. Mr. Thring, Head Master at Uppingham
School; Baron Stern and Mr. H. M'Calmont, both
men of immense wealth; and David Fisher and Kate
Munroe, eminent as actor and actress. In November
died Jenny Lind, "The Swedish Nightingale;" Lord
Wolverton a pillar of the Liberal party, who was
found dead in his hotel at Brighton; Lord and Lady
Dalhousie, whose unexpected deaths at Havre within
a few hours of each other caused a painful sensation
in English society; Sir William M'Arthur, London
City magnate and leading WesleYan, who died in a
train on the Underground Railway; and Colonel
Valentine Baker, at Tel-el Kebir. Lord Lyons, who
had a short time previously given up the English
Embassy in Paris, and was to have received an
Earldom, died in London after a brief illness early in
December; and among other deaths of note may be
mentioned those of Lord Hawke, father of the York-
shire County Cricket Captain, who succeeded t) the
title; Col. Tottenham, M.P., one of the finest looking
membeis of the House of Commons; Dr. M'Gettiean
Roman Catholic Primate of Ireland; and Sir George
Burrows, Physician in Ordinary, to the Queen.

-IT was a commit,Pe 8T Buffalo citizens who when ,
told to frame resolutions on th; death of a member of
their lcdg, inquired as to the amount they were to be
allowed to expend upon the frame.