Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-08-20
Obituary.

The Maine Liquor Law was adopted By :
popular vote ID Michigan On the 2oth.--
Whereupon the Detroit Tribune publishes
| the following: as5
j DIED On the goth inst, Peter g. Brandy
Esq, Of dropsy. This event wassnof alto
gether unexpected, as the departed had been
afflicted with the disease which rAaeed his
death for long time. OF late fhe quantity
Of water accumulating iii his system wa.
Immense, and he had been fappsd bysshi.
Il physicians several times, but without sHect
| He had = large number Of doctors, ana some
are mean enough to say that that hastened
his decease. His loss will Be asnsibly fell
i BY his many friends who wefe accustomed
TO see him daily il onr streets
/ s Also, on same day, r. G. Brandy, Esq,
familiarly known IN the sobriquet Of 9 Rot
Gut" and brother Of P. c., whose death we
have chronicled ADORE He took large
quantity Of pdf1anl mistake, it is supposed, J
several year No bad effects were
has been spading through his system, and
has finally caused His death. tits TO be hoped
that his death will be warning to those
who have been in the habit Of taking poison
for q msdieine.
Also, on the same day, H. Gin, Esq. The
deceased was member of the Brandy family
and made relative by marriage He was
native Of Holland, and fled TO the United
States several years ago in consequence of
having been actively engaged in one Of the
| revolutions that characterize that country
Hs was pursued by The police, but secreted
himself in cask and landed safely in New
York. Since then many of his family have
made their escape in the same manner. He
left a large family of children, most Of whom
were born in this country, but we are sorry
to say, are not characterized by any of the
traits Of their distinguished father.
Also, on the same day, Rye Whiskey. Esq
Mr.. W. was one Of the first settlers Of Mich
igan. In early life he was an industrious,
hard working man. He has done much to
build up our railroads and public works, and
could always be found in the harvest fields
early and late. Some few Of our farmers
thought they could not harvest their wheat
unless Mr.. w. was with them TO cheer up
their hands. How they will manage since
his death, we are unable to say. 1t may
lead to disastrous results, and it is feared by
some that our farmers may cease tn grow
wheat, which would inevitably raise the
price Of -four. ..s
OF late years, however, Mr.. W. had grown
shiftless, noisy and quarrelsome, and any
neighborhood he visited was sure 10 be the
scene Of disturbance Of every nature. The
too frequent occurrence of street fights got
up by Mr.. w. was the ultimate cause of his
death. He was killed by blow on his head
with baIlot-box, in open daylight. The
perpetrators of the deed are not fully known.
but suspicion rests upon two men, whose
names, we believe, are Mr.. Law and Mr.
Order. Several men from the Free Press
office are on the watch, and ere this, no
doubt, they have apprehended them.
1t is seldomthat we have to announce the
death Of an entire family, thus swep, away
at one fell swoop. They were all men well
known in our state, and have acted in many
public capacities some one of them has
been member Of every Legislature since
our organization as state. In primary
meetings and caucuses they succeeded in
nominating their own friends to Office, and
afterwards in electing them. There is hard
ly an officer in the state but what owes TO
them his election 5. rst5~ #
AT the request Of the friends Of the de-
ceased, their remains will not be inferred
until December next Those who wish to
take e a last fond look " can do so at most
Of the groceries and saloons in town. "a