The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-08-31
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RICHMOND, IND. AUGUST 81, 1853.

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- Dsvid Mcdonald, Judge. Of the Uni
ted States District Court for this State,
died st hiso residspceD in THE city, yes
terdaymorning shortly after midnight,
sfter . long and painful illness. more
than usually marked by fluctuations of
improvement and relapse. His disease
was IpeuralgiA approaching paralysis,
and seems to have been complicated
'wisk . geusssl giving wayof the sys'
TEN. Fox. many months he had been in
i'll health, and II q fatal termination of
the last attack could have been post
pohed, it is hardly doubtful that his
long and useful life would have been
ended in year or two by general pros
tration. He retained his consciousness
to sthe last moment, and died almost
Immediately after asking for Piece Of
sice.g 90 q bio p !, gsa 5. is5'i pa 1f@ 80
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, David Mcdonald was Born in Bour.-
bon county, Kentucky, on the 9Th OF
May, 1903, and was consequently sixty.
six years Of age at his, death. During
his boyhood he attended school through
the Gall and year until his 14th. year,
when his father removed to Daviess Co..
in this state He received but twelve
weeks tuition in his new home, and his
educattSn, so far as its acquisition by
ordinasysprocesses was Concerned, end.
ed whitehall. Eleven years passed in
the customary labors of q new country,
brought him to the age ~andlintellectual
development which demanded differ i
emit pursuit, and he began. the study of
Ae2aw In Washington, the county seat
of Daviess, in 1928. He-was admitted
to the bar in 1880. The clearness and
logical method, the soundness of judg-l
ment and power o. keen discrimination
swh1ch afterwards distinguished his for
ennc EFFORTS, already MARKED him for a
q1sading man, ana in 1s38yhe was sent to
nal egislature. There was but little
tU-do inthose dsys, and it is not inn
probable that thesrougt and careless
discussions of such body. had little at
tlaetiops fof SO acute sn intellect end
sensitive nature as his.. and if he did
anything to attract attention, it has not
nd in any record weshave met. In
~ he.received 2. position more in &C
eaelance with his tastes, that Of Prose.
outing Attorney for the Seventh Judi
ciat Circuit. If the place suited him he
appears to have suited thsnpeople at the
hArAas we'll, for he was reelected in
leS6. On the expiration Of this second
N<m hss~as made Judge of the Tenth
Judicial 4 Circuitsa position which he
held two terms, shout fourteen years,
and which he dignifed and adorned
with q degree Of acuteness, learning,
and integrity that mads him almost a
proverb among the members of the bar.
He was Regarded in those days, when
the complicated and artificial system Of
pleading which we obtained from Eng
l.palprevaileds g the most thoroughly
conversant with it in all it's details, Of
any man On the bench or at the bar and
ID ali the more abstfusei and difficult
doctrines Of the Law. was ranked among
the first. When the new Constitution,
making Judges eleotiveIby tie people.
: went into force, he left the Bench and
) resumed his long intermitted practice,
His reputation soon made it SO exten-
= iye, pafticularly " III the United States
Courts, where the most important civil
suits were : usually brought that he
"a seemed IL best to remove to this city to
keep it more effectqally in hand. He left
Blooming ton, which Had been his resi-
ledence during the time, he held the Cir
cult Judgeship, in 1855, or thereabout,
and has since resided here entirely.
His success at the bar was, Of course,
decided and immediate. 1t might have
been assumed as o matter ofco urse that
he would succeed. He at no time held
> less than the foremost place, and he
held that as easily assif the most vigor-
Gus period Of his lifo had been passed
lin making instead of hearing arguments.
During his practice he found time to
compile valuable law treatise which is
well esteemed by the profession. In
1864 be was appointed TO the Judgeship
Of the UnitSd@ States District Court for
the District OF Indiana, which he held
at his DEATH The memory of his servi-
ces in this position is so recent that we
may spare an eulogy which will be
merely the echo of every mans feelings
whose business brought him in contact
with the Judge. GO 1- ..s 49,, 49,. g. a1s