, 1876-05-19
OBITUARY.



The telegraph has already announced thu
death Of GEoR0E a. BENEDICT, well-kuown
resident Of CLEVELAND, ind for nearly quarter Of
a century editor Of the Cleveland Herald. Ha
WIS native Of Watcrtown, N. T., and obtained
his cducation ut Yalo College. He commenced
tho practice Of tlle law In Cleveland In 1853, and
for sixteen years made tho law his profeasfon,
a part Of tho time as Clerk Of tho Superior
Court Of that city. In 1851 tho Court EaE
abolished, and he then purchased an interest In
the HeraId md entered its seryIce as assocfatu
editor under the Hon. J. 4. HARRIS A few
yours aftcrward Mr.. HARnlB retired, aud Mr..
BENEDICT succeeded to lis position, which ht
held to the time Of his DEATH. OF Ills edltoral
services Lis own paper says:
In politics he was originally Whig but Joined
the Kcpublican party soon utter liz Organization,
and continued Al slesent OF that faith during the
e IT, H. % as
ercisel an important influence in hls p,otesson1!
career. Mr. nENEDicT was IN enthusiast u ~
ind responsibility OF the editorial cafllng He was
fair and courteous TO oil with whom his busness
shiI less than 1 subject demanded for tho sakc Of
sparlng tho feelings Of others.
mn. WILLIAM ". HALL.
Tho dispatches announced lay or two since
'that Dr.. WILLIAM ". HALL, tho wcl1-knoWn
editor Of Kalrs A,nertean Journal Qf Health and
ilftxiiciae, who has been laying down hygienlo
laws so many years for other nortals, dropped
dead Of an apoplcptic stroke. He was born In
Paris, KY, Oct Is, 1910, and after his gradua@
| 'tion studied theology. I1e preached for ten
years at Lnwrcnccburg, Ind, ono Of his CO.
ial,orers being HENRY WAnD DEEcuHH. Al
| tho end OF that tino he abandoned theology and
| prnctfccd medicine for T. number Of yeass In
| New Orleans and Cincinnati. lie settled In
| New York in 1853, and about that time began
tho publication Of bis very successful Journal q
lltaith In which the science Of hygiene was pop.
| ularizcd. lIe was tho author aud compiler OF
thirty-two useful works, the principal one being
"IIcalth Mt Homo, which attll has m immense
| circulation. Two OF Ills latest works, "Dtph'
'thcria" and "pneumonia," arc now In press In
Toronto. OF the cause Of Ills death tho Nc"
York World aays:
For many years 1t was flfs eustom 70 5tso At u n
tho morning and work almost necessarily untn ~
impoitant ru|e.of hea'th TINT he naver eeasea to
that undoubtedly brought about Ills doAth.
oTHEn pRkrlls.
Among other deaths recently reported ato
| those uf Baron Won 8INA, the eminent Austrian
banker, who commenced llfo as diplomat, 90
cupyiu1 the poat Of Greek Minister at tho Court
Of Vienna; Of the Rev. ADRIAN LOUIS ROSE
GRAMS, one OF tn, rau'ist Missionary Fathers,
md c1dcst aon OF! Mai. Gen. KosEc1sANs; OF inc
English Admiral VERNON JACKSON, who was
the original Of Mk1sIs1AFr's c!'a1acter Of V1r1ea
tn "Peter stnple~; Of Gen. Voa CoREL, thd
lust surviving officer Of tho once fMnou* VS.
sian "Deaths-IIcaih Hussars''; Of HAKfnr71l
ARNnr, son of the German poet AlNDr, authol
Of twas ist der Dcnteeler Vaterland1"; OF ths
Rey. ELI CuAnLlEn, d distinguished clergyman
ot thu French Protestant Church nnd an !ntt
mate personal friend Of D'AunI0NH, tho Ills
torian; and OF liRARL ALruoNsz EsQutKos,.th
| French poet mi romance writer.