, 1877-08-29
BEN DE BAR.
Death of This Celebrated Come.
dian at St. Louis Yester.
day.
An Account of His Last Moments
-.-Frllo Nature Of His
Disease.
His EARLY Career and His Stand-
ing as a Manager.

E1lS Early AEt'eeI' ana HIS stand
ing as a Manager.
Rpsetat Dtfpatth to TAs Tribune.
Br. Louis, No., Aug. 2a.-Bcn Dc Bar, tho
comedian, hrcathct his last thts morning at :25
O'Clock, in the prcseoeo Of his wife, whose stagc
name Is Afiss nattfo Vn11c, his daughter. Mrs,
Dexter, his Secretary, Patrick Gleason, and two
nurses. His last moments were Of tho most
peaceful character, and he WAS nctual1Y dead he-
:oro his attendants realized that dissolution WAS
| At hAnd. About two hours before death hc was
visited by Georzo j. Joncs, Treasurer OF his
! OpeEa-1louec, and John f., Priest, = personal
friend. ffc converscd nationally upon rtt1~
ber Of subjects. but, upon others.
MS MIND WANDERED At RANDOM.
| and he was 1t a total loss to call any name
whatever. At his request be Was raistl from.
| bed and nccuned a chair for o fcw minutes,
when he was laid Upon tho bed again much ex-
hauatcd. When hIs Treasurer, Jones, arose to
Leave, .~
DHnAn SAID 1scpnkRE5IL1,
"Get tho hotsc all rendy to open right away,''
meaning Its opera-house. uo then dropped In
| to an uneasy sleep, but, At tho end Of m hour,
awoke and endcayorcd to raise himself In bed.
A chill. Of the congcstive nature TO which ha
| had been subject for somo time, camo
over him, and hts nur4es covered him
with the bed-clothing, and induced him to
remain quiet. Tie was evidently excited, and
| talked ut intervals in IN tncohcrcnt waT. At a
quarter pant 9 he became very quiet, resting
eastly ana breathing scarcely audibly. At
twenty-five minutes past Q Afr. Gleason noticed
tl,at hta breathing had suddenly become hard,
anil, In moment or two afterwards. DcDar,
after gaapfng slightly thrce times,
!
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Ills vito and daughter, who were also ut bis
bedside, testify that fow minutes before bis
death, and after he had ceased to sneak. ba
rs,.s1 h,s hon,1 aud ,,otrto1 III. a,ror ,,nv.rs
- 'a A'a ponu ..A' 10
snlie A. the same .imo wFeath'ne hls lace. ufs'
,af1nsh h ha bis H.. wsfs h,a a
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LUG oouy .. ..e eo'aea'ea "as co.u.
| caused = profound sorrow throughout the COM
munity. mud bis funeral, which takes p1aco
Thuradav. at :, y. M. vt11 douhtlea, I'D onc ~
aAeo"y' ~ = |1'f ~. ~ wy "
tho most imposing pageants ~e nave han hero
In long timc' Tho funeral services WILL take
| place at his residence on Chestnut street.
and Tho body buried at Beltctountatno
1emets'5, NIL m, Maspuo eosenon'ts. '.,m ~ ~
scr'oed on nus tomstooo Will % Tho
words Boncdlct Uabar, died Aug.
| q. 1877, AGED GA Years months and rs tsys i,
m, nhr.,rfaoe attrnflant m @hn ,rad c+nr rro.
a ."s ~-~ '~'"' w
noaheo
~ o., p'eaAeA sn".e
whtto so!teutng OF tho brain, IN Atrop!c ahec-
| tiou, superlnduced by disease Of tho cerebral
arteries which supply tho brain with norrtsh-
e,snt ,ro.n1rht n ,os,.non,tc1, cv.n,Jn.ron i.
n'sns' ts". 49,. po,suu .s s.s'oa .,...s -
being made, 10 that the cause Of death may oc
| arrived at with scientific accuracy.
PERSONAL msrokr,
| II. n. IT.. sn. ~. n,,,n.- 4 r,o-,osr ,n.,..-
! MI 10 nAs Wa toe o.oe's Atnc1a@n manager
At the ntne OF MS decease: Ao mas iof many
yea1B held leading position among tho solid
| managers OF tho tlay, being 10 st, Louis what
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sooa ac1o'. nc "aae nts ntss appea1anco on