Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-25

i'm the Pulpit, the Counting. Room,
at Sea and on the Field OF Battle.
| CBrookyn Eagle, Isth.I
| , MISS catherine Beecher, the eldest sister of
| Rev; Henry Ward Beecher, was in a dying
| condition last evening at the residence of Rev
ThoS h. Beecher, in Elmira, Ny. She was
| stricken with apopleNy on Friday last After
the shock she became unconscious, and her
| would recover. With Miss Beecher will pass
away the eldest survivor of the celebrated
| family. She was one of the most remarkable
and useful women of her time. Catherine
| Beecler was born in the year 1900 in the little
village OF East Hampton, Long Island. Her
early years were spent at that place, and she
DR.. Lyman Beecher. to Litchfeld, Conn. She
was carefully educated and soon developed
Inc sterling qualities of intellect which dis
| tinguish all the members of this wonderful
| family. AT an early age she evinced a decided
| taste for music, and in that branch she was
trained by competent masters until she be-
| came fine singer and Skiful pianist.
Ii was the intention of Miss Beecher when
she came of age, to teach music, an Occupa-
| non LOT winch Sue was splendidly fitted. Afser
| became
| ACQUAINTED WITH PROFESSOR FISHER,
vi laie College, a noted man, in whom gre
| expectations settled. Their acquaintance soon
into intimacy and the intimacy into love.
| Some time after their engagement Professor
| Fisher went abroad. The vessel on which he
was PASSENGER went ashore in terrific storm
on the Old Head of kinSale, south coast of Ire.
land, and Professor Fisher was drowned. The
sad tldingS of her loss fell heavily upon the
glrl IN me New England home. Itscsmed as
| II the blow would be fatal one. Her father
| and other relatives did all in their power to
| comfort her. but she was almost inconSolable
Her bereavement seemed to have an effecS
| upon her religious views She was Frustrated
for year. and the effect of the sorrow on her
| health was felt years later. The trouble gave
great intensity to her dissent from high Cal
| NanlStic doctrines and destroyed nearly all
| The religious teachings of her life
subsequently to her great loss, Miss Bee
cher aimed constantly to accomplish high
| married life and a cheerful home she turned
| the vigOr of her broad and cultured mind TO
me the, elevation no, OF her sex Though nearly
labors. She toed systematically, inteIit-
| gently and effectually to achieve her ends and
she did achieve them. While yet young wO-
the city of Hartford. Conn. The school was
| very successful. Many teachers graduated
from it. and it gained a, wide reputation
| New England. In lS;s2, when DR.. Lyman Bee
cher moved to Cincinnati, Miss Beecher went
out there and established female seminary.
| With such BILE assistants as Miss Mary Dut-
| ton, Miss Elizabeth Lynn and Miss Harriet
| Beecher, the institution was made one of the
| best In the western states. Such seats of
| f1uence was widely felt.
Miss BeecherS health failed at about this
time, and she became lame. Physical affic-
| s.,
she entered upon grander field of labor than
| she had yet contemplated. She travelled eX-
| tenSlVeIy IN nearly every state, and became
Reie eel familiar with the education necessi
| thorough system of home missionary work
After she had placed it upon an enduring
| basis she engaged in
AYET MORE IMPORTANT SCHEME.
! 1t was the Inauguration of the great society,
of which Governor Slade, of Vermont, was
secretary, for carrying teachers from the
teachers were taken out by this society, and
| their teachings were of incalcuable value i'm
developing that section of the Union. Most of
| these teachers removed TO the West married
| influential men, and by their influence upon
| their husbands secured their active assistance
IN the extension of the educational cause. Miss
| Beecher, after getting the society well under
! way, began the establishment of a number of
female Summaries in the Northwest of mag
| nltude called for by the rapid increase i'm the
| population and the growing demands for cuI,
| tuTe. The SeminarieS We're modelled after the
! great institution at Mount Holyoke, and were
SCHOOLS OF HIGH REPUTATION.
One OF them was located at Milwaukee and
several in the State of Illinois As soon as one
seminary was placed upon firm foundation
she removed to distant point and started an
Miss Beecher continued her labors i'm the
west until comparatively recent period. Dur.
ing all the time she has more OF less continued
to write for various religious papers. Although
advanced in years and suffering severely from
her physical infirmities, the lady evinced no
dlmlnutlOn OF mental vigOr, and the produc-
power of those written in earlier wears. One
| reason why she went to Elmira about a wear
ago was to secure treatment at the water-cure
OF Dr. GlerSOn, where she has SOjOurned dur.
ing most of her residence there.
Miss Beecher's friends recall with pleasure
her many excellent social qualities. Rer mu-
ated. She always prided herself on her famiI-
Iarlty with the old hymns, sixty of which she
knew by heart Even in her old age her voice
retained much of its former volume and sweet
ness. She was clever artist, and some of her
sketches are in possession of her friends liv-
ing in Brooklyn. With young people Miss
was full of wit and humOr. Christmas tide
nearly always overlook her in some glad New
England household, where she was fist to join
in the Joyous frOlics of the children and to aid
them in writing poetry and compositions for
the festival. She was apt and ready i'm every-
thing that could bring Joy to the Juvenile heart
testant Episcopal Church up to the time of her
death.
Catharine Beecher was the eldest of the thir
teen children OF the Rev. DIR. Lyman Beecher.
THE ELDEST SON.
Rev. William Beecher, is living i'm Chicago
He was born in 1S(2, at West Hampton His
father intended that he should embark in
mercantile life. He never went to college
bat after some experience as a merchant he
entered the ministry. His pulpit labors were
performed in Middletown, Connecticut, New
RoIe, hhout lSlduu, anu lOleuO, Euclid and
Putnam, Ohio.
Rev. Edward Beecher, D. ID, the second SON
is well known in Brooklyn and now resides
on Macon street, in this city. He was vale
dicterian of his class in Yale College and
entered the ministry at an early age His
, first settlement was in the Park street church.
Boston. In 1888 he accepted the Presidency
OF the college at jacksonville Illinois. After
remaining there for many years, desiring to
continue his theological studies under adVan-
tageous circumstances, he went to Boston,
where he took charge of the Salem street
church. Some years later he removed to
Gaesburg, Illinois. He took up his residence
in Brooklyn six or eight years ago.
Mrs. Mary Perkins, the second daughter. is
now residing in Boston with her Son-in law
the Rev. Edward Everett Hale. She spent
most of her life in Hartford, where her hus-
band, who died several years ago, formally
practiced law.
The next son was Rev. George Beecher, who
was a clergyman of great ability. His first
settlement as a clergyman was i'm Batavia
Ohio his second in Rochester, n. Y, and his
third in ChillicOthe, Ohio He was beloved
by the people at all the places named. and
achieved great success. His career was ter
minated by the accidental discharge of a shot
gun at his house in Chillicothe. Had he lived
he would have been seventy years old.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose name is
household word, and whose literary works
vr,oN &lAr RI