Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-01-02
The Neurology Of 1873.
A REMARKABLE NUMBER OF PROMINENT MES
HAVE DIED DURING THE YEAR.

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HAVE DIED DURING THE YEAR.
In the year Just closed the number of distin-
gulAhed men who have died has been remark
able Pope Plus TX. died in Rome on the .th of
fepruary- at the age of So. Almost a month
earlier Victor Emanuel. King OF Italy. had died
at the age OF 50. Spain lamentS the death of
queen Mercedes. who died on the 25th OF June
aged Is couple of months later on the 21st
OF August, Maria Christina, the Queen Dowarer
of Spain, died at Hayre, at the age OF - and on
l4th OF the present month England was called
upon 10 take part in the mourning by the death
or the Princess Alice at DarmStadt. aged 35
Earlier in the year. on the 2Sth Of MAY, England
had been summoned 10 mourn for one who had
twice been Prime Minister and who went 10
his grave full OF hOnOrS as he was of wears
Lord John Russell. who deceased at the age of
80. Denetrius Bulgaris, a famous statesman of
Greece, died on the 10th OF January Gideon
NelieS, eX-Secretary of the Navy under Mr. Lin
coin, died at Hartford on the l1th OF February
aged ., and the same day there died at New
orleans, at the age OF 13. Fillmore'S Secretary
OF War, Charles N Conrad Less than month
afterward, on March 3, died B. F. Wade, aged u.
ana on the sth of that moath Count SilopSis
de Sallerano, famous Italian statesman, de-
parted from this life. On the 18th died Sir
William Gibson Craig, former Lord of the Brit
iSh Treasury, and on the 2fth John Allison
tne Register OF the United States Treasury
Pierre Magne, eX-Minister of Finance OF
France, died in Paris on the Sth OF June and on
tie 2Gth. the same day that saw the decease of
tie young Queen Mercedes, Sidney Breese
Judge OF the Supreme Court of Illinois, aud al
ore time United States Senator, departed
Alcardo Alcardi, an Italian statesman. diei on
the ltth OF July; Judge Shipley, of the Circuit
court for Maine, on the 26tlH. and the Princess
Salm-Saim on the 22d. On the 3lSt. William
Knox Darlington. General In the East India ser
vice, died at London. On the 29th of October
Louis Antoine GARNER Pages French historian
and statesman, died at Paris, aged -. Jean
jacques Fay, distinguished Swiss statesman
d.ed on the 9th OF November; on the 10th, VII
liam II. HILL formerly Secretary of State and
on the 3Oth Lyman Tremain, an ex-ConrresS
man OF New York. Bayard Taylor died at Ber-
lin on the 18th, and congressman Williams and
Douglass On the 2lst. All had been men OF
note. some of them had exercised almost regal
functions. They had determined the destinies
or states, republics and Kingdoms They naSsed
away, ard the busy world has gone on with its
work. Even their memories have begun 10 fade
away. and their names alone VIII presently be
cherished.
sam Bowles, of the Springfield Republican.
uied on the 10th of January, after a lingering
nlhesS, In the prime OF his manhood and
SteGgn. Regnallt, the great French chemist.
SolllhS the founder OF the Collins lice OF steam
ships; Gordon, the inventor OF the Gordon
press. and Sir Edward s. Creasey, the historian
were also among those who passed through the
experience OF death that month. Cruikshank.
tLt great English caricaturiSt, died on the Isl
Oi fepruary; Tracy, once the President of the
ROCK Island Railroad. died on the 18Th and
S StccLl, the Italian astronomer, on the 25th inst
BoSS Tweed died IN Jail on Ludlow street New
YORK, on the 18th of April-S1range ending OF q
strange and ill-Spent life. William OrtoI died
oii lne Z2u OF The same month, in New York In
Aprl TWO very rich men died. w S. O'Brien,
tEe EohaLZa millionaire on the I'd in san Fran
cisco, ard Count BaSiieWSki the richest man i'm
russia, on the 4th- William Cullen Bryant
Lea Oh the 18TH OF June, and Gen. FftZ Henry
Marfen on the 2lst. President Raymond. of the
NaSSar College, died August I4th: August Helm
fich Petermann died on the 9th of September;
neaf Aulnlfdl Pauldlng on the Goth OF October
IholnaS III. Power. one of the NSealthieSt men of
Philadelphia, on the 10Th of November. Robert
6 Heler on the 2Ith; George Henry Lewis, OF Lon
uoh, on the lst OF December. and Rev. Leonard
Woods. former President OF Bowdoin College, on
Ihursday last--GChicago Inter-Ocean.
A STRANGE STORY comes from Raleigh to the
erect that Mr.. O'Brien, brother OF BonanZa
Obrlen, OF California, was visited there by
lawyer from New York, two weeks ago. The
lawyer remained one day and then left for New
YORK. O'BTien, who was understood to be in
lhe Iast stages OF consumption, was advised to
settle his affairs. On the 14th instant two
women came to Raleigh, remained week and
IL Is said, filled O'Brien with stimulantS, and
under Immense pressure left at once, their bag
gage being labeled for Washington. Ii is sur
missed by the physician that he was premature
ly. carried off, and the opinion prevails that
While dfugged he was compelled to sign docu-
ments perverting the Will OF his brother, who
has been dead some time. The parties have not
been heard from, and O'Brien is believed TO be
dead by this time.-tN. y. Herald dispatch.
CONTEST FOR SEAT IN CoNGREss.-Sebastfan
Duffy, greenback and democratic candidate for
trict, announces that he will contest the seat
OF Mr. Joseph Mason, on the ground OF bribery.
A MISSING MAN-Samuel ID. Smith, treasurer
OF the New Castle County Insurance Company |
OF Delaware, started on visit TO Philadelphia. |
On Christmas eve, but he did not reach his |
friends house when he was expected. and had |
not been heard Of up to last evening. His /
accounts are all right.
eS Robert w. Mackay, formerly treasurer OF
The state OF Pennsylvania, died in Philadelphia |
yesterday morning, aged forty-one.
eg Sir William Armstrong the inventor of the
Armstrong guns, lights his library at CraigsIde, 4
England, successfully with an electric current |
produced by waterfall fifteen hundred yards |
distant.
ET The clergyman from Juniata county, re-
Gently found upon the streets OF Harrisburg as |
was supposed in drunken condition, it now ap-
pears had been drugged In restaurant and rob-
bed OF his pocketboOk.
tB-While Mr.. Mushower and his were absent
from their house near Indiana, on Monday last |
their children. two boys, played with a gun |
which was discharged and the youngest boy
Killed almost Instantly.