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rector Of the United States Mint, Washington,
aged 81
2s. Cardinal Antonucci, at Ancona, Italy.
20 W. L sullivant, age 70, Ford county,
Ill, famed as the largest farmer In the world.
FEBRUARY.
l. DR.. ]. X. Morton, eminent homeopathic
physician, Louisville, KY.
.. Richard Henry Dana, essayist and poet,
3. Gen. George Cadwalader, Major General
in the civil war, at Philadelphia, aged 73.
4. Michael Mcnamara, aged 10s, at Chicago.
consin, at Madison, Wis.
10 Paul Gervais, an eminent naturalist,
Paris France.
H. Thomas s. Drew, Governor of Arkansas
thirty years ago.
IA. Edward Thompson, ex-Commodore in
United States navy, at Philadelphia.
IL. Judge Solomon Blair, leading citizen
of Indiana, at Indianapolis, aged 80.
10. Thomas Foley, Catholic Bishop Of the
Diocese Of Chicago, aged o..
y. Gen. Won Room, Field Marshal Of Ger
many.
q. Gen. James H. Paine, an old and promi-
nent citizen of Wisconsin, at Milwaukee.
26 Prof Mordecai Yarnell, distinguished
scientist, at Washington, ID. g.
%. Baron Manteufel, a prominent German
| sta tesman, at Berlin.
MARCH.
g. Eberhard Faber, the first manufacturer of
lead pencils in America, aged 81, atNew York
| city.
l. William Hewitt English author, aged 81,
at Rome.
5. Leon Hyneman, veteran Masonic author
and editor, in New York
| Z. Elihu Burritt the "learned blacksmith"
| aged 6s, thew Britain, CT
| l3 John M. Woodwork, Surgeon General Of
| fba at
L. Maj. Gen. Thomas W. Sherman, at New
port. r. l.
1s Rev. James DeKoven, Dean Of Racine
| wis., College, aged As
81. L. r. Bradley, formerly Governor Of
| Nevada; Prof. Anderson, the famous chess
| PLAYER at Breslau, Germany
%. NJ de Vaulabelle French historian, at
| Paris.
90 Elk Congressman William S. Albert, of
Baltimore, Nd; ex-Congres.man James X.
| Gibson, Of Abingdon, Va. ex. Mayor w. II. q.
Johnston, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
80. Ex-Oongressman John W. Coghlan, at
Oakland, Cal
81. George X Rex, formerly Judge of the
Ohio Supreme Court Thomas Couture, cele-
brated French painter. aged "a.
| APRIL.
g. Judge James A. Stewart, of the Maryland
Court OF Appeals aged 76. Hon. Samuel II.
Duskirk, ex-Judge of the Indiana Supreme
| Court
s. Nine Patterson Bonaparte, at Baltimore,
Md, aged %.
Ia. Gen. Richard TAYLOR, son of the late
President Taylor, in New York city, aged SO.
Ii. Gen. Thomas H. Benton, Jr., prorni-
nent citizen of Iowa.
81 Gen John A. Dix, eminent soldier and
statesman. in New York city, aged 81.
"a Sir Maurice OC'nnell, Bishop of New
castle, at Queensland New South Wales.
%. Bishop Edward Ames, Of the M. E.
Church, at Baltimore, aged "a.
81. Gen. Alfred Sully, U. s. army, at Fort
Vancouver, Oregon, aged IS.
% Rush Clark, member Of Congress from
| Iowa, at Washington, ID. c., aged As. Ex-
Judge Barnard, of New York Gen. James p.
Brownlow, ut Knoxville, Tenn. Princess Chris
tina, of Spain.
So H. H. Houghton, the oldest editor in the
Northwest at Galena, Ill.
MAY.
/. Mrs. Sarah s. Hale, for fifty years editor
of Godeys Lady's Book, at Philadelphia, Pa.
5. DR.. Isaac Butt, M. p, leader of the
the Home Rule party, at Dublin, Ireland, aged
G6. Gen. Felix Douay, Inspector General Of
the French army.
z. DIR. Acosta, the most celebrated OF French
physicians, at Paris. Gen George W. Steele, u
prominent citizen of Indiana, at Terre Haute,
aged II.
s. Judge Mark W. Delahay, an old Kansas
pioneer and active politician, at Leavenworth,
Kansas, aged "a.
IL Stephen A. Goodwin, q leading member
Of the Chicago bar.
Is jacob Staempfi, ex-President of the
aged 60.
H. Hon. Asa Packer, a prominent and
wealthy citizen of Philadelphia, aged u
Is John Berry, ex-member Of Congress, al
10. Ef,Gov. Asahel Peck, Of Vermont, aged
20.
II. John Jones, prominent and wealthy
colored citizen Of Chicago. aged 63
n William Lloyd Garrison, one OF tho OLD
original Abolitionists, at New York city, aged
| IS.
81. Gen. James Shields, a veteran o. two
wars and ex-United States Senator from
three States; at Ottumwa Iowa, aged % years
JUNE.
g. Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschld, head
Of the great Rothschild banking honse, London
Eng, age17l. LOUIS Napoleon. son Of Napoleon
Ill, Of France, killed by the Zulus in South
| Africa, aged %.
g. Rear Admiral McKillop Pasha, of the
| Egyptian navy.
8. Mrs. Howard Paul, actress, London, Eng
10 Commodore L A. Parker. In,,ed States
navy, at Baltimore, aged %. M W. Letting
well, actor, Philadelphia. Pa.
II. John NJ LsngstoD, United States Minister
TO Hayti. Franklin Corwin. ex-member of Con
gress from Illinois, at Peru, Ill.
| IL. Prof. ROsenkrantz. eminent German
philosopher
1S +. w Green, ex-member of Congress
from Cleveland, Ohio.
% Hon. RoOert M. Knapp, ex-Congressmar
from Illinois, Jerseyville, ILL.,, aged 40. Rev.
Thomas 5. Williamson, since 1888 missionary
to Northwestern Indian tribes, and translator
OF the Bible into the Dakota dialect; aged 80
q. Lord Lawrence, formerly Viceroy of In
dia; at London, Eng.
81. Sir William Fsthergill Cooke. constructor
of the first telegraph line in England; London,
aged "a
z. Hon. A. b. Olin since 1863 Judge of Su.
preme Court Of the District of Columbia, aged
g.
10. Ex-Gov. william Allen, of Ohio, o.
Chillicothe, aged 81
Is. Gen. VIM. F. Barry, q. s. A., command
ing Fort McHenry, Baltimore, aged 62.
20. Robert w. Johnson, ex Representative
and ex-senator from Arkansas, Little Rock.
%. Hon. Bland Ballard, Judge of U. B. Dis
trict Court at Louisville, KY, aged 60.
4. Charles Albert Fechter, the noted actor; al
Richland Center, Pa.
8. Alexander Hesse, an eminent French his
torical and portrait painter; Paris, aged %.
IA. Bishop Odenheimer, OF the Northern
Diocese of New Jersey; at Burlington, aged G2
%. John @. Ten Eyck, formerly United
States Senator from Now jersey; Mt Holly
that State aged 6h