, 1879-01-08

IN announcement of uhnse death nt h,s real.
dcnce NJ, saa u,cb,oso .van,. hs. s,rss,,.
ucen maae, Wss among the olacat
and wcatll.cat cilIztns u Chicago and a
rnnn OF the strictcst integrity. Hc. died
of bemorrhopr NJ thu bfoal rrsac1a nj thu
hsaln u III" O'CLOCK MonaaY morning. passing
away quietly, and Ills venerable facc wearing
calm and natural expression litter the last spark
OF 1tfo Ind uone ont. Thu frat srmntnms nj The
a1.Sv J M saat ,s c,,,sea aas,% ' .e,n p, ~ o,o,.
.u. stAs 'aaesu u.atu W.T., "useu soo".
t"o years a2o, up 10 Whlcn time atr. saa'to had
enjoyed good health. but he was I'll for two days
only, and went nbout attending to his affairs ~
usual aftcr recovering from the attack
thronoh ,hs ,rc Il n,nr, ~ n nn,a, ~. famt.
,hsv''En .ne 1tcstmehs 81 ot VI. hesan' the lam''
Phys'e'an' 1nc SAlrot July list, however,
lie was again prostrAted by y similar aila,cnt,
an1, being man Of 10 years. It had
tho effect Of weakening linn greatly, and
us "aa eompe''ea to solinqaiah bus!ness cares
sirius ot rceoverv, md vent out: i1ia mind vas
clsar a9d he experienscd no potn IN the head.
week before last thu pni'is In the llead returned,
and tue patient began togrow worao. Dr.. l3cvan
faalleu him ~ ant Of eki,lful treatment, aud be
% beeams 20 o,t mash potter that tho physician was
rs Evo llc becamo 70 weak That no gould mt help
hinaeelt, ana stinaaS n!elt last Atr. Enos Ayrrs,
who had sat up With hin, thought be was milling
qu!to fanla!y: pra. u. q. J0hnson and Jewell
wero called fn 10 consult wlti Dr. bevan. antl
the toreo phystc'sns dld all 10 their power to
save hisn, nut le sank 30 that hc hcca1nc very
weak, ana SUNDAY night, when alr. a. ]. Averel
SIT up Win hani, no went into comatosc state,
anu a. taaI eon;!atl9n @ exp,rea ht tna t!mc nioso
!. Smith, remained constantly Ct hls bedside
uut'nR his stckness' and carefully administered
to iIis wants.:
From tho United States Biographical Dictlon-
Rry anu from tue Wito and daughter of the de-
ceased me !ollo~!na 'acts were obtained.
=, Mr' sfnith was 0orii IN bath COUNTY. virginia.
NOV; !. las' and was the aon Of William and
fno8cd 70 lawrence county, ohio, tn 1907. At
the age Oh - ycars the son went to Cincinnati,
~Hefe ne pofcnaecu ufS 9ootls aud opened a
store at Ei2htrAitla House, uaill3, County, Q.
hero 10 remained eefcf, yesrs, accumulated
Mh0oo. anti, disposlng ot tbs store, went to
Marietta, whefo Ae engaged ln retail mcrcan-
tile business t'!l 1e44 Thence he removed to
Madison. lud.., where he formed 4
partnership With LucuS barbour, under
the urn name ot bsrhoilr u smith, anu carried
on WHOLESALE ury'Uooda tfa4a ioF four yenrs.
tie sold out to hts partner ~ Isf9, and cams TO
Ch1cngo, which Ind tnen ?o,oGo inhablt9nts, nnd
opened ne nsst exclusively Wholesale dsy'Eoods
Tho Galeua Railroad was completed ho shipped
the !lset box Of dry goods over T. lie retired
from tho dfy.9oods tratla tn 15a5 md In 1850
formed q c0partncrship WIN JohnC williams and
sa1nuc! bliss N tho wholesale grocery sualness
smith q %. At t4o close Of tue iifth ycar Mr.
Williams withdIew, aad tlle aFtn became Smith
Il Bliss In 1916 4tE. Smith retired from MGR
camille ittc after : successful career Of thirty