The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-01-30
THE DEAD or 1879.
LIST OF SOME OF THE FAMOUS MEN WHO
.. DIED LAST YEAR.
New York Times, 29th.

New York 1'imes, 29th.
The second day of the year 1879 saw the
death Of Caleb Gushing, whose life began
with the 10th century. On the 22d of April
died John A. Dix, (bsrn in 1885, who
filed more Offices than any other American,
aud whose public career was creditable as
his private life was blameless. 1t is scarce
ly yet two months since attention was di-
rected at length to the many public servi-
ces of the ''stalwart" Senator Zaehariah
Chandler. who was born in 1918. and died
with shocking suddenness on Nov. /. An
other prominent politician of the West was
ex-Gov. VIM. Allen, who was born in 1906,
and died suddenly on July II. William
Lloyd Garrison (born in 1900 died on May
"a, and Elihu Burritt, co-worker of bis,
whose services in the cause of freedom fair
ly earned better title than that of 'fearned
blacksmith" died on March Q. From the
navy rolls are now missing the names of
Commodores John Guest, (Jan. 10, aged 80
years., E. r. Thompson. (Feb. 12, aged II
years., and F. A. Parker, Dune 10, aged 81
years), and Rear-Admirals E. G.. Parrott,
(May 10, aged "a years., 8. w. Gordon,
MAY II, aged 70 vears), Charles Boarman,
(Sept. 13, "a years., A. Il. Kitty, (Nov. 10,
73 years., and William Reynolds, (Nov. %.
From the army register have been struck
such names as those of Major-Geueral
Shields, born in 1910, who died June / ;
Major. Gen. Hooker, " Fighting joe" who
died Oct. 81, at the age Of GA years, and
Jefferson G. Davis, who died on Nov. 30,
aged 81 years. Their gallant adver ary,J.
B. Hood, Major-Gensra! in the Confeder-
ate army (borp 1881, and his wife, both
died Of yellow fever on Aug. 80, and r. W..
Taylor, the son of President Taylor, who
opposed secession until it became fact
and then fought 10 the Confederate army,
died ou April 12, aged So. II. Fl Dana, the
last OF the early race Of American poets,
died on February 2, aged 81 years.
Henry q. Carey, the American writer up
on subjects OF political economy and advo-
cate Of protection, died on Oct. Is, aged
sc years, and Michael Chevalier, the French
flee trader, died on Nov. 90, aged IS. Jour.
nalism suffered the loss or ]. Fl. De Vile,
messant (April 10, 81 years) of the Paris
Figaro, and j. T. Delane, of the London
Times, who died on Nov. "a, VIM. NJ
Hunt, the artist. died on Sept. 8; Charles
Fechter, the actor, on Aug. 4, aged "a years
II. ID. Palmer, the theatrical manager, or
July 10, and ]. B. Blackstone, manager and
actor, on Oct. 80, at the age Of n years
Baron Lionel de Nathan Rothschild, bead
OF the great srm, aud the first Jew who sal
in parliament after contest Of decade
had excused them from the necessity o.
taking the oath "on the true faith OF ;
Christian" died on Jane 8, aged II years
Asa Packer, who owed not to Inheritance
but to his own achievement, the fortune
which placed him among the great capital
lists Of the world, was born in 1905, ant
died leaving two sons, Cd May II. j. K
Hackett, who was born in 1891, and had
been. recorder Of this city since 1866. die
ON Dec. 81. The !Goelst brothers, VIII,
owned ono of the great landed estates o
this city, died very nearly exactly with.l
two months of each other-Robert on Sept
22, and Peter on Nov. 81. Richard Schell
born in 1910, died on Nov. 10, and DAME
Drew, who was born in 1897, on Septembe
1S. Worthy Of an earlier mention are tn
names OF four dead bishops-Bishop Foley
Roman Catholic. of Chicago, who die
on February 10, aged 81; Bishop Z. X
Ames of the Methodist church, who die
on April 25; and two Protestant Episcops
bishops-W. II. Odenheimer, born in 1917
who died On August IA, ard r. w. Whit
tingham, born in 1905, who died on Octobe
II. Cardinal Antonucci died about th
end of January, and Cardinal Guidi abou
the end of March. Mrs. Charles Dicken
died on November 90. William Hepwortt
better known as Hepworth Dixon, died O
December 81, aged SO years. The Coun
Johannes died on the 3lst; also Senate
Houston, of Alabama.