The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-01-13
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
NeOR0lm4lNan.

OF GENERAL INTEREST.
Necrslesie.l.
FRox . list, published in the Chicago tn
Wns, OF the names OF prominent individual
who died during the year 1881. we compile
the following, belonging to the United States'
POLITICAL WORLD.
Adolph r. B0tie, ex-Secretary Of United
States Navy: Hon. William A. Howard, Gov
ernor OF Dakota; Richard d. Connolly, ex-Comp
troller Of New York City; Ex-Governor Ed
ward Clark, Texas: ex-Nayor George O2dyhe,
New York: Ex-Governor Albert G. Brown,
Mississippi; Ex-Governor John A. Campbell
Wyoming Territory; Ex-Governor Herbert, Of
Louisiana; Governor williams, of Indiana;
Ex-Governor Westcott, of Florida: ex-Govern'
or Henry 8. Foote. Tennessee; Ex-Governor
McClellsnd, of Michigan; Benjamin K. Phelps,
United States District Attorney. New York
City.
Ex-NEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
General John Brisbin, Pennsylvania: Sam,
uel g. Arnold, Rhode leland: William W. War.
rem, Massachusetts,; Thomas F. Bayard, Della
ware; Joseph Segar, Virginia: John Robbins.
Pennsylvania: Ezra B. French. Maine: J. B.
Howell. Iowa; Jacob Brinkerhod. Ohio; Jo-
seph X. Chandler, Pennsylvania: William Big
Ter. Pennsylvania; James Alexander Sedden,
Virginia; Herschel v. Johnson, Georgia: Len
Bartholomew, New Jersey; Robert McClek
land, Michigan; r. G. Ritter, Kentucky;
Charles Albright, Pennsylvania: Fayette Nc.
Mullen. Virginia; Evarts w. Farr. New Hamp.
shire; Percy Walker, Alabama: C. d. Cofan,
Ohio; Charles Knapp, New York; Lafayette s.
Foster, Connecticut; Henry d. Foster, Penn
sylvania.
UNITED STATES ARMY.
Brevet-MajorGeneral George Sykes, Major
General Hector Tyndale, General Joseph w.
Revere, MajorGeneral Heintzelman, General
Albert ]. Myer (Old Probabilitiesh General
Alfred Torbert, General Richard 8. Satterlee.
UNITED STATES NAVY.
Commodore Homer Q. Blake, Captain John
Carson, revenue marine; Isaiah Hanscom,
Chief of the Bureau Of Navigation; Commo-
dore Edward Barrett, Rear-Admiral Thatcher,
John 8. Albert, Commodore
Lowry, RearAdmiral c. X. Stribling.
THEOLOGY.
Bishop Gilbert Haven, NJ. E. Church, NAL
den, Mass: Jacob Ide, D. D., Congregational
West Midway, Mass; william McAllister,
Methodist, New York City: Rev. H. 8. Mo.
Murdie, Director Of the Theological Seminary,
Mo-: Rev. Adolph Baltzer.
President German Evangelical Synod of North
America, st. Louis, NO.; Rev. F. w. Kennedy,
editor Southern Christian Advocate, Macon,
Ca; Rev. jeremiah 3. Jeter, D. D., Baptist.
Va; Prof. D. L. Tressler, D. D.,
President Lutheran College. Carthage, ILL., |;
Rev. Robert L. Dashiell, d. d. Methodist
Church, Newark, N. j.; Rev. George
Congregational Boston, Mass. !;
Rev. Br. Osgood. Episcopalian, New York:
Bishop Pellicier, Roman Catholic, San An
tonic. Tex; Prof. Alexander Macwhorter,
theologian, New Haven, Conn. +:
DR.. William Matthews, Presbyterian, Louis
Vile, KY; Rev. DR.. william Adams, New
York: Rev. DR.. o. e. Dagyett, Professor Of
Yale College; Rev. 8. d Dennison,
d. D., White Plains, N. j.: Rev. William 8.
D. D.. Baltimore, Md; Bishop David
8. Daggett, Richmond, Va; Thomas H. New
ton, d. D., Petersburg, Va; Rev. John Nc
Closkey, President Mount St. Mary's College,
Md: Rev. John 8. Phelps. Meth
odist. Trenton, N. J.: Rev. DR.. Edwin H.
Chaplin, New York.
SCIENCE AND EDUCAT1oN.
Prof. William Livingston, Lombard College,
Galesburg; Prof. Samuel Gardiner, electrician
and inventor, Buffalo, N. Y; Prof. I. o. Chap
man, Mount Union College, Ohio; Prot. F. A.
Allen, Principal Pennsylvania Normal School;
Prof. Frederick Peck. botanist, Washington,
D. c.: o. H. English, schoolbook publisher,
Pittsburgh, Pa; James Lenox, founder of the
Lenox Library, New York; Prof. James Das-
comb, Oberlin College Ohio; d. X. Jones, in
ventor of lucifer matches, ChillicJth O.;
David N. Lord, editor Literary and Theological
Journal, New York; Prof. John {. Bull, Amer
can Asylum for Deaf and Dumb, Hartford,
conn.,; Rev. Barnas Sears, ex-President of
Brown University; Prof. Hiram Collyer. Ne
oraska State University: John b. Gordon,
Professor of Mathematics, Fayetteville, Ark;
Jacob Ball. geologist, Texas; Benjamin Pierce,
Professor Of Maihe natics, Harvard College,
Prof. James C. Watson, as
.ronomer, Madison, Wis.
JOURNALISM.
Herman Roos, Swedish American, Chicago:
George w. Bliss. Mineral Point Wis., Tribune:
Frank Leslie, New York City; Thomas L.
Grant, Evening Ne,us, Detroit. Mich.;. L. P.
Tribune, Minneapolis, MIMI: Will
Jam H. Brewster, Trarctcr, Boston, Mass. !;
George d. Hebard, Gallipolis Ledger, Ohio: X.
P. Lee Shafer, Montgomery IN. " Standard;
Charles Smith, Keokuk (Ia.) Constitution; c. G.
Taylor, Philadelphia Times; John F. Wheeler,
Fort Smith tArk.) independent; John Nugent.
san Francisco Herald; James j. Ross, Mays
lille (Ky.) Bulletin; T. w. Heidelberg. Des
Aoines lowa) State Register; Chauncey New
OAIs SiACAuu0tt NOulO' 1LNVyUu0s CluuCy
Andrews, correspondent, Washington, D. e.;
samuel r. Glenn, New York Herald; George
Brown, Toronto Globe; Edwin A. Tucker,
Hartford Comm Erening Post; George Rip
ey, New York Tribune; David L. Phillips,
stats Journal, Springfield, ILL.,; J. Bradbury,
New York World: Alexander W. Rock. Pitts
,urgh Dispatch; Robert Lourie, Auburn IN.
~ Courier: Germon Foss, Woonsocket R. L.
Patriot; Scion Robinson, New York Tribune;
William StengeL W'estltche Post, st. Louis;
Hiram Fuller, New York; Charles w. Whip
,le, Louisville Commercial; Charles E. Smith,
Cincinnati Gazette; Edward Lloyd Ford, Chris
ian Union, New York; Jerome 8. Stillson,
View York Herald; John Nugent, San Francis
70 Herald Gerard Stith, New Orleans Picdyune.
LITERATURE.
Richard rockingham, historian, Boston,
Mass; Mrs. May Agnes Fleming, novelist,
N. Y; DR.. Edmund Bailey O'Cal-
Afghan, historical writer, New York; Lydia
Maria Child, Weyland, Mass; E. D. Mansfield,
New Haven, Conn.,: George Merriam, Spring
held, Mass, publisher Webster's Dictionary.
The Bravery Of an Engineer.
The bravery of locomotive engineers hos
,ften been dwelt upon, and many heroic acts
~ the brave fellows have heretofore been
.hronicled. One of the most heroic deeds on
he part Of an engineer yet recorded was per-
ormed recently by Engineer Bond, of Wabash
Engine ri. His engine left Toledo Sunday at
':55 p. M, pulling the No. 8 west-bound passen-
yer-train. When nine miles west of Defiance,
ohio, one Of the driving-rods broke in twain
N the engineers eide. The fragments tore
Up through the cab. and threw Bond, stunned
md bruised, back on top of the coal in the
ender. There was great danger Of the broken
lriving-rod throwing the engine from the
rack and wfecking the train. The broken
cd kept chopping up through the very
pot where the whistle-cord hung, 80 that
brakes-down" could not be called. The mo-
nentum Of the train gradually increased, and
he danger of ditching the whole train was