The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-01

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q the iva mon whose casecs ard
celebrity have rehse.sd the
most s.sdi, upon our vlhses. the
pue, tie sx-Goyernor OF he sssse still
lives among -. saIks our streets and
grssss his neighbors with HE ~onted
Far distant be the day.
wien these s.lu,ons shall be saddsned
In his memory.
Tie other, tho Hoa- u. D Haley
wss So,lowed 70 La grave las, Friday
by a.uo.; ,hs entire pcyr
la,iou o< the town.
The high standing Of Ar. KAley. the
vast number Of his friends. the
regard in which he VA held BY tie
people Of this county. a. vel ~
respect for a character such - his.
render il fitting that hi. death should
na& 10 passed by withou: some notice
Il his life.
Henry & Haley was born near
LeNistoWn Pa, July Iith. ls+3. Eleven
years later his parents removed with
him 70 Wyandot county Ohio. At
the age Of eighteen, he entered Wit
tenbsrE College. ., Springfield Ohio.
While At college h.s youthful patri-
otisrl led him into the war of the
rebe:iion. His service wa Company
A l23rd. rey't. q. vols. Soon after his
enlistment he wss made sergeant.
then quArtermasssr. At the battle Of
Winchester he received
wound. from which he eve fully
recovered. He wss . prisoner With
the rebels about three months. VAS
recaptursd by the Uunion forces. and
finished his career q q soldier by
witnessing the surrender Of Gen. Lee
at AppOmatox.
Upon hi. return from the war he
renewed his studies Mt Wittenberg
After completing his Junior year; be
attended the law school nj Ann Arbor
Mich. In 1868 he va admitted tn
the bar by the Superior Court =, San
dusky City Ohio.
The practice Of his profession Was
commenced at Osceola Iowa, in the
year 1869. and,continued at that place
until 1877. Daring his residence in
Osceola, he discharged with satisfac-
ton the duties Of Mayor 81 the town.
In the fall of 1871 he removed to Red
Cloud. With. the exception Of Judge
Wilcox, he WIS the irst lawyer that
settled in the valley.
At the time Of his arrival in this
village, one log hotel and one little
frame store, the building so long used
rs the county clerks Office, were the
only buildings above ground. Soor
after his location here he opened &
small store: His practice however
rapidly extended into adjoining coun
ties and mercantile pursuit. we're sOor
abandoned.
Gov. CARRIER the first county Judg'
of Webster county, was wont to re
mark that HE jurisdiction was Unite,
only by the Colorado line OH tn
west and Mr.. Kaley's practice Ii
those early days was equally ex
tensive.
Through the length and breadth {
the valley and in tie northern conn
ties If Kansa. Mr.. Haley was lon
the acknowledged leader Of the lar
and engaged in all the more impoI
tsnt causes. lie frequently rode IN
horse and drove his buggy three I
four days to attend Court one.
At his death be had probably ~
; auired more property "a the reward {
, his professional labors, than any Law
yer west IF Crete.
In 1916 Mr.. Haley was a delegate {
|, the Republican National Conventio
, and ardently supported Blaine 4
!. President.
At his death he was President Of Il
{ state board Of education, Of which
! had been a member for six years.
. He was also one Of the three n
u Commissioners Of the state.
The only local offices which }
filled. were those of county superinte
dent, and member Of the legi.latul
e He had been appointed by the Free
. dent consul to Chmenitz, but his ID
sickne., and final aeash, prevent
tie assunpsrn Of its duties. The
are the most salient points Of his pu
!" lie life.
e Mr.. Haley WAS during his young
days a member Of the Luther
church, but there is reason to belle
E. that his religious opinion s~ubeeque'
" became more liberal and bro
{, than would consist with the narrow
creeds of the churches. His life a
conduct ever exemplary, disclosed
n departure from the rules Of the stri
est sects. The only difference
O.. tween his conduct and that Of ,
d. most Jealous churchman consisted
the fact that he practiced virtnre wi
out apprehension Of sancity. and sh,
If ned vice without the appearance
is s~usterity.
In this rough, vigorous, liber
western life, he entered with
"a keene.t zest, yet bore himself unts
nd ted and unstained by II sro-nt
ly From liquor. Tobacco. and ssinale
:, Of every kind he totally abstained.
A. No profanc word y escaped
as lips, and his ordinary converati
% orop mae s-roflariy free from