Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-05

sed States Senator from Rhode IsMnd at
Providence.
10. Ngnor Brumidi, the artist who designed
and execStea the frescoes in the Capitol at
Washington.
20. Ex-Congressulan Lorenzo Danford, of
Ohio, killed in a railroad accident near Bel
laire, Ohio. Benjamin Brandreth, the famous
pilI-maker at Sing Sing, N. Y, aged II.
MARCH.
1. William Maxwell Wood, Surgeon General
of the United States navy at Baltimore, aged
r.
s. Commodore Isaiah Hanscomb, United
States navy; at Washington.
z. Judge w. II. Hayes, of the Federal Court
Of Kentucky at Louisville. aged SO.
%. A. r. Corbin, brother-in-law of Gen.
Grant at Jersey City.
30. Richard Van Rensselaer,, the last of the
celebrated New York family of that name, a
banker; at Albany, aged s3.
APRIL.
5. Rear Admiral Thacher of the United
States navy; at Boston, aged u.
6. Gen. James L. Reynolds, soldier and poll
tician; at Lancaster, Pa, aged So.
10. W. A. Howard Governor Of Dakota Ter
ritory, and former Congressman from Michi-
gau at Washington.
10. DR.. Edward V. FL. Kenealy member of
Parliament, and counsel for the Tichborne
claimant.
rs. J. Seligman, the wel-known syndicate
New York banker ; at New York.
80. d. w. Middleton, for twenty years Clerk
of the United States Supreme Court at Wash
ingtOn.
2. Maj. Gen. Heintzelman, who commanded
division in the Army of the Potomac; at
Washington.
8. Hon. George Browne, statesman and jour-
nalist, of Toronto, Canada. who was shot some
weeks before by discharged employe.
IA. Chief Justice Sanford E. Church, of the
New York Court of Appeals; at Albion, N. T.;
aged 65.
10. Ex-Gov. Foote, of Mississippi, formerly
United States Senator at Nashville, Tenn,
aged 80.
20. d. X. Jones, the inventor and first max
er of lucifer matches at Chillicothe, Ohio.
aged &c.
80. Richard B. Connolly, the Tweed Comp
troler of New York in exile at Marsellles,
France, aged 70.
81. Sherrard Clemens, for thirteen years
member of Congress from Virginia pauper,
at ST. Louis.
6. John Brougham, the noted dramatist and
comedian at New York, aged &c.
II. Ex-Gov. Albert G. Brown, of Mississippi;
at Jackson, aged 81.
10. James A. Bayard, ex-United States SEN
atOr from Delaware at Wilmington.
II. J. B. Howell, editor of the Keokuk Gate
City. once United States Senator from Iowa;
at Keokuk, aged "a.
10. John A. Suffer, the discoverer of gold in
California at Washington, aged IS.
Is. Lieut.. Gen. T. H. Holmes, of the Confed-
crate service at Fayetteville, N. c., aged 76.
JULY.
8. George Ripley President of the New York
Tribune Company, and distinguished author !;
at New York, aged IS.
6. William E. Carter, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of Connecticut.
10. Jos. r. Chandler, for many years editor
of the United States Gazette and member Of
Congress from 1849 to 1856, at Philadelphia,
aged SO.
IL. Tom Taylor, the noted English dramatist;
at London.
IL John A Campbell. at one time Governor
of Wyoming, and later Assistant Secretary of
State; at Washington.
10. Judge Jacob Brinkerhoff, of the Ohio
Supreme Court bench for several years at
Mansfield, Ohio.
6. Gen. William O. Butler, an officer of the
war Of IS12 and the Mexican war, and candi-
date for Vice President with Lewis Cass, in
1S48; at Carrollton, KY, aged SO.
8. Ex-Gov. john Bigler, of Pennsylvania at
Clearfield that State.
16. Adelaide Nelson, the celebrated English
actress at Paris, aged 80.
II. Ex-Gov. Herschel V. Johnson candidate
for Vice President with Douglas, in 1860 in
Jefferson county, Ga, aged 68.
II. Ole Bull, the celebrated Norwegian VOL
mist at Bergen, Norway, aged 70.
10. James A. Sedden, Confederate Secretary
of War; at Richmond, Va, aged IS.
o. Mrs. Charles Kean, widow of the cele-
brated English actor, herself known on the
cto Traa. ir, Fr,ry
"a. Brig. Gen. Albert J. Meyer, Chief of the
United States Signal Service, Familiarity known
as cold Probs )" at Buffalo
y. Chief Ouray, leader of the Ute Indians !;
in Southern Colorado.
%. Ex-Gov. Paul o. Hebert, of Louisiana, an
officer in the Mexican war and in the Confeder-
ate army; at New Orleans aged 62.
20. S. R. Clifford, the welI-known artist at
New York.
80. Robert McClelland, Ex-Governor of Mich
igan and Secretary of the Interior in President
Pierce's Cabinet at Detroit, aged IS.
SEPTEMBER.
1. Brevet Maj. Gen. Torbert, cavalry COM
mander during the rebellion /; lost at sea off
the lorida coast, aged A.
10. Marshall O. Roberts, the well-known New
York capitalist aged &c.
10. Hon. Lafayette S. Foster, Senator from
Connecticut from 1855 to 1867, and acting Vice
President of the United States for time, dur
ing JOhnsOnS term at Hartford, aged IA.
%. Donald Mckay, the builder of clipper
ships at Hamilton, Mass, aged 10.
OCTOBER.
5. jacques Offenbach, the celebrated opers.
composer; at Paris, aged 81.
II. Julia D. Bates, widow of Hon. Edward
Bates, Attorney General under President Lin
coin at st. Louis.
10. Chief Justice E. 6. Ryan, of the Wiscon-
sin Supreme Court at Madison. aged 70.
20. Mrs Lydia Maria Child the wel-known
American authoress at Wayland, Mass, aged
78. Alfred Henry Thesiger Lord Chief Justice
of the English Court of Appeals at London,
aged AZ.
81. Maj. Thomas L. Butler, Aid-de-C Camp to
Gen. Jackson at the battle of New Orleans,
and Surveyor General of New Orleans under
President Madison; at Louisville, KY, aged 81.
a. Bishop Daggett, of the M. E. Church at
Richmond, Va.
NOVEMBER.
8. Fayette McMullen, a leading Virginia poll
tician, at Wytheville, Va.
9. Il. L. DR. IKE, who put down the first oil
well at Titusville, Pa.
II. Lucretia Mott, the well-known Quaker
philanthropist and abolitionist, at Philadelphia,
aged 88.
IL. Signor Blitz the famous ventriloquist