Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-09-23

our citizens can do to make it a success We
hope to see the art department we'll supplied.
This community was greatly shocked at the
announcement yesterday morning of the sud-
den death of Mr. JOHN B. SMITH, an old and
much respected citizen of North Towanda
Had he lived until December he would have
completed his Goth year, Mr.. SMITH was one
of the most intelligent and prosperous cti-
zens of the county. by industry and pru-
dent economy, he had acquired competency
and was apparently enjoying the declining
years of life surrounded by happy family
who loved and honored him and to whom he
was deyotedly attached. But the summons
came without Il note of warning, and he was
gathered TO his frthers." Having lived an
Saviour, he was ready and ioyfully obeyed
the ca to . come mp higher.''
The funeral will be held at the family resi-
dence at O'Clock this afternoon, and the bu-
rial will take place at Hornbrook cemetery.
At the opening OF Court Monday morning,
Col. +. ONERToN, Jr., announced the death
of President GARFIELD. whereupon his Hon.
Judge Morrow made the following order:
In tie matter Of tie death Of President Gar-
fetd:
And now, September 90 1881, the death of James
n. Garfield, President of the United States, having
been announced in open court, Hon. Edward Over
ton, DR., Col. T.. Smith, and l.. NJ. Hall, are hereby
appointed committee to prepare resolutions eX-
pressive of the grief of the Court and Bar. at this
great public calamity; And it is further ordered
that Il mark of respect and love for the memory
of our deceased President the Court do now adj
journ 1t is further ordered that this minute be
placed upon the records of the Court
Appropriate remarks were made by Col.
OvERToN and Col. SMITH.
Yesterday morning the committee reported
he following, which were ordered filed:
ReSolred, That the sorrow we feel for him who
is now dead, who stricken down in the full tide
of a vigorous manhood, in what for him was but
the beginning CT greatness, is equaled by the
keen sympathy feel for those Who, being
connected with him in the more intimate relations
OF life, will more than others be bowed down by his
loss, but that the loss to country which he had
both the will and the power to serve better than
other men; when we remember that it was to
serve our country, and because he believed he could
aid her welfare, thathe most of all wished and srup.
gled to lve that this view of our loss exceeds and
rises above all others following this sad calamity
ResOt0ed, That we mourn his death the more at n
time when with all his generous heart he striving
with such great success to harmonizc all factions
in our country, to aay all sectional strife to make
each man feel that our laws protected him and that
to be SO protected was precious privilege; but we
rejoice that he did die till by his brave and earn
est acts in office, by his than heroic struggle
against pain and death he had won to him all those
who once might have been against him, and, until
sat the time of his death mankind lost friend and
no got rid of an enemy"
Res0i0ed, That the sorrow we feel at the death of
man so great, is deepened by the thought that he
has left work unfinished that he, of all men, was
best fitted to do; and hope and believe that the
example OF his short and 50 cruelty ended official
life, his well known plans and wishes may still aid
others to carry on the good work that he would
have done had he lived.
ResOiCed, That a that never faltcred in its
onward course even from the humbcst BEGINNINGS
marked by complete consonance with the eventful
history of the age in which he lived, crowned at
length with the highest tribute of the intelligence
and confidence of his countrymen, that career now
closed in death. will be memorable in coming times
as type of our highest. nobest manhood an illus
trious example ofindivdual worth.