St. Landry democrat., 1882-01-14
THE YEARS RECORD.
Neurological and Other Interesting sts
tistics of the Year 1881.


tistics of the Year 1881.
The following record and statistics are taken
from compilation by the Chicago Tribune OF
the leading events Of the past year. AS shown
by the death record every department of labor
has suffered serious loss to an extent which,
indeed, makes the year memorable as. COM
parcd with many previous years. The political
world has lost such great names as James A.
Garfield, slain by the assassin Guiteau; Lord
Beaconsield, the ex-English Tory leader and
nHterateur; Drouyn de pHuys and Emile de
t;irardin, the French statesmen; Baron Won
Haynerle, the Austro- Hungarian Minister OF
Foreign Affairs and from our Congressional
circles, Fernando Wood, Matt Carpenter and
General Burnside The military world has
lost Major General Couey, slain in the Boer
War, Major General Emory Upton, the great
tactician of our army, and General Benedek,
of the Austrian army. The most prominent
loss to our navy is DR.. Benjamin Franklin
Bache, an expert in naval science. The only
prominent death in royal circles was that OF
Alexander IL, Car of Russia, slain by the
Nihlists The bar has lost Justice Gilt
ford, of the United States Supreme Court,
and several Judges of the State Supreme
Courts Theology mourns the loss OF Will
lam Morley Punshon, the English, Wesleyan;
Archbishop McHale, the $ Lion of Tuam;"
the Rev John Cummings, and Arthur PEN
rhyn Stanley the eloquent Dean Of Westmin-
ster: while in this country Alexander HamH
,4s viinton, Dr* stuart Robinson, Bishop i. o.
Haven and other prominent men have closed
their labors on earth. The list Of workers In
science and education has lost Prof Wood,
the botanist; John Gould, the ornithoogist;
Prof Hirsch, the historian; Karl Weyprecht,
the gcogrs pher; Matthew Vassar, the founder
Of Vassar, College, and Isaac, !. Hayes, the
Arctic explorer The active world OF COM
merce and business has lost Apolios r.. Wet
more, Isaac Sherman Thomas A. Scott, Elisha
Riggs, William f. Weld, II. G.iStebbins, the
Baron James Rotfschild,, William g. Fargo
and Fletcher NJ. Harper. The arts mourn YER
boecklleven, Hughes Merle and Moeder; m1l-
sic, Sernmens, Rubinstein (Nicholas), schlei-
nitz, Vieuxtemps and Wuertz; and the drama :;
Sothern, Linghapi, Dillon, Seton and Mrs.
Edwin Booth II the literary world, Thomas
CARLYLE, Anna Maria Hall, James I. Fields,
John G. Palfry, Franz Dingelstedt, Sidney La
nicr and John G. Holland have laid down their
busy pens. H.. Il, .ttq..gt.. ...l-
The detailed list of the dead in the United
7J POLITICAL WORLD. p" ~
Hon. c. Grant, ain original abolitionlst, NOR
iris, ILL.,; r. III. Stephenson, Collector OF Gus
toms, Cincinnati, o.: Henry D. Cooke, e1-
Wood, Representative, New York; Matt Il
Carpenter, Senator, Wisconsin; Augustus
bradford, Ex-Governor OF Maine. William
Halter, prominent Socialist, Cincmnatl,~ ".
General Joseph Binckney, Commissioner OF
Emigration; Hon. William g. CROSBY ex-
Of sHs obn vs. s. Pre Ge5D
South Carolina: Ansel Briggs, ex-governor OF
iowa; DIR. Joseph Goldmark, New York, one
of the Revoiuttonists of 1873 in Austria; Grove
Salisbury, Ex-Governor Of Delaware; Colonel
John C. Burch, Secretary OF the United states
Senate; John Bagley, ex-governor OF Mlchl.
gan; Stephen S. Foster abolitionist; ambrose
Garfield, President Of the United States; w. r
OConner, Representative, South Carolina;
Louis A. Witt, Governor OF Louisiana; Gen.
era J,idson Fitzpatrick, United States Minister
Ex-MEMBERs OF CONGRESS. fg5g
Andrew K. Hay, New Jersey; P; W: strader,
OHIO; John CLANCY. Maryland; P. S. Crook
New York: John q. Petit, Indiana; Ira A
Eastman, New Hampshire; BENJAMIN 3: Loan
Missouri; John Cheney, Ohio; Nathan K, Dig DIX
II. e. Trowbridge, Michigan; Randolph strick-
land, Michigan; Charles Hudson Massachu
setts; eli Perry New York York; anthony Anti III
shire; Hugh j. Anderson, Maine; P. W. Hitch
cock, Nebraska; j. A. Barber, Illinois; James
H. Graham, New fOrK; Henry .. Lane, lQuf
ana; Samuel H. jackson, Missouri; James
Chrsman. Kentucky; Orville h. Browning
Illinois; Qrigen s. Seymour, Connecticut; Dan
isl G pejarnstte, virginia. nn H Msan coB
necticut; Isaac w. Scudder, New Jersey; Ed
ward Grassland, Kentucky; solomon Sphinx
Dakota; j. A. Cuthbert, Alabama; Joseph c
Abbott, North Carolina; e. B. Morgan, New
York; Nehemiah Perry, New Jersey; William
Kennon, Ohio; Samuel Ingham, Connecticut h
ena r. sBannnn oiie Robsr Haze
New York.
ssae5e ENJOY cefdneI s
81 eral Grants stan; Colonel William H. French
General William Davidson, General John c
Pemberton, Confederate Army: Genera
Mieh1er, General E. s. Purdy, Chief of Staff T
General franklin in the war of the Rebellion
(Mass.) Armory; Major John Mix, Genera
John S5Sinonson, retired; Iieutenant-C olone
William Il. Price.
SurgeonC. j. s. Wells, Captain Robert F.
Lewis, James Whitaker, Chief Engineer
Lieutenant Commander E. Keyser, Charles =
ssn s 5 aaHaasF SsRt1 y qbFd ass'
s snsyu keqteRm1 nsssz G IS Bsna n
Franklin .Bache, Lt-Commander A. II. Wrigh
up George Brent, Associate-Judge of Court o
Appeals, Baltimore, Md ex-Judge G. @. Not
East Orange, n. j.; Hon. c. e. Patterson
judge Fourteenth judicial Circuit, Teri
Haute, Ind; Hon. Epenetus Sears, Judge
Thirteenth District, Sidney, Ia; Charles Fl
ward Forbes. tex-Judge Supreme Court 3
Massachusetts, Hon..J NJ. Dickerson, Probat
Judge of Montcalm County, Mich; John
Dwinell, Oakland, CAL; Judge James G. Cu
ssM sage wsss 2sshEe ass ssS
Justice Supreme Court of New, Jersey; q,
Judge Charles II. Conover, Freehold, y. J
Judge Richard J. Bowie Chief Judge Sixt
Circuit Of Maryland: Judge Emory, Marylan
Court of Appeals; Hon. Scion Thurman, Jude
Of therThirteenths j stliciale Circuit Indians
Judge Jonathan SDuE. Pontiac, I'LL; Hol
Thomas Thompson, Eighth South CarolI