The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-05-18
HON. G. G. WAsHBURN,
HIS Death Mt Eur. LA Springs, Ark, Sur
rounded by Members of His Family.

HON. y. @. WAsHBORN.
His Death at Eur. LA Springs, Ark, Sur
rounded by Members of His Family.
A dispatch from Eureka Spriags. Ark. of
Sunday 18th says: Gov. Washburn passed
away calmly and peacefully at $50 this after
noon. His condition had been alarming since
| . week ago, when he fell iato delirinm. which
continued with brief lucid intervals until his
| oea'h. be Was suffering with heart trouble
naralyeis and Brights disease Of the kidney g.
He has bsen attended by Drs Quicker and
| Westlake, but no medical skill aud 70 human
power could avett the inevitable hour. For
the last year he has contemplated death with
laet to diein the far Off z srk mountains of Ar
kansas. Great interes' is felt in his case by the
whole population here, and sympathy is mani
tested by all classes. His death bed is sur
rounded by BIZ brother, Mr. Washburn OF Ill
inois; his daughter, Mis- Payson; his son-in
Law, Hon. Charles Payson, late United States
minister to Denmark; bis brothcr-in- law, G. A.
Buffum of Louisiana, No ; and MS ever faith
full valet, William l.. Free man, who has been
h!s constant and devoted attendant for the last
year.
His remains we're taken to L. Crosse. Wis.
and were buried on Thursday 18th inst Jesse
spsldiug Of Chicago, who had tcsn intimately
acquainted with Mr. Nashburn for the last
twenty years, SAYS Of him. ''Gov. Washburn
was very successful, substantial business
man, man OF great energy and unqaestioned
integrity. His word throughout the State of
Wisconsin being as good as his bond A plain,
unassumiDg character, gifted with an extraor-
binary amount OF common sense, he vas be-
loved and respected by all who knew him"
Mr.. Washburns ublic and business career is
lated briefly. Born q: I.vermore, Mo. 1878;
came t. Davenport, in the then
territory of Iowa, in 1880, and engaged N
geological survey with r ebert Dale Owen;
studied law at Stcnen son, near Rock Island H.,
and in l841 located at Meneral Point, Niscon-
procession, and connected with his business
and extensive land agency, in which
G. c. Woodman became partner.
| in 1854, when he was taken up by his friends,
without effort or even desire on his part, and
elected to the 34th congress; and on the 4th of
March, 1900, the three brothers met in Wash
ington as members OF the house Of rep senta-
lives, each having been elected st precisely the
same age-of talrty-six years. After serving
six years in congress Mr.. Washburn declined
another Gle ction
At the breaking on. of the war of tho rebel
lion, Mr.. Wsshhurn raised the first Wisconsin
cavalry regiment and was commissioned as it's
colonel, and aflor cred,table eeryice became
major general. Gen. Washburn at about the
commencement of the war took up his resi-
dence in LIS Crosse, and on his return to civil
pursuits, was, in 1866. elected to the Fortieth,
to the Fnrty-frst Congress, aud afterward
became governor of Wisconsin, and will long
be remembered for his magnificent gifts to the
state. Mr.. Washburn afterwards went into the
milling business and accumulated an INNER 80
fortune In his domestic relations. Mr.. WASH
burn has been unfortunate. In early manhood
he married an intelligent and estimab le lsdy.
who after a few years became q confi1 med in
valid for life from the loss Of mind, and the
family has beer deprived of her presence and
Influence for more than thirty years. In all this
| time of sadness she has been tenderly cared
for, in the best manner possible by her hue band.
Nothing that money could do to alleviate her
| condition has been left undone His wealth
has been literally Bestowed in seekin her com
fort. He leaves two daughters both married
Sad Opening of the Season at White Bear
Lake, Mimi.
Last SUNDAY, Mesere Charles Dewitt Young,
| auditor OF the OMAHA railway, Irvine Moore,
bis chief clerk, and J. B. Gossick, store
clerk 1T the shops of the above company, all
of St. Paul, went Out on tic lake sailing about
1 l O'Clock il the morning and were never after
wares seen alive. The boat vas an old one,
brought to The lake within the last ten Gays, Of
q large and unmanageable square sail. and
heavily ballasted with loose stone The wind
being from the north esst and blowing from
the shore, the party did not receive its force
| until far out on the lake, and beyond the
cover Of the island, and the hypothesis is
weight of the stone ballast ca1lied them
to the bottom. Mr.. Young was
| married, but had no children. In addition to
bis position as. auditor Of the Omaha, Mr..
Young was auditor of the Minneapolis e.
Eastern, and was lately elec'ed director in
the Minneapolis e. s.. Louis when Washbu m
resigned. He was the youngest railroad aud
itor of an lmpo! tant line in the country, and
his advancement was regarded az remarka :
ble Mr.. Gossick WAS married, and
his wife and family were stopping
where he was in the employ OF tie Northwest
tern railways nd removed two years ago to
Shahcpee where he was employed AZ material
clerk in the shops at that place. At the con-
soljdation he was employed by the Omaha
OF January, when he was transferred to ST.
Paul living Moore CINE to ST. Paul from
Chicsgo, where he had been employed as
travelling auditor OF the No' thWestern road,
last February, and was made clerk in Anil or
Young's Office, which position he Eeld at the
Young, aged about thirty, unm arr!ed-
Two Bold Eobberies in Minnesota.
The residence of +. Scattergood, at Mankato
occupie by Dr. D. F. McGrew, WAS entered by
burglars between 1 ana / Sunday rning and
SSO 10 gold, gold watch, CHAIN ana locke. ana
an opera glass stolen. Both the doctor and
Mrs. McGraw claim that they were chloro-
formed, and the babs which was lying in he'd
with them has been vomiting and showing IN
mistakable signs of chloroform narcosis all the
day. Mr.. McGraw, who has taken chloroform
on several ccssions says there is no mista king
1.-THE after fleets are too apparent.
Mr.. Bates OF Mankato, WAS returning from
the south part Of Blue Earth county, and when
near LIE Sueur bridge, five miles from Mankato,
he heard a poise in the back part of his wagon.
He attempted to look around, and found him.
self grasped from behind by powerful man.
while another reached over Lis shoulder and
put his hand INFO Mr. Bates, pocket and took
out his pocketbook containing $3.50. Then re-
leasing MIN they jumped out and took to the
brush. As they we're leaving the old gentle.
MN eai1, ''Boys, have worried hard for that
money and mead it pretty bad One Of the
robbers said: 'sOl, we'll, We know bow you
got that Ill oney; you got it easy enough"