Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-08-25
JUDGE BLACK DEAD.
Death Of Judge Jere 8. Black of
Pennsylvania, Who Passed Away
With Prayer on His Lips.

York, Pa, Special Telegram, Aug. 10. -
Brockie is in mourning. Judge Black, the
the central figure of Brockie, lies cold IN
death. His death was peaceful and calm,
and his eventful life went out beautiful as
| the setting of a summer sun upon the cloud
less sky. His death was a courageous one,
and in hope of blessed immorta lily. At
| 2:l5 O'Clock he breathed his last. Kissing
his wife goodbye, he turned over on his
side, and with smile playing upon his lips
| he passed away. His two soDs, Chauncey
| F. and Henry, bis daughter, Mrs. Hornsby,
AID bis son-in-law, Mr.. Hornsey, and A. F.
Farquhar. were present when
| the vital spark fed. Shortly before death
had laid his icy hands upon him, he spoke
| with confidence of the future, saying to his
son Chauncy be had no fear of crossing the
dark river when his Heavenly Father
awaited him on the other shore, ending,
II would that / were as comfortable about
what leave behind in the world" When
his beloved wife kaelt by his bedside COM
forting him with her sympathy and love,
he gave utterance to the following impress
siVe prayer: ooh, thou N ost beloved and
merciful heavenly Father, from whom l
had my being, and in whom have ever
trusted, if it be thy will, grant that my suf
thee. And oh bless and comfort thou my
Mary"
The judges illness only dates from Mon
day last, and fr1m the FIRST approach of the
fatal and painful disease, he was perfectly re-
signed, feeling that it would terminate fatal
ly. After his case became critical, and it was
found necessary to resort to a surgical oper-
alton, be observed that the doctors were in
council, and asked its import They told
l. g h. 80 "a Al.
they had asked the consent of the family.
Good humoredIy and with mis- accustomed
wit, he remarked:
You have reckoned without your host. l
am the victim and the only one to be con-
suited. l will not submit. / can hold out
until Drs Aztec and Garrett can be SUM-
moned in consultation.
AgreeabIy to the judges desire the doc
tors were brought and he consented to the
operation. 1t was successfully performed,
but blood poisoning followed, which was
the immediate cause of his death. All
through his sickness, although suffering in
tense agony, he was cheerful, and his great
mind gave vent in frequent sciptillations Of
witty utterances, and at times he repeated
selections from bis favorite authors, Bry-
ants Thanatopsis and the words of Lady
Mac oeth. In his dying moments the iurist
lost none of bis force OF character, his gent
atty and brightness of disposition and his
flow Of language, when not under the infu-
ence of opiates. Judge Black suffered
greatly during his illness, but his last mo-
ments were without acute pain, and
he passed quietly away, retaining con-
sciOusness within a few minutes of his
death.
jeremiah Sullivan Black was born in
Somerset county, Pa, Jan. 10, 1910. His
ancestors came from the north OF Ireland
and settled near the present site Of York,
Pa, the home of the statesman, early III
the seventeenth century. His father, Henry
Black, being farmer, Jerry, as he was
Familiarity called, passed his early years
upon the virgin fields of the clearing
among the glades, and his love of rural
life remained with him through all his days.
1t also fixed his religious faith and turned
him to the CampDeIlite church, which he
Joined at the age OF twentyeight. He re-
ceived his first mind-training in the schools
about his own home, but he COM
pleted his studies at a private aCad-
envy in Fayette county. He had al i'm
mense legal prac ice from the first and in
1888 he married Miss Mary Forward, his
preceptOr's daughter, who survives him.
In 1912 Gov. Porter appointed him Judge
of Common Pleas. He was made chief
Justice of the supreme court of the State in
1851. by drawing the short term of three
years, after having been chosen upon the
ticket with Lewis, Groson, Lowery, and
Coulter, under the new constitutional pro-
vision, making the judges elective. In
1854 he was reelected TO the supreme
bench by large majority. Afterwards
he became Attorney General of the United
States under Mr.. Buchanan. Judge Blacks
loyalty during those trying months is I'M
questionable. The late member of that
cabinet, furnished in January, 1877, writ
en- tribute to Judge Blacks answering
loyalty during that period; and Judge Holt
another of his cabinet colleagues, has said:
No man could have been more ardent or
earnest in his attachment to the union or
more persistent in urging those things cal
culated to save it from the designs of the
southern men than Judge Black"
IS lawyer he was considered one of the
greatest in the country. Two years ago
lie published a vigorous defense Of the
Christian religion IN the North American
Review against the onslaughts of Robert G.
Ingersoll.