The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-14
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AmssiH The maay whn eaiiesi b. expfsm
ssrw fw Mfi Csupet's death were sanss.l
J, Iihlrn, AEruBun n SuIllsan, Gsss~Fai
Alexander = Webh and Anlfuw n. tlrren.
Information ~ Mr. e1snr's aeHl=a
quickly spread throughout the city. rkelsa,x
feelings of mgfet and hag. wefs al-pla,vJ
II lmlf-nlast na tDller Institute tise tfty
Hall, the pnsl Oflee building. nswspas~f
ofiifvs and other public and private build.
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forty-thfce members oi the Pennsylvania
Iumniandsery 0f the military aHlef ~ the
loyai fewla " The United STATES, under
eosilsiaHd u MaiH. tiehrfai Hancock, Wis.
ii@l thu New York rmmmAndery At prl.
monleo's last hlfht Before The hanasiet the
coumisiee dmited resolutions os frgre. 10.
the death Of Peter Cooper.
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Peter Cooper was hom IN the city of New
York, February ~, ifgi, when IL I.ppula-
lon was only sE,0oO. Ills father was 4
Lieutenant IN the Continental army, and al.
ef the war located ln New YORK. CITY, where
b. engaged In lhe manufacture n hats. lie.
naturally enough, learned the trade of his
father. AMI pursued u With him. The latter
afterwards odd out hi. business, and reinos-
Ing to Newbufgh, n. ". erected brewery,
and Young Cooper engaged here with bis
father IN the manufacture u ales, etc.
In his i7th year he entered as an ap
pFentlce 10 the eoaeli-making business.
Herr he remained until he was u aye, and
hal thoroughly lranei the business. After
arriving at agr, and working In Hampstead,
Long Island, nj the manufacture of a ma
chine fog sheafing cloth, hs saved enough
money ont Of his wages 10 buy the right Of
the State Of New York for the machrr, and
commenced H. manufacture lie suise-
auentiy engaged IN the grocery
business. Afterwards he began the man,I-
faeturc OF glue, oil, whiting. prepared chalk
and iaInglass, which business he subsequent
iy removed 10 Brooklyn where the business
has been continued uuill the present time,
and Is now IN successful operation. In fces
he purchased 5000 aerrs OF land within the
now corporated limits OF baltimore, Mary
land, paying therefor eio5, 600, and on a
portion Of this property ererted The Conion
ifon Works. Hero he built the first ioco-
motive ever constructed In America. lie
afterwards founded the Trenton frm Works,
where the first Iron beams, now 10 much
used In fireproof buildings, were rolled. lie
was one Of The earliest and mot active pro.
motep Of the Atlantic telegraph. Afgui
1850 he resolved 70 devote = considerable
PORTION Of his ample fortune n public use.
For this pnrposs he erected the large build.
Ing In New York known as thc Cooper
union- This win be his most enduring
monument, and has bern and win continue
10 BE- . bIessIng 10 thousands Of lpth srxus.
II "a designed for the working clakscs. In :
conversation . short time ssD Air. Cboper
said that the expressions Of gratitude whlch
he WIS ~ oftrn receiyinx from those who
had learned some valuable trade, oF been
enabled through the education received al
the union 10 support Themselves and faniii-
ies. were more gratifying and pieamrahIe
10 him than al his possessions. Mr.
Cooper, IN politics, was Of late yean Z
Gecntarker. lie was tin nominee of that
party for the rrsideHey m fsss, rccrIsInx
lite vcte< lie vas eusinastiy psacsicni
and siecsssfnl ln al pursuits of life. Hs
lived 30 - the hsll fsuifton ~ NJ phIlsn-
ihfoIic plzns. anal his ns<nory VIII lonx hs
IessT-i b lha-snsis Who hare b<uealsxi b
hss noble Erleru=iiy.