The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-21
JUDGE BLACKS DEATH.
A LONG AND ACTIVE LIFE CLOSED.
jeremiah S. Black, After a Weeks Illness,
Passes Away at York, Pa.-Brief
Sketch of the Life of the
Eminent Jurist.
A SHINING MARK.

YORK, Pa. Aug. q.
Judge jeremiah Black died at ten minutes
past two O'clock Sunday morning Though
not unexpected, his death was sudden. Sat
urday morning he seemed somewhat better,
but the improvement was two slight to JUS
tify hope of his reeov cry. The mfa-
vorable change began about four O'Clock
in the afternoon, and he gradually
grew worse, but remained conscious al
most to the end, and died peacefully. Short
ly before the end came he said to his wife:
How can | fear to cross the dark river
when my father waits for me Oh the other
shore?" and added: would were as com
Portable about all leave behind unfinished
i'll this world" He then breathed the fol-
lowing earnest prayer: sob! Thou most
| beloved and merciful heavenly Father, from
whom had my being and in whom | have
ever trusted, if it is Thy will grant that my
suffering may end and that l may be called
| home to Thee; and oh! bless and comfort
Thee, my Mary"
The immediate cause of Judge Blacks
death was poXemia, produced by the alb
| S0rptiOn of retained urinary constituents
| prior to the operation of Thursday. DR..
| McKennon, OF York, who had spent Satur-
| day with the patient, noticed the appear
ance OF unfaVorable symptoms about four
| o'clock in the afternoon. DR.. Nielsen
| helder who relieved DIR. Mckennon, also
noted the change for the worse.
and from that hour the increasing gravity of
his symptoms indicated gradual failure of
the vital forces. Judge Black suffered
| greatly during his illness, but his last mo-
mentS were without acute pain, and he
passed quietly away, retaining conscious
ness until within a few minutes of his death.
From the beginning of his illness Judge
| Black believed he never would recover, and
| was perfectly resigned. jeremiah 5. Black
was born January 10, 1910, i'll Glades, SOM
erSet County, Pa.
At the age of seventeen he began the
study of law, and his success as "a lawyer
was remarkable from the date IF his adj
mission to the bar In 1851 he was made
| Chief-Justice OF the Supreme Court of Penn
sylyania. He remained in this position UNI
til he was called into the Cabinet of PreS-
| dent Buchanan as Attorney General. Judge
Black retired from official life in 1861, and
from that time until his death he was
| actively engaged i'll the practice Of law in its
| highest branches.
|
none of his force of character, his geniality
and brightness of disposition, and his flow
or language, when not under the Influence
of opiates. His remains will be inferred in
Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, at five o'clock
this evening. Rev. Powers, of Washing
ton, the pastor of the late President Gar
field, will otficiate. Judge Black was a
member of the Christian, Ur Campbellite,
| Church.
The announcement that Judge jeremiah
S. Black was dead was made on the streets at
an early hour, and the sad intelligence was
spread from lip to lip until the whole COM
| munity We're aware of the great loss they
had sustained. Flags float at halfmas
1 The people, regardless Of partisan feelings,
feel that not only the Nation has lost a dis
tinguiShed and patriotic son, but the town
of \ DIRK has been especially beTeaved. Judge
Black was loved and respected i'll life,
but his death has awakened a most eXtraOr-
binary feeling of sympathy and regret at
his sudden demise. He spoke of business
and private matters to his son, Chauncey, and
in the midst OF it would stop and refer to
his faith in Christ. Judge Blacks youngest
daughter, Mrs. Clayton, can not be present
at the funeral, as she is at Fort Apache. A,
T., with her husband, Major Clayton, pay
master of the United States Army.