The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-25
JUDGE BLACK DEAD.
Death or Judge Jere 8. Black OF
Pennsylvania, Who Passed Away
With Prayer on His Lips.

Death OF Judge Jere 8. Black OF
Pennsylvania, Who Passed Away
With "a 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 ont beautiful rs
the setting OF summer sun upon the cloud
less sky. His death was courageous one,
aud in hope of blessed immortalit At
2:l5 O'Clock he breathed bis last. kissing
his wife goodbye, he turned over on his
side and with smile playing upon his lips
he passed away: His two sons, Chauncey
r. and Henry, his daughter, Mrs. Hornsby,
and bis son-in. law, Mr. Hornsey, and Al
Farquhar. were present when
the vital spark fed. Shortly before death
had laid his icy hands upon him, he spoke
With confidence Of the fnture saying to his
son Chauncy he had no fear of crossing the
dark river when his Heavenly Father
awaited him on the other shore, ending,
II would that ] we're rs comfortable about
what leave behind in the world" When
bis beloved wife knslt by his bedside com.
fOrting him with her sympathy and love,
he gave utterance TO the following impres.
sive prayer: "Oh, thou m ost beloved and
merciful heavenly Father, from whom /
had my being, and in whom have ever
| trusted, II II be thy will, grant that my suf-
feriDg end and that i be called home 10
thee. And oh bless and comfort thou my
Mary"
The judges illness only dates from Mon
day last, and from the 6rst approach of the
fatal and painful disease, The was perfectly re-
signed, feeling that IL would terminate fatal
Iu tor 40 a crit nd yyo o&
found necessary TO resort to surgical oper-
alton, he observed that the doctors were in
council, and asked its import. They told
him of the intended operation, and that
they haa asked the consent OF the family.
Good bumOredly and with mis- accustomed
wit, he remarked:
You have rsckonsd without your host
am the victim and the only one to be con-
| suited. l will not submit. can hold out
| until Brs. Aztec and 0arnett can be sum-
moned In consultation. sE
Agreeably TO the judges desire the doc
tors we.s brought and he consented to the
operation. II was successfully performed,
but blood poisoning followed, which was
the imnsdiate cause Of his death. All
| through his sickness, although suffering in
tense agony he Was cheerful, and his great
| mind gave vent in frequent scirtiilations of
| witty uttersnces, and ut times he repeated
| selections from his favorite authors, Bry-
| ants ThanatOpeis and the words OF Lady
Macbeth. In his dying moments ths liurist
| lost none Of his force OF character his geni-
| ality and brightness Of disposition, and his
| flow Of language, when not under theiinfiu-
euce Of opiates. Judge Black suffered
greatly during his illness, but his last mo-
ments were without acme pain, and
he passed quietly away, retaining con-
sciousness within q few minutes of his
death. ~
Jeremiah Sullivan Black was born in
ancestor came from the north of Ireland
and settled near the present slte of York,
Pa, the home of the statesman, early in
the seventeenth century. His iather, Henry
Black, being farmer, Jerry, a he was
familiarly called, passed his early years
upon the virgin fields of the clearing
among the glades, and bis love Of rural
| life remained with him through all his days.
1t also fixed his religious faith and turned
him to the CampDellite church, which he
Joined at the age Of twenty-eght. He re-
about his own home, but he CON-
peted his studies at private acad-
| emy in Fayette county. He had an i'm
mense legal pracl ice from the frst and In
| 1888 he married Miss Mary Forward, his
p-eceptor's daughter, who survives him.
In 1872 Gov. Porter appOintedI 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 un.
questionable. The late member of that
cabinet, furnished in January, 1877, writ
en- tribute to Judge Blacks unswervine
loyalty during that period; and Judge Hol
another of his cabinet colleagues, has said
mo man could have been more ardent ol
earnest in his attachment 10 the union OIL
more persistent In urging those things cal
culatsd TO save IL from the designs Of thu
southern men than Judge Black"
as lawyer he was considered one Of tn,
greatest in the coantry.. Two years sgs
he published vigorous defense Of tn
Christian religion in the North American
Review against the onslaughts Of Robert
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