National Republican., 1883-01-29
DEATH or COZ. o.. u. lnIs11.

Nhc Chief or The Burt,nu or 7tngrr wing
aud Printing Dies $ n,l,icnly-slSctcii OF
His Career.
Col. @. II. Irish, chief of tho bureau Of
engraving and printing, died at his residence.
40 loO' Hardwood avenue, lie Droit Park,
saturday morning. Although he had been i'll
LOT little over week, no serious consc-
qucnces were feared, and his sudden death
was therefore decide I'd shock to his fricuds
and the community. The immediate cause
OF death was paralysis of the heart. Tho
members OF his family present at the tiinc
oi his death were his wife, his younger
daughter o. on 10 years of ngcl and his
young son. boy Of 10 or I / years of age. DR..
eStearns, the family physician, and another
physician were also present Col. Irish Is
other daughter, VI iss Annie, u professor at Tho
university ut WOos stcr, Ohio, was at once tclc.
Rlaphcd for, and reached here Yesterday,
she ls almost overwhelmed with grief for
between hcrsclfgmd her father there N,s the
closest NhOnd Of hniun and tn his warm en-
courag, ncntantl hearty cooperation is bor
success IN carvin = out for herself career in n
new and hithcr 10 mtricd field of labor for
women.
Col. Irish was native of New York stPtc
nut carly in his life he moved to Eru, Pa,
where hc received his education. In 1856 he
went to NCbrask nd looked over the c,,un.
Try, and in the folio wing ycnrhe moved tncre.
IN leO9 he became ga ttOr and proprietor OF tho
Lddy and Weekly Press of Nebraska city Tie
was delegate from NJ 'braska to the rcpuhli-
can convention which nominated President
Lincoln. In 1862 he W. Is appointed lndinn
agent in Nebraska. and IN 1864 he became SUI
perintcndcnt of Indian aiia' IRIS in ttali, which
position he occupied for II early two years.
JIG wnsnppointcd consulat DIR, Sdcn in 1S66,and
remained there three years Tic resigned
TINS position and again took mp his residence
IN Nebraska rcsunng the dutic of editor of
lus journal, which had been run in his name.
u. was also president of the OF, 'c county
,,ot;o u bank of Nebraska CITY. He was
niw"ys n Comment in politics IN Nebra shl, and
couiG nrohn Ny have been elected sena or. but
believing othc, better entitled to the po slton
he never made II. y e,ioit to Obtain H. In ,
selling ont his iutcres% in his journal. and
entered upon the practice ut E,w, having hu
office in the 81. ClOnd buildihE' ,.......
Col. Irish's come ction with the burtnH of
engraving and pru ting dates from Nny "
1877, when he assumed the position on as
siseunt chief with Hon. Edward McPhcrsop'
of Pennsylvania, US chic ihGer lhcIr Jolhs
control of IA year tat the cL Of which time Mr..
Mcpherson resigned to tat.c editorial charge
of the philadelphia PrcsS) many reforms were
inaugupted and abuses whlch IA" grown
in number and size under previous man
AHelnNDl NtIA INlllINl'N' i-'.CN '''''' ,
mics were effected. and in the faco ol
ii report of departmental committee
virtually recommending the abolition
of the bureau aud the turning ovcrof the WORK
to private bank companies congress mp
prOpriatcd S:lOOOOO to erect the present strlir-
ture, thsstm being less thar the sum remain,
ing uneNpcnded at the end Of the first fiscal
year of thci administration Under the sue
cessive administrations of sherman. Window
and Folgcr the system then inauguratcd has
been fully and cordial indorscd. The but
reau to-day holds the iull confidence Of tho
public--thc faithful and honest manage =
mcnt ot which so closely affect III G
securities of the government. The dea, b
of Col Irish will he sincerely regretted BY IL
employees of the bureau to whom, in the We
years of his administration he has proVcC II
Just aud Impartial officer with no inter est
beyond that of the government whom he
served The flags OF the Treasury clcl art
mcnt and the bureau of engraving and = int
ihg were placed nt hallmnst Saturdayin IN onor
o. he memory of the deceased
Tho funeral will take place to-mort Nv nI-
terra son ut . o'clock at the New York reluc
Presbyterian church, which the dcceir cd nt-
tended. The bureau of engraving and print
ing will be closed on that day. The lpeads of
the various bureaus in the Treasury Glcpu =
mcDt will net us pall bearers.