Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31
DEATHS OF 1885,.
A Long Roll of Men and Women, at
Home and Abroad, Distinguished
for Good and Evil Deeds
Buffalo ExprsS SIS

Buffalo Express.
! The sudden death of VIM. II. Van
| derbilt, the powerful railroad magnate
and millionaire, following closely the
death of the Vice President of the
United States and that of Alfonso.
the young King of Spain, brings for
clbly to mind the fact that the list of
distinguished names that already
swell the death roll Of 1885 is an I'M
usally long one. It embraces names
famous IN every walk of life and In
all lands; of all creeds and tongues:
scholars, soldiers, artists; veterans of
many years Of honorable usefulness,
and names young in years and fame
but rich in promise-all are represent
ed IN the long roll of the illustrious
dead.
The death of the great Captain.
| Ulysses S. Grant, after months of suf-
fering and pain, and the wonderfully
Impressive scene of his burial amid
the sorrow Of his countrymen, will
never be forgotten by this generation.
General George B. Mcclellan, Gen
eral Irwin Mcdowell, George James
McQuade, aud Rear Admiral George
Il, Preble, all names interviewer with
the earlier scenes of the great rebel
lion, have passed away during the
year.
France has been called to mourn
TOR her greatest Frenchman, the
venerable Victor Hugo, full of years
and crowned with many honors.
GERMANY HAS LOST
the Emperor Williams old friend.
Baron Won Womteufel; his brilliant
but hot headed nephew, Prince Fred
erlck Charles, the dasbing Red Prince
OF many campaigns; and Franz Abt.
the charming song writer.
England mOurns the loss of gallant
Fred Burnaby, slain in battle; the IN
timely death of Gordon, a character
unique and perhaps in many WAYS
not yet fully comprehended; Sir
Moses Monlefore, the noble Jewish
philanthropist; Sir Francis Hincks.
and D0rd Houghton, better known
perhaps as Richard Monckton Mines.
the graceful poet and essayist.
Besides Alfonso, Spain has lost the
brave and sagacious Marshal Ssrrano.
Among our own public men who
have passed away since the year be
gan we lind the lanes of ex-Sacretary
F'relinghuysen. ex-Senators William
Sharon, and Reuben E. Fenton: Ed
gar K. Apgar, Scott Dord, ex-mem Der
OF Congress and once law partner
of Roscoe Conkling;
EMERY A STORRs. THE BRILLIANT LAW
YER
II
Geo. W. Clinton, ex-Lieutenant Gov.
Henry R. Seldea, Col. John D. Van
Buren,, Judge Theodore L. Westbrook, |
ex Judge Albert Cardozo, of wretched
memory, and Malcolm Hay, ex-Assist-
ant Postmaster General.
The musical world has lost Dr. Leo
pold Damrosch, Brinley Richards,
Arthur Burt the solo cornet player
Ferdinand Hitler, Col. w. a. Pond, |
the music publisher, and Gen. Henry
K. Oliver, who fifty years ago com
posed Federal Street."
Mrs. Myra CLARK Gaines, the famous
litigant; Charlotte Cooper, daughter
of the great novelist; Jaraes Fenimore
Cooper; Mrs. Francis Vanderbilt. |
widow of the Commodore; Mrs. James
Russell Lowell, Susan Warner, of |
"Wide, Wide World" fame, and Mrs
Helen Hunt Jackson CT. H.) are
among the notable women who have
passed away during the year.
The Mahdi and Oliver Pain have
ended their career,
Clark Foss, the last of the famous
stage drivers of early California days;
James W. Marshal, the
DIsCovERER OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA,
poor, old, and disappointed; Charles
Wright, one of the leading botanists
Of America; Lieutenant Commander
Henry Il. Gorringe, who brought
Cleopatra Needle TO America. at w. |
FL. Vanderbilt's expense; George 7.
Hope, president of the Continental
Life Insurance company, Of New
York; Fred L. Winston, president of
the Mutual Life; James FL. Rutter,
the brilliant railroad manager and
president of the New York Central
Gilbert @. Walker, an ex-governor of
Virginia since the war; Isaac w.
England, publisher of the New York
Sun; General Arson Stager, Conmo-
dOre G. r Garrison. Thomas G.. Fields |
OF Tammauy fame Tor 'nfan1y) Elizur
Wright, the statistician and writer, |
and the venerable DR.. S. III. Tying, are
all the careers that have been ended
by death during the year.
Among the authors who have passed
away can be named T. S. Arthur, r.
G. White, and Josh Billings (Henry
W. Shaw.
Tom Davis (Sawdust TOM, the &C
complished swindler, has met his
doom at the hands of an Infatuated
Texan; John Mccullough has gone
off tie stage forever, and Dan Mace,
the famous driver, has gone down the
home stretch and passed under the
wire.