The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-12-31

Admiral CourDel Prince FREDERICK ChAriess
nephew Of the Emperor OF Germany, who COM
manded the Prussian army which captured
Metz In 1871 apoplexy; aged 81. Orson 3. MUIR
ray OF Cincinnati an original r Ra nsi-
teuifel, Governor Of Alsace-Lorraine, aged 10.
Ex-senator James w. Nesmith, OF Oregon. In
ei 81
FL Mehdi's death ON the 10th from smallpox,
was confirmed.
Hon. Rueben Ellwood, NJ G. Fifth Illinois
District was numbered among the victims Of
the dread disease, cancer. Commander Henry
II. Gorringe. u. =. N, who brought the Egyptian
obelisk to New York, was stricken with spinal
disease. Other prominent deaths during July:
Mrs. Henry w. Sage, widely known for her con-
nection with charitable institutions Of New
York killed by accident in runaway at Ithaca.
Hiram Dixon of West Brighton, N Y, one of
the founders Of the Adams Express Co., aged
10. At his home near Independence, No. at the
age OF Ill, Christopher Mann, a companion of
Daniel Boone, and the Oldest man i'm Missouri.
At Youngstown, o.. Mary Clemens, 103 years 2
months her father and mother lived to the age
OF io6 and Ito, respectively. James @. Winter
smith, of Louisville, Ky Doorkeeper of the
National House Of Representatives. Rev. Iren-
@us s. Prime, for forty Eight years editor of the
New York Observer. Judge y. Lyle Dickey, Of
Gen. u. s. Grant winner OF many battles and
captor OF many foes, encountered the King of
Terrors. and became a captive to the universal
enemy ut Mount MacGregor, N. Y, his deathbed
being surrounded by all his family his end was
peaceful and without evident pain. Judge
John w. Okey, of the Ohio Supreme Court Sir
Moses Montefore, the famous jewish philan-
thropist Of England, who celebrated the Tooth
anniversary of his birth in October 1884, died
in London on the 2sth Hon. C. b. Stewart, one
OF the signers OF Texas declaration of independ-
ence was inferred ut Montgomery Tex at the
age OF 81. Henry A. Pierce, ex-Mnister to Hon.
olnlu, died at San Francisco, at which place he
arrived in 1898.
Judge James Garland, who served in the war
of 1912, and had been in the Masonic fraternity
seventy-three years, died aS Lynchburg, Va,
aged %. Cholera in Spain carried off the Arch
bishop Of Seville Other distinguished people
gathered to their fathers during the month
We're: Richard Monckton Mines lord Hough-
tom, poe: and critic, London, aged 76. James
w. Marshall, the discoverer Of gold in Calfor-
mia, aged "a near Placerville, in extreme pow
erty. At San Francisco, Mrs. Helen Hunt Jack
son, aufhoress In Salem, Mass, aged IS, Gen,
Henry X. Oliver, the venerable composer Of the
psalm tune Federal Street" Lord Vane Tenn
pest, an English nobleman who served with dis
tinction in the Union army during the rebellion
Near Vicksburg. Miss. Ann Hogan. a colored
woman reported to be 100 yearstld. At Osceola,
Mo-, Waldo p johnson, prominent lawyer Of
outbreak OF the war; and expelled for disloyalty
Ex-Gov. Julius Converse, of Vermont Sir Fran
els Hincks, former Premier Of Canada. In Lon
den. Admiral Kennedy. who served in the civil
Brown, of Missouri. Ex-Gov. Reuben T.. Fenton,
OF New York. Hx-U. s. Senator Edgar s. Cowan,
OF Pennsylvania.
SEPTEMBER.
Prominent people called hence during the
month were: Ex-senator Gwin, of California
aged 80 Rev. DIR. Stephen II. Tying, the veteran
clergyman author. and editor, of Irvington. N.
Y.,.aged IS. Judge John Il. Eakin, OF the Ark
ansas Supreme Court. Major Aaron Stafford,
last surviving officer of the war of 1912, ut his
residence in Waterville, Oneida County, n. Y, in
the Goth year Of his age. Judge George w. Cln-
ton, Vice Chancellor of the New York State
Board Of Regents. Edward A. Rollins, Of Phila-
delphia, formerly Commissioner Of Internal Rev.
enue. Col James b. Walton. of New Orleans,
who commanded the Washington Battery, Of
louisiana during the war with Mexico, aged ~.
Sebastian Boughner, soldier who fought at
Lundy's Lane and Fort Erie, aged %. Rear Ad-
miral John w. Livingston, u. :. N. aged 81.
Christian Cooper, of Columbia County, N. T., at
the advanced age Of Ill years 10 months 15Sdays.
Emery A. Storrs, of Chicago, widely known by
lawyer and advocate. Col. George Ward Mich
OILS, President of the Cincinnati College Of Mu-
sic; during the war he served on Gen. Sher-
mans staff and wrote "Sherman's March to the
Sea- Henry II. Selden. ex-Lieutenant Governor
and ex-Judge OF the Court of Appeals, of New
York. Prof John Campbell Sharp, eminent
English scholar and writer. George Wilkes, OF
New York. famous as an authority in sporting
matters. Moses Marrenellah a Christian Jew,
in n poor-house ut Poughkeepsie, aged los, and
n resident of this country for seventy years.
Judge Waldo Colburn, of the Massachusetts Su.
preme Court.
The Earl Of Shaftesbury, noted as a devoted
religionist and reformer, passed away on the 1st,
earned for him the name of The Good Earl. .
Other notable deaths during October were Fred
Hassaurek, of Cincinnati, well known as q Ger
man-American writer, editor, and speaker. Ex-
Gov. Talbot of Massachusetts at Lowell, aged
n. His eminence Cardinal John McCloskey, at
his residence in New York. aged rs. Mr.. II. w.
Shaw Josh Billings) OF apoplexy at Monterey,
Cal. Baron Strathnairn, prominent in English
diplomatic and military circles, and q leading
figure in the suppression OF the Sepoy rebellion
in India. Rt. Hon. Hugh Henry Rose, Field
Marshal of the British army and at one time
COMMUNICATIVE chief in India Capt. Alexander
Haley the only colored man who ever COM
manded an ocean trade vessel, at Baltimore,
aged 50. Chas. Leland, well-known hotel
keeper, In New York City. Caspar Butt German
poet, writer and politician, at Des Moines, aged
60. At Pittsburgh, Hon. Malcolm Hay, ex-First
Assistant Postmaster General Rev. DIR. james
Fraser Bishop of Manchester, Eng, of the
Established Church of England. Mrs. Mary
Anne Booth, mother of Edwin, j. Wilkes, and
Junius B. Booth, ut New York, aged 80. DIR.
James X. Woodford, Bishop of Ely, Eng. Ex-
Gov. Page, of Vermont. Bridget Farley, in West
Stratford, Conn, aged 104 years months and 5
days Gen. George Ii. Mcclellan one Of the
prominent military leaders in the late civil war;
and n candidate for President of the United
States in 1864, at his home in New Jersey, OF
neuralgia of the heart, aged SO. Rear Admiral
J. c. r. De Kraft, u s. N, ut his residence in
Washington. At Amityvlle, Long Island, Geo.
+. Mcdonald, an actor, founder Of the Order of
EIkS, uSeu LIE luke OF ADercOTu, III lOu-
dom aged "a he had twice served as Lord Lieu
tenant of Ireland, and was the head of the illus
trious house of Hamilton.
NOVEMBER.
Rev. Thomas Tenant died at Evansville, Ark,
ut the age Of lis years he had served as a
Methodist minister for ninety years. Other dis
tinguished persons who passed away during the
month were John Mccullough, the tragedian,
ut Philadelphia, from paralysis in the muscles
OF the neck aged 90. Ex-Judge Albert Cardozo,
Nov of No
vada Horace Brigham Clahin, the New York
dry-goods merchant prince, aged 70. Mrs Rhoda
Howard of Bath County, KY, aged 116 years
she smoked tobacco during the greater portion
of her life, and never took dose of medicine.
Elzur Wright, of Boston, famous reformer,
journalist insurance expert and free-thinker,
aged 81 King Alfonso of Spain. Mt Madrid, of
consumption aged %. Thomas A. Hendricks,
Vice President of the United States, at Indian
apolis, of heart disease The was born in 1919,
near GAINESVILLE, Ohio. Marshal Serrano Spain 8
illustrious political and military leader aged as
The Duke of Somerset CEngland), a Liberal in
politics and an atheist in religion.
DECEMBER.
Charlotte Wickliffe, n negress OF Louisville,
who passed away ut the age Of III years,
claimed to have handed George Washington n
cup OF water Mt the battle of Yorktown; she
left seventy-five children and grandchildren, the
oldest being nearly 100 years. Other deaths
tralia, Clarence Whistler, noted wrestler. Rt.
Rev. Dominick Manucy, Catholic Bishop OF Mo-
bile. William H. Vanderbilt, the most conspic-
uous figure In the railway world, died suddenly
ut his home I'm New York City, of paralysis of
the brain, aged 65 Ex-Gov. II. Graft Brown of