The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-01-07
WHOLE NO. 92
The Dead of the Year.

| "iH5 WINS 'oaluIe mas Deen remarkN-
bile. And not only is the number of
deaths OF distinguished persons very
great; the circumstances under which
these leaders have passed away have
been peculiarly striking and sad. 1t
seemed that the death OF SCHUYLER
Coliax IN January, 50 swift, without
word of warning or premonition of
the change which awaits all, came
early in the year as lesson to so
many Others who followed in his foot.
steps. Nor has any class or prsfes.
sion been exempt. Leaders in poll.
tics, in literature, in the army and
navy, in religion, all have fallen, and
that too, with a suddenness that start.
led the world.
Perhaps no department suffered
more seriously in numbers than pol.
ltlcs' Among the prominent repub-
licans who have died during the year,
in addition to to Vice President Col.
lax, were ex-Secretary Frelinghuysen
and ex-Senators Fenton and Sharon.
Among the democrats may be men,
toned Vice-President Hendricks, ex.
Governor B. Gratz Brown, ex-senator
Gwln, known as Duke" Gwin, ex.
Secretary Jacob Thompson, and ex-
Senator Robert Toombs.
Literature has been drawn upon
very heavily, and some OF the bright
est lights III the splendid armament
OF thought have been extinguished.
The scholar and author, Richard
Grant W."A; the promising young
writer Hugh Conway, who had lust
begun to make great name for him.
self; Dr. Joseph Alden, the author
educator and editor; Mrs Helen
Hunt Jackson, the poet and author,
VINO ranks high among the literary
women of America the wise, quaint
Henry W. Shaw, better known as
Josh Billings; Hinton Bowen HELPER
author OF Helpers Impending Cri.
Sis (" these have sung their last songs
ana told their last stories, and have
joined the silent majority, They fill
many fields of literature, from the
sweet hymns, through the intricate
mazes q scholastic criticism, past the
novel period, and into the crisp, de.
lightful realms Of wit and humor.
The religious world has yielded up
several OF is most elevated exponents.
The Cathc'e church remembers Car.
dlnal MeCloskey, the first and only
American honored with that high of.
nee The Episcopal church has part.
ed for the time from the elder Dr.
Stephen H. Tying. Msthodism has
pald Its tribute to DR.. Beniamin F.
Ieftt, and the Presbyterian church
notes the decease of the venerable DR.,
Samuel lrenaus Prime, who has been
gathered to his fathers.
Philanthropy has lost that noble
champion of his race and humanity
sir Moses Montefore, who lived to see
and pass his centennial, and to know
that his work was not in vain. Tho
well-known composer, Franz Abt, was
also called hence. The daring guild
OF explorers have been called upon to
note the decease Of the distinguished
Dr. Nachtgal, whose explorations in
: Africa have added great stores of in
formation to our knowledge Of the
lark continent. And while we name
Africa, it may be mentioned that the
False Prophet, FL Mahdi's death also
occurred during the year. The ex.
tremely sad end of the actor, John
J Mccullough, is so familiar to all that
? 1t need only be mentioned to recall
all its sorrowful features. The dash.
ing Col Burnaby, whose "Ride to
khlva" introduced him to thousands
on this side Of the Atlantic is also
t numbered among the victims of 1885.
e And the rich, WiIli,trn H. Vanderbilt
has gone the way Of all flesh.
!, The soldiers have had their ranks
thinned@ Gen, Charles McDourall
:, and Gen. Irwin Mcdowell have cross
ed the lines forever. They have been
joined by Ger. George B. Mcclellan,
who, like Colfax and Hendricks and
y Vanderbilt, fell in almost the prime
). OF his power And last on this re.
Il cord, but tisst in the heats of his
countrymch, the simple, silent man
from Illinois, who sleeps on that hill
beside the Hudson, Ulysses s. Grant,
the1luster OF whose pure patriotic life
and labors will grow and glow while
l. history lasts and the language re-
> mains, and when these have become
L tradition his deeds will survive in all
r hearts that reverence free institutions
h and love iiberty.-Chieago Inter
d Ocean
l.
e William 7. Price, the Wisconsin
t. member of the House, who voted
q against granting Mrs Grant pension
" was born in Huntingdon County