Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-01
DEATHS OF 1885.
Long Roll of Men and Women. Mt
Home and Abroad, Distingutshed
for Good and EVIL Deeds.
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Buffalo Express.
The sudden death IF 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
chilly TO mind the fact that the list of
distinguished names that already
swell the death roll of 1885 is an un-
usslly long one. 1t 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 aud fame
but rich in promise-alla are represent
ed in the long roll Of the ilIustrious
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, and Rear Admiral George
II, Preble, all names lnterw oven with
the earlier scenes of the great rebel
lion, have passed away during the
year.
France has been called to mourn
for her greatest Frenchman, the
venerable Victor Hago, full of years
and crowned with raany honors.
GERMANY HAS LOST
the Emperor Williams old friend,
Baron Won Womteufel; his brilliant
but not headed NEPHEW, Prince Fred
erick Charles, the dashing Red Prince
of many campaigns; and Franz A bt,
the charming song writer
Englsnd mourns the loss of gallant
Fred Burnaby, slain in battle; the un-
timely death of Gordon, character
unique and perhaps in many ways
not yet fully comprehended; Sir
Moses Monlefore, the noble Jewish
philaHthropist; Sir Francis Hincks,
and DeTd Houghton, better known
perhaps as Richard MoDckton 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 find the lanes of eX-Secretary
Frelinghu5sen. ex-Senators William
Sharon, and Reuben Z. Fenton Ed
gar K. Apgar, Scott Dord, ex member
Of Congress and once law partner
of Roscoe Conkling;
EMERY A STORRS, THE BRILLIANT LAW
YER
and stump speaker; the venerable
Geo. w. Clinton, ex-Lieutenant Gov.
Henry r. Selden, 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; James Kenmore
l..
widow of the Commodore; Mrs. James
Russell Lowell. Susan Warner, of
"Wide, Wide World" fame, and Mrs.
Helen Hunt Jackson (H. 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 Fl. Gorringe, who brought
Cleopatra's Needle to America at w.
FL. Vanderbilt's expense; George T.
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 G. Walker, an ex-governor of
Virginia since the war; Isaac w.
England, publisher of the New York
Sun; General Anson Stager, Conmo-
dore G. R. Garrison. Thomas G. Fields
of Tammauy fame (or ;nfamy) Eiizur
Wright, the statistician and writer,
and the venerable DR.. S. Fl. 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 Toml, the ac-
complished swindler, has met his
doom at the hands of al infuriated
TexaH; John Mccullough has gone
off the stage forever, and Dan Mace,
the famous driver, has gone down the
home stretch and passed under the
wire.