The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-29
THE oEArH-RoLL OF 1885.
The List of Mobiles and Statesmen Is
Long and ulustrious.

Great men must lie like other men.
and just as among the common herd
there are sometimes enidemics which
sweep off thousands. so among the rich,
powerful and prominent there are APP
parently seasons when the grim reaper
makes more than usual havoc. The
year now closing appears to be an Annus
Mirabilis IN this respect, for q greater
number of those who filled a large place
in the eye of the world have passed
away than during a similar period for
many years. The progress of sociology
may at some time in the future enable
us to explain why things have a habit of
happening all at once, but until such a
desirable point in this somewhat uncer-
tain science is reached, the fact must be
taken. and explanations of it, worthy
and worthless. may be made to his own
satisfaction by each who cares to spccu-
late upon it.
The list of mobiles and statesmen is
long and illustrious. Alfonso, the young
King OF Spain, who, in spite of his weak
ness and wickedness, gave his country
the first peace enjoyed for years, died
November rs, while the Madhi, who
emerged from the obscurity of a der
vish's hut to become Il power among the
nations, died July %. Prince Ferdi-
nand, OF SAKE Cobnrgg, the father of the
King of Portugal. died December Is,
and the Russian diplomat, Prince OrloA,,
whose family gave a name TO the Orlotf
diamond, died March 30. President
Barrios died April 4, and Marshal Ser
rano, who witnessed eighty Spanish
revolutions and more changes in the
government of his own country than any
other statesman of the age, passed
away November 26. Earl Cairncs died
April 2, Lord Ayonmore February 16,
General Fernandez, the Revolutionary
President of Costa Rica, on March ID,
Prince Frederick Charles on June Is.
DR.. Ludwig Noel of Heidelberg, and
Count Bosewith, the President of the
Mccklenburg Ministry, on December 10.
The year has been n OF afiiction to
the British nobility, it having lost from
its numbers Lord Earnest Vane Tempest,
who died August IA, Dudley Francis
North, and the Earl of Guilford, who
passed away December 20. Lord Hough-
ton, the head of an old English family,
died on August II, Earl Anglesford on
January IS, Lord Avonmore on Februa-
ry 16, and the Duke of Abercorn on No
vember l.
In this country a number of ex-Sena-
tors and politicians of national reputa-
ton died during the year, among them
being James Chestnut. formerly Senator
from South Carolina; w. M. Gwin, of
California, September 3, and Robert
Toombs, the Georgia confederate, who
died December 10 b. Gratz Brown, of
Missouri, who ran ON the Greeley ticket,
died November IA; William Sharon, the
California Senator and millionaire, on
November 10, and the once noted Edgar
Cowan on August 20. The country lost
an ex-Vice President, Schuyler Colfax,
on January IS, ana a Vice-President,
Thomas A. Hendricks, on November 25.
Two eN-Secretaries of the Interior died
E. ID. Clark, March %, and Jacob
Thompson on March "a, and one ex-
Secretary of State, +. I. Frelinghuysen,
on May 20. The famous Scott Lord
died September 10, and 7. S. Phelps,
Minister to Peru, on June "a. Among
the eX-Governors the mortality was
equally great, the list comprising the
names of Able Coburn, of Maine, JAN
uary 8; G. c. Walker, of Virginia, May
IL; Reuben E; Fenton, of New York,
August rs, and Thomas Talbot, of Mas
sachusetts, October 6. The year was
more fortunate for the lesser lights of
politics, but among the roll of these are
some well-known names, such as those
of Isaiah Ryndcrs, of New York, Jan
uary 10; ex-Mayor Gunther. of the same
city, January %; Conrad Baker, of Kan
sas, April 90. and Gordon w. Burnham,
March IS.
The profession of arms lost some of
its most illustrious men during the year,
the list beginning with Gen. Gordon,
who persisted at Khartoum February 10.
During the same month Gen. Horace
Capron and Gen, Charles r. Wood died
also, the former on the 22d. the latter on
the 26th. In March the list was length
ened by the names of Gen. Thomas HI.
Neill, who died on the 18th, and Gen.
Arson Stager on the Goth, while Ser
geant Thomas Plunkct, the armless hero
of Fredericksburg, died on the 10th.
Gen. Irwin Mcdowell, who commanded
at the first battle of Bull Run, died Nav
5; Gen. George B. Mcclellan, Com
mander of the Army of the Potomac,
died on October 80, and Gen. Jas. Nc
Quade. on June Is. Mayor Aaron Stat
ford. the last survivor of the war of
1872, died September g.. By far the
greatest loss to the profession, however,
was in the death of U. S. Grant, Gener-
III Of the Army and ex-Presidcnt, which
took place on July 90. In Germany the
most serious loss of the year by death
was that of Gen. Manteutfei, Governor
of Alsace-Lorraine, on June II.
The French navy was deprived of the
services of Admiral Courbet. who died of
chagrinon June ID, while the English
navy lost Rear Admiral Sir George Sarto-
rius on April 10. Rear Admiral George
II. Preble died March and Rear Admiral
John Menston on the same day, while
the navy also lost three of its best Off
ccrsin John Q. A. Zeigler, who died
July 8; Henry II. Gorringe, July 6. and
John w. Livingstone. September 10.
The clergy suffered as severely as any
other profession. DR.. N. II, Schenk,
the theological writer. began the gloomy
list on January 4, followed on the 9th
by Rev. John Jackson. the Bishop of
London. DR., William r. Williams died
on April ], followed on the 22d by the
famous DR.. William r. Wilmington.
DR.. Whedon, the editor who gave
his life to the Methodist Quarterly, laid
down his pen forever on June 8. and
was shortly followed By the learned and
able Archbishop Bouget, of Montreal.
DR.. Iren@us Prime, the Methodist ed
itor, traveller and critic, passed away on
July Is, followed on the 23d by the
Bishop of Salisbury DR.. George Mo
berly. The venerable DIR. Stephen
Tying. of New York, died September 8,
and the list closed with the name Of DIR.
J. r. Woodford, Bishop of Ely, October
"a, and Rt. Rev. Marcus Beresford,
Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, who
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