Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-12-14
The Late lErR. Aharmsn.

General Boynton's Washington die
patch in Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette: The death of Mrs. General Sher.
man causes widespread end most sincere
sorrow in Washington. It is q sadness
that reaches dowp, and will be most
deeply felt among the unfortunate and
those who move IN the lowly walks OF
life. While the official position OF her
husband gave her high standing and
leading rank In the social scale, and
While she commanded and possessed the
respect Of all its circles, her heart was
never drawn towards its glitter or even
its more solid attractions. She WAS one
of those who delighted most in going
about doing good. To be actiYe and
| foremost in charities was to her q moro
congeniel work than to be- principal or
| assistant at brilliant receptions. The
gems in her crown OF rel sicing will be
\ the tears which will fall from the eyes OF
thousands among the poor, the sffltcted,
and the humble as they read Of her death.
She was the most prominent Catholic
woman in the United States. There
| was no more devoted christian IN that
| organization than Mrs. Sherman. She
| gave her strength and her influence to
| Der church, and exerted them to their
utmost, both along the lines OF its benev.
oIent work and in the conpsels OF the
church, where she exerted much power.
| She gracefully aud faithfully performed
.Il the social duties which her position
entailed upon her, but she gladly turned,
as she could force opportunity, from
those attractions which would have been
| as an earthly heaven to SO many, and
found her chief delight in being abou,
the Masters business. The rich and
thoee decorated with social rank res.
pecsed her. The poor loved her. And
so oil classes in Washington will stand
AS true mourners by her grave.
She WAS Thomas EwinR's daughter
and he was one of the giants among
lOhio men. When Judge Sherman died
teaving large group of little children
with very slender resources, Mr.. Ewing
adopted Tecumeeh end sent him ~ Wes
Point, and Lieutenant Sherman mar
ried his benefaotor's daughter, Ellen
, who inherited many good qualities, anc
joined with extraordinary mental cap
acity beautiful wemsniy tenderness.
Thomas Ewing lived not only to aet
! his own Sons distinguished, but to Sc.
his adopted son and son.in-lsw, one o
the most foremost military men of tn
ege, ride at the head of the prmy OF tn
vest through Pennsylvania avenue, re
turning from the march to the sea
Through the CaroIinss and Virginia, vic
i, tory declared. peace proclaimed, and th
| usme Of Sherman written ON the roll &
i the immorteiB. Mrs, General Sherman
!. WAS woman OF deep religious sansibilit,
profound conviction and absolute sin
, cerity, end in her heart there was u
Il ialtering or misgiving. All religion
|. truth was to her as sunshine. Sbe Wake
, IN the sublime faith OF the reality OF III
unknown, and in her CONSCIOUSNESS
grasped not hopes only, bus looked fa
u out upon oertsinties, and the shores
i; the unseen world were IS palpable
IA her as the solid earth. She WAS Lao
y whose simplicity was the evidence OF b.
cultivation, and whose devotion to HI
u husband and children was as admiral
OF as it her whole life was absorbed in b
y, relations OF wifs and mother. II was b
happiness to be the condere and cons