Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-10-24

estimated as worth not less than IS, ooo, ooo
OF the seventy three years Of his LIE hfty'
two had been spent here in Chicago. His
general health had been .percepti.
bly, failing for the: last six months,
and Tor some weeks past he had
been" confined ~ to J: his bed: :!t,;s.,.:t:
John Wentworth was born In Sandwich,
strafford County, New Hampshire, March 5,
1915. and was we'll along IN his: seventy-fourth
year at thetime Of his death. His early educa-
ton was fragmeptary, but in ,l832 he entered
honor, in 1885. In the fall Of the same year no
started West but was undecided as to his future
location. His route was by stage over tho
Green Mountains to Schenectady, thence by
railroad star as Utica, from there by Buffalo
by canal, and by steamer to Detroit After
spending: some days In that town in! an in
efectual effort to secure apostibn as teacher.
he came on TO Chicago, reaching this city Oc-,
tober Is 1885, He secured the positions Of
ed tor on the Chicago Democrat, the
lirst paper started In the city, apd, III jury;
1887; owing to the financial embarrassments Of
the owner, the paper: passed ..to his hands. as
proprietor. As, be had NO money, this trans
action placed q heavy load upon his shoulders,
but: by rigid economy and careful manage
ment, he was able to free himself from the
burden OF debt, and, ia the summer of 1889;
was the sole owner OF the:paper. which title, in
all that IT. implies he retained until 1861, when
the pressure OF other business compelled him
u reltaquish q: post which he was no longer
able to AL with satisfaction to himself. Mi.
Wentworth was thorough believer In the
principles of jackson, and, his fiery denunc:a-
tons Of h:suopponehts were SO severe that
threats ;ot throwing, the, entire, plant Of
the. paper into the RIVER were open
.ly made. a When Stephen A.. Douglas
was nom mated for Congress Mr.. Went
worth was one OF his strongest assistants In
ls43 Mr.: Wentworth was elected to Congress-,
being the youngest member OF that body. He
was reelected three times, then vas out fer
two years. when he was returned for another
term. His work. In the House during this
period would fill a volume, the more important
measures = :, in which -. he was inter
| es.ed being the confirmation Of the
Illinois land grants and the e4rly anti
slavery agitation which took share in the ''Wil-
mot proviso." In 1857 and again in 1850 Mr.
Wentworth was elected mayor OF Gu. cago,
and his admin; STATIONS were :: among the
! strongest known IN the annals OF the city. In
both 6cases on entering Office he found
large floating > debts burdening the. CITY
finances, aud by rigldly economical admins
trataon was enabled to retire from office leaving
the city treasury free from incumbrance.: He
was again elected to Congress in 1854, and did
yeoma,i's service on the Ways and Me ms Com
mittee ip, promoting measures which looked
toward the early resumption OF sletie pay
ment. Since retiring from Congress Mr.. Went
worth has bestowed much Of his time and at
Cook County, H.. which contains nearly
500 acres. He retained all of his
old interest IN politics, especially those
oas on to Once NJ was any a nG
November Is 1874 At Troy, N. Y, to Roxanna
Mar Loom s who died February $, 1870. They
had Ave children, oil ct whom died young; ex-