Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-01-01
2o--Is.ac Bell. .rr.. exp. Miaiatcr to tho


trio advocate Of -honest money"
l0--Rear Admiral Chandler, u. s, N.
u-General II. NJ. Hunt, the famous artfllerist
aud Governor OF the Soldiers Home at
L5Dr. Holland u. McTyere, senior bishop Of
the M. Il. Church South.
caiifoynia =. 'pr. b. W. Hiss. who Who at It.
tended President Garfield during the lat
ter's long illness.
2a-Joseph y lenhait, Supreme Receiver of the
9-Ex.U. $. Senator John w. Johnston, of Vir-
ginia.
3Ex- Congressman Magoon, of Wisconsin.
5-Miss Mary L. Booth, editor Of Harper's
Bazor,
s-Capt John Ericsson, the eminent engineer
aud designer Of the famous ironclad Moni-
tor; New York. aged IS.
9--Copgressman +. W. Townshend, OF Illinois.
1s.~Hon john 4. Gampbeli, es-Jnstics United
states Supreme Court
14-Hon. Moses Field, the original Greenback
advocatei In Michigan. Henry Tambea8k,
20-Sir Thomas Gladstone. elder brother OF Rt.
Hon. William Il. Gladstone aged S5.
22-Associate Justice Stanley Matthews, United
States Supreme Court.
27-John Bright eminent English statesman
and philanthropist aged Is.
3l-Major Marcus A. Reno, formerly of the Sew
cnth q. S. Cavalry.
APRIL.
4-Phiio Remington, head of the well known
firm OF +. Remington e. Sons, of lion,
9-Reaf Admiral 7. II. Patterson, U. S. n, re-
10-pavid A. Gage, one of Chicago's pioneer cit
liens, and i'll carly days popular hotel
l3--John =. Usher, who was Secretary Of the
Interior under President Lincoln.
2o--Postlnaster Henry q. Pearson, of New York
City.
2i-Don Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada ex-Presi-
dent of Mexico.
25--Hon Elijah Nj. Haines, for many years ex-
..f4 4iN.,
fgures in Illinois politics. H. Y. Reavis
whose project to make st. Louis the capi.
tai of the nation gained for him the name
OF Capital mover. ES-CoGgresslnan
L. J. Ellis, OF Louisiana.
30-EX- Senator W. II, Barnum, OF Connecticut
80. Carl Rosa the composer.
MAY
9~-General William selhy Harvey hero of
the Blackhawk and Mexican wars.
12-Hon. Henry A. Foster, ex-u. S. Senator at
Rome, n Y, aged So.
1a-Washington Irving Bishop, mind-reader.
l5--lttar A miral Donaldson, u. S. N.
l6-Hon. Allen Thorndyke Rice, just appointed
u. s. Minister to Russia, aged 35.
24-1aura Biidgman Boston's noted blind aud
deaf mute, who made widely famous
by Charles Dickens in his american
Notes, aged 50 years.
3l-Dr. S. =. Moore, who was Surgeon General OF
the Confederate States.
JUNE
S-Leonard SWEET, II distinguished lawyer of
Chicago, who was IL contemporary and in
tfmate friend of Abraham Lincoln.
17--Rev. William Hosner, conspicuous figure
in the anti-siavery agitation and one OF
the first temperance advocates
2o--Gen. A. c. Meyers, iate q, NJ. General of the
Confederate army, who served in the
Seminole in Florida and in the Mexi-
can war Father John Carroll, of Chicago
the oldest Catholic priest in the United
States, aud perhaps i'll the world, aged 90:
the late Henry Ward Beecher; at Chicago,
aged 81.
25-Mrs. Lucy Webb Hayes. wife eff ex- President
Hayes.
26-Gen. Simon Cameron The venerable political
leader and tinaneier, OF Pennsy ylvania.
aged 90.
os-Maria Mitchell. the noted astronomer :;
the third OF the Patti sisters, all noted
for their wonderful voices
Theodore Dwight Woolsey cx-President of
Yale University aged 50.
5Hon. John Norqaay, ex-Prelnier Of Mani
tDba,
10-Julia Gardner Tyler wife of ex-President
John Tyler. Bishop j. Fl. Machebeuf,
Prelate of Colorado.
n-Ex-C congressman Edmund Rice, OF Mime
IA Hon A. N Cole, known as the Father of
the Republican Party" Wellsville, n Y,
24-Father Curley, of Georgetown ID. ca Col
lege, the Oldest priest in the United States,
aged 33.
New Hampshire.
AUGUST.
4-Horace S. Leland, the well-known' hotel
man Springfield ILL., nged S.
sMrs. nr. Hottie X Painter, who gained
prominence during the rebellion as nurse
and highly esteemed by the Womans
Relief Corps and Il. A. II. men. :. General
Henry Dupont head Of the great Delaware
powder house.
l6-Joseph Queen, an aged colored man, the
original "Old Black Joe" of musical re-
nown Mount Holly, N. j., aged 1l2 years.
i9-Hon Charles w, Ciisbee, Secretary OF the
Republican national conventions of 1881
.tl, IS.,r ,.t,H r1
25~Henry Shaw, tho venerable phlanthropist
of st. Louis, and founder of the famous
botanical gardens.. Colonel Alfred Ayl-
ward, who fought with the Union forces
during the civil war, and also with Carl
baldi and with the Beers in the Trans
wal.
SEPTEMBER.
6--Heury w. Genet, prominent in New York
politics during the Tweed regime and
known as Prince Hal"
9-Tony Delight. widely known barber mis-
sionary of Chicago, aged 60.
Io-Congressman Samuel Sullivan Cox, of New
York, famous as o statesman, author and
16--Bob Younger, one of the notorious bandi.
brothers saltwater Mimi penitentiary.
1S-Alrs. Elizabeth s. Mcclellan, mother Of
General George i, Mcclellan; Philadel-
phia, aged %.
% Wilkie Collins, the famous English novelist
4-Ex-Surgeon General Joseph Beale. z. s. N.
25-General Daniel Harvey Hill. a prominent
officer Of the Confederate army.
26--Ey Congressman William Loughbridge, of
Iowa.
27-E. q. Bartlett C"Wild Curly"l, famous
scout and a survivor of the Mountain
Meadow sacre.
29-General Samuel d. sturgis, U. S. A.
OCTOBER.
1T-Ex-Gov. John 4. Hartranft, OF Pennsyl-
vanIa,
19--Kiug Luis l. of Portugal, aged 5l
Sim. Tschernischewski, novelist and father of
nihilism; st. Petersburg, aged 81.
NOVEMBER.
l0-David S. Wambold, the well-known min
stre1 performer; New York, aged So.
24--Hon George II. Pendleton, ex-U. S. Minister
to Germany.
o. Martin Farquhar Tupper, well-known poet
and prose writer ; London, England
aged 70
DECEMBER.
G-Jeffer son Davis, the leader In the great re-
bellien; New Orleans, La, aged al.
9-J. b. Eathboue, founder OF the order Of
Knights of pythias.
10-Nrs Seott-Lord sister of Mrs. President
Harrison.
1l--tien. David Atwood, proprietor OF the Wis
cos,sin State Journal. Aunt Mary Tyler, '
the original heroine OF the household poem
MARY Had Little Lamb" Somerville
Mass, aged 49,
la- Robert Browning, English poet and play
wright.
Is Carl Formes. once the greatest basso singer
in the world.
2l-- Benjamin Henry Day, founder OF the New
Vnri S.a,n nsroIr