Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-15

krc,ss AID dt No
time had u been believed ne eould re-
cover. His condition was reported 10
be some y hat i'm approved on Sunday, but
he suffered a relapse. from which he
died
lFrsncis .. 5pinois wAs born 81 StoaJ
bfoox. sslfoIA ecunty. n. r. March 10 is2i.
bis f4tner Sas native or the Stand N DE
ceira and ala paLerrll zrantfst6sr s1s al
Hsiian- BIS Hsthef Sas native q Lorx
Island ais fathsT, sno served As Al o11cer Ia
TIE revolutionary var. being irish by birth In
fsss 40 Mas eiscted alderman from We Second
wsrd "a Brooklyn In me following year n
~ss ,he shix candidate tor resiecsion. bsi WAS
defeated ~ vote He ~as elected how
ever, the fcliosias sprlnz And - - suosea asnsly
reeiectei four times. after snicn he Vas super
visor for thFs. successive years. In $50 he Was
the successful democratic candidate In ais ais
triet for ne assembly. In 1857 ne siscted oy
. large majority 70 the state senate from the
TaiEd district Ia 800 he . delegate 20 the
uatloaal democratic convention at Charleston.
Whoa the rebellion broke cut ne Of
the nrst - obey the call Of President
Lincoln 70 tsks arms IA defense " the
union. He raised the Empire brigade Of
New York volunteers In 1scs and com
misaioasd brigadier general IN October
81 that year de vas twice wounded IA III
battle Of Wrapping Heights IN virginia SnsTo
he ed . brilliant charge ~ ale brigade against
q !Ar<- force OF the enemy He entered inso
commercial ana manufacturing businsss
his return 20 Nes York and Was sssin
= member Of tas state Legislature. He
WAS slected IN 1851 mcneer ct tho
Fts-fssa congress- from mo Tenth New York
cfstrley and was reelected % the Fifty nfst
congress IN 1888 snd the Ftfsy second congress-
IN so tie one Of The lnasr circles OF
Tammaay hail and member Of the once f.
Il .Ta.p o..
spsnsla vAs = con picuoas ngare.l
AN Ex-JUsIsr OF INDIANA.
La PoRrs, Ind. April l4.-Hon- A.
l.. Osborn, OF this city. died of gen.
eral debility Monday morning alter
three months illness at the advanced
age of % years He was born in
Waterbury. Conn. Ia 1918. and came Ia
this country in 1927 He was an emil
nent lawyer. beginning his studies I'M
der William Stewart. in Chicago. He
served thirteen years a. circuit judge. be-
ginning in 1887. In 1872 he was appointed
member OF the state supreme court
by Gov. Conrad Baker. also serving sew
eral terms In the legislature. The Judge
was attorney for the Michigan Central
Railroad Company from its organiza-
tion To his death, a period of forty one
years.
BISHOP eILMoUh
Sr. AUGUSTINE. Fla. April IA
Bishop Richard Gilmour died as 1850
o'clock Monday evening. RI Rev.
Bishop McCioskey. of Kentucky. and
FATHERS Wright and Houck were with
him 20 the last Father Houck has
left here with the remains for Cleve-
land. O.
Richard Gilmour Vas born In Glasgow. Scot
land. September - lsSs In 1879 ne came to
smeries. lie Vas reared and educated Scotch
Covensnt@r. but became Catholic tn his early
manhood he studied for ths priesthood .,
Moaat e. Mays college. In Maryland, and
was ordained August 80. isss by Archbish-
op Purcell His first pastoral iabors were
. missionary along the Oaio river In l5,
be was called 70 Cincinnati and placed In charge
q enc o. ths largest parishes Taen he was q
professor In 81 Marys academy In Cincinnati
and next vas In charge OK ST Josephs church
NJ Dayton In 1874 he WAS promoted "a
tas hishoprie Of Cleveland His diocese
embraced ths whole OF northern Ohio.
Bishop 8tmour was man Of great IN
dividoAlity and strong character; OF
gr.ss clesrness and vigor Of sfate
fnent ~ an orator: . quick nervous writer and
the author q one Of the best series Of Catholic
school readers 50 far published. He took
strong ground against what hs called the In
justice Of taxing Catholics for tue support OF
the public schools tie vas an able executive
olnc-r ard attained 20 bis high position In the
church By a course marked ia a rare degree BY
persistent snd systematic is0orI
DROPFEp DEAD.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich, April fA-Dr.
Jonathan r. Chaplin. of this city.
4.
afternoon He was 20 years old. and
had lived at Battle Creek for over half
a eentnry. He was one of Miehigan's
pioneers and well known throughout
the state.
pEsrH OF VETERAN OF tsta
CHICAGO. April it-Drodat Taylor. a
veteran of the war of tsi2. died Mon
day night in this city. He WAS in his