Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-23
JUSTICE BRADLEY
Died at Hls Residence In Wash
lDston Yesterday.
In Able xaD, He Will b, lisSd by Tho
Country.
Silver Convention Being Arranged foI
with England, Germany and France.

WASHINGTON, Jan % Justice Bradley
Of the United States sapreme Court, Who
has been i'll for some time, died At t Is this
morning.
The Supreme Court adjourned immedi.
steiy after assembling, undl Tuesday next.
Joseph r. Bradley was appointed = JUS
tice Of the Supreme Court Of the U0itsd
States by President Grant in 1870. During
his membership Of the Sup,tme Court .
very large number OF cases have been
brought into it. making questions arising
cut Of the Civil Wsr, tbs Reconstruction
and other acts OF Congress, the constitu
tionsl amendments. the difficulties and
controversies Of railroad c2npalies aad
other subjects.
Many of them were net crly novel but
intricate and difficult Of solution. la the
investigRtion and decision Of all them Judge
Bradley bore = distinguished part, and .
high value has been pus apon his opinions
especially in cases in which statutory or
constitutional construction has been re-
qui,ed. In 1877 he was one Of the mem
bers Of the famous ELECTORAL commission,
aud concurred in the conclusions reached
by the ms shortly.
Judge bradley was born in Albany coun-
iy, N. Y, in 1913, the son Sf farmer.
He attended the country school three or
four months each year Of his boyhood and
youth, made constant use Of his fathers
library. taught country school every
winter from his 10Th year till his 2lss, was
fitted for college by the clergyman Of the
village and srsdus,ed at Rutgers in 1886
After his admission TO the bar he pracucad
his profession in Newark, NJ j, for 30
years.
10 accordance with the wish of Justice
Bradley. the funeral will De private ard
devoid Of sny ostentatious display. Pfi-
vate services will be held at his late res.
dence Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, after
which the remains will be taken to his b )me
in Newark, N. j., and inferred in the fam
lily buryipg ground on Mondsy afternoon.
The pail bearers are not ~ determined
upon. but will likely be from smong his
Old friends in Newark. The chief justice
and associate justices will no doubt attend
the funeral
Justice Bradley was 4 man Of strong
force Of character, Of great erudition and
industry and beloved by his associates on
the bench. He was quiet in tastes and not
much given to the social gaities Of WASH
ington.
He was email Of statue, Of spare frame,
with small but well-shapsd head, crowned
with silvery hair. His eyes were the most
striking features Of his countensnce, ard
shone luminous ard clear. with . sparkle
indicative Of the bright, cheerful humorous
side Of the man. He frs quented the Con-
gressioDal library and vas authority on
many things relating to old English poetry,
intricate and slmost forgotten religious du
pu'es and other subjects.
He was kindly in manner. and treated
those who sought him for information on
sny matter with great couftesy and coDsic
Grafton. In his iopg years on the bench
Of The Supreme court he had acquired an
immense fund Of legal knowledge. Hewss
perhaps the most erudite lawyer on il in II =
cent years. Ia later years he was not so
active As formerly, but was invaluable ssa
counsellor.