The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-01-23
DEATH OF JUSTICE BRADLEY.
For Twenty Years He Was a Member of
the Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON, JANUARY II. -JuStlce
Bradley, of the United States Supreme
Court, died at 6. Is this morning.
In accordance with the wish of Justice
Bradley, the funeral will be private and
devoid of any ostentatious display. Pri-
vate services will be held at his late resi-
dence Sunday afternoon, at O. clock, at
ter which the remains will be taken to
his home in Newark, N. j., and inferred
in the family burial ground Monday af-
ternoon. The pall-bearers have not yet
been determined upon. They will likely
be from among his old friends in New
ark. The Chief Justice and associate
Justices will no doubt attend the funeral.
Justice Bradley was a man of strong
force of character, great erudition and
industry, and beloved by his associates
on the bench. He was quiet in his
tastes, and not much given to the social
gayety of Washington. He was small of
stature, spare of frame, with a small but
well-shaped head, crowned with silvery
hair. His eyes were the most striking
feature of his countenance, and shone
luminous and clear with sparkle indiea-
tive of the bright, cheerful and humor-
Gus side of the man. He frequented the
congressional library, and was an author
ity on many things relating tosold En-
glish poetry, intricate and almost forgot
ten religious disputes, and other subjects
of unusual character. Kindly in man
ner, he treated those who sought him for
information on any matter with great
courtesy and consideration. In his long
wears on the bench he had acquired an
immense fund of legal knowledge, and
was. perhaps, the most erudite lawyer
on it in recent years. In latter years he
was not so active as formerly, but was
invaluable as a counsellor.
Joseph P. Bradley was born in Berne,
N. Y, March IA, 1878. He was of En-
glish descent He graduated at Rutgers,
and at once began the study of law. He
began practice in Newark, N. j., and
continued there for thirty years, his pro
fessional career being marked by great
success. In 1870 he was appointed by
President Grant justice of the Su-
preme Court of the United States, lie
ha S taken notable part in the decisions
of the court, and in all important patent
cases he displayed marked ability. To
the government he had uniformly given
a steady and efficient support. When
the Southern States attempted secession,
he devoted his power and influence to
sustaining the government against dis
union, and as counsel and director of the
New Jersey railroad companies, he as
sisted very materially in forwarding
troops and military supplies. On several
occasions he accompanied new regiments
to the field, and addressed them on the
pending issues. In 1862, with much re-
luctance, he accepted the Republican
nomination for Congress in the sixth con-
gressional district of New Jersey; but so
strongly Democratic was the district that
he was defeated. In 1868 he headed the
New Jersey Republican electoral ticket
The most memorable incident OF his
90 years of service on the bench was his
membership in the Tilden-Hayes electo-
raj commission in 1876. The Democrats
believed that the non-partisan justice
would be David Davis, an old Lincoln
Republican from Illinois, who had mani
tested considerable political indepen-
dence during Grants presidency.
On the eve of the commissions labors,
Judge Davis was elected to the. Senate,
and he declined to serve on the commits
sion. Then both parties united upon
Justice Bradley, who,' however, voted
with the Republicans on every essential
issue, and gave the Hayes side the eighth
vote in the famous 7 to s contest.
He was an accomplished mathematician,
familiar with the higher and more alb
struse processes of mathematical inves-
tigation, and not infrequently amused
himself by indulgence in such pursuits.
In 1874 he married Mary, daughter of
Chief Justice Hornblower of New Jer-
sey, by whom he had two sons and two
daughters.
Mrs. Temperance Bryant Green.
Mrs. Temperance B. Green died yester-
day morning at her residence on Cum
berland street, at the great age of 81
years and 10 months. She was the wild
ow of Captain Benjamin Green. She
was native of Scarboro, the daughter
of Captain Richard Choate of that town,
who was well known mariner, and who
was lost at sea. She was brought up in
the family of her maternal uncle, Solo
mon Hartford of Searboro. Her hus-
band, Captain Benjamin Green, was sta
toned in the fort at Fish Point during
the war of 1912, and was afterwards cap
tain of the old Portland Artillery. Mrs.
Green was one of the few remaining pen
sioners of our last war with England.
She had one son, Mr.. W. II. Green, of
the Princes Express, and two daughters,
Mrs. Joseph Stickney and Miss Emma
Green of this city. Her death was pecu-
liarly touching from the fact that not
one of her early friends was left, she
having outlived them all.
Mrs. Mehitable Smith.
RocKLAND, January 22.-Mrs. Mehita-
BILE Smith, widow of the late George
Smith, died last evening. She celebrated
her Tooth birthday last August. She
was the Oldest person in Knox county.