The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-03-12
The Grim Reaper.

The year just closed has proved one
continuous harvest to the Grim Reaper.
Almost from its first day to its last there Is
an unbroken record of the passing away
of men and women who have left their
impress upon the histories, either of the
world, or of their respective countries. 1t
has been very many years since so many
who had gained name and fame have
passed in IL short twelvemonths to the
great beyond. The mortuary record of
this country especially has been remark
ably large. From the field Of national
politics there have gone William Window,
Secretary of the Treasury, ex-Attorney
Gen. Charles Devens, Alonzo Taft, exSec
retarY of War: ex-Vice President Hannibal
Hamlin; United States Senators Wilson,
Hearst, and Plumb; ex-senator Mcdonald
and Poneroy; Governor Hovey, of Indiana,
was the only state executive to die in har-
ness.
The stage, too, has lost many of it's shin
ing lights. Sweet Emma Abbott is no
more. Lawrence Barrett is numbered with
the dead of the year. Other names on the
roll are those of the great and only Phineas
T. Barnu,n, j. X. Emmett, w. j. Florence,
Samuel X. Murdoch and. Edmund S. Con-
nor; the last two being links between the
past and the present generation of players.
The immortal Sherman heads the list of
A. l,v Errb%
ing the battles of their country. Next on
the scroll comes that Of Admiral David G.
Porter, Rear Admiral Alfred Taylor, Rear
Admiral Cooper and Commodore William
Rouckendorff. OF the prominent ones that
were on the 'other side' Gen. Joseph
johnson is no more.
But these are but q few of the noted
dead. Farther down the roll are the names
of George Bancroft, historian; DR.. Howard
Crosby, Bishop Gilmour, theologian;
Charles Pratt, philanthopist, DR.. Joseph
NJ. Saylor, the Oldest clergyman in the
United States, DR.. Fordyce Barker, the
eminent physician, and Monseigor Preston,
who, had he lived, would have been the
next Archbishop of New York.
The worlds of letters and journalism
have suffered heavily. James Russell
Lowell is but a memory. Don Piatt
James Redpath, Amos F. Learned, Rev.
DR.. Prime, Ord. B. Losing, George JONES'
Major j. M. Bundy, James Parton, w. w.
Clapp, and Toni s. Applegate, all authors
or journalists of national reputation, have
passed to the great beyond.
The record of the great dead Of other
lands is likewise memorable one. King
Kalakaia, of Hawaii; King Carl, of Wur-
temberg; Dom Pedro IT, once of Brazil,
and Prince Baudouin, heir apparent Of
Belgium, have exchanged their roval sur
roundings on earth for place near the
Great White Throne. France has been
called upon to mourn the loss of one of
her x-presidents, Jules P. Grevy, while
the cratic Boulanger has been removed
from her political field Others who are
no more include W. II. Smith, leader of the
conservative party in the house of COM
mons; Charles Bradlaugh, Meissonier, the
famous pointer; Ludwig, the Catholic
leader of Germany; Sir John Mcdonald,
prime minister of Canada; Charles Stewart
Parnell, Earl Ly tton, and Count Won Moltke,
The list of noted women that have de-
parted this life during the year is not a
long one. Mrs. Allen w. Thurman, Mrs.
Cyrus w. Field, and Madame Blavatskty.
the leader of the theophists, were among
the best known.