Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-01-12
M. ]. EDGERLEY IS DEAD
Matthew J. Edgerley Dies at the
Hospital at Four O'clock
This Morning.
One of the Most,P Prominent Residents
of the City and Well Known
In the State.
Various Items of Local News Picked
Up In and Around the
City.
Another Death,

& Ou16o 0AdUCuoWO T. 1uRoT1oy uleu at
the hospital at about 4 O'Clock Saturday
morning.
The illness which resulted in the
death of Judge Elgerley, has been Of
about three weeks duration, although he
has been confined to his bed just u little
over week. He was taken with la
grippe, primarily, and although quite
ill from the first, he remained up and
about, attending to his duties for a week
or SO after being first taken ill. When
the illness became so serious that he
was nc longer able to attend to work, he
was taken to the hospital, where he be-
came worse, and suffered from a severe
nervous prostitution. From this he did
not rally, and although at no time did
he seem to suffer much pain, yet he re.
NAMED in q sort of a languor which re-
fused to be shaken off. He grew worse
until last Sunday, when there was some
eight Improvement, which however, was
but temporary. Again he grew worse,
and sank steadily until the end, which
came this morning. His death seemed
painless and peaceful, and but a half
hour before his death, when raised and
sked as to how he felt, he expr essed an
entire freedom from pain, and his death
was like to the falling of one into a deep
sleep. 4.
There are few better known persons in
the state than Matthew J. Edgerley.
For nearly twenty years he has been q
resident Of Bismarck. He came here in
the early '7Os and has been closely iden-
tilted with the city and with city affairs
since that time. For years a practicing
attorney, his acquaintanceship was wide,
and his circle Of friends q large one. He
has been prominent in local politics, and
has held positlcns of honor and trust,
the duties of which he has always per-
formed with credit. As secretary of the
last railroad commission, he was we'll
known throughout the entire state, and
was a capable and efficient official.
Matthew J. Edgerley was a native of
Ireland and was born there il 1888.
being at the time of his death 55 years
of age. With three brothers he migrated
from his birth place some time in the
~forties, and came to the United States.
Three of the brothers settled in New
York state, but Matthew went south
where he settled and remained until he
came to Bismarck. Two of the brothers
have since died, and the death Of MI.
Edgerley leaves but one survivor Of tho
four brothers, who now lives in Port
Henry, NY.
Mr.. Edgerley leaves two children, one
Joseph M. Edgerley, a we'll known resi-
dent Of the city, and a daughter, mar
ried. who lives in Brooklyn, N. Y.
There will be sorrow and regret uni
versal throughout the city, where the
deceased has lived SO long, with whose
affairs he has been so long associated
and to whose residents he was go we'll
known. And. to the son, whom the loss
leaves alone in the western country, and
to whom the blow is a bitter one, sym.
pathy will be extended on every hand.
The funeral will occur at 2 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon from the Catholic
church.
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