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day morning at his home in Sing Sing. He hnd
been i'll for several weeks. lIc was born in
1920, and In 1884 he became an apprentice in
printing office in this city. There he met an
other apprentice, Horace Greeley. Tho two
struck up an acquaintance and soon were fast
friends. They remained at tho printing Office
for some time. and then left together aud
started into business Under tho nar,e OF Greeley
& Co. Their first venture was tho publication
OF the Ltg Cabin. Gen. Swain remained with
Greeley for some time, but when the Tribune
was started he got n place on the paper rs proof
reader. Several years nfterward he loft the
Tribune and opened printing ofico Mt tho
corner OF Barclay and Greenwich streets. In
his leisure hours ho edited and. later, published
tho - Life and Letters OF Henry Clay" While
Gen. Swain was attached to tho Tribune he had
got acquainted with Henry J. Raymond. They
became intimate friends. and when Mr. Ray
mond started the NcIc York Times. Gen. Swain
was selected M the first city editor of that
paper. During his connection with the Nc,c
York Times Gen. Swain acted rs Albany cGr-
respondent. In ls4? Cen Swain went 10 Sing
| Sing and bought the NmkaJn Rircr Chronicle, In
the 1 HH and and bare its cy In isGo
Gen. swain went TO Wnshnpton rs the Times
en en swain sarted r the Ip"s Se S HgnrGe .n
apolitical PAPER which ran during the campaiEn.
nso ronp ,nT snraiS carS m bod H
IN Wcstchester county. and went to the front as
| 1tS Colonel. In 1868 tiOr. FentOn appointed him
m aile-de-camp on his staff, with the rank OF
Brigader-General.
Robert II; & Ciiil9Td, chief clerk of the Depart
died at his home 800 West Eighty-third street.
ON Sunday night. Mr.. Clifford, had been for
in New York; He @as snrSr Rd
ney trouble and nearly died Of it three years
his fdne II was eop
Gated with gastrtis. which was the direct cause
| n n
age. His first employment was in q mercan-
tls house Later he became am clerk to the
sHkEsSp'' 81 the dsah shi 1IS fffs De-
partment. in 1870 the Street Department and
The Groton ,Aqueduct Department were com
Works. Mr.. Clifford was continued as chief
clerk and through all the changes Of admins
s%Se; n Of T Sss y 9sys.
Hoboken Turtle Club. lie leaves % four dauehtsrs
Wednesday,.
William a. Darling, President OF the Murray
Hill Bank. died on, Sunday evening at his resi-
Darling had been i'll six weeks with pneumonia.
He was born at Newark seventy eight years
ness; Mr. Darling was a prominent figure in
local and national politics generation ago.
1884, when he was elected President Of the
County Committee and lie Was a member
defeased Fernando % WOOD for 'So Congress, but hs
was defeated BY John 7. Hoffman in tho May
pointed Mr. Darling Internal Revenue ] Collector tor
and later Appraiser of the Port OF New York.
dent Of the Murray iiii Bank from M the Of
the fS Hmion League az CiuS and f Of the % seventh n
Regiment Veteran Club. and he was q member
Ibrsy a snf bns left
| widow. two sons. and n daughter.
William Henry, Keelor assistant general
terday at his home, :o5 Newark avenue. Eliza
beth; j.: He was born il Jersey City in 1888.
M ts
make his fortune as % neWsboy o on the % New YORK. *
Central Railroad: He became the news agent
vent to Cincinnati a"a %d'"tSs had M Charge ee'o Of
OHIO and Aississippi raiiroad.. During the tho
war he supplied ihe rn'cn soldiers Tiih news.
more, more and in iss4 became connected With the
News s IN Erom that time until
charge Of the on &sWS
branches in that district. In 1890 he was made
York.
The Rev. Genney French died yesterday morn
ing at his residence. 10 East nth street Iie
Conn. and was educated at Cheshire. Conn and
at Trinity College. He was Gradu more than
Seminary in this city. For forty years he had been
active in missionary work in THIS city; and for
senior missionary Of the Pr Protestant les ant Episcopal % pal
City Missions on Blackwells Is land. 1t was
hsrHssr bis efforts na that the s Hs Soa
blackwells Island. ana he was the founder OF
the Libraries in the varous institutions on the
| Island. A widow
and brother; tho Rev. Lewis French. who Is u
Good shepherd. Bishop Potter, will oficiate.
Mr. French died from illness incident to old age.
day at Elizabeth, i. j.. at the age OF Gs lie
VASE native Of Jamaica. l.. l.. AID the son of
S lie %%s Fau sn"paa Of irf ths
Seaman's Friends Society. and for seventeen
lie went to brooklyn. and was engaged in mis-
sonary, work among the sailors at the Brooklyn
paPay. lie ~%sn S To Ens tn
the home of his brolher-in-iaw, w. p. Thomp-
son.
William $. Coggcshall, a wealthy resident of
| Nyack, died suddenly OF heart disease on sum
day morning. He was In his 10Th year. For
Of Warren Ward d Co.. New York but tve
years ago, bel irg the last surviving member OF
the firm. he closed up the business and mad since
lived a life of retirement and luxury in Nyack.
His widow and one daughter, Florence, survive
him.
| JOsluaN itlpNlHnu
county ON Sunday evening. nGed nearly ~
! years. He was ~ prOml lnent Quaker. Hr. Corn
well was n resident Of Highland Mills for sixty
Ave years. accumulated n large estate. and WAS
| the leading man al that section for many years.
| Financial revcrscs overlook him. however. and
few wears ago he was Obliged to surrender all
| his property,
William G. Ford. 20 years old, died at his
| home in Pelhamviie on Sunday night. He was
u son Of the late Charles Fleming Ford promi-
nent resident of Paris. Ky. Before I he war hc
was II merchant in Memphis. Tenn but lost tho
| greater rart Of his fortune and came North.
The lion. Godsmith w. Hewitt. who was q
member of the Forty-iourth, FOrty-itth, Forty
sixth, and Forty-scvcnth Congresses. died at his
home in Birmingham, Ala, yesterday aged ~.
81