New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-18

EDWARD PAYsoN PITCHER. HEAD OF ""NM"A"
SCHOOL. NO 81 DIES IN NEwBrRG EIGHT
uor,Rs AFTER HIS WEDDING.

EDWARD PAysON PITCHER HEAD OF GRAMMAR
SCHOOL. NO 81. DIES IN NEwBuRG EIGHT
uor.Rs AFTER HIS WEDDING.
~o,burg Nav r-Edwari Payson Pitcher. prn-
alma, ., nuhiic school I'm NewYork City. died In
this city last night. eight hours aiter MS "eudlhs
TO Miss A. l.. White. OF cairo. Greene county me
wedding OF Mr.. Pitcher occurred AT huusoh' ~ L.
Yesterday afternoon at O'CLOCK. Al ciocn 'iie
coun,e arrived at Newburg and registered at the
pol.,,ine They retired to their room on the third
no,r About an hour later Mr.. Pitcher came down
stairs to write letter in the note readng-room
lie was apparently feeling well when ne pade the
c,erjs good night and returned to his room. Az Il
o'clock the clerk was called by Mrs Pitcher. the
husband having been stricken with Illness. Dr. A.
Y Iowa was called. lie reached the hotel at five
,,,,ocs after II O'Clock. but ten minutes later Mr.
pitcher died DR. ". s. Gleason was called in and
after A consultation the two physicians decided
that death was due TO organic trouble OF the heart
The deceased was fifty-nine years old The bride
g. thirty wears old \ brother of the deceased man.
from Hudson. came here to-day
Edward Payson Pitcher had been principal OF
Grammar School No 81. at NO no WeS' lwenteth-
st since 1880 He native OF this state. and
,as tho son of n minister In the Reformed Church
When he was a young man ne studied for the MIN
istrv but finally decided 10 become school teacher
ia ,,as Graduated from the Saturday Normal School
in Inn. 1869 and the same year became teacher IN
Grammar school No. ~. lie passed from the tniu
to the second grade. was made first assistant ana
nraIv upon the resignation OF Thomas w. Conkiin.
hec,me principal In point OF service he was one
OF the Oldest teachers In the city lie look great
interest I'm all school affairs and particularly IN the
military companies formed among the pupils. he
was a hard worker. In spite OF IA disease OF the
h.,r, A short time ago physician was hastily
summoned to the school to attend him In sudden
attack Of his illness MIR. Pitcher boarded at NO. M
West Twenty -third-s, and there formed the ac-
ou,intance of his wife. who Is an Invalid lie at
tended the Presbyterian Church. and occasionally
ds,ivered lectures before Sunday-schools. He was
an efficient, teacher and popular among his col col
ea plles He was a member OF the Executive COM
,nItf.c of the Society OF Pedagogy ana was aiso
a member of the Schoolmasters' Club. Last Weuhrs-
J,v MIR Pitcher was at the school,. but eft II apout
1910 o'clock and his clearinghouse little iater
for Hudson 49,. soo, and his
friends at his boarding house were shocked by the
laws of his sudden death contained In a dispatch
from Newburg a trustee OF the school said yes
tarday afternoon that soon as the trustees were
sorma,,v informed OF his death they would meet and
mass a resolution of respect and that MI Pitcners $
Successor would be appointed as soon as possible
one of the teachers OF the school VIII probably get
the vacant place. Mr.. Pitchers brother is Alien
pitcher. who lives At No. 42s Hopkins-ave. Astoria