The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-01-09
The Grim Reaper Busy
During 1896.
MANY NOTED VICTIMS.
An Unusually Heavy Roll The
Names Of Distinguished Artists,
Scientists, Authors and Leaders In
Commerce on the List.
JANUARY

JANUARY.
J. Alfred Ely Beach, editor Of The Scientific
American, in New York city; aged 20.
John p. Blair, onco famous as q painter and
inventor, in Chicago; a-ed %.
Gen. NJ. ID. LcEgett, n noted Federal vete-an
in Cleveland; aged Il.
Col Thomas W. Knox, author, in New York
city aged 81.
3. Ex-Gov. W. Il. Marshall of Minnesota nd
Pasadena. Cal. aged II.
Il. George q. Wright, e1-U. 8. senator and OK
chief justice of Iowa, at Dcs Moines; aged
&C.
Gen. Francis Claiming Barlow, noted vot-
eran and lawyer, in Now York city aged 70.
IL. hush DiIaond, a pioneer capitalist OF Cali
fornia, at Oakland aged GO.
Ii. Martin trimmer, u noted Boston merchant
prince, ri 'lanthropist and art patron. in
Boston: aged n.
Gen. Charles A. Hickman, n noted war vet.
eran, in Germantown; aged "a.
10. Matthew >. Brady, one OF the pioneer
photographers Of the United States, in
New Torl- city nged 20.
LIZ. ben!arin Cory, a noted pioneer physi-
can or California, at San Jose: aged ~.
10. Gen. f.. B.. Fowler, q veteran of the Eeder-
al army. in Brooklyn. aged 90.
10. Charles Thomas Floquet, formerly premier
of France
10. Bernard Gillian, noted cartoonist. ar GAVIN.
joharie, N. "; aged IS.
~. lev. LIT. Thomas Armitage, a noted Ban
list preacher, at Yonkers; aged ".
Prince Henry of Eattenberg, at sea aged Is.
II. Gen. Thomas Ewing, in New York city:
aged co.. ''
q. Ex-Judge Charles p. Elliott. sarors
ing man and builder of racing shelis in
Brooklyn; aged 81.
q. Lord Leighton. noted British artist. in
London aged CO. -
Alexander Macmillan Of Macmillan a On
- britisn publishers, in London aged 81.
"a. KtOnn IUIGE EAr 80 TLa -
Ter, i'll Washington.
Gen theodore Runyon, a war veteran and
y. . ambassador &c Germany, in Berlin:
aged "A. '
Gen. Joseph Fl. Porter, a New York war vet.
eran, in New York city.
"a. Elijah Shaw. founder of shaw rr;vor..
North Carolina, at Wales, Mass. aped "a
george Cochran Lambdin. a noted Philadel-
ph1a artist, IN that city aged GO.
LII. L. a. Harris, a noted public citizen ~
Atlanta, II that city; aged GO.
zen. aired Baker Smith, at P~oughkeepsie.
aged II.
SIR Joseph Barnaby. well known comnoser
in London.
~. senator Fiorelli, the archeologist. at Roma
e. george =. Maguls, founder and ex-nrqsidert
Oh the Iowa college at Grinnell. in Dies
hev. DIT. William FL. Furness, noted Unitar,.
an, IN Philadelphia; aged "a.
oscar Turner, a well known Kentrcbv Lao
yer and orator. in Louisville; aged II.
o Stephen u. French. noted Republican rol,.
mean In New York city aged g..
hliiory Butler. q pioneer ON Puget sonnd a.
Seattle; aged 81.
snadrack Inman, a noted Georgian. in Az
lanta; aged IS.
:. George Nicholson OF tho New Orleans P;c,.
yune, in that city.
.. Gtn. John Gibbon, u. i. a.. retired. !,
BALTIMORE; aged c.. -
harry Howard, chief Of the old volnnteo-
Ere department Of New. York, in that city.
aged IA. = sH1s ci's'
:. william Heyden English, well known cant.
rs. Apoiis' ageo
Charies WachsInuth, the worlds praatost
paieontologist in crinoids. at BurIingtor
la. aged On.
.. jean Augasta Barre, distinguished Francb
sculptor, in Paris; aged S..
helnnold Rost, LII. D., q high author;tv -
CRYSTAL literature, in London.
w. SANFORD HUNT Of the Methodist Book Con.
Germ, IN Cincinnati; aged 20.
= Allen Dodworth, noted hand ,a.so- =.
PASADENA, CAL. aged 70.
E.lenne Chatelaine, 1T Cornwall. Ont. a,as
SnAries Louis Ambrose Thomas, celebratad
MUSICAL composer. in Paria; aged a