OBITUARIES, UNITED STATIC. 



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I upon tli. 'f his profession. 

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founders of tho 



ago Tribune." About a your since his 



'.th compelled him to retire from his 



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'. _'!. WILDER, DAVID, M. D., a promi- 



II anil statesman of Massachusetts, 

 ':i North Leominster, aped 83 years. Ho 



was ( - a physician, but abandoned the 



.lint of his health. His public 

 . as Representative from Loom- 

 in ISD'.i, au.l ho was a member of both 

 t uo Legislature at different times. In 

 ho was chosen treasurer of tho Common- 

 wealth, and served the constitutional terra. 

 His last act, as State official, was to sign tho 

 sterling bonds issued to tho Western Railroad, 

 which had thirty years to run. 



Sept. 22. DIMSDALE, Prof. THOMAS J., super- 

 intendent of public instruction in Montana, 

 died in Virginia City, Montana Tor. He was 

 an Englishman by birth, and became a resident 

 of Montana in 1864, where he engaged in the 

 work of educating American youth. For some 

 time he had editorial charge of tho "Post" of 

 iia City. 



Sept. 23. MOORE, Hon. Jony, a prominent 

 citizen of Illinois, died in Boston, aged 72 years. 

 is a native of Great Britain, but removed 

 to this country and settled in Illinois soon after 

 it became a State. Jli.s first appearance in pub- 

 lic lite was as a member of the first Legislature 

 at Vandalia, in 1886, and from that period he 

 has been a prominent actor in the political his- 

 tory of the State. In 1842 he was elected 

 nant-Governor, and was for several years 

 State Treasurer, for his faithful management of 

 which he received the sobriquet of "Honest 

 John Moore." During the Mexican War he 

 nerved as lieutenant-colonel, and participated in 

 a number of severe engagements. 



Sept. 24. STEKLE, Hon. JOHN B., member of 

 Congress from New York, was killed by being 

 thrown from his carriage at Rondout, N. Y., 

 aged 52 years. He was a native of Delhi. Del- 

 aware County, N. Y., was educated at Delaware 

 ! -iny, and at Williams College, Mass. ; 

 ntudied law, and was admitted to tho bar in 

 1839. In 1841 he was appointed district at- 

 torney for Otsego County, and in is 17 removed 

 t<> Kingston, Ulster County, and thenco pursued 

 his profession. In 1850 he was elected special 

 judge of the county, and in 18(50 was elected 

 r.'sentative from New York to the Thirty- 

 seventh Congreat, serving on tho C >mr 

 on tho District of Columbia, and on Revolution- 

 ary lVn<ions; was roelectedto tho Thirty-eighth 

 t'oiiirre-;-!. ag.iin serving on the Committe 

 the hist riot of Columbia, and on Expenditures 

 in the War Department. 



Sept. 26. JOSEPHS, SOT.OMOV. a (listing:: 

 stock and exchange broker of Now York, died 

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in that city, aged 68 years. IP. company w : th 

 his brothers, hu removed from Richmond, Va., 

 about the year 1825, and settled in N 

 where they did a prosperous business until tho 

 crash of 1837, when, like many others, tl. y 

 were obliged to succumb to the financial 

 sure. Ho was well known for his liberal spirit 

 and int'-grity of character. 



Sept. 26. Scin YI.KI:, ('apt. THOMAS, a prom- 

 inent citizen of Albany, died in that city, aged 

 55 years. Ho began life as a cabin-boy on his 

 father's sloop, and passed through every grade 

 of his profession. In 1842, under the firm of 

 Schuyler and Brainard, he engaged in tho tow- 

 boat business on tho Hudson River, and soon 

 after organized tho Schnyler line of tow-boata, 

 which is still in successful operation. Ho was 

 also tho managing owner of the passenger-boats 

 Belle and Rip Van Winkle for a number of 

 years. Ho was one of the original founders of 

 the Bank of the Capital, of which he was pres- 

 ident until it closed business ; also of the Com- 

 merce Insurance Company, of which ho was 

 vice-president, and of the First National Bank, 

 of which ho was president. Although ho had 

 uniformly refused to accept any political office,- 

 ho consented, a few years since, to take the 

 office of alderman, which he held through one 

 term. He was a sincere philanthropist, and 

 gave liberally to missions, schools, and churches. 



Sept. 27. SNOW, GEORGE M., former com- 

 mercial editor of the New York "Tribune," 

 died in New York, aged 54 years. Ho was a 

 native of Boston, but removed to New York 

 soon after his education was completed, and 

 was for some time engaged in mercantile pur- 

 suits, devoting his leisure hours to the lighter 

 walks of literature. When the " Tribune " was 

 started, he took charge of the commercial de- 

 partment, which he retained for over twenty- 

 two years. In 1863, finding his health suffering 

 from too close application to business, ho do- 

 parted with his family to Europe, where ho 

 spent a year in Romo and Paris, but without 

 permanent benefit. Upon his return, he sold 

 his interest in the "Tribune" and turned his 

 attention to certain railroad enterprises. 



Sept. 28. GIBSON, Dr. LORENZO, former Sur- 

 veyor-General of Arkansas, and a prominent 

 politician of that State, died- at Little Roc' 

 Ark., aged 63 years. Ho was a native of Ten- 

 . Ho studied law at Clarksville, Turn., 

 and was admitted to tho bar at an early age, 

 but in consequence of a disease which embar- 

 rassed him in tho practice of the legal profes- 

 sion, he abandoned it and entered upon the study 

 of medicine, and soon rose to eminence in prac- 

 tice. In 1834 he removed to Arkansas, and 

 established himself as a merchant at Little Rock. 

 In tho financial crisis of 1837, he, like most of 

 tho merchants of Arkansas, was compelled to 

 succumb; and soon after resumed the practice 

 of his profession, removing, in 1841, to Hot 

 Springs County, where he combined farming 

 with his practice. In 1849 he returned to Lit- 

 tle Rock, where he resided till his death. Dr. 



