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Aug. 19, 1886. He came to America when 

 quite young ; settled in Canada, and began life 

 as a clerk, subsequently engaging in the leather 

 business. In 1846 he retired from mercantile 

 life, and founded the " Weekly Witness "news- 

 paper in Montreal. He was a man of aggres- 

 sive religious convictions, and attempted to 

 neutralize the effects of sensationalism in the 

 newspapers by combining in his publication 

 the news features of current journalism with 

 the religious features of denominational or- 

 gans. As this venture yielded results satisfac- 

 tory to him, he began issuing a daily edition in 

 1861. Leaving his Montreal publications in 

 the editorial care of his eldest son, he came to 

 New York city in 1870, and in the following 

 year established the " Daily Witness " on a 

 similar plan. This had a fluctuating career 

 until 1878, being several times on the verge of 

 suspension, and being saved by contributions of 

 money in answer, Mr. Dougall claimed, to his 

 earnest prayers for financial assistance. In 

 1878, however, be suspended the daily edition, 

 and issued the " Weekly Witness," which at- 

 tained a large circulation. He also established 

 the " Northern Messenger," the " Dominion 

 Monthly," "Sabbath Reading," and the "Pio- 

 neer," a prohibition paper. He was intensely 

 earnest in all his labors, and frequently found 

 time for service as an evangelist. 



Dougherty, John, an American inventor, born 

 in 1803 ; died in Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 13, 1886. 

 He invented the portable iron section-boats, 

 and devised the inclined planes over the Al- 

 legheny mountains in the days of the old 

 Portage Railroad. He is credited with sug- 

 gesting the route of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 

 and in 1857 obtained a charter for the Sher- 

 man's Valley and Broad Top road, which finally 

 was merged in the South Pennsylvania road. 

 His latest plan was a proposed railroad from 

 Canada to Washington, by way of Buffalo. 

 Mr. Dougherty was one of the most active 

 business men in central Pennsylvania. 



Dow, Moses A., an American publisher, born 

 in Littleton, N. H., in 1810; died in Charles- 

 town, Mass., June 22, 1886. In 1824 he left 

 Franconia, where his father was engaged in 

 iron-smelting, and went to Haverhill to learn 

 the printer's trade. A brother had established 

 himself in the printing business in Boston, and 

 in 1829 Moses became foreman in his office. 

 Several years later he established the " Maine 

 Republican " in Saco, and afterward the 

 " Maine Recorder " in Limington ; but neither 

 was successful. Then he established the " Bos- 

 ton Museum," with Ossian E. Dodge as editor, 

 and this met the same fate. After various vent- 

 ures, he brought out the first issue of the 

 " Waverley Magazine," on May 30, 1850. He 

 had a severe struggle to keep the publication 

 alive until the following September, when it 

 began paying its expenses, and from that time 

 it was the source of a handsome income. The 

 publication was filled with stories, narratives, 

 and poetry, of almost exclusively amateur ori- 



gin, for which he paid nothing, believing that 

 a gratification of the ambition of young writers 

 to see their productions in print would be 

 sufficient recompense. 



Drysdale, Alexander, T., an American clergy- 

 man, born in Savannah, Ga., about 1840 ; died 

 in Waukesha, Wis., July 30, 1866. He was 

 educated for the law, and for a time took ati 

 active part in politics, publishing a newspaper 

 in Florida. He subsequently took orders in 

 the Protestant Episcopal Church, and after 

 being ordained, served nine years as a mission- 

 ary in Dalton, Ga., and seven years as rector of 

 Christ Church, in Mobile, Ala. In 1883 he ac- 

 cepted a call to Christ Church, New Orleans, 

 La., the oldest Protestant congregation in that 

 city. A few weeks before his death he was 

 elected Bishop of the Diocese of Easton, Md., 

 and while his congregation were sending con- 

 gratulations to him at Waukesha, where he had 

 gone for the benefit of his health, they were 

 startled by a telegram announcing his sudden 

 death. He was a man of large learning and 

 ability, and was noted rather for the zeal with 

 which he performed his pastoral duties than 

 for pulpit brilliancy. 



Dudley, William Henry, an American physician 

 and surgeon, born in Ireland, in 1811 ; died in 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 9, 1886. He was gradu- 

 ated at the Royal College of Physicians and 

 Surgeons in Dublin in 1833; emigrated to 

 Jamaica, and became Health Officer of Port 

 Maria, and surgeon in the marine hospital in 

 that town, and a Fellow of the King's College 

 of Physicians in Kingston. In 1841 he came 

 to the United States, where, in 1842, he re- 

 ceived a diploma from the New York College 

 of Physicians and Surgeons, and in 1843 be- 

 gan practice in the city of Brooklyn. He was 

 one of the founders of the Long Island Hos- 

 pital, one of the regents, and for a long time 

 treasurer. In 1870 he was elected presi- 

 dent of the collegiate department, and the 

 head of the council of the college. He was 

 also one of the curators of the New York 

 Medical College, and a member of the Kings 

 County and the State Medical Societies. For 

 many years he had abandoned private practice, 

 and devoted himself wholly to the interesst of 

 the collegiate department of the hospital. 



Eastman, Joel, an American lawyer, born in 

 Salisbury, N. H., Feb. 22, 1798; died in Con- 

 way, N. H., in 1886. He was fitted for college 

 at the Salisbury Academy and was graduated 

 at Dartmouth in 1824. He studied law -with 

 Samuel I. Wells in Salisbury, and with Will- 

 iam C. Thompson in Plymouth, and was ad- 

 mitted to the bar in 1827. He then settled in. 

 Conway, which was ever afterward his home, 

 and soon achieved a high reputation among 

 the lawyers of his State. He was elected as 

 a Whig to the State Legislature in 1836-'38, 

 and again in 1853-'55. He was nominated by 

 the Whigs for Congress in 1838, but failed of 

 election. In 1839 he was a delegate to the 

 Harrisburg National Convention that nomi- 



