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the stage as a profession. "When the question 

 of opening the Permanent Exhibition on Sun- 

 days was discussed, he was the only clergyman 

 that came out in favor of the movement, and, 

 when his conduct in so doing was criticised, he 

 said, " It is better to have men enjoying them- 

 selves quietly in a place where amusement is 

 blended with instruction, than to have them 

 lying around taverns and saloons, corrupting 

 their minds and destroying their bodies drink- 

 ing rum." 



Mazzanovich, John, an American scenic artist, 

 born in the Island of Lazina, off the coast of 

 Italy, about 1856 ; died in NewYork city, June 

 8, 1886. When twelve years old he came to 

 America with his parents, and settled in Port- 

 land, Oregon. Nine years later he enlisted in 

 the regular army, and was 'ordered to Arizona, 

 where an Indian campaign was in progress. 

 The surgeon of his regiment was an amateur 

 artist, who in leisure hours gave him instruc- 

 tion in painting. At the end of three years 

 he was discharged from the army, and, settling 

 in San Francisco, Cal., placed himself nnder 

 the tuition of a scenic artist. His progress was 

 rapid, and he found no difficulty in obtaining 

 employment. He did some very effective work 

 at Baldwin's, the California, and the Brush 

 Street Theatres, and then came to New York 

 city, where he was for some time engaged at 

 Wallack's Theatre, subsequently doing work for 

 the principal theatres. In 1885 he became the 

 chief scenic artist at Me Vicar's Theatre, Chica- 

 go, but, finding himself a victim to consump- 

 tion, he returned to California. Experiencing no 

 relief from that climate, he again came to New 

 York city, and died five days after his arrival. 

 His best work here was for '" The Rajah," 

 "The Silver King," " Nanon," and " Falka." 



Meredith, Joseph II., an American soldier, born 

 in 1839 ; died in New York city, March 29, 

 1886. At the beginning of the civil war he en- 

 listed as first-lieutenant in the Thirteenth Con- 

 necticut Volunteers. Before he had served a 

 year he was stricken down with acute malaria 

 and compelled to return North ; but within a 

 few months he again went to the field, and 

 served upon the staffs of Gens. Foster, Bailey, 

 and Heron. When the Eighty-second Infantry, 

 the first colored regiment, was organized, he 

 was commissioned as a captain in it. At the 

 close of the war he was appointed Inspector- 

 General of Florida, receiving the brevet of 

 colonel for his gallantry. Coming to New York 

 city, he was appointed to a place in the Custom- 

 House, which he held until his death, becom- 

 ing Chief of the Fourth Division. He was a 

 founder of Farragut Post, No. 75, G. A. R. 



Miller, John F, an American soldier, born in 

 South Bend, Ind., in 1831 ; died in Washing- 

 ton, I). C., March 8, 1886. He received an 

 academic education in South Bend, and was 

 fitted for college in Chicago, but did not enter, 

 going to New York and beginning the study 

 of law when eighteen years old. He was 

 graduated at the New York State Law School 



in 1852 with the degree of L. B., and began 

 practicing at South Bend. Failing health led 

 him to California in the following year, where 

 he practiced for three years, when he returned 

 to Indiana and resumed his profession. He 

 took an active part in the Fremont campaign of 

 1856. At the outbreak of the civil war he was 

 a member of the State Senate, but resigned to 

 become colonel on the staff of Gov. Morton, and 

 was soon afterward given the command of the 

 Twenty-ninth Indiana Volunteers. On reach- 

 ing the field he was placed in command of a 

 brigade, serving almost from the beginning of 

 hostilities in the West, under Gens. Sherman, 

 Buell, Rosecrans, and Thomas. At the battle 

 of Stone River he distinguished himself by 

 charging at the head of his brigade across the 

 river and driving Breckinridge from his posi- 

 tion, receiving a bullet in his neck during the 

 charge. For his gallantry he was promoted to 

 brigadier-general. In the battle of Liberty Gap 

 he made another charge with his brigade, and 

 at the moment of victory was stricken down 

 by a second bullet, which entered his left eye 

 and lodged in the bone of the forehead. De- 

 spite the constant pain, he carried this bullet 

 for twelve years, various surgeons declining to 

 attempt its removal through fear of destroying 

 the other eye, or of impairing his brain ; but it 

 was successfully extracted in 1875. He com- 

 manded the left division, of 8,000 men, at the 

 battle of Nashville, and was brevetted a major- 

 general for conspicuous bravery. At the close 

 of the war he was offered a commission of 

 high rank in the regular army, but declined it, 

 and returned to California to practice his pro- 

 fession. He was almost immediately appointed 

 Collector of the Port of San Francisco, how- 

 ever, and, after serving four years, declined a 

 reapointment. He then abandoned his profes- 

 sion to engage in business pursuits, and became 

 President of the Alaska Commercial Company. 

 Gen. Miller was a Republican candidate for 

 presidential elector in 1872, 1876, and 1880, 

 and a member of the California Constitutional 

 Convention of 1879. He was elected United 

 States Senator, Jan. 12, 1881, and took his seat 

 on March 4 following. On the organization of 

 the Forty-seventh Congress he was appointed 

 a member of the Committees on Foreign Rela- 

 tions and on Naval Affairs, and in the Forty- 

 eighth and Forty- ninth Congresses he was 

 chairman of the Committee on Foreign Rela- 

 tions, and amember of that on Civil Service and 

 Retrenchment. 



Milmore, Joseph, an American sculptor, born 

 in Sligo, Ireland ; died in Geneva, Switzerland, 

 Jan. 17, 1886. He belonged to a family of 

 sculptors, the most eminent of whom was his 

 brother, Martin Milmore. He was taken to 

 Boston, Mass., when an infant, and, after at- 

 tending the Brimmer and Quincy Schools, was 

 apprenticed to a cabinet-maker. Disliking his 

 prospects, he abandoned that trade and became 

 a marble-cutter, in which employment he de- 

 veloped a marked taste for architectural work. 



