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educated in the diocese of Derry, and, coming 

 to the United States in 1841, was among the 

 first students at the newly-established college in 

 Fordham, N. Y. After completing the course 

 of study there, he was ordained priest in St. 

 Patrick's Cathedral on Dec. 14, 1845. He was 

 assigned to duty in St. Joseph's Church, as as- 

 sistant priest to the Rev. Michael McCarron, re- 

 mained there four years, then after a brief term 

 at Rondout, N. Y., took charge of St. Peter's 

 Church, in Barclay Street, then overwhelmed 

 with debt. He labored in this field during a 

 period of twenty-four years, in the face of 

 grave difficulties ; but his enthusiasm, ingenious 

 plans, and rare business abilities enabled him 

 in that time to pay off a debt of $100,000, 

 mainly due to poor people in the parish, and 

 reduce the large mortgage debt to $7,000, be- 

 sides providing for all the current expenses of 

 his parish. He took part in the First Provin- 

 cial Council, held by Archbishop Hughes in 

 1854; in the Second Plenary Council of Balti- 

 more, held by Archbishop Spalding in 1866, as 

 delegate apostolic ; and in the Third New York 

 Synod in September, 1868, as one of the pro- 

 curators of the clergy. On the death of the 

 Very Rev. William Storrs in May, 1873, he 

 was appointed the successor of that clergyman, 

 both as pastor of St. Patrick's Cathedral and 

 as Vicar-General of the Diocese. In 1882 he 

 was made a domestic prelate of the Pope's 

 household, with the title of monsignor. Mgr. 

 Quinn, who was suffering from general de- 

 bility, had spent the winter of 1886-'87 in Nice, 

 and was on his way home, when he had a fatal 

 relapse in Paris. 



Randal, Alanson Mentin, an American soldier, 

 born in Newburg, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1837; died in 

 New Almaden, Cal., May 7, 1887. He was 

 graduated at the United States Military Acad- 

 emy, West Point, in 1860, and made brevet 

 second lieutenant of artillery. In October fol- 

 lowing he was transferred to the ordnance 

 corps, and, being ordered to California, served 

 for several months at the ordnance depot in 

 Benieia. He was appointed second lieuten- 

 ant, First United States Artillery, Nov. 22, 

 1860, and ordered to join his regiment in the 

 East. In May, 1861, he was promoted first 

 lieutenant, and from August 1 till December 

 20 served in Gen. Fremont's operations in 

 Missouri, organizing artillery, and in command 

 of a battery of the First Missouri Light Artil- 

 lery. He served through the Peninsula cam- 

 paign of 1862, participating in the most im- 

 portant battles and skirmishes. He was pro- 

 moted captain, Oct. 11, 1862, for gallantry in 

 the action at Newmarket, Va., and in Decem- 

 ber was appointed chief of artillery of Huni- 

 phreys's Division, Fifth Army Corps, taking 

 part in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chan- 

 cellorsville. where he commanded the artillery 

 of the Fiftli Corps. In 1863 he was in com- 

 mand of a battery of horse-artillery attached 

 to Gen. Gregg's Cavalry Division, and in June 

 of that year was pursuing Stuart's Cavalry 



through Maryland and Pennsylvania. At the 

 battles of Gettysburg, a month later, he took 

 an active part, and for gallant and meritorious 

 services in those actions received the brevet 

 rank of major. On March 13, 1865, he re- 

 ceived the brevet of lieutenant-colonel, United 

 States Army, for his services at the battle of 

 Five Forks, Va., and of colonel, United States 

 Army, and on June 24 following, that of briga- 

 dier-general, United States Volunteers, the last 

 two being in recognition of his services during 

 the war. At the close of the war he returned 

 to his battery, and served with it at various 

 military posts in Texas, Connecticut, Delaware, 

 New York, South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, 

 Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and California. 

 He was promoted major, Third United States 

 Artillery, April 19, 1882, and transferred to 

 the First in the following month. 



Rapallo, Charles Anthony, an American lawyer, 

 bora in New York city Sept. 15, 1823 ; died 

 there Dec. 28, 1887. He w.-is educated wholly 

 by his father, never going to school nor to col- 

 lege, and at the age ot'twenty-one was admitted 

 to the bar. The following year he formed a 

 partnership with J. Blunt, and in 1848 another 

 with H. F. Clark, maintaining the latter rela- 

 tion till 1867. In 1870 he was elected an asso- 

 ciate judge of the Court of Appeals, as a Demo- 

 crat, in 1880 was defeated by Charles J. Folger 

 in the election for chief- justice of the court, and 

 in 1884 was re-elected associate judge. This 

 election was remarkable because of the great 

 vote cast. Two vacancies were to be filled, 

 for which Judges Andrews and Rapallo were 

 nominated ; they had no party opposition, and 

 the official returns gave 1,089,396 votes for 

 Judge Andrews, and 1,089,414 (or 18 more) 

 for Judge Rapallo. 



Rim, Charles, an American archa3ologist, born 

 in Verviers, Belgium, in 1826 ; died in Philadel- 

 phia, Pa., July 25, 1887. He was educated in 

 Germany, principally at the University in Hei- 

 delberg, and came to the United States in 1848, 

 where he taught first in Belleville, 111., and then 

 in New York city. In 1875 he was invited to 

 become curator in the department of antiqui- 

 ties in the United States National Museum at 

 Washington, D. C., which office he held until 

 his death. He early devoted his attention to 

 archaeology, and in 1859 began writing for '' Die 

 Natur" on the subject of American antiquities. 

 His contributions to the publications of the 

 Smithsonian Institution first appeared in 1863, 

 and thereafter his articles were published in 

 nearly every annual report of that institution. 

 These pnpers gained for him a world-wide 

 reputation as an authority, and he ranked high 

 among the pioneers of American archaeology. 

 It is said that he was better known in Europe 

 than any other American scholar devoted to 

 that subject. In 1882 he received the degree 

 of Ph. D. from the University of Freiburg, in 

 Baden, for his researches. His published pa- 

 pers exceed fifty in number, among which were 

 a series on the Stone Age in Europe, originally 



