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dilations, made him famous in astronomical 

 circles throughout the world. He contributed 

 a vast amount of technical information to the 

 Smithsonian Institution, made the astronom- 

 ical calculations for many of the best-known 

 almanacs in this country and in Europe, and at 

 the time of his death was professor of astrono- 

 my in Belvidere (N. J.) Seminary. He had 

 traveled over nearly the whole habitable globe. 



Wilder, . Royal G., an American clergyman, 

 born in Bridgeport, Vt., in 1816; died in New- 

 York city Oct. 10, 1887. He was graduated 

 at Andover Theological Seminary in 1843, and 

 with six of his classmates sailed for India, for 

 missionary work under the American Board of 

 Commissioners, in 1845. His missionary labors 

 covered a period of thirty years, during which 

 he preached in upward of 3,000 cities, towns, 

 and villages, distributed over 3,000,000 pages 

 of the Scriptures and tracts, and taught 3,200 

 boys and 800 girls in his school. For twelve 

 years he conducted his mission at Kolapoor 

 independent of any board, its expenses being 

 supplied by voluntary gifts; but in 1871 he 

 placed it under the control of the Presbyterian 

 Board. In 1875 he returned to the United 

 States, and had since been editor of " The Mis- 

 sionary R'eview." He was the author of "Mis- 

 sion Schools in India," and of the only original 

 commentary on the three first Gospels in the 

 Marathi language, besides having translated a 

 large number of books into that tongue. 



Woods, William Bnrnham, an American lawyer, 

 born in Newark, Licking County, Ohio, Aug. 

 3, 1824; died in Washington, D. C., May 14, 



1887. He studied at the Western Reserve 

 College, but was graduated at Yale College in 

 1845, and two years later was admitted to the 

 Ohio bar and formed a partnership with G. D. 

 King. He was elected Mayor of Newark in 

 1856-'57, and a member of the Legislature and 

 Speaker in the latter year. After serving two 

 terms in the Legislature he accepted a com- 

 mission as lieutenant-colonel of the Seventy- 



sixth Regiment of Ohio Infantry, in September, 

 1861, and from that time till the close of the 

 war was in constant service, and, with the ex- 

 ception of three months, was all the time in 

 the field at the front and in command of 

 troops. He participated in the battles of Fort 

 Donelson, Shiloh, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas 

 Post in which fight he was wounded Resaca, 

 Dallas, Atlanta, Jonesboro', Lovejoy Station, 

 the sieges of Vicksburg and Jackson, and in 

 many minor affairs. He was promoted to the 

 rank of colonel after the siege of Jackson, and 

 to those of brigadier-general and brevet major- 

 general after the Atlanta campaign, his mili- 

 tary career closing with Gen. Sherman's march 

 to the sea, in which he was in command of a 

 division. After the war he settled in Alabama, 

 engaging in cotton-planting and practicing law. 

 In 1869 he was appointed by President Grant 

 judge of the Fifth United States Circuit, com- 

 prising the States of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, 

 Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, having then 

 served two years as chancellor of the Middle 

 Chancery Division of Alabama. In October, 

 1877, he removed to Atlanta, Ga., and on Dec. 

 15, 1880. was appointed by President Hayes an 

 associate-justice of the United States Supreme 

 Court, to fill the vacancy caused by the retire- 

 ment of Justice Strong. His familiarity with 

 the old Spanish and French forms of law, 

 which still prevail in many sections of the 

 South, made him very valuable on the Supreme 

 Bench. 



Wootten, Edward, an American lawyer, born 

 in Laurel, Del., in September, 1805; died in 

 Georgetown, Del., Feb. 1, 1887. Pie was 

 reared on his father's farm and educated at 

 Laurel Academy. In 1823 he entered the 

 office of the late Thomas Cooper, a noted law- 

 yer and former member of Congress, and began 

 the study of law, but, on the death of Mr. 

 Cooper, soon after, he went to the office of 

 James Rogers, of Newcastle, and completed 

 his course of reading. He was admitted to the 

 bar in 1830, and, removing to Georgetown, be- 

 gan practicing. In 1845 he received the nomi- 

 nation for Congress by the unanimous vote of 

 the Democratic Convention, but declined the 

 honor, although the nomination was equivalent 

 to election. In 1848 he was appointed an as- 

 sociate-justice of the Superior Court of Dela- 

 ware, to succeed Judge David Hazzard, and 

 held the office continuously till his death. 



OBITUARIES, FOREIGN. Agiar, Antonio Augnsto, 

 a Portuguese statesman, born in 1837 ; died in 

 Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 4, 1887. He was a 

 professor of the Polytechnic School in Lisbon, 

 contributed much to the advancement of com- 

 merce and industry in Portugal, and became 

 Minister of Public Works. He projected ex- 

 tensive dock and street improvements in Lis- 

 bon that were begun a month after his death. 

 He was President of the Portuguese Geograph- 

 ical and Agricultural Societies, and one of the 

 most active members of the House of Peers. 



Baker, Valentine, an English soldier and pasha 



