Ex-president Arthur Dead

Tlic country in staitlcd !a-t Thursdav :it Ihe aBUOtinoMnenl OÍ the Midden death on that moro ing ( Bx-Pmideot Choster A. Arthur, at bis liome in New York (tv. He had been rafforer for nionths. vit had Bot been oonsidered d&ugerout for tome time. As President of the United Btatea Mr. Artliur had endeared blmaelf to the peopie, tMiimlng power as lic did at an extrcmcly delteate perioO. liut liis good sense, conservatlsm, and liis high en-e of won the masses lo hlm, nnd he (lied rwpected aml honoicd by üll tlie leople of this great nation. Wc can (inly give a brit't' histor}'. At 12:58 o'clock on the morniag of the i'Otli of September, 1881, the OaWnet met In New York City, and announced to Vice President Arthur, in an official way, the death of President Garlleld, which liad occurred on the previons evening. The Vice President was advised to take the oath of office as soon as convenient, and nt 3 o'elock in the morning of tlie "20th lie was iworn in as president of the United States at liis own residence. The man who thus beciwne the cliicf ïniLiistrate of the nation was bom In Ootober, 1830, at Fairticld, Vermont. Hli early days rere passed ander the tutelage of bis father, and kt 16 be nntered Union College, and :ifter the regular eourse, ftraduated high la liis dats. Witb $r00 in liis pocket hc tartcd for New York and enterad the lw offloe of Hou. Erastus D. Culver. He was admIUeú to t lic practice of law in 1852, sliortly after entereu into partnership uilli bta old frientl Gardncr, and about the sime time niarrieil the ouly BDghter f I.ieut. Berndon, of tlic navy. Mrf. Artlmr tlieil In isso, leaving two ohildren - ¦ son Alian, and a daogfcter Xellif. l'ies'nlunt Arthur's career s President was qutet and iini'vcntt'nl one, and he is generally ereJIted wltli havin mnnaired atl'aiis wcll.