Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1878 — Death of a Distinguished Editor. [ARTICLE]

Death of a Distinguished Editor.

In the death of Mr. Samuel Bowles, the proprietor and editor of the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, the country loses one of its ablest and most successful journalists. He passed away at his home in Springfield, most peacefully, and conscious of his approaching dissolution, after an illness of several weeks’ duration, in which paralysis was the prime symptom of disease. The great success of Mr. Bowles’ life was the building up of the Republican, a paper, which, under his control, became a recognized power in the politics of the country. In a city of comparative obscurity, the journal which was daily lighted by the newspaper genius of Samuel Bowles became a beacon-light which could not be hidden from the world. His paper became as famous for its news condensations as for its bold and fearless expression of opinions, and achieved a solidity in circulation unequaled by any other New England publication. Mr. Bowles was bom in Springfield, Mass., the scene of his life successes, Feb. 9, 1826, and inherited the Republican, then a weekly paper, from his father. At 18 years of age he became virtual editor of the Daily Republican, which position he filled for over thirtythree years. Mr. Bowles traveled extensively in his own country, especially in the "West, the result of his joumeyings being the production of his only works in book form, “Across the Continent,” “Our New West;” and “The Switzerland of America,” all pertaining to the natural beauties of the great West. He was a hard worker, a man of sleepless conscience, and possessing a spirit of manly independence which even the threats of ostracism and the destruction of patronage could not repress. —Chicago Journal. The new Methodist church in Calcutta can seat 2,000 people. The South India Conference recently held ite session tJjeje,