Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1890 — HENRY W. GRADY DEAD. [ARTICLE]

HENRY W. GRADY DEAD.

A Mast Promising Light of tha Saw Sovth - Gone. __ J 1 Henry W. Grady died of pneumonia at Atlanta, Ga., Monday. He was born in Athens, Ga., in 1851, and was educated at the University of Virginia. At the age of twenty he was the editor of the Daily' Commercial at Athens, a progressive paper ahead of the town. He left this psper to become the editor of the Atlanta Herald, known as the most brilliant publication ever printed in Atlanta. The business management of the paper was bad, and it died. He then became acorre. spoadent of the New York Herald. He took a prominent position in the electoral troubles of 1876. He received 16,000 for his first year’s work on the Herald. He then purchased an in the Atlantic Constitution. Success interest followed the purchase, and the investment increased in value fully 600 per cent. His home is a model of cosiness, is elegantly furnished and is graced by a wife and two bright children. Be was Napoleonic in his newspaper management, and distinguished himself by several startling scoops. His weekly issue had a circulaeral political offices. He was a brilliant orator as well as writer and one or two of His years have electrified the country. He was undoubtedly the most popular man in Georgia, and his death, as a progressive man, will be regretted both in the north and south. Telegrams of condolence have been pouring in from all sections of the country, many of them being from men most prominent in national affairs. Among the send ers were David B. Hill, Governor of Ngw York; Hon. Samuel J. Randall, Hon. Emory Speer, Hon. John Temple Graves, Hou. Patrick A. Collins, Hon. Roswell P. Flower, Gen. Clinton B. Fisk and C. H. J. Taylor, of Brunswick, Ga. Ex-President Cleveland sent the following: Acceptthe heartfelt sympathy of one who loved your husband for what he was, and for all that he has done for his people and his country. Be assured that everywhere throughout the lard warm hearts mourn with you In your deep affliction, - and deplore the loss the Nation has sustained. Grover Cleveland. Dispatches from Charleston, S, C, i Augusta, Ga.; Birmingham, Ala.; Richmond, Va., and other cities in the South express sorrow over the announcement of Mr. Grady’s death. At several places flags were put at half mast. The leading newspapers contain editorials eulogizing the dead editor. . Tuesday all of the courts adjourned, and many of the city buildings were draped in mourning. t Some of the emblems are touching in telling the story of the love which all, great and small, have for this most brilliant man.