Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1891 — DEATHS. [ARTICLE]

DEATHS.

Gen. James A. Ekin, an old soldier well known here, and distinguished for his services in the war and since in the regular army, died at Louisville on the 27th. Rev. Howard Crosby D. D. Jj. L. D. the distinguished divene, died at New York on the 27th. Ho has held many positions ol honor in the Presbyterian-church. He advocated for temperance as distinguished from total abstcnicneo, and took part in ho work of the Society for the prevention of crime, whose chief object is to the distraction'of the saloons. He is the. author of several works on religious topics.