Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1869 — Death of Col. James D. Test. [ARTICLE]

Death of Col. James D. Test.

The Chicago Timet of the 19th 1 chronicles the death, in that city, on j the 18th inst.,of Col. Jami> I). Tkst, j ! of Council Jiltills, lowa. ' Col. Tkst was a son of Hon. i C'liAKi.Ks 11. Tkst, Judgeol this, the ' Sixteenth Judicial Circuit. He was ! a highly respected citizen and a ■ leading politician of his State, having been 5 member of the State j Senate, a representative in the convention which nominated Horatio Seymour for President, and , was a memberof the lowa State Democratic Central Committee at the time of his death. Ilis funeral took place at Council Bluffs on Sunday, and was a very imposing affair. The procession j was formed under the supervision of the Odd Fellows of that city and : Omaha, the Fire Companies of Council Bluffs and Omaha joining and appearing in uniform. The flags of the city were displayed at half-mast, all the hells tolled and an immense ! throng of citizens followed the body to the grave. Col. Test was 37 years of age. Sonic of our friends take i 1 exceptions to ihe squib :ippenring in the Union last week which statiul that "Major Kinney was in Washington seeking an appointment of General Grant” and pronounee it an unmitigated slander. Weil we got our information from the Chicago Timet, "the great exponent and leading journal of the j Northwestern Democracy.”