Show death of general eldredge yesterday morning at general Ifo raceS eldredge biedin suit jale city after a lung siege of illness lie as among I 1 it at dumber whose sterling all founders of a grand MAIO be adu tired ile had rare financial gifts was a natural leader a soldier and a statesman I 1 S eldredge was bom in baulus cayuga county now york february 0 1816 rind was the pon of allinson and ember eldredge when lie as 11 1111 ills mother died and lite ita ning devolved upon film oater and built tire influences by aich lie surrounded during were those of refinement and piety and we havo his own to to the effect I 1 flat at a verv early age ilia mind wits engroa sed th reflections concerning a future state and the necessity of cripi ring for it when sixteen bears ill ho united fill tile baptist church but 11 ra no able to accept car tat it dmAr inen of tile ala crea ito remained a member of tire baptitste church hovi ever until the spring of client for the ahrie he heard this gospel of christ it its soon afterwards db m as b t 1 ed aff ident through ilia many early trials of the saints and ills not unfamiliar in their wande r beig s from place to place in the fall of 1856 he formed A axa with IV if engaged in mercantile business opening vi it h a s 1 stock of goods i u pro vo jig az of the leading agures I 1 mercantile circles several 0 tile territory lie has served terms as of ZO al L which lie field at ilia death ile has also president of tile ile WAS one of tile of tile deseret national bank and of the first notional bank of of both of which lie wits preside i t at the time of it Is death the disedare aich terminated ills life was a la g trouble from which lie suffered a ii imber of years ilia last serious anum from it dates from about A month ago the D berti deits 8 ays of eld redge ill ivas a loan of magnificent bai iao ito was fully six feet in egah t broad shouldered and com factly built ile had a fine counted ance the forehead being broad and high and the features of requisite equi site mould ilia eye was clear find expressive atud his whole appearance m ills voice was peculiar being remarkably emar kably resonant when m aai a up ilia mind upon any mat ter be could scarcely be moved slid he generally took an unequivocal stand upon every point of importance he hid to deal I 1 I 1 I 1 1 ki I 1 there was never any reason for doubt as to where he tto ile ball great native force was strikingly straight forward in ilia utterances and had tile most unqualified cont for every species of trickery to 1 never resorted in his financial affairs |