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Show I ntOMIMT I(III1IIU (.(IML A lHO.Mi.srNT character baa depart oJ from thejournallstlo arena of New York. 1'orwany years Ocurgo Writ. Curtis ranked as one of the literary and political lights of Gotham, A dls-I dls-I alch lu Isst evening's Di ) niTNini H states that he pasted a toy at f o'clock yesterday morning. Mr. Curtis was a native of Hhodo Island, where he was born In 1821. In 1842 be and a brother Joined the Brook rarm aatoclation near Itexburg, Masa. In 1811 lio lsltecl the old world, aud on bit return ti this country coun-try lubllthcd a bock entitled -.MIo Notes of HowaJJI." Two c an later he ubllthcd "The Howadjl In r-yrla." His next tlep was at editor cf futnam't MayasUio, and be also contributed, con-tributed, to tho New York TYiSunc. Butist-ciuently be be camu connected with tliei Har-iers, Har-iers, and In their publications his ledum nnd cissjb formed a notice-silo notice-silo feature. He Vita tho writer of "The I.dltor'a 1 asy Chair" In llsr-er't llsr-er't iVeui Xunthljl Magatine, lut It wss as editor of Jlarjxr'i II ccUy that hu was best. Though au istmulst In Itepubllcan party politics until 1S3I, bo watan ardent ar-dent civil service reformer. In fact ho mliht be laid to hate made a fad of Hilt Idea. And to a great extent the civil tertlrolaws now In fcree lu this countr may be attributed to bis exertions. exer-tions. Ho attended tho lle'iibllcan National Convention of 1631, and maduaspcecti of unusual severity nnd bitterness agalnat tho Democratic! I tut j which lie characterized u nn I organized Hietlte." Uutwluu Mr. Illaleie was subsequently nominated hu withdrew from the pirly, and became one of drover Cleveland's most earu est ndlirrentt. Ills death at the present tlnio wllj retuovu ono great comj llcallou from New Yolk party politics. It wns his tulhttlou to the Democratic urty that canted tho dltatfectlon umung New York Democrats, and not persona! Ufs like to Clovelan I, loraquarltr of n ce-nturj Jlnrjxr't lllmd Icen a tloleut and extreme carrlutturlst u Irish Democrats, At that time Nfttt II mrltlied, nnd his grotctque and sometimes some-times Indecent ilauls stared u one from every slalloutr't wludow iu the city. |
