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Show CHICAGO HAGKMAN OF 50 YEARS' SERVICE IS DEAD Famous Jehu Had Driven Many Men Who Were the . Leaders of' Their Age. x:- - North's circus. Hs also drove for Dan Rice, the famous old clown. In the Presidential campaign of I860 ha drove .Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln in their tour of Chicago. 1 CHICAGO. April 2. Charles Blair, the 0pLt hack .driver In Chicago -In point at years as well as service, Is dead. He is 1 yesrs old. F6r nearly half a century cen-tury he had been a Jehu in this city, and - during that time hadtirlven some of the most prominent persons in the country. Among those who were his patrons in olden days were Abraham Lincoln, Gen. Grant, 8tephen A. Douglas. Edwin Booth, Joseph Jefferson. Edwin Forrest, William J. Florence, Lawrence Barrett and scores 'of others who were prominent In their various occupations. Blair was said to be the first man In the world to drive a sixteen-horse team. This was in 1S57. when he was with Levi J. |