OBITUARY.

OBITUARY.

The death is announced at Elizabeth. N. J., of William P. O’Neill, formerly foreman of Jackson hook and ladder company. Mr. O’Neill received injuries at a fire some years ago, from which he never recovered.

The death is announced at Webster, R. I., of James Bracken. late superintendent of the water works at that place. The cause of death was cancer of the stomach, supposed to have been induced by an accident met with by the deceased while holding a nozzle at a fire in the pumping station. The hydrant force wrested the pipe from his control, causing the nozzle to strike him in the pit of the stomach. James Bracken was born in Woodstock, Conn., January 3, 1846, where he lived until he was sixteen years of age, when he enlisted as a private in Company E, 13th Connecticut volunteer infantry. He served in the department of the Gulf under Gen. Butler During the campaign he was taken sick with malarial [fever, and was sent home to Putnam, Conn., as the surgeon stated,to die. He re-enlisted however, and was wounded on the head by a sabre cut at the Wilderness battle, May 5, 1864. He received another sabre cut in the side at Strawberry Hill. He served to the close of the war and was mustered out as a sergeant. His service was thirty-eight months. As color sergeant in the battles of 1864, his colonel, Erastus Blakeslee, reported to the general commanding, the coolness, bravery, and heroic work of Sergt. Bracken. The deceased came to Webster soon after the close of the war, where, after being engaged in mechanical business, he served as post-master during President Harrison’s administiation until May 1, 1893. when he was appointed superintendent of the Webster water works. Deceased joined the local G. A. R. post in 1872 and was a post commander.