paymaster; and was treasurer of the Union Institution for Savings.

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April 15.--Anson K. Warner, of Greenfield, died from the effects of
injuries received at the West Deerfield railroad disaster. Mr. Warner
was closely connected with the institutions of his town, and held many
offices of trust. His will bequeaths $50,000 for the education of
Greenfield boys and girls.

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April 18.--Hon. Stephen H. Gifford, Clerk of the Massachusetts Senate,
died at his home in Duxbury. He was born in Pembroke, Mass., July 21,
1815, and while a boy earned his living on a farm. He learned the
shoemaker's trade, and still later attended the academy in Hanover, N.
H. Subsequently he became a teacher, and established a private school in
Duxbury, in which he continued until 1885, excepting a year or two in
which he was engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1850 he was a member of
the House; in 1851 was appointed an inspector in the Boston Custom
House. During a few weeks in 1854 he was Assistant Clerk of the Senate,
and the next year he was chosen as Assistant Clerk of the House. The
Legislature of 1855 elected him as Auditor of Accounts, for which office
he was nominated by the Republicans the same year. The party was
defeated at the polls, and Mr. Gifford shared the fate of his friends.
In 1857 he was again appointed Assistant Clerk of the House. In 1858 he
was elected Clerk of the Senate, and held the office until his death. On
March 10, 1882, a complimentary dinner was tendered Mr. Gifford in
testimonial of his twenty-five years of clerkship.

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April 19.--Hon. Charles Adams, Jr., formerly State Treasurer, died at
his home in North Brookfield. Mr. Adams was born at Antrim, N. H., Jan.
31, 1819, and his long life since has been a most busy and useful one.
In 1816 his father removed from New Hampshire to Massachusetts, settling
at Oakham, and in the district schools of this town Charles Adams
received the most of his early education. When sixteen years of age he
began business as a clerk in a country store at Petersham, and there
remained five years. He then became bookkeeper for J.B. Fairbanks &
Co., at Ware, but after a year's service in this position left it to
enter the employ of T. and E. Batcheller & Co., at North Brookfield, as
their bookkeeper. For twenty-eight years he remained with Batcheller &
Co., the last