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January 23.--Death at Chester, Vt., of Deacon A. B. Martin, well-known
and much respected through that region. He was aged sixty-three. He was
formerly a member of the State Legislature, and had held a number of
offices of trust.

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January 28.--Death in New York of Henry P. Kidder, the Boston banker. He
was born in Boston, in 1821. During his youth he received the
common-school education of those days, displaying in his studies much of
the keen sagacity and clearness of intellect which characterized his
future business career. Although never a college student, he was always
what may justly be termed a well-read man, and, indeed, a learned one.
At fifteen years of age he went a mere boy into the wholesale grocery
house of Coolidge & Haskell, a firm well-known to many of Boston's
older residents. In his capacity as clerk he displayed a marked ability,
and won for himself the commendation of his employers. In 1842 Charles
Head obtained for him a position in the banking-house of John E. Thayer
& Brother. In twelve years he became a partner, and so continued until
1865, when a new firm was started, under the present name of Kidder,
Peabody, & Co. Twenty years of unexampled prosperity have placed it in
the foremost rank of America's banking establishments.

Mr. Kidder always shrank from publicity, and led a thoroughly domestic
life. He, however, was a Republican delegate to the National Republican
Convention in Chicago in 1884. He was president of the American
Unitarian Association, Treasurer of the Museum of Fine Arts, State
Trustee of the Massachusetts General Hospital, President of the
Children's Mission, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Young Men's
Christian Union, and was also connected with most of the charitable
institutions and organizations of the city. He had been for many years
one of the leading members of the South Congregational Church, and one
of its committee, taking a most active part in the work of the society.

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January 31.--Death, at Marblehead, of Adoniram C. Orne, a well-known and
highly respected citizen of that town, at the age of 74. He was one of
the earliest shoe-manufacturers in Marblehead, and a public-spirited
citizen, many important local improvements having been suggested and
carried into effect by his persistent efforts. He was a consistent
advocate of temperance, and wa