February 15.—General Lew Wallace, the celebrated author, dies at his home in Crawfordsville, Ind., aged 78.
William Cullen Bryant, publisher of the Brooklyn Times, dies at the age of 56.
February 16.—Jay Cooke, once famous as a financier, dies at the age of 83.
February 20.—Norton P. Otis, Member of Congress from New York, dies at the age of 65, at his home in Yonkers, N. Y.
February 21.—Jacob Worth, well-known Brooklyn politician and race-track man, dies at Hot Springs, Ark.; age, 67.
February 23.—W. F. G. Shanks, a well-known New York newspaper and magazine editor, dies in Bermuda, aged 68.
February 24.—Sidney Dillon Ripley, Treasurer of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, dies from the effects of an operation for appendicitis, at New York.
February 25.—Edward Cooper, ex-Mayor of New York and only son of Peter Cooper, dies at New York City, aged 81.
February 27.—Honorable George S. Boutwell, former Governor of Massachusetts, United States Senator and Secretary of the Treasury, dies at his home at Groton, Mass., aged 87.
Harry Morris, well-known American comedian, dies at New York, aged 49.