"Hon. J. R. Day, of Sparta, Morris township, Washington County, died Tuesday night of last week, after being confined to his house, and most of the time to his bed, for more than a year, with some thing like cancer of the stomach, aged 47 years.

Mr. Day was a soldier in the late war, serving three years as a Captain, coming home after the expiration of his term of enlistment broken in health from which he never recovered. Shortly after the close of the war he was elected by the Republicans of Washington county to represent their county in the State Legislature, and in this position proved his qualification of head and heart to serve his country in a civil capacity as well as a military one.

He was a man of culture, and stern qualities of nature that go to make the man of usefulness and mark in the world, and though so long bedridden his counsel, even while thus prostrated, was much sought for in the community.

His funeral was attended by a very large concourse of people, and religious services conducted by Revs. Miller and Wingett."