Garnier, Francis

traveller and explorer; born at St. Etienne, France, July 25, 1839; entered the navy and fought in the Chinese war (1860-62); was the promoter of an exploring expedition, of which he afterward, a umed the command, and which travelled from the coast of Cambodia to Shanghai by way of Yunan. He was engaged in the defence of Paris (1870-71) and captured Hanoi in the Tonquin war. Author of Voyage d'Exploration en Indo-Chine, . Died Dec. 2, 1873. Garrard, KENNER, soldier, born in Kentucky, 1828; graduate of the U. S. Military Academy; entered the army and through succe ive promotions became major (1863); served in the Civil War and in 1863 was placed in charge of the cavalry bureau at Washington; afterward took part in various engagements, and led the party which stormed and captured Blakely, in the operations against Mobile. He was breveted colonel, brigadier-general, and major-general, U. S. A., for gallant conduct in the field during the war. Died May 15, 1879. Garrets on, JAMES EDMUND, physician and author, born at Wilmington, Del., Oct. 4, 1828; graduated in medicine from the University of Pennsylvania, where he became a specialist in oral surgery. He filled the chair of oral surgery in the University of Pennsylvania; was dean of the Philadelphia Dental College, and wrote A System of Oral Surgery. Under the pen-name of JOHN DARBY he wrote Odd Hours of a Physician; Thinkers and Thinking , and other works. Died Oct. 26, 1895. Garrett, JOHN WARK, railroad president; born at Baltimore, Md., July 31, 1820, entered Lafayette College in 1834, but left the following year to enter the counting house of his father, Robert Garrett, an enterprising and prosperous merchant of Baltimore. In 1839 he became a member of the firm of R. Garrett & Sons. He took a strong interest in the development of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, becoming a difector in the company (1857), and its president (1858), retaining this position until his death. He found the company financially embarra ed, but in his first year the road showed a net profit of $725,385, and paid its first dividend, continuing to pay dividends until his death. In his second year the floating debt was paid. During the Civil War the road suffered much from Confederate raiders, but made up the lo by the large busine of its Washington branch; and after the war it became much expanded and highly prosperous under Mr. G.'s careful management. He was also interested in establishing steamship lines from Baltimore to Liverpool and Bremen, and shortly before his death started the B. & O. Expre and B. & O. District Telegraph Companies. Was an active trustee of the Johns Hopkins University. Died at Deer Park, Garrett co., Md., Sept. 26, 1884. Garrett, ROBERT, son of John W. G., was born in Baltimore, Md., April 9, 1847; graduated from Princeton (1867) and entered his father's banking house; became president of the Valley R.R. of Virginia in 1871, but four years later entered the service of the B. & O. Railroad Co.; was third vice-president (1879), first vice-president (1881) and finally president, on the death of his father in 1884. He inaugurated great extensions of the company's field of operation, in opposition to other vast railroad interests, with the result that the B. & O. Railroad Co. became seriously embarra ed and G. resigned Oct. 12, 1887, broken in health and somewhat reduced in fortune. Thereafter he took no part in public affairs, owing to delicate health, and died July 29, 1896. Garrett, in Indiana , a post-town of De Kalb co., 20 m. N. of Fort Wayne, on B. & O. R. R. Has railroad repair shops. Pop . (1890) 2,767. Garrett, in Maryland , an extreme N.W. county; area, 680 sq. m. Rivers , Potomac and Youghiogheny. Sur face, mountainous; has large forests. Min . Soft coal, iron ore, fire-clay, limestone. The broad, fertile valleys known as "The Glades" are famed for their superior butter and mutton. Cap . Oakland. Pop . (1890) 14,213. Gar'rod, SIR ALFRED BARING, M.D., physician and author; born in Ipswich, Eng., May 13, 1819; graduated from the University of London. Began his career as a istant physician to the University College Hospital; afterwards held several important profe orships. He was the discoverer (1847) of the presence of uric acid in the blood of those afficted with gout, and contributed numerous works to medical science.