Edward Crotty of the township of White Lake, who died at his home in that township on the 17th inst., was one of the oldest settlers of that township. HIs older brother, James Crotty, had come to the township of White lake in 1834, and hither a few years after came Edward and Thomas Crotty and their four sisters, Margaret, Johanna, Catherine and Eliza. Uncle Ned Crotty, as he was almost universally called, settled in White lake and has ever since lived there, and more homeset, straightforward, simple minded man, no community could boast of. Blunt of speech, he possessed a heart as loving as that of a child. Simple in his habits, he had a small use of anything but purely democratic ways. His health for some years has been failing. A short time since the family noticed a weakening of the intellect, an inability to grasp and remember before. This condition slowly increased and slowly he passed to his reward, leaving four surviving children sorrowing, Edward, Margaret, John and Catherine. His funeral was held in the Catholic church at White Lake, which he had helped to build in his early pioneer days, and in the quiet graveyard where he had laid so many to rest, he himself was laid to rest by the side of his wife, who had died some years ago. Father Ryan, in a short address, pointed out the moral of the life of this man, who called to the humble walks of life, had nobly done his duty as a citizen, had practiced with cheerful piety the faith which he had inherited from his Irish forefathers, and left a memory for honesty and religious adherence to duty more precious than accumulated wealth. Mrs. Johanna DeConick of West Bloomfield, in she only survivor of the original Crotty family. Thomas died several years ago, Margaret Crotty (Mrs. Nicholas Doherty of White Lake) and Catherine Crotty,(Mrs. James Pendergast of the same place) died a few years ago. Mrs. Eliza Navin of Detroit, another sister, died bot one month ago.