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Death of a Western Pioneer.

--Dr. Wm. B. Egan, one of the founders of Chicago, and long known as one of the most wealthy and public spirited citizens of that enterprising place, died on Sunday last, at the age of about 60. He took up his residence in 1832 at Chicago, then called Fort Dearborn, and only an insignificant trading post.

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