, 1873-05-07


faco, l!o found tho drowning .poorlo struggling
around him, mud, nftor q fow etrolteH, cnmo |
ncroab 1ittIo wl,ita-ca,oa boy whom lio Hoized
hold Of aud pushed IN to plank TINT was foat-
yoans @ X yoanscs was about giving np' and got lin
III n" IVY VIII i ~ anothor psnk E Wit ' 'the theso
Two plan1ks 1ua, tlo Two ,yon"E h9Iosa
precious cnrgocs they not out with tluir p!anla
agait, and I)a'y next timo anvod tllrco noto and
tl!o sTeakor two moro. An Incident cnnnoctel |
with tho n,ay,ing Of w. thG tt1e buy u vottl ro-
to hponk Of IL. lilo ittlo hoy waB tho Bon OF tho
Row. Mr. Lilly, Ltlthoran minister, md, tumble
to show his gratitude to hh navior In any o:hor
Of tho day, tol1ing tho spectators Of l!iu good
deeds. Patric! md Daiy nro tlno follows, nnd
their worl. Of Sunday will long bo gravon III tho
noarts Of Tho pooplo.
Tho accno OF tho calamity waa throughout tho
tlav throngcd with spectators tlrcHsod III tloir
suntay attire. i was noro like n gala dny tim
anything elAe lilo bankH OIL hntll aitloH Of tito
river woro thick with people and bright with
c0lora.
From tho south nido tho melancholy tolng of
tho church bcllH md tho impressive music OF Tho
ttDoad March" in SaEl' wcro waftoG ncroHH Tho
n fireman pasaol to tho b1lrinl grounds.
Hundreds Of farmers teams brought atlditiens
to tho multitude; tho atruoty wcro ns full ns o,,
fono fnu noufsn o oe 1 itSsaad aa t0 e'@o mao ana
satl-faced monr,lors walkod among tho carer
sight-soorH, who Ind como from afnr off. hut
y atarsa nousea ,se ,"s "osg % III dpe' al any
ant to think Of wore crapo on thor arms and
crapo on their hats, md many haggnrd women
passed from ono stricken house to anothor.
symbo1s Of grief everywhere abotlndod. This
IL ay oo scrfu sno iutotaa aay OIL D1non mere
koes @ h9o TO atoss ayory heaft IN Tue c'sy, ana
tot tu tu 'qtco - .o oo" ). 10 tn'u9aslp.o W w.
tnns ~ atrenror " to o or III
noa nese IT. or ne ,oEo rooRo G n
tic SrinnInal stroets trourhnnt % r, iav rho IN
af - ann 49,, .9 AZ
s noon ~ naaao nto nftornonn anu n 9tornon No
srfo crnnih1 on;l u ,vo. ,nt ,,,,+1 n,,oot ~ ~
flint t1,o louf fnuorn nI tn1,o, 1,ioco irj,n, thn
crowds din1inisbcd in numbera. and tho city ro-
sumod hor sorrowfui trannuility. anu '''' "'''
~'''">@ '|e' S TuE rusnnAIs.
the a ,no
Tia frinnda co,,d aiiorI two ~ t,rao T,,"oraia a
nnfl ehow tho;r rasnoct for In iaad Tho sor'
vices wero very simple, consisting generally Of
tors Of tLo Woao nnbo2a % ero
icasona IL, in caino;t1 ,r;ii rroaa a,'nr
nrato fncTn1 @ aormna next hi Hunde~ Thp ~
% noral Of ua SEss '' ouo Baker @ % took placo a fo@
tho residence Of J. II. Mason. sho was
Flor fathor is ox-post.naster and q very promi-
mont citzen, At 2 o'clock tho funeral Of George
y. Kent, ono Of tho villagc tlrcmon, took place.
Ho, also was victim, and his body Was fol-
lowed to tho cemetery, by all his associates in
full uniform, preceded by band OF mllBio.
Tho other poraons buried to-day wero
Katie sterling,. Emma Deming, Boseie
ltayne, whose body was taken to Chicago
from the house Of Mrs. Whd8worth, Whoro tho
services were held, aud Mrs. Vann and her
daughter Ida, who ware buried in ono g.avo.
The funeral Of Mrs Col. 7. H. Noble took place
HOUSE. Il was NJ tho iargost Of ali. the p iady hay
ing beon well known to almost oTory-
body in Dixon, and estoomod ly al.
Tho noy. DR.. Willia1na, rector Of tho EpiBco-
pa!ian Church, ofliciated After reading tho
barial service he spoke briefly, taking rs his
toxt, ~ am tho resurrection and the Ifo."