Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-23
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Disd-In Kansas City. Sunday, August iif9'
1879, during child birth. Mrs. ANNIE hhAos'
nee Annie Boob.
Near Hisginsville. Lafayette county, Mo.
August 10th. MARY, wife OF Z. Gr'iu' age"
IS years. /
II E HIgginsville, Thursday, Aug. 2lst, OF
general debility following dysentely w. HAWK
aged about 50 years.
daughter Of j. c. and 5. M. Bryant. aged :
We lrs, lmonth and ls days.
Warrensburg papers please copy.
., a Nils sed ssI;st r ss PoS sSan.y; M MS;i Ass:
in the eighty. ninth year OF her age. Mrs. WOOL
ridge was a highly respected lady.
Near Napoleon. Lafayette county, Mo-,
A ARkdsi EStS; The particulars Of her death
may be found in our Napoleon correspondence
.a -S Near ear W M.se ik IL ialIHs sSaasY K;1t ny,
after a brief illness of three days.
The deceased was the rellct of Morris Riley.
deceased, and was born in Clarke county. Va.
and was in her fifty third year. Though her
suferjpg was OF the most intense character. she
bore it with christian fortitude, expressing a
strong faith without one fear IN reference to the
future. 70 She . sIHks many snS f SeTas as %, . ISye rs sha
cred around her dying bed. HOW 6eantiinl !,
is to see all gathered around the death bed
, %sre nsr .n w1r an:e,r as n mo, hea'a and apu sweet game and
GENIAL friend is gone to return no more this side
the s'mystery of mysteries.'
: AOuI6 lrPuDllSoh ~ "6ah RSf>-
please copy.
Dled-In Pettis county. on the I'd Inst. Glars
| MCCONNELL, q graduate at the last term of
| Central Female College.
Already the links are broken,
Never again. the day has fed,
Together through it's halls we'll tread;
For time has rung his magic bell,
The INT bids US say
One of the glad happy hearts Of ''our seniors"
has responded to the call.
June Sd, arrayed in white, and waiting with
pulsing heart and joyous excitement the diploma
which crowned the school labors; but now. at
Never again How easy to recall each glance
and gesture; how familiar each expression; but
never again sounds the knell to our earthly inter-
course with thee. Let us learn q wise lesson
from this sad incident: How coon we may
sleep; who knows9 Dear Clara. how soon'
ho,c soon, we may hasten on the dark wings OF
death to meet thee, and receive with thee again
thsa at my right hand. and enter into eternal
res, - or depart from me!' May the spirit
of God be with .'Our Seniors" and may We
Of God. and drink the bubbling waters OF
paradise together. L.
At q meeting of the vestry Of Christ church, In
this city, last Monday afternoon, the following
resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, 1t has pleased Almighty God In His
wise Providence to re move from the scene Of his
labors in the Church Militant. our beloved broth
er in Christ. Paul Reinhard. Therefore be it
Resolved, That in his call from our visible
communion, while we lament the loss Of ONT
who was highly esteemed, we find our consola'
ton under this bereavement in the assurance
hal noble Il .:cionI OF witnesses'' with which
We are encompassed, who stimulate US to re
9 9er osr w n%a eaI1 IS a asas a1l', ssd be IN Wl RheP shsm
and of whom the voice from heaven declares
write. from henccforth they are blessed.
the bereaved family OF our beloved brother wit
the assurance OF our sympathy with them Il
their afiiction.
Died:-In Dover. Lafayette county, Mo.
i. Saturday, Aug. l7th, 1879, at II O'Clock p. m.
LIZZIE, wife Of Isaac n. Shelby, and daughte
{ Mrs. shelby was married December 2lst. 1856
and at the time OF her death was 30 years old
!; The faithful wife is forever gone. the loving
. three motherless children are vainly waiting fc
1.-THE touch Of vanished hand and the sound
= voice that has fled" When death calls tt
c must come even to the most favored Of earth
children; when, he calls the aged we comic
and signing for rest. but when he comes in tt
70 golden glorious summer time Of life. when Il
n pathway is all bright, the skies still rose hue
that iushes before it, how sad. how terrible
IN messenger is he One Of the most incomprehel
sible truths in human life is, that we act as
this life were an immortal gift. and though Il
~ fall Of friends about our pathway proves evel
day the fslseness of this position we accept Il
fact in the abstract and yet fall to apply
truth to ourselves as individuals. We adm
le that to our neighbOrs death will come sooner
er later, but to ourselves or Into our immedia
i. family circle how hard it Is to realize his col
ing. And so when the dark wlnged-anG
crosses our threshold and reads that %inexorab
at m from which there IS no appeal, ,
sink down in utter helplsssness and voc.
such an hour all human words Of comfort fail
satisfy the demands Of the anguish-r iven sol
D. and happy are those who can look beyond
- human power and accept comfort from II
Divine source which alone can sustain. II
OF God comfort the bereaved family. FRIEND.
DuYer. August 2lsf.