Montgomery County sentinel., 1880-11-26
A sad Bereayement-The ,rutb Of


these words, lin the midst of life we are in
DEATH" was fully realized when the tee-
graph wires brought Us the sad intelligence
of the sudden death Of Mr.. Edwin b. Miller,
son of John X. Miller, Esq, of this town,
which occurred at Urbana, Ohio, on Thurs
day night of last week.
Reared and educated in our midst, young
Miller exhibited such genial qualities of
mind and heart as soon won for him many
warm friends and admirers, and the news
of his sad death has consequently awakened
feeling of deep sympathy and regret
throughout our entire community.
Naturally ambitious. he early evidenced
desire to wrestle with the great emergen-
cies of life, and hardly two years ago left us
for his new home in Ohio, taking with him
the prayers of devoted parents and the heart
felt wishes of numerous friends for that sue
cess in life which only the truly good and
virtuous achieve.
Just as the horizon of manhood was light
ening up, buoyant with hope, resolute of
purpose and with a heart for any fate, that
inevitable summons came and the gay and
golden visions vanished
GAS the baseless fabric off dream"
The bud has fallen and withered ere il bios
somed-the pitless blast of the winds have
touched the music of the stream and left it
cold and hard. The snow that is now cov-
ering his newly made grave with fieecy
mantle is not purer than was fixed those
great truths which were lamps to his feet
in the daily walks of life, and which has
secured him a fadeless crown in New Je-
rusalem. y
The Urbana Daily Union gives the fol-
lowing particulars of his death:
Urbana was again visited on Thursday
night, by sudden messenger of death, to
one of its most highly esteemed young mem
Edwin b. Miller, who has been in the en-
ploy of w. nj. Milbourn, at his ice cream
parlors and restaurant since the early part
Of last January, the particulars of which
are as follows
Though to the casual observer, the de-
ceased was in the enjoyment of good health,
we learn that he had suffered symptoms OF
heart disease at occasional intervals during
the past four years, a fact that was only
known to Mr.. and Mrs. Milbourn and few
of his most intimate friends, and to which
condition he very seldom referred. Thurs
day evening, about six o'clock he went to
the barber shop of Allen & Byrd, on North
Main street, to get shaved. After taking his
position in the chair, he complained OF not
feeling very well, and remarked: 81 would
not be surprised to find myself dead to-
morrow morning, and if should be | do
| not want a post m0rtem examination of my
| body, for | have heart disease, and have had
it four years" After being shaved, he re-
| paired to his room and from thence to the
home of the young lady, Miss Armstrong
on North Main street, who accompanied him
to the lecture of DIR. Willets. The writer
Of this, as did many other of his acquaint-
ances who were at the lecture, observed his
| presence, and to them, doubtless more than
any others, aside from Mr.. and Mrs. Nil.
bourn, who regarded him with almost the
| affection for q son, the news of his death
comes with the most shocking force. After
accompanying Miss Armstrong home from
| the lecture, he returned to Mr.. Milbourn's
sat down by the stove in the restaurant par
| lor chatted merriy with two young ladies
/ Of his acquaintance at table near the
stove He then passed back to a rear room
where were Mr.. Milbourn, and Messrs. Byrd
and William Allen, who were assisting Mr.
/ M. in the preparation of supper for a party
of young people He laughingly alluded tC
a kitten, which was romping on the floor
! producing ludicrous scene in the afternoon
by getting on "A table, TO which Mr.. Mil
bourn made some reply, when the latter
hearing something like stamping, supposed
Ed. was driving the cat from the room, anC
turning around saw him lying on the floor
He motioned Messrs. Allen and Byrd, who
laid the young man ON a lounge, while h'
(Mr NJ ran to DR.. Pearces, but when hi
returned, Ed. was dead. Those who wer,
by his side from the time he fell, say h,
breathed but two or three times after falling
The deceased had made many friends il
| Urbana, and of his numerous acquaintance
no one could utter just word of disparage
ment
Thirty members Of class No. 8, Baptis
Sabbath school, with their teacher, DR.. III
! G. Houston, met at Milbourn's parlors, Fri
day afternoon, at about 4 o'clock, and pat
their last sad tribute to their late friend and
class-mate, Ed. b. Miller A brief sermon
was preached by Rev. Macy after which
the class joined in singing the appropriate
Sabbath school hymn, "Over there" The
members OF the class then, as a body, ac
companied the remains OF their deceased
friend to the depot, from whence they were
borne by express to the home Of the de
ceased's parents, in Rockville, Nd.
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