The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-04-24
Dea tn of Joseph c. Holt.

The shocking news of the death of Joseph
G. Holt at Hot Springs, S. D., where he
had gone for the benefit of change and rest,
was received Monday morning. 1t was
only on Friday that he wrote to friend in
town saying how much he had improved
in the few days he had been at the Springs,
and he expected to be fully recovered in a
short time. On Saturday he was suddenly
taken worse and the end came Sunday
evening. He will be taken to his old
home in Kenosha, Wis, where he will be
buried to- morrow. Deceased was As years
Of age and came to Lisbon in 1881, since
which tim he has been one of the most
prominent business men in the city and
has farmed extensively. He conducted
his own business, and was an active and
persevering worker. His character was of
the highest, and he had the fullest conf
dence and respect of all in this and adioin-
ing counties, and his sudden death has cast a
gloom over the whole community. The
bereaved widow and family have all the
sympathy it is possible to give, in their
great sorrow, but all feel how inadequate
this is to administer the comfort their
hearts would prompt them to give were it
in human power to relieve the af1iiction
under VIII ich they are called to pass.
RESOLUTIONS OF COINCIDENCE.
At a regular communication of Sheyenne
Valley Lodge No. II, A. F. & A. M, held
Tuesday evening, April 18th, the following
resolution were unanimously adopted:
To The WorshipfM Master, Wardens and
Bretbref1 Of Sheyenne Valley Lodge No. II,
Il. r. d Il. H., Lisbon, ~ d.:
1t has pleased the Supreme Architect of
the Universe in his inscrutable wisdom to-
summon from his labors on earth, our be-
loved Brother Joseph c. Holt, calling him
by His onhnipotent will from this earthly
tabernacle to that better inheritance which
awaits the worthy toiler and earnest seeker
after Truth. BY his demise the Masonic
fraternity has lost true Mason; we, as 81
Lodge, have lost, a faithful brother; the
community an honored and respected citi-
zen, and his family faithful and devoted
husband and father.
He was stricken down in the meridian of
his life and usefulness, after but brief
sickness, suddenly and almost without
warning, Just at a time when our hearts
were again beginning to hope for and be-
lieve in an early and full restoration to-
health and strength. He was a man of
unusual strength and vigor, with the pros
pect of many years yet to come of useful
ness, and now the solemn ties which held us
so sacredly in mutual friendship and
brotherly love have been ruthlessly snapped
asunder, no more to be reunited until the
day when the grave shall yield up its dead
and all shall arise to stand before the bar Of
Judgment But although our beloved
brother will not meet, act, and part with as
again on earth, yet his memory will be
kept gre EN- by the remembrance of his
many acts of kindness and his taithfulness
to duty, until our time comes, when we too
shall be called to that celestial lodge above.
that place not made with hands, eternal in
the Heay en-
We sincerely realize the loss Of our
brother to his family and earnestly sympa-
thize with the bereaved widow, children,
relatives and friends and would point them
to that col soation which comes alone from
above, which the world can neither give
nor take away.
WALTER S. BUCKLEY,
M. G.. HARPER,
w. D. BROWN,
Committee.
The following resolutions, reported by
the comm ittee, were also adopted:
ResoIved, That in accordance with the an
cient custom of our order, the lodge room
and furn iture be draped in mourning for
the period of thirty days, in token of our
deep sorr pw at the death of Brother Joseph
G. Holt; and also
Re8oIueR, That the report of the commit
tee on sarn ne be spread on the records and n
copy thereof transmitted to the family OF
our deceased brother; also, a copy be fur
nished the city press for publication.
Ransom Co. Gazette, ~ ID.
Mr. Joseph G.. Holt was son of the late
L c. Holt, of this city. he was born in
Pleasant Prairie and resided in that town
until he moved to Dakota. He leaves u
wife and fOur children