Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-08-16
COUNTY NEWS.
LINDEN.

vas ofOken hv
refreshing shower Wedro.a.
morning.
Fred Brewer and Henry Hal.
left here Tuesday evening f.,
month outing, through Iowa ~
South Dakota.
Mrs. Hippel, of De Soto, III Il
here visiting her daugeter, Mrs :
S. Heathcock.
+. NJ. campmeeting will be hela
one week from next SUNDAY AM
20. Revs, s. r. Chubb, F. Dobson
and M. Breeze will speak duriDn
the day.
Mrs. John Hardcastle, Mrs. p
Stevens, of Plattevile Mr.. aud NJ.
John Stevens, Miss Jennie Frapkl;n
of Montfort, Mr.. and Mrs IA
Thomas, Of Cobb, Mr.. and Mrs
Remfrey, of Darlington, MIR. and
Mrs. A. Shamburg, Jas. Remfrev
and wife, j. B. Wallis and wife, Mia.
Mile and Blight Wallace, Mr.. John
Temby and family, Mrs. Jane Thor,
borne, Mrs. Pratt, Mr.. and Mrs 7
Beardsley, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Ben.
nett, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bennett,
of Mineral Point, Mr.. and Mrs R
Thomas, Of Dodgeville, VIM. G.
Pitts and wife, and John r. Pitts
of Cherokee, Iowa, were all here to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Rachel
Goldsworthy last Friday.
A number of persons attended
the campmeeting in Jewels grove.
All report having enjoyed them.
selves in listening to the four ey.
cellent sermons set forth by the -four
reverend gentlemen.
AS we were about to close our
letter for mailing we hear of the sad
news of the death of John Bowdep.
whom we reported SO i'll last week
The deceased has been aiing for
about seven months, yet death came
rather unexpectedly. He leaves d
wife, two grown up daughters and
an aged mother and three sisters to
mourn his loss.
Roht. Hawke had fine COW ser.
iously injured by barb wire last
week.
OBITUARY.
RACHEL PITTS GoLDswoRrHY
was born in Chursten Ferris, Devon,
Eng. on tn 29th day of July, lS4O,
and died at her residence in Linden,
Wednesday evening, Aug. Sh,
this making her few days over
81 years of age. In l845, with her
parents she emmigrated to the US
settling in settlement near Dodge
Vile, later termed Pittsville, now
GAINESVILLE. Her early girhood
days were spent in this vicinity 10
1852 her father selling his farm,
the family moved to Laxey. Here
she resided with the exception Of a
few years, until Jan. LIST, 1867, when
she was united in marriage to I. NJ
Goldsworthy, and came to live in the
home where she died. To this
union four children were born. Two
girls died and two sons still live to
cherish her memory. Ten years Of
her life were spent in the CITY o.
Dodgeville, where her husband was
employed as county clerk. In 1851
the family returned to the old
home in this village. The follow
ing year her life partner, with only
few hours illness, was taken from
her side, since then her life has been
shadowed; never with that elastic
step as before. The deceased on
Saturday, July 2lsi, was taken with
a severe pain in her right great toe
On the following Tuesday the nail
was removed, after which gangrene
set in, and on Aug5 the toe was taken
off at the first joint. Night following
she went into delerium, and never
thoroughly regained consciousness
and at 1920 Wednesday evening she
quietly passed away.
Her family will miss her, the +
M. society could i'll afford to lose
her, the aged of her own sex VIII
miss her. She was ever alert to Of.
leviate the pain of suffering human
ity. No one could doubt her being