Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-09
FIsROp STRATFORD DEAD.
an. numb close of baseball
-. pied in the Hospital
,,,,u,s on "Drcyms case"

.... tir-.ring illness II nearly two
r.sap Edwin STAFFORD died at
,sssia. before ~ o'clock noon yes
al bio home on Twenty-socond
,ir,t ... ~ o.,.,,,s
~..t dtfsns and ono u the most
.Iv Known aud prominent men In
~, county. lie was born In the
~. ,f Maiden, Essex county, Eng
~, .s rsb. @. issl. being the oldest
u, children born 90 dvprge ai,l
- stt.tfUrI. when but "a child hla
.ll. y ,...,li 90 London, and from
f, tb. VILLAGE VI itagl .igh, Ia isf-
,.tgiy mon back 10 Maiden.
A ~ rffsHtH ID one tlmC bvlouHyl %
- vssE.,au i1ith ana Ia his buyhoVi
b. lttanlsI the services of that
.t NJ b. eruw older h. was not
$1,000 uIih their tutchlnga, ana 10
t',.,r fs5i. through the testimony uf
st.s n ~. pCnuHc, be- became con
.TtsB Do thr Mormon TAIN Nuq IN
,iy5 b. was baptized. May ~ 1871. Ne
~ ordained a priest nnd nt The age %
d vas called ua a missionary 10 pc, zen
n. OesptL flo inborcd HucctHafully
7. 80 ave years on Christmas day.
n mifiied 90 Mariana Crahb.
4 H. VILLAGE 90 Daubury. on Feb. II,
fi,i In company with his wife. be took
.li,ra frlni Liverpool 90 America. and
-.4f a. TaffYtnNu ". ", ana FROM
: - /, W,atchrator. whore hiH eldest
EfUlu. uua born. he left New
~ f1r Iowa city in 1867, aud while
- be- was appointed ono Of the
0lnai1u TO The pro.ldcncy OF That
huHth % thu church That winter was
M crirsmsly hard one fpr the STRAIT
fJrl family fuharlng greatly from lack
. Z fua aud food. ON May ~, 1851, the
flnly started nn their lnhorloua jour
ffy scrufs the plains Tor Utah. arriving
III Salt Lake city Sept 10, 1854. He To-.
[stad u Pennington and IN February
In tba following year was ordained a
.membsr " the nfty-nlNth quorum OF
|fsyeHty 10 the spring or 1854 he moved
H. Providence. cache county, who're he
h. prominent On the uphuilding 81 that
t11riry iy dlnt of hard work h. nc-
|r1mulltei enough 90 buy "a fcN acres "
bad. which DO titled Tor a number Of
ytlu. iie was appointed deputy as
,ass1r ana collector of Cache county.
BIZ ln ne spring N 1872 came 10 ogden,
|tni vas connected with the ogden
|Junci.1n. % newspaper 0f that day. lie
|ffyefpi hia c1uncct ton with the paper
|ln two YEAR. and became manager of
Gelfrs A loves establishment, whore
b. remained Cor n period N eight years,
Mic ilso filled The position u naacnsor
|fni collector Of ogden city for ono
Iism. and was elected a member OF the
|fiiy council On isi2 He represented the
'glnty IN the slate legislature In isSs-
~ ana IN iv2 bcgun tho business which
D. cngarcd In until his illncss-that o.
H.N
flnl 4 Sons 10 ISIS be was made nish-
op " the Fourth ward o. ogden, which
lHsliiou b. held until his death.
Hc leaves a wife and nino children
Ard numerous grandchildren. ard a
bot % frlonda who viii hold him In ar
fegtionlie memory The funcrul will b.
Asld on Wednesday. oct. n nj 2 y. m
LOST his THUMB.
Paul Moore, The postal clerk, lost his
numb last saturday, through u gun
e1pl1alon. tie % around on the streets
today with hls hand hundnged up, but
d settling along apparently MI right
CLOSE OF BASEBALL SEASON.
Thc baseball season q about at an
sni Tor this year, The last game viii
= played tomorrow at tho ogden Driv-
my Park between the OFdoni and Po-
,Alelo teams, and Il viii no doubt
dnW a Argc crowd The teams are
BON 10 ggod condition. AFTER this game
" . UNDERWOOD that the ogden team
vill lisband Some Of our best players
hANe signed contracts already 70 play
with other teams.
DIED ~ THE HOSPITAL.
z. W. Wallace. from Elko, New. died
el ihe city hospital Yesterday. The re-
mans will b. prepared and shipped 20
Llko for lntcrment.
DREFYus LECTURE.
me lecture tomorrow evening by
lAppi l0wensieln. IN the county court
mouse, on the "pruyfus case" promises
70 % very Interesting, Tickets are for
tle a. the public library. The lecture
.l.lll ho well attended a. II In for a
Cool purpose
The Heart u Chicago" viii be given
az lha Grand opom House on Friday.
There VIII b. "a Silver Republican
'3,a,i,enuon ON Wednesday evening.
wednesday night "Brown's In Town
NW Do az the GRAND.