The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-26
BISMARCK BREvlTIES.

ne palp morse ana MS rider have
been busy In our town and as II result
we chronicle the following deaths: On
February l2th, 1904, NJ. l.. llouck
died ut Sleelyille. Mo-, and was
brought 10 bismarck for intcrmcnt
Sometime previous To his death Mr.
llouck had requested vault built in
the /. o. o. +. cemetery here, aud
having died before it was completed
the remains were taken to MIR. VIM.
Horizons and kept till Monday, the
22nd inst. when the burial took place
Mr.. llouck was n member Of the Odd
Fellows lodge in California. Bis
marck lodge No. $40 |, o. O. f.
took charge of the funeral, which not.
withstanding the inclemcncy Of the
weather, was attended by Il large
crowd of friends aud relatives. Messrs.
Deyinc worked ut the vault night
aud day after the arrival OF the mate
rial. II was necessary TO put up q
large tent and stove to enable the
men To work. The deceased was a
few days more than Il years old and
was single, having never been mar.
ried.
Raymond Rife, the little son of Mrs
Rife, "A teacher in the public school
here, succumbed to pneumonia ON the
2Oth inst, aged : years, 3 months and
Il days. The deceased has had
hard struggle all winter, having first
had n severe attack early in the sea.
son. lie had recovered. however, and
was attending school when, on the 18th
he was suddenly and severely attacked
by pneumonia from which it soon he
came apparent he could not recover.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Martin from the NJ. T.. Church
South, aud was attended 10y u large
concOursc Of friends.
Reuben Wilson, an old citizen 10.
siding just in the edge OF Washington
county, was found dead by his son, in
a field where he was at work, on the
evening of the 18th inst. Mr.. Wilson
was in as good health, apparently, as
usual, but not returning AT the accuS-
toned time Il search was made and the
ifeless body found Bismarck Ma
sonic Lodge conducted the funeral and
the remains were inferred in the liam
ilton cemetery. The deceased would
have been - years old on March ~,
1904. He leaves number of chill
drcn and many friends to mourn his
loss.
VIM Mcdaniel, commonly known
as At uclc Billy" died of pneumonia
Friday, the 18th inst aged between 80
and 80 years. He had been an object
of charity for several years and nj the
time of his death occupied the house
formerly owned by Mrs Eagrar. De
ceased seemed to be laboring under Il
hallucination, though when approached
seemed rational enough lie gave no
one any trouble and he was given a
very respectable burial in the | O. o
+. cemetery, the citizens having sub
scrlbcd the amount necessary to pur.
chase grave and funeral outfit.
A serious wreck occurred in the
railroad yards here last Friday nom
ing. A freight train standing on the
main track was struck by fast pas.
Sengcr train, cansed by the crew of
the former not having flag out One
brakeman was very seriously injured,
considerable damage was done to the
passenger engine aud the cnboosc aud
a box car or two were knocked into
"smilherccnS. "
Christopher Wilson, who for several
years resided at Victor Colo, hut dur
ing the recent strike in Colorado went
to California, returning to Kansas City,
Kansas some time since, is at home,
having come TO attend the funeral Of
his father.
Candidates for city offices are max
Ing their appearance now. Chas
Huff, VIM, Adkins and John Arm
strong for Marshal Who's next
j. r. Williams of Flat River and
F. +. kcnncr of Elvlns were in BIS
marck Sunday.
Mcssrs. Nicely and McNuIty have
moved their families to DcSoto
Miss Dculah Norrid spent few
days with her parents last week
Hon. ID. l.. Rivers transacted legal
business here Monday.
A. Waglcy was recently initiated in
the /. O. q. F.
Lena Horton Is on the sick list
February % 1904. owl.