Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-10-27
DEATHS.

BOYER-Oct. 10. 1904. Infant son of
Leslie Boyer of Butler twp, aged Is
months
ANDERSON-At his home in Wash
ington twp. Oct. %, 1904, Samuel
Anderson, aged q years
HARRIS-At her homei ,. ChicoIa, Oct.
p, 1904, Mrs E. a Harris
KINZER-At his home in Washington
township, October Is, 1904, William
Kinzer, aged 10 years.
ADAMS-At his home in Allegheny
township, October "a, 1904. Rev.
Shields Adams aged about 50 years,
PUFF-At his home at Talley Cavey,
Allegheny county, October 23. 1904,
Franklin Puff, formerly OF Middlesex
township, aged 81 years.
NEYMAN-At his home in Oakland
twp, Oct. %, 1904. Josiah Ney man,
in his nth year.
He is survived by his wife and seven
children. L n Neyman of Butler, Rev.
A W. Of Iowa, and jeremiah at home
are his SONS
WILKEWITZ-At her horne near Ma
trcna. October Is. 1904. Mrs Daisy
Wilkewitz, aged 20 years.
She was buried at Fisk NJ. Z church,
near Leasureville.
McCAFFERTY- AT her home in Buf-
falo twp, Oct. %, 1904, Mrs. james
McCafferty.
Her death was caused by tae burst
| ing of blood vessel.
MORRISON the Hospital, Oct 20.
1904. Victor, son OF NJ Morrison OF
North Main street, aged 6 years.
ONEIL-At his home in Buffalo. Oct.
% 1904, Hugh O'Neil, former owner
of the Butler gas-plant, aged about oO
years.
His body will arrive il Butler today.
Obituary.
George s. McCandless died at his
home in New Castle last Sunday. de
was 20 years old and was son OF John
McCandIess, decd, of Centre twp, and
a brother Of Chas. McCandless, Esq
| decd, of Butler.
| William Orris and his wife were bur
| led in the same grave at Deer Greek,
| u. p. Church. last Friday. They had
lately been living in Clinton twp. near
| Flick, and Mrs. Orris was member OF
that church By their untimeiy deaths,
/ seven cQllQTcn-I16 a 5iA4 Va 'AAtA
teen-were made orphans, and the case
| is one Of the saddest that has ever nap
pened in this county.
Mr. Orris died Thursday morning, at
the Hosliral, az result of his mishap
at the Centre Avenue crossing 10 Bnt-
Ter. on Monday; and Mrs. Orrls
died that evening at the home OF her
sister.in-law, Mrs. H. n. Troutman. OF
Butler. to where she was taken after
her collapse at the Hospital.
| When Mrs. Orris heard the news OF
the accident to her husband she started
to drive 20 Butler alone. She had not
been well all summer, and this coupled
with the uncertainty and worry over
her husbands condition and the 2O-miie
drive through the dark night, was more
than she could bear. :,
She saw her husband about O'Clock
the morning after the accident. then
went TO the Troutman home, where she
completely collapsed. Wednesday af-
fernoon she became deranged. She ask
ed about her husband and was told that
that he was improving, although at the
time his life was trembling in the bal-
ance. She became unconscious about
5 o'clock and never rallied, dying at
II 80 next day.
Il Orris, who was suffering from frac-
ture of the skull and spinal INJURY,
never had any chance for recovery.
He died not kno wing his wife's serious
condition: she expired without learning
of bis death.
Orris was an oil well drjller. His
mother lives at Fairview. Mrs Otis
mother, Mrs Akleson, came from Nc
kees Rocks to arrange for the funeral.
Suffering from acute nervous disor
ders, ID. George II. Puryiance of Wash
ington. ID. c., assistant surgeon gencr
| al of the marine service, jumped from
the fourth story window Of the Orpho-
paedic hospital in Philadelphia. last
Thursday evening and was instantly
killed. DIR. PuryiaIce was about u
years of age and went to the hospital
: August 8 to be treated for general
breakdown.
DIR. Purviance was born in Butler
Pa, and was "a son of Gen. John n
Purviance, decd. He served during
the civil war and was promoted TO be
adjutant of his regiment for meritoriou'
and gallant service around Fred. rlcks
burg. He had been connected with tht
marine hospital service for abont y
| years, and was highly esteemed BY the
, authorities of that branch Of the gov
ernment service.
The Rev. John K Melhorn. aged 7S
we'll known pioneer Lutheran minis
ter in Western Pennsylvania. died last
Thursday morning at the Passavanl
hospital in Pittsbnrg where he had
, been confined since undergoing an optr
alton. Mr.. Melhorn had been an ac
tive pastor in this section for so years,
retiring six years ago from active worh
in the churches
About four years ago Mr.. Melhorf
celebrated the 50th anniversary Of hi'
ordination as minister and a month
later, With his wife he celebrated the
, golden anniversary OF their wedding al
the home Of mis- daughter, Mrs. +. w
| Hirth. in Erie. A sad feature in con
necton with the Rev. Mr.. Melhorn'r
death il the fact that his aged wife is
lying critically i'll at her home in Home
| stead. DIR. Melhorn was born neal
Lancaster. p, and while still child
was taken TO Erie. Pa, by his parents.
He was reared in Erie and after receig-
ing u common school trai ming he enter
ed Washington and Jefferson college al
| Washington. Pa. After graduating
there he studied for the Lutheran min.
istry and was ordained at Dayton, ONO.
He first had charge OF a small coDgre
cation at Masontown. Fayette county
He remained there for 13 years and then
went to Freeport, where he remained
years as pastor OF the congregation a;
that place For the following 10 years
he was pastor Of Grace church, South
Side, Pittsburg.