Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16
DEATHS.

MILES-At her home in Warrington,
w. Va, February 10, 1905. Mrs. A L.
Miles. nee,Edith Johnston of Butler.
aged 10 years.
Mrs. Miles was buried. Monday, from
the home of her uncle, VIM Yeager OF
the 1st Ward.
SHULTIS-At her home in Tarentum,
Feb. IL. 1905 Mrs. Elizabeth Shultis,
formerly of Oakland twp.
MCMINN-At North Braddock Feb.
-, 1905, Samuel McMinn, formerly of
Fairview twp.
MUSRUSR-At Pittsburg, Feb 9. 1905, |
E L. Musrush, formerly of this coun-
ty. aged 81 years.
He died suddenly at the residence of |
J. S. Musrush, and was buried at To
ronto, Ohio He had been in the en-
ploy of the p r. r. Co. for over forty |
years.
POLLOCK-At the Mercer Hospital, |
Feb 70, 1905, Howard, son of Alexan- |
der Pollock of Centre twp, aged "A
years !
STROBEL-At his home in Butler.
Feb. 12 1905. Paul. son of George |
Strobel, aged 2 years
MCNEES-At her home in Marion twp.
Feb. g. 1905, Mrs. Mary c. McNees,
aged 4S years.
She is survived by her husband, j.
W. and two daughters.
|BULFORD-Athe her home in Penn twp.
February IA. 1905. Miss Nancy Bull
ford, aged about 80 years.
Her death was caused by paralysis.
LEECH-At the home of her son, r
f. in Mercer Co, February 13, 1903,
Mrs. Jane Leech, formerly of Harris
vile. aged 81 years.
ARBEL-At her home on Pearce Ave.
February 13, 1905. Pearl. daughter of
H. B. Arbel, aged 8 years.
SPOHN-At her home in East Pitts
burg, Feb. II. 1905, Mrs Julia A.
widow of Phillip Spohn, aged 70
years.
MILLER-At her home in Browsdale.
Fed. 10, 1905, Bertha, daughter OF
Robert Miller.
BLYMILLER-At her home in Parker,
Feb IL, 1905, Mrs. Sara, widow Of
August Blymiller.
VORPE-At his home in Middlesex
twp Feb. 6, 1905. Arnold Vorpe, in
his 61st year.
pneumonia. He was member of
Hampton's battery during the war. He
is survived by nine children, three sons
and six daughters. His wife died some
years ago.
ALTER--At his home near Freeport,
Feb. 10. 1905 Samuel G. Alter, in his
S0th year.
BELL-At his home in Cherry twp,
r. Thar1nc pol1 anad ohnnt
20 years.
MALONEY-At her home in Millers-
town, Feb. 12, 1905, Mrs. Daniel Ma
loney, aged about so years
WEIt4EL-At his home in Evans City,
Feb IA, 1905, Joseph, son of VIM.
Weigel, aged % years.
KELLY-At his home in Parker twp.
Feb. 13, 1905, D. Porter Kelly, in his
Goth year.
Mr.. Kelly had been in poor health for
| some months He was born on the
farm on which he died. March -, 1886,
WAS the youngest son of Col David
Kelly, decd, and was a man of more
than usual intelligence.
| He took an active interest in public
affairs and of late years has been a
Prohibitionist in politics He is sur
vived by his wife. nee Glenn. and sever
| al children.
Obituary.
Gen. Lew Wallace died at his home
| in Crawfordsville, Ind. last night, aged
| 7S years.
Alexander Furgason, the Oldest man
in Indiana. and possibly in the United
| States, died in his log CABIN home near
the town of Gilman. Ind, last Sunday.
at the age of 120 years. In an old fam
| lily Bible, so old that it is bound with
| wooden covers. the record is made from
| which his age is computed but Mr..
Furgason contended that the Bible re-
cord was short six years and he was
! really 126 years old.
DR.. Frank Cowan. one of the most re-
| markable characters of this state, died
| at his farm near Greensburg, last Sun
| day morning, in his 61st year. He was
| a con Of former u. s. Sena tor Edgar
| Cowan, one of the Republican Senators
who refused to vote for the impeach-
ment of President Johnston; and Frank
was afterwards one of the Secretaries of
| the President.
He was a great traveller, and it was
claimed that he was the first white man
to penetrate Korea.
In bis day he was a lawyer, physi-
clan, historian, an entymologist, an
ethynologist, lecturer, poet, natural
ist. musical composer, farmer and edi-
tor.
At his home he had collection of
curios from all over the world, aud Ii
brary of six thousand selected volumes
He is survived by one daughter, his
aged mother, one brother and one sis-
tel.
He lectured in Butler about 25 years
ago His daughter was married to j.
Linn Lowry OF this place, but is now di-
vorced.
Giffen McGeary of Allegheny, broth
err OF John G. and James w. of this
county, died last Sunday.
DIR. MERLIN CALDWELL.
The death of this young man deserves
more than passing notice. When it /
was noised abroad Wednesday morning, !
December 2lst. 1904, that Lynn Cald- |
well (as he was more personally known |
was dead, there were many sad hearts. |
In the fact that he had spent years in /,
educating himself and that he had just
started upon his chosen profession add |
ed sadness to his death. He graduated |
from the West Pennsylvania Medical |
College May 81, 1904, having the honor |
of being chosen president of his class i'll |
July; he accepted a position as surgeon
Tor the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company |
at Ford City and entered upon his life's !
work with the same vim he always had |
in school work. He being very anxious |
to get located did not take a vacation |
when he graduated and although of a |
robust constitution tired nature gave |
way and with over work was fit sub |
ject for fever; he was stricken with |
typhoid and taken to the Mercy Hos |
pital. November eth, and within three |
weeks and three days God called him TO |
his eternal home. Previous to his tax |
ing mp medicine he taught school in his |
own and adjoining townships. and in |
the year of 1896 he accepted the |
principalship of the Wimball public |
school at Homestead where he was for |
three years, and for two years he held |
similar position at Esplen which he |
resigned to take up the study Of |
medicine.
While at Homestead he transferred |
his mem bership from Butler to the U.
j. church there, being one of the Sab |
bath School teachers and before he left |
there he was elected and ordained an
elder in that church, then under the |
pastoral care of Rev. Robert s. Young. I