Show PLAIN CITY NEWS MRS DEAD plain city jan 18 mrs mary ann draney a pioneer resident 0 plain city died at her home here last monday morning sho had been ailing about a week her trouble being an affection of the heart mrs draney was 77 years old she had resided in utah ever since 1856 and in plain city ever since 1861 ine interval between these dates found her living in salt lake city part of tha time and in lehl the other part she came to zion in one of the handcart companies and shared in the bard ehlis the self denial the fortitude mhd hershm of those talt bands she was a native of scotland and with her husband the late john draney joined the church in youth mrs draney wa the mother of nine children mrs isabel bramwell wife of geo W bramwell of plain city being one her only daughter she was also the grandmother of thirty nine children and the great grand mother of eleven hamilton G parker a prominent citizen ol 01 salt lake is mrs draneas Dra brother the deceased had always taken an active part tn church work being a teacher and a in the relief society ever since it was organized la plain city over 40 years ago she therefore was well known in plain city and in weber county and being of a charitable and sympathetic disposition she enjoyed a wide acquaintance and a host of warm friends the funeral services will be held in the plain city meeting bouse on wednesday afternoon commencing at two o aunt another pioneer of plain city Is dangerously at her home in this town mrs richardson Is 84 years old her ailment Is stomach trouble leater folkman the sixteen year old eon of geo folkman met with an accident last sunday night in which he received a broken arm he was riding a horse at the time and the animal fell with him the injured arm was attended to by dr baker an overflow school is now being held in the episcopal chapel here the seventh grade Is being taught and the man employed to so hew and shape tha youthful mind as to fit it to a little chool ln 1 Is josepn H smith EDUCATION OF NEGROES new york 19 at the annual meeting here of the armstrong association in educational work among the negroes an increase of nearly members making the total waa re portel william jay ln was reflected president A recent innovation that of holding meetings in private houses was discussed only comparative strangers to the work aaeng the negroes havo been invited to these ehla havo resulted in many contributions to the association funds in addressing the meeting dr H D aristell Fri stell of hampton institute said wo have one hundred mare students than ever before and a comparative in the number of teachers we have increased tho school course to tour istead of three years with a years postgraduate post graduate to moot the extra expense we ahall have to raise this year the endowment fund now ought to be in creed A NEW peppermint OIL new york jan 19 efforts of speculator ul ator with western capital to secure peppermint oil are re arted by wholesale druggists here to lave been attended by unexpected i lesu lre rumors of barge decreased production and advances tn the market salce caused large manufacturers of ow priced candles to import quantities of peppermint oil as an experiment the cost wae only about half that of the domestic oil and while the latter t much superior n flavor the japanese product was aund according to the manufacturers 0 be perfectly satisfactory in the mak ng of new york jan I 1 an explosion n a outfit during a on volcanoes has narrowly missed causing a serious panic in the oyster day high school building A blaze followed tho explosion and the crowd scrambled wildly for the doors fortunately tha scholars who were recent rc ent coolly went through their ore drill and in a few minutes most of ho spectators returned to tho building no was seriously hurt |