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Show ORANGEVILLE Funeral servises were held in the I meeting house over the remains of Fred W. Fail, Civil war veteran and loyal citizen, Thursday at 4 p. m. The body was draped in the stars and stripes which he loved, and the casket was also covered with the emblen of our country Flowers in great profusion from loving friends also deckel the casket and the hall was nicely decorated for the occasion. oc-casion. Bishop H. M. Raid h id charge of the services The pall bearers were the sons and grand-tons of the departed veteran. Beautiful singing was rendered rend-ered by the choir under the leadership of Elw. P. Cx. Praver was offered by Elder J. K. Reid and the speakers were A C. Van Bui-en. S. P. Snow, .los H. Jewkes, E. M. Cox, Fred W. Reid, and Bishop H. M. Reid; benediction benedic-tion by Pres. A. G. Jewkes. The speakers' remarks were of a consoling nature and reverted to the honest and upright life of the departed and the example ex-ample he had set. The singing by the mixed quartet and by Mrs. Hattie Reid and Mrs. Amanda Tuttle was very appropriate ap-propriate and well rendered. Civil War Veteran Shiner of Castledale was present at the services of his comrade in arms. He is the last remaining veteran in Emery county. Long may he be with us. (We have at hand an excellent biographical bio-graphical sketch of the life of Mr. Fail but are unable to insert the same this' week. It will appear in our next issue. -Editor.) An almost fatal accident happened in Orangeville last Monday afternoon while a crowd of little boys and girls were playing on the street in front of Jos. O. Luke's residence. Little Ruth Johnson, daughter of Louis Johnson, was standing between two baby buggies bug-gies with babies in them, when a bolt of lightning struck her down and tore the comb, ribbon, and hair pins out of her hair and went into the ground by her side, not touching any of the other children. Some of the citizens ran and picked her up and supposed that she i was dead but after working with her for some time she gave signs of life I and when Dr. Graham came, they took her to her home and there worked with I I er all night, and now she is in a fair : way to recovery, thanks to the ener-; ener-; getic Mork of loving friends. If ever a miracle was performed it was in this ! case for when they started in, they i supposed every bone in her body was j Droken as she was black in the face and j all down one side of the body. ' E. R. Cox and wife has returned from ; their trip to the Exposition at San , Francis where they saw many wonderful wonder-ful sights. Geo. Fox has returned with his son Bryant from the hospital at Salt Lake and reports Bryant convalascing nicely. Geo. W.Fail.of Preston, Ida., is with us for a few days accompanied by G. H. Jack, who is now residing rt Preston; also Mr.and Mrs. John Baxter of Spring City who are related to the family of Fred W. Fail, just deceased. They came over to attend the funeral and pay there last rest-respect to the departed de-parted brother and friend. |