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Show JOHN I. WILLIAMS DEAD. Young .AInn's LIfeivns Cut Short by Heart-. Disease, Last Sunday- oveniug at about six o'clock, tho spirit of John R. Williams Wil-liams of ' this city, mado its escape from its bonds of flosh. Mr. Williams Wil-liams had boon ill about throo wooks with hoart disoaso, and all that his frieuds nnd tho attending physician could do to savo his llfo had boon done, but from tho first it had boon known to- tbeidoctor that it was only fi question of timo. At ono intorval during his illness it was thought that ho might rally for a- f ow wooka, or perhniwvmonths, Jnt Jt wasmjjiown tbAtit(couM,notbr,wfel'o"iJg:TK;'! Jpuniiy'iXJl(Mji3 ho. wi'ai'iii iliarly called by thowwho associated with him, was bovn iu this city, Novombor 28, 1875, and this has always been his homo. His futhor was killod on Codur mountain whou Johnny wus un infant, ' and upon tho widowod mothor lias dovolved to task of raising him to mail's" ostnto. Ho has borno a good charnctor iu tho oommunity and loavos bohiud him many friends to mourn 'his loss. The funeral was hold in tho tabor-nnclo tabor-nnclo last Tuesday and wnB well attended at-tended for this season of tho your, whon so many of tho -ppoplo nro uwny from thoir homos. Tho speakers, who woro ox-Bishop W II. Corry, Hon. R. W. Hoyborno nnd Elder Henry Leigh, all spoko in torms of roBpoct of tho lifo ho had lod und bore testimony to his good character, oxpreesiug regrot that ono bo young should bo called away, and sympnthy for tho borouvod mothor and roln-tivos. roln-tivos. Tho dedicatory prayor ovor tho grave was offorod by Bro. Randall Jonos. pi |