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Show GIST OF THE NEWS. . GLEANED FROM OUR NEIGHBORS AND BOILED DOWN. Veteran Drops Dead-Simpson Misc. , ner of American Fork-ills Useful Career-Sugar Peojilo Meet -Settled Out of Court. American Fork Tribune correspondence. correspond-ence. Nov. 23: On Saiurdny morning our city wns colled to mnutn over tliu loss or one. of her vet titans who Is near and dear to iho hearts of all in this vicinity. It was Eider Simpson Mis-cner, Mis-cner, who went out to do his morning work, nnd after completing It ho dropped duad of heart dlsoaso beforo ho. could again roach hhi resilience. This wns supposedly about 10 o'clock In the forenoon, but as Mr.. Mlsmicr was away and others of the hnuKehold wuroaiso ulnent, tho exact particular nro not known. Tho bo ly .vms discovered dis-covered by Mrs. John Durrant, Sr.. about 10:30 a.m., lying cold In death. Tho news spread llko wildfire, nnd soon tho whole city was In n Kioto of, excitement over the sudden and unex-' pected demise, as Mr. Miscucs hndj never complained of Illness. Mr. MUoncr wns born August 11, 1837, at Vernon, Turnlmll county, oJ In 1801 ho enlisted In the Civil war nnd after serving six mouths he wnsl examined at Cleveland, O., and discharged dis-charged on account of poor health. He returned homo nnd ngiiln took up his occupation as a farmer. On March 9. 1863, ho was married to Miss Sylvia Tyrol l, who has madn him a kind and faithful wife. He Jollied tho Mormon church In 1803 nnd In 18G0 hit emigrated emi-grated to the be:iu(lful valley of Zion, locitlng In this cliy. IIu bus since; lived hero who the exception of one year spent in Ohio, when hu went back to settle up an estate. Since arriving hero he bus boen quite prominent In political and rellu'lnus circles, lie hns lven it school trustee fur.eoveral terms, n inumber of the city council anil Sunday Sun-day school teacher ami n hlh priest, besides havhiK lieen ou a mission to the Nortlium Suites. Ho was nlwnys kind to his family and has heeu very liberal with his friends, nlvlnij for nearly every cause for which ho wus culled upon to respond. re-spond. Tho funetnl wns held nt tho Latter-day Latter-day Saints' meeting house yesterday, and many wore present. Tho fpeakurs wero James II. Clark, W. It. Webb. Em 1 1 Anderson. Isauo Abel and Bishop W. D. Uoblnson. |