Show killed in a well wednesday the sad news came over the wires from samaria I 1 boxelder Box elder co that ray bri bris briggs mn s had been killed in a well and for a team to meet them at brig brigham ham cit city v flie next mornin morning but no f urther further particulars could bie f earn ed until yesterday afternoon when his brothers ephraim and john and his uncle james briggs brigg s arrived home with the body when it was learned how the young t man met with his untimely death they wore were di digging ing a well in curlew valley where they are taking up land when the horse which was used to pull up the durt moved backward and fell down a distance of about sixty five feet upon the unfortunate boy his brother john who is only about eighteen in years old and a small boy were all who were there when this happened and they had to go 90 some distance to where ephraim was and still further farther to get heber holbrook the horse w was as alive when mr holbrook went down in the well and had to be killed and cut in pieces before the body of the boy could bo be removed from the well the young 0 mans neck and one shoulder w were ere broken so that it is thought m death was instantaneous it was the intention to get a casket or coffin at samaria and ship the remains down on the train but none was to be had and t the he railroad company would not take the body without so the body bedy was brought 0 all thy the way b by y team they drove night and day merely changing n C teams the accident t occurred on tuesday march deceased was the son of ephraim and mary iary evans brigs briggs and was born in bountiful ei eighteen ht years ago last december the funeral services will be held at the meeting house today F friday march d at I 1 p m this is a very hard blow ou on the family as lie he was olle one of their most obedient children |