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Show Sudden Death on the Railroad. On Friday morning, a 9 o'clock, or tho U..P. U.K. (vain, near Bryan, Geo. Pratt, of Portland, Oregon, died suddenly, sudden-ly, it ia supposed from the c fleets of an overdose of opium. Ho was appar cutly well the day before, but about 4 a.m. was discovered, by fellow pas scugors, to be insensible and breathing very bard, and a few hours aftei breathed his last. His papers disclosed that ho leave? a wife, Mrs. Hannah Pratt, in Port land, and has friends in Toledo, Ohio. Tho body and e fleets woro taken charge of by Conductor Conlisk, and handed to Coroner Fife, at Ogdcn. where- an inquest was held on Friday evening, and tho body docontly cared for aud buried. Further information can bo had by application to Coroner Fife, Ogden, or to Major C. II. Hempstead, Salt Lake City. Portland (Oregon) and Toledo lObio) papers, please copy. |