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Show EfoalU IVom IIe;srt li.so;isc. L.'.st evening tlie friends of Mr. Mo-.es 'l'hurton, of the Seventh ward, were surprised and pained to receive ihe mtelli-er.ee that he had died sud-deiilv. sud-deiilv. while in the harvest field. The dccea.-id left his home yesterday iiiorecn.:, apparently in his usual health, to har?t sonic grain a!out two and one-half miles south of the city. Arriving at the field he worked until noon, when, in company with his n g d father-in-law, Mr. Lyman l.'.A-oard, he examined a corn field owned by him. After dinner Mr Thu.tou i turned to his work as usual, and did nut cease until about -l::!0 o'clock, when he droppetl dead. Two young men, Moroni Priest and William M-ikin, who were laboring near him. immediately ran to him ami tried to revive him, but their attempts at-tempts were fruitless, life being extent ex-tent before they reached him. The I o ly was immediately taken to his former residence, in the Seventh ward, iVoul which place the funeral will take place. Thursday morning, al h) o'ekn k. The impression is that Mr. Thurston died from heart disease, with which helhad been sullen in; for a number of years, Mo.-es .Thur.-ton would have been oil years of age had he lived till the baa of next Seprember; audwas a native of Maine, but has been a resident resi-dent of this Territory since October, He was highly respcctul by all who had ihe pleasure of his acmaint-anee. acmaint-anee. He leaves a wile, a large circle uf relatives and a host of warm friends, who deeply mourn his decease. |