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Show John J. McDonald Passes Away at Park City After a Three Diy'i Illness. HE MADE A VIEBAL WILL. i A Death-Bed Statement Disposing of His Property to His Mither and Two Sisters in Nova Scotia. Park City," Oct. 30. Special correspondence. corres-pondence. Grim death again visited ur little pity Tuesday night. This time in ' the shape of , the sudden death (of an . old Odd Fellow, John J. McDonald. Mr. McDonald Mc-Donald wag taken down with pneumonia pneumo-nia on Saturday'erening of last week. The deceased was born in Picton county, coun-ty, Nova Scotia, but bad spent the greater part of his life in the mining region of the United States. He resided re-sided in Eureka, Nevada, for over 12 years. Jle had been in Park city for about two years, during which time he had accumulated considerable property. prop-erty. Mr. McDonald was a single man, 89 years of age, and on his death bed made a statement willing all of his real and personal property, including a house and lot in Nevada, 100 shares of mining stock in the Buffalo mining company of Box Elder county, Utah; hree mining claims near Park City; $04 in cash and a complete outfit of mining tools to his mother, Mrs. Duncan McDonald Mc-Donald and his two sisters, Mrs. Bella Cummings and Mrs. M. Stewart, all of Picton county. Nova Scotia. He appointed ap-pointed Mrs. Lonisa McDonald, his cousin and Dan McDonald, her husband, hus-band, as trustees to see that his property proper-ty was disposed of and that the proceeds pro-ceeds wero sent to his mother and sisters sis-ters as mentioned above. During Mr. McDonald's short stay with us in Park City he had made many friends who will mourn his loss. The fnneral was conducted at the society hall under the auspices of the I.O.O.F. this afternoon at 2 o'clock. . A Liberal meeting was called last night at the court house for the reception recep-tion and entertalgment of the Goodwin pilgrims on Saturday next when Summit Sum-mit county's Liberals will receive a literary lit-erary treat. E.,C. Williamson presided presid-ed over the meeting" and the names placed on the committee will insure the carrying out of the programme in a proper manner. - Ore shipments to yesterday, . Daly 68,6000 pounds, pntario 50,400. |