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Show and the team balked. Wagstaff released his hold of the handles and stooped to clear away the obstruction. He had accomplished his task and shouted to the horses to "go." The animals started up and the plow was jerked several feet when it caught under another an-other clod and the horses were jerked back on their haunches. f Wagstaff stooped again to extricate the plow, when one of the animals made a vicious kick at him. The iron heel of the horse struck the unfortunate man over the heart and he fell over backwards dead. Two ribs were broken. - Young Wagstaff dropped the lines and lifted his father from the ground, but the parent was beyond human assistance. The horses ran away. 1 Wagstaff was one of the old-time residents of this county. He came here in the filties and was looked upon as a good citizen. He was the father of seven children. The funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow to-morrow morning from the ward meeting house in Farmers' ward. KICKED TO DEATH- William Wagstafl Killed by a Fractious Horse in Big- Cottonwood. William Wnffstaff was killed late yesterday yester-day afternoon by a kick from a horse. Wagstaff Wag-staff was a farmer and lived, together with his family, ten miles south of the city in Big Cottonwood ward. Yesterday afternoon he was plowing in his orchard. Arthur Wairstaff, his son, was drivine the horses and the father was holding the baddies of the plow. The beam caught by a clod ' " . ' ' , |