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Show PIONEER PASSES AWAY. William Cassey of Rockport Succumbs Suc-cumbs to Peritonitis. Special to The Tribune PARK CITY, Nov. a. William Cossey, a resident of Rockport, died in re yesterday yester-day at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Thomas Qlbbons, of acute perltdnltls. He whs .Vi , , t - ..i :m- a ml f..r the p; st thlrt v years lias beep, a resident of this county. For twenty yours he has made weekly visits to this city with farm products .mil on last Friday while making deliveries to his customers. h- was taken suddenly III and removed to the home v( his daughter. daugh-ter. Medical assistance was at once Summoned, Sum-moned, but ho grew steadily worse until yesterduy afternoon when he passed a wa v. Mr. Cossey was one of the best kjiown citizens of Summit county and was one of Its Hrst settlers In the early days of the mining Itulustfy of Park City, his teams hauled to camp the tirst machinery ever operated here that of the old FlaK- siair Mining company. Later he had the contract for hauling thO machinery of the Ontario mill from tin ivim-st rallm.id point, which was then at Echo He leaves a wife and len children. The funeral will ho held at Rockport, Prldnj afternoon. The park citj Kiks celebrated th-fourth th-fourth anniversary of their organization with a soi lal dance anil cards at Maple hall last night. The affair was a great - iccess. Over two hundred members of ths order and their friends enjoy, -d the hospitality Of the I'xlgi-. Dainty refreshments refresh-ments were Kciy.-d and at II o'clock with thS tolling of the bell, the orchestra played "Aubl l.ang Sync," and th- strains of the music was taken up by the voices of ail the Kiks preaept, as a tribute to the memory of ih'- absent brothers. The linemen on the I'tah Independent Tel phone company's new work quit in a body yesterday afternoon, refusing to work on account of the snow. The local inaimgr at once proceeded to nil their places, and It Is the intention Of the company to push their work through regardless re-gardless of the weather. Clarence McCornlek came up from Salt Lake yesterday and will spend a few lavs Inspecting ths underground workings work-ings of the Silver King and Daly West mines. |