| Show DIED ON tubs TRAIN phillip gunnip departs this Lifo among strangers several deaths on the cars have been recorded of late and another was added to the list moning mo ning by the demise of phillip gunnip tue old man who was between the age of fitly aud sixty years boarded the central pacific train at colfax califor n a and seemed much distressed with a cough lie would sometimes pace the car for houra and WAS continually bleeding from the lungs it wag evident that consumption had a strong hold on the feeble emht before last the on no 3 westbound train noticed that the old gentleman seemed worse than ever one of them asked if he anything for him and entered into conversation he learned that gunnip and his sister ft ho resides in omaej are ane last two left of a langs largs family and early in the deceased went csc to california and engaged in mining by which mccu pa tion lie had succeed in laying up quite a neat aam ilo was then on his way to the river to i ay his feister a visit ader talking some little time gunnip settled himself ir hs seat for a nap his licad fell forward on his heart and lna body took the appearance of A man in eaby repose on makina his rounds at corinne ohp conductor noticed u peculiar pallor on his face aad thought bo methin was tut one of the slated ali ic the man was only and the whiteness due to ahe sun which was shouni the shutters vaa I 1 of theT until the train ai rived iu ogden at when the brakeman tried lo awaken alie supposed sleeper and was shocked to find anni dead the coroner was at notified and he had the body conveyed to the undertaking es brothers where it was dressed and prepared for burial efforts were made to notify the sister ot the dead man an the body were lound numerous papers in cash and a first class ticket from colfax I 1 california to omaha nebraska standard |
