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Show le.ttlt of- Van Aitkin. The Sacramento Jlce has the following fol-lowing account cf the death of aa Icdivldnal who was once well known in Utah, having- "pulled teeth" iu ma:y of the larger towns of this Teriitory. ilu ek(wd Willi a j-ouug girl of respectable' family in L'Uh Cour.tj-, and subse. quentlysirvwl a temi in the iieui-teutiarj- here. All .Sucniniento have doubtless ofcrt.-rveiI upon the street-, of this citv. WitJlitl tint ttnaf. VM.ir i I ... ; man, witli hmg, tlowing lirowu j heard, aud who made him-elf ii.--I'icinjus tij- wearing u showj- imi-t imi-t form of blue elotli, decorated with I brass buUuns. This msn was J. It. I Van Aukin, a dentist, and he claimed that he had a right to wear a uniform liecause of being a graduate gradu-ate from a surgical iustitute in In-dian.ii.oib. In-dian.ii.oib. Van Aukiu has been in the habit of going ujwn iieriodlcal sprees, and a few weeks ago he started in upon a drunk. He kept It up day aftr dsj-.and was frequently- seen reeling through tiie streets. One evening recent!-, while in this condition, he fell ujkjii thu sidewalk, bruising his face fearfully. He was placed in a carriage and sent to his apartments, lmt 111, C!tq -mn m, 11, dr.. n..... and resumed his protracted '-jag." He finally drlftvd to Nevada t'ity, where he died yesterday from acuie alcoholism. It it said that while In Nevada CilJ- he would drink straight alcohol in half-pint draughts anu that within two days he oonumed two gallons. While Van Aukiu'send was miserable, mis-erable, it seems to have been in keeping with his career. He is suiu to have I -ecu married several times, and always treated his wives brutally. brutal-ly. While iu Chicu he married a joung lady, and then lusely ilt--erted her while she wis on a lied of sickuees. Many stories have bti-n toW alout his shady transactions but he is dead and let him rtL |