Show I A PIO PIONEER EER GONE The Morning Press of or Santa Barbara Darbara Cal announces an an- flounces the death in that cit city ity on Sun Sunday ay ni morning last of trudge Judge William Smith Messick essick a pioneer of 1847 1817 aged 84 years lie Hc was a fair lawyer er and honest jud judge c but wn ia was never great like his brother Judge c R. R S. S Messick lie practiced i ed law in Sacramento for a Ion long time but some sonic thirty years ars ag ago removed remo to Santa Barbara Bar Bar- barn bara where he hc resided until his death lie lIc rounded the Horn in iu 1847 and in California carried carrie sonic some of the thc restlessness of the sea and winds with him He lie was a farmer and miner more than a lawyer and w was very wealthy in bo boo nonza days We Wc suspect that when his brother died his anchor was was lost and that since then he hus has simply drifted for he be always S 'S looked hooked to his brother as the tho light of his life |