Show newsy notes from newton EDITOR JOURNAL on april mrs petrine lauritzen an old and highly respected widowed lady doo dao parted this life from an attack of pneumonia and other ailments attending on old age sister lauritsen laurits n was born in harby denmark feb 1 1826 she emigrated to utah a number of years ago herself and one too son have resided in newton for a long time i funeral services were ere held in the meeting house yesterday may ath the several s speakers bitkers spoke sooke highly of her sterling qualities the large audience pr present besent and the long line of vehicles which followed follows d the remains to the eel cemetery Deter y was a testimony of the high esteem for our departed sister she died as a faithful latter day saint and in hops hope of a glorious resurrection mrs Ho hogensen genzen 0 another estima ill ble e widow lady who ba has been seriously ill for some time is slowly recovering her health our district schools had to close on may let for lack of funds on that same day the children enjoyed a pleasant may lay walk in company with their their teacher they trev were out all day and had a glorious s time A good work has been performed in our schools the past winter and our children are making good progress in educational matters on saturday may 2nd and a very interesting game oi of baseball was played here between the smithfield and newton clubs at the cloie of the ninth inning the result 1 was smithfield 22 newton 19 our boys need a little more practice and a little bittle more courage and they will be all right small grain is now dow all sowed bowed and is De beginning ginning to grow nicely we are now busy cleaning canals and ditched in order to get ready for irrigation W V F J NEWTON may 6 1896 |