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Show and consolation to the grief stricken family. Mr. Dotson was twenty-five years of age and unmarried. He was a jovial, kind-hearted boy and generous to a fault. Though his opportunities for spiritual and intellectual advancement advance-ment were not numerous, and though his inclinations did not prompt him to take an active part in public affairs, his heart was true and his faith in the gospel gos-pel according to the light he had received, re-ceived, was strong. The silent prayers of our whole community ascend in behalf be-half of the sorrowing family. O:: Tuesday the th inst. Sister Leonora Leo-nora Gardner started for Lehi in response re-sponse to a dispatch stating that her daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Cox, was very ill. The next day word came by wire that she was dead. Deseased was a resid-ene resid-ene of this place until her marriage, and was loved and respected by all who knew her. This makes two of Sister Gardner's daughters whom death has stricken down since May last. The heartfelt sympathy of all is extended to the grief stricken father and sorrowing sorrow-ing relatives. Mr. Irvin Jeffery and sister and John Forsythe, all of Loa, Wayne Co., are visiting friends and relatives in this part. The especial object of their visit is tw take home sister Elizabeth Jeffery whose presence here has previously been mentioned in The News. We have been treated to very cold, blustering weather the past few days. Saturday night the heavy winds played havoc with several straw sheds, scattering scatter-ing their contents in every diredtion. James B. Bracken, Jr., has just returned re-turned from Cedar City, where he went to take his two daughters, Maud and Ida to attend the Branch Normal. He reports business brisk in that part of our state. George E, Burgess has gone to Par-owan Par-owan there to be appointed his field of labor as a Mutual missionary. Father Bracken and family have moved to St. Geoage for the winter. J. N, Pine Valley, Utah, November 20, 1898. EI'E VALLEY. Saturday evening Nov. 12th our usually quiet and peaceful little community com-munity was startled by the report that a very serious accident had befallen Samuel Dotson, a young man from the Muddy Valley, Nevada, who was here working for Burgess Bros, at their sawmill saw-mill in the canon. The facts of the case are about as follows: On the day before mentioned Benjamin Burgess and Mr. Dotson were chopping, or sawing saw-ing down trees on the mountain. About 11 pclek a.; m. they commenced to saw down the tree that occasioned the fatal acoident. There tw.as. apparently appar-ently not f he least danej.-the ground upon which the tree stood was almost level, and the perpendicularity of the tree itself such as to enable them to fall it in any direction desired. Whon it was sawed off Benjamin Burgess pulled pull-ed the saw out on his side and the crash came. Mr. Dotson, thinking his position entirely free from danger, stood motionless, evidently watching H. J. Burgess who was just then driving his team round the point of thehill nearby, j Benjamin Burgess goon saw that Sam (as Mr. Dotson was called) was in danger dan-ger and holload to him to look out. Sam, however, heeded not the admonition, admon-ition, but stood as if rivited to the spot. He, apparently, little suspected the sad fate in store for hire. The tree balanced for one brief moment on some large limbs near the center of the trunk; had these limbs broken the danger would have been over, but instead, their flexibility caused them to yield only to spring back again, throwing the tree forward with great force and pinning pin-ning its victim to the ground. With the aid of a handspike Benjamin Burgess Bur-gess raised the log and H. J. Burgess, who had rushed to his assistance, pulled pull-ed Mr. Dotson from under it He was then unconscious, his leg being broken, his ribs badly fractured and crushed against his left lung. A runner was sent for help, and Dr. Middleton of Cedar City was summoned by telegraph. The necessary help was soon forth-coming and the unfortunate man was brought to town, a distance of some six miles and tenderly cared for at the home of II. J. Burgess. The Dr. arrived ar-rived during the night and did what he could to relieve the suffering of his patient, though he entertained from the first no hopes of his recovery. At 7:30 o'clock Sunday evening his spirit took its flight to the great beyond. Two of Mr. Dotson's brothers were hero and one of them, after learning from the Dr. that his brother could not live, started on horseback to notify the unsuspecting un-suspecting parents. The distance, one hundred and twenty-five miles, was made in seventeen hours. The mother and father started immediately, arriving arriv-ing hero after the death of their son but in time for the funeral which was held Wednesday at 2 o'clock. Kind friends rendered all the assistance possible pos-sible both before and after death. The funeral wu. well attended and the speakers gave words of .n.o;mireiucnt |