Show PETER EDWARDS ANSWERS SUMMONS tuesday evening at peter edwards passed on to the other lite ilie the cause ot of death was cancer of 0 the stomach from which sir air edwards edards w suffered tor for some time the last day of his life was spent in ail ah unconscious state and the end came peacefully like a child sleeping peter edwards was quite a character though only those who were intimately ti acquainted with hini him knew much ot of his life he was a man mail who said very little about himself and wile paid no attention whatever to the at af of his fellows fellow lie he minded his of his fellows fellow fairs own business strictly and endeavored to follow the precepts of the golden rule kule in tact fact that was his creed and lie followed it religiously for he was so straight and honest in his dealings with his fellow men that it amounted almost to a passion with him he was of welsh parentage having seen tile the light of day for the first time f n harlech north wales on oil march ith 1838 his mother died when d he was a babe of only three years and shortly afterward his father followed her peter was a lad of five years tilen then and homeless so lie he was ta taken aien into the family of david peters peter father oi of hon john D peters and iby by him and his good go od wife reared to fd young manhood when the gospee came to I 1 the peters family they accepted wand they all emigrated in the year 1849 1949 salt S a it lake was the first home of the family where peter edwards edwards resided wath them until when the family removed to brigham city locating in til th old fort mr edwards was there fore oue one of the pioneers of this community tho ho he did not remain here langit that time for when tile the gold f bev ever broke california in 1855 lie he war wag caught in affie maelstrom aria and viett in company with many others andi and willard hard to eek his fortune fortune in tha afi naw nsw W ei 1 I ora 0 aar Edwards was a narbut but did not take 4 up P the work of a miner lie he rather liked teeming and logging fogging and found ifould plenty ot oc employment along those lines later branching off into the freighting business between california and nevada when the great comstock mines at virginia city nevada began to pour out their mi millions lions mr edwards journeyed to the camp and secured a contract to supply log wood for the smelters shelters sm elters later when the scene of activity in the mining world shifted to pioche lie he went with the stream to engage in his suits and while pac parsing ising to and fro across the country he selected a choice tract of ground which he secured for a big ranch and settled down to steady i work on his own premises for him self in 1880 lie he married his present wife and they spent many years on the ranch until finally they decided to pay a visit to brigham city which they did in 1892 remaining here for a time then went back to the ranch but the yearning to be ba back in brigham city was too strong so in 1895 mr and mrs edwards ciame came back to stay and here they have been since except for or the trips they have made to california and nevada on bli business viness and pleasure mr edwards was waa severely injured in riding a bucking horse and in 1894 submitted to a very critical operation in which ja a portion ot of the lower part of 0 his hia spine was removed from that time he has been more or less of an invalid though lie he was constantly about the streets except upon such occasions as it was physically impossible tor for him to be around in al chis shifting shit ting about and the bodily troubles that have bourne down upon an him his good wife has been like a guardian angel watching over him she has nursed him comforted and cheered him and has played no lit it tle tie part parkin in assisting sting him in the maul alati a ot f jt juls affairs lie he dis posed of his real estate in ia nevada some years ago and he leaves MB his goci wife well provided tor for with the afie things ot 0 this world they were abums in very deed i e a and enjoyed everything in ia common mr and mrs edwards never had haa any children of their own but they reared a little girl to womanhood and saw her fier married toa toa good young man she lived with them in this city a number of 0 years and attended school here the sym sympathy patay of 0 h her er many friends goes out to mrs edwards in bereavement for or she is left CU CLI ly alone fune funeral ral services lees will be hold held in the fourth ward C hapel chapel tomorrow friday afternoon at 2 |