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Show DEATH OF PJIESIDEXT SM OUT. Although rot unexpected, the death ! of President Sxoot jesterdar shocked the entire community. The grand old hero of the pioneer days of Utah, j passed gently into tne eternal rest at 4:10 yesterday afternoon, surrounded by his children and neighbors and . other attached friendE. Thus has fallen fal-len one cf the character men cf the early days cf Utali histoiy. A fcreat, strong auJ mcged manhood was quenched when death come to him. lie was of the etu'a'out of which heroes he-roes are made, His life vaB devoted to the cfiurch, to his family and friends, A man of the strictest honor with a heart attuned to sy -npathy, a useful citizen, not of Utah alone but of the union, a patriot and a sincere lover of his race. The universal gloom which enwraps the community is a niute but eloquent teitimonial to the worth of the man aud the estimate put upon his character char-acter by thoEe who have known him longest. May the Good Father comfort his wife and children and commend to us who are left behind, the worth of tbe eplendid example he has left for our guidance. |