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Show DEATH OF AN OLD SCOUT. J. J. Goff, an Indian War Veteran, Succumbs to Disease. J. J. Goff, an aged scout, who served in the Indian wars and who has lived in this city for several years, died at his home, 29 East Seventh South, street, yesterday morning of rheumatism. As "a result of theexposure and hardships hard-ships which he underwent during the Indian depredations in Montana in the early days he contracted rheumatism, and for the past sixteen years has been an invalid, unable to do scarcely anything any-thing for himself. Owing to his condition, con-dition, he and his family became in straitened circumstances some time ago and the pastor of the Liberty Park Methodist church interested himself in their behsilf and raised subscriptions to furnish him with medical treatment and to see that his family wanted for none of the necessities of life. The disease had become too deeply rooted -to be conquered, and 3Testerday the old scout, who had seen victory , in many battles, had to surrender to the unconquerable death. Mr. Goff was born in Pennsylvania in 1830 and spent his early life there. When still a young man he turned his face westward and cast his lot with the people of Montana. Those were . the days when the Indians made life an uncertain thing" in that part of the country, and . he became a sciut and spent many years on the trail of the wily redman. He had many narrow-escapes narrow-escapes at the hands -. of -the Indians and was in a number of scrimmages with the warriors, but escaped without any serious consequences. About nine years -ago he removed with his family to this city and until the time that he became . too helpless to do anything, was engaged in the mining business on a small scale. He was in his seventy-second year and leaves a wife and two sons to mourn his loss. The' funeral will be held from his late residence at 4 o'clock this afternoon |