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Show o OBITUARY. Mrs. Joseph A. Browne. After a patient and courageous struggle of over a month's duration against a well-nigh incurable disease, Agnes M. Browne, wife of Joseph A. Browne, of Browne's Bridge, Braw-head Braw-head county, Mont., died at Holy Cross hospital, Salt Lake City Thursday, Thurs-day, June 25. The interment took place in Butte, Mont., last Saturday morning, the funeral ceremonies being held at St. Patrick's church in that city. Mrs. Browne was taken ill of hemorrhage hem-orrhage of the stomach at her home at Browne's Bridge, about a nionth ago, and had been failing since. Two weeks ago she was removed to Holy Cross hospital in Salt Lake to be operated on for cancer of the stomach. stom-ach. The doctors in charge said that there was very little hope of securing; relief by the operation, but it was thought best to adopt the. extreme measure in the hope of saving her ilife. She lived for sixty hours after the operation, and was conscious to the last. She met death with the Christian fortitude which was her characteristic all through life. She bade those about her good-by and sent to all her friends and dear ones a message of love. Agnes M. Browne was born in Pittsburg, Pa., 64 years ago. With her parents she removed to Iowa, and she was married to Mr. Browne in Dubuque on April 9, 1872. The wedding wed-ding tour was the journey from Dubuque Du-buque to Browne's Bridge, which was made by train to Corinne, Utah, and from that city by stage to coach to the Browne home at (the beautiful lakes which have since become famous fa-mous all over the country, known as Browne's lakes, near the old toll bridge. Mrs. Browne will be remembered remem-bered by all of the pioneers of Montana Mon-tana who went into the state over the southern route. While Browne's place was not a stage station, it was a stopping stop-ping place, and Mrs. Browne met many persons who remember her as a noble character, a lovable woman, one whose kindnesses spread happiness wherever she went. A friend ramark-ed ramark-ed recently: "It was not necessary for Mrs. Browne to die in order to have it said that she was a woman of beautiful beau-tiful character, of noble qualities. All who knew her knew that she was a woman who was possessed of all those noble qualities that make of women angels of mercy, of peace and happiness." happi-ness." Many stirring scenes of early pioneer pio-neer days were witnessed by the deceased, de-ceased, who was one of those possessing possess-ing the courage and fortitude necessary neces-sary to face the perils and trials of those times. Those were the days of the Indian wars and she lived in ihe midst of the disturbed district, sur- ! rounded by the most warlike savages, Who ever made a stand against the , soldiers of the United States. In 1878 i |
