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Show Shtoris LAm TO REST Remains of Man Lost on Desert Recovered Re-covered aud Interred. BODY FOUND LAST MONDAY MORNING. DltllKcnce of Sheriff nnd Posse nt Length Rewarded. A Remark- I able Coincidence. I After four or ilvo days of faithful scaiohing, sleeping out iu tho cold ' nnd snow part of tho timo in wot I bedding and riding or trumping1 during tho day, tho icnrohing party uudor tho direction of Shorilf Frojd camo upon tho remains of John Pryor last Monday about 10 u. m., who had boon lost upon tho desert slnco OhrUtmus Duy. Tho body was ou a lovol bench, do-void do-void of brush or othor sholtor. Tho dead man was lying faco-downward, a littlo on ono sido, with his arms drawn under his chost. Tho remains had not boon molested by coyotes or vulturos, as was feared thoy would bo, but tho unfortunato man hud lost ono of hia oyes during his bnttlo for lifo with tho elements. Fivo or tony paces away lay tho bridlo that ho hud evidently pulled oir his horho whilo I still ulivo. Tho remains woro not moro than four or live milos beyond Iron Spr-iugs, Spr-iugs, and tho searchers would undoubtedly un-doubtedly huvo discovorod them long bi-ioro thov did. luui u ..t i,... .. tho roportod finding of the imrso nuny miles farther out on tho desert. An tho animal was not ucoiiBtomod to tho rnngo, having boon brought fenny broWalaa:: from town, soomed to bo warranted." This caused tho searohora to dovoto thoir attentions to tho country nbout aud boyoud tho Butto, near which tho horso was roported to havo been found. Having thoroughly scourod tho rnngo thoro without finding nny traco of tho missing man, tho party, numbering forty or fifty mon nnd boys, camped at Iron Springs Sunday night and Monday morning started out from that place, forming iu n long lino and marching through tho brush all ab- i.bt, mid taking tlio courso of tho utolopo road, about half a milo vo whioh tho deceased was dlscov orml. Asigunl was at onco given nnd in n ' minute or two tho ontiro party hnd crowdod about tho lifoless body. It wus loaded into n buggy and brought iminod lately to town. Saturday night n fow inches of snow i iu . odd ing of tho soar-ohors, soar-ohors, which had not become dry Sun-duy Sun-duy night, so that many of them hnd to sleep in wot bedding. Shorilf Froyd, who hnd just sturtod for towu i pn.ouiu me ovlsious whon tho jody was dls red, had ouo foot roaoa during . soarch. All tho .a. Miffurod uu. dorably from tho cold. Tho romaiua woro propared for burial and tho funeral services took placo in tho tabernaolo Tuesday aftor-noon. aftor-noon. rMsar The spenkors consoled tho beroft family ns boat thoy could, and tho body was laid poacofolly away In tho Cedar com otory. WAS HIS BIRTHDAY. John Pryor was born Decomber 25, 1800, making him 11 yoars of ugo on tho duy of his death. Ho ha3 livod all ids lifo in Codnr, and has reared n largo family. His wifo, fnthor, a number of children, besides sovoral brothers nnd sisters, survive him. It isnstrnugocoinoidonco that such mi appalling fato should huvo over-takou over-takou him on his birthday, and thut it s i uld lso havo been tho birthday of our Lord nnd Rnvior. |