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Show On last Tuesday morning tho pence- I ful citizens of Redmond woro apprised of tho suicidu of J. Potor Christen- I, Ben, a. prominont resident of thnt I placo, says tho Riohtlold Sun. Mr. M Christonson hung hlmsolf iu n sninll I) grnuury near his rosidonco nud his ' body wns discovered n Bhort timo uf- - torwnrds by ono of hiB sons. Tho I dead mnn had boon acting mystor- oualy for somo wooka prior to his I trng'lo ond nnd wna olosoly watched ! by mombors of tho family. A fow I yenrB ugd h6 lost consldorablo monoy 1 In tho shcop buslnosa nud hnd long I worried' bvor tho mnttor. Ho wns n I mnn G8 years old nt tho timo of his I death and was by no means in ind- I lgont circumstances. Ho loaves a fnm- JB lly consisting of his wlfo nnd sovon " ohlldrou, nil of tho luttor grown. I Tho event caused consternation und I grfof iu Redmond nnd was a dampor I on tho holiday FpstlvitlcB. It is tho I gonoral opinion thnt Mr. Christonson I was deruugod, for ho had no causo to takohis own life. H |