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Show Another Pioneer none. a I i rsdav nlfli 11 lion' el'' en n in Ok l.lder Hobert Ititll'K li ciokseil the bridge that m pvir.it 1 s the mm t.il fiom tfbe immortal nnd pn.ed to the gteiit beyond For over fl(t years Ilnbert Bnlloeh has born ft well known figure in Cedar City and h n 1 1 aim, and his deparluie h r. .1 onl that wilt be plain U- npim 11 As a member of Ihu hicii lonneii n eitv eouneltol, and in Tiiiloiisnthi 1 n fon thle poMtionn he lins eml minll to discharge tlmdutirs of a aitli 11 nnd n ohurchmember lo the lie t of hU uhll-Ity, uhll-Ity, ft would require tnuoh moie ipare than we have to spare to do 1 i-uee to Elder Hillloch's Itlfmnn li-. tlian a year and a half sinee he dn,ii Ml on a mission to Scotland, the bind of liin nativity. Although advuiioeil m enri he had no hesitation nl out '-' mlinp to the call that had been 11 1 1 upon him, indeed he hailed with i tl e opportunity, op-portunity, of proclaiming the en pel as he understood It to his eo'inli vmen. Wliile nwny, until a feu ueeK' --ince, lie enjoyed the best of health and hurt un bounded satisfaction lu his inivionarN labors. Hut he took cold, and v is attacked at-tacked by what they call in that ooun try the Influenza, hut which we call Ingrlppe, and was obliged to be rclo nsed from his work to return homo Peoplo who saw him start to cross the ocean on his return, predicted that he would not live to renuli the Aroorlenti I.UUIU UMlAItU W JCHUIl IIIV JllUUI IVIIU shore, .but although very ill ho was spared to gat td his home, and still hnd strong hopes that he would be restored to health. Hut provldense decreed it otherwise. Elder Unlloch was OS years old, and leaves 11 uifu 3 sons, and six daughters and a host of friends io mourn his loss, Ills fuueral which took plnco yestor- day was attenioft by a large concourse of his townspeople and It Is seldom If oyer that any ohb is spoken of In terms of Wgher eommendatlon thali was tin d'icraerd The spealters were Riclitnd I'almer, I'V.tncis Webster, t; .1. Arlhut, II en 17 I.eiuli, and Dlshop II. W. liUnt. I With the oxeoptlon of tho bishop the 1 speakers had 'all known deceased fornqarly fifty years, and were ng green In saying that be possessed Ue Si'tuesof our raoe In a marked tirgrco, 'SSWjuseslti dii-oJjuntfiylow pftpwwAf-iJisrmp inm oiijfitiiPiri tlie encomiums by saying that he knew of no man who was better prepared to d e than deceased. The tabermtch i as draped for the ocension in an ex eedlngly nistefiilnitd appropriate man er and a larjre and excellent lnn-t picture pic-ture of Elder Itiillonli which was placed In front of the pulpit or stand, seemed to listen attentively to the words of praise and appreciatfnn which fell from the lips of ids old friends and neigh 'iors. Wo could not forbeiu thfr thought tint if some of the praises that were so I literally bestowed, had been ip.iken during the life of the subject of rlieiu, it might have done him more jood than to sii tlmm over his ooftin However ,,lletter late than fever." |
