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Show i The Towns of Cache Valley Preston. ' liti:xi).v, Idaho, Feb. 12. -On Sat ur Jay Miss Luclnda Mcndenhall died of typhoid-pneumonia. She Is a daughter of Goorgo and Celesta Men-denhafl. Men-denhafl. This Is the eighth child that has died In the family. The funeral was held from the Dayton meeting house today. On Friday, Messrs. Joppsco and llrock, of Logan, were In town In the Interest of the Utah Marble Co, The purpose of their visit was to Interest local capital In the new marble enterprise. enter-prise. If they did not succeed In netting net-ting the amount of money they de-shed de-shed It was not because of any lack of enthusiasm on their part as they say that the Logan marble Is second to none anywherp. For a Commercial Club. It Is quilt! likely that Preston will soon have u Commercial club. The question has been taken tip by a number num-ber of the leading men of the town and all Indications point toward the ultimate success of the project. The town Is badly In need of such an organization or-ganization and it is to be hoped that a lire tip-to-dat c organization will be perfected In the near future. Narrow Escape. On Saturday, (Jco. Marshall, the county sheriff, had a very narrow escape es-cape from drowning. In crossing Frew's ford on Hear river two miles below I'rcston, his lap robe was carried from the cutter by the high water. In attempting to recover the robes which had lodged in the Ice lower down the stream, George got under the ice. He finally succeeded in securing the lost property and n landing safely on dry land with the horse and cutter, lie was wet to the skin and In this condition condi-tion rod" to Clifton. Stono Is being hauled for the new l.uslness block that Is being built by .1. G. Smith and 0. Meeham. The new building will stand on the site now occupied by Smith's mercantile establishment. estab-lishment. The business center of the town is gradually moving southward. Another year of building on Stale St. will etlcct a great change in the appearance ap-pearance of the town. At the Academy library benefit party Friday night, theie was & very large crowd In attendance. All present pre-sent thoroughly enjoyed themselves. PersoRal Mention. 1'ies. Parkinson, of the II rum Stako bus been In town for set era) days looking after his real estate Interests In-terests here Them was alaigonumberuf Preston people In attendance at the funeral of Apostlo Merrill Saturday. The Co-op Drug Co. has been taking stock of Its goods on hand for the past three ilavs. Mrs. W. C. .lacobsen, of Luwiston, Is reported as Jnvlng a bad case of pneumonia. pneu-monia. MIssToressa Nielson is reported as being seriously ill. Dr. Davis went to Ogden today on a business trip. (rightfully Burned. Chas. W. Moore, a, machinist, of Gord City, Pa., had his hand frightfully fright-fully burned In an electrical furnace. Ho applied Hucklen's Arnica Salve with tho usual result: 'A quick and perfect euro." Greatest healer on earth for burns, wounds, sores, oeema and piles. ,irc at Klter Hros. Drug Co In justice to Correspondents Correspond-ents and The Republican it is stated that the Preston, Hyde Park, Smithfield, and Franklin Frank-lin items Iwere intended for the last issue, but were miscarried mis-carried hy the mails and failed to reach this office until Wed-aesday Wed-aesday morning. j Yesterday the doctor took a young I man from Cove, by the name of Peck, son of Arthur Peck, id the hospital in I Logan. The jountrman has appcncll-Jcltis. appcncll-Jcltis. Whooping cough and some hind of Itch is among some of the children. We ought to be careful and if possible keep our children from getting It. On Thursday, night, Sister Oliver-son Oliver-son presented ' her husband, Wm. Olfverson, with it line boy. Mother and babe arc doing nicely. On the 22nd Of this month there will be a grand masquerade ball ghen at the opera house In Franklin. |