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Show MRS. WILLIAM GARRET DEAD Wellsville mourns with Bereft Husband. Other News from"bur city on the South On Thursday morning at 0 o'clock, there died in WelSvlllc, Bachel Bailies, Bai-lies, beloved wife of William Garrett, the city marshal. The cause of death was entciltls and although the Immediate Im-mediate Illness causing death was of but four das duration, still Mrs. Garrett Gar-rett has been a gieat sufferer for many years, In fact since' her girlhood days when an accident, resulting in the serious lmpalimcnt of ono of the vital organs, rendeied her an invalid for the balance of her life, and was a contributing con-tributing cause to her early death when but:52 jear3, f months and fifteen fif-teen days old. Tho term "beloved wife" as used above Is not that of a hackneyed expression, ex-pression, for the story of the love of Will Garrett and his wife constitutes one of those perfect idyls so lately to bo met with and almost too sacred to be leferred to In public print. Marrying Marry-ing her when he knew she was a confirmed con-firmed invalid and caring for her all these years with the solicitude of a mother added to the love and devotion of a husband, and spending practically practical-ly every hard earned dollar in a vain endeavor to have her health restored and then viewing her death with that great silent tearless grief, so dilllcult to assuage because, of its still mutenessthat mute-nessthat is tho story in brief of an exalted love, one chapter of which has Just been closed. Funeial services over the lcmains were held in the meeting house Sunday Sun-day and tho building was crowded to Its utmost capacity. Consoling remarks re-marks weie delivered by Elders Joseph Jos-eph Howell, Geo. II. Brtulshavv, John Wyatt, Jas. Bradshaw, Bobt. Baxter Jr., Bishop W. II. Maughan and Bishop Bish-op E. II. Owen. I' The casket was burled in a mae of beautiful llovvers, noticeable amongst which weie a large floral lyre from the clerks of the Wellsville Co-op of which Institution Mi. Garictt has long been a trusted and valued employe, and a huge lloial heart from the city oillcers. A funeral coitege soveial blocks In length followed tho remains to the cemetery wheie the dedicatory prayer was olfered by Elder Jos. B. Woodward. Wood-ward. What is fust assuming the piopor-tlons piopor-tlons of an epidemic of typhoid fever Is making its appearance in Wellsville, Wells-ville, eleven cases of this dread disease being repoi ted during the past two weeks. Owing to the vigorous measures meas-ures of Health Oillcer Phillips there have so far been no fatalities and It is to bo hoped thcie will be none. Earl Maughan, son of Alex B. Maughan, had the misfuitunc to break his arm by falling fiom a horso on Saturday. Miss Louisa and Ella Shrpaid, of Paris, Bear Lake county, aie visiting with Mrs. Norman G. Allan and enjoying en-joying their visit exceedingly. |