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Show I DEATH OF WILLIAM GEORGE. After about twenty-four hours' sick Hess, "compaction of tho bowels," Mr. William George, tho well known merchant and hotel man of Kanosh, passed away In death, surrounded by his family, wife, four sons and four daughters. Mr. George recently attended at-tended the State Hoard of Health convention con-vention In Salt Lake City. Returning he complained of feeling a little ft, but attended to business, and whh at the bedside of his little grandson. Laurul Paxton, until his death. The trouble came at 5 o'clock Sunday morning und at 4:20 Monday morning he passed away, calm as a baby. From the flint attack he told his family that his end was near, that he might last until 6 o'clock, within an hour and fifty minutes of bis demise. He was highly respected, and will be greatly missed here. As a doctor and nurse he laid the whole town under olillKUtioii to himself. Nlgtit or day he was ever ready to put fort'.i a helping hand to the sick. He was born June 20, 1X51, In Hancock Co m ty, Illinois. Ills mother died when be was only six weeks old. For the p-ic! twenty-five years he has been In the mercantile business in Kanosh, i.m! is the father of our present County Assessor. As-sessor. Laurul, the five years and eleven months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony An-thony Paxton, died on the Nth Inst. He was a sturdy little fellow, and It Is a great blow to tho family. His brother. Ural, had been gone Just one month on a mission to tho Kastern States, and the sad news will be greatly intensified inten-sified by that of tho death of bis grandfather, Mr. William Goorge. |