Show GENERAL BARHUM gen el M K barnum is dead he ile expired at salt lake city yesterday at 12 ho ile was a lawyer of if some ability and a genial good goo hearted gentleman the sua sun of prosperity did not shine on him bifi with undimmed raed splendor but lie lic had a bright spirit and the ringing tone of ilia his clear voice was always a it welcome sound with his friends he ile was tall swarthy and active in motion with tho the bearing and address ofa of a gentleman wo we have bare heard him say many man y things in which we thought thou glit him greatly really mistaken but there was no brutal acrimonious bluster in his public allusions to those with whom lio lie differed he disagreed with an opponent almost A sympathetically he was a ready speaker with an apparently exhaustless fund of matter from which thich to draw he loved io deliver a speech ile wa was not specially particular as ass to the occasion and used to be in frequent infrequent demand we remember ir him bim well on oil the occasion of turning the airet sod for the atah western K R R in salt lake there was but little money in the concern but plenty of theoretical flourishes major goodspeed held the plow which ch broke the ground pulled by a span of col IL P kimballs Kim balls big mules gen barnum made a glowing sPee speech ell from which one would have supposed the enterprise was backed by millions of dollars and that the road only needed a few rails rail to be laid to complete it the general called for cheers for the enterprise and then successively ces for other things and in were heartily bear tily given mingled with merriment finally col kimball called fur for three cheers for the mules which capped the climax and ducr increased eased the hilarity of the crowd gen barnum was an exhaustive reader and had an excellent mem memory ory which he lie evinced by some able lectures lie delivered at S salt alt lake city deceased was WILIS 58 68 years old his remains will be interred tomorrow to morrow the Eer services vices will be conducted between twelve and two pm under the auspices of tho odd fellows society of chich he a was i member |