Show OAITAIX MUUDUGK lKOVXi Snit Ilcitlli nf flue 01 the 1onnlnr Sloth Itifmilr Olllrcr A telegram lias recoiled oy the Acting last cloning to Adjutant at Fort Douglas lst the effect that Captain lnrdock who left I hero a short time ago in command or Company I Sixth Infantry on his nay to the Han Juan country bad been ilroiMiecl nt Grand Itticr Tilt telegram stoles that as tho company com-pany was on the ferry at the point above named tho rope broke nnd ns tho bent swung around the Captain was swept from the deck Into tho stream which nt this point is cniile turbid anil tip to thu llrescltt time all cflbrts to recover his 0cly liuo been in vain Daniel I Mnrdock nas born nt Knnishaiin Iennsjliania ill 1842 I nnd was thcrofoio nboul 14 years of age He unlisted a9 n private in the Third Iowa Cavalry August hIll 1802 ant BcripdMith this regiment until October nth 18VI in tho mean time having been promoted to tho rank of corporal On the date of leal ing the nlioio regiment he was commissioned ns a Second Lieutenant of Iho 122nd U S Infantry null on tho lOlh of January in tho next rear luMias promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant His service n I volunteer daub to n close on tho 8th of rebruiry when bo was honorably mustered mus-tered out On tho S2ml of the same month ho began life in tho regular army being commissioned nsa Second Lieutenant Lieuten-ant of tlio Sixth Infantry Ho became n First Lieutenant on Ibo 28th of July 1801 and on October 7th 1874 ho wits made a Captain which ruik ho held nt tho time of his death The Captain leaves to mourn his loss n loving wife anil n htllo daughter who use now nt Tort Douglas nnd to whom thu shock of the sad hews eras almost sai overwhelming Mrs JItirdock has tho entire Hympathy not only of tile post m i oDlccrs nnd Indies i but of nil our eitlciis who cannot but feel for her in her great nllliction In tho loss of Captain TOur dock the Sixth Infantry loses one of its bravest soldiers and one of its most popular men Iho Had nous hag cast a gloom over tlio post which cannot soon bo dis > cllcd nnd tho friendship of his fellow soldiers will proio itself to bo one not easily re digued tu tho death of the gallant Cnptnln Mnrdock |