Gone to His Reward.
William Horner was found dead by the roadside last Sunday morning. Friday in company with Frank Sanford, he went to the Grand River for a load of wood and Saturday morning he decided to make the trip alone. His wife remonstrated because she thought he was too old and not strong enough to make the trip alone, but he thought that he could go all right and said he would be home by two o'clock p.m.

Two came, then three and four, still he did not come. Mrs. Horner then became alarmed and got some of the neighbors to search for him and Sunday morning they found him dead by the roadside.

Apparently he had felt sick as he had his lines on top of the load and had lain down, never to rise again.

The deceased was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1832 and came to this country when fourteen years old. He filed on a homestead last fall and began building his new home on April first, full of hopes of a prosperous year. He frequently spoke of the pleasant home he would have there in five years. His wife joined him the fifteenth of May and just one month later followed his remains to the last resting place in Meadow Cemetery, where Mrs. Hattie Galloway held services.

The deceased is survived by a widow and three children, Mrs. C. Weiser, of Leeds, Iowa; Mrs. Harry Bierwith and Miss Ellinor, of Bison, and three children by a former marriage, Mrs. Verna Morrow, W.J. Horner, of Sioux City, and Mrs. Minnie Orr, of Spirit Lake, Iowa. The family has the sympathy of the entire community in their deep sorrow.
Butte County (South Dakota) News.

The deceased was a pioneer settler in Manning and was well known by the citizens here as Uncle Bill Horner and will long be remembered by his old friends here who sympathize with the bereaved family. He will be brought to Manning next December in a metallic coffin and laid by the side of his daughter, Cassie, in the Manning Cemetery south of town.