Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1888 — A Good Man Gone. [ARTICLE]
A Good Man Gone.
The Arizona Howler thus chronicles the departure of a good man: “Tears are in our voice as we record the sudden demise of that esteemed lawyer nnd good all-round man, Billy Swipen. His taking hway by death, the ruthless Snatcher, will be regretted as well by the barkeepers as by the barmembers of our hustling tow.n, which if now 'experiencing a boom ’such as it never! experienced before, Corner . lots are going lik|e hot Cikes, and the j voice of tbi tender.bot is Jheard in Ibe j land; Billy has gone to the sweet far ,awjgy..ppjLwc ‘ioabi not Im spirit is mingling in thaJsweet converse v.ith spirits tha! h xve gone before. Itnm'ed iately after the futh-ral, which will take place on Tuesday, the widow Muldoon's * lot. No. 10, section 17, plot 4. will be raided oil’ at Al saloon, and we 1 ope the boys w 11 give the c’ arnrng widow a first-class send-oft. The Howler’S oilice boy will he there with his [ tiudy pistol to collect .back subscrip- | ton, and "'«■ bespeak for him a kindly 1 reception,— r~—_ —...
