Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1893 — WM. PEYTON DROPS DEAD. [ARTICLE]

WM. PEYTON DROPS DEAD.

Monday morning Wm. Peyton, a carpenter and builder, was standing on the side-walk on the west side of Callen street, and across the street from the sample rooms of theMakeever House, talking with John Warren, another carpenter He suddenly made an ’ exclamation of pain, put his hand to the region of the heart, sank to the ground and almost instantly expired. Mr. Warren called to a little boy at the corner of the street and he summoned T. F. Clark, of the Williams’ furniture store. Mr. Clark then started to find a physician, but before he succeeded in finding one, tha bystanders improvised a stretcher out of a ent bed, and carried the now evidently dead man to his house, in Mrs, Hammond’s small tenant house, on the corner of Division and Harrison streets. Dr. Alter arrived at the house about the same time and at once pronounced the man dead. Tne cause of his death was organic disease of the heart, and from which he had suffered much for several years. Tuesday forenoon, in order to satisfy the relatives that Mr. Peyton was really dead and not in a trance condition, Drs. Alter and Hartsell, with the assistance of Engineer Chamberlain, of the electric light station, administered to the body several heavy currents of electricity, but without eliciting any signs of life. _ -... .

The deceased was a sober, industrious man. He was married a few years ago to Mrs. Mary Dunn, daughter of Mrs. C- G. Weathers. They have one child, a girl of two years. One brother and several sisters survive him, one sister being the wife of Town Marshal Warren and another the wife of Peter Woods, who lives west of town. His father, a man of advanced age, also survives him. His age was about 42 years. His family is left in poor circumstances financially, and Monday afternoon Frank Osborne circulated a subscription paper in their behalf, meeting with a very generous response. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon, at the First Baptist Church Rev. J. C. Rhodes, the pastor, conducting the religious services.

Uncle Alfred McCoy had another characteristic adventure, Tuesday forenoon. With some other parties he was assisting to dear an ice-gorge in the river, a little distance above the bridge, and venturing upon a rotten piece of ice, it broke and he went down into deep and swift water. He was entirely submerged except one arm, by which, luckily, he caught upon the firm ice, 'and so sustained himself from being drawn under the ice below. case his drowning would have been the almost certain result. C. C. Starr happened to be near and throwing himself full length upon the adjacent but insecure ice, he caught Mr. McCoy and retained his hold until George Morgan and others came to his assistance, and Mr. McCoy was landed on firm earth, none the worse apparentlyfor his icecold bath. For Sale —Carpets, dishes and all other house furniture. Please call at Room 16 Makeever House on Saturdays and Mondays.