A Week's Mortality

Since our last issue the inouruers of four of our prominent families have visited the ceraetery bearing the coffln of a beloved one. No epidemie disease has been in our midst, but on the other hand the atmosphere was apparently clear and healthful. Yet by a trisful coincidence within four days four of those wellknown to the people of Ann Arbor have been called to a place where they are known eren better than here. Mr. Paul Minnis, a resident of this city for lifty years died Thursday evenlng, Jan. 11, of consumptioñ, aged 83 years, 11 months and 5 days. Thedeceased val born in Belleville, Orange Co., N. Y., in 1800. His father was of Welsh descent and his mother of French origin. He was married in 1827 to the wife he just left a widow and coming to this city in 1833 he has lived here continuously since that time. The funeral services were held at his former home Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Robert Ailes as Huldah Bentley was born in Ontario county, N. Y., November 29, 1824. She carne to Michigan wlien ten years of age in 1848 was married to Mr. Ailes. For twenty-five years she bas been a faithful member of the Methodist church in this city and she was always noted as a pleasant social lady, a kind neighbor, a devoted wife and mother and one who will be missed from the circle in whii-h she was wout to move. She died on the evening of the 12th inst. of kidney disease leaving her husband, two daughters and a son to niourn her loss. Newton Sheldon was born in Brutus town, Cayuga Co. N. Y., July 9, 1810. At the age of 21 he married Susanna Edmunds and in the spring of the nextyear he carne to Michigan. His farm was picked out in the then unbroken wilderness about Lodi. There he remained until 1871 and during that time he cleared his farm and brought up a family of six children all of whom - with the exception of a daughter - grew up to honor the one who had toiledsohard for them. In 1842 he represented the Union district of the country in the Legislature and again in 1869 and 1870 he was returned. For sixteen years he was a Justice of the Peace, and during the nine yearg after his removal to Ann Arbor in 1871, he wat the secretary of the Washtenaw Mutual Insurance company. For a time he was also the secretary of the old Agricultural Co. He died very suddenly at his home on Second street, Friday evening, of pneumonía. Mr. Sheldon was a man highly respectad and of agreable ways. Mrg. Burlingame died Sunday afternoan after an illness of only a few days, of inflammation of the bowels. Her malden name was Sarah Bartlett and she was born in New York State in 1850. In 1871 she married Mr. Burlingame by whom she had two children - a girl and a boy. She was a woman of many friends and her funeral Tuesday afteruoon was largely attended.