Death Of Kate E. Jacobs

The st va messeneer, Death, comes sMently toto our homes, iakes the paforest and dearwtt of t'he family circlc, a red leaves u.s bowed tavn wi.tüi sorrow. Iinto nearly every family thix u-nseen foe of al] mankind has leít t'he tearfnl 'impress of hls dread mirk. n ml the oaily alternative remaim'niK to sorrowng friends is to bow !m huimble submif-silon to the wlll of Hjm who doeth all thiiins well. Ti.icsr thought are called out by tlH' sad amiounvement oí the death on Tbursday n'.jrht last, July 14th, of M:s Knie E. Jacobs, e'.drst dauphter of Mr. amd ilrs. J. T. .Tacoibs, of 'haCss city, after am iil'ness of only a few laye wïtJi bJ'.inms fever. Mliss Jacobs was bcrnn :a Ann Arbar 22 years, ,5 monitli and 3 days jircviiouis to hier death, had always res d?d hiere, nuid had ealled about her ;a clircle of irtenidla tlnat hut few could liiave attracted. Gentïe in diisposit-ion, unasKuni-Jii.a: In manner, kind and pk'asajit im speech, wiith always a gleasamt word for everyone, iit made lw.r lloved mot only in the family cirlc bnt umi versa lly, and her deatb sent 4 ehii.ll to many hearts. Miss Jacobs liad developed a fino kaezaoHSOipT-ajio voioe, and had R-iven miieh attention to its training and thé cuiltiiyatton of music, having spent a greater port lian of t'he. years '90 aiwl '91 in G-emnany stiwlyins with fbe masters tUere. But b?fore her eliK-ati'on was oompleited, she was foiccd to relioquiJsö study because of deoliiniinp: heálth, and retiwned home. SlK' liad traveled quite extensively in t'iiis country, havtng frequently been tlw 'travelinK compantoii of her fatlMT to varJwuB parts of the Union. Fumeral services were held' at the famlily .rett;!deiK-e on M'onroe st., ,Satuiréay ftei-nooin, at 4 o'cloek, condueted by Bev. .J. W. Iiradwhaw, of ongregat.Jotnal churcli. Tiie .askft was of steel grey, and was almost cnvelioped wiith flowers that isoirrowiing hands had placed about the inamJmate foirm of her wbxwn they had loved while in life. The pall bearers -svere John Dowdiga.n, Blmeir Deal, Rateiigh Nelson and (lark Hawes. line remake were borne to Foi-est Hill cemetery, where the grave prepared for its reeeptkvn was Uterally covered with flowers which luM tiie earth from eight for some dista.nce íuround. And so this liíe faded away froni mortal view, surrounded by the sweetest fragramee and: most delightful bloom that Mother Earth coirlO poduce, to burst imto tbte Ufe e termal, a beautiful flower itself. . witli Kweetnivss and love and purity tilvat hall neve.r fade or die.