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DEATH OF THE LATE BENJAMIN TllOKNK, ESQ.It hecemcs cwit paintu! duty to record the nncj peeled death of ll#c late Ocnjtmi* ri»oroc. Cw).| from a £;mh shot MOgnJ, received on $a-tur^v, P. M., from which time he lingered «»!•! 54n«l^‘ nic^t, when the i*»j *ry p**fcd falat. lMr.n- the few boor* which tla^cd hciiefcn Saturday cveni ir. *r.! his death, he was a-sVnou-ly attended by h»* professional and o:.ier fiicudr, zjn »ncj whom he numbered, not oily cur nw f eiti/cr**, but a population in the vscit'i'V **f ’IhiP'Uill.Aftri a ear* ful inquiry hy a jur.* rrnpaomT.-ed I*y I). I!ridg.*lv»rd, F.M|., one of the Coroner* of ll»i* IlmiM* bhtfict.a uftaniiinat ver-•lirt \\ *1 rend. irL That the deceased came to lil« death hy 0 ^uu lt;l*ot wound, indicted while lubo.in* uridcr temporary invjuiiy. Formally ycur* past, Mr. Throne w« en-CJ'4* «l Ml an c\tr»ilt;»ve mercantile linwttc-c n1bi\ Dhtrifl, which \va» always conducted with a junhity *ilf|*A»sed hy no»r, and until within a lt;lwrt |K*f»oJ, with the cuccm that tvalt; il* true ditrrl. fiaiih*f and l.on-et, ache w a« f er-t ecf.n*; he tv at out lets cnnll lrnt am! miCiMira 'i«^ to, and »•% thwc hy u'footn he was *w#«ouii»led,—lliose, who hy lii% countenance, when mi life, were gathered in coii’fnrl aitMtud hi« homclvoJ. and tvlio will no tv th it he «•* swallowed »•• death, pay the I*41 \ad oJMt^uicS ot the place of Sepulture, in silent Ciivf. with prayer and confidence that the spirit, which ha* left iUearthh tenement, it now with him who k«io»vetli the secret* of all heart*.Thi« ■aafoclnaatr ccntlenjan had been for some time past rrincia * many imJiCatMwl of disordered intellect. A feu* i\J* a-?e, in at-tendinr a meeting of creditor*, in this citv. he oveiheard 01c gentleman making ov of certain hnr!» expression*. which htre been rejottrd as hein- very unbecoming to the in-illviJaat in question, which ohvirouly wade a rery deep am) JutresMn- impression on Mr. Thorne’* mind ami from which it never reentered. On Saturday he became more ev-Cited, anj infislrJ that Mrs. Thome sli »ulJ should come into Toronto shout an impvt mi matter of h»ilt;Jocvlt;. Jn*t Uforr her feium 10 their houte, lie committed the fatal net.Thornhill owes it* present Ibnri-hing state to Mr. Thom*** enterprise. lie purchased the original milU f.om Mr. Pardy. and with Mr I'je o-w earned on a ntn»l fuccc'tfiil business ia the various departments of tannin,*, fur mi ac, millinr, anti general jlote-kcrjun~, until within the l**t 1*2 month*. It wrtuiJ he difficult to(Wiibe the nnivertal sympathy felt for the bereaved family.
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Kingston British Whig
Kingston, Ontario, CA
Sat, Jul 08, 1848
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