4on-OBITUARY.\ndrew Barth passed away at Deeo- lt;hiO. It*ourt 1 ;30m*tainsa re ilen-areMi theI F.o.11 nix.- Co.iller.HustI.ma t ha|mh hospital Tuesday morning. November 7th. about nine o’clock. after an illness I llosei of four weeks. Mr. Barth had been ail- in m. ing with what his physician first thought at oi was gall stones. On Monday morning haviihe submitted to an operation which dis*|hotislt;closed a tumor, wh ich was removed. He I being• i Drallied nicely from the operation and was I has Idoing as well as could be expected when I been a sudden turn for the worse set in l ues- I who day morning and he passed away in a quali short time. ItrinMr. Harth was lorn near Straa*herg. fitter(iermany. November 17. 11*145. and came M*. to America in 1865. In 1867 In* was mar- Istam ried to Katherine Stoskopf. who with they their children—Michael. Samuel. Charles andJ.. and Mrs. Julia ( ’. Kellv of Decorah. I vote* and Mrs. Lizzie Bryant of Kansas, survive him. For the greater part of his life here Mr. Barth resided on a farm I, ^ near Locust. Thirteen years ago hr moved to Decorah and has since been a [quest resident of the eitv. He lmd a wide I taut-acquaintance in the northern part of the) }'{*** county and many friends join in extending condolence to the bereaved family.The funeral will he held to-morrowrah.Con-lingheld10th.handson.(Fridav). Braver at the house at one I ** o'clock will precede the service at the I j^ First N. K. Lutheran church at twoo’clock. Prof. S. C. VIvisaker will offici-ate and interment will he made in Phelpscenieterv.Some New Caves.mm