eral will be held today.George Kirkland would have been 27 years of age had ho lived until the 22nd of next month. He was a popular young man among his acquaintances, and a large circle of friends will join the immediate family in mourning their loss. Before his Induction into the army on May 29. George was employed as watchman at the Mineral Point Zinc company’s plant at De Pue. Before accepting the position at He Pue he was employed in the factories at Kewanee.Besides his parents, he leaves, in the immediate family, two sisters: Mrs. Ralph Lilly. Peoria, and Mrs. Leonard Wicks, Neponset. Mrs. Wicks only last week buried her husband at Neponset.