Died: Mrs. Arterburn, wife of A. Arterburn,
of Mingona township, died last Saturday,
July 23, 1898, from the effects of a rattlesnake bite received on the Friday
preceding. Mrs. Arterburn was weeding onions when she came in contact with the
poisonous reptile. She was immediately brought to town and put under the medical
treatment of Dr. Burney, but it seemed that her system was no capable of
retaining whiskey or other medicine although she had taken it freely. She
suffered intensely after the poison had taken effect and her arm was terribly
swollen and colored.
The funeral services were held from the family residence
on Sunday. The sorrowing and aged husband has the sympathy of all in this sad
and sudden affliction. Mrs. Arterburn was 58 years old and, besides her husband,
leaves several grown children.