BICKFORD. Near Malinta, O., on Dec. 18th, 1885, Mrs. Elmina Bickford, wife of H. W. Bickford, aged 48 years, 7 months and 14 days. She leaves a husband, ten children, one grand child, and numerous other friends and relatives to mourn her loss.

Dearest mother, thou hast left us,
And thy loss we deeply feel;
But it was God who bereft us,
He can all our sorrows heal.