EXHUMED

BY TWO BROTHERS WERE THE REMAINS OF A. C. McDONALD

The Body Identified and Re-Interred with Christian Burial.

Through the metropolitan prees Messrs. Neil Weir and John A. McDonald living in Chicago were apprised of the death of one A. C. McDonald at Napoleon. Having a brother by that name their suspicions were thorughly aroused.

They at once wrote undertaker Bitzer stating their suspicious, and asked for further information. The reply confirmed what they had believed from the first and Sunday morning's train landed both in Napoleon. In company with the undertaker and sheriff they went to Forest Hill cemetery and the remains were exhumed. Although in a badly decomposed state both brothers recognized him at once, and their grief at such fearful meeting beggers description.

It was their will to take the remains back to Chicago but owing to not having been embalmed, they were in a state of putrifaction and following the undertaker's advice it was decided to leave them here until next winter.

A lot was purchased in thé cemetery proper and the body was taken from Potters Field and there buried, Reverend M. L. Donahey officiating. After leaving money for care of of the grave and paying all other expenses the brothers left on the evening train. Both were fine appearing gentlemen, the half brother, Mr. Weir, being a leading baker, while the brother, John E. McDonald is secretary and treasurer ofa large plumbing establishment.

"Albert always was a wayward boy," they said just before leaving, "but we never thought his end would be so terrible. His mother is dangerously ill and our task in imparting to her the sad intellegence, is by no means a light one.